Comments on: “IT WAS FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY”: DUST THEM ALL OFF http://www.whatisthegrain.com/articles/it-was-forty-years-ago-today-dust-them-all-off/ Exploration and misinterpretation of independent music and popular culture Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:25:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Led Zeppelin News » Blog Archive » "IT WAS FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY": DUST THEM ALL OFF | The Grain http://www.whatisthegrain.com/articles/it-was-forty-years-ago-today-dust-them-all-off/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Led Zeppelin News » Blog Archive » "IT WAS FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY": DUST THEM ALL OFF | The Grain Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:27:58 +0000 http://www.whatisthegrain.com/?p=855#comment-54 [...] Original post by The Grain [...] [...] Original post by The Grain [...]

]]> By: The Grain http://www.whatisthegrain.com/articles/it-was-forty-years-ago-today-dust-them-all-off/comment-page-1/#comment-53 The Grain Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:11:34 +0000 http://www.whatisthegrain.com/?p=855#comment-53 I don't want to start something, but like you say there are a whole host of albums you could choose, but some not mentioned are 'Trout Mask Replica' by Captain Beefheart, which not only marries blues, garage rock, free jazz, and all that - but adds a little bit of the avant garde and plain weird - starting an alternative undercurrent? Or at least one of the most original 'where did that come from' albums of the year (honorable mention for Zappa who had no small part in that album and put out 'Hot Rats' in the same year). <object width="250" height="40"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf"></param> <param name="wmode" value="window"></param> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=15089278&style=metal&p=0"></param> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="250" height="40" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=15089278&style=metal&p=0" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="window"></embed></object> Also in '69 there is 'The Stooges' by The Stooges which has had more than a little influence, 'Hot Buttered Soul' by Isaac Hayes and Miles Davis dropped 'In a Silent Way'. . . it goes on I don’t want to start something, but like you say there are a whole host of albums you could choose, but some not mentioned are ‘Trout Mask Replica’ by Captain Beefheart, which not only marries blues, garage rock, free jazz, and all that – but adds a little bit of the avant garde and plain weird – starting an alternative undercurrent? Or at least one of the most original ‘where did that come from’ albums of the year (honorable mention for Zappa who had no small part in that album and put out ‘Hot Rats’ in the same year).

Also in ‘69 there is ‘The Stooges’ by The Stooges which has had more than a little influence, ‘Hot Buttered Soul’ by Isaac Hayes and Miles Davis dropped ‘In a Silent Way’. . . it goes on

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