This is an honest question, because I wasn't there and I figure people who were have to know better than me.
Here's how I see it. The whole point was to stretch the limits of studio production right? Because the album could never be performed live. And I don't see the huge long term influence in that. I mean music is still made so that it can be played live and (excepting manufactured pop acts) most of the work isn't done in the production room. And then the sound? The simpler pop songs weren't new, the Beatles themselves had done better pop before. The trippier tracks weren't extremely revolutionary were they? I mean has the never ending note at the end of the album had a huge influence on modern music? What was different if you were actually there?
But then an album like The Velvet Underground & Nico actually introduced new concepts that were possible to actually play and not just produce. You can hear the its influence everywhere. Indie, noise, punk, pop and all out art rock.
2007-10-24
14:26:55
·
8 answers
·
asked by
Anonymous
in
Rock and Pop