Most Important Musical Breakthrough Of The Past 50 Years

[Crawliano]

What do you reckon it is? Personally for me I would like to put forward, the Amen Break.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwQLk7NcpO4

Without it, Hip Hop, Dance Music and the like wouldn't have really existed as it does today.

Any other shouts?

 

[Pubey]

What do you reckon it is? Personally for me I would like to put forward, the Amen Break.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwQLk7NcpO4

Without it, Hip Hop, Dance Music and the like wouldn't have really existed as it does today.

Any other shouts?

I saw the title and was about to post the Amen Break too

 

[Slipperduke]

Bob Dylan plugging his guitar in.

*sits back and awaits the red tide*

 

[Napster]

Well, fifty years this year...

Motown is a record company founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, USA, on April 14, 1960

 

[MK Shrimper]

Four lads from Liverpool, two guitars, a bass and a drum kit to make a sound that changed the world forever and will always be around until the Universe goes pop.

 

[Napster]

Four lads from Liverpool, two guitars, a bass and a drum kit to make a sound that changed the world forever and will always be around until the Universe goes pop.

Cast? They were OK, but...

 

[Pubey]

Four lads from Liverpool, two guitars, a bass and a drum kit to make a sound that changed the world forever and will always be around until the Universe goes pop.

Hmm, I thought the Lightening Seeds were alright, but not that great...

 

[MK Shrimper]

Cast? They were OK, but...

Calm down La!

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Calm down La!

There She Goes was a good tune, but I agree the Amen break was far more significant.

 

[Swiss Tony]

4 west london boys,the best drummer ever,the greatest guitarist and a brilliant vocalist that rocked the world,ladies and gentleman,i give you THE WHO.

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

Interpol - no contest :p

 

[canveyshrimper]

4 west london boys,the best drummer ever,the greatest guitarist and a brilliant vocalist that rocked the world,ladies and gentleman,i give you THE WHO.

And the two surviving will be rocking the Superbowl on Sunday.

 

[seany t]

Probably Kula Shaker's mind bending merging of every genre ever.

 

[Crawliano]

The thing is, I believe the Beatles were/are a massively overhyped band BUT I agree they changed things, but, has their legacy lasted so long and influenced not just 1/2 genres of music but actually defined an entire spectrum? That said, the Amen Break, although pioneering, only acted as a tool to enable people to lift other people's music for their own good and if it wasn't about then Norman Cook would've vanished and done the world a favour...

Toughie.

 

[MK Shrimper]

The thing is, I believe the Beatles were/are a massively overhyped band
Toughie.

Yeah, but you're wrong. And most dance music/rap music is pony.

 

[Clinton Baptiste]

Kriss Kross wearing their jeans back to front. Revolutionary.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Yeah, but you're wrong. And most dance music/rap music is pony.

Most indie/pop/rock music is also pony.

 

[Napster]

Amen break is massively over-rated. Rap started as toasting, laid over disco tracks, then sampled grooves. It would have evolved without the amen break, just taken a different beat.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Most indie/pop/rock music is also pony.

Agreed, I was a bit hasty as I like good music, regardless of what genre it is. But those Moptops had something very, very special that has never, and never will be, replicated.

 

[seany t]

yeah, but you're wrong. And most dance music/rap music is pony.

why can't we all just get along... Eh?