(I first posted this over in the Meet & Greet forum by mistake).
Hello everybody!
I've got a question that has stumped me: I
recently met a guy who told me that he's *never* listened to popular
music. He didn't know who the Beach Boys are, and he had heard that
the Beatles "wrote that yellow tambourine song."
He says that he
wants to get into music now, and I don't know what to do. What are
albums that are definitive to rock and roll music? If you have only ten
albums with which to define where good popular music comes from, what do you
do? Here are what I was thinking of suggesting, but please if anyone can help, I'd really
appreciate it.
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Beatles - Help!
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
Elvis - Top Ten Hits (discs 1 & 2)
CCR - Green River
CSNY - So Far
Any
suggestions? As you can see, I'm focusing on foundational pop music
(though my weakness for the American recordings interfered with my Cash
pick). I'll probably include a motown singles disc if I can think of a good one.