but yeah re: bat out of hell, it's already a burlesque of bruce springsteen so it's definitely hard to point out its "influence" separate of bruce's, but the album did inspire a bunch of folk to make epic pop-drama with steinman
― da croupier, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 07:04 (nine years ago) link
How about this one?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/86/Crash_Test_Dummies_-_God_Shuffled_His_Feet.jpg(Crash Test Dummies - God Shuffled His Feet)
One of the biggest-selling rock albums of the early 90s, but it was released during the grunge era, and I can't remember that anyone would've tried to imitate their sardonic, literary type of gentle pop-rock.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 08:12 (nine years ago) link
let's see where riff raff's career is at in a year before we say vanilla ice had minimal influence on hip hop
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 9 December 2014 08:25 (nine years ago) link
katy perry "teenage dream" has like the most #1 singles of any album ever but can anyone really trace out significant influence from it? has that album altered the sound/look of pop in any real way? KP's more of a cypher for things happening in pop culture than someone who really drives it.
especially if you view her as the shiniest and most expensive car off the dr. luke assembly line you wouldn't even pin, like, kesha or idk becky g or whoever on her.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 9 December 2014 08:33 (nine years ago) link
maybe the most charitable influence i'd give teenage dream is that it might've kickstarted rappers getting thrown on pure sugary pop tracks... could you trace "dark horse" and "talk dirty" back to "california gurls" and "ET"?
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 9 December 2014 08:35 (nine years ago) link
I think its a little too soon to stick a fork in albums from this decade, esp ones that share a producer and bit of vibe with the current number one single in America.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 08:47 (nine years ago) link
i think 'prism' and its visuals might prove to be more influential (total mainstreaming of tumblr culture) but yeah we'll have to see
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 9 December 2014 08:58 (nine years ago) link
I hear the influence of "teenage dream" on carly rae jepsen's album and on taylor's "style" - thumping four by four tracks where the percussive vocal lines provide the rhythmic counterpoint.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 09:13 (nine years ago) link
yeah Taylor Swift's definitely been influenced by it.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 13:26 (nine years ago) link
The Fine Young Cannibals-The Raw and the Cooked was a really big record for a year or so. You never hear anything about them now.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 11 December 2014 18:35 (nine years ago) link
that's funny because a lot of these mumbly new singers remind me of FYC
― ancient texts, things that can't be pre-dated (President Keyes), Thursday, 11 December 2014 18:40 (nine years ago) link
that Future Islands song everyone loved had a vaguely Fine Young quality to it
― Brio2, Thursday, 11 December 2014 18:49 (nine years ago) link
man, the ghost of shania is everywhere on the radio. a huge influence.
― scott seward, Thursday, 11 December 2014 19:06 (nine years ago) link