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Miles Kane: the 10 records that changed my life

2018-08-29 By Matt Frost

Before we move on to the top 10 records that changed his life, we just pop one more album-related question to Miles and ask him what gear he utilised to get such an array of fantastic tones. A refreshingly simplistic approach was absolutely key...“It was all old gear - loads of mad, tiny little amps and a Fender Princeton and a Fender Champ, both from the ‘70s. Then, on a lot of it, I was just using a Les Paul Junior with P-90 pickups. That’s about it.”

1. Oasis - (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)

“The first album I got into as a kid would be (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? and that was around the time, I think, when my mum got me the video one Christmas of that Maine Road gig, when Liam’s got the Umbro tracksuit top on.

“That was the first album that really blew my mind and stylistically it was really turning me on. I think it massively impacted my writing, even to this day.

“My favourite song on that record is called Hey Now! It’s not a song that people mention often but I think that’s a fantastic tune, man.”

2. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)

“I’ll go for Bowie, Ziggy Stardust. Again, that was as a kid, growing up. My mum's a big music fan - she likes Motown soul and loads of stuff and she would have played this to me originally.

“Me and my mate really got into this album and the song Soul Love reminds of me of being at school - you know when songs sort of give you a feeling of a path to the past or whatever? That song Soul Love makes me think of being that age at school and I love it. I definitely remember listening to the album and thinking, you know, ‘God this is weird!’ but maybe listening to it when I was younger made me feel weird because the sounds were so different to what I was used to… but in a great way and a sort of intriguing way that makes you want to get more into that kind of stuff.

“It’s influenced me massively. I mean, lyrically, no-one can touch it and Moonage [Daydream] is just like the best song on there. He was such a clever guy. I love it when he goes with the punk vibe on Hang On to Yourself. That’s very sort of me, that tune. I’d love to do a cover of that, actually!”

3. The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night (1964)

“A Hard Day’s Night is my favourite Beatles album. Obviously, I love every Beatles record but this has always stuck with me and it’s been my favourite one for a long time. I think that’s because it’s just so simple and every tune is sort of two-and-a-half minutes and they're all little pop songs.

“I think my favourite tune on that is Things We Said Today. I can’t picture the where and when and what I was doing when I first heard it but it would have been at my Mum’s house.”

4. Neil Young - On the Beach (1974)

“This is not in order, but my most recent favourite album that I’ve got into is On the Beach by Neil Young. I remember, years ago, I tried to get into Neil Young, but I don’t know what it was.

“I liked it but I just couldn’t really get into it, but then I watched a documentary about six months ago called Don’t Be Denied. It was about an hour long,- I saw it on YouTube and it blew me away. When he’s talking about each album, he’s such the real deal and he was talking about that On The Beach album and they played a couple of snippets off it and I was like, ‘Wow, this is eight-track; they sound mega!’

“It came after his first big success [Harvest, 1972] and he just went straight in to make this record really fast and, for me, it’s just got everything. I love it all. I love the song Motion Pictures and the song On The Beach and then you’ve got Revolution Blues. Yeah, that’s been blowing my mind lately, that. There’s a couple of upbeat songs there, but most of it’s all pretty mid-tempo and I don’t usually sort of go for that.”

5. The Verve - Urban Hymns (1997)

“This definitely sort of goes hand in hand with the Oasis one. Again, being that age, growing up, I can remember when that first came out. It’s got The Drugs Don’t Work, Lucky Man, all the classics.

“As a kid, I loved The Drugs Don’t Work. The emotion on that struck a chord with me, for sure. When you're a kid, you're sort of figuring out what makes you tick, listening to what’s out at the time and realising what kind of music you like. When I heard that, I was definitely like, ‘Wow! That's my music.’”

6. The Coral - The Coral (2002)

“Okay, I'm going to go with The Coral's first album. Their new album's really cool as well, by the way. My cousins are James [Skelly] the singer and Ian [Skelly] the drummer, so they turned me on to a lot of music.

“I think I went to a gig of theirs just before they released that first record and James was spitting and stomping round the stage - I'd never seen anything like it really and I was definitely like, ‘Yeah, I want to do this as well!’

“That record's got just incredible tunes on it and, from start to finish, it's a solid, solid album. I love the song Skeleton Key and I Remember When and Goodbye and Dreaming Of You… it's just that solid! It's a great summer album. I listened to that a lot and I always have.”

7. John Lennon - Imagine (1971)

“It would have to be a Lennon record but it’s hard to choose between Plastic Ono [Band, 1970] and Imagine.

“I have said this a lot, but a thing that changed my life was when I saw... John Lennon's ghost... no, I'm joking! It was when I saw the making of the Imagine album film [Gimme Some Truth] and it was when he was singing the song Gimme Some Truth. He just has that real venom with the politics. It's an angry song, and he's really raw with his feelings when you see him doing that live take.

“The key of the song is probably too high, so it sort of rips his vocal. It’s a bit like my song Silverscreen on the new album where the key is slightly high so you've got to fucking scream it! He just rips it a bit but it sounds great and it sounds cool.

“When I first saw him doing that live take, it was definitely like, ‘Oh my God, this is blowing my mind!’ You can see he was totally in the moment.”

8. Paul Weller - 22 Dreams (2008)

“I remember that came out around the time we were doing the first Puppets album and it reminds me of that time. All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You) is a great tune, and then it's also got Echoes Round The Sun on it.

“I was in my early 20s and I remember loving them tunes. It was before I'd met Paul as well. I'd say that album really inspired me. Stylistically, there's so much going on.

“I met Paul properly when we were both doing this radio thing one Christmas. I'd just done my first album Colour Of The Trap (2011) and he was there and he came over to me and he had this coffee table book on ‘60s fashion and there was this French singer in it called Jacques Dutronc. He goes, ‘I brought this to show you. I’ve been reading your interviews and you said you like Jacques Dutronc - doesn’t he look fucking cool there in his suit!’

“Then we just started talking and chatting and I was obviously in awe, but then a few weeks later, he mentioned about working together in an interview and so I followed that up and said, ‘Of course, I’d love to!’ So we did that [Weller co-wrote two of the tracks on Kane’s second album, Don’t Forget Who You Are (2013)] and that was great, and then he invited me up onstage with him, too.

“Since then, we’ve been friends, and I can't speak highly enough of Paul. He’s such a nice fella and he’s been lovely with me. To have a career like that is something I aspire to.”

9. T.Rex - The Slider (1972)

“I probably should pick a T.Rex album, and I do really like The Slider. It’s got Metal Guru on it and I love Buick MacKane as well. That tune is mega, with that riff that’s kind of like Led Zeppelin. I remember hearing that and getting totally buzzed off it.

“Let’s put that album in then, but I love so many T.Rex albums. Electric Warrior's great as well, isn’t it? That’s got Jeepster and Get It On, and Life’s A Gas is a killer. I got into them just from delving into Bowie and stuff like that. I love Bolan’s persona onstage. He's sort of got that feminine look that's sexy and manly, too. I love that sort of persona... and he was a great guitarist, too. I love the way he moves and plays guitar.”

10. The Damned - Damned Damned Damned (1977)

“The Damned were inspiring me a lot on this album, songs like Neat Neat Neat and New Rose. I love the sound of it as well, all the energy.

“Last year, I remember being in New York and I’d be walking to the apartment where we were writing and doing these demos and I'd always be listening to Neat Neat Neat and New Rose while I was getting on the subway, trying to get them to inspire me because I wanted to write something like that… but it did work, that, because I guess you can definitely sort of hear The Damned in that Silverscreen tune - or you probably would know it if you've ever heard The Damned. So, yeah, that album was definitely inspiring.”

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aaronsminyard · 6 years

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i was tagged by @monstrouss ily thank

how tall are you? i thought i was 5″8 but i found out the other day im 5″9 what colour are your eyes? blue do you wear contacts and/or glasses? no do you wear braces? i use to and i honestly think i’ll need them again at some point what is your fashion style? uh everything it could possibly be at once when were you born? 03 feb 2001 how old are you? 17 do you have any siblings? a younger brother what school/college do you go to? a weird co ed sixth form in uk which is actually two schools? what kind of student are you? uh, i phase between neglecting work or doing 10x the amount i need to what are your favourite subjects? math believe it or not what are your favourite movies? i love the breakfast club, kill your darlings, 21/2 jump street, rock of ages and probably another what are your favourite pastimes? music, editing, reading and science docs (particularly nature or space) do you have any regrets? uhh not,, particularly? unless its something miniscule what is your dream job? author? but thats unrealistic so cosmologist would you like to get married? not rly but i wouldnt mind if my so really wanted to do you want kids? how many? me and kids = no thank u (unless the kids r my lil cousins but thats only 2) how many countries have you visited? at least 15 but im sure there is others ive passed through for like a day or two? what was your scariest dream? i’ve never really had nightmares except this one recurring one when i was a kid with a metal climbing frame against a black background and nothing happened? but it lasted forever, and i knew something was coming towards me but i never ever saw or heard anything do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend/significant other? yeeee put your playlist on shuffle and without skipping list the first 15 songs: i use spotify and itunes 50/50 so the first lot are spotify and the second lot are itunes (i used my old spotify bc i remade and theres nothing there atm)

i don’t wanna dance - coin human - aquilo wicked - mansionz fire - barns courney no answers - amber moon a portrait of - sorority noise ilusm - gnash black eyes - radical face

bury me in philly - dave hause moonage daydream - david bowie lost in stereo - all time low cover me - depeche mode body bag - beartooth lovely - the main swing - knuckle puck

im tagging @kazsbrekkfast (soz if u’ve done it already) @ronanczerny @jeaneils (ur changed ur url again i love it!) @jeanmoreauz

#if u think im doing this to avoid hwk u are correct literally me right now dfkjghdf #gtkm

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antfull · 7 years

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10 Albums To Hear Before You Die

2016 was the year I finally listened to music. I set myself a target of listening to every album I owned. For years I had always been a journey man listener, listening to compilations and greatest hits. With an interest in 60-70s music there’s so much to listen to, it’s time consuming to get around to listen to back catalogues. I used to make Spotify playlists and only listened to songs I really loved. I felt like this type of listening has its negative effect though, listening to your favourite songs over and over can get tiresome, I hate it when you start to skip that song you once adored. I took it upon myself to actually listen to every album I had collected over the years, often sourcing all time greatest hits lists and user contributed lists. My goal was to listen to every album from start to finish and rate each album out of 5.

It was the year I truly started to appreciate the studio album. I used to always have that typical simplistic approach to studio albums - of only liking 1-3 hits. After taking the time to listen to a bunch of albums, I found that studio albums have characteristics that a collection album will never have - such as flow, structure and concept. I love how I start like the lesser known songs and sometimes they even become my favourites. Some artists I found were definitely superior when it came to curating a studio album even if it meant having lesser well known tracks, the overall experience from the album would be far greater. When a studio album comes off great, it’s a rewarding feat. The list may seem very vanilla classic rock - but these albums are truly classics and I sincerely recommend listening to them at least once in your life.

1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles (1967)

I’ve listened to this album a few times over the years, but it was at some point in November when I listened to this album again that it struck me and I thought, “Wow, this album is incredible”. I’ve often seen it touted as one of the best albums of all time and I now tend to agree. It was a huge achievement in their career, the days of touring had ended and all focus was on producing solid albums. 2016 made me a even bigger Beatles fan, I watched a half dozen documentaries on the boys from Liverpool. I found their life and rise to fame truly exceptional, but what keeps me really interested is the music and their cohesion as a group through the madness they endured. This album does actually feature hit after hit. The Beatles reinvented what an album could achieve, they used the studio as an instrument in itself. The album artwork became one of the most recognised pieces in the world. The Beatles transformed rock and roll.

2. Abbey Road - The Beatles (1969)

Another Beatles album? Damn right. These boys knew how to make albums. This album is also personal to me. I once worked as a decorator with my Grandfather, we worked at this place in St John’s Wood and we would drive over Abbey Road zebra crossing every day. My Grandfather on multiple occasions, would remind me that this is where The Beatles took a famous picture for an album and recorded their music here. At the time The Beatles weren't really on my music radar, so my reaction was always “yeah cool, Granddad”. I always remember seeing people outside the studio taking photos and writing on the wall, which gets repainted on a regular occurrence. A few years later it hit me the massive significance of this place - a holy grail of music.

Although the album is the penultimate of the Beatles releases, it was actually recorded last. It’s somewhat saddening listening knowing that this was the last recording they would do together as a four, but boy, did they pull it off once again. The album features great hits at the start but my favourite part is the ending of the album, The Beatles took half finished songs and created a medley to finish the album and to great effect.

3. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie 1972

It’s a pop masterpiece which doubles as an interesting concept album. What’s interesting is that even as a concept album the songs in their own right make for great solo songs. David Bowie has such a plethora of strong albums, I spent most of the later part of the year listening to most of them. He certainly has one of the most strongest studio collections of any artist. Ziggy Stardust is definitely the one that stands out the most. I would argue that this is the most approachable album on the list. My personal favourites are ‘Moonage Daydream’ and ‘Ziggy Stardust’.

4. Who’s Next - The Who 1971

The Who probably earn their place as my favourite band. I could sit here and say the catalogues of The Beatles and Led Zeppelin were stronger, and even some of the instrumental abilities of Page and Harrison were better than that of Townsend, you could even argue that with the leading vocals. Although for me it still doesn't distract from the fact that The Who still knew how to rock. Their raw fiery passion and amazing live performances (I’ve seen them twice) will keep me a listener for years to come. The Who had great personality and their sometimes explosive literal performances define who they are.

Who’s Next is the very definition of a Rock album. This album came sandwiched between two other great albums, the rock opera’s of Tommy and Quadrophenia but Who’s Next’s lively and highly energetic sounds just cannot be missed. The album opens and closes on two powerful tracks, one of which is my favourite song of all time. I can often praise The Beatles for being creative and experimental with their albums but Pete Townsend does it to create effect here with his use of synthesisers.

5. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin 1969

Led Zeppelin were the first band were I downloaded a vast majority of their studio albums. I remember putting most of their discography on my ipod and listening to it on the train while at University. I found Led Zeppelin had a listening curve. Their deep tracks take a bit of getting used to but I soon became a Zeppelin fanatic.

I personally love build up songs. Songs that start off slow and mellow but gradually the tempo increases, the volume increases and the song hits it’s climax. Led Zeppelin strike this to great effect a few times on this album in various ways. ‘Bring it on Home’ and ‘Ramble On’ and perfect examples of songs that hit that note.

The album is most memorable for it’s opening track ‘Whole Lotta Love’, which is probably the most Led Zeppelin tune around. By the way there’s only one way to listen to Led Zeppelin and that’s loud.

6. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin 1971

Most Zeppelin fans will argue that Led Zeppelin IV is their best album and it’s hard to argue that. Some say IV is a return to form for Led Zeppelin after a slight experimentation with Led Zeppelin III, which was more of a folk rock album. The track ‘Rock and Roll’ is that most bad ass song ever. It was created as a response to critics who said they couldn’t rock anymore. Overall the album is just rock and roll euphoria. It’s incredible to think that in the space of just 3 years that band created 4 showpiece albums. Led Zeppelin were just the coolest band, even their album artwork reflects that. They didn’t plaster their image over the cover, or even include their name, yet their albums still were best sellers. Everyone knew Led Zeppelin.

The entire band was firing on all cylinders during the recording of the fourth studio effort. It’s their most complete album and a showcase to their instrumental abilities.

7. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison 1970

This was the only album I was contemplating to include. I’m a big Rolling Stones fan and it was hard not to include a single Stones album. Although I cannot omit the single best solo album from a Beatle. Paul and John did have a few great solo albums but they all just miss out when comparing it to this classic LP. A triple album which finally released George from the shackles of the Beatles. As the years advanced so did his song writing ability. George now a solo artist, put together a masterpiece of an album. He takes you on his spiritual journey with songs like ‘My Sweet Lord’ and ‘Hear Me Lord’. Some songs are also a middle finger up to Lennon-McCartney with ‘Wah-Wah’ and ‘All Things Must Pass’.

Take your time to listen to this. It’s sweet and personal. It’s a weird but magical effect.

8. Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan 1975

Die hard Dylan fans would recommend the early albums but for me, this is where the magic is. It’s a personal album for Bob Dylan linking the difficult times he had with his wife. It’s for sure, the most listenable of his albums. He has since said that this album is not a autobiography of his life at the time. Some tracks on the album make you think otherwise, with lyrics that seem straight from the heart. Overall it’s an fantastic listen with ‘Meet Me In the Morning’ my favourite.

9. Graceland - Paul Simon 1986

Not many great pop albums will include huge influences from other cultures and still keep it’s quality high for the pop masses, but Paul Simon uses his western folk roots to blend with South African music.

Paul Simon creates a joyous and warm celebration of music. As simple as it sounds, this album just makes me happy, it’s such an enjoyable listen and it includes one of my favourite songs to get up and groove to. ‘You Can Call Me Al’. I love the origin of the songs title. Composer and conductor Pierre Boulez while at a party kept referring Paul and his wife as Al and Betty. Graceland is an album I always come back to. I get to thank my Dad for getting me into Paul Simon.

10. London Calling - The Clash 1979

I’m not normally a fan of double albums, I always feel even with great double albums there are songs that could be removed and make for a terrific 12 track LP. London Calling on the contrary is an exception. It may take non punk rock fans a few listens to get into, but once your in, it leads to a brilliant and engaging album. London Calling isn't just a punk rock album, it explores reggae, rockabilly, ska, R&B, pop and jazz.

The Clash help rise punk rock out of its confined corner into a much broader music world. It’s probably the album I find myself playing single songs off the most. Most people will know the title track ‘London Calling’ but for me, songs like ‘Train in Vain’ and ‘The Right Profile’, keep me coming back.

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