Ooooh, great thread topic!
Gotta agree with you on People are Strange.
The number one game changer for me was Neil Young, Helpless. It got me to pick up the guitar and to realize how powerful words could be.
Dylan, subterranean Blues
Frank Zappa, anything. I never liked most of his stuff, but it really opened my eyes as to how you could define music.
Yes Fragile. Complicated, powerful Classical meets rock 'n roll
Kieth Jarret, Diatribe. Again, complicated, disjointed on the surface, but really not. He opened up a whole new genre to me.
And one of my all time favourites...
Pink Floyd, Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict. Who needs rap.
