Brian Eno's Turntable Design

@bdp24 LOL ok

@clio09 +1

Lou Reed can't sing and that is exactly the point. As for song writing, few artists have sold as many records as Transformer. Berlin is a rock and roll classic. I suggest everyone listen to it. Granted, some of his work does not merit much but few artists have been as prolific. David Bowie and Frank Zappa come to mind.

As for Eno, his biggest mistake was leaving Roxy. Roxy did not suffer one iota. Ambient music is just nice sounding noise. 

I find most of the jazz standards boring, but I don’t care what you listen to. He is to popular music as Miles Davis was to jazz. Kind of Blue is one of Eno’s favorite albums. It would be nice if people didn’t bash what they don’t like or understand.

Eno like others was experimenting with synthesizers. He has worked and helped some of the most popular acts of the time.

He and others(Fripp, Daniel Lanois, etc)pretty much invented ambient music. On his album My Life In the Bush of Ghosts, along with David Byrne, used sampling, which is now used extensively. They introduced world music to rock and other genres.

Groundbreaking yes, talented yes, quirky yes, boring no, poor producing no. He will be remembered as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.

I believe Phillip Glass played a part in Ambient music before Eno. What is with the invective against musicians...these folks are our ultimate source. Just say not my cup of tea and quit revealing your crass and boorish incivility.

Neither Patton nor George.