I would either say The Beatles' Revolver, or the White Album

 

Tomorrow Never Knows has to be the craziest masterpiece song ever, this song is the source from which all dance music today was made.

 

and Revolution 9 is the weirdest song ever recorded.

Revolution 9 was the first weirdest song ever, but Godspeed You Black Emperor had one defunct, fucked up live song called "Spiddl" or something. It was never released, because, like that Beatles song, it was so crap.

 

I know that Amnesiac and Kid A were wicked, Im not to into this.

 

"Number 9, Number 9, number-bizzwwerwizzerwuzzer blagh Number 9, Number 9..."

If you can call it "experimental", I'd say Kid A by Radiohead

 

and I would agree that Revolution 9 is the weirdest song I've ever heard

there's a very fine line between experimental, weird and good. there's a lot of music which can be considered as great, for being original/experimental, but is actually rubbish (in my opinion). because someone without any musical talent at all could make a weird song, and just because it could be original, some people might class it as being good. I don't think i listen to too much experimental music, some albums i like are Radiohead - Kid A, Bjork - Homogenic & Cornelius - Point

 

<i hope i didn't come across as being an arse there.., i didn't explain very well, but, i'm sure some people know what i mean :) >

Yeah, somebody needs to define "experimental" before I can answer that, because I don't really consider a single album or band mentioned so far in this thread to be experimental, except maybe Godspeed You Black Emperor!

 

And I'd disagree with the statement that "Tomorrow Never Knows" is the source of all of today's dance music. While that is an INCREDIBLE song, I think Kraftwerk's earlier stuff deserves the credit for that.

 

And Revolution 9 sucks ass and is boring as hell, and if you think it's the weirdest song ever recorded, you've never heard any Edgard Varese. :P

^^ yep yep yep...apart from the Edgard Varese bit, because i don't know who he is :)

being Experimental depends on the band/'artist' anyway. if Bjork were to make a simple acoustic album, then that would be experimental for her, as she's not used to doing that. just like Radiohead's Kid A.., they weren't really used to doing that, until Thom Yorke started listening to a lot of different music, and experimented himself with new sounds...but other bands have been sounding similar to that album for years.. (i'm guessing, i can't really think of any now...but i'd bet my last 3 tins of tuna that there are lots of others out there)

Well... in the case of Kid A, I could rattle off some names whose influence I can hear: Autechre, Aphex Twin, and especially Brian Eno (basically the entire "IDM" movement). But that's a great point: "experimental" is a relative term.

ah Autechre, i've just been recently downloading some of their music...

also...was it that band who had an album called Nightmares on Wax? , if not, who was it, if you know

uh... well, there's a group called Nightmares On Wax, and I think they're on Warp Records (like Autechre), but I've never actually heard anything by them. :confused:

Kid Autechre?

 

Radioheads turn couldnt have been made without this band, other bands also contributed but the strongest influence if definately Autechre.