1971 the year of Serge Gainsgourg's Melody Nelson and Can's Tago Mago. Man rock 'n' roll had made leaps and bounds with these two albums, but the world wasn't ready yet for such futuristic sounds and beats, we were still worshipping Americana and on the cusp of going crazy for glam rock. Even with the decades to come nothing had yet to come out that sounded so dateless and fresh. It wasn't until the mid to late 90's that this music would show its weary head again with Beck, Stereolab and Air ... then later on with Radiohead's duel landmark albums (Kid A and Amnesiac), everybody jumped in the boat, declaring it new, vibrant and weird, forgetting about its forerunners 30 years earlier ... who did it first!
