m00n Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4595384/ here it is. someones top 10... What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckears Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 I really hate these top 10 lists... music is personal, and a single band's ability to touch a person or people, or to simply be great, is difficult to quantify. Having said that, his exclusion of Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band brands him an idiot, and I am not even going to read his goofy article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Shomaker Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 Ummm... Bob Marley is Reggae not rock & roll. I don't think it is a very good list but that is my opinion and not the authors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 LOL. The author is a stoner who's still stuck in the 70's. Sly and the Family Stone?! Hell, there are bands in that same genre who were superior to those turkeys! I have to presume he's never heard of Three Dog Night, for example... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthfreek Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 I think it's a pretty decent list(as far as mainstream rock goes). i mean The Ramones and Velvet Underground wouldn't be on most people's list. Bruce was included on the top 10 rnr songs of all time in the middle of the article. I guess he's no that big of an idiot. Although the inclusion of Oukast's Hey Ya might make me rethink that. And U2 at #3 is a little odd. I hate these lists too but still end up reading them and disagreeing with most of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthfreek Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 Ok now you're smoking crack...Sly rocked harder and did more for rock than Three Dog Night. I mean that one guy was living in a gutter REALLY smoking crack. I think it was the Chuck Mangione looking guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruinsrme Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 aerosmith van halen bruce rush cmon nearly 100 years of rock between these band and still able to draw crows of such impressive numbers, well van halen would if they toward. i am surprised Kenny rogers or Neil Diamond didn't make that list. hell for that matter barry Manilow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 U2, Velvet Underground and the Ramones, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Sly and the Family Stone as five of the top ten rock n roll bands of all time? I dont think so. What about the man who started it all by adapting southern black bopping jazz tunes to his white Christian hip swiveling Hollywood style, who still makes about 30 million dollars a year even though he is dead almost three decades! The King, Elvis Presley. What about Americas folk-rock poet for almost two decades, the great off-key singer and songwriter, Bob Dylan? How about the other folk rock duo who define the mindset of the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s: Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel? Clearly long-term success must be measured along with cultural influential music. Presley, Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel defined a liberal-conservative culture clash that stopped a war in lower Asia, overthrew a sitting President, began a conservative and then a liberal resurgence. Music powers revolution. It gives a voice to the masses. The songsters of those generations gave words to the changing cultural values. Oh, I know, how about the guy who already has a Seattle museum because he completely changed the way the guitar creates music, Jimi Hendrix. And yes, as their continued popularity attests, Aerosmith might earn a place, if NOT honorable mention, on the that list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted March 28, 2004 Author Share Posted March 28, 2004 Wow... Colin, that list touched a nerve. . Thats ok,thats about the way I felt after I read the Rolling Stones list of all time guitarist. There were two lists that came out roughly the same time, so I I think it was them... Anyway, they had Jack White from the White Strips at #17 and had Eddy Van Halen at some #73. I still feel someone had better lost thier job. Two people really if not more, the author, the editor and then there had to be some grand poobah that approved the entire magazine. Anyway, this list? I think it's rediculous myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 I kinda see it the same way as Colin. What was the contribution to the culture and/or the music itself? The Stones, IMHO, contributed nothing to either of those things, and therefore have no place in that list. I could easily see a band like Radiohead making that list. Hell, there was an internet poll about 4 years ago (over 4 million voted) that placed Abbey Road SECOND to Radiohead's The Bends as greatest rock band of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBrennan Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 I'm with Colin. How can you talk the greatest band and not talk a little band that had four members; Scotty Moore on guitar, Bill Black on bass, DJ Fontana on drums and a fella named Elvis Presley who sang? And the Jimmy Hendrix Experience, wow. That was one terrific band, I saw them, I know. Another great band was the Stax house band, Booker T and the MGs. They were also a touring unit and would be accompanied by the Memphis Horns. I urge you to view the videos of this bunch backing Sam and Dave and Otis Redding on the Stax-Volt tour of England. Hot. I saw Zep live and they stunk-up the place---boring. If you're lousy live you're lousy period. Vanilla Fudge blew them right out of the place. Pink Floyd, I never heard those guys rock. They're soporific and I can't see why anybody not high at the time would listen to them. When I stopped getting jiggy I lost interest in Pink Floyd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 It's the only top ten list I've ever seen that's included the Grateful Dead. Number 4 even! Other than that, hogwash as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 ---------------- On 3/28/2004 12:26:24 PM TBrennan wrote: I'm with Colin. How can you talk the greatest band and not talk a little band that had four members; Scotty Moore on guitar, Bill Black on bass, DJ Fontana on drums and a fella named Elvis Presley who sang? And the Jimmy Hendrix Experience, wow. That was one terrific band, I saw them, I know. Another great band was the Stax house band, Booker T and the MGs. They were also a touring unit and would be accompanied by the Memphis Horns. I urge you to view the videos of this bunch backing Sam and Dave and Otis Redding on the Stax-Volt tour of England. Hot. I saw Zep live and they stunk-up the place---boring. If you're lousy live you're lousy period. Vanilla Fudge blew them right out of the place. Pink Floyd, I never heard those guys rock. They're soporific and I can't see why anybody not high at the time would listen to them. When I stopped getting jiggy I lost interest in Pink Floyd. ---------------- Tom, Your age is showing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 "getting jiggy"? So that's what that phrase means. I had no idea. Guess that shows my age... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 Don't feel bad Griff. I had no idea what "jiggy" meant either and I'm a bit older than you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easylistener Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 You thought Led was boring? They are one of the greatest bands ever. I didn't like the Rolling stones being so high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 This is sorta OT, but one of my favorite bands is The Mollys. I can't describe them. Mexican/Celtic/Polka. If you've heard them, you'll understand. The original members stayed together for 15 years, and they are still going. They hail from Tuscon. Tom, You are right about Elvis and his early band. I'm not particularly fond of him, but the ones that rock, really rock. A lot of that early music sounded great when you were high, and awful twenty years + later. Marvel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 You almost can't do a top 10, that's how many great bands there are. I think everyone just about has to have their own "Top 10". What criteria? I think we need good studio work, great on the road, and longevity. The Beatles The Moody Blues Led Zeppelin Black Sabbath Pink Floyd Yes Aerosmith Deep Purple Van Halen Journey Honorable mentions: Elvis, ELO, Stones, U2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 no Beach Boys? Doors? Janis Joplin? Jefferson Airplane? Chuck Berry? Cream? Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young? Hey, what about Abba, they certainly had a long term influence on the rock scene? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelerFan Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 ---------------- On 3/28/2004 8:02:59 AM chuckears wrote: Having said that, his exclusion of Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band brands him an idiot, and I am not even going to read his goofy article. ---------------- Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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