Best band ever in your opinion

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:41 pm

Impossible to say for me, but a few faves:

Led Zep
Jackson 5
XTC
Sly & The Fam
Meters
JBs
Cure
Squeeze
Bowie

the girl next door · Post by **the girl next door** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:14 pm

smutek wrote:IRON MAIDEN

Oh...Yes comes in at a close second 4 me along with U2,Gary Numan and Frankie goes to Hollywood

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:17 pm

Radiohead.

CatfishRivers · Post by **CatfishRivers** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:42 pm

The River Bottom Nightmare Band

dj superflat · Post by **dj superflat** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:56 pm

people, "best" does not mean "favorite." so, seriously, there's maybe 5-10 legit contenders. question is also limited to bands, but i assume individuals count. best seemingly has to include more than just a few records (knocking out nirvana), likely requires recognition by both critics and fans, etc.

so you can make a case for U2, stevie, prince, maybe radiohead, etc. you are, however, not really going to be able to dispute someone who votes beatles. not only the best pure songwriters, the best production, some of the best voices, but groundbreaking, all done in a very short amount of time, incredible variety, and insanely popular. you can say you don't personally like the beatles, but you can't really say they're not great.

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:58 pm

the Beatles are the best band of all time. if you don't get their genius start learning to play their songs. McCartney with amazing harmonization and chord structure, very lyrical, Lennon with his one chord rock/blues vamps.

the better question is who's the 2nd best band ever?

Bob Marley is up there for me, I love his entire catalog and I have hours and hours of it.

now my annoying list of every band I love, err most of them (I hate it when people do this, but whatever...)

Pink Floyd

Metallica - I like metal but putting on early metallica has a sound and edge that blows every other band out of the water.

Tarekith - early pumpkins, FUCK YEAH!!! but I'm not even interested in hearing their new shit, BORING. that's a band whose albums got progressively worse, nothing after Adore is worthwhile. If Corgan died after MCIS they'd be a different story.

Foo Fighters fucking RAWK!!! Dave Grohl is an amazing musician and by all accounts a helluva nice guy. FANFUCKINGTASTIC live shows, seen them many times. on the note I have to shout out to Weezer. Nirvana also had GREAT output while they were around.
*lots of cool Dave Grohl clips on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqL-YNyx ... ed&search=

Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pixies, The Police, Simon and Garfunkel, the Smiths, Tom Waits, Hendrix, Underworld

commuter · Post by **commuter** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:08 pm

+1
depeche MODE......

nate_D · Post by **nate_D** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:11 pm

i agree with the beatles (especially the part about harmonizing) but what about jimi hendrix?!?!? then again, nobody said anything about aliens being allowed on the list. he is the epitome of an innovator.

Tone Deft wrote: Nirvana also had GREAT output while they were around.

they were a huge influence for me.

Machinesworking · Post by **Machinesworking** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:12 pm

In order of creative influence in my life...

Devo

To me anyway, a more important 60's group than the Beatles, Pink Floyd.

Kraftwerk

Throbbing Gristle

Cabaret Voltaire

Skinny Puppy

Godflesh

Venetian Snares

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:12 pm

Thread-jack: What would the Beatles have done if Live was available at:

1. White Album?
2. Sgt. Pepper?

Martyn · Post by **Martyn** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:15 pm

Vintage ac/dc

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tBcZpN05_lk& ... ed&search=

Pink Floyd http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy_n4pzWbvc

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:19 pm

nebulae wrote:Thread hikack: What would the Beatles have done if Live was available at:

1. White Album?
2. Sgt. Pepper?

they'd probably sound the same. I wonder how much of the techniques they did on those albums were an influence on how Live was designed. Could that be abstracted?

IMO Abbey Road is their best album.

The last to be recorded too. Sgt Pepper is almost too solid of a recording, almost sterile with perfection, no loose groove (Day In The Life still kills!) . White Album is a fun pouporri of songs, Revolver is also great, Mystery Tour... on and on...

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:22 pm

Tone Deft wrote: they'd probably sound the same.

Brutha TD, that's some serious hero-worship

Do you think McCartney's later or more recent stuff is as good?

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:29 pm

nebulae wrote:
Tone Deft wrote: they'd probably sound the same.
Brutha TD, that's some serious hero-worship

Do you think McCartney's later or more recent stuff is as good?

don't know it very well. I think Lennon and McCartney balanced each other out, neither of them made solo tunes on par with the Beatles, although Lennon's Imagine album is amazing (How Do You Sleep At Night is John ripping Paul a new asshole.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPQoSIZsMzM <--- amazing, dripping with inuendo. (the only thing you done was yesterday)

Wings has some good tunes but it suffers from the bubble gum doodley-bop that the singles Paul has put out in the 21st century.

nate_D · Post by **nate_D** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:31 pm

sgt. peppers for sure. strawberry fields has to be my all time fav beatles song.