Poll: Top 100 Bands Of All Time! Vote Then I'll Se Which Ones Win, Please Tell Other

[CarlKnoch]

Originally posted by MyrddinsPrecint
aimee mann, alexi murdoch, ani difranco, badly drawn boy, barenaked ladies (the old stuff), beatles, ***** and animal, crosby stills nash & young, dave matthews band, dexter freebish, discount, dishwalla, discount, duncan sheik, ella fitzgerald, elliot smith, eve 6, fiona apple, foo fighters, gin blossoms, goo goo dolls, guster, jason mraz, john mayer, jonatha brooke, k's choice, our lady peace, placebo, sage francis, sarah mclachlan, sneaker pimps, splender, sugarcult, superbus, tenacious d, the avalanches, third eye blind, tori amos, vertical horizon, verve pipe

I'm surprised that I didn't see Three *****in Babes in this list after some of the names you have. Christine Lavin and all.

This post remindes me however that I only listed "bands" and not singers. I would have added to my list
James Taylor
John Mayer
David Wilcox

[sabresamurai]

lp...linkin park

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Led Zeppelin
Radiohead
Cream
The Roots
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Jimi Hendrix
The Beastie Boys
Miriam Makeba
Stevie Wonder
The White Stripes

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Originally posted by Craig
milli vanilli

Best...response...ever

[zeidolon]

I'll be different.

My nomination for worst band: "Blue Cheer". Their rendition of "I cant get no satisfaction" actually made my eardrums cringe the first time I heard it. heheh

[D'Artagnan1673]

My list will make me appear older and perhaps more gothic than I really am.

The Cure
Depeche Mode
The Psychedelic Furs
Talk Talk
Ultravox
Joy Division ( I do not listen to them anymore, but I was infactuated by Ian Curtis' voice while in high school)
New Order ( if you have Joy Division in the list, you must have New Order)

Falco
The Human League
Soft Cell
Golden Earring
Dire Straits
U2
A Flock of Seagulls
Pet Shop Boys

Loreena McKennitt
Enya
Enigma
Bach
Beethoven
Frank Sinatra
Maurice Chevalier

[darius]

Lotsa good stuff here, although there are definitely a few people I'd say the jury is still out on, just because their greatest works are hopefully still ahead of them.

I tend to stay on the rock side of things, but most of the greats have been already mentioned. Here are a few that were perhaps forgotten, and should be explored. Note: this represents a very BROAD musical spectrum. You may love or hate, especially since I've included folks from the unholy hated genres (rap & country), but I've thrown in some justifications too.

James Brown - Hardest working man in showbiz, and one of the greatest entertainers, ever.

George Clinton & P Funk Allstars - Great great stuff.

Bob Marley & the Wailers - No more need be said.

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - Even though he's 50, BrOOOce still plays 3 hour shows, which is a lot more hardcore than any tough-guy nu-metal. He also happens to be a damn fine guitar player (flanked by several other damn fine guitar players), and writes songs which capture the restless spirit of America.

Creedence Clearwater Revival - It was bold, it was loud, it was political. And it was damn catchy! What credibility did John Fogerty have? Absolutely none -- he was from Los Angeles. All that "boinin'" and "toinin'" nonsense, and the rest of America fell for it. Because it was good.

Robert Johnson - Sold his soul to be the best damn guitar player ever. And he was, for his time. If you can't handle screatchy recordings, or his scratchy, yelpy, high-pitched voice, that's fine...but you gotta pay respect where it's due.

BB King - King of the Blues. Where did rock originate from? Thank you.

Stevie Ray Vaughan - White boy plays blues? Don't tell anybody! If they hear that The Man can do it this good, they'll think they can rap, too! (I thought that was clever, but think harder -- when did SRV die? 1990. When did Vanilla Ice become popular?)

Megadeth - In the era of speed metal, Megadeth was musically far ahead of its competitors, and their (admittedly small) body of work from that timeframe shows that.

Dream Theater - Again on the metal side of things, DT combines interesting rock covers with unique instrumental pieces. Nearly every member of the band is a master of their instrument.

Now, let's get controversial...

Jonny Cash - The Man in Black. Great songwriter, and representative of all that's good in country music. The Nashville establishment secretly hates him, but they will drop his name any chance they get. Wonder why?

Steve Earle - I wonder if country music is actually more politically active than rock these days? With the jingoistic schlock on the airwaves ("Have you Forgotten?"), you could make a case for that. Fortunately, the other side of the coin is Steve Earle. His album Jerusalem is perhaps the most politically incisive thing I've ever heard, and yeah, I do like 60s protest music. He's a musically adventurous outlaw and a rebel, and Nashville openly hates him.

Eminem - Say what you want about white boyz rapping, but this guy is GOOD. His beats are interesting, he's clever, and most importantly, he gets parents' undies in a bunch. Just like the Rolling Stones did in the 60s and KISS did in the 70s.

Jurassic 5 - Oh, look...musically interesting rappers! Will wonders never cease?

[mollusk]

Originally posted by zeidolon
I'll be different.

My nomination for worst band: "Blue Cheer". Their rendition of "I cant get no satisfaction" actually made my eardrums cringe the first time I heard it. heheh

Are you thinking of their rendition of the Eddie Cochran classic "Summertime Blues"?

Nevermind. I hadn't heard their second album.

[HilandDoug]

Jimi Hendrix is not a band, nor is BB King. They are the greatest guitar players of their time, or some would say ever, but they are not BANDS.

My votes:

The Beatles
Rush
Yes

(Carl had it right earlier up in the thread)

KISS
Aerosmith
(Just saw the concert in Detroit-AWESOME!) Well, maybe KISS has the best SHOW ever on stage, so that should go into a seperate catagory. If their music wasn't presented in the fashion that it is, I don't know if I'd like it as much.

[canthidefromme]

counting crows. woo

[Peach]

Originally posted by darius
Eminem - Say what you want about white boyz rapping, but this guy is GOOD. His beats are interesting, he's clever, and most importantly, he gets parents' undies in a bunch. Just like the Rolling Stones did in the 60s and KISS did in the 70s.

Speak for your own dang parents. Though I bought the "clean" version of "The Eminem Show" by accident, which means half the album's words are "shweesh." Really sounds peculiar and a lot dirtier that way. I earned the bewildered enmity of a high school colleague by saying Eminem was a remarkable poet.

It is now confirmed. D'Artagnan is older than I am.


Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Chumbawamba
My current favorite: Maroon 5

[darius]

Jimi Hendrix is not a band, nor is BB King. They are the greatest guitar players of their time, or some would say ever, but they are not BANDS.

The majority of both Hendrix and King's work is not solo -- it was played in a band. It would be very odd to hear either without a rhythm section, and by including them, you give well-deserved credit to the anonymous musicians who held down the beat.

No, they weren't bands in the bunch-of-friends-in-a-garage sort of way; there is a defacto leader. But that's formalizing a situation that exists pretty much everywhere: Guns & Roses was purely Axl & Slash, U2 is all about Bono and Edge, The Cure is Robert Smith, and the Beatles were John and Paul. Would anybody care about Velvet Underground if not for Lou Reed? Cream sans Clapton? Simon & Garfunkel without Simon? Van Halen without David Lee Roth?

darius

"So, Simon is the talented one, and Garfunkel is the one with the hair, right?" - UR epeeist Laura Taylor

[thyme_daniels]

just going to post my favorite bands, since my taste in music is unparalleled. not that i am too full of myself...


in alphabetical order!
beatles
better than ezra
blur
david bowie
depeche mode
fatboy slim
frente! (very obscure...sorry)
garbage
jimmy buffett
lonestar
madonna
nirvana
orbital
radiohead
red hot chili peppers
saint etienne
simon and garfunkel (who are reuniting to do a NA tour!)
smashing pumpkins
sneaker pimps
steve miller band
stone temple pilots
u2
underworld
wilco

[mejc]

Some of my favourties
NIN
Radiohead
Oasis
Blur
U2
The vines
Jebediah
Grinspoon
Smashing Pumpkins
Guns n Roses
Metallica
50 cent
Nelly
P Diddy
Scooter
Eve 6
Matchbox 20
Alex Loyd

[mejc]

Oh i forogot
the Red hot chilli peppers
Dimitri from Paris
and Tankcsapda

[Indy4ever]

Originally posted by darius
Would anybody care about Velvet Underground if not for Lou Reed? Cream sans Clapton? Simon & Garfunkel without Simon? Van Halen without David Lee Roth?

I honestly hope you were joking about that last one!

[D'Artagnan1673]

Originally posted by Peach


It is now confirmed. D'Artagnan is older than I am.

LOL!!!! Nope, just nearly 23 with a mother who influenced me greatly as a child.

I could say a lot about the Rolling Stones and that sort vs. Eminem. I think the problem is that morals are decaying at a rapid rate. We think of the Rolling Stones as harmless now and detest Eminem. Will my kids think Eminem is harmless? What will be their version of Eminem?

[Talyn]

The chorus for "Where is the love?" is pretty good...

[Peach]

Black Eyed Peas is on my favorites list but except for "Where Is The Love?" and "Let's Get Retarded" it's just all right.

[Capt. Slo-mo]

Originally posted by Inquartata
List ( or Lizst? ) is not exhaustive. I left out Empire Brass.

Empire Brass? Oh puh-leeeeze! They're not fit to open the spit valves for the Canadian Brass.

I once saw the CB in concert where the tuba player was performing an up-tempo solo of "Flight of the Bumblebee" and making a big deal of how hard it was to do on a tuba.

The lead trumpet player stopped the performance, reached backhand thru the Tuba plumbing and proceeded to do all the valve fingering--doubletime--while the Tuba player worked the mouthpiece. Absolutely incredible.

Let's see Steven Tyler try that!

Oh, Queen and the Moody Blues...that's entertainment.