Best band of all time [Archive] - FRED Entertainment

evildeadfan

07-21-2004, 11:49 AM

This is just a thread where you can list your favorite band or bands. Mine are Led Zeppelin and Rage Against the Machine.

Tongue

07-21-2004, 01:43 PM

I'm surprised you didn't say Evil Dead as you've used it in every single one of your other posts. /forums/images/icons/smirk.gif

bwdial

07-21-2004, 04:29 PM

It's really difficult to say anyone but the Beatles.
Love 'em or hate 'em, there's not a lot they didn't influence.
***looks around to make sure Asteban isn't listening***
Led Zeppelin is the greatest cover band of all time. /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

jjcourtright

07-21-2004, 04:58 PM

I think that "best" band just doesn't work. It is too subjective. Somebody who has always lived in Alabama will, I'm pretty sure, give you a different answer than someone who has spent their whole life living in Boston which will probably be different than somebody who grew up in Denver, John. Age of course comes in to play, also.

Having said that, the best band ever is either Pearl Jam, or Alice in Chains, depending on the day of the week.

See..."best" band is even subjective when I'm arguing with myself.

bwdial

07-21-2004, 06:18 PM

I'm not basing this on personal likes or dislikes. I'm basing what I said on what pretty much every musician I've ever seen interviewed on the subject has had to say. It doesn't matter if it's metal or rap, they all give mad props to the lads from Liverpool.
I found VH1's 100 Greatest Albums show very interesting. Nearly one-tenth (9 out of the top 100) albums, including #1, were Beatles' albums. This wasn't some popularity contest, either. This was based on opinions from musicians and rock critics.
Beatles...uber alles! /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

ILovePapaSmurf

07-21-2004, 06:23 PM

New Kids on the Block.

Dave

07-21-2004, 07:12 PM

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New Kids on the Block.

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That's 'cause they've got the Right Stuff!

code6enterprises

07-21-2004, 07:46 PM

I don't know about the best, but I'll list some of my favorites.

Tenacious D, The Shins, Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five, Cake

in_diana_jones

07-22-2004, 12:14 AM

The Shins rule.

Some of my favorites: Beck, The White Stripes, Blur, The Doors, The Pixies, The Velvet Underground, The Unicorns, Iggy Pop, Gorillaz, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles.

mytehdogizflying

07-22-2004, 02:25 AM

I'd have to agree with you on Rage Against The Machine.

Matt1

07-22-2004, 03:36 AM

Iggy and the Stooges. Listen to Raw Power and tell me I'm wrong.

RobinHoodDaffy

07-22-2004, 04:22 AM

It would have to be either:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002J92.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

OR:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000092Q46.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

woo_wannabe

07-22-2004, 08:18 PM

I would have to agree with you on Ben Folds Five. They rock! It's such a shame that they split, they could have done some great stuff.
Me and a couple of friends play "Selfless, Cold and Composed" and "Missing the War" in the school Talent Quest last year. That was awesome! /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

Zens_7s

07-23-2004, 10:09 AM

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who has spent their whole life living in Boston which will probably be different than somebody who grew up in Denver, John.

[/ QUOTE ] That was pure comedy and I think everybody missed it! /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif It would be awful to grow up living in Boston though...you would have to listen to More Than a Feeling until your ears bled.

LeaLee

07-23-2004, 11:52 AM

Nice Bands, I have no complaints with those bands, luv ya, /forums/images/icons/grin.gif Leah

bwdial

07-23-2004, 02:58 PM

The real personal irony for me, is that my cousin, introduced me to Boston when I was about 8, grew up in Denver. /forums/images/icons/smirk.gif

jjcourtright

07-23-2004, 03:27 PM

After posting it, I kind of thought that it was cheesy. Thanks for stroking my ego.

code6enterprises

07-23-2004, 04:33 PM

I just got the 'Bn Folds Live' CD and it's just the lead singer and a piano. It's pretty good.

ratm1966

07-23-2004, 10:59 PM

I caught the John Denver reference, but chose not to comment. Besides, I actually liked some of his music.

Asteban

07-24-2004, 01:13 AM

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***looks around to make sure Asteban isn't listening***

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 NOT FAIR! My computer doesn't work properly! 

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Led Zeppelin is the greatest cover band of all time.

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 i'll get you for this *shakes fist*. Besides, all their cover songs are the worst ones in my opinion. Their best songs are the original ones. Like Stairway to Heaven, Battle of Evermore, Over the Hills and Far Away, Stairway to Heaven, Black Dog, Going to California, Immigrant Song, Dancing Days, STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN! I think my point has been made.

woo_wannabe

07-25-2004, 04:23 AM

Yeh, my mate has that. Doesn't Folds do like a really funny Elton John impersonation or something? And gets the crowd to sing too? Have you got the "Sessions At West 54th Street" DVD? Now that is awesome Ben Folds Five!

bwdial

07-26-2004, 03:02 PM

Easy...just too damn easy. /forums/images/icons/smirk.gif

Asteban

07-27-2004, 01:35 AM

And just what do you mean by that?

bwdial

07-27-2004, 09:08 AM

You are a pit bull when it comes to Led Zeppelin...and all I have to do is rattle your cage a bit. /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

Asteban

07-28-2004, 04:49 AM

Oh, I see. Yeah its true. I tend to defend the things I love. I defend the hell out of them.

u6ik

07-28-2004, 10:11 AM

You're all wrong.

It's VAST and Depeche Mode(Violator and Songs of Faith...to be honest, 'twas their prime /forums/images/icons/tongue.gif )

VAST - Bloody brilliant!

Asteban

07-28-2004, 01:24 PM

Depeche Mode . . . DEPECHE MODE! You know nothing. You couldn't have said something like Eric Clapton(God), Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, or even ZZ Top. NO! You said Depeche Mode. *Lowers head in shame*

in_diana_jones

07-28-2004, 02:13 PM

Asteban, if you are into those guys then you would be into The Velvet Underground, The 13th Floor Elevators, or The Kinks.

Tongue

07-28-2004, 02:15 PM

I watched a piece on Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds last night and it's made me want to go out and get the Murder album he did.

u6ik

07-28-2004, 07:04 PM

Asteban - ZZ Top?? I've got to admit, ZZ Top are rather cool. Legs, Pin Cushion, Viva Las Vasgas, Planet of Women...they're all classics. They pack out stadium gigs all over the US, even though they have to be way past retirement age /forums/images/icons/tongue.gif They would have to be considered.

But Eric Clapton? Mr Bland himself? I think not... and anyway 'He' is not a band and is therefore excluded on a technicality /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

ratm1966

07-28-2004, 10:08 PM

Nick's album "Murder Ballads" is excellent. I really like it.

straight2video

07-28-2004, 11:47 PM

beatles- i enjoy many bands from the british invation. /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

Asteban

07-29-2004, 01:50 AM

Fine then would you prefer me to say Derek and the Dominos? That was his band afterall. Lest we forget a little song called Layla. What you call bland, I call . . . A fuckin MAZING. Zeppelin remains my favorite though, just above the Beatles.

ILovePapaSmurf

07-29-2004, 03:59 AM

Oh, god Asteban...when are you going to learn? Zepplin is like a wounded puppy dog compared to the man Manilow. You better realize it... /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

straight2video

07-29-2004, 05:10 AM

and manilow is like a wounded dog 2 the ramones... /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

woo_wannabe

07-29-2004, 05:35 AM

Dream Theater are an awesome band! Nuf said!

straight2video

07-29-2004, 05:43 AM

hmmm dream theater, never heard of them...

u6ik

07-29-2004, 06:33 AM

Manilow??? Now we are scraping the bottom of the proverbial barrel. You have gotta be kidding.

Still don't agree with Clapton. He is is just not 'Rock' enough... you may as well be listening to the Bay City Rollers. *shivers uncontrolably*

bwdial

07-29-2004, 09:28 AM

Ever heard of Cream?

u6ik

07-29-2004, 09:41 AM

Cream? Yeah, it's a CD by 'The Holy Barbarians', fronted by Ian Astbury of 'The Cult'. Now we're getting somewhere. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

Wowmawn! *Astbury stylee*

Now 'The Cult', they were a rock band /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

ILovePapaSmurf

07-29-2004, 01:59 PM

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Manilow??? Now we are scraping the bottom of the proverbial barrel. You have gotta be kidding.

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Please, Manilow is the shit! If you don't agree with me, put on his 'Manilow Sings Sinatra' album! Awesome stuff man.

Asteban

07-29-2004, 03:14 PM

I respect your love for Manilow(just kidding . . . LOSER!). But you really can't compare the two, Led Zeppelin - Rock, Barry Manilow, . . . well I don't know what exactly that is. Would you call it easy listening? It's like comparing apples and Jesus.

Eric Clapton is definately rock. Layla, Cocaine, After Midnight. Its a bluesy kind of rock, but it IS rock.

jjcourtright

07-29-2004, 03:28 PM

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It's like comparing apples and Jesus.

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That's the funniest thing I've ever heard you say...er...I mean type.

straight2video

07-29-2004, 05:01 PM

i know i was like umm barry manilow, u gotta b kidding but everyones got there damn opinions...i guess /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

Asteban

07-29-2004, 05:41 PM

Why thank you.

straight2video

07-29-2004, 05:57 PM

k, u do realize that your on a pop-culture site right now dont you? /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

ILovePapaSmurf

07-29-2004, 06:31 PM

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k, u do realize that your on a pop-culture site right now dont you?

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Holy shit! Is that was this is!? Well, fuck me gently with a chainsaw.

u6ik

07-29-2004, 06:37 PM

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Please, Manilow is the shit!

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Now, I'm a little confused here. Using the English language I was born with, this phrase appears to be what is known as an oxymoron.

Just shit, would suffice /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

woo_wannabe

07-29-2004, 08:52 PM

No it's not. Well it probably is that too but Cream were Eric Clapton's old band.
And you have got to hear Dream Theater. They are awesome. If you want to hear then, go and find the "Metroplis 2:Scenes from a Memory" cd. It should be cheap but well worth it.

Mighty_Wingman

07-29-2004, 09:09 PM

So what would you username be in the English you were born with ?

Just curious.

u6ik

07-29-2004, 09:37 PM

Ubik is the title of a book by Philip K Dick. V good book. It's just as random as 'Mighty Wingman', Mighty Wingman /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

I liked it, so I used it - Use it all the time in this virtual world we call the internet.

Only, in the book Ubik spends most of his time dead. Well, almost dead. I, on the other hand, am very much alive /forums/images/icons/grin.gif

bwdial

07-30-2004, 09:43 AM

"Eric Clapton is definately rock. Layla, Cocaine, After Midnight. Its a bluesy kind of rock, but it IS rock.

I'm more a fan of his with Cream. Those songs can't compare with the stuff he did with Ginger and Jack.

evildeadfan

07-30-2004, 07:37 PM

he's right, Cream was way better than his solo and Derick and the dominoes stuff

u6ik

07-30-2004, 09:07 PM

Any of you guys actually heard of VAST in the States? Just wondering. They did a small gig over here which I attended. It was spot on! I beleive they only did one European gig and London was it. V Cool.

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Asteban

07-31-2004, 01:04 AM

It all kicks supreme amounts of ass.

bwdial

07-31-2004, 02:32 PM

Get the Cream BBC Recording CD. Awesome live stuff.

u6ik

07-31-2004, 02:53 PM

Are you still banging on about Cream? Any current bands in your top 5? Or are you showing your age a little?

Or maybe you're actually Eric Clapton! Drumming up some business for you lagging CD sales /forums/images/icons/grin.gif