Same here. My actual list of the bands I listended to and had in the 8 track or cassette the most back then would look something like this:
1.Faces
2.Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
3.Ten Years After
4.Allman Brothers
5.Doobie Brothers
6.Mott The Hoople
7.Procol Harum
8.Thin Lizzy
9.The Original Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green
10.The Band
Well who cares who's best. I mean, we are all entitled to our favorites, thats the fun part, to decide, to inspire, to trascend. Me as a musician I've never been one to think of music as a race, in fact, I support bands that I don't even like that much just cause I think they have integrity in what they are doing. One can argue who's a better musician, or even a better guy, but there will never be a fixed top 10 list. Hell, right now I have over 900 bands in my laptop, 180GB, almost 30k songs and Ive been narrowing that to 16MBs to fit it into my ipod, listening it as whole, one by one, been doing it for almost 2 months, 70GB to go. From the 30s to 2012.
Does that make me more qualified to make a list? Well maybe over someone who has only listened 50 bands in his lifetime, but does it matter? No. Remember that stupid feud Nirvana had with Pearl Jam and Guns N Roses? It was pretty stupid, inmature. Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder buried the hatchet before Cobain died, Cobain said it made no sense to put Nirvana fans against PJ fans, that he tought PJ were sellouts at some point cuz they played glam rock with Mother Love Bone before (which one can argue was true) but once he met Eddie he realized he was a cool dude as passionate as him about music. Duff McKagan of GNR was one of the last people to see Cobain alive as they flyed together to Seattle after both left rehab in LA.
This discussion so far has been very friendly, main objective of a musician right there my friends, unite people. Cheers to all.
Does that make me more qualified to make a list? Well maybe over someone who has only listened 50 bands in his lifetime, but does it matter? No. Remember that stupid feud Nirvana had with Pearl Jam and Guns N Roses? It was pretty stupid, inmature. Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder buried the hatchet before Cobain died, Cobain said it made no sense to put Nirvana fans against PJ fans, that he tought PJ were sellouts at some point cuz they played glam rock with Mother Love Bone before (which one can argue was true) but once he met Eddie he realized he was a cool dude as passionate as him about music. Duff McKagan of GNR was one of the last people to see Cobain alive as they flyed together to Seattle after both left rehab in LA.
This discussion so far has been very friendly, main objective of a musician right there my friends, unite people. Cheers to all.
love CCR too
at one point I thought BTO was going to be a great band too, but they fizzled
following the guidelines
1-----beatles
2-----rolling stones
3-----led zepplin
4-----the who
5-----the grateful dead
6-----pink floys
7-----the doors
8-----lynard skynard
9-----creedence clearwater rivalal
10----the eagles
i too vote for the yardbirds with eric clapton, jimmy page and jeff beck
1-----beatles
2-----rolling stones
3-----led zepplin
4-----the who
5-----the grateful dead
6-----pink floys
7-----the doors
8-----lynard skynard
9-----creedence clearwater rivalal
10----the eagles
i too vote for the yardbirds with eric clapton, jimmy page and jeff beck
The 10 I think should be on it. Not my fav 10 but the ones who left the biggest influence. I hate The Clash but could make a case for them over The Who. Queen and Pink Floyd are two that you either love/hate them. The stage presence of Freddy Mercury was as good as any frontman.
Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Grateful Dead
The Who
Pink Floyd
Nirvana
The Doors
U2
Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Grateful Dead
The Who
Pink Floyd
Nirvana
The Doors
U2
Refreshing to see someone acknowledge these 2 acts. They were both in existence for about the same length of time (about 5 years) at around the same exact time (1969-75). Also, they both fractured in similar ways. If you were ever fortunate to have seen either of them live, you would know why they are held in such high regard. Both acts took their studio work to another level during live performances.
In the 2nd half of 1973, Mott The Hoople closed their set with a 15 minute medley that actually made it onto their live album. I maintain that this is the best, purist, powerful, definitive rock'n'roll piece ever to be put on vinyl. This gig was just a few months after original member, guitarist Mick Ralphs left the group to form Bad Company with Paul Rogers and Simon Kirke.
Somewhat interesting tidbit is that the 2nd song in the medley, "One of the Boys" (starts around 2:20), was originally Mick Ralphs' "Can't Get Enough". "Can't Get Enough" didn't really work for Mott The Hoople and Ian Hunter re-worked the song into "One of the Boys". Mick Ralphs took "Can't Get Enough" (along with "Ready For Love" and "Movin' On") and put em' on the Bad Co. debut album.
