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Post by rockysigman on Oct 3, 2005 23:23:54 GMT -5
i love it that rocky loves the zombies so much... And it's still driving me nuts that nobody else here seems to!  |
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Post by Mary on Oct 3, 2005 23:32:54 GMT -5
i love it that rocky loves the zombies so much... And it's still driving me nuts that nobody else here seems to! the zombies would totally make my top 25 list....but yeah, they don't crack the top 15. gotta exhaust all my post-punk obsessions before i get there!! |
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Oct 3, 2005 23:46:55 GMT -5
Count me in for a lover of the Zombies. Amazing band.
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Post by Adam on Oct 4, 2005 0:35:58 GMT -5
1. The Beatles
2. Led Zeppelin
3. The Who
4. Queen
5. The Clash
6. Pink Floyd
7. Black Sabbath
8. The Rolling Stones
9. Joy Division
10. Massive Attack
11. Roxy Music
12. Iron Maiden
13. Echo & The Bunnymen
14. Motorhead
15. Cream
Honorable mentions: The Kinks, The Prodigy, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, The Smiths, Portishead, Judas Priest, Radiohead, The Cure.
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Post by riley on Oct 4, 2005 7:57:50 GMT -5
This is so hard. Avoided knee jerks as best I could and just tried to take Ken's advice and go with "who does it for me". Bands from the last 25 years just really keep my interest more than bands for the most part before 1980.
15. Echo & The Bunnymen
14. The Jesus & Mary Chain
13. The Cure
12. New Order
11. James
10. The Who
9. Pulp
8. Trash Can Sinatras
7. Joy Division
6. XTC
5. The Verve
4. The Beatles
3. Teenage Fanclub
2. The Smiths
1. Radiohead
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Post by luke on Oct 4, 2005 8:15:29 GMT -5
So here I go. An honest enough list. Decided it'd sound too contrived if historical. It's my favorites tinged with a touch of critical analysis. I'd originally planned on doing my critical thoughts with a touch of my favorites. Regardless, the Beatles still may not have cracked the top 5, and Led Zep would be toward the bottom of the list.
15. Radiohead
14. The Verve
13. Primal Scream
12. Black Sabbath (they'd have beaten out Maiden before this year's Ozzfest...hey, a legacy has to count for something, y'know?)
11. Iron Maiden
10. Judas Priest
9. Thin Lizzy
8. Motorhead
7. The Pogues
6. The Cure
5. Joy Division
4. New Order
3. The Jesus and Mary Chain
2. The Clash
1. The Smiths
And Mary, it's not your fault that the Americans completely owned the Brits in the 90s musically. Certainly the one decade the yanks were indisputably better...
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Post by riley on Oct 4, 2005 8:46:17 GMT -5
It took everything in me to not include metal. I just don't listen to those bands enough anymore to make it worth using up valuable slots.
That said Iron Maiden and Judas Priest should be on every list ever, truth be told, regardless of topical relevance.
For instance. 10 best vegetarian breakfast options - #3 Judas Priest.
Don't ask me how it works, it just does.
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Post by Dr. Drum on Oct 4, 2005 8:47:34 GMT -5
Not entirely settled on this but I think I’ve tried about 27 different versions of it so far, so it's time to get something down "on paper". Guess we’ll call it a first draft. Very, very difficult indeed, particularly in final band placements.
1. Roxy Music
2. The Beatles (fulcrum point of this whole uneven list...)
3. Elvis Costello and the Attractions
4. The Who
4. The Kinks
6. XTC
7. U2
8. The Mekons
9. Sex Pistols
10. The Clash
11. The Smiths
12. The Pogues
13. Joy Division
14. King Crimson
15. The Fall
Honourable mentions to: Pretenders, Gang of Four, The KLF, The Chameleons, Pulp, Radiohead, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Cure, The The, Suede, Primal Scream, Talk Talk, New Order, T.Rex, That Petrol Emotion, Ultravox!, James, Eurythmics, Boomtown Rats, Cocteau Twins, Prefab Sprout, Thin Lizzy, Pet Shop Boys, Queen, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, The Pop Group, Fatima Mansions, Ultrasound, Waterboys and about 1000 others…
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Post by riley on Oct 4, 2005 8:50:32 GMT -5
Suede should probably be on my list somewhere. Fuck. I'm not fixing it. Nice list Doc. Man you guys really like The Pogues eh?  |
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Post by Dr. Drum on Oct 4, 2005 9:00:22 GMT -5
The Pogues - definitely. Shane MacGowan traded talent for booze but there was no better writer in the UK in the mid-to late 80s.
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Post by riley on Oct 4, 2005 9:11:32 GMT -5
I forgot The Stone Roses. This isn't even fair.
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Post by tuneschick on Oct 4, 2005 9:23:21 GMT -5
Goddamn, this is hard. But I was missed out on the American one (mostly because I fought with the list way too much), so I need to take part in this one!
This has little to do with cultural relevance, and everything to do with the bands that mean the most to me. Thus - no U2. (I used to love 'em, but Bono makes me so crazy that I can't even listen to them anymore.)
And I'm counting Elvis Costello as a solo artist
I'm still not entirely happy with this, but here goes nuthin'...
1. The Clash
2. The Undertones
3. Pulp
4. The Beatles
4. The Who
6. The Kinks
7. Echo and the Bunnymen
8. Psychedelic Furs
9. The Police
10. The Animals
11. Super Furry Animals
12. The Housemartins
13. James
14. Lush
15. Rolling Stones
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Post by tuneschick on Oct 4, 2005 9:24:07 GMT -5
Ugh, that sucks already. ... had to modify to include the Housemartins, who definitely deserve a place on my top 15. Unfortunately, that means so long to the Smiths - shocking, I know... |
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Post by Weeping_Guitar on Oct 4, 2005 15:24:59 GMT -5
01. The Beatles
02. Radiohead
03. U2
04. The Who
05. Cream
06. Pink Floyd
07. The Rolling Stones
08. Led Zeppelin
09. The Kinks
10. The Clash
11. The Yardbirds
12. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
13. Jethro Tull
14. The Jam
15. Supergrass
I wanted to include the Jeff Beck group, but it's various incarnations never seemed to be concrete enough to ever be really a band.
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Post by strat-0 on Oct 4, 2005 15:36:31 GMT -5
Now, there's a pretty nice list. I intend to buck the trend and include only bands that actually have some claim to "greatest."  |
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