5 greatest bands in Rock History!

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:30 pm

do elaborate for the slow guy.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:05 pm

bradhusker wrote:
Bizzarofelice wrote:funny. all those years the beatles spent being a cover band, they covered artists who were playing before Elvis. Maybe John Lennon has a warped sense of time.
OK, I guess I must explain this to you!! What did John Lennon mean by what he said, "Before Elvis, there was nothing"

OF course there was music before Elvis, what John lennon was saying, was that when he was in his young and informative teenage years, growing up in Liverpool, when he heard Elvis Presley, It was like being struck by lightenning!!!!

Blacks were singin the blues, whites were singin country western, jazz was jazz, swing was swing, big band was big band,

BUT ELVIS WAS ROCKABILLY!!! What John Lennon was trying to say was that , "Nothing really affected me, until Elvis",

and, not just elvis, but also chuck berry, buddy holly, jerry lee, little richard, gene vincent, the big bopper, fats, bill haley and his comets, and the list goes on and on and on and on, do ya understand????

CATCH MY DRIFT??? When jimmy page was a young impressionable LAD growing up in england, and elvis sang, "oh baby, baby baby, oh baby, baby, baby, come back baby, I wanna play house with you" EVERYTHING BECAME CLEAR!!!

THE rock GOD Jimmy page of the GOD group Led Zeppelin, said, and I quote, "when I heard elvis' Baby lets play house, right then, it all became clear", "I knew what I wanted to do for the rest of my life", end quote.

I hope this clears things up for you guys.

in summary... you're backtracking

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:42 pm

War Wagon wrote:do elaborate for the slow guy.

So you figured you'd run your yap when you had no idea what people were talking about?

Well, color me shocked.

Blind Faith = supergroup who got together and recorded one album

Travelling Wilburys = supergroup who got together and recorded one album

Procol Harem = one dozen+ albums, 40+ year career

One of these things is not like the others -- see if you can figure it out.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:47 pm

Procol Harum, btw.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:55 pm

Mikey wrote:Procol Harum, btw.

My bad.

40+ years, 2 hit songs.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:42 pm

Dinsdale wrote: So you figured you'd run your yap when you had no idea what people were talking about?

I mentioned Procol Hareum for the link between them and Blind Faith... Steve Winwood. I didn't really give a fuck what Mikey was talking about.

Travelling Wilburys = supergroup who got together and recorded one album

They recorded 2 albums. One in 1988 and one in 1990.

Procol Harem = one dozen+ albums, 40+ year career

40+ years give or take 15 years - they broke up in 1977 and then got back together in 1991.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:01 am

War Wagon wrote:
Dinsdale wrote: So you figured you'd run your yap when you had no idea what people were talking about?
I mentioned Procol Hareum for the link between them and Blind Faith... Steve Winwood.

:doh: :doh: :doh: :doh:

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:11 am

well, I thought Winwood had been in both bands. If I'm wrong, sue me.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:21 am

War Wagon wrote:If I'm wrong, sue me.

Are you kidding? You could keep a platoon of lawyers busy.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:29 am

Toddowen wrote: The Stones- My favorite of the bunch. The one I never seem to tire of. The ones that always have some track hidden somewhere in their massive library that keeps me nodding in the satisfaction that they're still the greatest rock and roll band in the world. Sure, there've been albums and live shows that have sucked. But as whole, they top Led Zeppelin in my book by virtue of complexity, creativity, and a massive stockpile of musical weaponry.

That last sentence is quite possibly the dumbest thing i've read on this board....outside of a let's turd post, of course.

Complexity-Zep, hands down

Creativity-very subjective. Hard to make a call.

Musical weaponry.

really?

bonzo vs charlie?

jimmy vs keef?

jpj vs whoever the fukk plays bass for the stones.

sorry, but zep buttfukks the stones right in their pieholes when it comes to musical weaponry.

also, the stones haven't done anything worth a fukk since, well, about the time bonzo cashed it in. i can promise you that had bonham not tried to drink every screwdriver in england that fateful day, they would have pwned the rock world right on through the 80s as they did the 70s.

this is not a dig at the stones. they were great. possibly the greatest pop rock group in history after the beatles. but when it comes to ass kickin' rock and roll, zep is [bradhusker]THE KING[/bradhusker]. everyone else is playing for second place.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:49 am

Goober McTuber wrote: Are you kidding?

Would I kid you, Goobastank?

Of course not.

Back to the discussion... I mentioned Eric Clapton and Cream as maybe rounding out that Top 5. I'll stand by that take.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:51 am

I could throw on Exile... any day of the week and listen to it front to back.

A Zeppelin album? Not really.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:56 am

Martyred wrote:I could throw on Exile... any day of the week and listen to it front to back.

A Zeppelin album? Not really.

had a friend recently reveal that he is anti-Stones. gave him a thumb drive with exile, beggar's banquet and let it bleed. if he doesn't shake my hand and thank me, I will fight him.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:58 am

btw, I'm pretty sure Dins is a not so distant relative of Ginger Baker.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:59 am

War Wagon wrote:btw, I'm pretty sure Dins is a distant relative of Ginger Baker.

either him or paul giamatti.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:09 am

Martyred wrote:I could throw on Exile... any day of the week and listen to it front to back.

A Zeppelin album? Not really.

good for you, comrade. you'd prolly rather listen to a depeche mode album also.

can you say that for anything they've done in the last quarter century?

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:13 am

smackaholic wrote:
good for you, comrade. you'd prolly rather listen to a depeche mode album also.

I'm pretty sure you've never listened to a Depeche Mode album.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:15 am

Violator is a great album.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:16 am

Screw_Michigan wrote:Violator is a great album.

Please...don't step in on my side.
You're just going to ruin things. I swear, you're like a bad-luck charm sometimes.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:16 am

I'm sorry Screw...that was rough. I take it back.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:17 am

Martyred wrote:
smackaholic wrote:
good for you, comrade. you'd prolly rather listen to a depeche mode album also.
I'm pretty sure you've never listened to a Depeche Mode album.

Nope, not even once. Hearing a tune or two of theirs on the radio in the 80s was quite enough.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:46 am

smackaholic
will listen to me
when I want to speak
about the world we live in
or life in general

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:54 am

smackaholic wrote:Nope, not even once. Hearing a tune or two of theirs on the radio in the 80s was quite enough.

If you need radio to confirm your tastes you are a grade A tard. Radio always plays a band's worst offerings, for starters.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:58 am

I looked long for this, I hope it brings a smile to brads face.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:04 am

BODE 314

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:10 am

Bizzarofelice wrote:BODE 314

I think something is wrong with your keyboard...when you went to type in 416, it came out as 314.

Weird, huh?

Run anti-virus or something.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:28 am

either that or I blacked out again. been havin' problems, yo.

bradhusker · Post by **bradhusker** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:03 am

Love that chuck berry clip!! See, thats what I mean about the 1950's pioneers. Before the 50's, you had blues ,country and jazz and swing and big band, BUT, in the 50's, music forever changed. And, whats amazing to me is this,
The 5 greatest bands in rock n roll history ALL hail from England, and, YET, they ALL were influenced by American rock n roll!!!

For me personally, its got to be Led Zepp, HANDS DOWN. Of course I love the stones and the who and floyd and the beatles, BUT, there is something magical about zeppelin. THE SWAGGER, the cock and balls in your face ROCK N ROLL.
The cockiness and arrogance of these guys, THEY knew they were the biggest dicks on the block, and it showed when they tore up hotel rooms and fucked thousands of nubile young women and girls.

Even their manager was a big rough and tumble bloke, YES SIR, the MIGHTY Led zeppelin were indeed the BIG cocks of the walk , so to speak.

They were BIG AND BOMBASTIC, BLUES ON STEROIDS, HEAVY METAL before the term even existed. YET they could be gentle and whimsical on the mandolin, Page made a pact with Lucifer, who in turn gave Plant the entire lyrics to "stairway to heaven" in under ten minutes, while they were in an enchanted forrest sometime in the year of our Lord 1970.

Of course Satan would come to collect, and tragedy would befall these 4 men, one by one it was time to pay the piper, culminating in 1980, with bohnham choking on his own vomit, thus ending the band as we know it. TODAY, Jimmy Page Has a flowing mane of white hair, he looks like he has beaten Satan, and is on his way to heaven.

Do me a favor, Get the dvd, "It might get loud", and see Jimmy today, still get goosebumps when he begins the famous chords for "whole lotta love", YES, something about the Mighty Hammer of the GODS, the Majesty and power of Led zeppelin.

PL · Post by PL » Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:55 am

U2 should be in top 10
30 years. crazy record sales. worldwide stadium tours. c'mon.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:33 pm

Sudden Sam wrote:...and a million others that one cannot even begin to rank

That's why bothering trying to rank them is futile and a waste of time. But you old farts seem to love it.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 2:47 pm

Sudden Sam wrote: Traffic

Traffic?
Wasn't Robin Trower in that band?

sin
Wags

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:20 pm

no, no, no... that was Ritchie Blackmore.

sheesh!

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:35 pm

Sudden Sam wrote:Deep Purple? Hell yeah!

That's Eric Clapton, right?

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:47 pm

Sudden Sam wrote:
Dinsdale wrote:
Sudden Sam wrote:Deep Purple? Hell yeah!

That's Eric Clapton, right?
Nah. Trower again.

Are you sure ut wasn't Skunk Baxter?

Cosmo Kramer · Post by **Cosmo Kramer** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:22 pm

Screw_Michigan wrote:
Papa Willie wrote:For Jew's sakes, PLEASE give us your top 5. I need a big LOL today.
Off the top of my head...

1. Belle and Sebastian
2. Pearl Jam
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Pink Floyd
5. Wolf Parade

Belle and Sebastian???? Sounds like you like taking cock up the ass!!!!!!!

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:18 pm

Sudden Sam wrote:but to compare these guys to bands like Zeppelin or the Beatles or any of a number of long-established musical talents is ridiculous.

Yet I just did. Face it, old timer. Your shit, or the shit you think of as "the best," is just irrelevant nowadays. Like a 70-year old former beauty queen. You can preach on about the shit that was awesome back in your day. Nobody cares.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:30 pm

Screw_Michigan wrote:
Sudden Sam wrote:but to compare these guys to bands like Zeppelin or the Beatles or any of a number of long-established musical talents is ridiculous.
Yet I just did. Face it, old timer. Your shit, or the shit you think of as "the best," is just irrelevant nowadays. Like a 70-year old former beauty queen. You can preach on about the shit that was awesome back in your day. Nobody cares.

How old are you? My son is 31 and he agrees that MGMT, Air France, etc are total crap, but he sill borrows my Led Zeppelin CDs. Great music is timeless, and you have absolute shit for taste.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:33 pm

Goober McTuber wrote:Great music is timeless, and you have absolute shit for taste.

The appreciation/respect for a particular artist may be timeless, but how can some of you fucks listen to the same shit over and over and over and over for 40+ years? I've probably discovered more new music in the last month than most of you have in a lifetime.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:42 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:
Goober McTuber wrote:Great music is timeless, and you have absolute shit for taste.
The appreciation/respect for a particular artist may be timeless, but how can some of you fucks listen to the same shit over and over and over and over for 40+ years? I've probably discovered more new music in the last month than most of you have in a lifetime.

Fine. Put it here. In this thread. Let's see if you're any better at this than Screwball.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:53 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:
smackaholic wrote:Nope, not even once. Hearing a tune or two of theirs on the radio in the 80s was quite enough.
If you need radio to confirm your tastes you are a grade A tard. Radio always plays a band's worst offerings, for starters.

note that i said "back in the 80s". not sure if you are old enough to remember "back in the 80s". you see, back then in the olden days, algore was still working the bugs out of the interwebs, so logging into youtube to see stuff was kinda hard. but we americans being a resourceful bunch discovered other ways to hear music without going out and buying every album ever made. this way, we could get an idea of what they were like and maybe go out and drop a few bones on an actual album and hear more.

the nice thing about that time was that since radio stations actually had people listening to them, they tended to suck a bit less than they do today.