Top 5 favorite rock groups?

[TZ]

I was listening to radio in the lab and they played two of my favorites in a row and it got me to thinking. So here are mine:
1) Queen
2) Eagles
3) Rolling Stones
4) The Who
5) Foreigner

Yes, I know, I have umm outdated taste, but I grew up listening to this (and Led Zepplin just misses..my mother loves them and I heard it a bunch)
temeah and DuStrange: Yes, I realize no Spinal Tap, Sacriledge!

:hide:

[MissMillie]

1. ok.... here we go

although I'm going to add that mine are not in any particular order.

Moody Blues
Yes
The Beatles
Crowded House
ELO

(Led Zeppelin and CSNY come really close to being on this list too)

[quip]

31. Did you know of Crowded House when they were essentially Split Enz?

:thumbsup:

[MissMillie]

32. sure did

"I don't know why sometimes I get frightened...."

[quip]

34. I got you!

I also loved, "Message to my girl"

Boy, their music brings back some STRONG memories for me! :hi:

[Dr. Strange]

2. It is what it is...

1. Rush
2. Radiohead
3. Spinal Tap
4. Depeche Mode
5. Spinal Capricorn

[TZ]

11. Hmm

Depeche Mode! Series?!
And how could I forget Spinal Capricorn...:)

[Dr. Strange]

15. That's right, Depeche Mode.

Before you come to any conclusions, try walking in my shoes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiGZblapKic

[quip]

24. Looks like somebody started a fun thread (can't see who; they're on ignore)

1. Alan Parsons Project
2. Spinal Tap
3. Spinal Tarp
4. Spinal Capricorn
5. Dan Fogelberg

[TZ]

26. PFFFTT!!!

Fine. No more nekkid yoga pictures for you, buddy. You can just get look at pictures of philboy's naked mole rats instead....:mad:

[quip]

28. This post should be deleted for the disturbing image it has burned into my brain!

Bring. Brain. Bleach. NOW!!!!

[Dr. Strange]

55. I did a googler on "Spinal Capricorn" and this is what comes up:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=NuQ&q=%22Spinal+Capricorn%22&btnG=Search

On the other hand, a search for "Spinal Cap" yields this:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=pZl&q=%22Spinal+Cap%22&btnG=Search

[TZ]

66. That's pretty funny

I'm ALMOST ready to not be so irritated with you for the whole Carrot top scandal.
:P

[quip]

70. Clooney.... what a wanker!

[TZ]

75. Now you've done it

I LOVE Clooney. He and his Dad are also from my hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio...:mad:

[quip]

76. Holy Crap! Are you listening to this, DuStrange????? I swear, it's like taking candy from a

baby who's otherwise already preoccupied sucking on a nipple!

Load up Round Two! :evilgrin:

[TZ]

78. Just as long as it's not Carrot top again....

Photoshop me and Clooney..Now that would be a real WINNAH!!:bounce: :9

[quip]

83. That's not how it works. If anything, it will be an affair between CT and GC, with

Duchovney's teacup in the mix, somewhere. :thumbsup:

[Dr. Strange]

88. zOMG!

Clooney and Carrot Top?!!?eleven!!

Another love child: Clooney Top.

[ghostsofgiants]

3. Off the top of my head...

Refused
Fugazi
At the Drive-in
Joy Division
Bad Brains

[MrCoffee]

4. Excellent!

1) Flaming Lips
2) Pixies/Frank Black/The Breeders
3) Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker
4) The Reverend Horton Heat
5) Radiohead

I included acts formed after the original band broke up. Deal with it, punk.

[Dr. Strange]

5. You forgot Rush.

[MrCoffee]

7. you rat bastard!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


oh. my. gawd. that's hilarious. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[TZ]

12. he's evil like that

At least he didn't photoshop you with Carrot Top....:rofl:

[MrCoffee]

14. why must you give him ideas?

it's fine when it happens to you, but this is ME we're talking about!

[ghostsofgiants]

9. You appear to have good taste.

:thumbsup:

[taterguy]

40. Why no love for Camper Van Chadbourne?

[LynneSin]

6. Led Zeppelin, Queen, Pink Floyd, Yes, Electric Light Orchestra

:D

[TZ]

13. D'oh! I forgot ELO!

They are one of my favorites too!

[jojo54]

8. Aw come on, it's too early in the morning for a hard question!!

:bounce:

I'll try though.

1) Moody Blues (no question about this one!)
2) CSNY & CSN
3) Jefferson Starship (a.k.a. Jefferson Airplane)
4) Doobie Brothers
5) Yes

Another favorite but not in the top 5....Buffalo Springfield.

[redqueen]

10. OK

1) The Beatles
2) Pink Floyd
3) Radiohead
4) Sunset Rubdown
5) Mogwai

[BOSSHOG]

16. I don't believe any list would be complete without

BAD COMPANY

[flvegan]

17. I'll try

1. Rise Against
2. Faith No More
3. The Cult
4. AC/DC
5. The Ramones

At least, those are my current choices.

[geardaddy]

80. Yes, the Ramones.

I'd almost be willing to take out one of my top 5 to add them.

[Seeking Serenity]

18. The Beatles, The Who, Utopia, ELO, REO Speedwagon

We were talking just rock groups, yes?

[IndianaJones]

19. ...

1 The Rolling Stones
2 The Clash
3 Dire Straits
4 Pink Floyd
5 Grateful Dead

[Tikki]

20. These:

The Sonics
The Meteors
Ramones
The Damned
X





Tikki
..and yes, The Dead Kennedys

[Rhythm]

106. Yay for The Damned!

Saw them in Atlanta a little over a decade ago at Masquerade...
one of the best shows i EVER got to (and fir me, that says a lot)

[Richardo]

21. I try to keep up...but this week:

New Pornographers
Little Feat (Lowell George era)
SRV + Double Trouble
Steely Dan 1.0 (through 'Gaucho')
Tower of Power

[quip]

22. ...

[TZ]

23. Oh noes!

I have been given the temeah granite cookie!!!111!!!Series!!!111!!!
Whatever will I do without the endless nipple references?
Clearly I shan't recover from this one......
However, I will get over it eventually, being a professional and all..
:cry:

















(psst...BWAAA!ELEVENS)

[quip]

25. Did somebody just post something?

:shrug:

[TZ]

27. Oh good

Since I am on ignore, only DuStrange and gets to see the naughty pictures of me...
HA HA!

[quip]

29. Not necessarily. He could be forwarding them to me in his spare time...

[TZ]

36. Oh?

Well then I might really have to tick you BOTH off...I could post a Spinal Tap DEPRECIATION thread...

:evilgrin:

[quip]

39. Well, we could post a "Queen sux" thread and spread rumors that Freddie Mercury

was gay!

[TZ]

41. ...

Freddie Mercury might have been teh gay? Why I never ever ever suspected!!! Thank you for the info

:rofl: ;-)

[Dr. Strange]

43. I loved the ones in this thread:

turtlensue's naughty pics

But how in the world did you get that thong on the bunny?

[TZ]

45. You rat bastard!

Well okay, I have to say that..Since I can't watch Youtube here at work (blocked)
I'll wait till I get home to really take a slice out of your hide...:P

[TZ]

104. rofl

I defy you to find a male who actually *learned* anything from that video....:rofl:

[Cabcere]

47. I'm not sure this was such a good idea.

I don't feel any better now than I did back at the hotel... :shrug:

Well, it's too much. There's too much fucking perspective now. ;) :hi:

[TZ]

48. heh.

I still have to figure out a better way to get back at the twin pevs of DuStrange and temeah for yesterday's "scandalous pictures". Unfortunately, I don't know how to do photoshop well.....:hi:

[Cabcere]

53. Yeah, that was pretty rough...

for everyone who had to see those. :scared: (Don't get me wrong, you are lovely, but anything involving Carrot Top is automatically so horrific that it negates even your innate beauty!) ;) :scared:

Anyway, I wouldn't worry about it. Maybe one or both of them will spontaneously combust. (It happens all the time, you know...it's just not widely reported.) ;) :hi:

[Dr. Strange]

49. Hey, watch the, watch the language...

you’re paying homage to the Queen!

[Cabcere]

52. Right, sorry.

:hi:

[quip]

73. I'm patiently waiting for YOUR top 5.....

:hi:

[quip]

68. Speaking of Queen, I heard that Freddie Mercury was gay!

[Dr. Strange]

71. This french braid of a thread is awesome!

Just simply lines...intertwining.

[quip]

72. Reminds me of a melodic line from Mozart...no wait, from Bach. Well, it’s like a Mach piece really!

Someone should give it a proper name.

[Cabcere]

90. Is it in D minor?

I find that that's the saddest of all keys. I don't know why, but it makes people weep instantly. :hi:

[quip]

96. you play a..baaaaa...baaaaaa it’s a horny part.

:evilgrin: <= Spinal Cap's "Jim" :hi:

[grace0418]

30. Crowded House, The Smiths, The Beatles, They Might Be Giants, The Police.

That changes depending on the day, except for the top three spots.

Depeche Mode, The Cure, Trashcan Sinatras, The Shins, New Order, General Public, Squeeze, Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, The Indigo Girls, Jamiroquai, Belle & Sebastian, Erasure, The Pet Shop Boys, The Style Council, The English Beat, and more that I'm forgetting would be alternates.

[KatyMan]

33. ok, me too

In no order:

Rush
Yes
The Beatles
Grateful Dead
Led Zeppelin

Oh, and about 100 others... ;)

[Bennyboy]

35. My all timers.....

1. The Grateful Dead (saw them over 500 times)always different. Never even close to the same show. The more you knew about the band and the music the more there was to know.

2.String Cheese Incident. Even more different every night than the Dead were. Very melodic, the rhythm guitar player is stupendous, the only acoustic guitar player than led the jams. Every time they played a song it would have a different jam, lead to different segue. This band combined the most styles into their music. Bluegrass, Calypso, Musique Concrete,jazz,funk, rock and roll, country, techno, calypso, reggae and any thing else. Every night they played, they averaged a song they would only play this one time in their career, a song they would only play once a year, and one they would only play once on the tour.


They covered so many songs too. New Years eve and Halloween shows had themes with the entire venue and the music along the lines of theme. The "dead Rockstars set" is legendary on halloween 03. The Time travelers ball on NYE 03 is too with nothing but songs about time. "Time Warp"

3. Leftover Salmon. Nobody does straight up Americana better than Leftover Salmon. at one time the funniest, partyingst band ever on the planet. Now that founding member and banjoist Mark Vann died, they do not have quite the humor, but still flat kick your ass musically. fun guys too.

The song "Hey, Woody Guthrie Where Are You" is something everyone should listen to.

4. Bruce Springsteen and the E St band. At one time, this was the best band on the planet not named the Grateful Dead. They are still pretty damn good, but the shows are A LOT shorter now and the music is a lot tighter.

5. Phish. Not for everyone but I found their music very complex. The guitar player is one of the all time great ones. Different every night. even though they got compared to the grateful dead a lot, they were more like Zappa as far as the music went. very hard to grasp without being in the same groove as the band. They could really make the magic happen every night. Another one of those bands that takes chances. That either leads to a some great moments or horrifying train wrecks. Mostly with Phish it was transcendent moments.

6. The Radiators. New Orleans finest. Fishhead music! These guys just flat kill it. They play every song like it is the very last song they are ever going to play. A great guitar player too. Every night is like a trip through the history of American Rock and Roll.

[TZ]

37. I used to work with someone who was friends with someone

in String Cheese Incident. Got to go backstage when they came into town. Brought in their CD. I liked it. I'll have to go get it myself.

[Bennyboy]

44. Cool!

Go to archive.net and get some thier live shows!

[ceile]

38. Ok

Pixies
Catherine Wheel
The Mavericks (not rock, I know, so sue me)
Garbage
U2

[kwassa]

42. well, my top 3 rock groups are Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary

[TZ]

46. BWAH!

That's DUzy worthy....:rofl:

[CottonBear]

65. LOL!

:rofl:

[quip]

93. I granite that you can get stoned listening to Igneous, but Metamorphic is like a

basalt on the ears. Sedimentary rock just leaves me coal.

:hi:

[Mezzo]

50. Not that I'm a musician or anything... ;)

1) U2
2) The Beatles
3) The Beach Boys
4) Led Zeppelin
5) The Who

5a) Nirvana
5b) KISS

[BeachBaby]

51. It's hard to pick just five.....

but off the top of my head:

1. Led Zeppelin
2. Aerosmith
3. The Who
4. The Doors
5. Green Day

[Phillycat]

54. Does it have to be groups, or are acts included?

If it's acts included, my artists are:

1. Prince
2. Stevie Wonder
3. The Police
4. Jay-Z
5. Aerosmith

If it's just groups, my picks are:

1. The Police
2. Aerosmith
3. Rolling Stones
4. Queen
5. Soundgarden

[Dr. Strange]

56. Um...aren't you missing someone?

Thom isn't going to be happy!

[Phillycat]

59. Hee.

Yes, I'll remedy that right...wait a minute. RADIOHEAD SUCKS, THE WHINY FUCKERS.

[Dr. Strange]

61. Sigh...you guys seemed so happy back then...

:cry:

[Phillycat]

62. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, that is my favorite thing ever. :rofl:

[ghostsofgiants]

57. Jay-Z wouldn't count either way, as he doesn't make rock music.

[Phillycat]

58. Jay-Z is universal.

Jay-Z doesn't need to fit into categories. He is HOV.

EDITED TO ADD: You didn't mention Prince or Stevie Wonder, both of whom you could argue make R&B, rather than rock music. Except that all these distinctions are arbitrary and ultimately meaningless, because music is music and a lot of what Prince recorded could be considered more "rock" than whiny motherfuckers like, say, Radiohead, who like to record their own lifeless masturbation, so really, who's to say what is rock and what isn't?

[ghostsofgiants]

69. Do yourself a favour and read Joe Carducci's "Rock and the Pop Narcotic"

There is an aesthetic that is "rock" and rap/hip-hop is not within that aesthetic for the most part. That is by no means a knock on hip-hop, I'm one of the biggest hip-hop fans on the site. They're just not the same. There ARE distinctions between genres in music based on aesthetic, whether you like it are not.

[Phillycat]

74. I disagree.

I ran a record store for a decade. My whole life is about music. I understand you think you know more about music than most people, and you probably do, but I'm not one of those people. So please don't tell me to "do myself a favor" about anything, because I saw Black Flag at the old 9:30 Club in DC when I was 13 and you weren't even born so I feel pretty comfortable with the SST "aesthetic".

Some hip hop songs sure as hell do fall into the rock "aesthetic". Outkast "Ghetto Music", Eminem "Lose Yourself", lots of early Beastie Boys, and as for Jay-Z, "Oh My God", "Lucifer", "My 1st Song", not to mention the crossover stuff he's done with Linkin Park and others, all fall into a category that is easily broadly defined as rock.

[ghostsofgiants]

82. Thanks for the condescension.

I'm not pulling the "I know more about music than you do" card, I'm recommending a really good book that establishes a very strong aesthetic for rock music.

And of course Beastie Boys were originally a punk band. I'm not saying that hip-hop artists don't display any rock influence, and there are plenty of artists who can span genres, of course, but on the whole, Jay-Z is not a rock artist.

[Phillycat]

84. Hey, you started it...

The combo punch of "do yourself a favor" and "whether you like it or not" came off pretty condescending to me. However, I'm willing to take your word that you didn't mean it like that so let's say peace on that subject.

I'll check out the book, 'tho SST (and other labels like early days Subpop) had a real punker-than-thou thing going on that irritated me. Joe Carducci was responsible for some good music though, so perhaps there is wisdom there.

I still disagree about Hov - I think he, along with Outkast (and producers like RZA), are bringing some of the most innovative music of any genre, and spanning several, directly to the mainstream. Jay-Z is this generation's Dylan, and it wouldn't surprise me if he put out a rock album, a country album, a classical album, or anything in between.

[ghostsofgiants]

85. I'm not saying Jay-Z isn't innovative or anything...

I'm just saying his primary output isn't rock.

I say "do yourself a favour" to everyone for friendly recommendations. As for "whether you like it or not" I stand by that because there really are aesthetic distincions between types of music no matter what anyone says. Classical is not rock, rock is not hip-hop, hip-hop is not country. A lot of artists span genres, like I said, but I don't think Jay-Z, overall, is really one of those artists, even if he has a few songs that might.

[LeftyFingerPop]

60. Here's mine:

1) The Grateful Dead (60's and 70's era)
2) Little Feat (Lowell George era)
3) The Who
4) The Band
5) The Rolling Stones

I also like:

Ryan Adams
Warren Zevon
Slade
Ratdog
Phil Lesh
Bob Dylan
Tom Waits
Phish
Van Morrison
Chili Peppers
Garcia solo
Beck
REM
Gene Pitney
Frank Sinatra
Johnny Cash
Robben Ford
Peter Rowan
Marty Robbins

[CottonBear]

63. The Beatles, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, CSNY & CSN and REM.

REM is from my town of Athens, GA which has more great musicians per capita than anywhere I know!

I grew up in the South and I love the Allman Brothers, Sea Level (Randall Bramblett and Davis Causey)and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

I also like the Queen, The Rolling Stones, The Doobie Brothers, The Ramones, Squeeze and Nirvana.

:)

[PRETZEL]

64. my top 5

1) CSN(&Y).
2) Chicago (old Chicago)
3) Eagles
4) Yes
5) Genesis

But my taste is generally singer/songwriters in which case my 5 all time favorites,
1)CSN(&Y) singularly and together they are the best
2)Dan Fogelberg
3)James Taylor
4)Gordon Lightfoot
5)Cat Stevens

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

67. No particular order...

A lot of turtlensue's groups (Eagles, Queen, Stones, Who), plus the Beatles, The Dead, The Fray, Green Day, Warren Zevon, Joe Walsh, All-American Rejects, Steely Dan, The Ramones, Bob Dylan, Ben Folds, Sheryl Crow, The Band, Matchbox Twenty, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Dave Matthews Band, White Stripes, Traffic, Talking Heads, and Johnny Cash. I have very eclectic tastes in music, but lean heavily rock.

[Forkboy]

77. I don't know if anything I listen to qualifies.

Hmmmm...let's see....

Cheap Trick


ummmm....

Rush


That just about it. All my other music isn't really rock. I have death metal, punk, jazz, some old country, Sinatra, classical, surf...but no real classic rock. :shrug:

[geardaddy]

79. OK, here's mine

in no particular order

Sex Pistols
Clash
Super Furry Animals
Talking Heads
The Specials

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

81. My list (not that anyone gives a shit)

1. The Smiths
2. The Smiths
3. The Smiths
4. The Smiths
5. The Smiths

[Cabcere]

86. Only five?!?!

:P Heh. My top three are pretty solid, but I have so many others...anyway, here goes nothing.

1. The Beatles
2. The Who
3. Pink Floyd
4. U2
5. Flogging Molly


(temeah and DuStrange: I didn't include Spinal Tap, because I felt it would be sacrilege to include such legends on a list with mere mortals. ;))

[TZ]

87. Ooooh.

You are in for it, Cab. Although perhaps your "excuse" will mitigate the punishment...:)

[Cabcere]

89. Crossing my fingers, anyway...lol.

And no way in hell am I posting pictures of me anymore, after seeing what those two are capable of! :scared: :rofl: :hi:

[TZ]

91. Boo.

I am taking my camera to the meetup. If you come maybe I can edit you out of anything posted...:)

[Cabcere]

94. Hmmm...

I really would love to come to the meetup, but right now it's looking like that's not going to happen. :cry: I'm so burnt out from exams, being sick, etc., that I will probably be a walking zombie for the first part of break, and my mom's taking off work to hang out with me so I want to spend some time with her as well. We'll see how things go, though, and if anything changes I'll be sure to let you know! :hug:

[Dr. Strange]

97. You bring up a good point.

Well, two actually.

First, perhaps mixing the Tap with mere mortals is improper. It's such a fine line between honor and sacrilege.

Second, maybe five is too limiting. Perhaps the list should go to...say, eleven?

[Initech]

92. Mine:

All time:

1. Zappa / Mothers Of Invention
2. Parliament / Funkadelic
3. Porcupine Tree
4. Pink Floyd
5. Iron Maiden

Some current favs:

1. Queens Of The Stone Age
2. Gogol Bordello
3. The Mars Volta
4. The Roots
5. Tool

[SKKY]

95. Here are my responses. I'm assuming were talking about "all time"...

1. Nine Inch Nails
2. U2
3. Jane's Addiction
4. Jarabe de Palo
5. The Smiths

[Common Sense Party]

98. Tough call...Hard to narrow down.

In no particular order:

Soda Stereo

R.E.M. (pre-1992)

Beatles

Jayhawks

Cheap Trick

[Va Lefty]

99. My list...very "old school"

1) The Beatles
2) The Who
3) Steely Dan
4) Elvis Costello
5) John Mellencamp

[mac56]

100. Mine

1. Beatles
2. R.E.M.
3. XTC
4. Elvis Costello and the Attractions
5. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

[mitchum]

101. Rolling Stones, Velvet Underground, Stooges, Roxy Music, Television

[Swede]

102. In no particular order

1 Black Sabbath
2 Type O Negative
3 Metallica
4 Alice In Chains
5 Blue Oyster Cult

[rocktivity]

103. In alphabetical order

Beatles
Bon Jovi
Clutch
Led Zeppelin
Slayer

If music were food, I'd have garbage can for a stomach!

:headbang:
rocknation

[Rhythm]

105. Here's mine...

1.) Danzig (plus Misfits and Samhain)
2.) Nine Inch Nails
3.) London After Midnight
4.) Bauhaus
5.) The Sisters of Mercy

[WinkyDink]

107. Stones, Beatles, Who, J. Geils, Traffic

[av8rdave]

108. Mine

Rush
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Pink FLoyd
The Who
U2 - the early years

Rush

[joeybee12]

109. Beatles, U2, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, Doobie Brothers..

...not necessarily in that order.

[JTG of the PRB]

110. Well, let's see...

Here are my selections, in no particular order:

Rise Against
Green Day
Radiohead
Queen
Foo Fighters