As opposed to the ones with lasting geopolitical repurcussions?Poyer said:ah, another thread that will ultimately accomplish nothing...
I get where you're coming from, but really we have to consider where most of these folks are coming from, and that's a handful of teenagers to (maybe) thirty somethings. I'd expect most picks to be from the last fifty years. Hell, that's optimistic. Pessimistic would be from the last twenty. Icky idea I know.HonorableChairman said:I do admit that lumping together bands and solo acts is a bad habit of mine.AgentNein said:Sort of on the defensive right off the band aren't you? To be fair, the question is "bands" and you mostly listed solo acts. Secondly as much as I respect the for runners to rock and roll music, I really love rock and roll music. I love jazz, I love blues, I love oldschool hillbilly/country, all of which contributed to rock and roll as a genre....but I REALLY love rock and roll music. And in the end, everyone's pick is going to be subjective.
I personally would've picked Chuck Berry or Bob Dylan if the question was "favorite band and/or musician/singer/songwriter". The one guy basically solidified what we know of as rock and roll and the other completely revolutionized folk.
But with respect to the thread, I'll go with The Beatles. As a band, their influence is far and wide, and few bands have been so prolific or consistently genius in their output.
It's just I find it strange that basically all of the purported best bands of the 20th century are from the second half.
Like many before it.Poyer said:ah, another thread that will ultimately accomplish nothing...
Winner here.are.you.the.god.its.me.vader said:Busted.
Lolita Storm, obviously.farmerboy219 said:I was having this discussion with a friend not long ago, I said queen becuause I think they did amazing live shows and made some incredible songs. But my friend said The Beatles because they were more famous in his eye's and help revolutionize music of the day etc.
So what do you think was the best band (or musical preformer) and why, of course you don't have to choose The Beatles or queen (hence why there is no poll).