Best Rock Ever? Nominations, No Air Supply!

[PedalUma]

Does KC and the Sunshine Band count?

I'm Your Boogie Man

Or how about I've Got a Brand New Pair of Roller Skates, You've Got a Brand New Key? Or Loving You is Easy Cuz You're Beautiful? That is the one with la la la la la and the high notes. It is funny 'similar threads' just below shows Air compressor! I guess it is one type of air supply. @tomjasz, I think there was a shift from psychedelics to stuff like meth and coke, that shows in rock history. Hence stuff like, I Am Iron Man and Rails of a Crazy Train that came in after The Summer of Love.

 

[Deacon Blues]

Best rockers ever.....Milli Vanillis.
Those two didn't need no stinkin' auto tune.

Seriously, for me it would be The Beatles, Moody Blues, and Pink Floyd.....in that order.

 

[tomjasz]

Best rockers ever.....Milli Vanillis.
Those two didn't need no stinkin' auto tune.

Seriously, for me it would be The Beatles, Moody Blues, and Pink Floyd.....in that order.

Wearing my Pink Floyd cow t-shirt today.

 

[Art Deco]

On the softer side of rock / jazz ... Dire Straits, Steely Dan, Jerry Rafferty, the Moody Blues, although I play a lot of the bluesy stuff that @tomjasz mentioned as well.

 

[sc00ter]

No one can beat Culture Club or Rick Astley.

I got all my money on Boy George beating the living daylights out of the whole Air Supply band any day.

 

[sc00ter]

On the softer side of rock / jazz ... Dire Straits, Steely Dan, Jerry Rafferty, the Moody Blues, although I play a lot of the bluesy stuff that @tomjasz mentioned as well.

I have a coworker and we like a bunch of the same stuff. So one day I stopped him during our music talk and said "Grab something to write on and write down the band you hated the most as a teenager BUT totally love now." and I'll write mine down and when I count to 3 reveal our answers. Both of us wrote down Steely Dan! He called it "Elevator jazz hell." and I said I'd rather have my ears stabbed with rusty scissors than here that band as a kid. But now I totally respect their craft and artistic vision now. Strange how music taste can change.

 

[Djangodog]

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. Best band name anyway.

The Who, Queen, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Beatles, Roling Stones, The Kinks, Led Zeppelin……. They were all the best in their own way at any given time, and they could all knock the snot out of Air Supply, (and Styx, the other wimpiest).

 

[sc00ter]

Nooooo djangodog! I love me some STYX, and Reo Speedwagon! I didnt read that! Nope! Lies!

 

[Gionnirocket]

By far I'm a huge fan of the Leaky Douchebags

 

[tomjasz]

I love me some STYX, and Reo Speedwagon!

I respect your choices, but this old hippy says "ARGH"!!! But a few tokes over the line and they can be fun.

 

[tomjasz]

By far I'm a huge fan of the Leaky Duchebags

Genius, pure genius! OMFG! I just spit my cocktail all over the keyboard!

 

[Taylor57]

Best 4 of all time Beatles, Stones, Led Zep and The Who. Best American band Steely Dan or Grateful Dead. Best Rock movie ever made was made by Scorcese- The Last Waltz..

 

[Gionnirocket]

I respect your choices, but this old hippy says "ARGH"!!! But a few tokes over the line and they can be fun.

Styx has two faces.. Their earlier a little heavier stuff is pretty good and an excellent live show.

In no particular order... Stones (later Steel Wheels too) Led Zep(can not be left out) Pink Floyd, early Judas Priest, Queensrÿche (Operation Mindcrime one of the best albums ever), Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and Candlebox to name some of the ones that I seem to never tire of.... ohhh and some choice Van Halen and multiple variants of Black Sabbath.

 

[tomjasz]

Best part of this thread is the flashbacks. If only...

 

[duggie]

Does KC and the Sunshine Band count?

I'm Your Boogie Man

Start a disco funk thread, and put me down for Chic, 'I want Your Love', 12 inch.

 

[Gionnirocket]

No one can beat Culture Club or Rick Astley.

Give me a stick and I'd sure like to try.

 

[stanmiller]

U2, The Clash, The Police

 

[Rome]

Eurythmics, Talking Heads, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Pixies, Black Flag, Misfits, Henry Rollins Band, Sprung Monkey, Monsieur Le Roc. To add a few more.
I have gone to many many live concerts.
I say Prince is the best performer.
This guy can play guitar you, should see his performance on YouTube titled. 'Play that funky music white boy, Hollywood swinging ' concert.

 

[chunk]

Impossible for me to pick one, but my best rock ever, if I think back, I seem to be partial to southern rock, you know Marshall Tucker Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and the Allman Bros, I was listening to that in 1975. Of course I still listen the the Doors, really a great jazzy sound for the time, way ahead of the curve. Jethro Tull count? I still listen to them as well. Lots of talented bands and musicians. One honorable mention, is Joni Mitchell, the best singer song writer of her generation, IMO. Oh yeah, I like disco music as well, for real. For Led Zeppelin fans, here's a duet with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, a blue grass icon. Interesting pairing and well done.

 

[sc00ter]

Styx has two faces.. Their earlier a little heavier stuff is pretty good and an excellent live show.

In no particular order... Stones (later Steel Wheels too) Led Zep(can not be left out) Pink Floyd, early Judas Priest, Queensrÿche (Operation Mindcrime one of the best albums ever), Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and Candlebox to name some of the ones that I seem to never tire of.... ohhh and some choice Van Halen and multiple variants of Black Sabbath.

I love Queensryche and the Geoff Tate Sweet Oblivion stuff. Yet that band has always eluded me live.