Ok , so I think I have put most of you on ignore but
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Taylor57
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Fellas and fellitas, how much do you love PMac. OMG, be very careful. So here it is. Beatles,Stones, Who, Led, Eagles, Steeely Dan, The Band and then whoever Pmac plugs in...
Taylor57
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They are for sure in the top 15 for sure. I just happen to consider them huge and tremendous. Do yourselves a favor and listen to the Stunt album
Taylor57
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In our world of Ebikes, Im not big on short circuiting!
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antboy
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Just 4? 
To put personal preference over "all time" lists, I can "respect" bands like The Beatles, Stones, Zep, etc, but in my formative years, they never elicited passion like my top three choices below.
That being said, at least one track each from Creedence (or John Fogerty), The Clash, and U2 (pre "Rattle and Hum") creeps into any mix. It's so easy to hate on the latter because they leaned heavily into their fame at that point, but U2's early stuff was gold. The Unforgettable Fire is almost as perfect an album as London Calling.
After that, Bauhaus and/or it's byproducts (Love & Rockets, Peter Murphy), The Tragically Hip, Killing Joke, Public Enemy (I know the latter is technically hip hop but "It Takes A Nation Of Millions...." damn!), Pop Will Eat Itself (oddly enough, the pasty English grebo inverted Public Enemy in many ways) are go-tos that hold up, and I'll take Foo Fighters over Nirvana any day. There's others, but then I would just be writing out play lists.
Side note: Nirvana/Killing Joke lawsuit story is one of my favourite rock stories of all time. Great bands, copyright issues, lawyers, tragedy, and an awesome denouement.
And we owe almost all of it to a young Texan taken from the world before his time, so RIP Buddy Holly. He should have been higher up on Rolling Stone's Top 100 Artists list.
I often wonder what an alternative musical universe would have been like where he lived, given that by the end (at 22!) he was already not only writing/performing, but starting to produce his own music as well. Would record label have had the same stranglehold for decades, or would bands like The Beatles, Stones and even Beach Boys have had more autonomy from the start of their careers?
Kind of makes you wonder... maybe that's why although some people consider it cheesy, Don McLean's "American Pie" gets me if I'm paying attention to the lyrics.
I dunno why I nerd out so much on rock music. I'll end it with this image, which I think is wrong, because Buddy Holly is tucked away in the "Rock-a-billy" label, despite his direct influence on so many of the "all time best" (he's not connected as a direct influence on Dylan for example), not to mention that CCR is tucked away under folk rock, but should at least linked to Southern Rock.
I'll shut up now.
To put personal preference over "all time" lists, I can "respect" bands like The Beatles, Stones, Zep, etc, but in my formative years, they never elicited passion like my top three choices below.
That being said, at least one track each from Creedence (or John Fogerty), The Clash, and U2 (pre "Rattle and Hum") creeps into any mix. It's so easy to hate on the latter because they leaned heavily into their fame at that point, but U2's early stuff was gold. The Unforgettable Fire is almost as perfect an album as London Calling.
After that, Bauhaus and/or it's byproducts (Love & Rockets, Peter Murphy), The Tragically Hip, Killing Joke, Public Enemy (I know the latter is technically hip hop but "It Takes A Nation Of Millions...." damn!), Pop Will Eat Itself (oddly enough, the pasty English grebo inverted Public Enemy in many ways) are go-tos that hold up, and I'll take Foo Fighters over Nirvana any day. There's others, but then I would just be writing out play lists.
Side note: Nirvana/Killing Joke lawsuit story is one of my favourite rock stories of all time. Great bands, copyright issues, lawyers, tragedy, and an awesome denouement.
And we owe almost all of it to a young Texan taken from the world before his time, so RIP Buddy Holly. He should have been higher up on Rolling Stone's Top 100 Artists list.
I often wonder what an alternative musical universe would have been like where he lived, given that by the end (at 22!) he was already not only writing/performing, but starting to produce his own music as well. Would record label have had the same stranglehold for decades, or would bands like The Beatles, Stones and even Beach Boys have had more autonomy from the start of their careers?
Kind of makes you wonder... maybe that's why although some people consider it cheesy, Don McLean's "American Pie" gets me if I'm paying attention to the lyrics.
I dunno why I nerd out so much on rock music. I'll end it with this image, which I think is wrong, because Buddy Holly is tucked away in the "Rock-a-billy" label, despite his direct influence on so many of the "all time best" (he's not connected as a direct influence on Dylan for example), not to mention that CCR is tucked away under folk rock, but should at least linked to Southern Rock.
I'll shut up now.
Taylor57
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Just 4?
To put personal preference over "all time" lists, I can "respect" bands like The Beatles, Stones, Zep, etc, but in my formative years, they never elicited passion like my top three choices below.
That being said, at least one track each from Creedence (or John Fogerty), The Clash, and U2 (pre "Rattle and Hum") creeps into any mix. It's so easy to hate on the latter because they leaned heavily into their fame at that point, but U2's early stuff was gold. The Unforgettable Fire is almost as perfect an album as London Calling.
After that, Bauhaus and/or it's byproducts (Love & Rockets, Peter Murphy), The Tragically Hip, Killing Joke, Public Enemy (I know the latter is technically hip hop but "It Takes A Nation Of Millions...." damn!), Pop Will Eat Itself (oddly enough, the pasty English grebo inverted Public Enemy in many ways) are go-tos that hold up, and I'll take Foo Fighters over Nirvana any day. There's others, but then I would just be writing out play lists.
Side note: Nirvana/Killing Joke lawsuit story is one of my favourite rock stories of all time. Great bands, copyright issues, lawyers, tragedy, and an awesome denouement.
And we owe almost all of it to a young Texan taken from the world before his time, so RIP Buddy Holly. He should have been higher up on Rolling Stone's Top 100 Artists list.
I often wonder what an alternative musical universe would have been like where he lived, given that by the end (at 22!) he was already not only writing/performing, but starting to produce his own music as well. Would record label have had the same stranglehold for decades, or would bands like The Beatles, Stones and even Beach Boys have had more autonomy from the start of their careers?
Kind of makes you wonder... maybe that's why although some people consider it cheesy, Don McLean's "American Pie" gets me if I'm paying attention to the lyrics.
I dunno why I nerd out so much on rock music. I'll end it with this image, which I think is wrong, because Buddy Holly is tucked away in the "Rock-a-billy" label, despite his direct influence on so many of the "all time best" (he's not connected as a direct influence on Dylan for example), not to mention that CCR is tucked away under folk rock, but should at least linked to Southern Rock.
I'll shut up now.
CCR for sure top 5 all-time American rock band
reed scott
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I could care less about pop music. It was the 'elevator dronings' of my young life. Mostly it failed to register. High School: Everybody was into the Beatles. I though they were _ussies. I liked Junior Walker and the All Stars. Later on I paid a bit more attention: Lived in northern central Kalifornicate and worked in a nightclub out in the country next to a college town. The Tubes may have been some of the greatest rock bands/performance artist ever to have graced the pop scene. I attended Van Morrison gigs in a venue holding less than 200 people. The dude had chops and class but an attitude that rivaled Ghengis Kan. Kinky Friedman impressed me somewhat. Stoneground made me made want to dance. A lot. Sometime after those years I think I quit listening to pop music altogether. It all seemed like a vast wasteland. I will leave you with this: If you like rock and roll ... you have to listen to stations playing fifty year old records.
Oh yeah, We all called Jackson Brown ... Jackson Boring.
Oh yeah, We all called Jackson Brown ... Jackson Boring.
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Nice post... thanks for sharing your History of Rock!Just 4?
To put personal preference over "all time" lists, I can "respect" bands like The Beatles, Stones, Zep, etc, but in my formative years, they never elicited passion like my top three choices below.
That being said, at least one track each from Creedence (or John Fogerty), The Clash, and U2 (pre "Rattle and Hum") creeps into any mix. It's so easy to hate on the latter because they leaned heavily into their fame at that point, but U2's early stuff was gold. The Unforgettable Fire is almost as perfect an album as London Calling.
After that, Bauhaus and/or it's byproducts (Love & Rockets, Peter Murphy), The Tragically Hip, Killing Joke, Public Enemy (I know the latter is technically hip hop but "It Takes A Nation Of Millions...." damn!), Pop Will Eat Itself (oddly enough, the pasty English grebo inverted Public Enemy in many ways) are go-tos that hold up, and I'll take Foo Fighters over Nirvana any day. There's others, but then I would just be writing out play lists.
Side note: Nirvana/Killing Joke lawsuit story is one of my favourite rock stories of all time. Great bands, copyright issues, lawyers, tragedy, and an awesome denouement.
And we owe almost all of it to a young Texan taken from the world before his time, so RIP Buddy Holly. He should have been higher up on Rolling Stone's Top 100 Artists list.
I often wonder what an alternative musical universe would have been like where he lived, given that by the end (at 22!) he was already not only writing/performing, but starting to produce his own music as well. Would record label have had the same stranglehold for decades, or would bands like The Beatles, Stones and even Beach Boys have had more autonomy from the start of their careers?
Kind of makes you wonder... maybe that's why although some people consider it cheesy, Don McLean's "American Pie" gets me if I'm paying attention to the lyrics.
I dunno why I nerd out so much on rock music. I'll end it with this image, which I think is wrong, because Buddy Holly is tucked away in the "Rock-a-billy" label, despite his direct influence on so many of the "all time best" (he's not connected as a direct influence on Dylan for example), not to mention that CCR is tucked away under folk rock, but should at least linked to Southern Rock.
I'll shut up now.
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antboy
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I haven't listened to The Tubes in ages... gonna have to pull a couple of tracks to add to a ride mix.
Taylor57
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didnt the tubes become fee waybill and the heffers?
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No more or less than Bland Morrison.
Taylor57
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Yeah, when he was 17 he was writing music that is played everyday. Check the Load Out, The Pretender and many others.
Dude is an American Poet, show him some respect...
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