Reply to: Best band of all time

[DoctorStrangelove]

That is dreadful


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Glad you enjoyed: try this instead:

One Of These Days - YouTube

[Gibbon]

Joy Divison: Love will tear us apart.

When routine bites hard
And ambitions are low
And resentment rides high
But emotions won't grow
And we're changing our ways
Taking different roads
Love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
Why is the bedroom so cold?
Turned away on your side
Is my timing that flawed?
Our respect run so dry?
Yet there's still this appeal
That we've kept through our lives
But love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
Do you cry out in your sleep?
All my failings exposed
Gets a taste in my mouth
As desperation takes hold
And it's something so good
Just can't function no more?
Love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear us apart again
Love, love will tear up apart again

Anyone who's loved and failed will know what he means....

[Zigenare]

Not for me.

Bangin' on the bongoes like a chimpanzee?

[BR14]

S.A.H.B.
'nuff said

[edison]

No I don't think so either. However I ask myself who it is I still listen to today, they come up more often than not. So for me that qualifies them, a band that stands the test of time that I continue to listen to.

Queen, hands down - their music amazing, but only listen to now and again.

When an audience rocks to a band without even being there = legend status

Their Live Aid set in 1985 was incredible. I saw them at the famed Knebworth gig the next year and it didn't quite hit the heights for me. Probably because there were a bazillion fans and it felt like I was a mile from the stage. However, I've only ever seen two singers live with more charisma than Freddie Mercury. One was James Brown and the other was Dave Lee Roth (solo, not in Van Halen.) A bit like the Bo Rap video above, he came on stage and after one minute received a two minute standing ovation. I've seen many hundreds of live acts but nothing else like that.

[GhostofTarbera]

Hawkwind with Stacia.

Hawkwind - Silver Machine - YouTube

Hawkwind NY Academy of Music Nov 25,1973 Silver Machine YouTube - YouTube

That is dreadful


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[Old Greg]

Hawkwind with Stacia.

Hawkwind - Silver Machine - YouTube

Hawkwind NY Academy of Music Nov 25,1973 Silver Machine YouTube - YouTube

Used to know a guy called Thor whose Dad was in Hawkwind. Turned out it was short for Denethor. We reckoned that it was the best available LotR character name after the other band members had picked off the good names.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Hawkwind with Stacia.

Hawkwind - Silver Machine - YouTube

Hawkwind NY Academy of Music Nov 25,1973 Silver Machine YouTube - YouTube

[darmstadt]

Anyone would think this is the OGWT thread...

[minestrone]

I watched some Queen concert last year on the TV, Brian May was charging about like a total fanny with these god awful never-ending guitar solos. I assumed he was on some cocaine binge where he though they sounded good. I quite liked Mercury, thought he was talented, but when he got to the stadium gig days of queen he too ended up looking like a fanny with the top off and crowns and tulip. Shame.

[minestrone]

He was a jazz drummer in the 60s. Try it sometime, it's f***ing hard, compared to 4/4 rock.

Not for me.

[jamesbrown]

Bollocks. Bridges to Babylon is 2 sides of pure classics. Would have been at least 2 top 10 hits on it had it not been for the Bannisterisation of Radio 1.

FOG.

[Rearden Metal]

Sure, they went on far too long - off the top of my head, I can't recall anything after Tattoo You - but it's more than that. Even their best albums have a lot of weak tracks. Exile on Main St. being a notable exception.

Bollocks. Bridges to Babylon is 2 sides of pure classics. Would have been at least 2 top 10 hits on it had it not been for the Bannisterisation of Radio 1.

[scooterscot]

I've still got the first Kula Shaker album on CD and saw them live in their early days but I don't think there's any feasible scenario where 'best band of all time' and Kula Shaker can possibly be in the same sentence.

No I don't think so either. However I ask myself who it is I still listen to today, they come up more often than not. So for me that qualifies them, a band that stands the test of time that I continue to listen to.

Queen, hands down - their music amazing, but only listen to now and again.

When an audience rocks to a band without even being there = legend status

[ladymuck]

I do like the Three Sides Live album by Genesis.

And, of course, there's always Kate Bush.