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post #51 of 135
11/10/08 at 7:54pm
The Rolling Stones. That might surprise people.
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post #52 of 135
11/10/08 at 7:56pm
The Fall.

"Always different, Always the same" John Peel
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post #53 of 135
11/10/08 at 8:01pm
Hootie and the Blowfish.

Commence hating... I'm expecting it.
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post #54 of 135
11/10/08 at 8:06pm
The Beatles

Hnorable mention goes to The Who, The Stones, The Boss and The Beach Boys.
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post #55 of 135
11/10/08 at 8:18pm
They aren't exactly the most talented or mature band but AC/DC are still my favorite. Sure, the albums they put out through most of the eighties are atrocious. Yes, the new album is not very good. I don't care if Angus isn't a very talented guitarist.

No matter where I am, if an AC/DC song comes on the radio, my driving becomes 8 times more erratic.
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post #56 of 135
11/12/08 at 2:54am
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Originally Posted by RyanC View Post
My answer, depending on the day, could be any of these:
- Led Zeppelin
- The Beatles
- Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Pearl Jam
- Parliament-Funkadelic ('70s era)
I think my above list is pretty accurate for the 'of all-time' category, but in recent years Radiohead, Wilco and Fiona Apple have earned solid spots in my most-listened-to-by-far list. As for more classic acts, I also love Sly and the Family Stone, The Doors, Rolling Stones, but have been taking a break from those groups for a bit here. Kind of a popular choice in this thread, but Talking Heads are way up there for me as well. I guess the closest I can get to answering dreary's original question, though, it's a toss-up between Zeppelin and Hendrix. I know, how unique.
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post #57 of 135
11/12/08 at 6:26am
I couldn't pick one but for this year theres been a couple of bands whose catalogue of albums i've discovered and been listening to a lot and that would be Red House Painters and more suprisingly to myself Lynyrd Skynyrd.

I wasn't expecting Skynyrd to be as good as they were."Street Survivors" and any album post-crash were disappointing but the rest have been really strong records.Their "Song for the bad man" is just a badass track that has warranted the repeat button on many occasion.
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post #58 of 135
11/12/08 at 10:34am
add me to the F.N.M. fanclub.

other favs are Matthew Sweet and the original Alice in Chains.
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post #59 of 135
11/12/08 at 12:57pm
I'm not going to defend them as the best band of all time, but the Jayhawks will always be my favorite band. They are the first band I ever heard that felt like they were mine if that makes sense, like they were this secret little bit of brilliance that nobody around me knew about.
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post #60 of 135
11/12/08 at 1:19pm
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Originally Posted by Muharulz View Post
Hootie and the Blowfish.

Commence hating... I'm expecting it.
lol
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post #61 of 135
11/12/08 at 2:12pm
3 way tie,

Iron Maiden
AC/DC
Johnny Cash

Maiden is my stranded on an island band, take that as you will.
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post #62 of 135
11/12/08 at 2:22pm
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Maiden is my stranded on an island band, take that as you will.
I don't know if I'd go that far with Maiden (many of their albums are total shit), but 'The Number of the Beast' and 'Piece of Mind' would be stranded-on-an-island cds for sure.
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post #63 of 135
11/12/08 at 6:54pm
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Originally Posted by Martin Savage View Post
A short list:

Sigur Ross
My late to the party f the week:

Which is their best album? Which is the best one for beginners?
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post #64 of 135
11/12/08 at 6:58pm
They're newest album (Inni med something something) is in some ways more accessible than their old stuff, but it is not really the sound they're known for. For "classic" Sigur Ros, I'd start with Takk.
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post #65 of 135
11/12/08 at 7:55pm
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They're newest album (Inni med something something) is in some ways more accessible than their old stuff, but it is not really the sound they're known for. For "classic" Sigur Ros, I'd start with Takk.
I'd suggest Agaetis Byrjun before Takk, mainly because they still haven't beaten "Svefn-g-englar," "Staralfur," and "Olsen Olsen" in terms of hooks - an unusual quality to find among bands who specialize in atmospherics.

But those two albums and () are all great and pretty much just variations on a theme, anyway. The only one I wouldn't recommend is Von.
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post #66 of 135
11/12/08 at 8:05pm
Many thanks. Supposedly they are going to play as the support band for Radiohead when they arrive to South América.
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post #67 of 135
11/12/08 at 8:20pm
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Many thanks. Supposedly they are going to play as the support band for Radiohead when they arrive to South América.
Your ass had better be at that show or we're kaput, capische?
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post #68 of 135
11/12/08 at 10:57pm
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Your ass had better be at that show or we're kaput, capische?
Yes, Sir. Oddly I found out about their tour thanks Tati and some post at the Bends thread and today I bought my ticket. 80% the tickets were sold in 4-5 hours. I was lucky. The Sigur Ros is stated as a rumor right now.
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post #69 of 135
11/13/08 at 12:38am
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I don't know if I'd go that far with Maiden (many of their albums are total shit), but 'The Number of the Beast' and 'Piece of Mind' would be stranded-on-an-island cds for sure.
...stranded on an island with an excess of electricity with which to power an extravagance like a CD player?

Now that's my kinda stranding. Not like the bummer Cast Away stranding.
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post #70 of 135
11/13/08 at 2:13am
Yeah, it's a boring pick but I have to say The Beatles are my favorite band. Just the other day, after a long, long day of studying, "and curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git" popped into my head. No other band has been so ingrained into my brain.
But of course, I'd go crazy if I only had their albums to play on a deserted island.
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post #71 of 135
11/13/08 at 2:48am
It's actually good to see so many people mention The Beatles. Often, in these discussions, people consciously avoid them, because it's considered the "obvious answer". I had a friend who got pissed that every time influential bands were discussed, The Beatles always came up, because he thought it was boring and obvious. Which to me is like getting angry that people mention oranges every time they discuss things that are orange. It's obvious because it's fucking true.
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post #72 of 135
11/13/08 at 2:51am
Don't know if they would qualify as a band, but my favorite musical act would have to be Outkast. With a K.
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post #73 of 135
11/13/08 at 11:17am
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Originally Posted by Feral Akodon View Post
Many thanks. Supposedly they are going to play as the support band for Radiohead when they arrive to South América.
Wait. WHAT?

DaveB had a good point. Their best album is Agaetis Byrjun, but I prefer Takk. The new one is also good, but my entry album would be Takk. Hoppipolla is the shit.

So, in order:

Agaetis Byrjun
Takk
Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

()
Von
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post #74 of 135
11/13/08 at 11:42am
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Originally Posted by Greg David View Post
It's actually good to see so many people mention The Beatles. Often, in these discussions, people consciously avoid them, because it's considered the "obvious answer". I had a friend who got pissed that every time influential bands were discussed, The Beatles always came up, because he thought it was boring and obvious. Which to me is like getting angry that people mention oranges every time they discuss things that are orange. It's obvious because it's fucking true.
In these discussions, it's not much of a problem. But if I'm getting to know you and am genuinely curious about what kind of music you like, telling me that the Beatles are your favorite band, with no additional information, is basically a non-answer. It's the same as saying, "Oh, I listen to everything." In terms of preference (like in the context of this thread), it's a fine answer, especially if you can give some reasons why. In terms of communicating something about yourself, it's a shitty one.
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post #75 of 135
11/13/08 at 3:09pm
Queen, hands down. They weren't afraid of anything, as demonstrated by their huge variety of songs. "Stone Cold Crazy" is a classic fast rocker, "The Prophet's Song" is hypnotic, and "Bicycle Race" is just a unique song all round. Even when they stooped to hollow 80's pop like everyone else, it was good 80's pop ("Staying Power" would not have been out of place on Thriller).

Their education always came through in their songs (referencing Al Capone and Marie Antoinette), as did their other hobbies ("'39" was written by Brian May the astronomer). The only bona fide rock star in the group was Mercury, and yet they always looked cool on stage. They served cocaine from the heads of midgets. They didn't take themselves seriously (songs about bicycles, cars and the Invisible Man) and yet their swansong album, Innuendo, was still a devastating look back at their career highs and forward at Mercury's impending death.

They do lose points for re-forming with grunting Chuck Norris lookalike Paul Rodgers. Blame old age for that total lapse of taste.
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post #76 of 135
11/13/08 at 3:11pm
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It's actually good to see so many people mention The Beatles.
Greg I don't get it. I listed one of the obvious choices: The Stones. But I could argue several hours with most of their fans cause I like them for precise reasons...I like their balls, execution, lyrics and even their pose at certain moments. But I could laugh or cry hearing certain "My Stone's top 5 songs".
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post #77 of 135
11/13/08 at 7:17pm
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Originally Posted by Muharulz View Post
Hootie and the Blowfish.

Commence hating... I'm expecting it.
They are such a boring group of musicians that one can't muster much hatred or any passion towards them at all. Are you joking? Hootie and the Blowfish? Explain.

I believe I last saw them on the Golf Channel playing live to a studio audience...does it get any more pathetic for a "rock band"?
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post #78 of 135
11/13/08 at 7:24pm
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Originally Posted by DaveB View Post
In these discussions, it's not much of a problem. But if I'm getting to know you and am genuinely curious about what kind of music you like, telling me that the Beatles are your favorite band, with no additional information, is basically a non-answer. It's the same as saying, "Oh, I listen to everything." In terms of preference (like in the context of this thread), it's a fine answer, especially if you can give some reasons why. In terms of communicating something about yourself, it's a shitty one.
Wouldn't that be just as true of any group? I mean, if you don't elucidate why you like them, answering with Talking Heads doesn't furnish me any more information about you or your taste in music than The Beatles does.
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post #79 of 135
11/13/08 at 7:48pm
In the spirit of sticking with the "rules": Tool.


Though there's a slew of others (Pink Floyd, Radiohead) that could vie for that spot on any given day.

Tool is without a doubt my favorite live band though.
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post #80 of 135
11/13/08 at 8:18pm
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Originally Posted by Greg David View Post
Wouldn't that be just as true of any group? I mean, if you don't elucidate why you like them, answering with Talking Heads doesn't furnish me any more information about you or your taste in music than The Beatles does.

Yes, it does. Although not by much.
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post #81 of 135
11/13/08 at 8:37pm
I'd like to add to my post that Tool is without a doubt one of the most misunderstood bands around, and have an often scary/idiotic fanbase, depending on who you run into.

Listing them probably provides more misconceptions about me than anything else.
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post #82 of 135
11/13/08 at 8:49pm
Nine Inch Nails.
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post #83 of 135
11/13/08 at 8:54pm
Rush
Iron Maiden
Jethro Tull
New Model Army
Bad Religion
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post #84 of 135
11/13/08 at 8:58pm
I've stated before but Pink Floyd from the Meddle era are just fantastic to listen to, they create such a great atmosphere with their music, they sound like nothing else, most bands of that era wear their influences on their sleeves, PF absorbed them and created an entirely new sound that no other band has been to follow, songs like 'Echoes' with it's eerie opening, funk rock middle section and quiet closer and 'Careful with that axe Eugene' with the atmospheric opening that slowly builds to Roger's scream, it's like a soundtrack to an awesome film that never got made.
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post #85 of 135
11/13/08 at 9:12pm
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Originally Posted by dreary louse View Post
They are such a boring group of musicians that one can't muster much hatred or any passion towards them at all. Are you joking? Hootie and the Blowfish? Explain.

I believe I last saw them on the Golf Channel playing live to a studio audience...does it get any more pathetic for a "rock band"?
First CD bought as a kid (11 years old), loved the band since then. I don't think they are boring at all. Saw them in concert for the first time on my birthday last year. It was a lot of fun. Good tunes.

I like a ton of different music and different genres, but I prefer Hootie because the music is good and I have fun listening to it.
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post #86 of 135
11/14/08 at 12:10am
Spin Doctors and Gin Blossoms are still fighting for your affections.
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post #87 of 135
11/14/08 at 12:13am
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Originally Posted by Dragon Ma View Post
I've stated before but Pink Floyd from the Meddle era are just fantastic to listen to,
If only the middle of Meddle was equally as strong as the beginning and end.

From Meddle to The Wall,
the only PF albums with anything less than brilliant are Meddle and The Wall.
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post #88 of 135
11/14/08 at 12:16am
The Wall is brilliant. You go away.
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post #89 of 135
11/14/08 at 12:25am
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The Wall is brilliant. You go away.

I never said it wasn't. It's one of the greatest albums of all time, obviously.

I implied that it contains imperfections (READ: filler)
which the flawless Dark Side, Wish You Were Here, and Animals don't have.

Don't be so snooty.
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post #90 of 135
11/14/08 at 12:35am
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I never said it wasn't. It's one of the greatest albums of all time, obviously.

I implied that it contains imperfections (READ: filler)
which the flawless Dark Side, Wish You Were Here, and Animals don't have.

Don't be so snooty.
Okay then.

And I'm not snooty. I prefer "sanctimonious prick".

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Spin Doctors and Gin Blossoms are still fighting for your affections.
Hey, Spin Doctors at least had a recognizable musical identity. I don't think Hootie ever pulled that off.
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post #91 of 135
11/14/08 at 12:43am
I agree, The Wall has some great songs but it's hopelessly overblown, Meddle as an album doesn't really compare to DSOTM, WYWH or Animals but Echoes, One of these days are absolutely iconic, A Pillow of Winds and Fearless are nice and mellow, the only weak tracks are San Tropez and Seamus.

To listen to Echoes live is something else.
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post #92 of 135
11/14/08 at 12:53am
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Hey, Spin Doctors at least had a recognizable musical identity. I don't think Hootie ever pulled that off.
This is true.
Plus, I owned their album once.
Never owned a Hootie-nothing.


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Originally Posted by Dragon Ma View Post
To listen to Echoes live is something else.

I love how one can trace the absolute beginning of the classic mid-period/70's Pink Floyd sound from that track on. Such a breakthrough, and hearing it always reminds me of Rick Wright singing on the Pompeii film.
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post #93 of 135
11/14/08 at 12:59am
They're by no means anything approaching the "best" at anything or in any capacity - but no band has my affections more so than AC/DC. I honestly can't sit here and think of ANY Bon Scott-era song that I don't like and even though the Johnson stuff started tapering after Back in Black there's still some amazing songs in his catalog. There are a lot of songs by other bands that I love as much as any one AC/DC song, but for some reason that band has my heart. And it has ever since I was like 7 or 8 and I heard Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap for the first time.
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post #94 of 135
11/14/08 at 1:22am
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Originally Posted by Dragon Ma View Post
I agree, The Wall has some great songs but it's hopelessly overblown, Meddle as an album doesn't really compare to DSOTM, WYWH or Animals but Echoes, One of these days are absolutely iconic, A Pillow of Winds and Fearless are nice and mellow, the only weak tracks are San Tropez and Seamus.

To listen to Echoes live is something else.
I listened to Meddle for the first time the other morning and listened to "Fearless" for the rest of the day.I have mixed feelings about it and Saucerful of secrets.David Gilmour performed "Remember the day" on Jools Holland a few weeks back and it was a superb performance.
It's here if you haven't seen it.
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post #95 of 135
11/14/08 at 2:46am
Van Halen (Roth era) or the Kinks. Depends on my mood. Sometimes, The Pretenders.
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post #96 of 135
11/14/08 at 3:50am
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Van Halen (Roth era) or the Kinks. Depends on my mood. Sometimes, The Pretenders.
If the bands you like says something about who you are as a person, then you should be the next President of the U.S. of A.
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post #97 of 135
11/14/08 at 5:04am
The White Stripes
They Might Be Giants
The Mountain Goats
Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band
and The Pixies
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post #98 of 135
11/14/08 at 11:52am
I am not funny edit
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post #99 of 135
11/14/08 at 12:26pm
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I am not funny edit
My band!
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post #100 of 135
11/14/08 at 3:16pm
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Originally Posted by Greg David
It's actually good to see so many people mention The Beatles. Often, in these discussions, people consciously avoid them, because it's considered the "obvious answer". I had a friend who got pissed that every time influential bands were discussed, The Beatles always came up, because he thought it was boring and obvious. Which to me is like getting angry that people mention oranges every time they discuss things that are orange. It's obvious because it's fucking true.
In these discussions, it's not much of a problem. But if I'm getting to know you and am genuinely curious about what kind of music you like, telling me that the Beatles are your favorite band, with no additional information, is basically a non-answer. It's the same as saying, "Oh, I listen to everything." In terms of preference (like in the context of this thread), it's a fine answer, especially if you can give some reasons why. In terms of communicating something about yourself, it's a shitty one.
I have similar thoughts to what Greg is saying when I listen to a great Beatles tune. Going on too much about how the Beatles are the greatest of all-time makes me feel kind of awkward/silly because that horse was pulvorized decades ago. But on the other hand, there was something so magically pitch perfect about the Beatles at the top of their game that no other group has matched in the history of 'rock and roll'. In my opinion, of course. It took me until about 2005 to fall under the spell of just about all of their post Help! material, and discover what timeless, captivating geniuses they really were. The Beatles were an amazing, infinitely influential group of musicians and I believe it's difficult explain why they're among the greatest bands of all-time.

By the way: on an unrelated note, are some people here confusing favorite band of all-time with favorite band of the moment? Those fall into two separate buckets for me.
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