The Top 25 Rock & Rollers of All Time

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[fortunecookie]

I used to wear the same outfits as her. ;o)

This one, right?

>:-)

[Proud Conservative2]

THE ROLLING STONES, MADONNA. JAMES BROWN, STEVIE WONDER, MICHAEL JACKSON, KURT COBAIN...What a load of B.S. They were not what we would ever have consider ROCK and ROLL.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

I'm a big fan of Carl Perkins. If he hadn't had that car wreck on the way to NYC to appear on Ed Sullivan, who knows how big he would have gotten? The man rocked, and rocked hard!

[Rte66]

Oh yeah. "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane."

[vetvetdoug]

I am just 48 miles south of Jackson, Tennessee and Carl played many little spots for charity around here. He was not only a great rocker, but he was a humble and giving man that was a gentleman.

[dfwgator]

What idiot puts Cobain in there and leaves off Little Richard?

Cobain is the most overrated rock persona ever. Even the Foo Fighters blow away Nirvana.

Nirvana was The Knack of the 90s. Just as The Knack killed off disco, Nirvana killed off the hair bands, that's all they did, their music still sucked. And you don't see The Knack on the list.

[dfwgator]

People tell me Todd is a musical genius. And yet the only thing I've ever heard was Hello its Me. Sounds like something Bread would sing. ;o)

Todd's best work was producing the brilliant XTC album Skylarking.

[colorcountry]

Thanks for the ping!

I'll put my vote in for Ian Andersen and Jethro Tull! These are true musicians who know how to rock. I never tire of their timeless music.

My favorite albums ('cuz they were albums in those days) are: Minstrel in the Gallery, Songs from the Wood, Crest of a Knave (which few people like.)

[Supernatural]

me-o my-o what a girl!

[Supernatural]

One of my favorite things is loving albums others don't like or have never heard of. They don't know what they are missing.

[vetvetdoug]

I liked TR when he was with the Nazz...Kiddie Boy.

[Responsibility2nd]

I did a search of all the replies, and I'm really surprised no one has mentioned the Queen of British pop.

Yeah, he has become a dumpy old hag in his later years, but he dominated the 70's and 80's

[MikeD]

I hate to say it, but Clapton doesn't get his due because he lived. Had he OD'd in the early '70s like many of his peers, he would be even more famous than he is now. Instead, he overcame his addiction, lived, and continued to make music for thirty more years.

Personally, I'd put him or Hendrix above Cobain...

[boris]

For pure melody, innovention, and talent, nobody can match Mike Oldfield.

[pissant]

Not even Yanni?

[boris]

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Oldfield= Tancredo}

"Yanni is to Oldfield as McCain is to Tom Tancredo..."

Or something like that...

[dsc]

"Personally, I'd put him or Hendrix above Cobain..."

On a scale of one to a million, put Clapton at a million, Hendrix at 500k, and Cobain *maybe* as high as 0.0001. Maybe.

[ladyinred]

I agree with some, but never with Stevie Wonder. For me, it is the Beatles all the way!

[ladyjane]

Little Richard. Right. And Junior Walker and the All Stars.