[NYC GOP Chick]

Just gimme some Who and Ramones, and nobody gets hurt!

[Constitution Day]

I’m down with that!

[RobRoy]

I don’t get the thing with the Who. Their music is really not very “good” but I love it!

I can’t explain it.

[Gargantua]

The 3 top rock bands of all time for 15min-plus rock anthems with instrumentalization that no other bands could even attempt to play, much less pull off are as follows, in no particular order.

1. The Grateful Dead
2. The Grateful Dead
3. The Grateful Dead

As a former studio musician with credits on several major label albums (RCA, Elektra, Metal Blade, etc.) and movie soundtracks, I know whereof I speak.

That they did what they did while melting on psychedelics only makes their accomplishments all the more amazing. Compositions like Dark Star, St. Stephen, Help on the Way, Stronger Than Dirt (Milkin' the Turkey), and Crazy Fingers (not to mention Terrapin Station... the all-time most amazing rock anthem in music history) set them apart as having accomplished what no other musical group ever had the brains or skill to even attempt, much less excel at.

Period. End of intelligent discussion. Anything beyond this is uninformed hormonal bullsh*t. Sure, there are those who simply don't like the Dead, but that's very different from refusing to acknowledge their uniquely amazing contribution to the world of music.

;-/

[Mr_Moonlight]

Just gimme some Who and Ramones, and nobody gets hurt!

HA! Well maybe a guitar or two get hurt in the case of The Who :)

Otherwise, I consider "Quadrophenia" to be fairly 'prog' in a sense --- especially the overture (Quadrophenia) and underture (The Rock)

Ramones ??? What can I say ?? 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 ... bang bang bang ... over and done with in 2 minutes flat --- NEXT !! Gotta love The Ramones :)

[Mr_Moonlight]

It doesn't get much better than a Who concert :)