Posted on 02/26/2025 12:43:50 PM PST by Red Badger
So, Rock and Roll was created in the U.S., but now only British bands are eligible. This is very Jann Wenner.
“Red Hot Chilli Peppers have more hits than Pink Floyd even.”
You sound like that cartoon lion Snagglepuss!
https://hanna-barbera.fandom.com/wiki/Snagglepuss
Did you know this? The Association NEVER played an instrument on any of their albums. The Wrecking Crew played the music. That blew me away.
I go with what Lemmy said:
“The Beatles were hard men. Brian Epstein cleaned them up for mass consumption, but they were anything but sissies. They were from Liverpool, which is like Hamburg or Norfolk, Virginia – a hard, sea-farin’ town, all these dockers and sailors around all the time who would beat the piss out of you if you so much as winked at them. Ringo’s from the Dingle, which is like the f___ing Bronx.”
The Rolling Stones were the mummy’s boys – they were all college students from the outskirts of London. They went to starve in London, but it was by choice, to give themselves some sort of aura of disrespectability. I did like the Stones, but they were never anywhere near the Beatles – not for humor, not for originality, not for songs, not for presentation. All they had was Mick Jagger dancing about. Fair enough, the Stones made great records, but they were always s__t on stage, whereas the Beatles were the gear.”
Oh please! Take Queen out of the #3 spot and replace them with Aerosmith or The Who.
Skynyrd, Supertramp, ELO - I listen to more than these 5 great bands. Mick Taylor era of the Stones was the best of all of them imo. But that was only a few years.
I agree with you about the Beach Boys, but not the Swedes.
The difference between this list and “Most Overhyped Crap” is that this list doesnt include The Doors.
So, you think the Supremes are the second best?
The people saying The Beatles weren’t a rock band seem to be forgetting that The Beatles had two separate phases: their early years, when they definitely played rock, both their own songs and covers of people like Chuck Berry and Little Richard; and then their “arty” phase, from Sgt. Pepper going forward. There are kinds of rock other than heavy metal.
Beatles, Queen, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Mike & The Mechanics, Saint Peter Gabriel.
The Wrecking Crew played on thousands of tracks.
Glen Campbell was a part of TWC and borrowed Carol Kaye’s 6-strinbg bass to play the solo on “Wichita Lineman”
They did not always use the Wrecking Crew, but often did, in the studio.
LOL
The answer is the Allman Brothers Band live 1970
Oh wait......Number #1 happens to be “The Wrecking Crew”.
Awesome now you’ve gone and done it Red. Lol
It’s hard to limit such a list to just 5 bands, but the Allman Brothers Band should get some serious consideration.
Sounds like a conversation at the old folks’ home.
It’s whoever was top of the charts when you were first getting laid.
See post #66.
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