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Who is the Best Band of All Time

Doc, what are the parameters? Are you talking rock, hard rock, jazz, bluegrass, country?

Benny Goodman and his band were amazing.
The Moody Blues are really good, and put on consistently good concerts every year.
Alison Krauss and Union Station are pretty good bluegrass band. And, that Alison Krause/Robert Plant album was excellent(as was the concert).
Tough to judge country; really tying things up between Patsy Cline, Waylon Jennings, Reba, Tammy Wynette.
Celtic music would probably be opposing traditional vs rock with the Chieftans and Tempest.
AC/DC put on a great concert.
Best Christmas would have to go to TSO.
When he is not drunk, Hank Jr can croon or rock out...
And Ronstadt... She can sing just about anything better than anyone. She has a range of music that I do not think is matched.

And Stevie Ray Vaughn, with Double Trouble...
 
pirate_girl said:
Best song of all time.. without a doubt IMO...

YouTube- comfortably numb lyrics


Comfortably Numb- Pink Floyd.. I can listen to this song over and over and never get tired of it... especially at 4:32.. mind blowing! :brows::mrgreen:
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OMG! If only I had some film or recording of all the guys in my fraternity singing that song to my lyrics. Old age and infirmity has taken it's toll and I can't recall them to write them out now, but the name was changed to "Comfortably Dumb"; if that gives you any hint. :biggrin:

At parties we'd pull one of those "Top Gun" moments. You know, where a couple of guys start singing the song and then end up with the whole room singing along. The only difference was we were doing the "Comfortably Dumb" version. It was always good for rip snorting laughs and good drinking. :clap:

Still thinking; we'd generally follow it up with an encore of Pat Benetar's "Love is a Bladderfull" :yum:

The year was 1985, the movie was Vision Quest. The song is Lunatic Fringe. Being that was my last year of collegiate wrestling, that song still gets me going. Anybody else remember that song? Where's Gatorboy? He'd have to remember that movie and song.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAmNAuYNggw"]Lunatic Fringe[/ame]
 
RNE228 said:
Doc, what are the parameters? Are you talking rock, hard rock, jazz, bluegrass, country?

Benny Goodman and his band were amazing.
The Moody Blues are really good, and put on consistently good concerts every year.
Alison Krauss and Union Station are pretty good bluegrass band. And, that Alison Krause/Robert Plant album was excellent(as was the concert).
Tough to judge country; really tying things up between Patsy Cline, Waylon Jennings, Reba, Tammy Wynette.
Celtic music would probably be opposing traditional vs rock with the Chieftans and Tempest.
AC/DC put on a great concert.
Best Christmas would have to go to TSO.
When he is not drunk, Hank Jr can croon or rock out...
And Ronstadt... She can sing just about anything better than anyone. She has a range of music that I do not think is matched.

And Stevie Ray Vaughn, with Double Trouble...
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I am with you 100% on everything you posted here except

Bocephus. Compared to almost anyone else in his generation

Jr. sucked. His lyrics were garbage. "I spilled ketchup on my blue jeans..."

etc... He had potential and enough talent and connections but over all

he was a loser. If you had said David Allen Coe I would have been on board

all the way (Not that some of DAC's lyrics weren't bad...but mostly tight.)
 
RNE228 said:
Doc, what are the parameters? Are you talking rock, hard rock, jazz, bluegrass, country?

Benny Goodman and his band were amazing.
The Moody Blues are really good, and put on consistently good concerts every year.
Alison Krauss and Union Station are pretty good bluegrass band. And, that Alison Krause/Robert Plant album was excellent(as was the concert).
Tough to judge country; really tying things up between Patsy Cline, Waylon Jennings, Reba, Tammy Wynette.
Celtic music would probably be opposing traditional vs rock with the Chieftans and Tempest.
AC/DC put on a great concert.
Best Christmas would have to go to TSO.
When he is not drunk, Hank Jr can croon or rock out...
And Ronstadt... She can sing just about anything better than anyone. She has a range of music that I do not think is matched.

And Stevie Ray Vaughn, with Double Trouble...
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Okay, I'll fess up. I made a statement but since the band was the Who it looked more like a question, so I took off my exclamation points that I over use all the time. :yum: And I'm glad I did. I wondered what everyone else thought.
The question "who is the best band of all time?" has no wrong answer. Each of us were shaped by music as we grew up and we like who we like. I should have made the question "Who is the best Rock and Roll band of all time?". I think the 60's were the best times of all for Rock and Roll. So many GREAT bands and so much talent. The Who led the way with hard rock and roll, and their music has stood the test of time ...even better than the Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Dave Clark 5, Beach Boys etc. All of those band music is still played and liked but it is not the same type of rock and roll. It's more doo whop kids lyrics kind of stuff. Nothing wrong with that just not my preference.




Treefriend said:
I am with you 100% on everything you posted here except

Bocephus. Compared to almost anyone else in his generation

Jr. sucked. His lyrics were garbage. "I spilled ketchup on my blue jeans..."

etc... He had potential and enough talent and connections but over all

he was a loser. If you had said David Allen Coe I would have been on board

all the way (Not that some of DAC's lyrics weren't bad...but mostly tight.)
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I only know a couple of David Allen Coe's songs but "You Don't have to call me Darlin, Darling" is such a classic. Love it.

I do think Bocephus is a real performing talent. Some of his live shows are GREAT. He is not the artist / poet to write the music though ...but that's okay, most can't do that.

Speaking of tight lyrics John Prine is quite the talented song writer. Illegal Smile, Sam Stone are just a couple of his classics.

I knew a couple who did what one of John Prines songs suggested. Throw away your TV and move to the Country. They did it. They kept at it for a few years after that and then divorced.
 
Doc said:
Okay, I'll fess up. I made a statement but since the band was the Who it looked more like a question, so I took off my exclamation points that I over use all the time. :yum: And I'm glad I did. I wondered what everyone else thought.
The question "who is the best band of all time?" has no wrong answer. Each of us were shaped by music as we grew up and we like who we like. I should have made the question "Who is the best Rock and Roll band of all time?". I think the 60's were the best times of all for Rock and Roll. So many GREAT bands and so much talent. The Who led the way with hard rock and roll, and their music has stood the test of time ...even better than the Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Dave Clark 5, Beach Boys etc. All of those band music is still played and liked but it is not the same type of rock and roll. It's more doo whop kids lyrics kind of stuff. Nothing wrong with that just not my preference.






I only know a couple of David Allen Coe's songs but "You Don't have to call me Darlin, Darling" is such a classic. Love it.

I do think Bocephus is a real performing talent. Some of his live shows are GREAT. He is not the artist / poet to write the music though ...but that's okay, most can't do that.

Speaking of tight lyrics John Prine is quite the talented song writer. Illegal Smile, Sam Stone are just a couple of his classics.

I knew a couple who did what one of John Prines songs suggested. Throw away your TV and move to the Country. They did it. They kept at it for a few years after that and then divorced.
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That's true. I have never seen him live, but a lot of singers I like are best live

so I'll change my opinion of him. It's better to be good live and not so good

in studio than the other way around. Deborah Harry (Blondie) had some

good studio stuff but when I saw her live she sucked, although when I saw

her in person after the show she was tiny and cute so I forgave her lackluster

performance...
 
I love the tune "Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy" by Big and Rich. I've never seen Big and Rich live up close, but I saw them perform the song live on TV. What a horrible live performance it was. I hope they were just off that night but have to wonder if they can pull that song off live?
 
Got to love John Prine! The words to his songs are a real trip through the history of the times. Got lucky and found a few of his cd's up in Rochester a few months back. Everything I had was lp or cassette. Been running an ad to try to get tickets to his show in Ithaca coming up.
 
I'd like to settle this once and for all

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So you went to the site and got a 404.
That is the point. But there are hundreds of files to see.
Did you see them?
 
That is a tough call, one day I like Seals and Croft, the next day Grand Funk Railroad and so forth.

Will be doing something and hear a song that is rockin', then a few days later, it don't sound as good...

Not a clue basically, I liked too many of them....
 
Have you listened to Tull: A Classic Case?

AWESOME!

Tull backed by a full orchestra; the sound and dynamics are exceptional. It is probably 25 years old now.

Also, Lucia Micarelli teamed up with Ian Anderson; there are some great Youtubes of them.

RoadKing said:
I'd like to settle this once and for all
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Interesting to mention; I noted some Jazz bands too.

The one that has surprised me, is I like the Christine Aguilera "Candy Man". She does a good, for most of the song, Andrews Sisters styled song.

I like listening to the Jazz drummers. Krupa. Rich. I have always liked Steve Smith, in Journey and in his own Jazz. Neal Pert does some good jazz drumming too. Look at his stuff from the Buddy Rich tributes.

Gatorboy said:
Glenn Miller
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Jr is fine if he is sober. I have seen him 2-1/2 times. First two times were just amazing, amazing. The 3rd time, he got drunk on stage, and we left half way thru.

I feel bad; I did not mention Merle, or Buck Owens. Bakersfield sound...:clap:

Treefriend said:
I am with you 100% on everything you posted here except

Bocephus. Compared to almost anyone else in his generation

Jr. sucked. His lyrics were garbage. "I spilled ketchup on my blue jeans..."

etc... He had potential and enough talent and connections but over all

he was a loser. If you had said David Allen Coe I would have been on board

all the way (Not that some of DAC's lyrics weren't bad...but mostly tight.)
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Treefriend said:
STALKER ALERT!!
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No sir - not in the least.
Let's look at the facts.
1) You posted a link to a mp3.

2) The link:
Code: 
http://www.treefriend.org/Music/LoveIsaNeverEndingWar.mp3
3) I took a part of that link:
Code: 
http://www.treefriend.org
and got the 404 just like PG did.
However like I said: "Did you know you have ZERO security on that site?"

4) I also said that anyone who understands how URLs work had full access.

5) You call me a stalker.

Ok.. here is how URLs work:
The / (forward slash after a url is a directory.
Code: 
http://www.treefriend.org/Music[B]/[/B]LoveIsaNeverEndingWar.mp3
Just get rid of the LoveIsaNeverEndingWar.mp3, and you have:

http://www.treefriend.org/Music/ <-- full directory

Knowing this simple information makes me a stalker?
More like someone who was pointing out a lack of security on there, and maybe trying to help.


 
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