Greatest Band of the 20th Century
Posted by: chuck777 on 21 January 2006
I could not resist because of the greatest vocalist post.
I would have to say the Beatles
Charles
Posted on: 23 January 2006 by Simon Matthews
It is nice to be reminded from the lists posted how much musical magic has come from Blighty.
At least we have one half decent and globally recognised export industry!!
New Roxy, Who and Gilmour this year as well. Now if only our car industry had.....
Posted on: 23 January 2006 by mrev
Best Britsh band of the 20th century? Has to be the Beatles - they wrote the rulebook isn't it. Nobody else can compete really. Don't love them that much and I rarely play them 'cos it all sounds so familiar now, but they did make everything else possible. Without the Beatles, nothing.
But then we always forget about America. Best American band of the 20th century?? Everyone says the Beach Boys were the American equivalent of the Beatles. Arse. There's only one band who influenced everything we hear now as much as the Beatles; who invented Punk, Indie, and married rock and roll with art. And who for a short time were the coolest people on the planet, yet to be outcooled. The Velvet Underground.
Best band of the 20th century???
The Velvets.
Rock and Roll.
Posted on: 23 January 2006 by Happy Chick
ACDC
Posted on: 23 January 2006 by ben r
many great bands have been named for sure, although not the greatest, this band was a major player in rock, one of the major acts at woodstock, played the Filmore and sports one of the greatest lead guitar players of all time....they rarely get mentioned,played on FM ect....I have seen them 4 times....the band is Mountain.....and the guitar player is Leslie West....he is without question my favorite guitar god...has a tone like no other and he is so musical.
For American rock acts.....Aerosmith is number 1 in my book
Posted on: 23 January 2006 by Guido Fawkes
quote:
Originally posted by Ozren Herold:
Deep Purple II
Oz
Good choice, but personally I preferred Deep Purple I - still think
The Shield is the best thing they ever did. I like the later stuff too.
Posted on: 24 January 2006 by steveb
Can, no other choice. TagoMago favourite album, been listening to it for 30+ years- were also brilliant live.
Suppose Van der Graaf would be second, Gentle Giant would be somewhere around.
steveb
Posted on: 24 January 2006 by Diode100
Deep Purple the greatest band of the 20th century ?
How provincial, can you imagine them going on after say, Little Feat, at their peak, with Lowell George on board ?
Pity the Poor Boys.
Posted on: 24 January 2006 by Guido Fawkes
quote:
Originally posted by steveb:
Can, no other choice. TagoMago favourite album, been listening to it for 30+ years- were also brilliant live.
Suppose Van der Graaf would be second, Gentle Giant would be somewhere around.
steveb
quote:
Originally posted by Diode100:
Deep Purple the greatest band of the 20th century ?
How provincial, can you imagine them going on after say, Little Feat, at their peak, with Lowell George on board ?
Pity the Poor Boys.
Although I've already placed my vote for HMHB. I think these are more excelent choices Can, Van Der Graaf, Gentle Giant, Deep Purple and Little Feat all have a place in my record collection.
Posted on: 24 January 2006 by MichaelC
Today it is Hawkwind. No surpises there then.
Posted on: 24 January 2006 by Chris Dolan
quote:
The Nolans or The Osmonds?
Serious dilemma!! Maureen Nolan was (and hopefully is) far better looking than any of the Osmonds - obviously including Marie.
Although they are (were) scousers it has to be The Beatles, despite the drummer.
This century? I'm listening at the moment to the Artic Monkeys album.
Hype? I love it - but my wife thinks it is crap (slight overexaggeration perhaps - but she was not impressed), so as usual I'm probably wrong.
Chris
Posted on: 25 January 2006 by Rasher
quote:
Originally posted by mrev:
There's only one band who influenced everything we hear now as much as the Beatles; who invented Punk, Indie, and married rock and roll with art. And who for a short time were the coolest people on the planet, yet to be outcooled. The Velvet Underground.
I thought you were going to say The Ramones.
No-one yet mentioned Lynyrd Skynyrd? In those south eastern states they would still be unchallenged.
Posted on: 25 January 2006 by willem
Can, Faust, the Fall, Van Der Graaf Generator, Joy Division, Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, Soft Machine, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Henry Cow, to name but a few.
Posted on: 25 January 2006 by Guido Fawkes
quote:
Originally posted by willem:
Can, Faust, the Fall, Van Der Graaf Generator, Joy Division, Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, Soft Machine, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Henry Cow, to name but a few.
Interesting choices - I like all those bands (haven't really heard Sonic Youth can't comment on them).
Please could you recommend some good records by Can - I have
Monster Movie. I have the first five or so albums by Faust, but haven't heard anything by them for years - do you know what because of them after the Wumme years?
Thanks Rotf
Posted on: 25 January 2006 by seagull
Good grief,
You go away for a while and when you come back the place is crawling with closet VdGG fans!
A very personal thing this but...
Fifties - not born so I'm not qualified to comment
Sixties - too young, see the fifties
Seventies - Van der Graaf Generator
Eighties - The Cure
Nineties - Porcupine Tree
Honourable mention to The Chameleons!
Overall the mighty Mr Hammill and friends must rule for the originality, quality and quantity of their music.
Posted on: 26 January 2006 by GerryMcg
I' m afraid my list is overly long, in no particular order:
The Chameleons
The Who
Screaming Trees
Blue Aeroplanes
Echo & The Bunnymen
Beta Band
Crime & The City Solution
The Church
Doctors Of Madness
Small Faces
Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
Rain Parade
Eleventh Dream Day
Breathless
Sonic Youth
Pyschedic Furs
Built To Spill
Poster Children
I cannot understand how so many of these bands were off the Radar.
gerry
Posted on: 26 January 2006 by Guido Fawkes
quote:
Originally posted by seagull:
Good grief, you go away for a while and when you come back the place is crawling with closet VdGG fans!
Well the least we can do is wave to each otherPosted on: 26 January 2006 by jlfrs
"I cannot understand how so many of these bands were off the Radar."
It's because they signed to indie labels lacking the money to market their records and because they didn't produce music for the masses. Also - fate may have played a hand.
Take The Chameleons - a huge underachieving band which no doubt would have done more if Burgess and co. had written Script of the Bridge in the early nineties when Manchester was beginning to get the spotlight and the Stone Roses were making the guitar cool again.
However you look at it though, none of these could seriously rub shoulders with the likes of U2 for example to take the title of "best band of the 20th Century.
They'd be my entry, having done the indie thing and crossed into mainstream and film scores.
Posted on: 26 January 2006 by GerryMcg
jlfrs, I agree with your comments as to why the bands I selected were not commercially successful, however by "off the Radar" I meant that they have not been given posthumous recognition in more guitar orientated times e.g. Velvet Undrground.
If you visit All Music Guide all of the bands I am referring to have got extensive critical appreciation but lack any public recognition.
Incidentally the criteria I used for selecting these bands is that they they had to have made at least 3 albums of which 2 had to contain no weak tracks/fillers, which for me ruled out The Beatles,U2 and many other great bands. The Stones and The Who also do not make it on this criteria but are selected on the strength of their singles.
Posted on: 26 January 2006 by willem
quote:
Please could you recommend some good records by Can
'Ege Bamyasi' is very good and so is 'Tago Mago'.
quote:
I have the first five or so albums by Faust, but haven't heard anything by them for years - do you know what because of them after the Wumme years?
'Ravvivando' and 'you know faUSt' are great albums and so is 'Derbe, Respect, Alder'. The latter is a Hip Hop album that Faust made together with Dalek.
Posted on: 26 January 2006 by Guido Fawkes
quote:
Originally posted by willem:
quote:
Please could you recommend some good records by Can
'Ege Bamyasi' is very good and so is 'Tago Mago'.
quote:
I have the first five or so albums by Faust, but haven't heard anything by them for years - do you know what because of them after the Wumme years?
'Ravvivando' and 'you know faUSt' are great albums and so is 'Derbe, Respect, Alder'. The latter is a Hip Hop album that Faust made together with Dalek.
Willem - Thanks: I must get copies of Ege Bamyasi and Tago Mago. There's not enough Can in my collection. I'll investigate the Faust albums too. All the best, Rotf.
Posted on: 26 January 2006 by Wolf
I agree with inovation of the Beatles brought to music. Tho Dylan brought purpose thru folk rather than just party music.
Posted on: 27 January 2006 by thirty three and a third
quote:
Originally posted by steveb:
Can, no other choice. TagoMago favourite album, been listening to it for 30+ years- were also brilliant live.
Suppose Van der Graaf would be second, Gentle Giant would be somewhere around.
steveb
Since I'm the expert of all things Talk Talk, Mark Hollis always said TagoMago was one of his all time favorites.
Posted on: 30 January 2006 by bhazen
The greatest band of the 20th century was the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
Or possibly Kevin Ayers and the Whole World.
The Beatles remain the only band in my collection that I have all the CD's of. Bad grammar, I know; how would you have structured that sentence? I am unschooled.
Posted on: 31 January 2006 by Guido Fawkes
quote:
Originally posted by bhazen:
The greatest band of the 20th century was the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
Or possibly Kevin Ayers and the Whole World.
The Beatles remain the only band in my collection that I have all the CD's of. Bad grammar, I know; how would you have structured that sentence? I am unschooled.
Kevin Ayres - an absolute genius and founder member of the truly magnificent Soft Machine - those first six solo albums were superb -
Song From The Bottom Of A Well is one of the most original and inspired songs I've ever heard. Well done for mentioning the great man.
Posted on: 31 January 2006 by bhazen
Kevin could have been a big star (v. talented, and he was better looking than Bowie, Jagger or Bryan Ferry), but he was too sane. The other Syd Barrett?
Just got the new Softs compilation, Out-Bloody-Rageous; the best stuff was, IMHO, the Kevin era or thereabouts.
