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Beefheart and The Velvets mitigate the inclusion of Yes. I'm of the same mind as Jello Biafra. If I'm locked up at GITMO, and you decide to blast music at me to get me to crack, blast Owner Of A Lonely Heart. I'll tell ya anything. Love the new production value. I just stumbled across Lou's version of See That My Grave Is Kept Clean on youtube. Praise Bob for youtube. Had no idea it existed. Been listening to Lou since Rock n Roll Animal in 74. To discover what nearly is my fave Lou track 50 years later is such a gift. Just glad I discovered it before I became worm food.
1. The Beatles 2. The Kinks 3. The Beach Boys 4. The Rolling Stones 5. The Who 6. Led Zeppelin 7. Elvis Costello and the Attractions 8. Sloan 9. Blur 10. Deep Purple
A great top 10, here's my top 10: Honorable mentions: Queen, Rolling Stones, Morphine, Primus, Sparks, Santana, Mothers of Invention, Velvet Underground 10. Kinks 9. Alan Parsons Project 8. Talking Heads 7. Wings 6. Pink Floyd 5. Doors 4. Radiohead 3. Led Zeppelin 2. Fleetwood Mac 1. The Beatles (of course!)
My personal 10: 1. Yes (especially 1970-1978) 2. The Beatles 3. The Charlatans UK 4. The Moody Blues (1967-1981) 5. Free/Bad Co (1968-1982) 6. Led Zeppelin 7. Pink Floyd (1966-1980) 8. Dead Can Dance 9. Genesis (1972-1980) 10. Humble Pie
10. Steve Miller Band 9. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble 8. The Kinks 7. Creedence Clearwater Revival 6. The Rolling Stones 5. The Who 4. The Beatles 3. Led Zeppelin 2. Pink Floyd 1. The Doors
The Beatles are #1 . To go from She Loves You to Revolution 9 in 5 years! I listened to Come Together yesterday and what struck me was what excellent musicians they were. The interplay between the instruments was similar to jazz musicians. #2 The Rolling Stones 3. Led Zeppelin 4 .The Clash 5 .Roxy Music 6 .Steely Dan 7. The Doors 8 .The Cars 9 .Yes 10. Talking Heads
Larry,my top ten bands are the Beatles,Wings,the Rolling Stones,the Who,the Kinks,the Searchers,Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band,the Jimi Hendrix Experience,Led Zeppelin and the Beach Boys. Bob
Enjoyed your list. So many of mine are solo. But here are my 10 bands…. 1. Led Zeppelin 2. Rolling Stones 3. Jethro Tull 4. Beatles 5. Cheap Trick 6. Allman Brothers Band 7. Van Halen 8. The Band 9. Velvet Underground 10. Alice Cooper Band
My top 10 favourite rock bands are: 1. Pink Floyd 2. The Velvet Underground 3. The Doors 4. King Crimson 5. The Mothers of Invention 6. Soft Machine 7. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band 8. The Who 9. The Rolling Stones 10. Talking Heads
Great list! Here's mine... 1. Led Zeppelin, 2. The Doors, 3. Jimi Hendrix, 4. The Rolling Stones, 5. The Beatles, 6. Rush, 7. Yes, 8. Radiohead, 9. Steely Dan, 10. The Smiths.
My favorite top 10 bands of all time are: 1 Pink Floyd 2 Yes 3 The Beatles 4 Genesis 5 DEVO 6 Journey 7 Black Sabbath 8 Blondie 9 The Pretenders 10 The Tubes.
Lucky that I will see or have seen already my 3 favorite bands of all time this year # 1 - The Cure , # 2 Depeche Mode & # 3 Slowdive. Other Top 10 .. Love , The Cars , The Doors , Joy Division ➗️ / New Order , The Doors , Cheap Trick & Siouxsie & The Banshees.
Here is mine Larry ... 1.The Rolling Stones 2.Queen 3.Led Zeppelin 4. Black Sabbath 5.The Beatles 6.ACDC 7.Aerosmith 8.The Doors 9.The Police 10.The Eagles. But that many great bands Larry there's no such thing as a best or greatest band. All the best Larry top man. 👍
Hmmm.... What could possibly be the #1 pick from my favorite Beatles RU-vidr Canadian Studmuffin? Don't tell me! It's the Quarrymen, right?😅 Hope you're doing well, sir. Great content as always. 👍
Thanks for the video Larry. Here's my top 10: 1. The Guess Who 2. The Beach Boys 3. The Doors 5. Procol Harum 6. Bachman-Turner Overdrive 7. Cream 8. Free 9. Steely Dan 10. The Rolling Stones
My list is gonna be impulsive. Off the top of my head: 1. The Beatles 2. The Rolling Stones 3. The Who 4. Deep Purple 5. Black Sabbath 6. CCR 7. The Kinks 8. Led Zeppelin 9. Zappa 10. The Byrds
1) The Pixies 2) Nirvana 3) The Beatles 4) Mr. Bungle 5) Radiohead 6) Soundgarden 7) Faith No More 8) My Bloody Valentine (Loveless/mbv) 9) The White Stripes 10) Stone Temple Pilots (w/ Scott Weiland) #’s 3 - 5 are easily the best bands on my list imo, but things like nostalgia and personal inspiration are big factors in my overall ranking.
I love this list. All the bands are great. I'm getting into Sparks because of you. I feel like this band should have done better in the US. Their home country!
A few of these groups I rarely listen to these days, but they’re in my list because I was a big fan in my teenage years. - top ten favorite bands.. 10. Chicago. (Strictly 69’ to about 76’ - Terry Kath era - afterwards dreadful 😬). 9. The Marshall Tucker Band. (Easily my favorite of the Southern Rock Bands..) 8. America. (A bit of a “guilty pleasure”) 7. The Monkees. (Another “guilty pleasure” and arguably not a band at all?) 6. Belle & Sebastian (The only post-seventies group to make my list). 5. The Wailers (Original lineup with Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer) 4. The Velvet Underground 3. The Rolling Stones 2. The Beach Boys 1. The Beatles - Nice video Larry 👍
Currently for me my top ten are these. I've given a brief summary of the top five on why I love them. 10. Simon And Garfunkel 9. Fleetwood Mac 8. Radiohead 7. Muse 6. Blur 5. King Crimson - I love aggressive music with extreme technicality. King Crimson does that in spades. Especially Larks' Tounges In Aspic through to Red. 4. ELP - my first love in prog. Keith Emerson is an incredible keyboard player and Greg Lake might be my favourite singer. 3. R.E.M. - the 80s albums are great but the 90s absolutely blow me away even Up. 2. The Beatles - it's an obvious pick but what's wrong with that. 1. Yes - I adore every album of there's (even union) every lineup of the band made incredible music. Line up one had Astral Traveller and Time And A Word. Line up two had the entirety of The Yes Album. Number three made Fragile and Close To The Edge. Then Bill Bruford joined King Crimson and Alan White was brought into the fold. They made Tales From Topographic Oceans (my favourite album ever). Then with Patrick Moraz they made Relayer (Featuring The Gates Of Delirium a song I currently have an obsession over). Rick Wakeman returned for Going For The One and Tormato (Featuring some really underrated tracks). Then the more new wave edge of Drama makes a nice unique listen. Trevor Rabin in the 80s had some great tracks. TALK is also a great album. Keys To Ascension, The Ladder and Magnification are great. Three of the greatest late career albums. And the new Line up isn't to bad either, Mirror To The Sky is phenomenal.
That's a mighty tall task to round up 10 bands as my favorite. Just for the several albums they made in the 80s and early 90's, REM has to be on my list. Those records still mesmerize and amaze me...and of course, The Beatles have to be there...I almost want to say, TALK TALK, as their final two albums, "Spirit of Eden" and "Laughing Stock" are possibly my very favorite listening experience back-to-back. Ah, the infinite choices...
Love the new video Larry, I love some of these bands especially Beatles, Led Zep, Stones and Velvet Underground. Been watching your videos for a long time now and you have become my favourite RU-vidr. Keep doing what you are doing, it's good. Also I would love if you do a video about your David Bowie collection sometime.
1. BLUE OYSTER CULT 2. T. Rex 3. Jethro Tull 4. AC/DC(Bon Scott albums) 5. Led Zeppelin 6. Black Sabbath 7. Pink Floyd 8. Deep Purple 9. Uriah Heep 10. UFO(Michael Schenker albums).
I remember that you did a similar video in the late 2000's. It was groundbreaking to see a man just calmly talking about his favourite music. Glad that you still doing this. BIG SMILE ! ))
What a pleasure to follow you through your Top Ten band list. I love to agree with you in your No. 1 position: „The Beatles they did it all“ as you said.- Here are some suggestions for my numbers two to ten: 2. Pink Floyd 3. Moody Blues 4. The Beach Boys 5. Fleetwood Mac 6. Yes 7. America 8. Kinks 9. Small Faces 10. Steppenwolf (11. Procol Harum😉maybe Poco)
Top 10 of all time, that was a tough one to compile (I have excluded stuff that people tend to see as solo artists like Springsteen or Hendrix, makes stuff easier). Anyways, here is what I think looks good to me: 1. Gov't Mule 2. Led Zepplin 3. Pink Floyd 4. The Allman Brothers Band 5. Soundgarden 6. ZZ Top 7. Dave Matthews Band 8. Fleetwood Mac 9. The Black Crowes 10. James Gang Honorable mention * SUSU, according to Spotify data, they are one of my top 5 bands and I love them to death but they haven't even released an album yet (And, no, I did not forget the Beatles.)
When you showed us 'Yes' at #4 I knew what the next 3 were without even watching. (Though of coarse I watched) Guess I've been watching you for years, so I should know a bit about your taste. Keep up the great work Larry!
Love The Velvet Underground, their third album is one of my all time favourite records. I never include The Beatles when I talk about my favourite bands, I don't think of them as a band, they're just a part of me in a way
The Doors Love Jimi Hendrix Experience Led Zeppelin Pink Floyd Beatles The Who Rolling Stones Black Sabbath Thin Lizzy Could be on the list too: The Velvet Underground, The Byrds, The Kinks, UFO, AC/DC, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Stooges, CCR, ZZ Top, King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Yes, Genesis, Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Santana, Big Star..
Hi Larry! I'm really glad you put Sparks so high on the list (even if I knew you would). You introduced me to the Mael brothers and I FELL I LOVE! I started listening to them in February i think...and i can't stop! Easily one if not THE best band ever!
Sparks are awesome. Thank you Larry. I’m boring because the top 5 or 6 of my list never changes but 10 is a surprise - I can’t deny them... an unintentional cryptic clue for those familiar with Maiden. I will add my favourite album and a favourite song, out of many, for good measure: 1 Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind - Infinite Dreams 2 AC/DC - Powerage - Shot Down in Flames 3 Black Sabbath - Master of Reality - Snowblind 4 Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny - Evil Fantasies 5 T. Rex - The Slider - Ballrooms of Mars 6 Led Zeppelin - ’Zoso’ - When the Levee Breaks 7 The Doors - Morrison Hotel - The Changeling 8 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love - Spanish Castle Magic 9 The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St - Stray Cat Blues 10 The Beatles - ’White Album’ - All I’ve Got to Do
Cool list Larry! I was shocked by your #1 pick! 😉 Here's my Top 10 along with 5 recommended songs and honorable mentions: 10. Deep Purple (Speed King, Lazy, Child in Time, Highway Star, Burn) 9. The Doors (Riders on the Storm, Peace Frog, The End, L.A Woman, The Crystal Ship) 8. Pink Floyd (Shine on You Crazy Diamond Parts 1&2, The Great Gig in the Sky, Echoes, Dogs, Hey You) 7. Rolling Stones (Gimme Shelter, Let it Loose, Can't You Hear Me Knocking, Loving Cup, Moonlight Mile) 6. Stone Temple Pilots (Piece of Pie, Big Empty, Tumble in the Rough, Atlanta, Still Remains) 5. Alice in Chains (Sea of Sorrow, Them Bones, Love Hate Love, Down in a Hole, Right Turn) 4. Black Sabbath (War Pigs, Into the Void, Megalomania, A National Acrobat, Supernaut) 3. Tool (The Grudge, Eulogy, Lateralus, Rosetta Stoned, Invincible) 2. Pearl Jam (Release, Go, Hail Hail, Unthought Known, Light Years) 1. The Tragically Hip/Led Zeppelin (Nautical Disaster, At the Hundredth Meridian, Grace Too, Gift Shop, Long Time Running/ Kashmir, Achilles Last Stand, No Quarter, Black Dog, Ten Years Gone) HM: Metallica, Kiss, Fleetwood Mac, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, The Tea Party, Thin Lizzy, Steely Dan, Jethro Tull, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Aerosmith, Guns N' Roses, I Mother Earth, The Who, The Beatles, Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rival Sons, Gojira, Mastodon.
My Top 10 Favorite Bands: (10) The Police (09) Eagles (08) Fleetwood Mac (07) The Doors (06) The Who (05) Pink Floyd (04) The Beach Boys (03) Led Zeppelin (02) The Rolling Stones (01) The Beatles
Hi larry nice top10 list ,it is not easy but my top 10 favorite bands are 👍✌️ : 1.Iron Maiden 2.The Who 3.The Beatles 4.Golden earring 5.The Rolling Stones 6.The Kinks 7.Pink Floyd 8.Deep Purple 9.Black Sabbath 10.Kiss
I honestly thought SPARKS would have been #1, but I knew before you said it that The Beatles would be #1! Of course it is! I can't deny the impact they had on so many musicians. You know what I have for SPARKS and I do have a couple of Beatles' Albums, just 'Sargent Pepper..' and a greatest hits (I would love to get more for sure.) But sadly I don't have anything from those other bands (I do want to pick up stuff from many of them,) but I do have Beefheart's 'Safe As Milk' and I love it!
Great list - I have to admit that many I've heard of but not really listened to. I'd be torn with 1st and 2nd - I'd be inclined to switch them due to the larger discography of Sparks (despite a few misfires En-Route). I'd have to throw TRex (and Tyrannosaurus Rex) alongside The Who into the mix. I'll check out your Spotify listing if they'll let me (because I don't pay them!) 🎵😻
Looking at my list I’m intrigued that, despite the fact that you and I are only a fear years apart in age (I think I’m about three years younger), our lists are so different in terms of when our bands were active. You have a much heavier leaning toward the 1960s and 1970s. It seems I should be with you in that regard, since I had an older brother and sister who introduced me to a lot of those “early” bands, but for some reason I went my own way. I attempted to rank these but as you know, things can change. But there’s no question about my number one. Sorry for the long post… 10. Starflyer 59: Guitar-heavy Christian band with a cult following. Output is a bit spotty for my tastes, but they’ve put out a lot of material and when they’re good, oh man. 9. Steely Dan: I prefer their pre-Aja material; without those earlier albums, they wouldn’t make this list. 8. Talking Heads: I’m kind of surprised they made my list but maybe it’s because I share their art school upbringing. 7. Electric Light Orchestra: The albums post-Balance of Power don’t do a lot for me, and even the earlier albums have some weak spots. But I went from hating to absolutely loving Time, so maybe there’s hope for the lesser albums too. 6. Sparks: You’ve pretty much said anything I might say about Sparks. But I’ll add this: a “best-of” derived from their three most recent albums would be totally KILLER. 5. XTC: I’m not among those who worship at the feet of Andy Partridge, but he’s certainly got a gift, I can’t deny it. I’m including albums recorded under the Dukes of Stratosphear name. 4. They Might Be Giants: These guys should probably take a few years off from touring and recording, since their last several albums have been very spotty. But they have so much material, and so many great songs -- nice SHORT songs that never wear out their welcome. 3. Crowded House: Neil Finn has been such a great songwriter, and he can sing, too. 2. 10cc: Sentimentality might be why I rank these guys so high - they were my first favorite band back in high school. And of course I’m talking out the ORIGINAL 10cc, before Godley & Creme split. (I wish Stewart and Gouldman retired the 10cc name after that. Oh well.) There are only four albums from the original line-up, but those albums are jam-packed with so much fun and intrigue. They spoiled me - I thought all I’d need to do is find more bands like 10cc and I’d be set for life. Didn’t quite work out that way. 1. Daniel Amos: This is an obscure Christian band, and unquestionably my favorite. When I add in the albums recorded as The Swirling Eddies (a kind of Dukes of Stratosphear thing), they rise even higher. Creative frontman Terry Scott Taylor is criminally underrated and unknown in the larger world so I'll mention him any chance I get.
Larry I had to laugh (affectionately) when, after dismissing a litany of great bands, also rans, 😳 You gave us your No.10 Captain Beefheart. I swear your voice changed timbre a bit and you sounded a bit timid or dare I see defensive. You are a Captain BRAVE-heart! 🤣🤣 I’d put the Doors and the Monkees in my top ten - my personal bias 😘 BUT it is TRULY difficult
I honestly knew your top 2 bands ! Sparks for me always ranks between 11-15 and have 12 cd's of theirs. That is very high considering the band is virtually unknown to many, and it's one of the reasons I've been following your channel for 14 years & you understanding their greatness . My top 3 never change...... 1. Jethro Tull 2. E.L.P 3. Gentle Giant ! 😍🐺
Difficult but here we go: 1.Led Zeppelin (Still no 1 on my list. I still remember when I listened their 1:st album for the first time. It knocked me out completely) 2. Mountain (Didn't make a lot of albums but the first two were awsome, such a talented band and Pappalardi was a songwriting genious.) 3. King Crimson (No 1 of the prog rock bands if you ask me) 4. Sir Lord Baltimore (only made two albums before their late comeback, but those albums were absolutely awesome) 5. Blue Öyster Cult 6. Black Sabbath 7. Pink Floyd 8. UFO 9. The Rolling Stones (Would have been higher up in the 70:ies and 80:ies. They were great from 68 to 74(ish) though) 10. The Beatles (Only started to listen to them in recent years. Nowadays I can even listen to the early stuff. Originally I was always a Stones man. I still skip Paul's Granny songs though😊) Bands which just missed out: Lucifers Friend Deep Purple Humble Pie The Amboy Dukes Queens of the stone age Small Faces Neil Young & Crazy horse would have been on the list if considered a band
1. Beatles 2. Kinks 3. Who 4. Beach boys 5. Byrds 6. Led zeppelin 7. Pink floyd 8. Captain beefheart 9. Velvet underground 10. Suede I really need to check out grand funk railroad sometime
My top ten favorite Rock bands are: 01- The Beatles 02- Electric Light Orchestra 03- Led Zeppelin 04- Pink Floyd 05- The Beach Boys 06- Oasis 07- The Rolling Stones 08- Metallica 09- Radiohead 10- The Velvet Underground
"Murmur" and "Fables of the Reconstruction" are my R.E.M faves. They were a great band. Via interviews, the band turned me onto The Replacements. Another favorite band of mine...
Thanks for a great video! It really must have cost you some consideration. At least I don't think I would be able to make such a list. There's too many bands I like. But like you I would put Beatles in the very top. Not sure who would follow at number two. Maybe The Who. And then I really have many doubts. I don't think I would ever come to actually finish the list in a way I felt sure about.
I tried to guess what your top ten would be but you threw a curve ball including bands that could be solo artists..🤬🤬🤬🤬very surprised your #4 was not #3..Two and one were a no brainer for a Muffin Of Stud..great video Larry❤❤❤👍glen
Thanks for this list, and also for the Spotify playlist so we can listen to all those bands in one place. I agree with you on your choices of number one and number two, the rest I might feel different about, but I very much respect your taste.
Very solid list! My top 10 "bands" would look like this.... 10. Chicago 09. Rush 08. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 07. ZZ Top 06. The Police 05. The Jimi Hendrix Experience 04. Frank Zappa & The Mothers 03. Steely Dan 02. Van Halen 01. The Beatles
Hi Larry. Its good an update of this list that you did as "Best Rock Bands" some years ago. For me, its difficult but I would put my list based in the amount of records of each band. Mi top favorite rock bands are: 1.- THE BEATLES 2.- QUEEN 3.- DEEP PURPLE 4.- R.E.M. 5.- RADIOHEAD 6.- YES / CREAM ( Maybe I'm cheating but I put this bands along with Deep Purple with the best musicians you can find in rock bands) 7.- THE ROLLING STONES 8.- THE DOORS 9.- LED ZEPPELIN / AC DC (Two exciting hard rock bands that shake every wall of any house) 10.- CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL Difficult to find only 10 bands and I put a draw in positions 6 and 9. Greetings from México.
My current top 10 favourite bands are: 1. Foo Fighters 2. R.E.M. 3. Pearl Jam 4. The Beatles 5. Nirvana 6. Led Zeppelin 7. The Smashing Pumpkins 8. The Smiths 9. Green Day 10. Pixies :) 👍xx
Ten of my favorite rock bands are: 1. Grateful Dead 2. The Beatles 3. Good Rats. Anyone reading these comments should check out this band. 4. Sparks (thanks Larry for my renewal of interest in Sparks) 5. The Who 6. Allman Brothers Band 7. Zappa and The Mothers of Invention 8. Electric Light Orchestra 9. Genesis 10. The Chambers Brothers Band.
I’m from Long Island. Saw the Rats several times, Peppi and the boys put on a great show! “ takin it to Detroit “ “ victory in space “ “ injun Joe” “ tasty”. The Good Rats, oh yeah!
The Beatles definitely number 1. Early Stones in my top 5. Several of your honorable mention would probably be in my top 10 are CCR, the Kinks, the Guess who, the Monkees, and Queen.
Glad to see Sparks at #2! I’d have to really concentrate to do a ranking like this, but if I’m being off the cuff… 1. The Beatles 2. now it’s hard… Probably Sparks, then NRBQ, then argh…too many great bands. Though I’m really kind of over R.E.M. these days, they should somehow make my top ten. I gotta include J. Geils Band too.
1 Kiss 2 V Spy v spy 3 Midnight Oil 4 SilverChair 5The Beatles 6 The Ramones 7 Pearl Jam 8 Smashing Pumpkins 9 Interpol 10 SoundGarden Honorary mentions Living colour Supergrass Spiderbait Pavement Foo Fighters Radiohead My Morning Jacket Nirvana Queens of the Stone Age Verticoli Sparks Weezer Even
1) The Beatles 2) The Searchers 3) The Beach Boys 4) The Smiths 5) Freddie & The Dreamers 6) Wings 7) Bread 8) Nirvana 9) The Applejacks 10) The Cranberries
I thought very highly of the Doors. I acquired the whole collection, that strenghtened my idea they were very good. And then I saw a live performance of the Doors (by the Doors Alive). After that, they shifted from excellent band to Greatest Band Of All Time and good luck if you try to steal their Crown because EVERYTHING about this band is phenomenal.
Great list Mr. Studmuffin ! I Can't resist submitting my top favorite artists (group or solo) : 10. The Who 9. Simon and Garfunkel 8. Pink Floyd 7. Sun Ra and his Arkestra 6, 5, 4. The Beach Boys, The Monkees, The Beatles (3 way tie) 3. Led Zeppelin 2. Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention 1. Bob Dylan
Thanks, as always, Fellow Canadian. Great list (and I appreciate that you named some of the ones that didn't make the cut at the beginning; otherwise, I would have been on edge waiting to hear where Queen and Genesis fit in).
Nice video, and ok list :) Here is mine: 1. Mott The Hoople 2. Sparks 3. Roxy Music 4. Genesis 1969-1980 5. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band 6. Yes 1969-1993 7. Manfred Mann 8. Gentle Giant 9. Saga 10. T.Rex Beatles maybe nr. 40, and Stones nr. 55 😎
My top ten favorite bands (with some solo artists mixed in): 1. Genesis (particularly the Gabriel/Hackett years) 2. Kraftwerk 3. Gary Numan/Tubeway Army 4.Rush 5. Sparks 6. John Foxx 7. Pink Floyd 8. Spock's Beard 9. Björk 10. Men at Work Honorable mentions: The Beach Boys, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Van der Graaf Generator, Peter Gabriel, Camel, Fish/Marillion, Electric Light Orchestra, Steve Miller Band, Ghost, Klaus Nomi, U2, Kansas, Van Halen, The Bee Gees, and The Monkees.
1) The Beatles and then there's kind of 2 tiers of groups...for some reason, these don't add up to 10 T-2) The Who T-2) Led Zeppelin T-2) Rush T-2) Pink Floyd T-6) REM T-6) U2 T-6) King Crimson T-6) Guided By Voices T-6) Elvis Costello & The Attractions T-6) Sleater-Kinney T-6) Genesis T-6) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Return To Forever, The Moody Blues, The Beach Boys, AC/DC, and everything Sunshine Pop from the 60's ❤ Zeppelin can kiss my butt
Ones not mentioned in your opening bit nor in your top 10: Most obviously The Who and then there's U2, REM, The Band, Fleetwood Mac (not one of my choices but many people love them), The Eagles (see Fleetwood Mac); Supertramp, Steely Dan, Bad Company, AC/DC, The Cars, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (does that count as a band?); Elvis Costello and the Attractions (see Tom Petty); Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band (see Tom Petty again); Neil Young and Crazy Horse (see Tom Petty again); Simon and Garfunkel (see Tom Petty again); David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars (see Tom Petty again); Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band; Bob Dylan and the Silver Heartbreaking Crazy Attractive Garfunkel Spiders from E Street (you can't have a top 10 rock list without Bob Dylan); Aerosmith (the '70s version); Lynyrd Skynyrd; Pearl Jam; Grateful Dead; Pretenders (amazing debut album gets them over the line) and finally in respect of your No. 1 choice -- Wings.
Great top 10 bands, here’s mine: Honourable mentions: The Kinks, The Rolling Stones & Led Zeppelin 10-The Monkees 9-ELO 8-Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 7-Imagine Dragons 6-The Proclaimers 5-Queen 4-Simon & Garfunkel 3-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 2-The Traveling Wilbury’s 1-The Beatles
I have the beatles number one..the rolling stones at number two.. then the who...led Zeppelin...the velvet underground...the guess who...the grateful dead..aerosmith... the quicksilver messenger service and the jefferson airplane
Zeppelin, the Who, Neil Young, the Allman Brothers, Little Feat, REM, U2, Hendrix, Floyd, the Grateful Dead....and many, many others from all over the map....
10. Green Day 9. Soundgarden 8. The Pretty Reckless 7. Pink Floyd 6. Led Zeppelin 5. The Cranberries 4. Metallica 3. Evanescence 2. Linkin Park 1. The Beatles
Hi Larry, I dig your Ummagumma pink floyd intro! I agree with Beatles being so far above all other bands, BUT not above Bob Dylan. In my opinion Bob Dylan is as far above the Beatles as the Beatles are above all other bands. Bob Dylan's song, Like A Rolling Stone, was an amazing song that changed rock/pop music forever. Even the Beatles changed their style up to meet the standards set by Dylan in 1965,66! I agree with Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart , Rolling Stones & the Velvet Underground! Grand Funk Railroad, Blue Oyster Cult, Sparks, Led Zeppelin & Yes, although I do love those bands would not be in my top 10 list. I'd go with, Cream, The Byrds, The Kinks, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Doors. Now, the Doors were much more than just a band. The Jimi Hendrix Experience debut album is still in the top 40 best selling albums. Ray Davies was just a bit better song writer than Ron Mael, in my humble opinion. But I do adore Sparks and have all their records. Now I picked the Byrds here, but I might have to call it a tie between the Byrds and the Lovin' Spoonful. With Byrd songs like, Eight Miles High. Turn Turn,Turn, Mr.Tambourine Man, & Spoonful songs like Summer In the City, Do You Believe In Magic, Rain on The Roof, its impossible for me to pick one over the other. I saw a video once of John Lennon getting frustrated because he couldn't figure out a certain cord change in the spoonful song, Daydream.
Great topic. Watching you over the past few months, Sparks is a must! Making my list involves song, story, saga, and style: 1) Beatles 2) Stones 3) Roxy Music 4) REM 5) Stooges 6) Velvet Underground 7) the Clash 8) Grateful Dead 9) Led Zeppelin 10) The WHO. Keep on rockin’ in the free world, CSM. 🇨🇦
I don't share a lot of your list. (for me The Doors, The Grateful Dead, CCR, The Who, Fleetwood Mac etc.) However I do agree that there is the Beatles ... ... and everyone else.
