Greatest Rock and Roll band ever -- The Rolling Stones
They have been in my top 10 for as long as I can remember. And if you've ever seen their show live, well, then you understand why they are the greatest.
Right now, my favorite band is Flogging Molly.
Other bands that have held the top spot at one time are:
Bang Tango -- Kind of a funk hair band
Swamp Zombies -- kind of a beatnik version of the Violent Femmes
Concrete Blond -- I just love the CD Bloodletting
AC DC -- Back in Black is still a desert island disk
Social Distortion -- I can't tell you how many times I've heard Somewhere Between Heaven and ****
Jack Johnson -- When I'm in a mellow-lean-your-head-back-and-chill kind of mood
The Queers -- Sophomoric punk band
Guns N Roses -- Appetite for Destruction, nuff said
Leon Redbone -- Don't know if it's Jazz or Blues, I just know I like it
That's all I can think of right now.. I'm sure there are others, but that will get me started.
Other bands that I like would include: (taking liberties seeing as though we can list more than five )
Violent Femmes (as noted by Sonnie)
PJ Harvey
Arno
Bob Dylan
David Bowie
Lou Reed
Velvet Underground
The Pogues
The Popes
AC/DC
Vaya con Dios
Marianne Faithfull
Ben Harper
Mark Lanegan
The Stranglers
Dead Kennedys
The Cramps
The Clash
The Stranglers
Rolling Stones
Jethro Tull
Janis Joplin
Tom Waits
The Who
Never heard of Swamp Zombies but if they can be mentioned in the same breathe as Violent Femmes then I will have to see if I can get hold of some of their stuff
And you will probably have some problems finding much on the Swamp Zombies. They haven't been around for a long while and I think their record label went belly up. You can see the one video I know here, but it's not my favorite song by them.. not my least favorite either.
I'll be curious to see what you think. I've had some people like them, some not so much..
I must concur with JCD, that the Stones live is truly a great experience. The best $80 I ever earned. Yes, earned, I "worked" security when the show came to the Edward Jones Dome several years ago. By "worked" I mean wore a matching tee-shirt as 100 other people and held a flashlight in my hand. I didn't expect much being that it was in a 60,000+ seat footbal stadium but I was wrong. I was lucky enough to get to work the stage--ie, I was closer than the front row. Amazing what those 60+ year old guys can still do. Great show.
Probably my favorite all-time band is the Urge. I have seen them several times. The best was in a very small club years ago when they "opened" for 311. What a great show that was. total capacity of a few hundred people. This was obviously before 311 got as huge as they did in the late 90's.
I like so many different types of music it is hard to put together a list of "favorites."
never the less, here I go in no particular order.
Alt/newer rock:
Urge
Collective soul
Cranberries
Classic rock:
stones
petty
phil collins/genesis
Floyd
Walsh
"Mood" type stuff: (I know, I know, call me "Sally"--can't help it time to time)
enigma
Enya
Yanni--let the name calling begin
Hard rock:
Metallica
Ministry
Tool
Korn
Godsmack
Rollins
Rap: (All "old school"--I told you I liked all kinds of stuff)
NWA--and all of the solo spin offs--EAZY-E, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube
Too Short
DJ Quick
Ghetto Boyz
Ice T
Country: (See above disclaimers)
Allen Jackson
Soft Rock:
Jack johnson
Dave Mathews
John Mayer
David Gray
Sarah Mcglaughlin
Natalie Merchant
Other Misc that I don't have a category nor explination for:
Madonna's new dance stuff
Probably my most listened to disc: City of Angels soundtrack--a little bit of everything, blues, rock, pop, soft melodies, classical--very diverse and all very good.
And you will probably have some problems finding much on the Swamp Zombies. They haven't been around for a long while and I think their record label went belly up. You can see the one video I know here, but it's not my favorite song by them.. not my least favorite either.
I'll be curious to see what you think. I've had some people like them, some not so much..
Not meaning to hijack this thread, but have found a few of their discs and would like to know which you would recommend, the choices are 'Spunk' and *Frenzy of muic and action'
Well, to be honest, it's been a while since I've heard both albums, but I'd go with the Frenzy of Music and Action.
If you can find it, my favorite album by Swamp Zombies is Fink. It may be because it was their first album I bought that I like it best, but, I'm gonna still say the first was the best.
If you do pull the trigger, let me know what you think. It's different with a sense of humor, both of which I like.
You know I completely forgot about that fat man in the bathtub who was once a dixie chicken down on the farm wearing sailin' shoes crying I got a rocket in my pocket, feats don't fail me now.
One of my all time favorite bands... I can't believe I just totally forgot to list them. I might have to bump them up ahead of Fleetwood Mac. Man.... I just had some of their CD's out earlier.
Like many others I have a hard time identifying just one band or artists. I suspect it would be different from time to time depending on my mood.
I was surprised to see Tool listed more than once here. I would add my support for them also. On the heavier side I also like Stabbing Westward and Stained. On the Canadian front Tea Party and Moist come to mind.
There are a lot of classic rock bands that I love too but the question is for one. If I think of it in terms of being stranded on a desert island and I only have one artist's complete works then I think it would be Sarah McLachlan. I much prefer the sound of a female voice and hers is particularly soothing. More than anything I rely on music to sooth my soul and that makes music like Sarah's a necessity for me.
Like many though I really can't imagine not having the variety I have available to me with my current 30GB of VBR mp3s. In my collection there is music from the Carpenters, Tool, Sade, ELP, Metallica, and various other types of music.
Actually the first post explains to list your top five... so you can choose more than just one. :bigsmile:
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