http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:49:06 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/21/121656.php#comment-731226 I know this is more than five but these seven I think are in a class of there own above everything else. I'm sure this list will change over time. I'm a 19 year old guy if you were wondering. The Beatles Led Zeppelin Pink Floyed Jimi Hendrix Steely Dan Rage Against the Machine Radiohead Almost make it: Beck, The Verve, The White Stripes Nick Drake, Frank Zappa, Kings of Leon 731226@blogcritics.org Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:49:06 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/21/121656.php#comment-695133 Led Zeppelin RHCP Bob Marley any Clapton Hendrix Experience 695133@blogcritics.org Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:03:19 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/21/121656.php#comment-631516 The Grateful Dead Little Feat (Lowell George era especially) The Clash Uncle Tupelo (Wilco & Son Volt too) Eric Clapton (pre 1974) This is way too difficult! Any list without Bob Marley, John Mayall, John Coltrane, Theolonious Monk, Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard, Charles Mingus, Duane Allman, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Mark Sandman and too many more to name is hardly a list at all. 631516@blogcritics.org Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:11:06 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/21/121656.php#comment-629240 Over the years there have been many bands I liked; and many, many songs I liked. But when it comes to naming "all-time favorites", I apply a different screen. It's not just whether I put them at the top of the quality heap, but rather, did they transform my life? By that measure, there are really only four. In chronological order: 1. Otis Redding 2. Beatles 3. Little Feat 4. Talking Heads And if I were to compare the transcendent power of these four, there's really just one worth mentioning, and that is, of course, The Beatles. They seem to be on most everyone's list, regardless of their age. No other band in the history of recorded music has ... well, there's no profundity I could put here that hasn't already been articulated better by someone else. I'll just say this, with respect to my own life: For no other band would I travel, 47 years after the fact as I did, to the place where the band was formed, walk the same sidewalks, under the same sky, and find it meaningful. Those who have been introduced to their music in latter years, even those who are now big fans, cannot appreciate the scale of their impact upon young people (who are now old people). Nothing - NOTHING - compares to it. They may as well have been from another planet, so different was their sound from what went before. Today, of course, one hears the Beatles against the backdrop of ten thousand other bands who themselves were influenced by the Beatles. If ever another band comes along that can repeat what the Beatles did - and, like fusion power, it is at least theoretically possible - count yourself blessed if you get to experience it. 629240@blogcritics.org Thu, 6 Sep 2007 16:26:15 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/21/121656.php#comment-619996 Oh Wow Tough Question UMM I gotta go with: Red Hot Chili Peppers Wolfmother BEatles U2 Jimi Hendrix AAAAAAHHHHHH But theres much more ACDC Fall Out Boy Led Zepplin Cant DEcide 619996@blogcritics.org Wed, 8 Aug 2007 14:33:21 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/21/121656.php#comment-597591 #1. Led Zeppelin (no contest) #2. The Beatles #3. Pink Floyd #4. The Who #5. The Stones 597591@blogcritics.org Sat, 2 Jun 2007 16:21:05 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/21/121656.php#comment-597548 1) White Lion 2) Black Sabbath (with Ronny James Dio) tied with Dio's solo career 3) Led Zeppelin 4) David Arkenstone 5) George Michael 597548@blogcritics.org Sat, 2 Jun 2007 13:40:14 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/21/121656.php#comment-597544 1 - TOOL 2 - Inner Surge 3 - Nirvana 4 - Smashing Pumpkins 5 - Rage against the Machine 597544@blogcritics.org Sat, 2 Jun 2007 13:16:30 EDT