Best Bands Of All Time

[Brain]

did i ever say there wasn't?
hell have i ever said thet my posts have more substance than anyone elses?

[Bondo]

Best animated band-Gorillaz

Loud, I have to respectfully disagree with you.

NSYNC's best CD is Celebrity (their third normal one)
The Spice Girls' best CD is Forever (their third normal one)
Garbage's best CD is BeautifulGarbage (their third normal one)
Boyz II Men's best CD is II but their releases since then when they were no longer big time have sucked.
Abbey Road came out after the Beatles were big time and it is commonly considered their best.

I don't feel like going on but I think you get my point, I don't really think going bigtime hurts the music, I just think some bands can't stand the long haul and so by the time they make it big it sucks (Hootie and the Blowfish )

[*NADS Capt. Anarchy]

Best animated band: Howard Stern's "Backside Boys"

[PsYcO aSsAsSiN]

lol capt...if you go check on Grifter's KDX server, you can go to the MP3 section and download "Every Homo" and "Which Backstreet Boy is Gay"...excellent parodies.

[Precious_Roy]

cookie:
Very good choices.  I question J-theory though.  I saw them in concert (I went based solely on the strength of their opening band, Piebald) and was not impressed.  But I don't know much about their albums, so I could be pre-judging.

Bondo (Ace too):
Rap is the bastard child of jazz and rock.  Personally I think it's inferior.  But we can't discount the genre, because there are standouts among them.  As for lyrics, the express the helplessness of an uncultured poor, dehuminized society.  They can't rise above that which they were born into unless we let them.  They glorify the only things they knew, because it was their childhood. Try living in the projects  for the first 16 years of your life.  See if you rise above in your musical endeavors.  Music starts with emotion and inspiration.  When only the tactile (sex, drugs, money) are what's good in a society, thats the best we are gonna get out of the music.  Instant gratification, greed; it's the American way.

Good call on Billy Joel though.  i'm a fan.

Assassin:
rage is definitly a band you have to be in the mood for, but a great band, undoubtedly.  

Linkin Park, as capt Anarchy put it, is a boy band in disguise.  They are bands who follow a formula.  they are boy bands, with sad lyrics and harsh sounds.  So many of these bands have ceased to care about the music they are making.  

I went to a major concert (HFStival by name) where 30 major bands played, including POD, Eminem, Papa Roach, Paul Oakenfold, Our Lady Peace, Good Charlotte, Hoobastank,  Sum 41, and New Found Glory.  I was shocked to see how many bands are no longer all about the music.  I really only found one band (Phantom Plant, they are great, and are finally getting some airtime) that I could really called, musicians  The others, at best were performers, there for a gig, and at worst were entertainers,  whose sole purpose seemd to be rousing the crowd, instead of playing music.

Loud:
We are the children of Rock.  It is therefore that which primarily concerns us.  Sure, vivaldi's "Four Seasons" can probably beat any nusic put out since 1900.  Sure the Dave Brubeck Quartet with "take 5" and "Blue Rondo A La Turk" outdoes the majority of the bands we've listed.  We know that.  or at least i do.  but it is not that which concerns us.

All:
I'm not kncking Nirvana, you may be right, they may be one of the 3 greatest bands of all time.  But they haven't yet stood the test of time.  10 years from now, maybe. But I still refuse to call them "better", "worse" "more, less influential" then peal  jam.  yet.

Hopefully I covered everything.  If not, yell at me some more! (It's fun, I enjoy the challenge)

[Geek USA]

you people suck, the smashing pumpkins are the best. if you dont think so, they listen to an entire cd of theirs sometime..

pixies are good too

[*NADS Capt. Anarchy]

geek, i own like 12 pumpkins CD's, including the box set. they do own.

oh, and sin... i used ot have the videos for 'em, but then my comp died.

[cookie]

yeah, the J theory isn't that good but then again what emo is really good. They're my pick of the litter.

And the smashing pumpkins are great, i forgot about them   as are john lennon, the pixies, and travis. A band that I do hate, however, is the sex pistols. I really, REALLY despise sid vicious, and their music bites. heh. also, i might revise my choice on "best band to sellout" and put no doubt instead. Their first two albums were great, back when they were ska... but jesus, what the hell happened to them?!

i think i should sleep, my eyes burn.

[MacMan]

hmmm
best bands eh?
Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, the Beatles, Queen.
that is, if i have to keep it short, there are many, many many good band out there.
And it looks like most people on this forum have reasonably good taste ?

MacMan - Listening to music animatedly since 1983

[theN00b]

I also forgot to add that I like Russian Folk Music especially when I am playing RS. Get me riled up for some reason. Bahhh Nationalism!

[Precious_Roy]

Cossack, I have to say one of my favorite soundtracks is that of Dr. Zhivago.  Fiddler on the roof ain't bad neither.

I also really like that Russian lit: Dostoyevsky, Checkov.  Good stuff.

Of course ya'll need to get your politics organized and get the hell outta chechnya... but that is topic enough for another whole thread.

(Forgive my poor spellings of Russian names... not that it matters, we don't use yo crazy-ass script)

[cookie]

russian lit is good however i dont really like tolstoy. and wait a minute, wasn't this about music?

[*NADS Lo$eMoney]

Oh my god jn.preciousroy you have heard of piebald? I saw them at a small show in hawaii about 4 years ago and I've been a big fan since.  Anyway anyone ever heard of a band called Modest Mouse?

[Precious_Roy]

losemoney!

Piebald is great!  I've seen them three times in concert, and will be seeing them again, as they are opening for Hey Mercedes.  They opened for Saves the Day once, and that was my first experience with them.  I went to J-theory simply on the strength of their opening band (Piebald)

For those of you who are regretfully uninformed, Piebald is a pop Punk band out of Boston.  They have a couple CDs under Big Whell Records, the best of which is "We are the only friends that we have."  The lead singer is a first grade teacher, which is evident by the fact that everyline is a complete sentence.  Good Stuff.

Sadly I have not heard of this other band you speak of, but I will be looking them up soon enough.

[oso]

N*SYNC is the greatest boyband ever, but since that's my totally biased opinion, I would have to say the single greatest/influential/hotass pop (cuz only pop matters) boyband ever was the Backstreet Boys.

I knew Bondo liked these bands, but you Ace?

[Bondo]

I knew Bondo liked these bands, but you Ace?

Well, if it wasn't for Ace's blatant sarcasm, I would be asking if he will be coming out of closet as well

[Ace]

When I read Oso's post, there was only two things I could think. Did either A) Assassin exact his revenge for my meddlings or B) roy put his mod powers to use before he lost them. Given that Assassin is going to such a shitty school and therefore is lacking intellectually, I'm guessing such wit should be credited to roy.

[PsYcO aSsAsSiN]

Well, the correct answer will only be known by Roy or I...

[Bondo]

Well, I'll argue with the moderated statement, the crappy Backstreet Boys should not at all be compared with the great NSYNC.  So bah to Roy.

[PsYcO aSsAsSiN]

Bah, you fools give me no credit. BAH to all!

Back on topic, Bondo: those were the only two "pop" boybands that I have ever heard of...it didnt matter to me in what order they went in.