The Greatest Rock and Roll bands

Debi said:
The greatest rock and roll bands of all-time are…?

Check out this list. Do you agree with the choices? Who did they leave out?
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Well everybody's tastes are different. Of that list I never really got into Led Zeppelin or the Grateful Dead or Bruce Springsteen, or ACDC.
I like the Beatles but they were never really a touring act. But I really like the Rolling Stones ,The Who and Queen. Not just for their huge body of work but they are absolutely electric live. Same with the Kinks. So I think showmanship has to be included in that criteria.
These kind of lists of fun.
 
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There is no such band that can be called the greatest because the truly great bands are in tune not with mainstream and what's trendy but they have an empathic aura allows them to tune in to the universe and reach out to the masses that seek music as an escape from the fog that the hustle and bustle creates in so many of our lives. I notice not everyone struggles as hard with life as some of us do, I think that is why there are so many types of music, you have classical, opera, country Rock, rap and so on. The energy that finds you is what you put out... music is like karma to me as a kid Led-Zeppelin was my band, I have long since declared anyone the best, sometimes I go back to the older music to reminisce but music drives me and I am not one to hate on newer music like most people my age.

 
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While I certainly like his music, Elvis is not a band.
I'd replace him with The Monkees. The only group to ever outsell The Beatles. Plus Micky Dolenz had the greatest voice of the 60's.
 
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I would agree with the beatles being the top. they have probably influenced more bands than anyone else. followed by zeppelin. I myself cannot say who the greatest bands were because im biased by the music of the mid 60's through the mid 70's.....some say that was when music defined an era, but I think it was as much the era that defined the music. great art, poetry and music comes along when the art and the era have a symbiotic relationship. when they both thrive on one another....the 70's was such an era, maybe the last of such, when music and art became a movement, a lifestyle.... a freedom.
I think it was very prophetic that the very first song played on mtv was "video killed the radio star", that was the changing winds that led to todays music industry....it paved the way for shows such as American idol, and all the other talent shows...and just as the music industry changes to follow the profits, M-tv turned its back on the very music that launched its success by no longer being a music video format....
 
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I would agree with the beatles being the top. they have probably influenced more bands than anyone else. followed by zeppelin. I myself cannot say who the greatest bands were because im biased by the music of the mid 60's through the mid 70's.....some say that was when music defined an era, but I think it was as much the era that defined the music. great art, poetry and music comes along when the art and the era have a symbiotic relationship. when they both thrive on one another....the 70's was such an era, maybe the last of such, when music and art became a movement, a lifestyle.... a freedom.
I think it was very prophetic that the very first song played on mtv was "video killed the radio star", that was the changing winds that led to todays music industry....it paved the way for shows such as American idol, and all the other talent shows...and just as the music industry changes to follow the profits, M-tv turned its back on the very music that launched its success by no longer being a music video format....
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In 1991 I did the math and found that music was less than 50% of programming on MTV. I shudder to think what it's at now.
 
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Bob said:
While I certainly like his music, Elvis is not a band.
I'd replace him with The Monkees. The only group to ever outsell The Beatles. Plus Micky Dolenz had the greatest voice of the 60's.
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I'd say that was Mama Cass. But I sure get where you're coming from.. But I was thinking about the Monkees, they were a lot better than people think. Of course not number one but I would put them, you know top 50. Fun fact, Queen's drummer Rodger Taylor could actually keep up with Freddie Mercury's singing. He was the guy that could harmonize with him, while playing the drums.

But I I find comfort here of us being of similar age and tastes. That means if we ever went on a long car trip I would not have to bail out of the car on the highway.
I miss MTV.
 
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