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Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1871 Joined: 11 Jun 2008     | |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1161 Joined: 2 Sep 2008     | Queen most definitely, Bohemian Rhapsody and We will rock you. =D |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 762 Joined: 28 Apr 2008    | I'm shocked no one has said Talking Heads yet. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2840 Joined: 6 Feb 2008     |
Ermm, I did, earlier (specifically The Talking Heads with Brian Eno). |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1036 Joined: 10 Aug 2008   |
Although he is a singular entity (and thus is/is not fair game on this thread?)-I agree. Buddy Holly left a void that was damn near unfillable. 2)
Yep. He needs to be in there (although the link did say BANDS, not individuals). Ditto to John, Paul, George, Ringo, and the guy that filled in for Ringo while he was out. Ditto to Elvis. YES, the Rolling Stones count. But I am appalled that none of these bands have been mentioned yet, (and some have been around as long or longer than what you have mentioned): 1) Earth, Wind, and Fire |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2108 Joined: 14 Nov 2007    | Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. Between them, they've influenced everyone. |
BANNED  Posts: 789 Joined: 8 Jul 2008  | Jimi Hendrix he defined rock music and helped make it what it is today. User was banned for: The Xbox Screwed Me Over!. (Permanent) |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 733 Joined: 9 Feb 2008 | Yeah, Lukeje, forgot about The Jam - still stand by my original point though. Never said the Smiths were the pioneers of witty catchy pop tunes. Radiohead has got to be another hugely influencial band. Maybe not a good thing (Don't think much of Coldplay or other bands like them). |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1036 Joined: 10 Aug 2008 |
Their music lasted through multiple generations... 1) We Are the Champions ...To name a few more. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1433 Joined: 29 Jun 2008    | DETHKLOK! Joking. I could name a lot, but with one vote, The Beatles. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1161 Joined: 2 Sep 2008 |
All their songs are great but I can't spend all day writing out their discography lol. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2840 Joined: 6 Feb 2008 |
I strongly disagree, Queen were an ALBUM band who just happened to make good singles. Check out A Night at the Opera, Queen II and Sheer Heart Attack for evidence of this. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2674 Joined: 13 Jul 2008  |
Ah Brian Eno, I love that bald genius.
What exactly is wrong with those lyrics? Observe: You see, those lyrics could be interpreted as simple and nonsensical, but they're not. On the subject of Parklife, so what if they didn't want to perform it? They still wrote it. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1871 Joined: 11 Jun 2008 | Now people are just naming bands they like without explanation.. this is going downhill fast. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2840 Joined: 6 Feb 2008 |
Now people are just commenting without even naming bands... this thread is going downhill even faster.[/irony] |
Muckraker  Posts: 310 Joined: 16 Oct 2008  | I'm going to ignore the "band" qualification and say David Bowie. I love some of these other answers, but I think his influence is still greatly felt today. He had a prominent acoustic period, he practically invented Glam Rock and the notion of a rock alter ego, redefined himself with his own genre of "plastic soul", and later delved into experimental electronic music with Brian Eno. Even when he's not making music, he's out there getting excited about music games like Frequency/Amplitude and hand-picking young indie talent and bringing them into the spotlight like he did with Arcade Fire. Props to anyone who said The Talking Heads or The Velvet Underground, though. I'm happy with answers like The Beatles and The Stones and Elvis, but I think the previous generation understands their influence better than we do. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 156 Joined: 10 Sep 2008 | Just to piss everyone off: |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2840 Joined: 6 Feb 2008 |
Who? And do I want to know? |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1036 Joined: 10 Aug 2008 |
I don't have the time to split hairs. Having listened to and owning their anthology, I do not get where the foundations of your disagreement are. That's like saying Mozart was an instrumental composer who happened to make a few good operas. If what you mean by ALBUM band was the fact that they didn't perform live as often as others- maybe your're right, maybe your're wrong. Considering Freddy Mercury died when I was 11, maybe I just don't care as much about the distinction. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1323 Joined: 21 May 2008    |
Yes they are. |
Paperboy  Posts: 47 Joined: 2 Oct 2008  | I think Pink Floyd was influential for me , since i grew up with it and spent every living breathing moment listening to it , as i still do . My world would be sad without it. And the reason that i would say Pink Floyd is because it changed my lifestyle. |
Muckraker Posts: 310 Joined: 16 Oct 2008 | David Bowie. Here is an excerpt from Allmusic.com that supports my claim: Even when he was out of fashion in the '80s and '90s, it was clear that Bowie was one of the most influential musicians in rock, for better and for worse. Each one of his phases in the '70s sparked a number of subgenres, including punk, new wave, goth rock, the new romantics, and electronica. Few rockers ever had such lasting impact. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 53 Joined: 21 Jul 2008 |
Depends what country you come from. Not sure about Bloc Party but Blur are massively influential on British music. |
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Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 511 Joined: 27 Aug 2008   |
I agree all the way, I am shocked people think Pink Floyd, Or The Beatles can hold any candle to Bowie. Bowie has easily inspired more modern day musicians either directly or indirectly, Also over his almost 50 years of performing now not one of his songs sounds alike. David Bowie is a true god for musical talent, How he has progressed over his 50 years song by song and how he experiments with every album is mind blowing, Not to mention not many bands continue to perform for over 50 years more so when you remember not one of his songs sounds alike. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 588 Joined: 4 Nov 2008  |
Just who I was about to say, excellent choices, the two best bands of thier era. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2674 Joined: 13 Jul 2008 |
Ok, you win on the Yellow Submarine part. However, I maintain the fact that Blur were and are influential, and that the Beatles are, in the words of Scroobius Pip, "just a band". |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1323 Joined: 21 May 2008 |
I'm from England and I'd like to know of a band that was influenced by either of those bands that doesn't make me want to lose my hearing when I hear them. EDIT: to the guy above me, if The Beatles are just a band then all other 'bands' since are just buskers. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1058 Joined: 2 Jul 2008   |
I would have thought a fan of the Beatles would not be one to make remarks about lyrics. I point you towards I am The Walrus. On topic; it does have to be aforementioned Beatles, or the Stones, for all the reasons mentioned previously. Edit; I fucking love I am the Walrus, but come on, there was some acid involved in the creation of that song. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 718 Joined: 11 Jul 2008  | Don't all respectable musicians just copy from one another and sell out in the end anyway? |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2674 Joined: 13 Jul 2008 |
This is not about whether you like the band or not, it's about whether they were influential or not, and there's no doubt that almost every rock band in the 90s and indeed now wants to sound like either Oasis or Blur. Bloc Party have inspired a whole new generation (yes I know it's been done before) to ditch the generic rock and pursue new, electronic directions. EDIT: Also, the Beatles are not automatically better than any other band ever. They themselves were influenced heavily by skiffle and 50s rock musicians. Once again I say, the Beatles are not god-like figures to be revered, and are not the fathers of modern rock. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1323 Joined: 21 May 2008 |
I am the Walrus was written entirly to annoy John's old english teacher who now had his pupils looking for meaning in Beatles songs, so John wrote the most nonsensical song he could imagine. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1058 Joined: 2 Jul 2008 |
No, sometimes they die beforehand. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1058 Joined: 2 Jul 2008 |
I heard that story...not sure I believe it. But as someone previously said; Yellow Submarine, Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite! and Strawberry Fields Forever don't make a whole lot of sense themselves. Lyrics do not necessarily make the song - bands like the Beatles and Oasis show that it is not required to have incredibly deep messages to create great music. Edit; Double post...sorry, shows how little sleep I've been getting. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1036 Joined: 10 Aug 2008 |
I just watched everyone (with the exception of James Brown) taking Soul completely out of the picture. Aretha Franklin- was to women what James Brown was men- Queen of Soul Earth Wind and Fire All of the above bands combined the standard jazz combo with electronics and a Soul Sound in the late 70's and early 80's. Modern funk and fusion charts are based on these sounds. In the most basic elements Elvis was the white guy who made money because he had the "black sound"- deep, resonating, smooth soul sound. Sammy Davis Jr. on the other hand, WAS the black singer singing in the predominantly white suburban world of the 50's, and Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford were not only his promoters and protractors, but his friends as well. You can't leave the Rat Pack off of any list like this. Boston as a rock group had arguably the cleanest sound of any group in the modern era. They were often compared with a classical chamber ensemble in their precision of attack, sustain, and release of notes (unheard of in rock bands in MOST generations) and in intonation from the vocalist all the way down to the bass. The Cars built along that foundation, and are a classic example of early 80's rock sound. And Chicago is one of the single best examples of a band reinventing and re-energizing their sound through the decades. Though they often added new players (and older ones quit), their band ranks second to the beach boys in terms of hits. |
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The Neon Boys...
Richard Hell and Tom Verlaine's first band which garnered the attention of future Sex Pistols manager, Malcolm McClaren (who was briefly managing the New York Dolls at the time). This band was the first template of a Punk Band in terms of sound, style, and swagger. McClaren actually offered to manage them but was turned down and then later fired by the New York Dolls. His encounter with Richard Hell and the New York punk scene would inspire the punk style fetish wear look that he would later sell at his store in London, Sex.
Sex is where the Sex Pistols formed... Verlaine and Hell then formed Television which went on to inspire the New Wave, Post Punk, and No Wave movements. Richard Hell left Television to form the Voidoids.