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Top Five bands

Posted by Talkmusic • 7/02/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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Just testing the waters... I'd love to hear some of your favorite bands (don't worry, I won't be critical lol). I'll post mine a little later if the discussion lasts that long.

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7/02/09

Rory

1. Marillion
2. Alan Parson's Project
3. Rush
4. Styx
5. The Tragically Hip

... somewhat diverse-ish.

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1. 7/02/09
  
  Talkmusic
  
  Yeah, that is really diverse. I could never get into Rush, but I really respect their musicianship, some great talent in that band.
2. 7/02/09
  
  acousticguitarist
  
  the parson's project was interesting, very good production.. It was never a real band though was it?
3. 7/02/09
  
  Rory
  
  Parson's toured and was real. Each album had a different lead singer though.
  
  Rush is THE power 3-man band - one of the greatest bassist ever in Geddy Lee and probably THE greatest drummer ever in Neil Peart.
4. 7/02/09
  
  acousticguitarist
  
  thanks Rory, appreciated
7/02/09

Sam1982

1.Slipknot
2.System of a down
3.Disturbed
4.Metallica
5.Fear Factory

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1. 7/02/09
  
  acousticguitarist
  
  Have slipknot done any acoustic tracks? People tell me they can PLAY
2. 7/02/09
  
  Rory
  
  Metallica ... one GREAT album "Metallica" and that's about it. IMHO. Classic, CLASSIC songs came out of that album.
3. 7/02/09
  
  Sam1982
  
  Yeah the band Stonesour is pretty much Slipknots alter ego without the masks.
  
  But yes they do have a few acoustic tracks. There is an acoutsic version of their song Vermillion which is really good.
4. 7/02/09
  
  acousticguitarist
  
  thanks
7/02/09

acousticguitarist

Not Rock
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Oregon
Strunz and Farah
David Grisman Quintet
Gary Burton Quartet
King Sunny Ade and His African Beats

Rock
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08001
Steely Dan (all incarnations)
Poco
China Crisis
Led Zeppelin

I had to add the two categories because it would not make much sense otherwise

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1. 7/02/09
  
  Talkmusic
  
  haha it's totally fine, i will def have to check some of them out. I've only heard of Zeppelin...
2. 7/02/09
  
  Rory
  
  Ya, you can't go wrong with Zeppelin. Steely Dan has some damn good songs, but I can't handle a whole album of their music.
3. 7/02/09
  
  acousticguitarist
  
  Steely Dan are very famous, the core was Walter Becker and Donald Fagen and awesome session musicians. Check out the opening guitar line by Larry Carlton on Don't Take me Alive
  
  08001, are a Barcelona based band, very interesting. Thee's about 20 or so in the band on and off.
  
  Poco, Country Rock. Tim B Schmit eventually joined the eagles. Black and Gray is very good, tremendous slide guitar and harmony. It's pretty old now. Head Over Heels is probably the benchmark for all Country Rock Albums
  
  China Crisis, 80's slight synth pop, very melodic. Different Shapes a Passive Rhythms was Good. Eventually Becker from the Dan (Steely) joined them for one album
  
  Led Zeppelin, I like number 3
4. 7/02/09
  
  acousticguitarist
  
  Rory, I can because the guitar parts are unbelievably good. Thjey had a who's who. Carlton, Khan, Denny Dias, Skunk Baxter etc
5. 7/02/09
  
  acousticguitarist
  
  Oregon were very well trained jazz musicians who were recorded in Europe ( excluding Vanguard) . In a way they took contemporary jazz to a new audience. Very musical at times and at others maybe too dissonant.
  
  Strunz is an Argentinian Guitarist and Farah is from Iran, beautiful acoustic guitar shredding
  
  David Grisman ( Dawg Music) Contemporay Bluegrass mixed with jazz thinking
  
  Gary Burton, vibraphone player, great jazz band (modern)
  
  King Sunny Ade is Nigerian music
6. 7/03/09
  
  Rory
  
  I fully understand your criteron ... can't blame you on that one!!
7. 7/03/09
  
  celticmusicfan
  
  I have China Crisis albums. I love the music.
8. 7/04/09
  
  SweetViolet
  
  I have seen both Poco and Led Zeppelin live. However good you think their recordings are, they are infinitely better live!
  
  I saw Zep just before III was released and they played some stuff from it as a kind of teaser. I was at the door of the music store, waiting for it to open, on the day the album was released.
7/03/09

infamus6969

senses fail ,the almost,At the Drive-In ,Brand New,Dance Gavin Dance

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7/03/09

celticmusicfan

1.system of a down
2.slipknot
3.static x
4.cradle of filth
5.paramour

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1. 7/04/09
  
  JonnyDunMind
  
  Lol paramore. Anything to do with Hayley Williams?
  
  She really seems to have fire, seems so exciti.....
  
  Ahem. Thanks for sharing a guilty pleasure
7/03/09

crpitt

1. The Clash
2. Yeasayer
3. Yeah yeah yeahs
4. Fleet Foxes
5. Bat for Lashes

These are what I am listening to the most at the moment.

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1. 7/03/09
  
  Talkmusic
  
  nice! recently I've gotten into yyy's. Their new album is awesome, I love that song hysteric from it's blitz. I keep hearing Fleet Foxes too
2. 7/04/09
  
  crpitt
  
  I have only started listening to the Yeah yeah yeahs of late, but love them. Heads will roll and skeletons get stuck on repeat.
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt0IlrQYOxM
  
  Have you listened to Yeasayer? If not my favourite is:
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=okxAi06PTAU
  
  Bat for Lashes: Daniel
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=00ZHah-c0hQ
3. 7/14/09
  
  Talkmusic
  
  sweet =). I will definitely check those out, thanks!
7/03/09

nothingprofound

The Beatles
Steely Dan
The Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
Fleetwood Mac

Guess how old I am?

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1. 7/03/09
  
  Rory
  
  Ohhhhhhh! Someone from MY era!! You, Sir, are between 45 and 55.
2. 7/04/09
  
  nultygoestopartick
  
  The Peter Green stuff was the best
3. 7/04/09
  
  Haver
  
  I guess i could be your son, hahahahaha. I was not born then.
  
  Ooh Yeahhhhh, nothing like the Beatles, wooooow, incredible group, I can't help expressing it, hahhaha
  
  My favourite song is This Boy.
7/03/09

celticmusicfan

Benny Goodman band
Glenn Miller band
The Platters
The Lettermen
Ray Conniff band

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1. 7/03/09
  
  Talkmusic
  
  Alright! Glenn Miller band is great. We used to play "In the Mood" in my high school jazz band
2. 7/03/09
  
  drjay1966
  
  Are any of those Celtic?
3. 7/04/09
  
  legbamel
  
  I love Big Band music - Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Lionel Hampton, all of them. As I've said many times, I a sucker for a good horn section.
4. 7/04/09
  
  nultygoestopartick
  
  i never thought The Lettermen delivered
7/03/09

drjay1966

The Velvet Underground
The Clash
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
The Who
The Grateful Dead

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1. 7/03/09
  
  celticmusicfan
  
  @ drjay1966 nope they aren't Celtic.I am stepping out of my character today .
  @Talkmusic yep In the Mood is a classic alright. Moonlight Serenade has a special place in my memory. i love the Carly Simon version too.
7/04/09

FreakSmack

Mudvayne - www.youtube.com/watch?v=og3qsy4pCaw&feature=channel

GodSmack - www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGUFy2pJfzI&feature=related

Old Metallica - www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBQV-vr4x_4&feature=related

Seether - www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x5nF8aPbMw

Hank III - www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZvBzIDNSzI&feature=related

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7/04/09

SweetViolet

Crosby, Stills, & Nash
Led Zeppelin
Beach Boys
Rolling Stones
Beatles

In no particular order

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1. 7/04/09
  
  Rory
  
  Nice!
7/04/09

legendarytoby

Jonas Brothers
Fall Out Boy
Boys Likes Girls
Ashley Tisdale Tour Band
Pussycat Dolls?!?! (Do they count?)

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1. 7/04/09
  
  Rory
  
  Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!! Damn. Thought we'd avoid the Jonas Bros.!
2. 7/05/09
  
  lotusb
  
  OMG...I'm totally allergic to your musical taste...Please tell me your like 14.
3. 7/05/09
  
  lotusb
  
  Ok, checked your profile, your 12...totally acceptable. Your excused.
  
  PS: I met the J-Bros in NYC....I guess you would have flipped, I was totally confused as to who the flip they were.
7/04/09

JonnyDunMind

1. System of a down
2. Queens of the Stone Age
3. Foo Fighters
4. Muse
5. Kyuss

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7/04/09

nultygoestopartick

Head
Rubber
Gastric
Brass
One Man

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7/04/09

Rory

If I was to step totally outside my Classic Rock comfort zone and mentioned "recent" groups, I'd have to say:

1. Green Day
2. Cold Play
3. Evanesence
4. Tool
5. Daughtry

But, I'm not THAT hip!!

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7/04/09

celticmusicfan

80s Goth yey

The Cure
Siouxsie and the Banshees
The Mission
Fields of Nephilim
Black Tape for Blue Girl

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7/04/09

Stillthinking

1. The Cure
2. New Order
3. The Decemberists
4. Coldplay
5. Belle and Sebastian

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1. 7/26/09
  
  ismsandologies
  
  Belle and Sebastian I love. The Decemberists-- I'm still trying to digest their newest, rock-opera-fabulous album. I feel like I need to listen in order, but it's good, like the Secret Machines album.
7/04/09

Rozie818

Rozy Music
Guns n' Roses
The Pretenders
U2
The Police
(+ 1)
Heart

Just some that have not been mentioned and should be.

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1. 7/04/09
  
  Stillthinking
  
  I love the Pretenders. Chrissie Hynde has the most amazing voice!!!!
7/04/09

celticmusicfan

going Celtic now:

Capercaillie
Clannad
The Cheiftains
Planxty
Altan

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7/04/09

cazywaz

-Modest Mouse
-Aphex Twin
-Radiohead
-Keane
-System Of a Down

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1. 7/04/09
  
  Rory
  
  One of the greatest songs ever ... Creep by Radiohead (I also LOVE their song No Surprises.
2. 7/26/09
  
  ismsandologies
  
  I second the love for Radiohead, and would like to add Paranoid Android. I like it a little strange.
7/04/09

autoprocanada

-Jonas Brothers
-REM
-Megadeath
-INXS
-Coldplay

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7/04/09

rickyjr

I got to go with.....

The Beatles
Coldplay
Fleetwood Mac
Led Zeppelin
Sublime

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7/04/09

Haver

1. The Beatles
2. The Beach Boys

The Hollies
The Zombies
The Searchers
The Buffalo Springfield
Credence Clearwater Revival
Bee Gees
The Rolling Stones (with Brian Jones)
The Doors
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
The Byrds
Cream
Dave Clarck Five
The Monkees
The Merseybeats
The Swinging Blue Jeans
Abba
The Carpenters
Everly Brothers
Simon & Garfunkel
Los Brincos
Los Bravos
The Kinks

Oooh, sorry, i put more than five
(and i would put some more )

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7/05/09

IndigoWrath

1. Marillion
2. Queensryche
3. Miles Davis Quartet (First)
4. The Beatles
5. Godspeed You! Black Emperor

And solo artists:

1. Kate Bush
2. George Harrison
3. Elvis
4. Leonard Cohen
5. Ella Fitzgerald

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1. 7/05/09
  
  Rory
  
  Nice! Someone else that's a Marillion fan!! Fish only albums? Or, all of them?
2. 7/05/09
  
  IndigoWrath
  
  Both. But they're completely different beasts.
  
  I've seen all tours since Fugazi in 1984, so I guess I'm a long-term fan, but I think they became a better band after the great man's departure. Not a popular point of view at the time, but my opinion all the same. We've had some wobbles in recent years (I find .com/Engine/Radiation hard to listen to) but the most recent material is pretty solid.
  
  Favourite h-Era: Afraid of Sunlight remains peerless.
  
  Favourite Fish-Era: My Clutching at Straws still gets plenty of play time.
3. 7/26/09
  
  drjay1966
  
  Don't you mean the Miles Davis Quintet?
7/05/09

lotusb

1) Bob Marley and the Wailers
2) The Doors
3) The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4) Cream
5) The White Stipes (I'm sure it's debatable, but I'm totally in love with them, so bonk off)

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1. 7/14/09
  
  Talkmusic
  
  haha nice, i love the white stripes, you listen to Raconteurs as well?
2. 7/26/09
  
  ismsandologies
  
  Raconteurs! Digged 'em!
7/05/09

dosox

Coldplay
U2
Tryad
Keane
White Stripes

Nothing more

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7/05/09

dsriharsha

Led Zeppelin
Queen
The Beatles
The Who
Cream

and I am almost 22 years old.. I was clearly born in the wrong decade

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1. 7/05/09
  
  lotusb
  
  Music, real music, isn't meant to be gated by each decade or generation. True music lovers don't limit themselves to the music produced within their lifetime only. 22 or not, nothing wrong with loving good music. I'm 25 and most of the bands I named are from my parent's era.
2. 7/05/09
  
  dsriharsha
  
  I agree..
  What I meant was that, if only I was born in that time, I could have discovered their music and grown up with it..
  And the best thing about these bands(especially Zepp, Queen and The Who) was their live acts which I will never be able to witness in person
  and DVD's don't do justice
  
  Unless Percy shows us Mercy with a Led Zepp reunion
7/24/09

datefruit

Boston,
Creedence,
Nazareth,
Queen,
Slade

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1. 7/26/09
  
  Talkmusic
  
  oh nice! i love creedence!
7/24/09

urikalish

From when I was younger...
1. Queen
2. Bon Jovi
3. Guns 'n' Roses
4. Iron Maiden
5. The Mission UK

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7/24/09

F4wrdthnkndad

Since you promised not to laugh: Wham, Hanson,The dead harpoons, 5th dimension, and Aerosmith.

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1. 7/25/09
  
  legbamel
  
  I'm not laughing. Howling, maybe, but not laughing. [wipes a tear] I can't decide if I should run out and find Dead Harpoon or run away. No one should be surprised that there are fans of pop bands out there, but I've never heard of this one. I'm scared but intrigued. Nicely done - they're probably a death metal band that makes Manowar look calm.
7/24/09

Bricore

I can't believe no one has put the Eagles on their list.

I guess what's really sad is there is a bunch of the above bands that I don't even know.

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1. 7/26/09
  
  Talkmusic
  
  I agree the eagles were great, Joe Walsh is one of my favorite guitarists. And there's nothing sad about not knowing bands... there's so much music out there its hard to keep up with it all. Just take it as an opportunity to start listening to some the bands mentioned, I'm sure you'll find some you like.
7/24/09

celticmusicfan

Enya(as opposed to being a solo project it's actually a trio composed of Eithnne,Roma Ryan and Nicky Ryan the producer)
Dead Can Dance
Cocteau Twins
The Sundays
October Project

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7/25/09

legbamel

Oingo Boingo
They Might Be Giants
Taj Mahal
WookieFoot
The Clash

That varies from day to day, but these are the folks from whom I have the most music and that have the largest number of songs to which I listen again and again. You could substitute Southern Culture on the Skids for WookieFoot, I suppose, or Keb' Mo' or The Connells. Many bands I end up with one or two songs that I really love and the rest of the albums lay languishing in my library. Tower of Power has done some fantastic work over the years, for instance, but the percentage isn't quite high enough for them to make this list.

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1. 7/26/09
  
  ismsandologies
  
  Loves me some TMBG!
7/26/09

Talkmusic

Taj Mahal... nice pick! I unfortunately haven't really gotten around to listening to a lot of his material, but I would love to.

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7/26/09

SyilingPeringatan

1. Metallica
2. Iron Maiden
3. Guns N Roses
4. Dreamtheatre
5. Nirvana

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7/26/09

carsonfb

I have more than 5, but I'll limit it to the first 5 that come to mind.

o Depeche Mode
o Megadeth
o Lacuna Coil
o Fleetwood Mac
o Iron Maiden

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7/26/09

amybyrd21

The Monkeeys
GodSmack
BonJovi
Metillaca-until they did the internet music thing
Guns and Roses
Rascall Flatts- the only country band I like and going to see them in Atlanta next weekend

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1. 7/26/09
  
  amybyrd21
  
  Oh I forgot the dead milkmen
2. 7/28/09
  
  legbamel
  
  I used to be known as Punk Rock Girl among my more-conservative circle of frends, many years ago, although I've never had someone at a record store not know who Mojo Nixon was nor have I stolen a car. I did listen to The Dead Milkman a lot, though.
7/26/09

ismsandologies

1. Ben Folds (Five)
2. Blur
3. The Monkees
4. The Shins
5. Flight of the Conchords

The last one shouldn't count, but I'm addicted.

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1. 7/26/09
  
  Sam1982
  
  Whoo hoo a vote for the Conchords boys!!
2. 7/27/09
  
  carsonfb
  
  Shoot, I forgot to list Flight of the Concords. I hope they don't have hurt feelings.
7/28/09

virushaus

here's my top 5:

Rage Against The Machine
Massive Attack
Gang Starr
Nirvana
U2

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9/03/09

ChrisMM

MARILYN MANSON
Led Zeppelin
Metallica
NIN
Korn

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9/05/09

alexinabox

1. Jamiroquai
2. Editors
3. Radiohead
4. Wintersleep
5. Metric

Lots of Blur and The Clash fans on here.

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9/06/09

JenniferWrites

1. Pink Floyd
2. Led Zeppelin
3. The Doors
4. Fleetwood Mac
5. The Who

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9/06/09

jeremyjanson

1. Eagles
2. Rolling Stones
3. Johnny Cash
4. Nirvana
5. Steve Miller

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9/06/09

theindependentrage

Beatles, Nirvana, Stones, Skynyrd, Megadeth.

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