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Post by Joaquim on Sept 29, 2018 1:55:29 GMT
#16: Elvis CostelloPoints: 59 # of ballots: 4 Highest ranking: #4 on 1 ballot
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Post by Joaquim on Sept 29, 2018 1:56:16 GMT
Costello peaked early. He was actually in the Top 5 for a bit early on, or just outside of it.
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Post by Viced on Sept 29, 2018 1:57:18 GMT
When you take one of the greatest rock guitarists ever, one of the greatest drummers, one of the great electric bassists, and one of the greatest front men of all time.... you get Zeppelin. That sounds like The Who to me...
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 29, 2018 1:59:33 GMT
To me one of the very greatest songwriters and certainly the greatest of the New Wave - he evoked Dylan but early on at least - his first 5 albums - he was a master of economy, not poetry so much but lean and mean in his songs and with his tremendous band mirroring his words.
He could be merciless, cruel, hysterically funny, heartbreaking and he could stop on a dime and do it all again.
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Sept 29, 2018 1:59:56 GMT
When you take one of the greatest rock guitarists ever, one of the greatest drummers, one of the great electric bassists, and one of the greatest front men of all time.... you get Zeppelin. That sounds like The Who to me... They're definitely close...
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Post by Joaquim on Sept 29, 2018 2:00:10 GMT
#15: NirvanaPoints: 60 # of ballots: 5 Highest ranking: #1 on 1 ballot
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Sept 29, 2018 2:04:04 GMT
While I don't love Nirvana as much as some other bands of that era, their MTV Unplugged album is probably my favorite from what I've heard of that series (with Clapton's maybe a runner up).
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 29, 2018 2:04:35 GMT
I used to be somewhat well known back in the day for what I didn't like about them - dour or a drag, easy to copy, songs all followed a formula etc. but Nevermind is one of the great albums of its era and that's not something to just blow off.
I like their first record a little bit, the third had some moments but was overrated to me but that 2nd one was a tornado.
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Post by Joaquim on Sept 29, 2018 2:05:19 GMT
#14: Frank SinatraPoints: 61 # of ballots: 3 Highest ranking: #1 on 1 ballot
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Post by Joaquim on Sept 29, 2018 2:10:10 GMT
#13: RamonesPoints: 62 # of ballots: 5 Highest ranking: #6 on 1 ballot
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Sept 29, 2018 2:11:43 GMT
I always listen to Sinatra around Christmas time, even if the songs themselves aren't Christmassy haha. "I've Got the World on a String," "Young at Heart," "It was a Very Good Year," and "Something Stupid" are probably my favorites. And I'll never get tired of hearing "New York, New York" at Yankee stadium...
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 29, 2018 2:13:04 GMT
One of the hardest things to do is smartly pretend to be dumb. How many other bands ever invented something and perfected it - usually its the band that does it second or third etc.
Not so with the Ramones whose first 3 albums are basically to me what water is in to other people.
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Post by Joaquim on Sept 29, 2018 2:15:10 GMT
#12: The DoorsPoints: 64 # of ballots: 6 Highest ranking: #5 on 1 ballot
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Sept 29, 2018 2:19:11 GMT
beatles radiohead pink floyd black sabbath the rolling stones david bowie pixies joy division the smiths queen the cure jimi hendrix ???? dunno if Kanye or the doors might substitute one of those. Hendrix happened already
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Post by Joaquim on Sept 29, 2018 2:20:09 GMT
#11: The WhoPoints: 67 # of ballots: 4 Highest ranking: #3 on 1 ballot
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 29, 2018 2:24:23 GMT
Don't really care for the Who too much after the 60s but Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy is a classic document of youth - its unfnckwithable.
Those singles are a way of life not just music...........
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Sept 29, 2018 2:24:43 GMT
Pete Townshend is an iconic guitarist... but I think the real instrumental stars of The Who are Moon and Entwistle, who stand with Baker and Bruce, and Jones and Bonham as one of the great rhythm sections in rock n roll...
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Post by Joaquim on Sept 29, 2018 2:25:11 GMT
#10: The ReplacementsPoints: 73 # of ballots: 3 Highest ranking: #1 on 2 ballots
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Post by Joaquim on Sept 29, 2018 2:26:18 GMT
With the 3 ballot placements for The Replacements being #1, #1 and #3, I'm pretty sure they had the highest average ranking of any artist with more than 1 ballot appearance.
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 29, 2018 2:29:18 GMT
The greatest of all American bands to me - they were so funny they made you cry, they were so sadly beautiful you laughed because they captured how you felt and it was uncanny.
Every year new kids discover them........and wonder why they weren't big.
Better that way, you either know it or you don't, those in the know are like members of a secret society.
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Post by Joaquim on Sept 29, 2018 2:30:09 GMT
#9: Pink FloydPoints: 78 # of ballots: 6 Highest ranking: #2 on 1 ballot
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2018 2:31:54 GMT
I'm not so sure about a lot of these picks you guys Glad to see Springsteen up there though. Is it possible that The Strokes made the Top 10? Hmm Oh and please god no Radiohead
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2018 2:34:10 GMT
Probably going to be in the extreme minority with this but I don't care for Pink Floyd.
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Post by Joaquim on Sept 29, 2018 2:35:31 GMT
#8: The KinksPoints: 107 # of ballots: 6 Highest ranking: #4 on 2 ballots
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Sept 29, 2018 2:37:45 GMT
Dark Side of the Moon is still one of the best albums to listen to with headphones in the dark late at night... and David Gilmour, while not your typical flashy rock guitarist, is probably one of my favorite guitar soloists ever. The phrasing and sense of shape to his solo to Another Brick in the Wall never fails to make me sing falsetto along with it whenever I hear it...
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