Best British Band of all time
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This thread should actually say "Best British Bands":
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
Rolling Stones
Queen
Black Sabbath
Deep Purple
- kingkong0
I have recently rediscovered a band I used to like, but now I'm older I think are amazing. Weird how that happens.
- here, totes... Orange Juice and JMC, two of my favourite bands. just couldn't bring myself to call them british.kingsteven
- (niche trolling)kingsteven
- http://www.youtube.c…drgs
- love that mankingsteven
- moth0
I'm glad it so long for someone to mention the Beatles. Dullest, most unnecessarily over-exposed, twee, boring shit-pop bullshit I've ever been required to like by society.
- WhiteFace0
Can't forget these guys
- BaskerviIle0
On the point about the Clash.
Rolling Stones were even worse.
Terrible, terrible musicians. Posh white boys trying to play blues and failing miserably.
Other bands at the time did it much better...Led Zep: posh white boys playing blues very well. Likewise Cream. But not the Stones. I hate the Stones. And don't get me started on keith richards' non existent guitar skills.Why people even put them in the same sentence as the Beatles (amazing song writers and so influential) will always puzzle me
- Why does the social class of a band matter unless they are pretending to be something different?qTime
- "failing miserably." Oh year those Stone were such a failure.qTime
- *yeahqTime
- social class is irrelevant was just re-using Horp's phrase. I'm a posh white boy who plays bluesBaskerviIle
- Morning_star0
To dismiss the Stones like that is either
ignorant or arrogant or maybe both.- the stones did blatantly rip many old blues musicians riffs and melodiessine
- heh, but to praise zepkingsteven
- both bands ripped off old, original bluesmen. Ledzep did it well is my point!BaskerviIle
- detritus0
Technically I guess it should be The Beatles, although I've disliked them since I was about 12.
Given my age, I can't help but answer ‘Radiohead’.
Or Duran Duran, maybe.
Depends upon where you're coming from, I guess..
- utopian0
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy...
- Fax_Benson1
- yeskingsteven
- renders age / class / musical training arguments redundantFax_Benson
- Morning_star0
Also, when posting your nominees could you say which colour is the best?
- British colour?Fax_Benson
- Simply Red?Morning_star
- Deacon Blue?Fax_Benson
- Black BoxMorning_star
- Jason Orange?Fax_Benson
- utopian0
my selection is
- twokids0
Anyone who does not recognize the Beatles as the greatest rock band of all time, by a wide margin, is either stupid or being 'cool' by not liking them. I have seen this a lot. "Oh the Beatles? meh." God. Look, Mozart was great, ok? Beethoven was great, The Beatles were great. Your cool cred does not increase by not liking the Beatles. And yes the Stones were great also, and the Who and so on. But the Beatles stand on top, by far.
- I think this sums up a lot of success haters in the UKqTime
- no, it sums up how daft twokids isFax_Benson
- It's not fucking fashion, they're mediocre at best when held up to everything else of the era. EO.moth