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MUScoop => The Superbar => Topic started by: Galway Eagle on August 05, 2019, 12:34:31 PM
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Trying to make a great playlist for each decade, figured rather than using existing lists I'd crowdsource recommendations.
Key word is rock. Can be grunge, metal, punk, classic rock, or whatever just trying to put together one for each decade.
Suggestions please!
As they get put together I'll post the Spotify links if anyone wants to listen to them as well.
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60s:
Whatever Beatles crap you want
"House of the Rising Sun" - Animals
"Like a Rolling Stone" - Bob Dylan
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" - Stones
"My Generation" - Who
"Wouldn't it be Nice" - Beach Boys
"Light My Fire" - Doors
"Purple Haze" - Hendrix
70s
"Stairway to Heaven" - Led Zeppelin
"Gimmie Shelter" - Stones
"Let It Be" - Beatles
"Layla" - Derek and the Dominoes
"Maggie May" - Rod Stewart
"Won't Get Fooled Again" - Who
"Born to Run" - Bruce
"Hotel California" - Eagles
"Another Brick in the Wall" - Pink Floyd
"London Calling" - The Clash
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80s
"Born in the USA" - Bruce
"Back in Black" - AC/DC
"Money for Nothing" - Dire Straits
"In the Air Tonight" - Phil Collins
"Every Breath You Take" - Police
"Jump" - Van Halen
"Where the Streets Have No Name" - U2 (Only due to MU connection)
Some Journey song of your choice
"Paradise City" - Guns & Roses
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I'm looking forward to what people smarter than me put together for everything mid 90's and beyond. Rock has been a real hard genre to pin down post-grunge.
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"In da year 2525," hey?
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I'm looking forward to what people smarter than me put together for everything mid 90's and beyond. Rock has been a real hard genre to pin down post-grunge.
I expect a lot of Pop punk, Red Hot Chili Peppers and White Stripes suggestions. Plus there is the whole post grunge genre of Nickleback, 3 doors down etc.
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I expect a lot of Pop punk, Red Hot Chili Peppers and White Stripes suggestions. Plus there is the whole post grunge genre of Nickleback, 3 doors down etc.
I try to pick songs you couldn't escape because of their popularity, with a few others thrown in for their importance. I don't like a few of these songs, but they were big)
60s
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf
Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix (a few others you may prefer, Hey Joe is my favorite)
The Times They are a'Changin' - Bob Dylan
California Dreamin' - The Mamas and the Papas
Can't Buy Me Love (Impossible to pick one) - Beatles
Light My Fire - The Doors
70s
Do You Feel Like I Do (or some other track from Frampton Comes Alive)-Peter Frampton
I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones (Blitzkreig Bop more popular, probably a better choice but I like this one)
Baba O'Riley - The Who
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed (Maybe because my oldest sister loved it and played it until it was seared into my brain but for that type of person this was hugely important song)
Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd
Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppilin
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Black Magic Woman - Santana
American Girl - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (Personal favorite, probably doesn't belong here and I need to put in something from Tom Petty)
One Way or Another - Blondie
American Pie - Don McLean
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
Walk this Way - Aerosmith
Something by the Bee Gees, it's all nails on the chalkboard to me
80s
Rock the Casbah-The Clash
Whip It - Devo
Every Breath You Take - The Police
Panama - Van Halen (again, many to choose from, I'd have picked Runnin' with the Devil)
Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard (Has to be most popular strip club song ever, so extra points for that)
Sweet Child O'Mine - Guns and Roses
Rio - Duran Duran (I suppose Hungry Like the Wolf was bigger)
Brass in Pocket - The Pretenders (I like a dozen of their songs better, but I think this was their most popular)
When Doves Cry - Prince
Karma Chameleon - Boy George
Like a Virgin - Madonna
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
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I expect a lot of Pop punk, Red Hot Chili Peppers and White Stripes suggestions. Plus there is the whole post grunge genre of Nickleback, 3 doors down etc.
Jack White and RHCP absolutely belong.
Let's save Nickleback and 3 Doors down for a CD of the worst songs.
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I expect a lot of Pop punk, Red Hot Chili Peppers and White Stripes suggestions. Plus there is the whole post grunge genre of Nickleback, 3 doors down etc.
90s
Just choose the hits of Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Metallica, Alice In Chains, Green Day, Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails, The Offspring, Radiohead, Stone Temple Pilots, Smashing Pumpkins
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Here are my top 3 by decade... Kind of a blend of my favorites and iconicness. This is fun! Great topic.
50's: Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry; Everyday Buddy Holly; Blue Suede Shoes, Elvis
60's: Dazed and Confused, Led Zeppelin; Gimme Shelter, Rolling Stones; EDIT**** Taking out Pinball Wizard, to Substitute (see what I did there) Tales of Brave Ulysses, Cream
70's: Stairway to Heaven (Really all of Zeppelin IV), Led Zeppelin; Paranoid, Black Sabbath; Time, Pink Floyd (easily substitute anything from Dark Side, The Wall (79! So close to being the best album of the 80s hahaha!) or Wish you Were Here.)
80's: Paradise City' G'n'R (again, Appetite, to me defines 80's rock and roll); Pride (In the Name of Love), U2 (Easily sub anything from War, Boy, or Unforgettable Fire); One, Metallica
90's: Learing to Fly, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers; Enter Sandman, Metallica; Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana
00's: Times Like These, Foo Fighters, Schism; Tool; No One Knows, Queens of the Stone Age
So some were really tough to limit to 3. The 2000's and beyond suck, everything that is good is probably beyond "rock" and into the "Metal" category (so obviously I included Metallica as rock, as I think they covered both pretty handily.). Hard to not at least mention some other bands like Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and RHCP that killed it in the 90s. Also just want to throw out there that 70s-80s Aerosmith is fantastic, and that Dire Straits was great in the 80s.
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Jack White and RHCP absolutely belong.
Let's save Nickleback and 3 Doors down for a CD of the worst songs.
Hahaha Kryptonite's my guilty pleasure song.
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Hahaha Kryptonite's my guilty pleasure song.
We all got a couple songs like that.
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'80's - Born in the USA, Purple Rain, Jump, Where the Streets Have No Name, I Won't Back Down, Welcome to the Jungle, Livin' On A Prayer, Don't Stop Belivin' (begrudgingly)
'90s - Smells Like Teen Spirit (I feel this is THE defining song of the 90's), One, Evenflow, Wonderwall (or Don’t Look Back in Anger), Enter Sandman, Keep 'Em Separated, Santa Monica.
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'80's - Born in the USA, Purple Rain, Jump, Where the Streets Have No Name, I Won't Back Down, Welcome to the Jungle, Livin' On A Prayer, Don't Stop Belivin' (begrudgingly)
'90s - Smells Like Teen Spirit (I feel this is THE defining song of the 90's), One, Evenflow, Enter Sandman, Keep 'Em Separated, Santa Monica.
Come out and play.
Smash was a freaking great album. Lots of fun songs on there.
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Weird that people suggest Green Day and foo fighters for the 90s I might argue they've seen more success in the 2000s.
Also realize we've had two decades in the 2000s now so I have a ton for 2000-2009 but not so much for 2010-2019
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Weird that people suggest Green Day and foo fighters for the 90s I might argue they've seen more success in the 2000s.
Also realize we've had two decades in the 2000s now so I have a ton for 2000-2009 but not so much for 2010-2019
Dookie was an awesome album that came out of nowhere in 1994, ushering in mainstream punk. Basket Case would be a great addition to a "defining" songs list.
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Dookie was an awesome album that came out of nowhere in 1994, ushering in mainstream punk. Basket Case would be a great addition to a "defining" songs list.
100% I remember being a kid and trying to sing along to it when my high school sister would put it on.
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2000’s in no particular order
Mr Brightside - the killers (this is #1)
Seven nation army - white stripes
Stacy’s mom - fountains of Wayne
kryptonite - 3 doors down
Numb/encore - linkin Park and Jay Z
Drops of Jupiter - train
Beverly Hills - weezer
Dirty little secret - all American rejects
Scars - papa roach
Ocean Avenue - yellowcard
In the end - linkin Park
Dani California- Red Hot Chili Peppers
Boulevard of broken dreams & American Idiot - Green Day
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1990’s in no particular order
Enter sandman - Metallica
Smells like teen spirit - Nirvana
Wonderwall - oasis
Californiacation - RHCP
Zombie - the cranberries
Mary Janes last dance - Tom petty
All the small things - blink 182
Semi charmed life - 3rd eye blind
Under the bridge - RHCP
Everlong - foo fighters
Dammit - blink 182
Closing time - semisonic
Everlong - foo fighters
Come as you are - Nirvana
Alive - Pearl Jam
Iris - the goo goo dolls
Dust on the bottle - David lee Murphy
What’s my age again - blink 182
Learning to fly - Tom petty
Just a girl - no doubt
One - U2
All star - smash mouth
Good riddance (time of your life) - Green Day
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AC/DC, just tell Alexa to play a mix.
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1990’s in no particular order
Enter sandman - Metallica
Smells like teen spirit - Nirvana
Wonderwall - oasis
Californiacation - RHCP
Zombie - the cranberries
Mary Janes last dance - Tom petty
All the small things - blink 182
Semi charmed life - 3rd eye blind
Under the bridge - RHCP
Everlong - foo fighters
Dammit - blink 182
Closing time - semisonic
Everlong - foo fighters
Come as you are - Nirvana
Alive - Pearl Jam
Iris - the goo goo dolls
Dust on the bottle - David lee Murphy
What’s my age again - blink 182
Learning to fly - Tom petty
Just a girl - no doubt
One - U2
All star - smash mouth
Good riddance (time of your life) - Green Day
Closing Time, Good Riddance, Iris, Semi-Charmed Life. Those were defining songs of my final semester at MU (add in Tubthumping too).
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2000’s in no particular order
Mr Brightside - the killers (this is #1)
Seven nation army - white stripes
Stacy’s mom - fountains of Wayne
kryptonite - 3 doors down
Numb/encore - linkin Park and Jay Z
Drops of Jupiter - train
Beverly Hills - weezer
Dirty little secret - all American rejects
Scars - papa roach
Ocean Avenue - yellowcard
In the end - linkin Park
Dani California- Red Hot Chili Peppers
Boulevard of broken dreams & American Idiot - Green Day
solid lists got anything for the 2010s? Thats the one im really struggling with.
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Is disco "rock"?
If so, pretty much gotta throw a couple BeeGees numbers into 70s. If not, never mind.
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Is disco "rock"?
If so, pretty much gotta throw a couple BeeGees numbers into 70s. If not, never mind.
You should leave!
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Drops of Jupiter - train
My daughter and I are going to see Train (and the Goo Goo Dolls) tomorrow night. We're really looking forward to it.
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Is disco "rock"?
If so, pretty much gotta throw a couple BeeGees numbers into 70s. If not, never mind.
Alice Cooper: "...if you hated disco, you still, there was no way you could hate ‘Saturday Night Fever’ that album was the ‘Sgt Pepper’ of disco, I mean even heavy metal guys said yeah I have that album, every song on that album was a great song, so I tip my hat to the Bee Gees on that, they were unbelievable..."
So yeah, I would call something like "Stayin' Alive" a decade defining song.
I would also throw in a funk song like "Sex Machine" or "Superstition"
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You should leave!
Yeah, I knew that would not be popular. But I do agree with Fluffy. I pretty much hated disco, but I liked Saturday Night Fever. Impossible not to dance a little while listening to Stayin' Alive.
Of course, that doesn't mean disco is "rock."
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Is disco "rock"?
If so, pretty much gotta throw a couple BeeGees numbers into 70s. If not, never mind.
Funny. I had this conversation with my dad last night. And no I am not putting Disco on.
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Yeah, I knew that would not be popular. But I do agree with Fluffy. I pretty much hated disco, but I liked Saturday Night Fever. Impossible not to dance a little while listening to Stayin' Alive.
Of course, that doesn't mean disco is "rock."
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82, Fluffy and Keefe back in the day
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For your 2010s you'd definitely need some Adele and Bruno Mars. Some of Taylor Swift's more genre-appropriate stuff. Black Keys if you go later on in their stuff.
Celtic's 2000s list has some awful songs IMO, but you're still probably right. Also missing Caring is Creepy or New Slang by the Shins. Take your pick.
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82, Fluffy and Keefe back in the day
My hairline definitely makes me the dude on the left.
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Is disco "rock"?
If so, pretty much gotta throw a couple BeeGees numbers into 70s. If not, never mind.
^ ban dis guy
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Is disco "rock"?
Not according to Steve Dahl, Chicago rock jock whose brain child was "Disco Demolition Night". July 12, 1979 - 50,000+ jammed Comiskey Park for a twilight double header. If you brought a disco record you were admitted for 98 cents (Dahl's station was WLUP 97.9 FM). Dahl (in full military garb) exploded the records in center field between games. Crowd stormed the field and it was unplayable by the time they were removed. Maybe 100 arrested, Sox forfeited game 2 of the doubleheader.
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For your 2010s you'd definitely need some Adele and Bruno Mars. Some of Taylor Swift's more genre-appropriate stuff. Black Keys if you go later on in their stuff.
Celtic's 2000s list has some awful songs IMO, but you're still probably right. Also missing Caring is Creepy or New Slang by the Shins. Take your pick.
Bruno is RnB meets soul meets pop, Swift is pop or country.
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Putting some more out there and tried not to repeat from what others have said. Also tried to limit to it to 1 artist 1 song though some small exceptions. I find it CRIMINAL that I am the first to mention Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Sex Pistols, Pixies and Bowie. Thankfully buckchucker got Sabbath in there or hell would have to be raised. Great topic. Fun to debate. U2 is the most overrated band of all time.
70s
Blitzkrig Bop - The Ramones
Anarchy in the UK - Sex Pistols
Holiday in Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys
Search & Destroy - Iggy & The Stooges
Lust for Life - Iggy Pop
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Life on Mars? - Bowie
War Pigs - Black Sabbath
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
80s
Fight for Your Right - Beastie Boys
Suburban Home - Descendants
Where Is My Mind - Pixies
Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution (deserve many spots)
Rise Above - Black Flag
90s
Say It Ain't So - Weezer
Loser - Beck
Killing in the Name Of - Rage Against the Machine
Gold Soundz - Pavement
Closer - Nine Inch Nails
Sabotage - Beastie Boys
Cannonball - The Breeders
F*ck and Run - Liz Phair
Linoleum - NoFX
Infected - Bad Religion
Porch - Pearl Jam
Hunger Strike - Temple of the Dog
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Putting some more out there and tried not to repeat from what others have said. Also tried to limit to it to 1 artist 1 song though some small exceptions. I find it CRIMINAL that I am the first to mention Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Sex Pistols, Pixies and Bowie. Thankfully buckchucker got Sabbath in there or hell would have to be raised. Great topic. Fun to debate. U2 is the most overrated band of all time.
70s
Blitzkrig Bop - The Ramones
Anarchy in the UK - Sex Pistols
Holiday in Cambodia - The Dead Kennedys
Search & Destroy - Iggy & The Stooges
Lust for Life - Iggy Pop
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Life on Mars? - Bowie
War Pigs - Black Sabbath
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
80s
Fight for Your Right - Beastie Boys
Suburban Home - Descendants
Where Is My Mind - Pixies
Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution (deserve many spots)
Rise Above - Black Flag
90s
Say It Ain't So - Weezer
Loser - Beck
Killing in the Name Of - Rage Against the Machine
Gold Soundz - Pavement
Closer - Nine Inch Nails
Sabotage - Beastie Boys
Cannonball - The Breeders
F*ck and Run - Liz Phair
Linoleum - NoFX
Infected - Bad Religion
Porch - Pearl Jam
Hunger Strike - Temple of the Dog
If I'm doing the stooges I'm doing 1969 or I wanna be your dog.
I was 100% sure milo goes to college was a 90s album. Blew my mind that suburban home was from 82
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Bruno is RnB meets soul meets pop, Swift is pop or country.
Well crap this would be easier if you would just let us know where your arbitrary lines are.
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Well crap this would be easier if you would just let us know where your arbitrary lines are.
😂 to me if an artist is buying songs from writer, using synth more than an actual band, doesn't have a group they tour with and instead hires new musicians to be backup they don't belong on this list. There's an occasional exception like Brian Fallon's solo stuff but I feel confident in holding that standard against swift or mars or Sheerhan
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da yoopers - 2nd week of deer camp
manfred mann's earth band - blinded by the light
commander cody & his lost planet airmen - hot rod lincoln
son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin if ya don't stop drivin that hot...rod...lincoln
dave matthews - ants marching
philip philips - gone gone gone
da yoopers - 2nd week of deer camp
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Decade changing and only two women mentions and one is Taylor Swift? Let's start with Janis.
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Decade changing and only two women mentions and one is Taylor Swift? Let's start with Janis.
Joan Jett's version of I love Rock n Roll? I wasn't around in the 80s but seems like it'd belong
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Decade changing and only two women mentions and one is Taylor Swift? Let's start with Janis.
I counted more:
Blondie
Madonna
Liz Phair
The Breeders
I was thinking of putting in Sleater Kinney and maybe L7 as well for the 90s. One could also argue Hole. Bikini Kill also.
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Joan Jett's version of I love Rock n Roll? I wasn't around in the 80s but seems like it'd belong
Heart -- Barracuda (70s)
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Decade changing and only two women mentions and one is Taylor Swift? Let's start with Janis.
I guess it depends on if we're doing "pop" or "rock." The most successful female artists of the 80's and 90's fall into the pop genre.
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Pat Benatar, Wendy O (punk), 10,000 Manics (The Athens Group of Alt Rock).
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I counted more:
Blondie
Madonna
Liz Phair
The Breeders
I was thinking of putting in Sleater Kinney and maybe L7 as well for the 90s. One could also argue Hole. Bikini Kill also.
Don't forget Gwen Stefani. Someone mentioned no doubt
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I counted more:
Blondie
Madonna
Liz Phair
The Breeders
I was thinking of putting in Sleater Kinney and maybe L7 as well for the 90s. One could also argue Hole. Bikini Kill also.
1990's - Veruca Salt
2000's - Evanescence
2010's - Best Coast; Sleigh Bells; Chvrches; Phantogram; Sylvan Esso
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Pat Benatar, Wendy O (punk), 10,000 Manics (The Athens Group of Alt Rock).
What is a seminal song by any of these three? Others made good calls on Janis Joplin (Me and Bobby McGee) and Heart (Barracuda which someone else mentioned). I liked Pat Benetar (her live in her prime and she was great) and Natalie Merchant, too, but none of their songs scream essential song of any decade to me.
I didn't go past the eighties but P!nk has a lot of good stuff and belongs somewhere on a list.
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Trying to help with the post 2010:
Satellite - Rise Against
Burn it Down - Linkin Park
Waiting for the End - Linkin Park
Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
Come with Me Now - Kongos
Country Song - Seether
Sail - AWOLnation
Kings and Queens - 30 Seconds to Mars
That's all I got. Hasn't be a strong decade for rock honestly.
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😂 to me if an artist is buying songs from writer, using synth more than an actual band, doesn't have a group they tour with and instead hires new musicians to be backup they don't belong on this list. There's an occasional exception like Brian Fallon's solo stuff but I feel confident in holding that standard against swift or mars or Sheerhan
I agree.
Or since the thread was originally about "rock", wouldn't that automatically eliminate swift, mars, Sheerhan, Adele, all disco, etc. If that is anyone's definition of rock, a refresher course is urgently needed. Most of the lists so far have simply been pulled from a classic rock radio station's playlist. There is so much more.
I'm not seeing songs from Decemberists, RATM, Audioslave, Nine Inch Nails, Metallica, R.E.M.,Offspring, Cranberries, Tonic, Black Crowes, Sublime, Cake, or many others.
Or songs from earlier greats like Savoy Brown, Ten Years After, Johnny Winter, James Gang, Robin Trower and more.
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Well crap this would be easier if you would just let us know where your arbitrary lines are.
Those are clearly not even close to any sort of rock at all.
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Trying to help with the post 2010:
Satellite - Rise Against
Burn it Down - Linkin Park
Waiting for the End - Linkin Park
Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
Come with Me Now - Kongos
Country Song - Seether
Sail - AWOLnation
Kings and Queens - 30 Seconds to Mars
That's all I got. Hasn't be a strong decade for rock honestly.
For the 2010s, just use the whole Japandroids, Celebration Rock album, and call it a day. If I had to pick one off that record, would have to go with The House That Heaven Built followed by Continuous Thunder
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For the 2010s, just use the whole Japandroids, Celebration Rock album, and call it a day. If I had to pick one off that record, would have to go with The House That Heaven Built followed by Continuous Thunder
Phenomenal song
For the 2010s I'd go black keys Brothers. Thought it was a 2000s album but it's 2010
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Well crap this would be easier if you would just let us know where your arbitrary lines are.
Well if his lines are arbitrary, they are pretty consistent with most folks.
A lot of current rock(2010s) has re-emerged within the Country genre. I'd argue some of Chris Stapleton's work (see Tennessee Whiskey, etc) could fall within a rock classification.
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1990s rock has to include bands like Seven Mary Three, Tonic, Candlebox, Local H, Fuel, Eve 6, Better Than Ezra, and Everclear(especially their first 3 albums World of Noise, Sparkle and Fade, and So Much for the Afterglow).
2000s rick has to include bands like Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, Shinedown, Trapt, Chevelle, and probably Staind(though they bridge 1990s to early 2000s)
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For women, Pat Benatar's signature song has gotta be "Heartbreaker" and for Heart "Crazy on You".
If you're going back to the '60s and have room for anything besides the Stones and Beatles, don't forget the Kinks (All Day and All of the Night and You Really Got Me), and especially Dick Dale's "Miserlou".
'70s:
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
CCR - Down on the Corner, and Bad Moon Rising
Boston - Long Time, and Don't Look Back
Badfinger - Baby Blue
AC/DC - Shook Me All Night Long, Back in Black, and Highway to Hell
The Knack - My Sharona (summer of 1979)
Steve Miller Band - Take the Money and Run
The Cars - Just What I Needed
REO Speedwagon - Ridin the Storm Out
Kansas - Carry On (my Wayward Son)
Cheap Trick - Surrender, and I Want You to Want Me
The Sweet - Little Willy, and Ballroom Blitz
Thin Lizzy - Boys are Back in Town
ZZ Top - Tush, and La Grange
War - Low Rider
Ram Jam - Black Betty
Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls
The Police - Roxanne
T-Rex - Get It On (Bang a Gong)
'80s:
The Romantics - What I Like About You
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
Modern English - I Melt With You
Echo & the Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar
New Order - Blue Monday
Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun, Add It Up, and Kiss Off
Prince - Controversy
Gary Numan - Cars
Tommy Tutone - Jenny (867-5309)
Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
Guns n Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
You guys pretty much have the '90s covered, and you younger guys can fill in the 21st Century stuff better than I can, but I'd say for the 2010s you should be looking at Tame Impala, Muse, Cage the Elephant, Fall Out Boy, Bastille, Imagine Dragons, the Black Keys, Robert Delong ("Global Concepts"), the Heavy ("How You Like Me Now"), Linkin Park, and Twenty-One Pilots.
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What is a seminal song by any of these three? Others made good calls on Janis Joplin (Me and Bobby McGee) and Heart (Barracuda which someone else mentioned). I liked Pat Benetar (her live in her prime and she was great) and Natalie Merchant, too, but none of their songs scream essential song of any decade to me.
I didn't go past the eighties but P!nk has a lot of good stuff and belongs somewhere on a list.
If the criteria is "defining" then that means history changing to me
Heartbreaker--female heavy rocker
These Are the Days: Athens GA scene, alt rock (maybe give it to REM), MTV Unplugged.
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Rock has largely been dead in the current decade, but some obvious choices include:
"These Days" and "Congregation" by Foo Fighters
"I Was a Teenage Anarchist" by Against Me!
"Gold on the Ceiling" by The Black Keys
"Call the Police" by LCD Soundsystem
"Queen" by Perfume Genius
"First" by Cold War Kids
"Victorious" by Wolfmother
"Dog Days are Over" by Florence + The Machine
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He’s my take on the 2010’s. Traditional rock hasn’t really been a thing this decade. Country has overtaken rock in the past ten years and you could argue country is the new rock. This list is pretty weak, and I don’t think many of these songs will have staying power in the future.
2010s rock music
The Boys are back - dropkick murphys
I will wait - Mumford and sons
Foo fighters - these days, walk
Avett brothers - their best songs are I and love and you and head full of doubt that came out in 2009 but they have some good ones this decade
Take me to church - hozier
The sound of silence - disturbed
One more light - linkin park
Coldplay - a sky full of stars, paradise
Imagine dragons - radioactive, thunder, demons, believer, whatever it takes
Best day of my life - American authors
Let her go - passenger
We are young - fun
Castle on the hill - Ed sheeran
Wake me up - Avicii (not really a rock song but threw it in)
Country songs:
Cruise - Florida Georgia line
Wagon wheel - Darius Rucker
Barefoot blue jean night - Jake Owen
Springsteen - Eric church
Chicken fried - Zac Brown band
House party - Sam hunt
Beachin - Jake Owen
Colder weather - zac Brown band
American kids - Kenny chesney
Many more....
The 2010s have been strong when it comes to country and EDM music taking off. But the rap and rock was much better in the 2000s imo.
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He’s my take on the 2010’s. Traditional rock hasn’t really been a thing this decade. Country has overtaken rock in the past ten years and you could argue country is the new rock. This list is pretty weak, and I don’t think many of these songs will have staying power in the future.
Country is country. Not the new rock :)
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There are some good bands going right now, more in the vein of like a Black Crowes style Rock and Roll, I'd say the Record Company and The Wild Feathers are pretty solid.
And just to mention a couple that haven't been, Joe Bonamossa is fantastic, more bluesy, but definitely blues rock, and Warren Haynes/ Gov't Mule are a little on the blues/jam band side but just fantastic.
Also, Iron Maiden. They killed the 80's/ 90's. Almost too many songs to mention, but a couple favorites are Fear of the Dark, The Trooper, The Evil That Men Do and Aces High. Freaking awesome.
Edit: and if you pay guitar, there is nothing more fun to play than Maiden.
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I see two big omissions from bands that have to be included on a list like this from the 60s or 70s (since the bands covered both decades).
Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple
Proud Mary by Credence
My personal favorites for both bands would be different, but I see no way they should not be referenced.
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Decade changing and only two women mentions and one is Taylor Swift? Let's start with Janis.
Does Alanis count? If so, You Outta Know definitely blew the doors off of pop/rock in 1996.
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Does Alanis count? If so, You Outta Know definitely blew the doors off of pop/rock in 1996.
I think so.
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Does Alanis count? If so, You Outta Know definitely blew the doors off of pop/rock in 1996.
Alanis is NOT rock, she is 100% pop.
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Alanis is NOT rock, she is 100% pop.
99% of her stuff is, but You Outta Know kind of blurs the line, IMO.
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Well crap this would be easier if you would just let us know where your arbitrary lines are.
And therein lies the "problem" with this kind of thing. (Obviously, not a real problem. as it's just a bunch of folks chatting on the interwebs about nothing.)
What is rock? Were Simon and Garfunkle rock? How about the Moody Blues? How about Neil Young when he was feelin' especially country? How about a whole crap-ton of Dylan? How about "Some Girls"? (If disco wasn't rock, and it might not have been, then that Stones album wasn't.) Etc, etc, etc.
Fun subject, though.
And BTW, back in the '70s, I had more hair than any of the BeeGees. Now, I have less than Billy Corgan.
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And therein lies the "problem" with this kind of thing. (Obviously, not a real problem. as it's just a bunch of folks chatting on the interwebs about nothing.)
What is rock? Were Simon and Garfunkle rock? How about the Moody Blues? How about Neil Young when he was feelin' especially country? How about a whole crap-ton of Dylan? How about "Some Girls"? (If disco wasn't rock, and it might not have been, then that Stones album wasn't.) Etc, etc, etc.
Fun subject, though.
And BTW, back in the '70s, I had more hair than any of the BeeGees. Now, I have less than Billy Corgan.
Do you only remember Miss You off that album? Because beyond that there isn't a disco song on Some Girls.
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Do you only remember Miss You off that album? Because beyond that there isn't a disco song on Some Girls.
Beast of Burden and Shattered are two of their all-time greats!
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Here's a few bands/artists that haven't been mentioned that I think are missing:
70s
- KISS - Rock and Roll All Nite. Beth is the most memorable to me, but obviously more of a ballad than a rock song
- Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever
80s
- Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil. How has Motley Crue not been mentioned yet? I don't think you can have a conversation about defining 80s rock without mentioning them.
- Quiot Riot - Metal Health. They were a flash in the pan, but the Metal Health album was huge...at least where I lived.
- INXS - Probably Need You Tonight was biggest, but they had a pretty good string of songs in the late 80s.
- Poison - Talk Dirty to Me. Motley Crue light. I like their ballads better than most of their faster pace songs.
- Ratt - Round and Round. OK, not a defining band or song. More like a guilty pleasure that I'm a little embarrassed to admit I enjoy.
- BoDeans - She's a Runaway. Come on, late 80s/early 90s Marquette alums. Honestly, based upon my time at Marquette and everything that was going on for me, BoDeans is one of the more defining rock bands in my life. Obviously, that's not what this thread is about, though. Man, I gotta go listen to Joe Dirt Car.
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No one should complain about "Stayin' Alive" as a decade defining rock song if someone seriously suggests a song by Poison.
The Bee Gees were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Poison only gets there when they pay admission.
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I thought maybe that we could narrow the defining rock songs by genres. Wiki literally lists scores of genres, however. Note: Disco is not one of them.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rock_genres
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No one should complain about "Stayin' Alive" as a decade defining rock song if someone seriously suggests a song by Poison.
The Bee Gees were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Poison only gets there when they pay admission.
Prior to Stayin Alive they had numerous hits and were the biggest band in Australia. Often compared to the Beatles.
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Here's a few bands/artists that haven't been mentioned that I think are missing:
70s
- KISS - Rock and Roll All Nite. Beth is the most memorable to me, but obviously more of a ballad than a rock song
- Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever
80s
- Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil. How has Motley Crue not been mentioned yet? I don't think you can have a conversation about defining 80s rock without mentioning them.
- Quiot Riot - Metal Health. They were a flash in the pan, but the Metal Health album was huge...at least where I lived.
- INXS - Probably Need You Tonight was biggest, but they had a pretty good string of songs in the late 80s.
- Poison - Talk Dirty to Me. Motley Crue light. I like their ballads better than most of their faster pace songs.
- Ratt - Round and Round. OK, not a defining band or song. More like a guilty pleasure that I'm a little embarrassed to admit I enjoy.
- BoDeans - She's a Runaway. Come on, late 80s/early 90s Marquette alums. Honestly, based upon my time at Marquette and everything that was going on for me, BoDeans is one of the more defining rock bands in my life. Obviously, that's not what this thread is about, though. Man, I gotta go listen to Joe Dirt Car.
These are good.
I don't know why, but this reminded me of Lynyrd Skynyrd "Sweet Home Alabama" and of course "Free Bird".
INXS "What You Need" and
BoDeans "Fadeaway" would be my picks for those bands
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No one should complain about "Stayin' Alive" as a decade defining rock song if someone seriously suggests a song by Poison.
That's fair. My last post reached way, way lower than "decade defining" rock songs. Guilty as charged.
That said, I think the objection to the BeeGees focused more on the "rock song" part of the topic, not the "decade defining" part.
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That's fair. My last post reached way, way lower than "decade defining" rock songs. Guilty as charged.
Probably true, but you're gonna have a pretty short playlist if your criteria of "decade defining rock" is strictly enforced.
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Probably true, but you're gonna have a pretty short playlist if your criteria of "decade defining rock" is strictly enforced.
I agree entirely. There have been quite a number of bands and songs listed already that fall well short of that. And honestly, if I were going to critique my most recent list, I'd say that Poison is head and shoulders above Quiet Riot. And Ratt, for goodness sake. Fluffy is giving me crap for listing Poison but he let Ratt slide by?!
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I agree entirely. There have been quite a number of bands and songs listed already that fall well short of that. And honestly, if I were going to critique my most recent list, I'd say that Poison is head and shoulders above Quiet Riot. And Ratt, for goodness sake. Fluffy is giving me crap for listing Poison but he let Ratt slide by?!
Ratt was still a way better band than KISS. Yes, I realize that they are in the HoF.
But, they weren't especially talented - even for a garage band. They certainly were inspirational, though. They made every aspiring rocker realize that anyone could be a rock star. They are in the Hall because of one thing only - wearing silly costumes. They would never have been noticed otherwise.
As to the Bee Gees, no one has ever said, 'Wow, that rocks!" after listening to one of their tunes.
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Ratt was still a way better band than KISS. Yes, I realize that they are in the HoF.
But, they weren't especially talented - even for a garage band. They certainly were inspirational, though. They made every aspiring rocker realize that anyone could be a rock star. They are in the Hall because of one thing only - wearing silly costumes. They would never have been noticed otherwise.
I agree with you 100%. I am not a KISS fan at all (although I did see them in concert once - coincidentally with Nugent who I also listed). However, it's hard to deny that KISS left a mark on 70s rock. Sure, it was a skid mark...but a mark's a mark.
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I agree entirely. There have been quite a number of bands and songs listed already that fall well short of that. And honestly, if I were going to critique my most recent list, I'd say that Poison is head and shoulders above Quiet Riot. And Ratt, for goodness sake. Fluffy is giving me crap for listing Poison but he let Ratt slide by?!
Sorry. Poison just triggers me as the peak of the crappy hair band music that infected my late teens.
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MUBB decade defining songs?
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I agree with you 100%. I am not a KISS fan at all (although I did see them in concert once - coincidentally with Nugent who I also listed). However, it's hard to deny that KISS left a mark on 70s rock. Sure, it was a skid mark...but a mark's a mark.
Yup.
However, the fact that they were not great musicians (or even close) doesn’t mean they were not a huge influence on rock music.
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How has nobody suggested pepper by the butthole surfers I feel like that's worthy of a 90s mention
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MUBB decade defining songs?
1970's: Hamm's Beer Song
1980's: ????? Piano Man ;)
1990s: ?????
2000's: Thunderstruck (song from 1990)
2010's: Streets, Jump Around
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Do you only remember Miss You off that album? Because beyond that there isn't a disco song on Some Girls.
Yeah ... my bad. Love that album. I blame the drugs.
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Yeah ... my bad. Love that album. I blame the drugs.
I'd put Emotional Rescue as being more on the disco side
Plenty of good suggestions but I don't recall seeing:
Blues Brothers
Steppenwolf
the Doors
Mott the Hoople
Bad Co.
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (Oh Well, Black Magic Woman)
Clapton
Lou Reed or VU
Trower
Jeff Beck
Stevie Wonder
SRV
Allman Bros.
Tommy Bolin
Canned Heat
ZZ Top
Zappa - King King, Peaches En Regalia
Yes
Joe Walsh
George Thorogood
Thin Lizzy
Supertramp
Sly Stone
Santana
Jefferson Airplane/Starship
Alan Parsons
Van Morrison
Mountain
Steve Miller
Paul McCartney
Marshall Tucker
Los Lobos
Little Feat
King Crimson
Jethro Tull
J Geils
Head East
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I'd put Emotional Rescue as being more on the disco side
Plenty of good suggestions but I don't recall seeing Steppenwolf, the Doors, Mott the Hoople, Bad Co., Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (Oh Well, Black Magic Woman)
I thought of putting Mott, Humble Pie, and Bad Co. on my list, but figured since they were all the same band ;) that I'd just skip them.
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The roots and birth of rock and roll was in the 50s. See Alan Freed, Cleveland...coining of the term, etc.
Here is a listing of that decade's top "rock"songs:
1. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
2. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
3. Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
4. Tutti-Frutti - Little Richard
5. Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On - Jerry Lee Lewis
6. What'd I Say - Ray Charles
7. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
8. Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
9. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
10. That'll Be the Day - Buddy Holly & the Crickets
11. Maybellene - Chuck Berry
12. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
13. Shake, Rattle and Roll - Joe Turner
14. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
15. Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
16. Bye Bye Love - Everly Brothers
17. Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
18. Earth Angel - Penguins
19. Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
20. Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard
I agree with the primary lists earliest above for the 60s 70s and 80s. The heydays of Rock.
After then, I admit to becoming lost from keeping up with newer rock....Also, the pop production methods, and industry controls of "rock" seemed to have muddled what folks referred to as "rock". However...
The whole what is "rock" point strikes me as odd and unnecessary....Because rock itself was born from multiple influences ....and it
... always had concurrent other genres and artists that would crossover to rock or have elements popular with rockers. Do Wop, Folk music, Motown, Sun, Chess, Mussel Shoals, surfer, R&B, rockabilly, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Disco, Bubble Gum, Southern rock, country rock, heavy metal, Euro electronic/moog, boy bands, dance/club music, etc.
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Peace, Love and Understanding: Elvis Costello
Sunday Bloody Sunday: U2
People are People: Depeche mode.
I don't like Mondays: Boomtown Rats
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How has nobody suggested pepper by the butthole surfers I feel like that's worthy of a 90s mention
just the name deserves a hof nomination. right up there with wretched johnny and the dry heaves
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90's is missing a large segment:
Radiohead - Paranoid Android, Fake Plastic Trees
Tool - Sober, Ænema
Pearl Jam - Evenflow, Jeremy
REM - Losing My Religion, End of the World
Korn - Got the Life, Freak on a Leash
Limp Bizkit - Faith, Nookie
Deftones - My Own Summer, Be Quiet and Drive
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BoDeans - She's a Runaway. Come on, late 80s/early 90s Marquette alums. Honestly, based upon my time at Marquette and everything that was going on for me, BoDeans is one of the more defining rock bands in my life. Obviously, that's not what this thread is about, though. Man, I gotta go listen to Joe Dirt Car.
I popped Joe Dirt Car into the cd player last night on the way to the Train/Goo Goo Dolls concert. It holds up; I love that album. For wall-to-wall enjoyment (for me, at least), I'd put Disc 1 of Joe Dirt Car up against pretty much any other cd I own. My daughter liked it too.
BoDeans "Fadeaway" would be my picks for those bands
You're absolutely right; it should be Fadeaway.
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I found Joe Dirt Car too mopey. I thought Live from the Pabst was a better concert album. Having Kenny Aronoff for the concert made everything better.
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I found Joe Dirt Car too mopey. I thought Live from the Pabst was a better concert album. Having Kenny Aronoff for the concert made everything better.
I'll have to look into that.
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I have both. Because who wouldn't want two separate concert albums by the BoDeans?
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I was playing Resolution on the way to work this morning.
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Am I the only marquette grad that thinks the Bodeens are absolutely terrible?
No one mentioned the Spanish O'Donnells, shame on you all.
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Am I the only marquette grad that thinks the Bodeens are absolutely terrible?
No one mentioned the Spanish O'Donnells, shame on you all.
I successfully had blocked the Spanish O'Donnell's from memory.
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Am I the only marquette grad that thinks the Bodeens are absolutely terrible?
Yes.
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Am I the only marquette grad that thinks the Bodeens are absolutely terrible?
No.
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Am I the only marquette grad that thinks the Bodeens are absolutely terrible?
Nope.
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No. For Milwaukee-area bands, I much preferred the Femmes and Those XCleavers
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No. For Milwaukee-area bands, I much preferred the Femmes and Those XCleavers
booney!! great to see ya!
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;)
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The best live 22:38?
https://youtube.com/v/TkFHYODzRTs
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The best live 22:38?
Yes. I can't say Queen was the best band of all time. But I do think Mercury was the best frontman of all time (maybe Bowie has an argument).
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Yes. I can't say Queen was the best band of all time. But I do think Mercury was the best frontman of all time (maybe Bowie has an argument).
He's very good but quickly off the top of my head I can say Jager, Prince, Bruce and Ozzy all are all better.
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No. For Milwaukee-area bands, I much preferred the Femmes and Those XCleavers
The Promise Ring
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He's very good but quickly off the top of my head I can say Jager, Prince, Bruce and Ozzy all are all better.
I'll give you the Boss and Prince as legitimate challengers. Jager and Ozzy don't do it for me.
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Yes. I can't say Queen was the best band of all time. But I do think Mercury was the best frontman of all time (maybe Bowie has an argument).
I wouldn't put Queen in the top 20. Mercury does rate that distinction, though. But #1? All a matter of taste, but not in my book.
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The Promise Ring
The Gufs were big when I was at MU. Probably played the Annex monthly. Their lead guitarist was my boss when I was on PS Safety Patrol.
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I wouldn't put Queen in the top 20. Mercury does rate that distinction, though. But #1? All a matter of taste, but not in my book.
Who is your top 20?
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No. For Milwaukee-area bands, I much preferred the Femmes and Those XCleavers
Surrender Dorothy. Bon Ton Society.
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I wouldn't put Queen in the top 20. Mercury does rate that distinction, though. But #1? All a matter of taste, but not in my book.
Music is truly all a matter of taste. Sure there's highly accomplished being different than crappy. But that's not what we're talking about.
I've told this story before. You guys know that I had an absolute tin ear when it came to the Femmes. I didn't get them then and I still really don't today. But I'm damn glad I booked 'em. A broken clock is correct twice a day.
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No. For Milwaukee-area bands, I much preferred the Femmes and Those XCleavers
I also preferred the Femmes and XCleavers, hell I even preferred Colour Radio, but the BoDeans were pretty great back in the '80s too.
If you're still in town, the XCleavers singer Tom T has a new band called Spudbucket that plays a whole bunch of XCleavers songs. They're opening for the Producers at Shank Hall Friday and are also playing other East Side/Riverwest clubs (Circle A, Riverwest Commons, Linneman's etc).
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Yes. I can't say Queen was the best band of all time. But I do think Mercury was the best frontman of all time (maybe Bowie has an argument).
Admittedly, I don't like Queen much at all, they seem like a cartoon version of rock to me (bad example because cartoons have intrinsic value, but you get the point), but I can't even wrap my head around this take. I mean, I like Wayne's World and Shawn of the Dead too, but I don't get Queen.
I wouldn't put Queen in the top 20. Mercury does rate that distinction, though. But #1? All a matter of taste, but not in my book.
Obviously, couldn't agree more. In my opinion, their biggest contribution to music was was laying the beat for Ice Ice Baby.
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Didn't dig through, did anyone mention Mumford and Sons for 2010s rock songs? Certainly not their whole catalog but they've got some rockers in their later albums like The Wolf from Wilder Mind and Guiding Light or Beloved from Delta
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Didn't dig through, did anyone mention Mumford and Sons for 2010s rock songs? Certainly not their whole catalog but they've got some rockers in their later albums like The Wolf from Wilder Mind and Guiding Light or Beloved from Delta
Nope. Their latest stuff is weak and usually shows up only on modern alternative channels.
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Who is your top 20?
Not really a "top 20" but here' a list (in no particular order) of groups I prefer to Queen:
Beatles
Stones
Who
Pink Floyd
Talking Heads
The Band
The Ramones
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Led Zeppelin
Doors
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Beach Boys
Byrds
REM
Santana
Creedence ClearWater Revival
The Police
Kinks
Animals
E Street Band (Springsteen)
Big Brother and the Holding Co (Janis Joplin)
Cream
Wailers (Bob Marley)
Yes
Moody Blues
Attractions (Elvis Costello)
Marshall Tucker Band
Yardbirds
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
Groups who aren't "rock":
Temptations
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
4 Tops
Simon and Garfunkel
Individuals:
Bob Dylan
Tom Waits
Marvin Gaye (solo and with Tammy Terrell)
Van Morrison
Sam Cooke
John Prine
Warren Zevon
David Bowie
Joani Mitchell
Plus lots more I can't think of off the top of my head.