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Favorite UK Super Band

The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
The Kinks
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The Big East

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Top UK Super Band
« on: January 13, 2021, 05:43:16 PM »
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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2021, 06:16:26 PM »
Kind of wild to include the Kinks in here and not Pink Floyd or Queen. Very influential group, but not on the same level as the other 4 in my opinion.

I’ve never cared much for the Stones, the Beatles I appreciate their trailblazing but they’ve always been a bit repetitive for me. I liked The Who quite a bit for a time, but don’t find myself revisiting them much.

Zepplin on the other hand I adore. I dabbled when I was younger but have gained so much more appreciation over time. And that’s with thinking that Jimmy Page was probably the sloppiest soloist of the guitar icons of his day. But the brilliance of so many pieces of their songs, Bonham’s insane drum fills (parts of When the Levee Breaks are just silly), and the ambitious dreaminess of their lyrics. They get my vote hands down
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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2021, 06:19:01 PM »
The correct answer is The Clash.
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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2021, 06:43:59 PM »
How old do you have to be to fully appreciate this thread?
« Last Edit: January 13, 2021, 06:57:24 PM by Heisenberg v2.0 »
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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2021, 06:45:28 PM »
Quote from: Pakuni on January 13, 2021, 06:19:01 PM
The correct answer is The Clash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krl-2hgFrJU

Though I'm partial to London Calling
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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2021, 07:28:52 PM »
Absolutely Queen for me
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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2021, 07:29:46 PM »
Another vote for Zepplin, with Pink Floyd a photo finish away.

And yeah - Pink Floyd and Queen should definitely be on the list instead of the Kinks.
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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2021, 07:30:41 PM »
Quote from: Heisenberg v2.0 on January 13, 2021, 06:43:59 PM
How old do you have to be to fully appreciate this thread?


My daughter is 24, and Queen is her favorite band. Makes her daddy proud. 🥲
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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2021, 07:40:07 PM »
U2.
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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2021, 07:45:57 PM »
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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2021, 07:46:06 PM »
Zeppelin
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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2021, 07:54:00 PM »
Quote from: Fluffy Blue Monster on January 13, 2021, 07:45:57 PM
Uh oh...

None of the aforementioned move me.   I could have gone with none of the above, I guess.
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Luke 6:45   ...A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil.   Each man speaks from his heart's abundance...

It is better to be fearless and cheerful than cheerless and fearful.

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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2021, 07:54:31 PM »
Stones by a wide margin, then kinks and Super Tramp for me.
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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2021, 07:57:24 PM »
Quote from: tower912 on January 13, 2021, 07:54:00 PM
None of the aforementioned move me.   I could have gone with none of the above, I guess.

It's a geography thing
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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2021, 08:16:08 PM »
Oasis. In the UK they were as big as the Beatles. 2.5 million people applied for tickets to see them at Knebworth in 1996.  The sold out the England Be Here Now tour dates in 10 minutes.
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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #15 on: January 13, 2021, 08:37:31 PM »
Zeppelin for me.
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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #16 on: January 13, 2021, 08:52:13 PM »
Floyd and Zep.

Stones for most overrated.

The Kinks?  GTFO.
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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #17 on: January 13, 2021, 08:52:39 PM »
The Stones for me

Unless Europe 72 counts
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Re: Top UK Super Band
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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #19 on: January 13, 2021, 08:57:20 PM »
Herman's Hermits just can't get no respect.
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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #20 on: January 13, 2021, 08:58:35 PM »
Quote from: tower912 on January 13, 2021, 07:40:07 PM
U2.

Then I guess my answer is The Pogues.
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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #21 on: January 13, 2021, 08:58:52 PM »
Quote from: ZiggysFryBoy on January 13, 2021, 08:52:13 PM
Floyd and Zep.

Stones for most overrated.

The Kinks?  GTFO.
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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #22 on: January 13, 2021, 09:04:59 PM »
Quote from: Billy Hoyle on January 13, 2021, 08:16:08 PM
Oasis. In the UK they were as big as the Beatles. 2.5 million people applied for tickets to see them at Knebworth in 1996.  The sold out the England Be Here Now tour dates in 10 minutes.

Oasis had a monster peak, but they were a shooting star. Their run was real only only 5 years from late 94 to the end of the 90s. By Standing on the Shoulders of Giants they lost 2 founding members and the album did ok by their standards, and then Heathen Chemistry was largely forgotten. They went from selling millions of albums outside the UK to 100-200K. And that was still early 2000s so streaming wars hadn’t begun in earnest.

Compare that to The Who or Zepplin who lasted a decade plus at their heights.
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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #23 on: January 13, 2021, 09:52:35 PM »
Quote from: JWags85 on January 13, 2021, 09:04:59 PM
Oasis had a monster peak, but they were a shooting star. Their run was real only only 5 years from late 94 to the end of the 90s. By Standing on the Shoulders of Giants they lost 2 founding members and the album did ok by their standards, and then Heathen Chemistry was largely forgotten. They went from selling millions of albums outside the UK to 100-200K. And that was still early 2000s so streaming wars hadn’t begun in earnest.

Compare that to The Who or Zepplin who lasted a decade plus at their heights.
Saw Oasis on the Brotherly Love Tour with Black Crowes and Spacehog.

I’ve probably seen close to a thousand live shows and that sticks out as the singular loudest.
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Re: Top UK Super Band
« Reply #24 on: January 13, 2021, 10:06:10 PM »
Yipes!
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