Where does Fleetwood Mac rank among the greatest bands?

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Originally Posted by chiliD

The Rolling Stones shift in personnel was for the better, Brian Jones was pretty much holding them back, then mysteriously left this astral plane, to be replaced by Mick Taylor (Peter Green's replacement in the Bluesbreakers)...the result of which was the Stones took a big leap in both songwriting, record production, etc, etc. and at the time, really DID deserve the "Greatest Rock & Roll Band In The World" moniker.

Agreed.

Originally Posted by chiliD

The Who...pretty much were #3 behind Beatles & Stones in the 60's, and were leap-frogged

Eh, OK. Never got The Who. Weird sound with a single-minded message. Never evolved.

Originally Posted by chiliD

Fleetwood Mac, yep, they had their "reincarnation" of popularity with Rumours, but by their own hand, they've not shaken that whole Rumours hype/mystique/soap opera. Fleetwood Mac's fame was more non-musical than it was musical. To the point of being the butt of the Rumours joke for quite a while, and they still were trying to keep that whole Rumours thing going...and damned if they still aren't in a lot of ways. That's been a hinderance rather than a boon.

Yep

Originally Posted by chiliD

1) Beatles
2) Rolling Stones
3) Led Zeppelin
4) Pink Floyd
5) U2
6) Bob Dylan
7) Neil Young
8) Jimi Hendrix Experience
9) Eric Clapton
10) Eagles
11) The Grateful Dead
12) The Doors
13) Prince
14) The Who
15) Fleetwood Mac

Good list -- but only if punk had never happened. Where is The Clash? No credit to the Talkin' Heads? Ramones?

And, on a second tier, I would also throw in Violent Femmes, Replacements, and a few others.