USA Today's Top 20 Greatest American Rock Bands - Page 6

dissention · #76 07-06-2005, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by xdreamsunwindx

I don't hate the Ramones, but I don't love them. I mean, what about Blondie? The Patti Smith Group? The Avengers? But then again, I'm like, the only Avengers fan I know of, so...

I'm used to Blondie and Patti Smith getting no respect, so their ommissions didn't come as any surprise. And you're not the only Avengers fan, I love Penelope Houston and think she was amazing.

You never see Television getting any kudos for anything and it chaps my ass. They were brilliant. Their reunion in '92 blew, but that didn't erase the fabulous stuff they recorded back in the day.

xdreamsunwindx · #77 07-06-2005, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

I'm used to Blondie and Patti Smith getting no respect, so their ommissions didn't come as any surprise. And you're not the only Avengers fan, I love Penelope Houston and think she was amazing.

You never see Television getting any kudos for anything and it chaps my ass. They were brilliant. Their reunion in '92 blew, but that didn't erase the fabulous stuff they recorded back in the day.

YAY! Someone else knows who the Avengers arrrrrre. ^_^

I do like Television, too. I need to hear more of their stuff, though. Any album reccomendations, Diss?

Dude, I just remembered another great American punk band that rarely gets any recognition: X. Everyone forgets them. -_-

golddustwoman77 · #78 07-06-2005, 11:12 PM

I have FINALLY learned to not take these list too seriously and not allow them to offend me. It is just an opinion and not necessarily fact (which is why it is opinion, fact isn't involved.).

Also, several people have stated that CCR isn't on the list, but they are #15.

Anyway, there are bands that I think should appear on this list but aren't there: Jefferson Airplane, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers,the Byrds, Velvet Underground, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. A good list isn't complete without these bands, IMO.

I would put the Pretenders on there, if Fleetwood Mac can be on there. They may have formed in England, but they have seen most of their success here in the states. I think that Fleetwood Mac is on there, because, unfortunately, most people are only familiar with stuff from 1975-present. They probably don't know that the band was formed in England and was successful there as a blues band.

Also, I think the reason that people like Elvis, Jimi Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix Experience), Janis Joplin(Big Brother and the Holding Company), and Prince (Prince and the Revolution/NPG) aren't on the list is because people think of them as individual performers not as a member of a band. Therefore, they aren't on the Greatest American Bands list.

Also, can I just say that I wouldn't have the Dave Matthews Band anywhere near my list! I just don't get the greatness. I have tried to get it, and I still don't. JMO, though.

gldstwmn · #79 07-06-2005, 11:14 PM

These lists are supposed to be entertaining but they're just silly.

amber · #80 07-06-2005, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

Television, for one, but I love The Ramones, so I'm glad they made it.

I got into this massive argument this weekend with someone about the ramones *omigod, Call Me just came on the radio, have to go, whyisn'tBlondieonthelist?*

dissention · #81 07-06-2005, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by xdreamsunwindx

YAY! Someone else knows who the Avengers arrrrrre. ^_^

Do you have the live album The American In Me? It's worth owning for White Nigger and Corpus Christi alone.

They were good and you're right, not many people know about them at all.

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I do like Television, too. I need to hear more of their stuff, though. Any album reccomendations, Diss?

My favorite is Marquee Moon and I think that would be a good album to start with. The lead guitar is startling and very up front in the mix, you'll dig it. Friction is the best track, imo, it'll have your jaw on the floor.

They have a live album called Blow Up that's amazing, too. It has a 14 minute version of Little Johnny Jewel that must be heard to be believed.

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Dude, I just remembered another great American punk band that rarely gets any recognition: X. Everyone forgets them. -_-

I KNOW! Didn't they just reissue all their albums a few years ago, too? I picked up the reissue of Los Angeles a few months ago for the bonus tracks and I love the rehearsal track Cyrano De Berger's Back. That's a great one. DJ Bonebrake was a great drummer.

dissention · #82 07-06-2005, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

I got into this massive argument this weekend with someone about the ramones *omigod, Call Me just came on the radio, have to go, whyisn'tBlondieonthelist?*

Really? Why?

amber · #83 07-06-2005, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

Really? Why?

Why isn't they (haha) on the list, or why did I have to go?
I had to go, because I am required to sing the **** out of that ****. They aren't on the list because people are stupid, or, because they don't fit into that usual genre. WHich is probably good.

Oh, or why did I get into the argument.
Well....I've always liked punk ok, but not really. It was a semantics argument on *their side* why the ramones are great.... and me...
asking why they are really different than other punk, aside from their importance in the history of punk.

I didn't make any conclusions, but I just really wanted to know, exactly how they are super different, really.

xdreamsunwindx · #84 07-06-2005, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by golddustwoman77

I would put the Pretenders on there, if Fleetwood Mac can be on there. They may have formed in England, but they have seen most of their success here in the states.

See, I wouldn't. This is shocking coming from me, because anyone who knows me knows I LOVE The Pretenders. I don't think of them as an American band. Sure, Chrissie Hynde is American, but everyone else who has been in the band have been English. Most of their success, really, has been in the UK. The breakout singles from their debut, except "Brass in Pocket," didn't do too well in the USA. On their second album, I think "Message of Love" did moderately well in the US, but then again, that album didn't really do well anywhere. Learning to Crawl was really their peak when it came to success, because that came out in 1983, and the singles got some MTV airplay. They've always been popular, but that was arguably their peak.

Aaanywho. Most of their singles and albums, etc, did really well in the UK, Australia, etc, so I don't consider them an American band.

[/Pretenders nerd]

dissention · #85 07-06-2005, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

Why isn't they (haha) on the list, or why did I have to go?
I had to go, because I am required to sing the **** out of that ****. They aren't on the list because people are stupid, or, because they don't fit into that usual genre. WHich is probably good.

No, why did you get into an argument about The Ramones? I know Blondie isn't on the list because people are stupid, that's common knowledge. Look at the way people in this country vote. I think it's been established that America is the country with the worst taste.

amber · #86 07-06-2005, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

No, why did you get into an argument about The Ramones? I know Blondie isn't on the list because people are stupid, that's common knowledge. Look at the way people in this country vote. I think it's been established that America is the country with the worst taste.

read edit to previous post. This cat was older than me, too, he was a punk kid...