Because I don’t think they’re as great. Roland’s guitar work is good, but it’s not Johnny Marr- good, for instance.
That was a big factor for my choices.
I could as easily have had XTC, Wire, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys… but the OP wanted 6 and that means pruning.
Ooof…tough call.
I think Johnny Marr is “better” than Roland Orzabal from Tears for Fears but I would suggest it is most important to play what the music and band needs and I would say they are equal in that. They play what the song requires and they both do that very well. I do like Johnny better though.
Aren’t they all, My Friend? Aren’t they all?
If solo artists are allowed :
David Bowie (versatility, creativity, vision, and a huge influence on what followed)
Kate Bush (artistic ambition, uniquely haunting mood, sensual, weird-yet-catchy songs)
Led Zeppelin (versatility, groove, riffs, sex in musical form)
The Beatles (well…)
The Cure (the soundtrack of my angsty teen years)
Radiohead (creativity, musicianship, the last band that I really got into)
Otherwise,
Led Zeppelin (versatility, groove, sex in musical form)
The Beatles (well…)
The Cure (the soundtrack of my angsty teen years)
Radiohead (creativity, musicianship, the last band that I really got into)
The Smiths (irresistible melancholy)
The Sisters of Mercy (see Cure, the)
I don’t just mean he’s a better guitar player, I think he’s a better guitar music writer, too.
I saw them play recently and they were excellent, did they’ve been on my mind.
More recent British bands not getting a lot of attention here so far are Franz Ferdinand, Elbow and Arctic Monkeys - I see Radiohead at least getting a mention.
It’s always going to skew older here, and of course it’s an American board. The older bands have had longer to influence others, but British music did not end in the 60s.
No, I specifically wanted all categories competing. I didn’t want greatest rock, I wanted greatest across all categories.
I just saw The English Beat with Squeeze last weekend, Peter Hook and the Light the weekend before that, and I’m seeing the Buzzcocks this Friday, so they might flit in and out of my mental rankings (though I already listed JD/NO in my first post here).
No love for Dire Straits? ooof
Excellent music. Knopfler has the amazing ability to both play lead and sing lead at the same time. I’ve seen him in concert and it’s mesmerizing.
Smiths
Echo and the Bunnymen
Stone Roses
Psychedelic Furs
The Cure
Joy Division
The horses are on the track!
I’m legit jealous.
Of these, The Who are getting the least love in this thread, and they are, by far, my favorite band of all times. Musicionship is great; vocals are (ok, were. I’ve heard Daltry recently, and he didn’t die before he got old) fantastic - Daltry put his heart and soul into every song, as did Townsend. No one of the time put as much energy into their music as The Who did. And the songwriting… The first rock opera, and the even better Quadrophenia. Songs all over the spectrum emotionally.
Even better is his use of a time machine to deliver the manuscript 47 years into the future.
I guess the reference is to Moon: The Life and Death of a Rock Legend (January 21, 2014) by Tony Fletcher.
Maybe the worst concert I’ve seen in the past ten years, when they came through town a few months back. They had some good singles, though.
well, to be fair, their best music was made in the early to mid 80’s, so we’re 40 years from their peak at this point…
is this an oblique reference to their song “Bring on the dancing horses”, or are you misremembering them as the band that sang the song with those lyrics (The Bottom Line by Big Audio Dynamite)?
I had a friend who confused those, whenever Echo came I would mock her by yelling that out. So that post was an oblique reference to Dancing Horses (a song I love) but more a private joke with myself. But it makes my heart happy that you noted it.