# Your all time favorite band? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 4, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-all-time-favorite-band/85451 "2001-10-04T21:44:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tanaqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-all-time-favorite-band/85451/41 "2001-10-06T02:47:12Z")
I either have to say **Green Day** or \*\*Alanis Morisette.\*\*They are other bands I listen to more for a while briefly, but those two are the ones I come back to the most. For Alanis, I am pretending like the heinous cd **Supposedly Infatuation Junkie** (or whatever) does not exist. She just plain sucks on that album, in my opinion. So for **Alanis** my favorite album is obviously \*\*Jagged Little Pill.\*\*My favorite song is probably **Oughta Know.** For **Green Day** , my favorite album is **Dookie.** My favorite song I can’t really say, I like most of their songs. I saw them in concert and would definitely go back, it was fun even though it was SO hot in the horrible place they were playing at I thought I was going to faint. I wasn’t even in the pit, it must have been REALLY bad down there. I also like **Everclear** (they were awesome in concert and IMO stole the show totally from the official headline r, **Matchbox 20** ), **The Offspring** , and **Third Eye Blind** (also good in concert). I am in love with the song **Hanging by a Moment** by **Lifehouse** but the rest of their album isn’t nearly as good, and they kind of sucked at the concert I went to when they were touring with **Matchbox 20** and **Everclear.** I bought the tickets so I could see LH (very briefly) but I was GLAD I bought them for Everclear. ---
**Author:** ![moggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@moggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moggy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-all-time-favorite-band/85451/42 "2001-10-06T03:10:15Z")
SPLIT ENZ!! I have loved then since the early 80s, when their videos were a staple on early MTV. As Tim Finn, one of the lead singers and band founders, said, “It was often said that Split Enz were ahead of their time…the sound and performance were never ahead, merely outside.” (I’m paraphrasing from the back of their video collection) I agree with that. Their music cannot be pigeonholed into any one genre, it’s just good solid writing- if a little odd at times. You should see some of their early videos, with the funky makeup and peaked hair- when I put on the video collection, my husband watches it with me and just shakes his head. My fave albums by them are Time and Tide, and True Colours. I also like Crowded House, and had the pleasure of seeing them twice in concert. The second concert was after Tim had joined them, and towards the end of the show, they broke into “Six Months in a Leaky Boat”. My best friend (also a big fan) and I just about screamed our heads off, prompting some people to turn around and stare at us (it was in a smallish club). I also love The Beatles, since I was raised listening to them, I think they are one of the all-time greatest bands, and one of the most influential. I also LOVE Dead Can Dance. Their mixture of early music/middle eastern/ambient/synth/whatever is just SOOOO groovy. I saw them a few years ago in concert, and it was a spiritual experience. I wish they hadn’t broken up. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Fat\_Harry\_Deal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@Big\_Fat\_Harry\_Deal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Fat_Harry_Deal)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-all-time-favorite-band/85451/43 "2001-10-06T04:27:09Z")
Tangerine Dream / Dolphin Dance / Underwater Sunlight / yes, twice / awesome both times / soon - Nov. 1! ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-all-time-favorite-band/85451/44 "2001-10-07T02:17:00Z")
::weeps:: somebody else is mad for all things **Finn**? ZOWIE! (oh neil!) ::swoons:: and then I adore: Failure. with Fantastic Planet being their best. ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-all-time-favorite-band/85451/45 "2001-10-07T10:13:57Z")
Rock: **Velvet Underground** Song: **Sister Ray**. Record: **The Velvet Underground and Nico** seen: Never as a band, but I’ve seen John Cale and Lou Reed solo (separately) Folk/Country: **Johnny Cash** Song: **Orange Blossom Special** Record: **American Recordings** seen: never Punk: **Urinals** Song: **Go Away Girl** Record: **Negative Capability** (easy - their only one ;)) seen: never Heavy Metal: **Iron Maiden** Song: **Alexander The Great** Album: **Piece of Mind** seen: once, on one of their worst tours (1992) Instrumental: **The Dirty Three** Song: **The Last Night** Album: **The Dirty Three** seen: 17 times, plus 12 times for side projects ---
**Author:** ![Skijumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Skijumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skijumper)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-all-time-favorite-band/85451/46 "2001-10-07T11:46:23Z")
If I had to pick one, I’d go with The Pixies - the only band that made me go ‘Fuck! I can’t believe I’m listening to this! This is good!’ the entire time I listened to them. ---
**Author:** ![reoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9adbd/32.png) [@reoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reoch)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-all-time-favorite-band/85451/47 "2001-10-07T13:11:48Z")
I can’t believe no one likes DEF LEPPARD!!! MY all time favorite. My fav. song form them would have to be “Breath a Sigh” or “Pour Some Sugar on Me”… Hope there are more Lep fans out there!!! ---
**Author:** ![skot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@skot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skot)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-all-time-favorite-band/85451/48 "2001-10-07T14:24:00Z")
Too many bands to pick just one (but I would probably take TOOL, if cornered…). It depends entirely on my mood: Agressive/Heavy: TOOL Techno: FRONT 242 Electronica: AUTECHRE Heavy: BLACK SABBATH (with Ozzy) Ambient: IN THE NURSERY LATERALUS: I just say TOOL 3 weeks ago in Montreal… A-MAZING. The sound and visuals were amazing. My only complaints were that they didn’t play “Sober” and that the tour shirt that I bought had a big hole in the back (I should have known better…). NOCTURNE: Uuummm…have you heard the new Stabbing Westward? ---
**Author:** ![Kittie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Kittie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kittie)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-all-time-favorite-band/85451/49 "2001-10-07T15:13:49Z")
I just saw Tool, it was an excellent show, as **sköt** said, the visuals were amazing. My favorite bands are **The Deftones** , **Kittie** , and **Guster** , I can’t decide… ~Kittie ---
**Author:** ![typo\_mna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@typo\_mna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typo_mna)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-all-time-favorite-band/85451/50 "2001-10-07T18:10:15Z")
**sköt** , thanks for putting up Front 242. I was beginning to think I was the only person in the world (or at least on the SDMB) who liked my kinda music. Anyway. Favorite band: My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult album: Confessions of a Knife song: Burning Dirt ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-all-time-favorite-band/85451/51 "2001-10-07T18:27:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dasceder \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Motorgirl \* > > \*\*Favorite Replacements album: Either “Let it Be” or “Hootenany” > > \*\* > > Not “Tim”?! goodness gracious! I’ll let you slide on this one.😉 \*\* I’ll admit that Tim is an excellent album, and the first one I bought on CD, but Let it Be and Hootenany have some significant memories associated with them, which color my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![glass\_onion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@glass\_onion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glass_onion)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-all-time-favorite-band/85451/52 "2001-10-07T20:44:15Z")
Cant say just one, but I LOVE 'tallica best metallica album: And Justice for All best metallcia song: The Thing that should not be I also love Ocean Colour Scene…class band who get a bad time of it from the press. best OCS album: Marchin Already best OCS song: Get Blown Away/Foxy’s Folk Faced(a tie for the top) ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-all-time-favorite-band/85451/53 "2001-10-08T01:41:50Z")
There are many bands & musicians from all over the genre map that I love, but in terms of whom I feel is the “greatest,” which is the same as whom I would rate as my favorite, it is the Beatles. Not very original or alterna-cool of me I know, but the amount that they were able to accomplish in a mere seven years, combined with the long-lasting appeal of their work (and I’m including work by the members as individuals, also), never ceases to impress me. And it is impossible to narrow down a favorite song. The whole concept of a favorite song is beyond me. It alternates given my mood and how much the songs are overplayed (which many Beatle songs are, obliging me to rate their more obscure album cuts higher than their most well-known stuff.) Just to prevent anyone from thinking I am soley a fan of the banal, let me just randomly add the other bands/musicians I love to death. Anyplace I’ve used an asterisk means that I like the various partnerships those musicians have been associated with as well as any solo career they’ve maintained. Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello (These guys occupy a rung just barely below the Beatles for me.) in addition… Cowboy Junkies, Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker, Southern Culture on the Skids, Paul Simon\*, Tom Waits, Squirrel Nut Zippers, U2, Louis Prima, Presidents of the United States of America, Liz Phair, Randy Newman, David Byrne\*, They Might Be Giants, Sheryl Crow, Bruce Springsteen, Suzanne Vega, Eric Clapton\*, Bonnie Raitt, Mark Knopfler\*, Michelle Shocked, Sting\*, Prince, Ray Charles, Reverend Horton Heat, ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic (I’m not ashamed), Susan Tedeschi, Keb Mo, Taj Mahal, Pink Martini ---
**Author:** ![Skijumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Skijumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skijumper)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-all-time-favorite-band/85451/54 "2001-10-10T03:04:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hey you! \* > \*\*in addition… > > Michelle Shocked\*\* You are my friend for life! ---
**Author:** ![jellen92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@jellen92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellen92)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-all-time-favorite-band/85451/55 "2001-10-10T21:46:35Z")
Dave Matthews without a doubt. Maybe this is very mainstream, but that music gives me goosebumps… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-all-time-favorite-band/85451.md?page=2)