The Syndicate

and - as far as what svs is getting at - I can TOTALLY see a day with her and some bonding where I would rank placibo right up there in MY top 5 because WHEN I HEAR THEM, I WOULD THINK OF HER AND OUR TIME TOGETHER. Music is so very funnily subjective that way.

S~V~S wrote:I dunno, I think favorite bands is about how the music makes YOU as an individual feel, not about the overall greatness of the band in question. My number 4 band is Placebo~ and there are likely over a hundred bands that are "greater" legacy wise, or influence wise. But I LOVE Placebo, I love the way they sound, and how i feel when i listen to their albums. So for ME they are a Top Five band, although they will never probably be "great" like the Beatles, Floyd or other legendary bands.

I quote this for the more truthy truthiness of the post. And also it's the truth.

And I agree with her - not about placibo, per say, but about Radiohead. I get the Radiohead love so very much. I don't care if anyone knows who they are 30 years from now, when I hear them, I'll always be happy and always think in my head several things, two of which are "This is MY pink floyd" and "Does anyone have something I can eat or smoke?"

I also wanted to apologize to sockalex for being a bit to go for the throat over something so subjective. That was a total My Bad. And I'm sorry. *hugs*

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Roxy wrote:Bea your list is full of win!
Fedora, Sockear and Porcu - not so much - jk but srsly stf are the Beatles on your list??????????? There is no accounting for taste is there Mr CPA lol

1 Beatles ofc!
2 Pink Floyd
3 Frank Zappa
4 Cream
5 Bob Marley
6 BB King
7 Frank Sinatra/ Rat Pack
8 Led Zeppelin
9 Jimi Hendrix
10 4-way tie lmao!
Rage Against the Machine/ Robin Trower/ Paul Butterfield Blues Band/ Ten Years After

There's no denying the excellence and historical importance of the string from Sgt. Pepper's through Abbey Road, but in terms of my favorite artists/bands ever, they wouldn't crack the top 50 and probably not the top 100.

And no there isn't! That's what makes it so fascinating, I suppose.

@ Rox - I know sweets.

@ sockface. If the beatles wouldn't crack your top 100, then you are already loosing your roots. NOt one of them? you admit that these albums in this string are historically important - but you can't like one of them? In 100 albums? and you date the girl you date? really? if that is true - you have far larger problems than I can muster up on an internet forum

and to those of you who would discount say rox or my choices - what choices do you have to bring that are better?

And why do you feel they are better? I look at the why more than anything.

1) The Beatles
2) Everyone else who's awesome


does that count?

No?

Let's try this again: (I'm going to go with what I tend to find myself listening to over and over again) Though trying to rate them after number 2 is above my reasoning powers atm. (and also subject to change at any time - really - this is an easier task with writers tbh.)

1) The Beatles
2) David Bowie
3) The Smiths
4) Wilco
5) The Who
6) Johnny Cash
7) Zappa and the Mothers
8) P-Funk
9) The Police/Sting
10) Harry Chapin

Honorable Mention: Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters.

Yes - I was very heavily influenced by my father's taste in music. Really - his favorites tend to be my go to listening to things more than most other kinds of music. It's funny really how important the music you grew up with becomes so much more important to you as you get older.


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