What's the best song/band of all time?

I was listening to some Neil Young, and for me not to grow up with all those greats, Jimi Hendrix (actually everyone around woodstock time!), bryan adams, beatles, acdc, rolling stones, I aways wonder what I missed out on!

So anyway, I'm posting this thread to find out what the all-time greats were, and then I'm going to get some of their songs and just listen to everything I should've been around to hear!

If this thread gets really big I'll also add a poll!

Awesome, btw I really digg Neil Young, Muse, Coldplay to get this started

 

anything that is now a jingle

I hate when they butcher 'the classics'

"magic bus" is one of the more recent ones I can think of.

 

I heard from someone that "hotel california" was the most played song on the radio in the world.

Absolute classic that I hope no one butchers if they haven't already done so.

 

Band of all time?
Tough call, but Led Zepplin would be up there for me. The first 5 albums in particular are all classics.
Quicksand were on of the most underated bands I reckon, and are still in high rotation on my player.
Stone Temple Pilots could have been one of the greatest if Scott Weiland had laid off the gear.
Pearl Jam are up there.
Tool are up there as well.

 

The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Meatloaf, Joe Cocker, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Dukes, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Roy Orbison, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Don Airey, Ronny James Dio, Graham Bonnet, Joe Lynn Turner, Doogie White, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Todd Rungren, Bruce Springsteen, Steve Tyler of Boston band Aerosmith, Elton John, The Eagles, Robert Palmer, Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, Lyndsey Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac, Ozzy Osbourne,Black Sabbath, Eric Burdon, David Coverdale, Whitesnake, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Cream, Zoot Money, Cozy Powell, Jeff Beck Group, Alexis Korner, Kiki Dee, The Kinks, Santana, The Bee Gees, The Who, Derek and the Dominoes, Yes, Rod Stewart, The Faces, The Edgar Winter Band, The Moodie Blues, Pink Floyd, The Hollies, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Chicago, Lynda Ronstadt, Diana Ross, Queen, Whitney Houston, Steve Ellis, Warsaw Pakt, Jimmy Coull

So many great bands, singers too many to list here

 

Too many to name, I agree a lot with british guy. A few that I don't see right off: Bob Segar, Doug Shamm, Bob Dylan, etc.

 

Well I have many bands that I like and picking an all time favorite is hard but if I had to pick I'd say Metallica. The reason being is that although I like a few songs from many bands there are few bands I like many songs from. Metallica is one of those bands, so many great songs.

 

Tool. (And A Perfect Circle, since Maynard's in both.)

 

ONE of the best songs of all time, "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel.

..."I see the doorway to a thousand churches" - BEAUTIFUL.

As for best artists, there are really too many to try to name for me. My taste is so varied. I love MUSIC, not just genres.

 

J Geils Band, Peter Wolf

 

Pink Floyd - i consider the whole Dark Side Of The Moon as one song

 

Peter Wolf, as in "Lights Out"? That's one of my favorite songs from my childhood - LOVE IT!

 

Yes great singer

Quote

After Peter Wolf ditched the J. Geils Band in 1983 because co-leader Seth Justman turned down a batch of new songs Wolf had written with Don Covay and Michael Jonzun, he made the most of it and released the great Lights Out album. Boasting a huge hit single, the bouncing, machine funk monster title track, and a raft of catchy, candy coated' '80s pop, the album is one of the hidden gems of the era. Wolf casts off the responsibilities of fronting an arena rock band and heads straight for the pop jugular, leaving bluesy guitar licks and harmonica bleating in his rearview. With Michael Jonzun behind the board, the album is slicker than ice and loaded with cheesy synths, electronic drums, reverb, and "sweetening." It is also very well arranged; the synthetic sounds never overtake Wolf's gritty soul and personality -- really a perfect balance of soul and machines that only a few artists were able to pull off in the '80s. Apart from the title track, the moderate charter "I Need You Tonight," a moody ballad with trademark- '80s clicking guitars, peppy synths, and a dorky surf guitar solo, is the best song on the record. Wolf nails the quietly urgent tone of the lyrics and delivers probably the most sensitive and sweet vocal of his career. Other highlights are "Baby Please Don't Go," a bubbling Motown-styled number that sounds very J. Geils-like, the electronic reggae ballad "Poor Girl's Heart," the Hall & Oates-y "Here Comes That Hurt Again," and the rollicking "Pretty Lady," which manages to overcome some annoying background warbling from Mick Jagger to be what would have been one of the best late-period J. Geils songs. The tracks that make the full leap into '80s dance-pop perhaps don't stand up as well. Something like "Oo-We-Diddley-Bop!" is very dated with Wolf gamely trying to rap and coming off like the male Debbie Harry. The jokey "Mars Needs Women" is better only because Jonzun brings in some wacky electro-sounds straight off a Jonzun Crew cut. Wolf's vocal is pretty embarrassing, though. These mis-steps don't really wreck the listening experience; they are so corny that they are almost good. The rest of the record isn't corny at all. It is soul music for a soulless time made by a guy who sounds very glad to be free and ready to hit the charts. That it actually became a hit makes it even sweeter. For sure, Justman and the rest of the J. Geils Band were kicking themselves when their lame Wolf-less album tanked. You should be kicking yourself too if you write this album off as just fluff. It is great fluff, some of the best the '80s had to offer.

http://www.mp3.com/albums/17739/summary.html

 

I MUST buy this album. I actually believe I remember hearing the song, "I Need You Tonight", as my older cousin had the album, which he listened to a lot.

I have some J. Geils Band music already. I was raised on it - my dad was a fan.

Thank you for reminding me...

 

I'd have to vote for "Afternoon Delight" by the Star Land Vocal Band or maybe "Funkytown" by Lipps...














... j/k
There is no way I can pick just one

 

Julio Iglesius, Carpenters, John Denver, Paul Copeland, Don McLean, Elton John, Celine Dion, and George Michael(Careless Whisper)....and....and...the list will go on...

 

what about most overplayed 'classic' song of all time???


Sweet Home Alabama???

 

Funny you mention George Michael (Wham!) - another one of my favorite 80's groups. I fell in love with George at age 8. He's hot even if he is gay...I don't care.

Also funny, is that I went out to a bar with a girlfriend last Saturday night, and she played "Careless Whisper" on the jukebox. Now mind you, we were in a bar in Western North Carolina, mostly country music fans in those parts. I can't believe it was even on there. You should have seen the look on peoples' faces; they were like, "what the hell is this?". I just smiled, and sang along.

Great, great song...

 

you mean just b/c he was caught "servicing" a guy in a public restroom he's gay????

news to me

I used to love Dana Carvey's impresion of him on SNL..."LOOK at my butt!!!"