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I can't do this lol. It's not as I expected too many but not enough-Don't get me wrong there's probably at least 100 bands I like a lot but to get into my favorites they have to be indespensible and it seems for the most part individuals have taken up that spot. Has anyone else noticed this going through their collections that individual artists fill up much more space than groups? I'm skipping individuals with back up bands here too. Maybe, I can do it with qualifiers. In somewhat random order:
1. The Beatles-everything including bootlegs
2. The Rolling Stones-Through "Exile on Main Street"
3. Creedence Clearwater Revival-Everything
4. The Velvet Underground-Everything (Except the fake Velvet album "Squeeze" with only Doug Yule-no one considers this to be the Velvets anyways)
5. Pink Floyd-I've only got around half their pre-Dark Side stuff but I would say all that and up to and including "The Wall"
6. Genesis-Through "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"
7. Simon and Garfunkel-You can skip their first album.
Now here's where it get's easier-Groups I really like but wouldn't think fit in my top 10-Bauhaus ,The Stooges, King Crimson (all 3 incarnations of them but I liked the first best), The Violent Femmes, Dinosaur Jr., The Supremes, The Beach Boys (up through the "Surf's Up" time period), Traffic, Pearl Jam, AC/DC, The Band, early Chicago, Counting Crows, Love, The Lovin' Spoonful, Hole, Roxy Music, Public Image Ltd. (through "Flowers of Romance"), The Birthday Party (Need to have some alcohol though-pretty rough on sober ears), The Residents, Wall of Voodoo, Weather Report, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Magnetic Fields (69 Love Songs is the best set I've bought in years), Nirvana, Blue Oyster Cult (though Spectres), The Raincoats, The Clash, Talking Heads and of course The Who and Zeppelin... (I'll probably edit this and add to it over the next couple of days)
Magenta: if you'll scroll down you'll see I've put up 2 lists. On best bands The Beatles get top spot. On best solo artists, John Lennon gets top stop.
The Beatles are the best and John Lennon rules. :o)
Thanks Magenta, easy question-hard answer. Up until John's death I would of said Paul. Paul was doing much better in his solo career, still considered a rocker and had put out some really good albums while John seemed to be out of focus. I saw McCartney's first tour (Wings Over America), it was great. But in the years since, Paul has become much more pop oriented while John's legacy has gotten stronger and stronger. I think John's murder made everyone much more aware of his human qualities and the strength of his music-When someone who is singing about peace and love gets killed it makes everything he said resonate much more and become more important. I probably would have preferred John's music more now anyways as I got older and my tastes changed, but his death definitely had an impact on his popularity and the way we look at him. I remember how Yoko was reviled by most of the people before, now their relationship has become a legend.
Also, much more is known about the Beatles music now, more than could ever be expected as far as writing and recording goes. Before as I'm sure you're aware of, Lennon/McCartney was thought of as a writing team when this in fact was a rarity. It's now known who did what in almost every facet of their recordings, so things like Lennon's humor and sarcasm are more easily recognizable.
Majenta Spiral,imho,I think you are taking A M KM's words out of context. I think if you take a minute to reread what he wrote you will see that.
The message I got from his response was that in general people saw what John was writing and singing about much more clearly after his death. Sort of like understanding the force of a hurricane after living through one. That is human nature and not really a choice.
Also,A M KM states he would have preferred John's music over Paul's as he got older anyway (that part having nothing to do with John's untimely death).