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.

Joy Division is not a 'little-known' band :) At least not for me.

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)

Today while the blossom still clings to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries
I'll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
'Ere I forget all the joy that is mine
Today

I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover
You'll know who I am
By the songs that I sing
I'll feast at your table
I'll sleep in your clover
Who cares what tomorrow shall bring

I can't be contented by yesterday's glory
I can't live on promises
Winter to Spring
Today is my moment
Now is my story
I'll laugh, I'll cry, I'll sing

(written by Randy Sparks) It was also recorded by John Denver.

Hiya People!
...BTW, love the new dicussion group! ... [:-) ...

Anyone out there remember a 60's group called "The New Christie Ministrols" ?
(( sp., Christy? ))
A particular fav is called "Today"

~*~ Beginning Lyrics ~*~

Today while the blossoms still cling to the vine,
I'll eat your strawberries I'll drink your sweet wine...
A million tomorrows ................
((( don't know the exact words from here but I believe it goes ... )))
...would have to pass away,
then I'd forget all the Joy that is mine, Today.

Does it ring a bell?
[:-)

Till next time, keep smiling!
Omega Lady

my current favourite group is BOND!! They have brought classical music alive agian, which is good in my books ;o)

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)

Erm... no. ROFL!!

with white socks ofcourse!! LOL

LMAO - maybe you could buy your b/f a nice white suit??

Well... ok I'll let you off, but they came very close!! And they were around for quite a while... on my bedroom wall at least!! Ha ha!
:o( Tried eBay, Bumbly, but my fella won't let me have one!! :oD

Try E-bay.

Technically Harley they only had one number 1 hit??

Take on me only got to number 2 in the UK! Although I take solice in the fact that in Ireland we can choose which chart to go by, European or US (very rarely the UK!! LOL)

Well tehre you go, you're wrong!! ROFL!!! They weren't one hit wonders and they had the most gorgeous guitarist!! Ha ha ha!! you can keep Morten Harket (?sp) I want that guitarist!!! :oD

(UK)chart (US)Chart

06 DEC 85 7 12 TAKE ON ME (2) (1)
07 MAR 86 8 11 THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV (1) (20)
18 APR 87 13 9 CRY WOLF (5) (-)
25 JUL 87 5 14 THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS from the James BOND film of the same title (5) (-)
11 JUN 88 4 16 STAY ON THESE ROADS (5) (-)
05 NOV 88 11 13 THE BLOOD THAT MOVES THE BODY (25) (-)

I had loads of A-Ha posters when I was a kid, they weren't a one hit wonder!! The sun always shines on TV, Take on me....

A-ha (the best act ever, next to Orville) also had a hit with, 'The Sun Never Shines on TV'.

Yeah but he ain't getting any big hits!! LOL

Soft Cell are still going!! Well, Marc Almond is anyway. He still does the rounds :oD

Top 10 One-Hit Wonders (where did they go?? LOL)

10) Unbelievable – EMF
9) Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room) -- Paul Lekakis
8) What Is Love – Haddaway
7) It's Raining Men -- The Weather Girls
6) I'm Too Sexy -- Right Said Fred
5) Pump Up The Volume – MARRS
4) Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus
3) Rico Suave – Gerardo
2) Take On Me - A-Ha
1) Tainted Love - Soft Cell

Singer/songwriter Warren Zevon dies
From staff reports-USA Today

Warren Zevon, who struggled with terminal cancer while finishing his latest album, The Wind, died Sunday in his sleep at his home in West Hollywood, Calif., a spokesman said. Zevon was 56. He was the author of such wry tunes as Werewolves of London and I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.

His illness, diagnosed a year ago, resonated in the lyrics of his new album. He beseeched in the fragile Please Stay, "Will you stay with me to the end?"

Zevon succumbed to mesothelioma, a rare lung cancer usually linked to asbestos.

Housebound because of his illness, Zevon finished The Wind by recording his last session at his home. He lived long enough to see his daughter Ariel give birth to twin boys in June.



The Indifference of Heaven
written by Warren Zevon 1993 Zevon Music BMI

Time marches on
Time stands still
Time on my hands
Time to kill
Blood on my hands
And my hands in the till
Down at the 7-11
Gentle rain
Falls on me
All life folds back
Into the sea
We contemplate eternity
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven

The past seems realer than the present to me now
I've got memories to last me
When the sky is gray
The way it is today
I remember the times when I was happy

Same old sun
Same old moon
It's the same old story
Same old tune
They all say
Someday soon
My sins will all be forgiven
Gentle rain
Falls on me
All life folds back
Into the sea
We contemplate eternity
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven

They say "Everything's all right"
They say "Better days are near"
They tell us "These are the good times"
But they don't live around here
Billy and Christie don't--
Bruce and Patti don't--
They don't live around here

I had a girl
Now she's gone
She left town
Town burned down
Nothing left
But the sound
Of the front door closing forever

Gentle rain
Falls on me
All life folds back
Into the sea
We contemplate eternity
Beneath the vast indifference of heaven

1. John Lennon (solo stuff)
2. Simon & Garfunkel
3. The Cowboy Junkies
4. Van Morrison
5. Loreena McKennitt
6. Willie Nelson
7. Roberta Flack
8. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
9. Melanie
10. Elton John
11. Neil Diamond (pre-disco)
12. Cat Stevens
13. Supertramp
14. George Harrison
15. James Taylor
16. Paul McCartney (solo stuff)
17. Chicago
18. Billy Joel
19. Alanis Morisette (sort-of soft)
20. The Bee Gees (pre-disco, some great soft stuff)

NOTE: This list does not include some great soft stuff from my Rock list.

Best Soundtrack: Fiddler on the Roof

.1) Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
.2) The Beatles
.3) Pink Floyd
.4) The Cream
.5) Talking Heads
.6) Genesis (upto 'Selling England by the Pound')
.7) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
.8) Jethro Tull
.9) The Band
10) Stranglers

~*~

hmmmmmm the art of negotiation or manipulation lol whic one to use her lol

I like your list too baby. Maybe you can convince me I ought to reconsider on a few of them? LOL ;o)

very nice list honey...ok here goes mine :)

1. ZZ Top
2. Pink Floyd
3. Lynard Skynard
4. Metallica (old stuff)
5. The Who
6. Bad Company
7. CCR
8. Journey
9. Led Zeplin
10. Tom Petty

AGAIN...this does not reflect my entire taste in music. I enjoy a wide range of music.

You got the Right Group The Oakridgeboys

1. The Beatles
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Pink Floyd
4. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
5. The Rolling Stones
6. The Who
7. Lynard Skynard
8. The Eagles
9. The Doors
10. The Moody Blues

NEXT TEN:

11. Rush
12. Black Sabbath
13. AC-DC
14. Aerosmith (old stuff)
15. Fleetwood Mac
16. Paul McCartney & Wings
17. Creedance Clearwater Revival
18. The Allman Brothers Band
19. Janis Joplin
20. Eric Clapton

NOTE: Perhaps this is a typical list. It is a Rock list primarily and does NOT cover the full spectrum of my musical tastes. :o)

first did i get the other one right lol i pretty sure i did

Who sang Tequila Shelia ??
He aslso san Redneck Hippie Romance

im gonna say hank williams sr. :)

YOUR CHEATIN' HEART

Any one know who made this song poplar?


1. YOUR CHEAT-IN' HEART___will make you weep___ You'll cry and cry___and try to sleep___ But sleep won't come___the whole night through_YOUR CHEAT-IN' HEART___ will tell on you___When tears come down___ like fall-in' rain___You'll toss a-round____ and call my name_ You'll walk the ___floor___the way I do___YOUR CHEAT-IN' HEART___will tell on you___

2. YOUR CHEAT-IN' HEART___will pine some-day___ And crave the love___you threw a-way___The time will come___when you'll be blue___YOUR CHEAT-IN' HEART ___ will tell on you___When tears come down___like fall-in' rain___You'll toss a-round and call my name___ You'll walk the floor___the way I do___YOUR CHEAT-IN' HEART___will tell on you.

lol made my brain work early too lol...still trying to get tiitle...i not giving up lol

Has Anyone heard of the New Group Derailers??
I was just wondering cause i nevcer have yet

I knew you would know You got the Right Group

BTO,April Wine,Rush,Max Webster,Anvil,Triumph,Trooper,Sweeney Todd,The Stampeders,Loverboy,Prism....yawn...shall I continue? LOL

lol ok now im partially stumped.....i believe it is by the oakridge boys but still foggy on title :)

How about name a few linew in a song and then try to guess What song it is And By who

for example Name this old country tune and by Who
She sand Tamberine with a Silver jangle
and she must of know the words to at least a
Million tunes
What old country tune is that and by who
Ok Princes Kam KM Tell them

Thanks, Donna. Of course I was joking umh... are Terrence and Phillip considered a band?

David,your vast knowledge of music would and should indicate your teasing about the Canadian contribution to music via bands! LOL
Your words made me smile,for that I thank you! :-)

This weeks topic-This will be part one of a two parter-we'll look at groups (and next week we'll look at individuals). Some suggestions off the top of my head- favorite groups or maybe split it up say favorite rock, punk, metal, disco, country, western, rap. jazz, soul, 80's, 60's, todays....English, American, Czech, Canadian..uh are there any Canadian groups? j/k, pick a country...I think it might be interesting if people would pick something their not familiar with also along with their favorites, for example I don't know anything about country but I'll try to come up with some. Please don't be limited by my suggestions either, worst bands might be fun-give a reason-and don't flame, we can disagree but we don't have to be insulting, anyways you get the idea...Top 10 lists might be a good way to put them down. How about unknown or unpopular but great bands etc.

After I get some sleep I'll work on giving some of the basic stuff such as top selling, hits etc.
Remember your posts aren't limited to the topic-anything you want to discuss about music is up for grabs.

lol true.....as i said im the Country Princess :)

Very good
If you know the Hag then you Are a true Country Music Fan

"Are The Good Times Really Over For Good" byy Merle Haggard