RANKING MY FAVOURITE 25 BANDS AND SOLO ARTISTS

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  • Опубликовано: 24 янв 2025

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  • @canadianstudmuffin
    @canadianstudmuffin  17 дней назад +6

    *I forgot David Bowie, who would be inbetween Frank Zappa and Lou Reed in my ranking.*
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  • @fredericlatreille
    @fredericlatreille 16 дней назад +4

    My top:
    honorable mentions: Genesis, Van Morrison, the Tragically Hip, Weezer Frank Zappa, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Anthrax, Lagwagon
    25- Elton John
    24- David Bowie
    23- Deep Purple
    22- Cream
    21- U2
    20- Rush
    19- Sublime
    18 - The Velvet Revolver
    17- The Clash
    16- Les Colocs
    15- Rancid
    14- Pearl Jam
    13- NOFX
    12- The Who
    11- CCR
    10- The Doors
    9- Offenbach
    8- Harmonium
    7- Jimi Hendrix
    6- The Rolling Stones
    5- Led Zeppelin
    4- Simon & Garfunkel
    3- Pink Floyd
    2- CSNY [as a band and solo]
    1- The Beatles [as a band and solo]

  • @ethan-c093
    @ethan-c093 17 дней назад +3

    #2 surprised me, I definitely need to check out more of his stuff.

  • @jamieking158
    @jamieking158 17 дней назад +3

    Nice list!. I agree that albums by The Beatles always sound fresh 👍xxx.

  • @johng3456
    @johng3456 16 дней назад +2

    I have the same number 1 and 2. I was born in 1971 and liked mccartney before i really knew of the beatles. I remember liking the song pipes of peace. I bought no more lonely nights. his first album i owned was press to play. I then discovered the beatles through borrowing cassettes from the library.

  • @raynaRobichaud
    @raynaRobichaud 13 дней назад +1

    Grand Funk's red album was so innovating at the time it came out in 1969,the driving fuzzed out bass lines that jumped out in your face was just awesome especially to a learning bass player that I was at the time, that's why this album of theirs stands out the most to me, and of course Mel is one of my altime favorite bassist who is very much underrated. 😎👍

  • @JohannesYtterstrom
    @JohannesYtterstrom 17 дней назад +2

    Nice list Larry. I am fan enough of yours to seen quite a few coming and it's good of you to put some extra time/effort to those bands/artists which people might not know much about.
    Here is my Top 25. I think I originally got down 96 different choices to 25. As you say.. It's not easy when you love bands and artists for different reasons and in different ways. Some are very nostalgic. Some I listen to much right now. Some might have a huge catalog others a small strong catalog. Some a great songwriters others are simply excellent musicians. How do you compare Frank Zappa to AC/DC? Neil Young to Grand Funk Railroad? The Beach Boys to Jimi Hendrix Experience? You just have to go with your heart!
    My Top 25:
    25. Uriah Heep
    24. Curtis Mayfield
    23. The Dixie Dregs
    22. The Band
    21. Genesis
    20. Black Sabbath
    19. Steely Dan
    18. Simon & Garfunkel
    17. Led Zeppelin
    16. Diana Ross
    15. The Doors
    14. Mike Oldfield
    13. The Temptations
    12. Thin Lizzy
    11. Kansas
    10. Wishbone Ash
    9. The Rolling Stones
    8. Michael Jackson
    7. Judas Priest
    6. Jethro Tull
    5. Van Halen
    4. Aerosmith
    3. Blue Öyster Cult
    2. Queen
    1. Deep Purple

    • @JohannesYtterstrom
      @JohannesYtterstrom 16 дней назад +2

      Notes to my list for each choice:
      25. Uriah Heep
      A big and uneven catalog. Great and good stuff all over but just too uneven in quality from the start to really reach the top for me.
      24. Curtis Mayfield
      Soul man who started great with The Impressions and made a successful transfer as a soloartist. Very easily enjoyable tunes that could be just that or have deeper meanings to them. A very original voice. When listening to soul/rn'b I find many sort of sound similar. Curtis stands out.
      23. The Dixie Dregs
      Short and sweet catalog. The name sounds like they could be similar to Lyrnyrd Skynyrd or The Allman Brothers but is something different. I love how complex and serious the playing is while so fun and often fast. Can be beautiful at times too.
      22. The Band
      I searched for Bob Dylan and found The Band. His backing band quite early on that made a name for themselves. Just so different compared to anything of the time and still are.
      21. Genesis
      Peter Gabriel or Phil Collins? I say both. I think most there records contain some really good songs!
      20. Black Sabbath
      I like most their albums regardless of singer or line-up. Some a great and others good.
      19. Steely Dan
      Just such a perfect catalog. I am not a huge jazz-guy but can appreciate aspects of it. Steely Dan brings it in a great package.
      18. Simon & Garfunkel
      Could almost gone with just Paul Simon and that was a hard part about making the list. To stay to with something specific.. Not bring in all different side projects. I would have loved many more albums from these two but I am happy with what we got.
      17. Led Zeppelin
      A band I used to rank higher. Love them but should I rank something I don't really listen to very much before others I listen to all of the time?
      16. Diana Ross
      The only female singer on my list and my favorite. I think her voice really has something unique and smooth. Could make any half-decent song sound better!
      15. The Doors
      To me. Americans maybe first real rock band and still one of the best!
      14. Mike Oldfield
      Many albums and varied styles. Somebody who went wherever he wanted and while I am not a huge fan of everything. There are plenty of good stuff.
      13. The Temptations
      Motown had many acts. Quite many groups with several different singers. None more diverse and fun as The Temptations. Today maybe more a brand than a band but I'd still love to seem them live. So many great singers and strong songs over the years.
      12. Thin Lizzy
      While I love rock and roll I can sort of understand others who don't. I think Thin Lizzy is a great way to start a journey from pop or current music into rock. It's simple, diverse, great lyrics and a great singer. Just more accessible than many other of the bands out there. I feel.
      11. Kansas
      American prog rock. Doesn't sound like the british heroes King Crimson, Genesis, Yes and those but found a great sound of their own.
      10. Wishbone Ash
      The foundation of my love for twin-guitar. Other bands become more successful but they are still out there and have a sound a really love.
      9. The Rolling Stones
      I remember a guy in my class having Rolling Stones as his favorites. I never really cared much for the actual guy but checked out Rolling Stones because of it. With the years their music has grown and grown on me. I can appreciate anything for any era. I feel their later day is very underrated. While the albums often have some mediocre material (even the best of them!) .. There is still much to like.
      8. Michael Jackson
      Just very nostalgic and probably my main gate into soul and rn'b music. I even think his earliest records before Off the Wall is quite good.
      7. Judas Priest
      My favorite metal band. I love their sound and overall catalog. I like that they went into different eras but always still sounded like them.
      6. Jethro Tull
      I love the energy, vibes and rhythms of this band. Just went their own way and Ian Andersson would bring most frontmen to absolute shame. Flute? Guitar? Dancing? Witty? Singer of advanced lyrics? Standing on one leg?
      5. Van Halen
      There is an energy and attitude in american rock bands I love... The Doors, Grand Funk Railroad, Ted Nugent, Aerosmith and even Kiss that I really like. That combined with their sound just make me wanna go back in time and forget today!
      4. Aerosmith
      Love classic Aerosmith. Really like their "come back". Not a huge fan of their later day.
      3. Blue Öyster Cult
      Just so diverse songs. One trouble I find with other rock bands is that many songs sound sort of similar. Blue Öyster Cult had so influences and created something really unique. I also agree with Larry. Buck Dharma is a real favorite guitar player.
      2. Queen
      I love how they went from a almost Black Sabbath heavy band to something completely different. Also wanting to explore and put the song first (okay, maybe not so much on Hot Space).
      1. Deep Purple
      Man I miss Jon Lord (even though Don Airey is awesome). I like that they go their own way and make their own sound no matter who is in the band. The tree of Deep Purple leads to Gillan, Rainbow, Steve Morse Band, Captain Beyond, The Dixie Dregs, Warhorse, Whitesnake, Blackmore's Night, Trapeze, Black Country Communion and just keeps growing. In the end I go back to Deep Purple.

  • @GlenKellawayfromthebasement
    @GlenKellawayfromthebasement 17 дней назад +2

    Larry so happy to see you excited about King Crimson..Genesis is moving up on my list too..surprised Yes has dropped..enjoyed this Larry..thanks for doing it..

  • @AnthonyKiyola
    @AnthonyKiyola 16 дней назад +3

    I have it a try. My top 5 are basically equal.
    1 Elvis Presley
    2 AC/DC
    3 Iron Maiden
    4 Black Sabbath
    5 Judas Priest
    6 Bob Marley
    7 Jimi Hendrix
    8 T Rex
    9 The Yardbirds
    10 Slayer
    11 Sepultura
    12 Public Enemy
    13 Ice T and Body Count
    14 The Doors
    15 Dead Kennedys
    16 The Clash
    17 The Velvet Underground
    18 The Rolling Stones
    19 Chuck Berry
    20 Gene Vincent
    21 The Beach Boys
    22 Cream
    23 Bjork
    24 Bob Dylan
    25 Ice Cube
    I like the Beatles but for me they will always be the band my older sisters like 🤓 ✌🏽

  • @nicholasperl
    @nicholasperl 17 дней назад +4

    Very nice list 👌
    My top ten would probably be
    1. The Beach Boys
    2. The Beatles
    3. Van Dyke Parks
    4. Beastie Boys
    5. Badfinger
    6. Black Sabbath
    7. Frank Sinatra
    8. Tiny Tim
    9. Pink Floyd
    10. Donovan

  • @tomklenskjr.2491
    @tomklenskjr.2491 16 дней назад +2

    I’m not sure if these are in the proper order; but they do represent my overall list of favorite artists (more or less) 😉
    1. R.E.M.
    2. Pet Shop Boys
    3. The Magnetic Fields
    4. Steely Dan
    5. The Rolling Stones
    6. Talking Heads
    7. Tom Petty
    8. The Mountain Goats
    9. Neil Young
    10. Elton John
    11. The Cars
    12. The Beatles
    13. U2
    14. David Bowie
    15. Silver Jews
    16. Queen
    17. Lucinda Williams
    18. Belle and Sebastian
    19. Tori Amos
    20. Paul Simon
    21. Creedence Clearwater Revival
    22. Jellyfish
    23. Genesis
    24. The Smiths
    25. The Monkees

  • @LiquidDemonsVIDS
    @LiquidDemonsVIDS 17 дней назад +3

    Excellent concept from Glen! I'm figuring there is a distinction between best and favourite. Like for sure The Rolling Stones would be top 1-5 of all time but I never listen to their albums these days. So my current faves would be:
    The Beatles
    Bruce Springsteen
    Vampire Weekend
    Rilo Kiley
    The Beach Boys
    Bob Dylan
    Paul Simon
    Randy Newman
    Neil Young
    Led Zeppelin
    The Lovin' Spoonful
    The Mountain Goats

  • @User-je8ds
    @User-je8ds День назад +2

    Nice list! Here's mine:
    1. Eminem
    2. The Beatles
    3. Led Zeppelin
    4. The Weeknd
    5. Slipknot
    6. ABBA
    7. Queen
    8. Dua Lipa
    9. 50 cent
    10. Coldplay
    11. D12
    12. Dr. Dre
    13. Metallica
    14. Linkin Park
    15. Michael Jackson
    16. Ed Sheeran
    17. Nirvana
    18. Elvis Presley
    19. Queens Of The Stone Age
    20. Bad Meets Evil
    21. Avicii
    22. Drake
    23. Black Sabbath
    24. Adele
    25. Rage Against The Machine

  • @painless465
    @painless465 16 дней назад +2

    Do you like Pavement? My friends two favorite bands are Ween and pavement. Love your picks, I would have Dylan, Neil Young at 1 and 2, probably Bowie at 3. Lou Reed , BOC and Beefheart would be in my top ten. Brian Eno and Pere Ubu as well. Great Ranking!

  • @TheVanmanderpootz
    @TheVanmanderpootz 16 дней назад +2

    1.The Rolling Stones
    2.The Small Faces
    3.Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
    4.Lou Reed
    5.Wreckless Eric
    6.Graham Parker and the Rumour + some of his solo LPs
    7.Jonathan Richman 1976-1998 (though there are some LPs in there I don't like)
    8.Buddy Holly
    9.The Jam
    10.The Kinks (1964-1971)
    Outside Top 10
    CCR, The Monkees, Roxette, dEUS (1st 3 Lps especially), Roxy Music (1972-1975), U2 (1980-2000 ) , Chuck Berry, Big Star (1st 2 lps)
    I included the Velvet Underground discography in with Lou Reed. Yes I cheated.

  • @juliemusique-tn4dp
    @juliemusique-tn4dp 17 дней назад +3

    I NEVER GET TIRED OF THE BEATLES ITS IMPOSSIBLE

  • @of6594
    @of6594 16 дней назад +2

    Shooting from the hip when we go a bit down the list but here we go:
    1. King Crimson
    2. Led Zeppelin
    3. Blue Öyster Cult
    4. Mountain
    5. Black Sabbath
    6. Lou Reed
    7. UFO
    8. Iggy Pop
    9. Rush
    10. Pretenders
    11. Humble Pie
    12. Judas Priest
    13. The Beatles
    14. The Rolling Stones
    15. Queens of the stone age
    16. Lucifer's friend
    17. Golden Earring
    18. Wishbone Ash
    19. Cream
    20. Velvet Underground
    21. Deep Purple
    22. Jimi Hendrix Experience
    23. Roxy Music
    24. Sir Lord Baltimore
    25. Jeff Beck
    26. Small Faces
    27. Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes
    28. Neil Young
    29. Yes
    30. The Yardbirds
    31. Faces
    32. The Zombies
    A few too many... sorry!

  • @boebylaybe6477
    @boebylaybe6477 13 дней назад +1

    How the heck do you rank these things?
    Alphabetically:
    Syd Barrett/early Floyd
    Beatles
    Beefheart
    Blondie
    Can
    Cheap Trick
    Deep Purple
    Devo
    Eno
    Gentle Giant
    Hendrix
    Buddy Holly (and Crickets)
    King Crimson
    King Gizzard
    Kinks
    Led Zep
    Paul McCartney
    monks
    The Nice
    Gary Numan (and Tubeway Army)
    Rush
    Shonen Knife
    Talk Talk
    The Who
    Yes
    I dunno...Runner up: April Wine? I never really got into them, but they have an amazing catalogue of singles.
    Thanks for the high-quality entertainment!

  • @davidellis5141
    @davidellis5141 17 дней назад +1

    The Cure , XTC , Love , The Clash & The Church are my 5 favourite bands. Tom Verlaine is my favourite musician. An amazing & underrated guitarist.

  • @boebylaybe6477
    @boebylaybe6477 17 дней назад +1

    Nice to see Can, Crimson and Beefheart on your list. That is also the weirdest picture of the Moody Blues I've ever seen. Cheers!

  • @adamfindlay7091
    @adamfindlay7091 16 дней назад +1

    Nice video. Older years i find myself not anle to discern or rate artists lke American, Brit, Canadian i can hardly recall where theyre all from except the Beatles whole trip was them coming to us from...over there ( not musically i mean geographically). 3@m writing please disregard w/out glasses...

  • @yatestom4845
    @yatestom4845 16 дней назад +2

    Kinks sleepwalker is great

  • @olavirannisto3552
    @olavirannisto3552 17 дней назад +1

    I've been listening to the Beatles for 50 years and I'm always amazed at how good they were; forever #1. Although I like many of Paul's songs, John's music touches me even more. His singing voice is impressive, but of course solo career was unfortunately short. I'm perhaps a little surprised that The Rolling Stones isn't higher on your list.

  • @christianreuter5810
    @christianreuter5810 14 дней назад +1

    Where were the DeFranco Family, the the Partridge Family and the Osmond Brothers!

  • @HeyMrRain
    @HeyMrRain 17 дней назад +1

    Have you ever listened to any of John Cale's music? He seems like an artist you would enjoy

    • @canadianstudmuffin
      @canadianstudmuffin  17 дней назад

      Just a bit and really liked it.

    • @HeyMrRain
      @HeyMrRain 16 дней назад +1

      @@canadianstudmuffin A full album or just a few songs, here and there?

    • @canadianstudmuffin
      @canadianstudmuffin  16 дней назад

      Just some songs.

    • @HeyMrRain
      @HeyMrRain 16 дней назад

      @@canadianstudmuffin Oh, cool. If you do plan on getting more into his music, I think the album Fear would be a good place to start. Paris 1919 is definitely a must listen as well, but I think Fear is more suited to your personal taste

  • @jesses.9843
    @jesses.9843 16 дней назад +2

    I was sure of KISS being at least in the top 3, since you finally listened to the elder. Maybe you had already recorded this one…

  • @DavidArthur-wo7tv
    @DavidArthur-wo7tv 17 дней назад +2

    Larry buddy do you like the band badfinger

    • @canadianstudmuffin
      @canadianstudmuffin  17 дней назад +3

      Yes, they are great.

    • @DavidArthur-wo7tv
      @DavidArthur-wo7tv 17 дней назад +1

      @@canadianstudmuffin I thought so buddy because they do remind me of the Beatles I love them too

  • @KikkanBhler
    @KikkanBhler 17 дней назад +3

    Where is Bowie???

    • @nicholasperl
      @nicholasperl 17 дней назад +5

      @@KikkanBhler He's #26 ;)

    • @KikkanBhler
      @KikkanBhler 17 дней назад +1

      😂

    • @canadianstudmuffin
      @canadianstudmuffin  17 дней назад +4

      I simply forgot about him, it's easy to do when doing these rankings. He would be between Frank Zappa and Lou Reed in my rankings. Thanks.

  • @easleyreacts5827
    @easleyreacts5827 17 дней назад +1

    How you feel about the Beatles is how I feel about Iron Maiden!

  • @janetsampson1779
    @janetsampson1779 17 дней назад +4

    Larry,I don't listen to anything Glen listens to and somewhere along the line we lost him,the poor lost soul,he's now anti Beatles!,so very sad,we will pray for you Glen and Larry of course for me Paul and the Beatles are my number one and two,there's Paul and the Beatles and then there's everyone else,Glen oh Glen,what went wrong! Bob

    • @GlenKellawayfromthebasement
      @GlenKellawayfromthebasement 17 дней назад +4

      lol………Bob….I am not anti Beatles….they are the greatest band of all time...I just don’t play their albums and made the decision that they shouldn’t make my list of favourites if I am not playing them..

    • @randytaylor220
      @randytaylor220 17 дней назад +4

      It’s funny as time marches on who you end up liking who you never listened to much before. I’ve been listening to a lot of Elvis and have really found some amazing performances especially from his 69-73 tours.
      I would never have put him in a 25 list a year ago but I think he would make my top twenty.
      And the same for Aretha Franklin. She would make my top 10 at least and I’m a die hard 60’s-80’s classic rock guy