Never got Springsteen. A middle class guy from Jersey who talks with a Tennessean accent and was a millionaire by the time he was 25 who laments about the struggle of the working man. And he doesn't even talk about blue collar workers with a sense of nobility. It's more from pity -- which I find condescending.
Pink Floyd Rush Jethro Tull Black Sabbath The Beatles David Bowie Deep Purple/Rainbow King Crimson The Who Frank Zappa Honorable mentions: Gentle Giant, T. Rex, Eloy, CCR, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin
In 1970 as a 15 year old with my 14 year old girlfriend we went to Hype Park to see Pink Floyd playing Atom Heart Mother ( their second live performance but this time with orchestra and choir) beautiful sunny day. Only us and 100,000 others. Today, I still love that record and she is still my best friend.
Like you, I was 15 in 1970, but being a Brummie, saw the Floyd later on in their Atom Heart Mother tour, in December, at Birmingham Town Hall. No girlfriend at the time, though. Anyway, last year I was having a loft clearout and I came accross a book I'd bought as a schoolkid and I noticed a piece of blue paper sticking out of it, sandwiched in between the pages. Much to my delight, I discovered it was the ticket stub from that Floyd concert. I'd evidently kept it and used it as a bookmark back in the day. I was selling stuff from the loft on eBay and I wondered if pop memorabilia collectors would like to bid a few quid for it. Indeed they did like to. And more than just a few quid. I finally sold it to a guy in Jersey in the Channel Islands for an astonishing £150 ($195 USD). It paid for that 17 old shillings face-value concert ticket - £11.30 decimal equivalent today with inflaton - thirteen times over! Get rummaging in your loft, you musos.
Great artist list 😍 Mine: 1- Genesis 2- Pink Floyd 3- Peter Gabriel 4- King Crimson 5- The Beatles 6- Marillion 7-- Talk Talk 8- Tears for fears 9- Jeff Buckley 10- Supertramp 11- Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson 12- Dire Straits 13- IQ 14- Simple Minds 15- Elbow 16- The electric soft parade 17- Doves 18- Queensryche 19- Radiohead 20- Roxy Music
Nobody actually genuinely cares that much about other peoples music taste. It's just an echo chamber. You list bands or artists you like in the hope of getting a thumbs up from strangers online, hoping your music taste is vindicated.
“Animals” is my absolute favorite Pink Floyd album. It represents the last gasp of Gilmore and Waters collaborative synergy before the volte-face into more literary and personal musings via Waters with “The Wall” and “The Final Cut.”
@@TJR-ClassicRockCorner0124 It really wasn't a Roger Waters solo album. The entire album is completely immersed in the wonderful musicality of both David and Richard. Roger wrote the lyrics, but the playing on it is a true group effort, unlike The Wall and The Final Cut which came afterwards. What KieranKessinger3400 states is completely true. It's also my favourite Pink Floyd album.
@@Silkyfur Animals was a Roger album. David was not as involved as he was because his daughter was born and was absent and much of the rhythm guitar on the album was Roger. Rick was getting silenced out by Roger and he had distanced himself from the rest of the band. Roger rejected Rick’s ideas and music and it was the start of the whole ego thing in the band
@@TJR-ClassicRockCorner0124 Raving and Drooling (Sheep) and You Gotta Be Crazy (Dogs) were developed by the band performing the songs in concert prior to Wish You Were Here. The songs would not have turned out the way they did if it wasn't for the entire band developing them together. Richard Wright's signature playing is all over the record (compared to the following two albums). Roger playing rhythm guitar doesn't make it his solo album, that is a ridiculous statement. Roger is playing the rhythm guitar on Pigs, because David is playing the bass throughout the entire song, and as a bass player myself, the entire bass line on Pigs is one of the most entertaining bass lines for me to play. With your reasoning, Sergeant Pepper is a Paul McCartney solo album and not a Beatles-album. Richard Wright contributed more to Animals than what George Harrison did to Sergeant Pepper, and David Gilmour's work on Animals would equal John Lennon's contributions to the Sergeant Pepper project.
@@TJR-ClassicRockCorner0124 Lol. Gilmour wrote the music for Dogs which is the masterpiece of the album, and he's all over Pigs (and Wright all over Sheep).
Interesting. The Wall is one of my all-time top 5 albums. It's not that it's weighed down with absolute classics, as it isn't. It's as much about the feel and the mood it radiates and how it all hangs together, as scatty and meandering as much of it is. But to me that's part of its strength. An album that's definitely much stronger than the sum of its parts in my opinion.
Tom Waits ; Elvis Costello ; Van Morrison in the 70s ; Joe Jackson ; Psychedelic Furs ; ; Charles Mingus ; REM ; Bruce Springsteen ; The Beatles ; Neil Young; Lynyrd Skynyrd
Ooh, I like that list a lot. Morrison, Mingus, Costello and Young should be in my top 10, but there's just not enough room for everyone, is there? It's annoying
Clearly you have impeccable taste! My favorite band is PF as well. I agree with several of the artists on your list and I appreciate that you included Billy Joel. I find that he doesn't always get the attention he deserves as a singer/songwriter-as well as being an amazing musician.
Pink Floyd were always gonna be your number one Barry 👍 The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Free-Bad Company Humble Pie The Faces Deep Purple Traffic The Alan Parsons Project Bowie Pink Floyd Genesis....
1. Richard Thompson 2. Blue Oyster Cult 3. Jethro Tull 4. The Ramones 5. The Beatles 6. David Bowie 7. Bruce Springsteen 8. Bob Dylan 9. UFO 10. Jesus and the Mary Chain
1. Beatles + Solo works 2. Yes 3. The Beach Boys/Brian Wilson 4. Bob Dylan 5. Leonard Cohen 6. John Foxx / Ultravox! 7. Stevie Wonder 8. Soft Machine 9. Nick Drake 10. Jethro Tull That's what i think today, the Beatles do tend to stay at number 1 & deservedly so.
My list 1. Pink Floyd 2. King Crimson 3. Nick Drake 4. The Cure (except for their 90s stuff onwards, minus Bloodflowers 2000 which is good) 5. Pulp 6. Joy Division / New Order (it is basically a continuation) 7. Rush 8. Traffic 9. The Smiths 10. Depeche Mode Special mentions to Genesis (up until A Trick of the Tail), Elton John (his early 70s stuff), Kraftwerk, Spilt Enz, Crowded House, Cypress Hill, Tears for Fears and Roxy Music. A bit of variety on what I like.
Roth era Van Halen.. Richie Blackmore Deep purple..The Who..The Doors..Moody blues..Jon Anderson YES..Jimi Hendrix Experience..King Crimson..my favorites
Great list, most of these artists would certainly be in my top 20 if not the top 10 itself. The only one I’ve not really explored is Jethro Tull. For what it’s worth I think my list would comprise the following (not necessarily in order): The Beatles Pink Floyd / Roger Waters (solo) Led Zeppelin Steely Dan The Doors David Bowie The Rolling Stones The Who U2 Roxy Music Neil Young Paul McCartney / Wings The Velvet Underground The Kinks Joni Mitchell Paul Simon / Simon & Garfunkel Genesis Yes Bob Dylan Bruce Springsteen Love the videos!
In no particular order: 10. Joy Division/New Order 9. Hüsker Dü 8. The Chameleons 7. Guided By Voices 6. Television 5. Big Star 4. Richard Thompson 3. Stooges/Iggy Pop 2. Killing Joke 1. Nick Cave
My list has changed through the years, but over time these are the ones I still gravitate toward: 10. Tom Waits 9. Billy Joel 8. Todd Rundgren 7. Leon Russell 6. Frank Zappa 5. Bob Dylan 4. Johnny Cash 3. Miles Davis 2. The Beatles 1. Otis Redding
10) Chris Whitley 9) Joe Walsh 8) Yes 7) Led Zeppelin 6) The Black Crowes 5) John Prine 4) Genesis 3) The Who 2) The Beatles 1) Pink Floyd 11) The Rolling Stones/ Neil Young / Steely Dan
ironically i heard yesterday the pheobe bridgers cover and prines on indie radio tge summer song frok.his last record have to agree wirh those chris witley had buried in a crate think gave to my nephew
Cool video, here are my ten (at the moment, off the top of my head): 1. Wishbone Ash 2. Pink Floyd 3. Poco (wholly underrated in my opinion, Richie Furay has a great voice and is a wonderful songwriter, even after he left they were still great) 4. Blue Oyster Cult 5. Emerson Lake and Palmer 6. Deep Purple 7. Robin Trower 8. Camel 9. Jethro Tull 10. Buffalo Springfield Bonus: Iron Butterfly (you should review Butterfly Bleu, a great album, wholly unknown imo)
My Top 10 bands: 1. Marillion (all) 2. Big Big Train (The David Longdon era) 3. Genesis 4. Supertramp 5. Rush 6. Gazpacho 7. All About Eve 8. IQ 9. Dire Straits 10. Oasis
1. The Who 2. Delaney and Bonnie and Friends 3. The Band 4. The Clash 5. The original Allman Brothers 6. ZZ Top 7. Stevie Wonder 8. Dire Straits 9. Derek and the Dominoes 10. The entire Stax Catalogue Honorable mentions: The Pogues, Big Star, Traveling Wilburys, Marvin Gaye, Traffic and The Mad Dogs and Englishmen..
For me the list is currently: John Coltrane, Sun Ra, Peter Gabriel, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Jethro Tull, Frank Zappa, Ozric Tentacles, Mountain. I'll press the "comment" button now, by which time the list may well have altered...
01. The Beatles 02. Tom Waits 03. Lou Reed 04. Bjork 05. Jimi Hendrix 06. Peter Gabriel 07. Pink Floyd 08. Talking Heads 09. Rolling Stones 10. The Kinks 11. The Beach Boys 12. Sex Pistols
A very respectable list, it’s nice to see the positive side of your opinion. I find that more interesting. Of course it would great if Traffic got it’s due, but that would be my list not yours I suppose. They revolutionized the rock sound by adding flute and saxophone while making the organ, not the guitar the centerpiece instrument. Add Winwood’s voice and it’s just magic.
I think your critique of many of the artists are spot on. I appreciate the thoughtful commentary on all your videos and the time you must spend to deliver top notch content.
My turn😂 Beatles, 10 CC, Cream, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Cat Stevens, Men at work, Kinks. Eric Clapton. All these artists feed me with their exquisite sensitivity, deceptive power, warm embrace and idiosyncratic musicality. Just listen to SITTING BY Cat Stevens.
Great list. Pink Floyd, the Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Neil Young are bands/artists that I’ve been a fan of for over 45-years. Like you I had the Red and Blue albums and wore the grooves off of them. Funny Neil Young story from my university days: I was hiking on Mt Shasta in Northern California with a friend. It was June but there was snow on the ground. Beautiful California day not a cloud in the sky and we got so badly sunburned that our faces blistered. Later self medicating with beer and herb, some old hippies told us that the world would end in 1982 when the planets aligned and that aliens would rescue the beautiful people at Mt Shasta as foretold in Neil Young’s After the Gold Rush. I’ve never listened to that song the same way after that. World didn’t end and I’m still here. Those were the days.
Ten Bands and Artists I Love: Rush Gentle Giant Frank Zappa Jethro Tull King Crimson Black Sabbath Soundgarden Jack O’ The Clock Dixie Dregs Barock Project
@@PaulBrown-il3wl, thanks Paul! Yes, I love Barock Project. Time Voyager is one of my favorite releases so far in 2024. Luca Zabbini is brilliant in my opinion.
Great video, I confirm we have a very similar palate when it comes to classic rock; I've also watched your "10 bands I hate" videos, I've some coincidences and some differences there. Just out of curiosity, I've 3 bands about which I'd like to know your opinion: Yes, Dire Stratis, Rush; I personally love all 3, BTW
1.- The Beatles 2.- The Doors 3.- Jimi Hendrix 4.- The Who 5.- The Rolling Stones 6.- Canned Heat 7.- The Pretty Things 8.- The Allman Brothers 9.- Led Zeppelin 10 .- Cream
Oh caned heat.... Not so obscure to me. Such a unique sounding band ,or was that just in the production, not in my top ten. But defiantly worthy.. Didn't the lead singer join the 27 club via some mysterious type of demise???
@@Dlweta57...........yes, Al "Blind Owl" Wilson died of an apparent drug overdose although he shared vocals with Bob "Bear" Hite most of the time ------ the obese Hite also died relatively young too !
Nice video as per usual. My unsolicited list: 1. The Clash 2. The Beatles 3. The Who 4. James Brown 5. Pink Floyd 6. Peter Gabriel (including his time in Genesis) 7. David Bowie 8. Parliament-Funkadelic 9. Eric Clapton (including his "band" era) 10. Stevie Wonder 11ish. The Beach Boys, King Crimson, Sly And The Family Stone, etc. Again, well done. Cheers.
@StuartBenson-ih3dn Thanks. Give Gabriel a go. I think you'll like him. Might want to start with either his first solo album (self-titled, but nicknamed "Car"), his 3rd (also self-titled, nicknamed "Melt"), or So. If you like world music, his soundtrack to The Last Temptation Of Christ (titled Passion) is outstanding. Happy listening. Cheers.
@@csmith1298 The soundtrack stuff intrigues me. I think I’ll check that out first. All I really know are his singles..but even something as ludicrous as ‘Steam’ screams idiosyncratic to me.
@StuartBenson-ih3dn Fair enough. Passion may be the choice for you, especially if your favorite Clash record is, say, Sandinista!. Not that they share a WHOLE lot of similarities with Gabriel besides their fondness for world music. Nevertheless, quality is quality. I do think that Joe Strummer did some recordings at Gabriel's studio, Real World, though I'm not sure when or exactly what he recorded. Regardless, hope you enjoy whatever you choose to listen to.
@@csmith1298 My referring to the ‘Us’ era as idiosyncratic was a compliment btw! But I do love the music of other cultures. Even when it’s a posh white bloke exploring them.
1: The Beatles 2: Frank Zappa and The Mothers 3: Television 4: The Ramones 5: The Stones 6: Jethro Tull 7: Can 8: Moody Blues 9: Van Morrison 10: The Doors (Live in particular)
@@Evelyn-h5q Yes, Sting had quite the ego, but I think he mellowed over the years. His interview with Rick Beato was terrific. His solo career however, while I like some of it, was just so blah and boring. I can’t believe in all these years he never felt compelled to do anything new and creative with Andy and Stewart. Come to think of it, Roger Hodgson and Sting had a lot in common with both leaving their bands at the height of their successes.
I never doubted Floyd would be your #1 band. They’ve been my absolute ever since my college days in the early eighties. And I wasn’t even familiar yet with any of their albums before Meddle. However, once I grew to know their more vintage material, that would forever solidify my captivation for Floyd.
Love your channel. 1. The Beatles 2. The Police 3. Pink Floyd 4. Rush 5. Iron Maiden 6. The Tragically Hip 7. Daniel Lanois 8. The Doors 9. The Cure 10. Deep Purple It's an eclectic mix, for sure. Honourable mentions; Bauhaus, Gary Numan, Joy Division, Genesis(old Genesis), Yes, Love and Rockets, David Bowie, Sinead O'Connor, Echo and the Bunnymen, Flock of Seagulls, DEVO...
@brianbell3836 I do like Eno, was actually listening to 'warm jets' yesterday. Zappa was always on the periphery for me, a great musician, but I don't like enough of it to replace any of my top 10. If I added all my honourable mentions, you would still be reading.
Went to Cornbury Music Festival to see Half Man Half Biscuit yonks ago and saw Paul Simon by accidentl and realised that these 'old' guys know their stuff. He was absolutely awesome.
1. The Fall, Mark E Smith, wanted success yet didn’t, an enigma of a Man that wrote some wonderful stuff. 2. Saint Etienne my guilty pleasure always had a crush on Sarah Cracknell, ‘’Too young to die is such a wonderful album to me. 3. Stewart Copeland, his work on the Equalizer is legendary, and his seminal album The Rhythmatist, forget Simon’s South African shite, Coplelands album is the real deal. 4. The The Matt Johnson Soul Mining, legend. 5. Johnny Foreigner my favourite indie band, very very good band 6.Isaac Hayes, mainly for the great album “Hot Buttered Soul 7. Nat King Cole, the Man had the smoothest voice ever. 8. Gary Newman, the pleasure principle was my jam 9. OMD, legends of the synth I had best of and wore the vinyl out. 10. AmyL and the Sniffers, biting hard sound with a female dynamo lead, great Australian punk.
My top twenty offhand: 1) The Clash 2) The Who 3) Ornette Coleman 4) Talking Heads 5) PJ Harvey 6) Stevie Wonder 7) Sonic Youth 8) Joni Mitchell 9) Neil Young 10) Jimi Hendrix Experience 11) Mekons 12) Prince 13) Miles Davis 14) Velvet Underground 15) Minutemen 16) Captain Beefheart 17) Mahavishnu Orchestra 18) King Crimson 19) Public Enemy 20) Raincoats The order isn't set in stone, and there's another 10 or 20 I could add, but you get the gist.
My Ten ,in no particular order. 10) Uriah Heep 9) Thunder 8) Thin Lizzy 7) Rival Sons 6) Deep Purple 5) Free 4) Whitesnake 3) Rainbow 2) Joe Bonamassa 1) Gary Moore Honorable mention - Richie Kotzen, The Sweet, Led Zeppelin, Black (Dio) Sabbath.
interesting selection indeed. For me it has to be: 1. The Beatles - My earliest memories are seeing them on TV 2. Rolling Stones - The danger and decadence 3. Hawkwind - The Space Ritual changed my life in 1973 and is my constant companion 4. Pink Floyd - DSOTM is the first album I heard in stereo, Meddle is still my favourite 5. Black Sabbath - Defined heaviness 6. Bob Dylan - 'Nuff said 7. Steeleye Span - except for 'All Around My Twat' 8. Motorhead - Lemmy IS God 9. Joni Mitchell - that voice 10. Genesis - Gabriel era only. So quirky and inventive.
Younger people certainly don't know this, but decades ago, we heard the name "Pink Floyd" for the first time and didn't know "WHAT" it was, whether it was a person, a duo, a group or the cow on the album cover. It was something really intriguing, mysterious.
So what you're telling me is you didn't look on the back of albums? Can't blame you, everyone was stoned back then. There was even that promoter, who really should have known better, that asked for "Led Zeppelin and his backing band" : )
@@RyanKeogh-b7r The name and the songs circulated before any promotional material and it was very common to copy a copy of a copy from a cassette borrowed from someone who could get access more quickly. :)
@@RyanKeogh-b7r "There was even that promoter, who really should have known better, that asked for "Led Zeppelin and his backing band"". I think most people will understand that little 'faux pas', as he was probably a gentleman of a certain age. The same indulgence would not be extended to teenagers of the time, because, well, they should know better. I remember reading of a schoolboy, who, eager to impress his friends, wanted to show just how hip he was by scrawling the name of the most obscure band he could think of on his school bag. He had assumed that Mantovani were a heavy metal band.
Pink Floyd is also my favourite and dark side of the moon is still on high rotation at my house even after all these years. I believe that in the future people will listen to this album and think WTF is this incredible sound.
I saw Jethro Tull at Hyde Park in the summer of 1968. I loved Anderson's antics but not so much the music, which was too bluesy for me. Once Mick Abrahams left, it was game on for the next thirty years
John Coltrane,Archie Shepp,Miles Davis,Ornette Coleman,Wayne Shorter,Albert Ayler, Cecil Taylor,Pharoah Sanders, Lou Reed and Leonard Cohen. Alice Coltrane should get a big mention.
Given that I'm mostly stuck in the past .... 1) Yes 2) Gabriel Era Genesis 3) Supertramp 4) Camel 5) Peter Gabriel 6) New Order 7) Porcupine Tree 8) Kraftwerk 9) Public Service Broadcasting 10) Talk Talk
I have the same top 3. I couldn't rank XTC above the Beatles though, because The Beatles are the Beatles and were a big influence on XTC,, but XTC runs a VERY close 2nd, IMO.
1. The Kinks 2. Pink Floyd 3 Bowie (69 - 81) 3. Simple Minds (early) 3. David Sylvian/Japan 4. Kate Bush 5. Robert Calvert/Hawklords 6. Peter Gabriel 7. Lou Reed 8. Brian Eno 9. Alice Cooper 10. Vangelis Others: PIL, The Who, Nick Drake, Roger Waters, Trevor Horn, Kraftwerk, Led Zeppelin, Iggy Pop, Al Green, SAHB, Ritchie Blackmore, Julian Cope, Isley Brothers. Steely Dan.
@@europainvicta3907 I just think that Calvert was way ahead of the game 'new wave' wise and had already pioneered same with Quark Strangeness & Charm before this as Hawkwind. Simon House is also immense on electric violin and ended up being poached by Bowie no less. Bowie must've been watching them and taking notes, as he did throughout his career. For me Hawklords are underestimated and just that bit less space rock. A better balance than what went before. Which I still like, but it can be overwhelming at times to my ear.
@@mikeshinoda703music is subjective. In no way am I unaware of The Beatles influence. In truth, they don't move me like other bands do. My favourite period of theirs is after they split. I was that person who for years thought Paul McCartney's Ram was excellent, likewise Harrison's All Things Must Pass, and all Lennon's work up to about 75. I do like them but they don't make it on my list.
Nice balancing vid to the last one. My Top 10; XTC (from Drums & Wires to the end) Gentle Giant Talk Talk Big Big Train (from The Underfall Yard to Grand Tour) Peter Gabriel Kate Bush CIRCU5 Streetwalkers John Martyn Mark Knopfler
1st The Beatles 2nd The Rolling Stones ( Brian Jones era) 3rd Pink Floyd 4th The Who 5th The Kinks 6th The Small Faces 7th The Specials 8th Genesis ( Peter Gabriel and post Gabriel era ) 9th The Pretty Things 10th The Doors 👌👍
Kansas Supertramp Steely Dan Dire Straits Jethro Tull King Crimson Styx Al Stewart Heart Rush About ten more artists could be on the list. Kansas, Supertramp, Steely Dan, and Dire Straits will always be my top four
You had me worried there for a minute. The first half of that list unfortunately won't be making my list but as soon as you came to Yes, your list got a whole lot better. My top 10 essentials(not in a particular order): Tangerine Dream, Goblin, Rush, Devo, Judas Priest, Jean-Luc Ponty, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Genesis(for their prog era), Brand X and the Alan Parsons Project.
Oh yes, Bruce Springsteen. He's up there with Simply Red for me. The River, a song to hang yourself to, and as for the rest of his output... I know you said he would be a devisive choice, and you weren't wrong. Keep up the good work. I do love Yes though, Tull too, and Pink Floyd would be number one for me as well!
@@eightiesmusic1984 I suggest you sit down and listen to the song properly. A depressing story of young lives crushed and lost before they got going, not by death but by the indiferrence about sexual teaching in schools and the outdated thinking within their communities. Unless you're a 'Murican, in which case Sprinsteen is held up beside the flag, the constitution and the pledge of allegiance, and any and all criticism is dealt with by shooting on my doorstep just for expressing an opinion, like we can in the free world! Grow up, it's just an opinion.
Great video Barry ! And ( mostly !) love your choices 👍 What I found surprising, in going through other listeners lists , are the artists that haven’t been mentioned! No Kate Bush , Elton John ,( WTF!!) , U2, Steely Dan ,( jostled for a number 11 slot!), Radiohead,( squeezed onto the back end of someone’s best 20 list !) Roxy music, ( see above), Seal, Eurythmics/Annie Lennox solo , and only one Van the man inclusion,( must have been his daughter’s list !) Quite odd.
When I list Bands, I don`t include Elton, but consider him more of a separate solo Artist, like Neil Diamond, etc. Thus will say Elton is my favorite solo Male artist, and he is. Love Neil too.
The mark of a good songwriter is that you can enjoy their songs even if you query their politics, because they'll be focusing on writing well rather than beating a topical drum. Dylan, Mitchell, Simon and Joel almost always manage this; Springsteen manages it often enough; personally I'm a bit sceptical about Young.
1. Talk Talk (but not the two first albums) / Mark Hollis 2. Pink Floyd 3. Van der Graaf Generator / Peter Hammill 4. King Crimson 5. Beatles 6. Yes 7. Jethro Tull 8. Genesis 9. Dead can dance 10. R.E.M.
My Top 10 Bands/Artists: *01:* Chris Rea *02:* Hot Chocolate *03:* Roxy Music / Bryan Ferry *04:* Millie Jackson *05:* Nemophila *06:* The Warning *07:* The Oak Ridge Boys *08:* Pink Floyd *09:* Neil Diamond *10:* Barclay James Harvest Yeah. I'm all over the place. Just can't stand in one genre of music.
I was a little surprised to see Springsteen on your list, not because he is divisive, but rather because he is someone whose music I would consider to be, I don't know, not necessarily quintessentially American, but focused on the American experience. It never occurred to me that that could transcend the Atlantic Ocean and the cultural divide that in someways exists between America and the UK. Anyway, I loved your video, interesting and well reasoned as always. And it has made me start to ponder who I would put on my own personal top 10 list. That is something that I guess is always in flux, and certainly has changed over the years. my top 10 list today and 2024 would probably bear about no resemblance to a top 10 list I would've put together in the late 70s/early 80s when I started getting into music. In any case, if I can think of what my top 10 might be today, I'll post it here for your amusement.
In no particular order apart from the number 1 position here. 1) Kate Bush 2) Simple Minds 3) U2 4)David Bowie 5)Pink Floyd 6)Marillion 7)Rush 8)Siouxsie & The Banshees. 9)ELO Joint 10th) Cocteau Twins/Iron Maiden (a bit of a contrast there lol).
Great list, love Simple Minds. Finally got to see them over here in the States a few years ago and they were fantastic live. Love Graffiti Soul. If that ever came out after Once Upon a Time, it would’ve been a smash.
1. Joy Division 2. The Smiths 3. Radiohead 4. Talking Heads 5. Nick Cave 6. Paul Simon 7. Pink Floyd 8. Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett era Genesis 9. Talk Talk 10. Pink Floyd
Mine in no particular order: 1. Queen 2. Rush 3. ZZ Top 4. AC/DC 5. The Beatles 6. Chicago 7. Electric Light Orchestra 8. Scorpions 9. Deep Purple 10. Paul Simon
Big Country - mainly first 2 albums Suicidal Tendencies - mainly first 4 albums/EP King’s X Led Zeppelin U2 - first 6 studio albums Simple Minds - 1980 through 1985 Bad Brains AC/DC Thin Lizzy Rush
A fine list and well defended. Hard to argue with any of your choices. I've never been a Pink Floyd fan, but you make a good case for them. I'd probably include The Who, The Kinks and the Beach Boys in place of Floyd, Yes and Billy Joel. Another enjoyable video.
Oooooh soooooo glad you brought neil in at the end mate...brilliant choices but i think ragged glory needs a mention...my personal fave...that crazy horse groove..
Another fine listen, educational as well as entertaining. Never got into Jethro Tull, had a tape of theirs but didn’t like it so never got far with it - I will try again. Yes are on my to do list. FWIW, my top 10 favourites (let’s do a top 20) would be: 1 Oasis 2 REM 3 Stone Roses 4 Nirvana 5 Beatles 6 The Cure 7 Pink Floyd 8 David Bowie 9 The Smiths 10 Radiohead 11 Manic Street Preachers 12 Joy Division 13 Black Sabbath 14 U2 15 The National 16 Bruce Springsteen 17 The Rolling Stones 18 Queen 19 Led Zeppelin 20 Coldplay (up to the last few years anyway, back when they were a guitar band…) Keep up the great work
@user-bj7ir8jr9m The Manics had zero success here in the U.S. Maybe Welch bands don't translate here, since the Stereophonics only charted once and are pretty much unknown.
Jethro Tull were a phenomenal band, but they're not for everyone and for that matter their different phases aren't for every fan either. They don't sound the same album to album. Based on your favorite artists list, I could recommend some of their songs you might enjoy. Let me know.
I agree 100 percent with your #1 pick. I also started to get to know them when The Wall came out, and in a few years I had all their vinyl albums, including Relics and Masters of Rock, two collections of oldies. My #2 pick is a fictitious band called "Los raperos muertos" (based on the name of a fun Spanish group known as "Los toreros muertos"- The Dead Matadors). In English it would be "The Dead Rappers". I absolutely loathe rap and hiphop, so every time one of them gets picked off or collapses on stage or ODs, I think to myself, One more new member of their band in hell or wherever they go to torture the ears of the dead. The concept of tough, mean lyrics over a bland musical background makes me sick. I love Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Nina Simone and Jimi Hendrix, but the crap modern day black musicians are churning out makes me want to see them banished from the face of the earth. And if it's a white nasal rapper like Eminem, the same applies. My #3 pick would be The Dead Autotuners, but they need to learn from their buddies the rappers--they seem to be lasting too long.
Great run down sir. You’d be aghast at mine: 1. Queen 2. Zeppelin 3. Beatles 4. Radiohead 5. Paul Simon 6. Aerosmith 7. NIN 8. Soundgarden 9.XTC 10. The Wildhearts
My joint favourite along side The Damned. The Wildhearts should've been massive, but they were their own worst enemy - sadly, all we've got now is Ginger and some hired hands. I'll wait until the album gets released nest year to judge if the chemistry is there.
@@stevewingate3023 Outside of "Endless, Nameless"(and even that one has grown on me over the yrs) I think all of their releases have been solid, but nothing will ever top "Earth vs. the Wildhearts". one of the best albums of the 90s.
@@stevewingate3023 I saw the Shepherds Bush show with the new line-up. Not fantastic but certainly not bad. I hope Ginger has knocked it out the park again with the songwriting on the new record. Gotta wait till February to see
@@independenceltd. yeah they’ve rarely put a foot wrong on their albums and singles. I love Endless Nameless - mainly cos of Anthem, Nurse Maximum, junkenstein and the all round brutality
A top ten bands that I love which would be near impossible to pare down. So my list is top 10 bands that always had something new to look forward to with each single and LP. 1) Beatles. Every year was like a new decade in their progress with complete change ups of style. 2) Rolling Stones. Every year was like them trying to catch up to the Beatles, but great songs along the way. 3) Pink Floyd. Up to DSOTM, they were creating new soundscapes. After DSOTM they were no longer innovating, just settling into a rut of contriving more and worse DSOTM concept albums with some great songs along the way. 4) Sex Pistols. Beatles had broken up; Stones were burning out, mid 70s bands were just pale imitations and overproduced versions of the Stones and Beatles. Pistols for their short time together ramped things up. Every single released was like a breath of fresh air. And the rest are bands that have a mixture of some of the above. 5) Creedence Clearwater Revival. 6) Talking Heads. 7) Metalica. 8) Motorhead. 9) Orbital. 10) Neil Young.
Time was the first song which it's lyrics hit home at a deeper level than any bit of song writing I have ever experienced up to that stage , the solo in Mother was the first bit of guitar music that I feel actually touched my soul
Barry, without a doubt or even close 2nd, Pink Floyd is my #1 as well. Like you, I was first consciously exposed to them via The Wall around ‘79 or so, and also like you have fallen out of love with that album over the years. Haven’t listened to it in its entirely in over 30 years. But, as I’ve gotten older, I appreciate more and more their entire catalogue up to and including Animals which may be my favourite PF album. I have a special place for Meddle as well as Obscured by Clouds. Of course Dark Side and WYWH are immortal albums, and I love the early bootlegs when many of those songs were being performed in early forms prior to being recorded. Def love the ‘68-‘71 period specifically, and thank god for the many concerts which were recorded and are available on RUclips. But Animals speaks on an entirely different level and I have to say I prob play parts, or most likely, all of that album on a daily basis. FWIW, #2-5 are as follows: The Clash The Who All things Steve Winwood The Beatles Thanks as always!!
In no particular order... John Lennon T Rex Suede Lana Del Rey Amy Winehouse Janis Joplin Van Morrison The Wedding Present Creedence Clearwater Revival The Beatles Narrowly missing out are Cream, Led Zeppelin, Travis, Pulp, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Sandie Shaw, Perry Como, Tony Bennett, Talking Heads and The Libertines.
@ Suede are a great, great band. They could have reunited and done the seniors tour but no, they have done some of their best work n the last few years. I can't think of any other band to make a comeback as strong.
- Beatles - Cream - Zeppelin - Sabbath - Rush - King Crimson - Hendrix - SRV - Soundgarden - QOTSA/Them Crooked Vultures Bands & Artists on the edge: - White Stripes/Dead Weather/The Raconteurs/Jack White - Nirvana - Iron Maiden - Rory Gallagher - Thin Lizzy - Gary Moore - Deep Purple - Yes - Genesis - Marillion (the Fish years)
Ok, here’s a list from an Appalachian American: 10- Free, 9- Lynyrd Skynyrd, 8- Rush, 7- The Who, 6- ZZ Top, 5- Van Halen, 4- The Rolling Stones, 3- Robin Trower, 2- Pink Floyd, 1- Allman Brothers. Honorable mentions: Bad Company, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, Creedence Clearwater Revival
1. UFO 74-83 2. Marillion (Fish years) 3. Sweet 4. Queen (70's records) 5. Angel City as they were known in the US 6. The Mission 7. Catherine Wheel 8. The Monkees 9. The Alarm 10. Badfinger
Joy Division New Order Townes Van Zandt David Bowie Jacques Brel Velvet Underground Killing Joke Beach House Fairport Convention ( with Sandy Denny) R.E.M. Honorable mention to X and Empire Of The Sun.
I've only chosen artists with extensive back catalogues so no Nirvana, Amy Winehouse or Pistols although I love all of them.. Also, no Beatles or Dylan, again love them but I haven't played any of their albums for years. So here we go. No particular order: Yes, Genesis (Gabriel era), The Who, Kate Bush, XTC, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Elton John (early stuff only) Led Zeppelin, REM (mostly just the 80s stuff).
Bruce Springsteen Bob Dylan Television/Tom Verlaine Lou Reed/The Velvet Underground The Go-Betweens Wussy PJ Harvey Liz Phair Rolling Stones Genesis with Peter Gabriel (only) Hard for me to put in any order with the exception of Springsteen, who is definitely #1
How I wish Eno would do one more album of songs like Taking Tiger Mountain, Before and After Science and Another Green World. Just love them, never getting bored.
@@markkumanninen6524 Have you heard the cluster collaboraations? i veknown eno since late 80s but only discovered after the heat about ten years ago. I love the three you mention, took me alot of years to get into taking tiger mountain and agw but for a while id only listen to them.
Nice list. I put The Beach Boys 64-74 output over all of them with The Beatles coming in 2nd. 3. Rolling Stones 4. Pink Floyd 5. The Who 6. The Doors 7. Rush 8. The Ramones 9. Van Halen (original lineup) 10. Black Sabbath
My top 10 favorite bands: 10- Creedence Clearwater Revival 9- Envoi (A lesser known band, they're kind of like early Paramore) 8- Van Halen 7- Green Day 6- Boston 5- Foo Fighters 4- Nirvana 3- Greta Van Fleet 2- Pink Floyd 1- Rush My favorite solo artist is Billy Joel, followed by Bob Dylan
Never got Springsteen. A middle class guy from Jersey who talks with a Tennessean accent and was a millionaire by the time he was 25 who laments about the struggle of the working man. And he doesn't even talk about blue collar workers with a sense of nobility. It's more from pity -- which I find condescending.
He talks about the working class like a Democrat, which is to say he panders to them while simultaneously sneering at them.
@@blairmulholland Exactly.
Well he raised a son who is a "Noble working man" .I'm sure you will find some reason to not respect his son.
@@charliebrown3082 Nice try at snarky superiority.
@@charliebrown3082 Nice try at snarky superiority. No need to be a douche though.
Pink Floyd
Rush
Jethro Tull
Black Sabbath
The Beatles
David Bowie
Deep Purple/Rainbow
King Crimson
The Who
Frank Zappa
Honorable mentions: Gentle Giant, T. Rex, Eloy, CCR, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin
Superb list. You could be me.
Could suggest Liquid Tension Experiment
Flo & Eddie with Mothers Fillmore '71 🤣
Epic 😎
Just saw Dweezil Zappa and it was fantastic!
@@John.Christopher He did not come close to us this time. I sure wanted to go because they were playing stuff that first got me into Zappa in the 70s.
In 1970 as a 15 year old with my 14 year old girlfriend we went to Hype Park to see Pink Floyd playing Atom Heart Mother ( their second live performance but this time with orchestra and choir) beautiful sunny day. Only us and 100,000 others. Today, I still love that record and she is still my best friend.
I WAS ALSO THERE ! SUPPORTED BY EDGAR BROUGHTEN. EXCELLENT DAY. I WAS 14 AT THE TIME
Like you, I was 15 in 1970, but being a Brummie, saw the Floyd later on in their Atom Heart Mother tour, in December, at Birmingham Town Hall. No girlfriend at the time, though. Anyway, last year I was having a loft clearout and I came accross a book I'd bought as a schoolkid and I noticed a piece of blue paper sticking out of it, sandwiched in between the pages. Much to my delight, I discovered it was the ticket stub from that Floyd concert. I'd evidently kept it and used it as a bookmark back in the day. I was selling stuff from the loft on eBay and I wondered if pop memorabilia collectors would like to bid a few quid for it. Indeed they did like to. And more than just a few quid. I finally sold it to a guy in Jersey in the Channel Islands for an astonishing £150 ($195 USD). It paid for that 17 old shillings face-value concert ticket - £11.30 decimal equivalent today with inflaton - thirteen times over! Get rummaging in your loft, you musos.
@@larrynewland8363 Edgar Broughton Band - I loved that band. "Green Lights in Your Eyes" is one of the weirdest (and sweetest) love songs of the 1970s
Pink Floyd
Unfortunately, I was only 6
Great artist list 😍
Mine:
1- Genesis
2- Pink Floyd
3- Peter Gabriel
4- King Crimson
5- The Beatles
6- Marillion
7-- Talk Talk
8- Tears for fears
9- Jeff Buckley
10- Supertramp
11- Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson
12- Dire Straits
13- IQ
14- Simple Minds
15- Elbow
16- The electric soft parade
17- Doves
18- Queensryche
19- Radiohead
20- Roxy Music
Nobody actually genuinely cares that much about other peoples music taste. It's just an echo chamber. You list bands or artists you like in the hope of getting a thumbs up from strangers online, hoping your music taste is vindicated.
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No Yes?😮
@@josepmariaromeu2005 I just can't. Tried a lot. But too many notes. Too demonstrative for my tastes.
Stop cheating
In no particular order....The Who, The Doors, Hawkwind, The Stones, Pink Floyd, Chuck Berry, ELP, The Kinks, Carole KIng, Jerry Lee Lewis
Might be the most diverse list👍
“Animals” is my absolute favorite Pink Floyd album. It represents the last gasp of Gilmore and Waters collaborative synergy before the volte-face into more literary and personal musings via Waters with “The Wall” and “The Final Cut.”
Animals was a Roger Waters solo album
@@TJR-ClassicRockCorner0124 It really wasn't a Roger Waters solo album. The entire album is completely immersed in the wonderful musicality of both David and Richard. Roger wrote the lyrics, but the playing on it is a true group effort, unlike The Wall and The Final Cut which came afterwards. What KieranKessinger3400 states is completely true.
It's also my favourite Pink Floyd album.
@@Silkyfur Animals was a Roger album. David was not as involved as he was because his daughter was born and was absent and much of the rhythm guitar on the album was Roger. Rick was getting silenced out by Roger and he had distanced himself from the rest of the band. Roger rejected Rick’s ideas and music and it was the start of the whole ego thing in the band
@@TJR-ClassicRockCorner0124 Raving and Drooling (Sheep) and You Gotta Be Crazy (Dogs) were developed by the band performing the songs in concert prior to Wish You Were Here.
The songs would not have turned out the way they did if it wasn't for the entire band developing them together.
Richard Wright's signature playing is all over the record (compared to the following two albums).
Roger playing rhythm guitar doesn't make it his solo album, that is a ridiculous statement.
Roger is playing the rhythm guitar on Pigs, because David is playing the bass throughout the entire song, and as a bass player myself, the entire bass line on Pigs is one of the most entertaining bass lines for me to play.
With your reasoning, Sergeant Pepper is a Paul McCartney solo album and not a Beatles-album. Richard Wright contributed more to Animals than what George Harrison did to Sergeant Pepper, and David Gilmour's work on Animals would equal John Lennon's contributions to the Sergeant Pepper project.
@@TJR-ClassicRockCorner0124 Lol. Gilmour wrote the music for Dogs which is the masterpiece of the album, and he's all over Pigs (and Wright all over Sheep).
A few of my top bands: 1. The Police/Sting, 2. The Smiths/Morrissey, 3. Tom Petty, 4. Grateful Dead, 5. Pink Floyd, 6. Echo and The Bunnymen
Interesting. The Wall is one of my all-time top 5 albums. It's not that it's weighed down with absolute classics, as it isn't. It's as much about the feel and the mood it radiates and how it all hangs together, as scatty and meandering as much of it is. But to me that's part of its strength. An album that's definitely much stronger than the sum of its parts in my opinion.
Tom Waits ; Elvis Costello ; Van Morrison in the 70s ; Joe Jackson ; Psychedelic Furs ;
; Charles Mingus ; REM ; Bruce Springsteen ; The Beatles ; Neil Young; Lynyrd Skynyrd
Tom Waits. Genius. I wish he would tour again. As to Pink Floyd. Shine On.
Yes, Joe Jackson is an incredibly underrated but brilliant artist.
Ooh, I like that list a lot. Morrison, Mingus, Costello and Young should be in my top 10, but there's just not enough room for everyone, is there? It's annoying
Clearly you have impeccable taste! My favorite band is PF as well. I agree with several of the artists on your list and I appreciate that you included Billy Joel. I find that he doesn't always get the attention he deserves as a singer/songwriter-as well as being an amazing musician.
Pink Floyd were always gonna be your number one Barry 👍
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Free-Bad Company
Humble Pie
The Faces
Deep Purple
Traffic
The Alan Parsons Project
Bowie
Pink Floyd
Genesis....
Ah, Someone puts SAHB first place. ❤
1. Richard Thompson
2. Blue Oyster Cult
3. Jethro Tull
4. The Ramones
5. The Beatles
6. David Bowie
7. Bruce Springsteen
8. Bob Dylan
9. UFO
10. Jesus and the Mary Chain
Richard Thompson #1......excellennt!
Still get jazzed listening to Micheal Schenkers solo's from his UFO tenure.
BOC, JT, and UFO definitely.
Blue Oyster Cult doesn’t get enough love for their live music.
I still get chills hearing Claude Bhalls version of Higher The We can get.
1. Beatles + Solo works
2. Yes
3. The Beach Boys/Brian Wilson
4. Bob Dylan
5. Leonard Cohen
6. John Foxx / Ultravox!
7. Stevie Wonder
8. Soft Machine
9. Nick Drake
10. Jethro Tull
That's what i think today, the Beatles do tend to stay at number 1 & deservedly so.
Yes! Nick Drake!!!!
Great to see Cohen on your list ......remarkable man :-)
........good to see Soft Machine getting a shout !
Great to see Nick Drake!!!
My list
1. Pink Floyd
2. King Crimson
3. Nick Drake
4. The Cure (except for their 90s stuff onwards, minus Bloodflowers 2000 which is good)
5. Pulp
6. Joy Division / New Order (it is basically a continuation)
7. Rush
8. Traffic
9. The Smiths
10. Depeche Mode
Special mentions to Genesis (up until A Trick of the Tail), Elton John (his early 70s stuff), Kraftwerk, Spilt Enz, Crowded House, Cypress Hill, Tears for Fears and Roxy Music. A bit of variety on what I like.
........clearly a mixed taste list but full of good acts !
Roth era Van Halen.. Richie Blackmore Deep purple..The Who..The Doors..Moody blues..Jon Anderson YES..Jimi Hendrix Experience..King Crimson..my favorites
Thanks for specifying Roth era Van Halen. Yeah love them, can't stand that Van Hagar soft pop crap. 🤣
Great list, most of these artists would certainly be in my top 20 if not the top 10 itself. The only one I’ve not really explored is Jethro Tull. For what it’s worth I think my list would comprise the following (not necessarily in order):
The Beatles
Pink Floyd / Roger Waters (solo)
Led Zeppelin
Steely Dan
The Doors
David Bowie
The Rolling Stones
The Who
U2
Roxy Music
Neil Young
Paul McCartney / Wings
The Velvet Underground
The Kinks
Joni Mitchell
Paul Simon / Simon & Garfunkel
Genesis
Yes
Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen
Love the videos!
In no particular order:
10. Joy Division/New Order
9. Hüsker Dü
8. The Chameleons
7. Guided By Voices
6. Television
5. Big Star
4. Richard Thompson
3. Stooges/Iggy Pop
2. Killing Joke
1. Nick Cave
Nice list. I'd add the Who, the Kinks, REM, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Led Zeppelin, CSNY, the Moody Blues, etc. Ten is just too few to mention!
AC/DC
The Beatles
Black Sabbath
Deep Purple
Iron Maiden
Led Zeppelin
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Rolling Stones
Thin Lizzy
The Who
Bugger. I forgot about Thin Lizzy.
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I would trade The Rolling Stones for Judas Priest. Otherwise a perfect list!
@@independenceltd. Nice list.
@@deepzepp4176 ty
Thanks. You read my mind.
My list has changed through the years, but over time these are the ones I still gravitate toward:
10. Tom Waits
9. Billy Joel
8. Todd Rundgren
7. Leon Russell
6. Frank Zappa
5. Bob Dylan
4. Johnny Cash
3. Miles Davis
2. The Beatles
1. Otis Redding
My friend just introduced me to Tom Waits duetting with Keith Richards. Brilliant pairing.
10) Chris Whitley
9) Joe Walsh
8) Yes
7) Led Zeppelin
6) The Black Crowes
5) John Prine
4) Genesis
3) The Who
2) The Beatles
1) Pink Floyd
11) The Rolling Stones/ Neil Young / Steely Dan
ironically i heard yesterday the pheobe bridgers cover and prines on indie radio tge summer song frok.his last record have to agree wirh those chris witley had buried in a crate think gave to my nephew
@@marktait2371 Slainte Friend! The first 5 Chris Whitley albums are some of the best stuff ever recorded
Cool video, here are my ten (at the moment, off the top of my head):
1. Wishbone Ash
2. Pink Floyd
3. Poco (wholly underrated in my opinion, Richie Furay has a great voice and is a wonderful songwriter, even after he left they were still great)
4. Blue Oyster Cult
5. Emerson Lake and Palmer
6. Deep Purple
7. Robin Trower
8. Camel
9. Jethro Tull
10. Buffalo Springfield
Bonus: Iron Butterfly (you should review Butterfly Bleu, a great album, wholly unknown imo)
Great list ! Meisner fell out with Furay during the recording of Pickin'up the pieces. Furay wouldnt let Meisner near the mixing desk.
Love Poco, kinda akin to Little River Band, Firefall, Ambrosia, 10CC, love those Bands as well.
........nice to see Wishbone Ash & Iron Butterfly on a list tho !
My Top 10 bands:
1. Marillion (all)
2. Big Big Train (The David Longdon era)
3. Genesis
4. Supertramp
5. Rush
6. Gazpacho
7. All About Eve
8. IQ
9. Dire Straits
10. Oasis
Fantastic list 👌 👏 👍
1. The Who
2. Delaney and Bonnie and Friends
3. The Band
4. The Clash
5. The original Allman Brothers
6. ZZ Top
7. Stevie Wonder
8. Dire Straits
9. Derek and the Dominoes
10. The entire Stax Catalogue
Honorable mentions: The Pogues, Big Star, Traveling Wilburys, Marvin Gaye, Traffic and The Mad Dogs and Englishmen..
For me the list is currently: John Coltrane, Sun Ra, Peter Gabriel, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Jethro Tull, Frank Zappa, Ozric Tentacles, Mountain.
I'll press the "comment" button now, by which time the list may well have altered...
Thanks for the Ozrics shout out!!!
Oops, forgot the honourable mentions: Yes, Genesis (up to Wind and Wuthering), Queen, John McLaughlin.
01. The Beatles
02. Tom Waits
03. Lou Reed
04. Bjork
05. Jimi Hendrix
06. Peter Gabriel
07. Pink Floyd
08. Talking Heads
09. Rolling Stones
10. The Kinks
11. The Beach Boys
12. Sex Pistols
A very respectable list, it’s nice to see the positive side of your opinion. I find that more interesting.
Of course it would great if Traffic got it’s due, but that would be my list not yours I suppose. They revolutionized the rock sound by adding flute and saxophone while making the organ, not the guitar the centerpiece instrument. Add Winwood’s voice and it’s just magic.
I think your critique of many of the artists are spot on. I appreciate the thoughtful commentary on all your videos and the time you must spend to deliver top notch content.
My turn😂 Beatles, 10 CC, Cream, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Cat Stevens, Men at work, Kinks. Eric Clapton. All these artists feed me with their exquisite sensitivity, deceptive power, warm embrace and idiosyncratic musicality. Just listen to SITTING BY Cat Stevens.
Love Sitting.
Totally love Sitting. So powerful.
Great list. Pink Floyd, the Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Neil Young are bands/artists that I’ve been a fan of for over 45-years. Like you I had the Red and Blue albums and wore the grooves off of them.
Funny Neil Young story from my university days: I was hiking on Mt Shasta in Northern California with a friend. It was June but there was snow on the ground. Beautiful California day not a cloud in the sky and we got so badly sunburned that our faces blistered. Later self medicating with beer and herb, some old hippies told us that the world would end in 1982 when the planets aligned and that aliens would rescue the beautiful people at Mt Shasta as foretold in Neil Young’s After the Gold Rush. I’ve never listened to that song the same way after that. World didn’t end and I’m still here. Those were the days.
Ten Bands and Artists I Love:
Rush
Gentle Giant
Frank Zappa
Jethro Tull
King Crimson
Black Sabbath
Soundgarden
Jack O’ The Clock
Dixie Dregs
Barock Project
@@mfischer387 ooh someone else that has discovered Barock Project. Italian Prog. Nice work mfischer387
@@PaulBrown-il3wl, thanks Paul! Yes, I love Barock Project. Time Voyager is one of my favorite releases so far in 2024. Luca Zabbini is brilliant in my opinion.
@@mfischer387 yes great music. I’ve not bought much of their music lately. Maybe I should
Great video, I confirm we have a very similar palate when it comes to classic rock; I've also watched your "10 bands I hate" videos, I've some coincidences and some differences there.
Just out of curiosity, I've 3 bands about which I'd like to know your opinion: Yes, Dire Stratis, Rush; I personally love all 3, BTW
1.- The Beatles
2.- The Doors
3.- Jimi Hendrix
4.- The Who
5.- The Rolling Stones
6.- Canned Heat
7.- The Pretty Things
8.- The Allman Brothers
9.- Led Zeppelin
10 .- Cream
Wow. You haven't grown in decades!
Oh caned heat.... Not so obscure to me. Such a unique sounding band ,or was that just in the production, not in my top ten. But defiantly worthy.. Didn't the lead singer join the 27 club via some mysterious type of demise???
@@Dlweta57...........yes, Al "Blind Owl" Wilson died of an apparent drug overdose although he shared vocals with Bob "Bear" Hite most of the time ------ the obese Hite also died relatively young too !
@@grantross2609 wow. thank you... such a shame when talented people go out that
Great list of 60's bands
1. The Smiths
2. U2 (80's and early 90's)
3. Blur
4. The Cure
5. R.E.M.
6. Yes
7. Pink Floyd
8. Led Zeppelin
9. Rush
10. The Police
Nice video as per usual. My unsolicited list:
1. The Clash
2. The Beatles
3. The Who
4. James Brown
5. Pink Floyd
6. Peter Gabriel (including his time in Genesis)
7. David Bowie
8. Parliament-Funkadelic
9. Eric Clapton (including his "band" era)
10. Stevie Wonder
11ish. The Beach Boys, King Crimson,
Sly And The Family Stone, etc.
Again, well done. Cheers.
Very cool list. I worshipped The Clash back int’ day. I definitely need to do a deep dive on Gabriel. Don’t think I’ve ever given him a fair shake.
@StuartBenson-ih3dn Thanks. Give Gabriel a go. I think you'll like him. Might want to start with either his first solo album (self-titled, but nicknamed "Car"), his 3rd (also self-titled, nicknamed "Melt"), or So. If you like world music, his soundtrack to The Last Temptation Of Christ (titled Passion) is outstanding. Happy listening. Cheers.
@@csmith1298 The soundtrack stuff intrigues me. I think I’ll check that out first. All I really know are his singles..but even something as ludicrous as ‘Steam’ screams idiosyncratic to me.
@StuartBenson-ih3dn Fair enough. Passion may be the choice for you, especially if your favorite Clash record is, say, Sandinista!. Not that they share a WHOLE lot of similarities with Gabriel besides their fondness for world music. Nevertheless, quality is quality. I do think that Joe Strummer did some recordings at Gabriel's studio, Real World, though I'm not sure when or exactly what he recorded. Regardless, hope you enjoy whatever you choose to listen to.
@@csmith1298 My referring to the ‘Us’ era as idiosyncratic was a compliment btw!
But I do love the music of other cultures. Even when it’s a posh white bloke exploring them.
1: The Beatles
2: Frank Zappa and The Mothers
3: Television
4: The Ramones
5: The Stones
6: Jethro Tull
7: Can
8: Moody Blues
9: Van Morrison
10: The Doors (Live in particular)
1-Rush
2- Yes
3- The Beatles
4- The Police
5- U2
6- The Verve
7- The Who
8- Supertramp
9- Tom Petty
10- Zeppelin
Good call on SuperTramp, should be every rock lover’s top 10.
Supertramp for sure, also Tom Petty. Can't discount The Police except Sting, while brilliant is an egoist of the 1st water, ah well.
@@Evelyn-h5q Yes, Sting had quite the ego, but I think he mellowed over the years. His interview with Rick Beato was terrific. His solo career however, while I like some of it, was just so blah and boring. I can’t believe in all these years he never felt compelled to do anything new and creative with Andy and Stewart. Come to think of it, Roger Hodgson and Sting had a lot in common with both leaving their bands at the height of their successes.
@@greengrass1072 Also liked Beato interview. Agree re: much of his solo career. Good point re: Hodgson.
@@chuckhutton5087Supertramp is great
I never doubted Floyd would be your #1 band. They’ve been my absolute ever since my college days in the early eighties. And I wasn’t even familiar yet with any of their albums before Meddle. However, once I grew to know their more vintage material, that would forever solidify my captivation for Floyd.
Love your channel.
1. The Beatles
2. The Police
3. Pink Floyd
4. Rush
5. Iron Maiden
6. The Tragically Hip
7. Daniel Lanois
8. The Doors
9. The Cure
10. Deep Purple
It's an eclectic mix, for sure.
Honourable mentions; Bauhaus, Gary Numan, Joy Division, Genesis(old Genesis), Yes, Love and Rockets, David Bowie, Sinead O'Connor, Echo and the Bunnymen, Flock of Seagulls, DEVO...
No Eno? Zappa?
@brianbell3836 I do like Eno, was actually listening to 'warm jets' yesterday.
Zappa was always on the periphery for me, a great musician, but I don't like enough of it to replace any of my top 10.
If I added all my honourable mentions, you would still be reading.
@@geographyinaction7814 I understand. I once tried to list my favourite ten albums and gave up with about a hundred in the list.
Love The Hip
Went to Cornbury Music Festival to see Half Man Half Biscuit yonks ago and saw Paul Simon by accidentl and realised that these 'old' guys know their stuff. He was absolutely awesome.
Half Man Half Biscuit….jeez, there’s a band I haven’t heard mentioned in a while.
Didn't know he'd joined the band..
@@davehoward22 Lol. He'd have improved their musicianship if not their awesomely comical lyrics. :)
1. The Fall, Mark E Smith, wanted success yet didn’t, an enigma of a Man that wrote some wonderful stuff.
2. Saint Etienne my guilty pleasure always had a crush on Sarah Cracknell, ‘’Too young to die is such a wonderful album to me.
3. Stewart Copeland, his work on the Equalizer is legendary, and his seminal album The Rhythmatist, forget Simon’s South African shite, Coplelands album is the real deal.
4. The The Matt Johnson Soul Mining, legend.
5. Johnny Foreigner my favourite indie band, very very good band
6.Isaac Hayes, mainly for the great album “Hot Buttered Soul
7. Nat King Cole, the Man had the smoothest voice ever.
8. Gary Newman, the pleasure principle was my jam
9. OMD, legends of the synth I had best of and wore the vinyl out.
10. AmyL and the Sniffers, biting hard sound with a female dynamo lead, great Australian punk.
OMD tidy
The The 100% agree
My top twenty offhand:
1) The Clash
2) The Who
3) Ornette Coleman
4) Talking Heads
5) PJ Harvey
6) Stevie Wonder
7) Sonic Youth
8) Joni Mitchell
9) Neil Young
10) Jimi Hendrix Experience
11) Mekons
12) Prince
13) Miles Davis
14) Velvet Underground
15) Minutemen
16) Captain Beefheart
17) Mahavishnu Orchestra
18) King Crimson
19) Public Enemy
20) Raincoats
The order isn't set in stone, and there's another 10 or 20 I could add, but you get the gist.
Ornette Coleman, and the Raincoats I will look up. Nice list.
Minutemen were fun live!
@@daves2058 I saw We Jam Econo, the Minutemen doc. They looked like a terrific live band.
@stuartfishman1044 I need to see that documentary!
Never really got into Atom Heart Mother until I listened to it for a long while. Now it's like " marmalade, I like marmalade..."
My Ten ,in no particular order.
10) Uriah Heep
9) Thunder
8) Thin Lizzy
7) Rival Sons
6) Deep Purple
5) Free
4) Whitesnake
3) Rainbow
2) Joe Bonamassa
1) Gary Moore
Honorable mention - Richie Kotzen, The Sweet, Led Zeppelin, Black (Dio) Sabbath.
Strong choices!
Love Thunder and Free getting a mention - amazing!
interesting selection indeed. For me it has to be:
1. The Beatles - My earliest memories are seeing them on TV
2. Rolling Stones - The danger and decadence
3. Hawkwind - The Space Ritual changed my life in 1973 and is my constant companion
4. Pink Floyd - DSOTM is the first album I heard in stereo, Meddle is still my favourite
5. Black Sabbath - Defined heaviness
6. Bob Dylan - 'Nuff said
7. Steeleye Span - except for 'All Around My Twat'
8. Motorhead - Lemmy IS God
9. Joni Mitchell - that voice
10. Genesis - Gabriel era only. So quirky and inventive.
'65 to '73 is always my qualification for the Stones.
My ten picks, no particular order:
-Pink Floyd
-Peter Gabriel
-U2
-Audioslave
-Def Leppard
-AC/DC
-Bruce Springsteen
-Dire Straits
-Neil Young
-R.E.M.
Younger people certainly don't know this, but decades ago, we heard the name "Pink Floyd" for the first time and didn't know "WHAT" it was, whether it was a person, a duo, a group or the cow on the album cover. It was something really intriguing, mysterious.
So what you're telling me is you didn't look on the back of albums? Can't blame you, everyone was stoned back then. There was even that promoter, who really should have known better, that asked for "Led Zeppelin and his backing band" : )
@@RyanKeogh-b7r The name and the songs circulated before any promotional material and it was very common to copy a copy of a copy from a cassette borrowed from someone who could get access more quickly. :)
@@RyanKeogh-b7r "There was even that promoter, who really should have known better, that asked for "Led Zeppelin and his backing band"". I think most people will understand that little 'faux pas', as he was probably a gentleman of a certain age. The same indulgence would not be extended to teenagers of the time, because, well, they should know better. I remember reading of a schoolboy, who, eager to impress his friends, wanted to show just how hip he was by scrawling the name of the most obscure band he could think of on his school bag. He had assumed that Mantovani were a heavy metal band.
@@Earhairy😂 - Love it!
I`m younger and certainly kmow about that
Pink Floyd is also my favourite and dark side of the moon is still on high rotation at my house even after all these years. I believe that in the future people will listen to this album and think WTF is this incredible sound.
I saw Jethro Tull at Hyde Park in the summer of 1968. I loved Anderson's antics but not so much the music, which was too bluesy for me. Once Mick Abrahams left, it was game on for the next thirty years
They grabbed my attention once they started their prog rock era.
Ian Anderson was THE GREATEST ROCK PERFORMER OF ALL TIME! No other performer is remotely close
John Coltrane,Archie Shepp,Miles Davis,Ornette Coleman,Wayne Shorter,Albert Ayler, Cecil Taylor,Pharoah Sanders, Lou Reed and Leonard Cohen. Alice Coltrane should get a big mention.
Oh yes, Cohen deserves a mention
Given that I'm mostly stuck in the past .... 1) Yes 2) Gabriel Era Genesis 3) Supertramp 4) Camel 5) Peter Gabriel 6) New Order 7) Porcupine Tree 8) Kraftwerk 9) Public Service Broadcasting 10) Talk Talk
1 - XTC
2 - The Beatles
3 - Queen
4 - Yes
5 - Pink Floyd
6 - Beck
7 - King Crimson
8 - Camel
9 - Aerosmith
10 - The Jam
I like yours way better
I would add old Genesis. Haha😂
Throw the Who in there and I agree.
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I have the same top 3. I couldn't rank XTC above the Beatles though, because The Beatles are the Beatles and were a big influence on XTC,, but XTC runs a VERY close 2nd, IMO.
1. The Kinks
2. Pink Floyd
3 Bowie (69 - 81)
3. Simple Minds (early)
3. David Sylvian/Japan
4. Kate Bush
5. Robert Calvert/Hawklords
6. Peter Gabriel
7. Lou Reed
8. Brian Eno
9. Alice Cooper
10. Vangelis
Others: PIL, The Who, Nick Drake, Roger Waters, Trevor Horn, Kraftwerk, Led Zeppelin, Iggy Pop, Al Green, SAHB, Ritchie Blackmore, Julian Cope, Isley Brothers. Steely Dan.
Thanks for specifying "early" Simple Minds. That is far and away their best work, and strangely the least popular.
Why Hawlords rather than Hawkwind?
@@europainvicta3907 I just think that Calvert was way ahead of the game 'new wave' wise and had already pioneered same with Quark Strangeness & Charm before this as Hawkwind. Simon House is also immense on electric violin and ended up being poached by Bowie no less. Bowie must've been watching them and taking notes, as he did throughout his career. For me Hawklords are underestimated and just that bit less space rock. A better balance than what went before. Which I still like, but it can be overwhelming at times to my ear.
The Beatles are so much better than all those you mentioned
@@mikeshinoda703music is subjective. In no way am I unaware of The Beatles influence. In truth, they don't move me like other bands do. My favourite period of theirs is after they split. I was that person who for years thought Paul McCartney's Ram was excellent, likewise Harrison's All Things Must Pass, and all Lennon's work up to about 75. I do like them but they don't make it on my list.
Not trendy, but I love Supertramp. From 1974 Crime of the Century to 1980 Paris live. The rest is pleasant.
You're right, you're right, you're bloody well right.
Their self titled album is incredible
CotC is one of the best albums of the 70s.
Nice balancing vid to the last one. My Top 10;
XTC (from Drums & Wires to the end)
Gentle Giant
Talk Talk
Big Big Train (from The Underfall Yard to Grand Tour)
Peter Gabriel
Kate Bush
CIRCU5
Streetwalkers
John Martyn
Mark Knopfler
#1.Led-Zeppelin
#2.Heart
#3.RUSH
#4.U.F.O.
#5.Alice in Chains
#6.Soundgarden
#7.M.S.G.
#8.The Scorpions
#9.YES
#10.Van Halen
#11.The Who
No black Sabbath? 😮
Couldn`t fit all of those in my top 10 but Heart, Scorps, Alice in chains, top 15-20 for sure.
1. Genesis
2. Yes
3. Pink Floyd
4. Kansas
5. Queen (until they went pop).
6. Jethro Tull
7. Brian Eno
8. Strawbs
9. ELP
10. The Moody Blues
Very close to my top 10
Very close to my bottom 10.
1st The Beatles 2nd The Rolling Stones ( Brian Jones era) 3rd Pink Floyd 4th The Who 5th The Kinks 6th The Small Faces 7th The Specials 8th Genesis ( Peter Gabriel and post Gabriel era ) 9th The Pretty Things 10th The Doors 👌👍
Kansas
Supertramp
Steely Dan
Dire Straits
Jethro Tull
King Crimson
Styx
Al Stewart
Heart
Rush
About ten more artists could be on the list. Kansas, Supertramp, Steely Dan, and Dire Straits will always be my top four
Interesting selections.
Kansas....phenomenal 👊
Some great choices 🤜🤛
Steely Dan is another one I frequently forget about but who has allot of great stuff. Styx is great too. So many good Bands that you forget some.
70s FM radio fan. 👌
You had me worried there for a minute. The first half of that list unfortunately won't be making my list but as soon as you came to Yes, your list got a whole lot better. My top 10 essentials(not in a particular order): Tangerine Dream, Goblin, Rush, Devo, Judas Priest, Jean-Luc Ponty, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Genesis(for their prog era), Brand X and the Alan Parsons Project.
Goblin now that’s very refreshing to see someone mention
Oh yes, Bruce Springsteen. He's up there with Simply Red for me. The River, a song to hang yourself to, and as for the rest of his output... I know you said he would be a devisive choice, and you weren't wrong. Keep up the good work. I do love Yes though, Tull too, and Pink Floyd would be number one for me as well!
@@eightiesmusic1984 I suggest you sit down and listen to the song properly. A depressing story of young lives crushed and lost before they got going, not by death but by the indiferrence about sexual teaching in schools and the outdated thinking within their communities. Unless you're a 'Murican, in which case Sprinsteen is held up beside the flag, the constitution and the pledge of allegiance, and any and all criticism is dealt with by shooting on my doorstep just for expressing an opinion, like we can in the free world! Grow up, it's just an opinion.
Great video Barry ! And ( mostly !) love your choices 👍
What I found surprising, in going through other listeners lists , are the artists that haven’t been mentioned!
No Kate Bush , Elton John ,( WTF!!) , U2, Steely Dan ,( jostled for a number 11 slot!), Radiohead,( squeezed onto the back end of someone’s best 20 list !) Roxy music, ( see above), Seal, Eurythmics/Annie Lennox solo , and only one Van the man inclusion,( must have been his daughter’s list !)
Quite odd.
When I list Bands, I don`t include Elton, but consider him more of a separate solo Artist, like Neil Diamond, etc. Thus will say Elton is my favorite solo Male artist, and he is. Love Neil too.
The mark of a good songwriter is that you can enjoy their songs even if you query their politics, because they'll be focusing on writing well rather than beating a topical drum. Dylan, Mitchell, Simon and Joel almost always manage this; Springsteen manages it often enough; personally I'm a bit sceptical about Young.
1. Talk Talk (but not the two first albums) / Mark Hollis
2. Pink Floyd
3. Van der Graaf Generator / Peter Hammill
4. King Crimson
5. Beatles
6. Yes
7. Jethro Tull
8. Genesis
9. Dead can dance
10. R.E.M.
A new Jerusalem, what a song!
@@mikesch0815 great shout for Talk Talk…last albums were head of their time.
I saw Talk Talk in '82 opening for the Genesis/Gabriel reunion, tough crowd though.
Apart from n.9, our tastes match of perfectly. Grest to see more fans of Peter Hammill, especially his solo work.
Talk talk - yes indeedee!
My Top 10 Bands/Artists:
*01:* Chris Rea
*02:* Hot Chocolate
*03:* Roxy Music / Bryan Ferry
*04:* Millie Jackson
*05:* Nemophila
*06:* The Warning
*07:* The Oak Ridge Boys
*08:* Pink Floyd
*09:* Neil Diamond
*10:* Barclay James Harvest
Yeah. I'm all over the place. Just can't stand in one genre of music.
What a crazy list! I love it.
I was a little surprised to see Springsteen on your list, not because he is divisive, but rather because he is someone whose music I would consider to be, I don't know, not necessarily quintessentially American, but focused on the American experience. It never occurred to me that that could transcend the Atlantic Ocean and the cultural divide that in someways exists between America and the UK.
Anyway, I loved your video, interesting and well reasoned as always. And it has made me start to ponder who I would put on my own personal top 10 list. That is something that I guess is always in flux, and certainly has changed over the years. my top 10 list today and 2024 would probably bear about no resemblance to a top 10 list I would've put together in the late 70s/early 80s when I started getting into music. In any case, if I can think of what my top 10 might be today, I'll post it here for your amusement.
In no particular order apart from the number 1 position here.
1) Kate Bush
2) Simple Minds
3) U2
4)David Bowie
5)Pink Floyd
6)Marillion
7)Rush
8)Siouxsie & The Banshees.
9)ELO
Joint 10th) Cocteau Twins/Iron Maiden (a bit of a contrast there lol).
Yes, ELO! I'm going to see them in a week and a half.
Great list, love Simple Minds. Finally got to see them over here in the States a few years ago and they were fantastic live. Love Graffiti Soul. If that ever came out after Once Upon a Time, it would’ve been a smash.
At least someone is quoting the Cocteaus
I absolutely love your list and all the artists on it. I always find picking my tops list very hard, but I admire all of the artists in yours.
1. Joy Division
2. The Smiths
3. Radiohead
4. Talking Heads
5. Nick Cave
6. Paul Simon
7. Pink Floyd
8. Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett era Genesis
9. Talk Talk
10. Pink Floyd
Mine in no particular order:
1. Queen
2. Rush
3. ZZ Top
4. AC/DC
5. The Beatles
6. Chicago
7. Electric Light Orchestra
8. Scorpions
9. Deep Purple
10. Paul Simon
Big Country - mainly first 2 albums
Suicidal Tendencies - mainly first 4 albums/EP
King’s X
Led Zeppelin
U2 - first 6 studio albums
Simple Minds - 1980 through 1985
Bad Brains
AC/DC
Thin Lizzy
Rush
A fine list and well defended. Hard to argue with any of your choices. I've never been a Pink Floyd fan, but you make a good case for them. I'd probably include The Who, The Kinks and the Beach Boys in place of Floyd, Yes and Billy Joel. Another enjoyable video.
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
The Doors
The Who
RUSH
Black Sabbath
Cream
Metallica
Motorhead
The Police
Honorable mentions
The Beatles
Queen
10 aint enough lol
Led Zeppelin???
@@geraldragozine777 Yep.
The doors are shite
But I will let you off as you like Rush motorhead Sabbath and pink Floyd
My top 10 favorites
1. Rush
2. Yes
3. Paul Simon
4. Bob Dylan
5. Led Zeppelin
6. Thin Lizzy
7. Iron Maiden
8. Black Sabbath
9. Beatles
10. CSNY
1. R.E.M.
2. Adam Schmitt
3. Sloan
4. Cocteau Twins
5. Swervedriver
6. Laura Nyro
7. Teenage Fanclub
8. The Beach Boys
9. Suicide
10. The Ocean Blue
Sloan, Swervies, Fannies. Nice!
My favorite top 10 list so far.
Beach Boys blew you most esoteric list, but a good list indeed.
1.Queen 2.Jethro Tull 3. The Waterboys 4 Judas Priest 5 Pink Floyd 6. Sinead O'Connor 7.Manic Street Preachers 8.Blur 9.Suede 10. Ren and honorable mentions Led Zeppelin,ELO,The Doors,Dire Straits,Cocteau Twins ,INXS
Oooooh soooooo glad you brought neil in at the end mate...brilliant choices but i think ragged glory needs a mention...my personal fave...that crazy horse groove..
Another fine listen, educational as well as entertaining.
Never got into Jethro Tull, had a tape of theirs but didn’t like it so never got far with it - I will try again. Yes are on my to do list.
FWIW, my top 10 favourites (let’s do a top 20) would be:
1 Oasis
2 REM
3 Stone Roses
4 Nirvana
5 Beatles
6 The Cure
7 Pink Floyd
8 David Bowie
9 The Smiths
10 Radiohead
11 Manic Street Preachers
12 Joy Division
13 Black Sabbath
14 U2
15 The National
16 Bruce Springsteen
17 The Rolling Stones
18 Queen
19 Led Zeppelin
20 Coldplay (up to the last few years anyway, back when they were a guitar band…)
Keep up the great work
@user-bj7ir8jr9m The Manics had zero success here in the U.S.
Maybe Welch bands don't translate here, since the Stereophonics only charted once and are pretty much unknown.
Jethro Tull were a phenomenal band, but they're not for everyone and for that matter their different phases aren't for every fan either. They don't sound the same album to album. Based on your favorite artists list, I could recommend some of their songs you might enjoy. Let me know.
Pink Floyd! Yes! My favourite band too 😁
I agree 100 percent with your #1 pick. I also started to get to know them when The Wall came out, and in a few years I had all their vinyl albums, including Relics and Masters of Rock, two collections of oldies.
My #2 pick is a fictitious band called "Los raperos muertos" (based on the name of a fun Spanish group known as "Los toreros muertos"- The Dead Matadors). In English it would be "The Dead Rappers". I absolutely loathe rap and hiphop, so every time one of them gets picked off or collapses on stage or ODs, I think to myself, One more new member of their band in hell or wherever they go to torture the ears of the dead. The concept of tough, mean lyrics over a bland musical background makes me sick. I love Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Nina Simone and Jimi Hendrix, but the crap modern day black musicians are churning out makes me want to see them banished from the face of the earth. And if it's a white nasal rapper like Eminem, the same applies.
My #3 pick would be The Dead Autotuners, but they need to learn from their buddies the rappers--they seem to be lasting too long.
Great run down sir. You’d be aghast at mine:
1. Queen
2. Zeppelin
3. Beatles
4. Radiohead
5. Paul Simon
6. Aerosmith
7. NIN
8. Soundgarden
9.XTC
10. The Wildhearts
nice to see some love for The Wildhearts
My joint favourite along side The Damned. The Wildhearts should've been massive, but they were their own worst enemy - sadly, all we've got now is Ginger and some hired hands. I'll wait until the album gets released nest year to judge if the chemistry is there.
@@stevewingate3023 Outside of "Endless, Nameless"(and even that one has grown on me over the yrs) I think all of their releases have been solid, but nothing will ever top "Earth vs. the Wildhearts". one of the best albums of the 90s.
@@stevewingate3023 I saw the Shepherds Bush show with the new line-up. Not fantastic but certainly not bad. I hope Ginger has knocked it out the park again with the songwriting on the new record. Gotta wait till February to see
@@independenceltd. yeah they’ve rarely put a foot wrong on their albums and singles. I love Endless Nameless - mainly cos of Anthem, Nurse Maximum, junkenstein and the all round brutality
A top ten bands that I love which would be near impossible to pare down. So my list is top 10 bands that always had something new to look forward to with each single and LP.
1) Beatles. Every year was like a new decade in their progress with complete change ups of style.
2) Rolling Stones. Every year was like them trying to catch up to the Beatles, but great songs along the way.
3) Pink Floyd. Up to DSOTM, they were creating new soundscapes. After DSOTM they were no longer innovating, just settling into a rut of contriving more and worse DSOTM concept albums with some great songs along the way.
4) Sex Pistols. Beatles had broken up; Stones were burning out, mid 70s bands were just pale imitations and overproduced versions of the Stones and Beatles. Pistols for their short time together ramped things up. Every single released was like a breath of fresh air.
And the rest are bands that have a mixture of some of the above.
5) Creedence Clearwater Revival.
6) Talking Heads.
7) Metalica.
8) Motorhead.
9) Orbital.
10) Neil Young.
1. The Beatles
2. Bob Dylan
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Pink Floyd
5. Cream
6. The Who
7. The Yardbirds
8. The Beach Boys
9. Chuck Berry
10. The Rolling Stones
Time was the first song which it's lyrics hit home at a deeper level than any bit of song writing I have ever experienced up to that stage , the solo in Mother was the first bit of guitar music that I feel actually touched my soul
Great top ten. Im delighted Yes were fourth. Bloody love Chris Squire
Barry, without a doubt or even close 2nd, Pink Floyd is my #1 as well. Like you, I was first consciously exposed to them via The Wall around ‘79 or so, and also like you have fallen out of love with that album over the years. Haven’t listened to it in its entirely in over 30 years. But, as I’ve gotten older, I appreciate more and more their entire catalogue up to and including Animals which may be my favourite PF album. I have a special place for Meddle as well as Obscured by Clouds. Of course Dark Side and WYWH are immortal albums, and I love the early bootlegs when many of those songs were being performed in early forms prior to being recorded. Def love the ‘68-‘71 period specifically, and thank god for the many concerts which were recorded and are available on RUclips.
But Animals speaks on an entirely different level and I have to say I prob play parts, or most likely, all of that album on a daily basis.
FWIW, #2-5 are as follows:
The Clash
The Who
All things Steve Winwood
The Beatles
Thanks as always!!
In no particular order...
John Lennon
T Rex
Suede
Lana Del Rey
Amy Winehouse
Janis Joplin
Van Morrison
The Wedding Present
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Beatles
Narrowly missing out are Cream, Led Zeppelin, Travis, Pulp, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Sandie Shaw, Perry Como, Tony Bennett, Talking Heads and The Libertines.
Perry Como 👍👍
I been scanning the comments for anyone naming Suede. As good now as they were in 1993.
@ Suede are a great, great band. They could have reunited and done the seniors tour but no, they have done some of their best work n the last few years. I can't think of any other band to make a comeback as strong.
#1 Genesis (up to Duke)
#2 The Beatles
#3 Peter Gabriel
#4 Steve Hackett
#5 10CC
#6 Strawbs
#7 Supertramp
#8 Live
#9 ELO
#10 Dishwalla
10 bands, no particular order: Tull, Pink Floyd, Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Kinks, Yardbirds, Beatles, King Crimson, Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan ... Deep Purple, Moody Blues, Doors, Turtles, Stones.
- Beatles
- Cream
- Zeppelin
- Sabbath
- Rush
- King Crimson
- Hendrix
- SRV
- Soundgarden
- QOTSA/Them Crooked Vultures
Bands & Artists on the edge:
- White Stripes/Dead Weather/The Raconteurs/Jack White
- Nirvana
- Iron Maiden
- Rory Gallagher
- Thin Lizzy
- Gary Moore
- Deep Purple
- Yes
- Genesis
- Marillion (the Fish years)
Ok, here’s a list from an Appalachian American: 10- Free, 9- Lynyrd Skynyrd, 8- Rush, 7- The Who, 6- ZZ Top, 5- Van Halen, 4- The Rolling Stones, 3- Robin Trower, 2- Pink Floyd, 1- Allman Brothers. Honorable mentions: Bad Company, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, Creedence Clearwater Revival
Pink Floyd is the most boring & overated band of all time
good list
@@AlbertoMartinez-ps9bv everyone has opinions.
@@AlbertoMartinez-ps9bv On almost everyones list, maybe its you that is boring.
@@williamreichold1545 you don't know me sir
1. UFO 74-83
2. Marillion (Fish years)
3. Sweet
4. Queen (70's records)
5. Angel City as they were known in the US
6. The Mission
7. Catherine Wheel
8. The Monkees
9. The Alarm
10. Badfinger
Joy Division
New Order
Townes Van Zandt
David Bowie
Jacques Brel
Velvet Underground
Killing Joke
Beach House
Fairport Convention ( with Sandy Denny)
R.E.M.
Honorable mention to X and Empire Of The Sun.
Especially nice to see Killing Joke mentioned. Those guys NEVER compromised.
@@toddhill7483 Exactly. And they still had their edge in their 60's. Geordie Walker leaving us too soon was the only thing that stopped them.
I've only chosen artists with extensive back catalogues so no Nirvana, Amy Winehouse or Pistols although I love all of them.. Also, no Beatles or Dylan, again love them but I haven't played any of their albums for years. So here we go. No particular order: Yes, Genesis (Gabriel era), The Who, Kate Bush, XTC, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Elton John (early stuff only) Led Zeppelin, REM (mostly just the 80s stuff).
Bruce Springsteen
Bob Dylan
Television/Tom Verlaine
Lou Reed/The Velvet Underground
The Go-Betweens
Wussy
PJ Harvey
Liz Phair
Rolling Stones
Genesis with Peter Gabriel (only)
Hard for me to put in any order with the exception of Springsteen, who is definitely #1
Hey Barry. There are a few mentions for XTC in the comments. I would definitely enjoy an album ranking video.
(5) artists: John Cale / Brian Eno / David Bowie / Lou Reed / John McLaughlin
(5) bands: CAN / SPIRIT / PROCOL HARUM / STEELY DAN / VELVET UNDERGROUND
How I wish Eno would do one more album of songs like Taking Tiger Mountain, Before and After Science and Another Green World. Just love them, never getting bored.
@@markkumanninen6524 Have you heard the cluster collaboraations? i veknown eno since late 80s but only discovered after the heat about ten years ago. I love the three you mention, took me alot of years to get into taking tiger mountain and agw but for a while id only listen to them.
@@markkumanninen6524 What about that one he did with David Byrne?
I’m really enjoying your lists. You’ve always been good on camera, I think you’re really starting to master your craft
Nice list. I put The Beach Boys 64-74 output over all of them with The Beatles coming in 2nd.
3. Rolling Stones
4. Pink Floyd
5. The Who
6. The Doors
7. Rush
8. The Ramones
9. Van Halen (original lineup)
10. Black Sabbath
My top 10 favorite bands:
10- Creedence Clearwater Revival
9- Envoi (A lesser known band, they're kind of like early Paramore)
8- Van Halen
7- Green Day
6- Boston
5- Foo Fighters
4- Nirvana
3- Greta Van Fleet
2- Pink Floyd
1- Rush
My favorite solo artist is Billy Joel, followed by Bob Dylan
Greta Van fleet? Jesus