You really have to be my age (75) or older to really understand the impact that the Beatles had not just on what was then just pop music, but also culture and fashion. Up until 1963 popular music was all rather MOR and twee, manufactured idols from Tin Pan Alley. She Loves You hit the world like a thunderbolt, shaking it to its core, and nothing would ever be the same again. Even now, listening to that epochal single sends shivers of excitement up my spine. For a while, every subsequent Beatles single just went straight to No 1, selling millions. To be honest, I was never really a Beatles fan, because they were everywhere, as a teenager one could not escape their music, the fashions such as long hair, then them embracing psychedelia and the hippy movement. The whole world hung on their every utterance, literally, with John Lennon lying in bed with Yoko Ono making what they thought were profound observations to the assembled press. As for the stars of the preceding era, they didn't know what had hit them. Musically of course the Beatles were extraordinary innovators both compositionally and technically. I mean, who would think of playing a bit of music backwards as part of a song? Of course there were others who were also innovating and producing amazing music -the Beachboys, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Rolling Stones, the Who, all sorts of bands with huge talent and as a teenager of the 1960s I feel so lucky to have lived through that wildly exciting period. Of course it has not ended even today, and even at 75 I lap up all kinds of new music, but I have been spoiled rotten through six decades of fantastic pop, rock, prog and dance music all kickstarted by the Fab Four.
Not sure I agree with you. I'm almost 72 and saw them at the Hollywood Bowl in 65' at 12 yrs. old. I can't think of a band that has been more influential in my musical taste.
Top quality run down here Barry. Well presented and made so interesting with that individualistic approach to delivery that makes your channel a must watch
Genesis king crimson and yes. While they are the best (with pink floyd), they should be the more influential, because musicians of other groups should try to learn from them.
I can certainly see Syd Barrett's Floyd being an influence in part to the earliest era of Blur. Superb. The Beatles of course have to be the most important...we all know how skillful and diverse their playing and musical direction is , and maybe it was the time and space they were present in... but my word I don't think , hand on heart that there will EVER be a band as important or influential as The Beatles ever again. Certainly in OUR lifetimes. Thanks Barry for another great video. 😍
What pisses me off is that these millennial revisionists will reduce the Beatles as a "boy band". I honest don't understand how these kids could be so ignorant and blase, in their opinion about the most important band in Rock. 🤦♀🤦♀🤦♀
Conspicuously absent here are The Rolling Stones and The Byrds. Each one was enormously influential in providing a template for the thousands of musicians inspired to form bands by The Beatles, who transcended templates. Either the blues-rock template of The Rolling Stones, the folk-rock template of The Byrds, or some combination of the two was the point of departure for the vast majority of bands formed in the wake of the Beatles. What the Beatles gave the world was the rock band paradigm itself and the imperative for rock bands to write their own songs. What The Rolling Stones and The Byrds gave were starting-points for doing that for those who lacked Lennon's and McCartney's genius: i.e. almost everyone. Kids who ran out to buy guitars after seeing the Ed Sullivan show or A Hard Day's Night couldn't write or sing like John and Paul. But they could play twelve-bar blues progressions like Keith Richards and vocalize like Mick Jagger. That's what all the teenage American garage bands of the 60's did. Or they could learn to arpeggiate the "cowboy chords" of Dylan songs like Roger McGuinn. That's what all the California bands of the 60's and 70's did. I'd say The Rolling Stones (and/or The Yardbirds) are more important historically than Cream, The Stooges, Led Zeppelin, or Black Sabbath, who would not have existed without them, and that leaving those bands off the list would have left room for The Byrds and the folk-rock, psychedelic, country-rock, and alternative bands for whom they paved the way.
The Byrds were great but they started to fall apart almost immediately. How many great albums ? The Stones were magnificent in many ways but nowhere near as influential as the Beatles.
@@PhilBaird1 5 off the top of my head, 5 being imho the benchmark of greatness but they also had an important socio/cultural cache to boast concurrently.
Unfortunately they never escaped their Wimbledon roots and its scandalous association with tennis. The summer of forty love was probably their creative peak.
Love the Rush t-shirt. The Beatles started it all. The Who, Pink Floyd and The Kinks were important after the Fab Four as part of the British Invasion in the US along with the Stones. The Dead, the Doors and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young in the US. Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath were an important part of the 2nd US invasion. The 60s bands influenced the other bands to come in the 70s and beyond. Thanks for the video.
So why no Rush on the list then? Seems the vast majority of contemporary rock musicians cite them as an influence… far more than King Crimson or The Stooges ever have been.
@@Sundae_Times According to your answer, I'm not sure there's a point in going through the process of showing you how wrong you are. Certainly when you put Led Zeppelin (when they were really a cover band) on the list, instead of putting Deep Purple there. But we can give you a hint. Zeppelin were very good at what they were doing, but they didn't change, or chart a new path in the world of heavy rock, or music in general. Deep purple, they were great at what they wher doing and charted a new path. If you listen to their albums in the correct sequence, you will realize that, almost single-handedly, they took the rock of the late 60's and turned it into the heavy/metal rock of the 70's. Iain Pace even invented the transition, (probably the mixing) between the almost jazzy drumming of Baker and Mitchell, to the heavy metal/rock drumming.
Deep Purple laid the foundation of hard rock and heavy metal, probably equal to both Sabbath and Zeppelin. Ritchie Blackmore was the better guitarist out of those three bands, and Jon Lord was to keyboards what Hendrix was to the electric guitar.
A brilliant analysis and insightful perspective. The first concert I attended was “Cream” in 1967 at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit. It evolved my musical perspective and ignited my 50 plus years love affair with drumming. The only band on your list that I never saw live is “The Velvet Underground”. Bravo! Thank you!
@@sapporo1832 I only mention this because of the fact that the Crickets was the first time in pop that we saw a 4 piece band become known worldwide. Buddy also collaborated with Jerry Allison to write most of the songs. Buddy was not a solo artist until breaking in with The Crickets.
Yardbirds, for sure. One of the first Brit blues bands, during their Jeff Beck era they pioneered psych, garage, raga rock, jamming (from their 'raveups') etc. and opened the gates for Cream and Hendrix. Even the Beatles weren't immune to the influence of the Yardbirds, with Paul McCartney's solo in 'Taxman' suggesting his love of his friend Beck's riffing in 'Over Under Sideways Down' and 'Shapes of Things'. Though British bands tend to cite American influences, the American bands often cite British bands, and the Yardbirds are often cited by the likes of Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, KISS etc.
Hi, here's my list in no specific order. By the way, this is my list of most IMPORTANT bands, not necessarily the most influential. I make a distinction here because for instance, based on popularity, record sales and fan followings, bands such as Journey and Foreigner can be considered "important", though I doubt they influenced many other musicians. To me the "most important" bands were both influential AND popular. So here goes: - The Beatles - The Rolling Stones - The Doors - CCR - Led Zeppelin - Pink Floyd - Black Sabbath - Deep Purple - The Sex Pistols - The Police Honorable mentions: - Yes - Genesis - Jethro Tull - The Beach Boys - Nirvana - Rush - The Who - The Mothers - The Velvet Underground - The Moody Blues - Roxy Music - Metallica - Rage Against the Machine - Soundgarden
I like your list, but The Who deserve first-tier recognition. By infusing the Who's song cycle with a storyline/narrative, Townshend's rock opera took concept albums to a whole new height--one that could be argued hasn't been topped to this day.
@@keithstover2899 You make a fair argument but these lists are somewhat subjective and, honestly, I just never thought The Who were that great. So I can't see them displacing anyone from my top 10. I recognize their importance by including them in my honorable mentions.
@@Ruda-n4h I quite agree that ALL art is subjective, depending on personal taste and listening experiences. For what it's worth, here's my Top Ten: The Beatles Led Zeppelin Queen The Who Jimi Hendrix Jethro Tull Rush Deep Purple Black Sabbath Pink Floyd. My honorable mentions are too numerous to list, but includes Rolling Stones, King's X, Porcupine Tree, Radiohead, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Heart, Smashing Pumpkins, Queensryche, Alice Cooper, Kansas, King Crimson, Yes.
Going down that road risks going back infinitely in time, though, until the only influential band is Ug and Grug throat-singing and playing stegosaurus bones like a xylophone.
Their first top hit was based on a song by Roy Orbison. They drew influence from so many places that none of them add up to making the list just because of their influence on the Fab Four.
My Top 10 Rock Bands that were both influential and I actually loved them most of my life: 1 The Beatles 2 The Rolling Stones 3 The Jimi Hendrix Experience 4 Pink Floyd 5 Led Zeppelin 6 The WHO 7 Black Sabbath 8 Deep Purple 9 Van Halen 10 UFO (Classic lineup with Michael Schenker on lead guitar). That's mine but really, it should be a top 50, I love so many talented bands that I considered for #10 but UFO is the most underrated band for me, in my lifetime. Saw them 5 times (3 x Michael Schenker, once each with Paul Chapman and then Vinnie Moore on lead guitar), always on a multi-band bills, and they were just plain better than anyone they played with (Styx, REO, etc, though Blackfoot at least gave it extra effort) other than Blue Oyster Cult, who could be #10 for me on a different day. Too many bands anyway going, say the Beatles were the best and here are 50 that could be #2! Rock On! 🎵🎸🎤🎸🎹🎶
Phil Mogg says hello. In high school there were the students that listened to Journey and Boston......then there were the students that listened to UFO.
The Kinks back catalogue just seems to get better with every passing year. To me it's obvious without them most bands would have struggled for inspiration. Particularly thanks to the genuis of Ray Davies. My No 1.
The Band might have a place on a similar list somewhere. They are highly linked to Bob Dylan and his early electric years, they made Eric Clapton want to quit Cream, they made Elton John write one his most beloved and different albums, they are a big name in Americana, they made one of the most influential concerts of all time and much of their music is timeless I think while lots of their contemporaries sound dated (not bad, just obviusly from a certain time).
Yes, The Band were HUGE and their contribution to "Americana" in Rock music simply cannot be ignored. I had the pleasure of seeing them live once and they were absolutely phenomenal.
British bias, methinks. Byrds and Beach Boys are still influencing bands to this day. and when Brian Wilson started self-producing his band at 21, that totally changed the music industry. For really the first time, the composers were deciding what their records would sound like. Yeah, there was Spector, but all his records sounded similar.
Love the Stones, my number three band but the video is on the most important, influential. The Stones were a shadow of the Beatles thru the entire 60's.
@@robroper8878 Massively influential. Changed the whole industry and culture like a tsunami. It's not a list of the most musically skilled or innovative bands.
Not including Pink Floyd is impossible to me, they even influenced ambient, trance and techno with Time and On The Run for example. I'm a GenX who was breastfed on Pink Floyd, it colored my whole taste in trippy swirling sounds to this day, and the idea that a track can be any length of time, which majors and radio have killed, but who cares we have Bandcamp. I still rejoice when I find a record that is thought as a whole piece, a trip and not a collection of songs.
I agree with you 100% on Plant ripping off Marriot. In what way did he rip off Daltry? He sounds nothing like him. His stage presence is nothing like Daltry's. The curly hair? The guy has curly hair. What's he supposed to do?
An excellent report and analysis. I imagine it would be difficult to distill a list down to ten bands only. But when you raise Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin my mind wanders over to two of their peers in that era. Uriah Heep and Deep Purple were both influential and pioneered a genre that many have followed since then. It would be interesting to hear your views on those two bands as well. Cheers.
Definitely. Probably thee most influential band on progressive hard rock and metal since they incorporated psychedelic, blues and classical into the rock format. You could also argue without Purple there would have been no Rainbow, Whitesnake or any other bands that cite them as influential including Metallica, Queen, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Van Halen or Def Leppard and so on.
Americans excel as solo acts. Maybe it's because of all of our rugged individualism. 😁 The poster doesn't even rank the Jimi Hendrix Experience though, imo, they should be included over Cream. And I assume he excluded them because they're seen as a solo act with a rhythm section.
I think they all fed off each other. Word gets around quickly in the UK. It's a very self-contained country. You see it in comedy too, The Goons, Pythons, Vic & Bob etc
I agree. I think it's really a case of "The next 8 Important Bands..." I know that we all have our favourites, but, come on! Beatles and Stones are the root cause of all this list! I'm glad that he said that Ramones & Pistols stand on the shoulders of The Stooges...Correct! but the Stooges themselves stood on the shoulders of The Rolling Stones...Ron Ashton himself explained this clearly!
Being "important" has a certain coolness to it but being important isn't a requirement for great music. As an analogy , the three greatest composers are generally regarded as JS Bach , Mozart and Beethoven. Bach wasn't that important in his own life, it was only many years after he died that his greatness was recognised, and by that time the style he composed in wasn't the fashion. Mozart was mostly following the style of earlier composers like Haydn. Beethoven though was extremely important, most of the 19th century music was influenced by him. So JS Bach and Mozart weren't that "important" really, they just wrote great music.
My 10 Important bands in no particular order; 1. Jethro Tull; A band which bring so much on the table for progressive rock 2. Grateful Dead: A band that paved the way for so many Jam bands, 3. Allman Brothers: same reason as grateful as Dead plus the aspect that they played southern rock very "melodic" 4. Pink Floyd: because they are Pink Floyd. 5. The Beatles; very important fpr the psyschedelic scene because of one particular album 6.Velvet Underground: Where there punk later without VU? 7 Cream: The founder of Power trios 8 Black Sabbath; I don `t have to name the reason. Everybody know ( and hear) why 9 The Doors; because there where very very unique 10 CCR: you only have to here one minute of John Fogertys voice and you know why
Without The Kinks, there would be no Madness, Blur, Slade, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, The Stranglers, The Clash, Sex Pistols, XTC, David Bowie, UK Squeeze, Stiff label artists like Jona Lewie, Wreckless Eric etc. A call out to the Moody Blues for creating prog rock.
Your one hundred percent right about The Moody Blues creating Prog Rock. Most people don't think they are cool 😎 anymore so like to think it was King Crimson.
My ten would perhaps be; 1. Beatles 2. Beach Boys 3. Rolling Stones 4. Kinks 5. Yardbirds 6. Led Zeppelin 7. Fairport Convention 8. Pink Floyd 9. Velvet Underground 10. Nirvana Bubbling under, ABBA, Sex Pistols, Shadows, Hollies.
It's a great list, just 10 is very tricky. Personally I might include Fleetwood Mac over Fairport, The Smiths maybe over Velvet underground (though that is very debatable) and with just 10 there's no room for Black Sabbath or The Clash , Kraftwerk or Public Enemy
1. The Beatles 2. Rolling Stones 3. The Who 4. Pink Floyd 5. Black Sabbath 6. Velvet Underground 7. MC5 8. The Doors 9. New York Dolls 10. Joy Division
I agree with somebody else who commented here that glaring omissions are the Rolling Stones and the Byrds. The Rolling Stones are rather obvious. They are literally the greatest rock band of all time. Their influence was at least as extensive as that of the Beatles. With regard to the Byrds, they pioneered the whole folk rock vibe and were extremely influential. I would say both of these bands were more influential than the kinks or Black Sabbath.
Interesting list and lots of good choices. The only entry i would definitely not have in such a top 10 are Cream. As influential as they were, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Doors or even one of the essential indie and alt bands from the 80s would be more crucial imo.
Black Sabbath but no Rolling Stones? No King Crimson? Really? Pete Townsend has said that the Stones were the original punk rock band. Without King Crimson there would have been no ELP and YES would have ended up sounding like Argent and Genesis would have ended up like Strawbs or something.
@@doscwolny2221 I'm glad...there are many running themes on my channel, and one of them is annoying Pink Floyd fans...then can be pompous, and if they can learn to laugh at themselves a little the world will be a better place
Good list and well considered. I'm sure the choice of Rush T-shirt is a preemptive strike to placate the Rush army of uber faithfull (myself included), but clearly they are downstream of Cream and Led Zep. Thanks
Hard to wrap my head around a list of most important bands with The Byrds not mentioned. The Byrds made Dylan international, created the whole west coast country rock genre (for good or ill) with the Burrito Bros, Eagles, Jackson Brown, Dirt Band, Poco, CSN & Y all heavily influenced. I think the Stones get a nod, too. Maybe a baker's dozen list per chance? Thanks for the thoughtful segment, even with (imo) a big omission.
Agree about the Byrds, I would make a point in merging folk with rock their influence out lasted all others from the era. The Beatles for all their greatness didn't reinvent the wheel. Also the Band would be very high on my list. Pretty close to the motherland of Americana. And of course the Beach Boys should be in there.
The Byrd's made Dylan.Hardly, Dylan made The Byrd's and I love The Byrd's.The Kinks could be the most underrated band.Syd Barrett was way overrated.I like later Floyd.Seen them in '75,'77,'79.
@@denniswinters2541 Bob, himself, is the first to say how much he owes to Roger McGuinn & the Byrds. The Byrds first album had 4 Dylan songs on it and made both the band and Dylan international stars with Mr. Tambourine Man and All I Really Want To Do. Everyone in the pop world started recording Dylan songs after The Byrds first record. Not saying that Bob Dylan was not great. He's the best songwriter of the entire rock era in my mind, but the Byrds really propelled his star in the 1960s.
King Crimson admitted to be have been influenced by The Moody Blues, especially Mike Pinder's Mellotron. Of course an "influential" band like "The Moodies" would never be on anyone's list (in fact it took around 50 years after their Magnificent 7 albums to get in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, whatever that is). Anyway, they are my band of influence and my little secret 😉
Excellent analysis. One major tributary that got short shrift here is glam rock. Marc Bolan and T-Rex popularized it, but it touched myriad bands on both sides of the Atlantic--Pretty Things, Slade, Gary Glitter, Iggy Pop, Sweet, Mott The Hoople, Roxy Music, New York Dolls, etc. Glam combined fashion with theatricality, so throw in Alice Cooper, Kiss, Queen and Prince. And Bowie, of course.
The Doors had to be on that list of 10, but okay, at least you mentioned them for 11. As a huge Pink Floyd fan it would break my heart if you didn't mention them. 🎸
Love your channel, Barry, but not a fan of this list. Where the hell is Van Halen? They spawned countless wannabes and there's a Sirius XM channel (Hair Nation) that wouldn't exist without VH. Not to mention the thousands and thousands of guitarists inspired by EVH. I cannot possibly fathom how anybody could say The Stooges or Velvet Underground are more influential. And that's not even taking album sales into account. I'd like to think you're not biased against US bands. And that's coming from a Yank who mostly listens to UK bands.
...a solid top-10, Barry, and you argued your cases very well... in my list probably the Kinks (love 'em!!!) and the Stooges would be replaced by King Crimson and the Doors, but thats personal choices - its all not rock-hard science (except for the Beatles at No 1)... 🌈
I tend to think Sabbath should be a bit higher and Velvet Underground a bit lower, but hard to argue with your list. BUT, one could make a good argument that the MC5 should replace The Stooges
Thanks for another excellent post Barry. Though not in complete agreement with you, I think there’s a case for everyone on your list and that’s what makes for a good debate about it. Pleased to see The Kinks especially getting some plaudits. Growing up, The Jam were the first band to make a real impact on me and their influence was life-changing. The first gig I saw was them at The Rainbow in 1981, I was 14. Through them and primarily Weller’s influences as a songwriter, I soaked up The Beatles, Who, Kinks, Small Faces, Motown and off you go on that ever-unfolding joyous joining of the dots! Always enjoy your channel old sport. All the best..👍 Oh! Extra thanks for "Sydless" and "Teutonic tinkling." Lovely..
Good list. I’d include Van Halen because they came along in 1978 when Disco was dominating the charts but their debut album was incredibly successful and influenced most rock bands throughout the ‘80s.
Thanks for including the Kinks. They also brought that whimsy that influenced so many other bands, as well as a sense of gender-bending identity. They’re one that is so often overlooked today.
@@herchelleonwood7463 I will take your word or it. Those groups were much better at it then than Craftwerk, because until this video I hadn't heard of them, and that hasn't change no matter their influence. Cheers.
@@junk_rig_sailor1698 You're from the US aren't you? Kraftwerk were the foundational influence behind all early 80s synth bands. Particularly audible in the 78-83 period in the UK which was pretty much ignored by the US. Their robotic rhythms were picked up later in the US to sow the seeds of both Detroit techno and Chicago house. Of course US being the US they originated a form and never evolved it; it took Europe to take the seed and develop it into the vast array of dance styles that evolved from house and detroit techno.
Can’t not have The Doors my god what were you thinking. Not every album a classic but still created some of the finest work besides which Morrison in my view was and still is to this day the most enigmatic front man.
The Velvet Underground are the typical choice of a music critic. How many kids in the sixties and seventies started playing an instrument and forming a band just because they wanted to be like The Velvet Undergound? I bet they'd lose 1 in 100 to the Stones in this competition.
Possibly - but by the 1980s it was the other way around. The Strolling Bones (as they were referred at the time; ironic given they're still strolling) were considered clueless out of touch try hards - whereas VU seemed to capture the zeitgeist better than actual contemporary bands...and everyone was trying to sound like them.
Yes Cream thank you for not letting them to get lost in the sauce like now a days and their new found hate for EC 🎸 because of his view on the plaque thank you 🙂
I love The Stones more than anything. But they are kind of more blues based traditionalists compared to a band like The Velvets. Nothing wrong with that if you like The Stones music better, but here we’re talking about influence on the music world… I can’t really choose although I clearly listen to The Stones more…😊
1. Pink Floyd - most influential band for me, by far. 2. The Beatles 3. Rolling Stones 4. Led Zepellin 5. The Who 6. Cream 7. Black Sabbath 8. Kraftwerk 9. King Crimson 10. Sex Pistols
I would suggest The Beach Boys, The Allman Brothers Band and Nirvana. While each were certainly influenced by many in your list, they also were incredibly influential to many, many other bands as well.
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You really have to be my age (75) or older to really understand the impact that the Beatles had not just on what was then just pop music, but also culture and fashion. Up until 1963 popular music was all rather MOR and twee, manufactured idols from Tin Pan Alley. She Loves You hit the world like a thunderbolt, shaking it to its core, and nothing would ever be the same again. Even now, listening to that epochal single sends shivers of excitement up my spine. For a while, every subsequent Beatles single just went straight to No 1, selling millions. To be honest, I was never really a Beatles fan, because they were everywhere, as a teenager one could not escape their music, the fashions such as long hair, then them embracing psychedelia and the hippy movement. The whole world hung on their every utterance, literally, with John Lennon lying in bed with Yoko Ono making what they thought were profound observations to the assembled press. As for the stars of the preceding era, they didn't know what had hit them. Musically of course the Beatles were extraordinary innovators both compositionally and technically. I mean, who would think of playing a bit of music backwards as part of a song? Of course there were others who were also innovating and producing amazing music -the Beachboys, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Rolling Stones, the Who, all sorts of bands with huge talent and as a teenager of the 1960s I feel so lucky to have lived through that wildly exciting period. Of course it has not ended even today, and even at 75 I lap up all kinds of new music, but I have been spoiled rotten through six decades of fantastic pop, rock, prog and dance music all kickstarted by the Fab Four.
wow very nice .
Not sure I agree with you. I'm almost 72 and saw them at the Hollywood Bowl in 65' at 12 yrs. old. I can't think of a band that has been more influential in my musical taste.
I agree with every word you've said here , we are of a similar age , 72 The Beatles meant so much to me !
I would also agree.
But is one of the bands I will not listen to anymore.
I'm so pleased that you mentioned the Kinks, I regard them as influential as the Beatles, and just as great
The Beatles are drastically overrated. I'm not a major Kinks fan, but if one of their songs come on the radio, it holds up way better in my opinion.
Top quality run down here Barry. Well presented and made so interesting with that individualistic approach to delivery that makes your channel a must watch
Bravo for including the Who, Kinks.
Genesis king crimson and yes. While they are the best (with pink floyd), they should be the more influential, because musicians of other groups should try to learn from them.
I can certainly see Syd Barrett's Floyd being an influence in part to the earliest era of Blur. Superb.
The Beatles of course have to be the most important...we all know how skillful and diverse their playing and musical direction is , and maybe it was the time and space they were present in... but my word I don't think , hand on heart that there will EVER be a band as important or influential as The Beatles ever again. Certainly in OUR lifetimes. Thanks Barry for another great video. 😍
What pisses me off is that these millennial revisionists will reduce the Beatles as a "boy band". I honest don't understand how these kids could be so ignorant and blase, in their opinion about the most important band in Rock. 🤦♀🤦♀🤦♀
@@2008PLSthey have no idea of their importance and influence. The Beatles are in a different stratosphere to everyone else.
I agree. The Kinks were so influential. They had the ability to make this Yank feel British, especially with "Village Green".
My first thought was the Kinks. I’m glad he said them. I think it was a good list.
@@williammckay9229 Hollies > Kinks
Did Ween make you feel Boognish?
@@kelbale Let it be
Never understood the praise for The Beatles, the Kinks I can listen to.
Conspicuously absent here are The Rolling Stones and The Byrds. Each one was enormously influential in providing a template for the thousands of musicians inspired to form bands by The Beatles, who transcended templates. Either the blues-rock template of The Rolling Stones, the folk-rock template of The Byrds, or some combination of the two was the point of departure for the vast majority of bands formed in the wake of the Beatles. What the Beatles gave the world was the rock band paradigm itself and the imperative for rock bands to write their own songs. What The Rolling Stones and The Byrds gave were starting-points for doing that for those who lacked Lennon's and McCartney's genius: i.e. almost everyone. Kids who ran out to buy guitars after seeing the Ed Sullivan show or A Hard Day's Night couldn't write or sing like John and Paul. But they could play twelve-bar blues progressions like Keith Richards and vocalize like Mick Jagger. That's what all the teenage American garage bands of the 60's did. Or they could learn to arpeggiate the "cowboy chords" of Dylan songs like Roger McGuinn. That's what all the California bands of the 60's and 70's did. I'd say The Rolling Stones (and/or The Yardbirds) are more important historically than Cream, The Stooges, Led Zeppelin, or Black Sabbath, who would not have existed without them, and that leaving those bands off the list would have left room for The Byrds and the folk-rock, psychedelic, country-rock, and alternative bands for whom they paved the way.
The Byrds were great but they started to fall apart almost immediately. How many great albums ? The Stones were magnificent in many ways but nowhere near as influential as the Beatles.
I would have put the Byrds in there myself,maybe in place of Sabbath, but l defer to Barry's astute summation's in the main.
@@PhilBaird1 5 off the top of my head, 5 being imho the benchmark of greatness but they also had an important socio/cultural cache to boast concurrently.
Also The Ramones I would add need to be on this list
I'd include the Beach Boys before the Byrds.
No Wombles??? All fantastic musicians and they always cleaned up after themselves. 😉
Kasenatz Katz Super Circus is pretty much the basis of all modern pop (including K). Influential doesn't have to mean good.
Unfortunately they never escaped their Wimbledon roots and its scandalous association with tennis. The summer of forty love was probably their creative peak.
And that scandalous lyric: “When there’s grass on the court/Play a set.”
Comment Section: "Them's fightin' words!" 😂
Great list. I enjoyed your most eloquent, often quite lyrical commentary. 🤘
Someone mentioned the Band. They certainly had a huge influence on American music from the 70's onwards.
Good to see Cream getting some recognition.
CREAM WERE TREMENDOUS !!!!!
Love the Rush t-shirt. The Beatles started it all. The Who, Pink Floyd and The Kinks were important after the Fab Four as part of the British Invasion in the US along with the Stones. The Dead, the Doors and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young in the US. Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath were an important part of the 2nd US invasion. The 60s bands influenced the other bands to come in the 70s and beyond. Thanks for the video.
No Velvet Underground? Alice Cooper, AC/DC. I cannot concur.
No Jeff beck group no led zeppelin
Little Richard started it all.
So why no Rush on the list then? Seems the vast majority of contemporary rock musicians cite them as an influence… far more than King Crimson or The Stooges ever have been.
Anyone who doesn't put Deep Purple on the list and certainly above Led Zeppelin, needs to check his musical education again...
Meh - Deep Purple were basically a covers band.
@@Sundae_Times According to your answer, I'm not sure there's a point in going through the process of showing you how wrong you are. Certainly when you put Led Zeppelin (when they were really a cover band) on the list, instead of putting Deep Purple there.
But we can give you a hint. Zeppelin were very good at what they were doing, but they didn't change, or chart a new path in the world of heavy rock, or music in general. Deep purple, they were great at what they wher doing and charted a new path. If you listen to their albums in the correct sequence, you will realize that, almost single-handedly, they took the rock of the late 60's and turned it into the heavy/metal rock of the 70's. Iain Pace even invented the transition, (probably the mixing) between the almost jazzy drumming of Baker and Mitchell, to the heavy metal/rock drumming.
Deep Purple laid the foundation of hard rock and heavy metal, probably equal to both Sabbath and Zeppelin. Ritchie Blackmore was the better guitarist out of those three bands, and Jon Lord was to keyboards what Hendrix was to the electric guitar.
They where where influential when it comes to heavy metal and specially Richie Blackmore both with Deep Purple and Rainbow.
The omission of The Jimi Hendrix Experience is crazy work.
no fool like an old one..I like badfinger, the fugs. and others.
Thanks for mentioning my band - Cosmic Broccoli.
A brilliant analysis and insightful perspective. The first concert I attended was “Cream” in 1967 at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit. It evolved my musical perspective and ignited my 50 plus years love affair with drumming. The only band on your list that I never saw live is “The Velvet Underground”. Bravo! Thank you!
Buddy Holly and The Crickets is in the DNA of every single band. They should not be ommited from this list.
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Nope. Try again.
@@shirleymental4189 yeah live up to your name!
I agree completely about Buddy Holly's place, but - not to insult the Crickets - I wonder if this is similar to what he said about Jimi Hendrix.
@@sapporo1832 I only mention this because of the fact that the Crickets was the first time in pop that we saw a 4 piece band become known worldwide. Buddy also collaborated with Jerry Allison to write most of the songs. Buddy was not a solo artist until breaking in with The Crickets.
Creedence Clearwater Revival I would say were a massively important and influential band too.
I love CCR and would put them in before Rolling Stones.
They would definitely be top 20, maybe 15, along with the Allman Brothers and Skynyrd.
Nah, not as influential as many, many others.
America's answer to The Beatles, and a heck of an answer at that!
@@chuckm4540 Not even close
Yardbirds would be a good shout as the root to many subsequent branches of classic rock.
Yardbirds, for sure. One of the first Brit blues bands, during their Jeff Beck era they pioneered psych, garage, raga rock, jamming (from their 'raveups') etc. and opened the gates for Cream and Hendrix. Even the Beatles weren't immune to the influence of the Yardbirds, with Paul McCartney's solo in 'Taxman' suggesting his love of his friend Beck's riffing in 'Over Under Sideways Down' and 'Shapes of Things'. Though British bands tend to cite American influences, the American bands often cite British bands, and the Yardbirds are often cited by the likes of Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, KISS etc.
Don't shout at deaf ears the man is on the "track"..😂😂 Velvet Underground,Who,Kinks,even the walks laughing 😂😂😂
Nah
I would include the Yardbirds before the Who
I really enjoyed such a personal trip through time. Thank you.
Finally someone who doesn't put The Stones, Sex Pistols, or god forbid, Nirvana in a top 10 influential bands. I 100% agree with this list.
Nirvana deserve their place in rock but not on this list.
@@johnr3150 The Stones certainly do
Nirvana " The Story of Simon Simopath","Local Anesthethic","Secrets"(2023).
Fine visual essay Barry. We all have our own ideas regarding this but I can't find fault with any of your choices.
Hi, here's my list in no specific order. By the way, this is my list of most IMPORTANT bands, not necessarily the most influential. I make a distinction here because for instance, based on popularity, record sales and fan followings, bands such as Journey and Foreigner can be considered "important", though I doubt they influenced many other musicians. To me the "most important" bands were both influential AND popular. So here goes:
- The Beatles
- The Rolling Stones
- The Doors
- CCR
- Led Zeppelin
- Pink Floyd
- Black Sabbath
- Deep Purple
- The Sex Pistols
- The Police
Honorable mentions:
- Yes
- Genesis
- Jethro Tull
- The Beach Boys
- Nirvana
- Rush
- The Who
- The Mothers
- The Velvet Underground
- The Moody Blues
- Roxy Music
- Metallica
- Rage Against the Machine
- Soundgarden
I like your list, but The Who deserve first-tier recognition. By infusing the Who's song cycle with a storyline/narrative, Townshend's rock opera took concept albums to a whole new height--one that could be argued hasn't been topped to this day.
@@keithstover2899 You make a fair argument but these lists are somewhat subjective and, honestly, I just never thought The Who were that great. So I can't see them displacing anyone from my top 10. I recognize their importance by including them in my honorable mentions.
Definitely Yes! They'd be in my top 10
@@Ruda-n4h I quite agree that ALL art is subjective, depending on personal taste and listening experiences. For what it's worth, here's my Top Ten:
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Queen
The Who
Jimi Hendrix
Jethro Tull
Rush
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
Pink Floyd.
My honorable mentions are too numerous to list, but includes Rolling Stones, King's X, Porcupine Tree, Radiohead, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Heart, Smashing Pumpkins, Queensryche, Alice Cooper, Kansas, King Crimson, Yes.
Didn't the Beatles say they were heavily influenced by Buddy Holly and the Crickets, you can't get more influential than that.
Going down that road risks going back infinitely in time, though, until the only influential band is Ug and Grug throat-singing and playing stegosaurus bones like a xylophone.
That's true but you have to start somewhere and they were operating only a few years the Beatles
Their first top hit was based on a song by Roy Orbison. They drew influence from so many places that none of them add up to making the list just because of their influence on the Fab Four.
@@RubUOutC😂😂😂
First 4 piece group with a singer songwriter but fair enough, maybe not so influential
Superb ,mate, I didn't agree with three of your choices ,but hey that's part of what makes your channel great👍👍👍👍👍
The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd will always be top 3 for me
Agreed
agreed
Agreed.
Disagree.
Rush has to be in there somewhere. So many great bands back in the day. Take care
I'd love to see you And Andy just rambling about music! Have a nice weekend my friends!
We owe such a debt of gratitude to England. I’m an American and you guys kicked our butts when it came to music
@@handsomestik nah. Weather Report, Pixies, Little Feat, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, etc etc
My Top 10 Rock Bands that were both influential and I actually loved them most of my life:
1 The Beatles
2 The Rolling Stones
3 The Jimi Hendrix Experience
4 Pink Floyd
5 Led Zeppelin
6 The WHO
7 Black Sabbath
8 Deep Purple
9 Van Halen
10 UFO (Classic lineup with Michael Schenker on lead guitar).
That's mine but really, it should be a top 50, I love so many talented bands that I considered for #10 but UFO is the most underrated band for me, in my lifetime. Saw them 5 times (3 x Michael Schenker, once each with Paul Chapman and then Vinnie Moore on lead guitar), always on a multi-band bills, and they were just plain better than anyone they played with (Styx, REO, etc, though Blackfoot at least gave it extra effort) other than Blue Oyster Cult, who could be #10 for me on a different day. Too many bands anyway going, say the Beatles were the best and here are 50 that could be #2! Rock On! 🎵🎸🎤🎸🎹🎶
Full agreement on UFO.
Your list is juuuust about right! Nice!
Fantastic list big up for including UFO, and mentioning blue oyster cult
Phil Mogg says hello. In high school there were the students that listened to Journey and Boston......then there were the students that listened to UFO.
The Kinks back catalogue just seems to get better with every passing year. To me it's obvious without them most bands would have struggled for inspiration. Particularly thanks to the genuis of Ray Davies. My No 1.
After a couple vids…you’re not a music snob, level head & like the style…subscribed!
The Band might have a place on a similar list somewhere. They are highly linked to Bob Dylan and his early electric years, they made Eric Clapton want to quit Cream, they made Elton John write one his most beloved and different albums, they are a big name in Americana, they made one of the most influential concerts of all time and much of their music is timeless I think while lots of their contemporaries sound dated (not bad, just obviusly from a certain time).
Crossed my mind too, fantastic artists..👍
Yes, The Band were HUGE and their contribution to "Americana" in Rock music simply cannot be ignored. I had the pleasure of seeing them live once and they were absolutely phenomenal.
Good list . You saved it at the last second by including The Doors
You cannot omit the Byrds, Beach Boys, Rolling Stones or Sex Pistols without an explanation. Get serious 😮
British bias, methinks. Byrds and Beach Boys are still influencing bands to this day. and when Brian Wilson started self-producing his band at 21, that totally changed the music industry. For really the first time, the composers were deciding what their records would sound like. Yeah, there was Spector, but all his records sounded similar.
Hey, he had to make room for Kraftwerk. His hands were tied, man. Sorry.😆
Love the Stones, my number three band but the video is on the most important, influential. The Stones were a shadow of the Beatles thru the entire 60's.
The Sex Pistols were a parody of themselves. Very different at the time, but important, influential or musically creative??? No
@@robroper8878 Massively influential. Changed the whole industry and culture like a tsunami. It's not a list of the most musically skilled or innovative bands.
Not including Pink Floyd is impossible to me, they even influenced ambient, trance and techno with Time and On The Run for example. I'm a GenX who was breastfed on Pink Floyd, it colored my whole taste in trippy swirling sounds to this day, and the idea that a track can be any length of time, which majors and radio have killed, but who cares we have Bandcamp. I still rejoice when I find a record that is thought as a whole piece, a trip and not a collection of songs.
I am glad that you mentioned Percy Plant ripping off Marriott and The Who.
Talking of which, no Small Faces?
I agree with you 100% on Plant ripping off Marriot. In what way did he rip off Daltry? He sounds nothing like him. His stage presence is nothing like Daltry's. The curly hair? The guy has curly hair. What's he supposed to do?
@@jjvermeer and the fringed jacket. The way he moved on stage. To name but two
Page used some of Marriott's stage moves as well.
An excellent report and analysis. I imagine it would be difficult to distill a list down to ten bands only. But when you raise Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin my mind wanders over to two of their peers in that era. Uriah Heep and Deep Purple were both influential and pioneered a genre that many have followed since then. It would be interesting to hear your views on those two bands as well. Cheers.
Yes Purple especially should be on any list of this type.
Definitely. Probably thee most influential band on progressive hard rock and metal since they incorporated psychedelic, blues and classical into the rock format. You could also argue without Purple there would have been no Rainbow, Whitesnake or any other bands that cite them as influential including Metallica, Queen, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Van Halen or Def Leppard and so on.
A great question is what made English band's so influential for so many decades.
Americans excel as solo acts. Maybe it's because of all of our rugged individualism. 😁 The poster doesn't even rank the Jimi Hendrix Experience though, imo, they should be included over Cream. And I assume he excluded them because they're seen as a solo act with a rhythm section.
@@stevehoran5595or as someone commented on a drum website, Jimi was Mitch Mitchell's guitarist.😅
English fondness of the absurd, and literate background seemed to be the difference. American was more base emotion.
@@stevehoran5595 He did explain.
I think they all fed off each other. Word gets around quickly in the UK. It's a very self-contained country. You see it in comedy too, The Goons, Pythons, Vic & Bob etc
The Doors, yes. Great stuff again.
Stones should have been on this list. They were the first in so many areas of performing rock and roll.
I'm not really Stones fan, but I would have put them on my list, just for their 1960s singles alone, hard to argue about their influence.
I agree. I think it's really a case of "The next 8 Important Bands..." I know that we all have our favourites, but, come on! Beatles and Stones are the root cause of all this list! I'm glad that he said that Ramones & Pistols stand on the shoulders of The Stooges...Correct! but the Stooges themselves stood on the shoulders of The Rolling Stones...Ron Ashton himself explained this clearly!
Nope.
No they shouldn’t because it’s not your fucking list.
Congrats on the 60K. Much deserved. Great Channel. Best Regards, Jeremy
Nice to have you back.....
Of course Floyd need to be on that list!
Pink Floyds music is lullabies for stoners.
@@John-k6f9k binaural beats on valium?
I write as a fan of course....
Yes, yes, and thrice yes. Nice one, dude!
Being "important" has a certain coolness to it but being important isn't a requirement for great music. As an analogy , the three greatest composers are generally regarded as JS Bach , Mozart and Beethoven. Bach wasn't that important in his own life, it was only many years after he died that his greatness was recognised, and by that time the style he composed in wasn't the fashion. Mozart was mostly following the style of earlier composers like Haydn. Beethoven though was extremely important, most of the 19th century music was influenced by him. So JS Bach and Mozart weren't that "important" really, they just wrote great music.
My 10 Important bands in no particular order;
1. Jethro Tull; A band which bring so much on the table for progressive rock
2. Grateful Dead: A band that paved the way for so many Jam bands,
3. Allman Brothers: same reason as grateful as Dead plus the aspect that they played southern rock very "melodic"
4. Pink Floyd: because they are Pink Floyd.
5. The Beatles; very important fpr the psyschedelic scene because of one particular album
6.Velvet Underground: Where there punk later without VU?
7 Cream: The founder of Power trios
8 Black Sabbath; I don `t have to name the reason. Everybody know ( and hear) why
9 The Doors; because there where very very unique
10 CCR: you only have to here one minute of John Fogertys voice and you know why
Thanks. Another excellent item, your eloquence.
Nice, and the added bonus of The Doors was the icing on the cake.
Great t-shirt! I have that one in my sizeable collection of Rush shirts and it's a personal favourite.
Without The Kinks, there would be no Madness, Blur, Slade, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, The Stranglers, The Clash, Sex Pistols, XTC, David Bowie, UK Squeeze, Stiff label artists like Jona Lewie, Wreckless Eric etc.
A call out to the Moody Blues for creating prog rock.
Massive influence on Paul Weller
Sure there would
Procol Harum created prog rock.
@@BennyTheBall8899Along with The Small Faces......
Your one hundred percent right about The Moody Blues creating Prog Rock. Most people don't think they are cool 😎 anymore so like to think it was King Crimson.
Can i just say a BIG thank you to you for all your vlogs, both entertaining and informative excellent thank you
My ten would perhaps be;
1. Beatles
2. Beach Boys
3. Rolling Stones
4. Kinks
5. Yardbirds
6. Led Zeppelin
7. Fairport Convention
8. Pink Floyd
9. Velvet Underground
10. Nirvana
Bubbling under, ABBA, Sex Pistols, Shadows, Hollies.
It's a great list, just 10 is very tricky. Personally I might include Fleetwood Mac over Fairport, The Smiths maybe over Velvet underground (though that is very debatable) and with just 10 there's no room for Black Sabbath or The Clash , Kraftwerk or Public Enemy
No Nirvana...
@@aminmalik4086....Correct. No way Nirvana and The Who should be top 5
dude,,,,,you did not just say ABBA. lol
Pretty good list. Thank God you had the good sense to include The Kings...er...Kinks. Personally I would include Los Lobos.
1. The Beatles
2. Rolling Stones
3. The Who
4. Pink Floyd
5. Black Sabbath
6. Velvet Underground
7. MC5
8. The Doors
9. New York Dolls
10. Joy Division
I agree with somebody else who commented here that glaring omissions are the Rolling Stones and the Byrds. The Rolling Stones are rather obvious. They are literally the greatest rock band of all time. Their influence was at least as extensive as that of the Beatles. With regard to the Byrds, they pioneered the whole folk rock vibe and were extremely influential. I would say both of these bands were more influential than the kinks or Black Sabbath.
Interesting list and lots of good choices. The only entry i would definitely not have in such a top 10 are Cream. As influential as they were, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Doors or even one of the essential indie and alt bands from the 80s would be more crucial imo.
Black Sabbath but no Rolling Stones? No King Crimson? Really? Pete Townsend has said that the Stones were the original punk rock band. Without King Crimson there would have been no ELP and YES would have ended up sounding like Argent and Genesis would have ended up like Strawbs or something.
'There was nothing like The Yardbirds'.
Jeff Beck
Great: Jim morrison absolutely loved the kinks!
The kinks all day and all of the night inspired jim with hello i love you.
Correct List: Beatles, Stones, Zep, Who, Sabbath, Deep Purple, Cream, Boston, Van Halen, Triumph
Triumph! Good band "Allied Forces" is a great album!
No the gentleman already gave the correct list I think you'll find.
Certainly any list worth its salt should include Deep Purple.
I’ve never in my life heard or read anyone mention Triumph as influential, or anything special for that matter.
@@nationaltrevor255 until now
Thanks for the mention, and for appeasing the Floyd fans
Yep I'm happier now lol
@@doscwolny2221 I'm glad...there are many running themes on my channel, and one of them is annoying Pink Floyd fans...then can be pompous, and if they can learn to laugh at themselves a little the world will be a better place
The Rolling Stones have to be on any type of list if you are going to have one. I like your list despite that big omission.
Good list and well considered. I'm sure the choice of Rush T-shirt is a preemptive strike to placate the Rush army of uber faithfull (myself included), but clearly they are downstream of Cream and Led Zep. Thanks
Hard to wrap my head around a list of most important bands with The Byrds not mentioned. The Byrds made Dylan international, created the whole west coast country rock genre (for good or ill) with the Burrito Bros, Eagles, Jackson Brown, Dirt Band, Poco, CSN & Y all heavily influenced. I think the Stones get a nod, too. Maybe a baker's dozen list per chance? Thanks for the thoughtful segment, even with (imo) a big omission.
Agree about the Byrds, I would make a point in merging folk with rock their influence out lasted all others from the era. The Beatles for all their greatness didn't reinvent the wheel. Also the Band would be very high on my list. Pretty close to the motherland of Americana. And of course the Beach Boys should be in there.
The Byrd's made Dylan.Hardly, Dylan made The Byrd's and I love The Byrd's.The Kinks could be the most underrated band.Syd Barrett was way overrated.I like later Floyd.Seen them in '75,'77,'79.
@@denniswinters2541 Bob, himself, is the first to say how much he owes to Roger McGuinn & the Byrds. The Byrds first album had 4 Dylan songs on it and made both the band and Dylan international stars with Mr. Tambourine Man and All I Really Want To Do. Everyone in the pop world started recording Dylan songs after The Byrds first record. Not saying that Bob Dylan was not great. He's the best songwriter of the entire rock era in my mind, but the Byrds really propelled his star in the 1960s.
@@johnthrasher8146 The clue is that the original Tambourine Man is 3/4; the Byrds is 4/4. Dylan's versions have been 4/4 ever since.....
Wonderful list i Will Add the Stones and the Moody Blues.
Coil, Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk, Can, Tangerine Dream, Hüsker Dü, Black Sabbath, Ulver, Joy Division, Velvet Underground,
Never heard of Coil, Can, or Ulver.
@@tan-jello just listen to them ...being not so popular, doesn't mean that they were not important.
@@opaknack5997 Coil are a rewarding listen, start with 'Musick to play in the Dark, vols 1&2'
Yes to Tangerine Dream, taught the world how to use sequencers.
@@Titus9508 yes - together with Klaus Schulze
IMO
1 - The Beatles
Rush
Elvis Presley
Queen
Led Zeppelin
The Who
Ramones
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
Nirvana
King Crimson. Enough said.
Maybe too far ‘out there’… wherever that may be, plus ‘ Schizoid Man is what? Proto proto!
Not really, but everyone is entitled to their opinion.
How predictable,'king crimson' a tad overestimated in my opinion!
King Crimson admitted to be have been influenced by The Moody Blues, especially Mike Pinder's Mellotron. Of course an "influential" band like "The Moodies" would never be on anyone's list (in fact it took around 50 years after their Magnificent 7 albums to get in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, whatever that is). Anyway, they are my band of influence and my little secret 😉
@@SuperNevile totally in agreement👍
Excellent analysis. One major tributary that got short shrift here is glam rock. Marc Bolan and T-Rex popularized it, but it touched myriad bands on both sides of the Atlantic--Pretty Things, Slade, Gary Glitter, Iggy Pop, Sweet, Mott The Hoople, Roxy Music, New York Dolls, etc. Glam combined fashion with theatricality, so throw in Alice Cooper, Kiss, Queen and Prince. And Bowie, of course.
Who knew Mike Ehrmantraut had a twin brother? 🤔
Mike Ehrmentraut's ranking
@@fernandodebisogno6428 ?
Love 'Breaking Bad'
@@classicalbum Cool! And please take my post as a compliment - Mike was a really cool character :)
Enjoyed your video. Very good points were made, but surprised no Stones. Curious on your take.
The Doors had to be on that list of 10, but okay, at least you mentioned them for 11. As a huge Pink Floyd fan it would break my heart if you didn't mention them. 🎸
The Doors should be on top 5.
The Doors influenced the Stooges. The Doors should be in the top 10 for sure.
@@H-mu4boYes, Iggy Pop was a fan of Jim Morrison.
Great list, loved the commentary on Syd.
Love your channel, Barry, but not a fan of this list. Where the hell is Van Halen? They spawned countless wannabes and there's a Sirius XM channel (Hair Nation) that wouldn't exist without VH. Not to mention the thousands and thousands of guitarists inspired by EVH. I cannot possibly fathom how anybody could say The Stooges or Velvet Underground are more influential. And that's not even taking album sales into account. I'd like to think you're not biased against US bands. And that's coming from a Yank who mostly listens to UK bands.
...a solid top-10, Barry, and you argued your cases very well... in my list probably the Kinks (love 'em!!!) and the Stooges would be replaced by King Crimson and the Doors, but thats personal choices
- its all not rock-hard science (except for the Beatles at No 1)... 🌈
The Doors settled out of court with the Kinks for copying All Day and All of the Night in Hello I Love You. Just sayin'
I tend to think Sabbath should be a bit higher and Velvet Underground a bit lower, but hard to argue with your list.
BUT, one could make a good argument that the MC5 should replace The Stooges
Love your channel man. I was just listening to Tom Waits 'what's he building in there' What about a top ten of the most spooky songs?
Thanks for another excellent post Barry. Though not in complete agreement with you, I think there’s a case for everyone on your list and that’s what makes for a good debate about it. Pleased to see The Kinks especially getting some plaudits.
Growing up, The Jam were the first band to make a real impact on me and their influence was life-changing. The first gig I saw was them at The Rainbow in 1981, I was 14. Through them and primarily Weller’s influences as a songwriter, I soaked up The Beatles, Who, Kinks, Small Faces, Motown and off you go on that ever-unfolding joyous joining of the dots! Always enjoy your channel old sport. All the best..👍
Oh! Extra thanks for "Sydless" and "Teutonic tinkling." Lovely..
Good list. I’d include Van Halen because they came along in 1978 when Disco was dominating the charts but their debut album was incredibly successful and influenced most rock bands throughout the ‘80s.
Agreed! Though I would argue: Throughout the '80s and still today.
I was ready to be outraged by the lack of The Doors, but you saved it at the end. I will take an honorable mention.
Thanks for including the Kinks. They also brought that whimsy that influenced so many other bands, as well as a sense of gender-bending identity. They’re one that is so often overlooked today.
Good list; read a lot of the comments - certainly the Allman Brothers Band gave us Southern Rock, which seems rather influential too.
Thank you for your Good Friday greeting.
Finally, someone who acknowledges Kraftwerk as being a driving influence of the Techno 20 years before the Detroit scene came to be.
Never heard of them until this video
kraftwerk was a giant influence on Joy Division , New Order, Devo, Gary Numan and much of the early new wave, post punk.
@@herchelleonwood7463 I will take your word or it. Those groups were much better at it then than Craftwerk, because until this video I hadn't heard of them, and that hasn't change no matter their influence. Cheers.
@@junk_rig_sailor1698 They were much better, yet you've never even heard of Kraftwerk? How does that work?
@@junk_rig_sailor1698 You're from the US aren't you? Kraftwerk were the foundational influence behind all early 80s synth bands. Particularly audible in the 78-83 period in the UK which was pretty much ignored by the US. Their robotic rhythms were picked up later in the US to sow the seeds of both Detroit techno and Chicago house. Of course US being the US they originated a form and never evolved it; it took Europe to take the seed and develop it into the vast array of dance styles that evolved from house and detroit techno.
The Doors had to get a mention, and glad you did. Let's call it the 11 most important bands!
Thanks for that nod to the Kinks. They are somewhat overlooked here in the US. But they delivered over and over through the years.
yeh record store today looked at vusual record not one of their best but even so had a few hit songs
Can’t not have The Doors my god what were you thinking. Not every album a classic but still created some of the finest work besides which Morrison in my view was and still is to this day the most enigmatic front man.
The Velvet Underground are the typical choice of a music critic. How many kids in the sixties and seventies started playing an instrument and forming a band just because they wanted to be like The Velvet Undergound? I bet they'd lose 1 in 100 to the Stones in this competition.
Possibly - but by the 1980s it was the other way around. The Strolling Bones (as they were referred at the time; ironic given they're still strolling) were considered clueless out of touch try hards - whereas VU seemed to capture the zeitgeist better than actual contemporary bands...and everyone was trying to sound like them.
Excellent video. I don't like all these bands but I recognize their influence nevertheless.
Pleased that you mentioned the Incredible String Band re. Led Zeppelin.
I love all of your reviews.
Glad that the Velvet Underground picked up some well deserved recognition.
Yes Cream thank you for not letting them to get lost in the sauce like now a days and their new found hate for EC 🎸 because of his view on the plaque thank you 🙂
In my humble opinion, I'd certainly put the Rolling stones in instead of that awful band the Velvet underground .
I love The Stones more than anything. But they are kind of more blues based traditionalists compared to a band like The Velvets. Nothing wrong with that if you like The Stones music better, but here we’re talking about influence on the music world…
I can’t really choose although I clearly listen to The Stones more…😊
1. Pink Floyd - most influential band for me, by far.
2. The Beatles
3. Rolling Stones
4. Led Zepellin
5. The Who
6. Cream
7. Black Sabbath
8. Kraftwerk
9. King Crimson
10. Sex Pistols
Love how your list has no US bands.
Love your channel. Especially the sarcastic one liners.
Jimi Hendrix Experience?
A great list🎉🎉
Thank you.
Syd Barrett ❤
Great list and analysis.
I would suggest The Beach Boys, The Allman Brothers Band and Nirvana. While each were certainly influenced by many in your list, they also were incredibly influential to many, many other bands as well.
Just gonna throw this out there: Rolling Stones, Dylan, Chuck Berry, James Brown.
Dylan, Chuck Berry, andJames Brown aren't bands.