Best British band EVER!

[The Large One]

Slight problem with the who is the kiddie fiddler (Researcher Townshend) member...

Erm... Townshend isn't a kidde fiddler. Where did you get that from?

 

[Cian]

Erm... Townshend isn't a kidde fiddler. Where did you get that from?

He used his credit card to purchase child pornography. Cleared or not, I think his AMEX statements make him guilty.

I reference you to Judge Brian Curtin, who was cleared completely over here, yet is clearly guilty. Considering they still have his computers full of the offending material. Being cleared on a technicality != not doing it

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

Pink Floyd

 

[Brighton Breezy]

All I know is that 'waterloo sunset' is better then anything Lennon ever wrote. If 'days' was naff..what would you classify the majority of the beatles records as?



I forgot David Bowie. Possibly the most influencial artist in this country.

 

[Icy Gull]

I'd have said that The Jam were more influenced by The Clash than the Who - even if they never really acknowledged it. But to compare The Jam and The Beatles is folly. You can compare individual tracks, but not their careers. For me, the best Jam songs are better than the best Beatles ones, but the Beatles were more consistent in quality.

My, badly put, point was that the Beatles WERE groundbreaking. It may not seem so now but you had to be there when albums like Revolver, Sgt Pepper's and the White Album came out to appreciate that. The Stones were a band whose music I preferred but even they were prompted and led by the Beatles. Listen to their very own and inferior version of Sgt Pepper's, At their Satanic Majesties Request.

To compare the Jam to the Beatles is like comparing the current Leicester side to the current Arsenal, a massive gulf in class, although Leicester are indeed a fine team.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Listen to the 'thats entertainment' 'town called malice' 'english rose'. 'down in a tube station at midnight' 'eton rifles' 'going undergound' and tell me that the jam are not as good as a band who wrote songs like 'i want to hold your hand'; 'the continuing story of bungalow bill' and 'she loves you'.

 

[El Presidente]

Ok, the beatles had more mediocra songs over a number of years, but the jam quit while they were ahead. For me that means something. It means they cared enough to not produce shit songs. In the time they were together the jam were the biggest british band in the world and had 20 odd hit singles. Not bad considering their age.

The Jam quit because Weller is a twat who ripped off the other two.

For me it would be

1. The Smiths
2. The Jam
3. The Clash

 

[El Presidente]

All I know is that 'waterloo sunset' is better then anything Lennon ever wrote. If 'days' was naff..what would you classify the majority of the beatles records as?



I forgot David Bowie. Possibly the most influencial artist in this country.

Even the shittiest thing The Beatles produced was a thousand times better than The Style Council!

As for David Bowie, he is many things, but he is not a band!

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

Queen

 

[Kent Seagull]

I'd say Genesis if they were on the list, best live band I ever saw. From the list above I vote for The Who.

 

[El Presidente]

Why are The Verve on that list and likes of The Clash (or even Genesie, who I personally loathe) not?

Better stick to match reports on Pyecombe v Worthing Richie

 

[Albion Edd]

The Libertines are my favourite band so I voted for them, they could be the best british band if Pete gets back with them.
The beatles probably are the greatest british band ever along with Oasis on the basis of there first two albums.

 

[¡Cereal Killer!]

My top 5 in order:

Sex Pistols
Led Zepplin
Oasis
Beatles
The Who

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

The Style Council are just about unlistenable - unless you've got the shittiest record collection in Christendom. That wanker Mick Talbot with the trilby? What was THAT all about?

Suspect the Jam (who had some well dodgy nods to being Tory-supporting, lest we forget) only got as far as they did cos Weller's dad was one helluva pushy navvie parent who saw which way the money lay. Remain unconvinced by how much they were in it for the music I'm afraid

 

[Strike]

Queen.

 

[Pevenseagull]

no contest


E.L.O.

 

[dougdeep]

Led Zep.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Where the hell are The Stranglers ?.

 

[The Large One]

My, badly put, point was that the Beatles WERE groundbreaking. It may not seem so now but you had to be there when albums like Revolver, Sgt Pepper's and the White Album came out to appreciate that. The Stones were a band whose music I preferred but even they were prompted and led by the Beatles. Listen to their very own and inferior version of Sgt Pepper's, At their Satanic Majesties Request.

To compare the Jam to the Beatles is like comparing the current Leicester side to the current Arsenal, a massive gulf in class, although Leicester are indeed a fine team.

Actually, I wasn't disagreeing with you. I was merely answering your point to Richie who rated The Jam above The Beatles on very narrow matters. He was giving examples without backing up his point.

The Beatles were ground-breaking, but it doesn't necessarily follow that others who followed them didn't actually top them. And Richie, record sales are not necessarily an indication of quality.

MYOB: Guilty of what? it's a very cyncial view. I know it's another debate entirely, but does looking at pictures make one a molester? Obviously without knowing the bloke, there is no evidence to suppose that he has any sexual desires towards children. Does 'A Thread Full of Beautiful Ladies' make North Stand Chat a messageboard full of rapists?

 

[The Large One]

Ooops, mistaken post, this one...