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[Music] The Greatest Band ever!
- Thread starter aftershavedave
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I took delivery of your book yesterday, looking forward to reading it.
Crispy Ambulance
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Oh brilliant! Glad it’s arrived and really hope you enjoy it (I think you will
).Crispy Ambulance
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Oh brilliant! Glad it’s arrived and really hope you enjoy it (I think you will
).If you like it, you’ll have to start a Greatest Debut Book thread!
JamesAndTheGiantHead
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One of very few examples where an art form, which is subjective, has an objective answer; it’s the Beatles.
They’re not my favourite band, but they are the greatest.
They’re not my favourite band, but they are the greatest.
Good ideaOh brilliant! Glad it’s arrived and really hope you enjoy it (I think you will
If you like it, you’ll have to start a Greatest Debut Book thread!
Si Gull
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Now we're getting somewhere...throw in Pixies, New Order, Cocteau Twins, Lush, and Ride. I'm sure there are also many new bands around that may, or may not, turn out to be just as goodIs the right answer (for me)
Followed by The Smiths , Nirvana , The Jam , The Clash.
Comrade Sam
Comrade Sam
The Beatles, Kinks, Small Faces
One of them!
One of them!
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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ABBA blow my mind, purely for the skill of crafting rhyming lyrics...in a foreign language! Apart from Swanny and Swegulls, could anyone else on here write multiple top hits in Swedish?
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Brent Partridge
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- Aug 28, 2023
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Wings... The band the Beatles could have been.
aftershavedave
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That's a cheat. Miles never had a band. A Genius for sure, my fave is On the Corner, but "band" wash your mouth out!
Robinjakarta
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Agree except the other way round.
That’s fine, personal preference.Hmm, spent time roughing it in Hamburg and took a while to make it. Hardly a boy band in Boyzone, Westlife, or the Take That mould are they? Started writing their own songs quite early on in success too. (In fairness so did Gary Barlow, TT are a bit of a secret pleasure for me)
They were not put together by music moguls either
In short I’m calling RUBBISH to the second sentence in your post
But their songs were just catchy little numbers that appealed to young teenage minds, sung by good looking, trendy boys.
POSKETT AT THE VALLEY
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The Eagles
5Ways Gull
È quello che è
REM - until Bill Berry retired.
Half Time Pies
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And Brian Wilson has said that Rubber Soul inspired him to write God Only Knows and Pet Sounds. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/brian-wilsons-favourite-album-of-all-time-and-how-it-inspired-him/
So by default it has to be the Beatles!
Half Time Pies
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I never understand people using these types of songs as a criticism of Pauls writing abilities. Most of them he wrote for a purpose, for example the Frog Song and Mary had a Little Lamb were written for Children not for music critics!
The Beatles often wrote tracks like Yellow Submarine which has a tongue in cheek humorous quality to them, they were meant to be like that which is why they even got Ringo to sing them!
What's the criteria for "best" if it's longevity then the Rolling Stones are the clear winners, if it inspirational I would go Muddy Waters ( yes I know not technically a band).
Otherwise it's subjective and my choice varies like the weather but Rush would be in the running.
Otherwise it's subjective and my choice varies like the weather but Rush would be in the running.
Not Andy Naylor
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Mary Had A Little Lamb was written as a response to the BBC banning Wings' previous single, Give Ireland Back To The Irish. The Beeb considered it so politically objectionable that they wouldn't even broadcast the title. In chart rundowns it was mentioned as "a record by the group Wings". So McCartney came up with something so inoffensive that nobody could possibly want to ban it. Except possibly for sarcasm in vinyl form.