6 MUST bands

[pepokiss]

Imagine you have a kid (if you have one, don't imagine)... and he/she comes up to you and say "Dad/Mom... WHAT's music?"

You'd be


so... you get the idea... to explain your kid WHAT IS MUSIC, make'em a 5 band list to define esentially what is music.. as you see it, and the world....

it got harder as I type this

PS: NO honorable mentions or stuff like that, no ties, no nothing ... just 6 (thinking EVERYONE will make U2 one, so in reality there's 5)... order is not important



1 - U2
2 - Queen
3 - Elvis Presley
4 - Michael Jackson
5 - Frank Sinatra
6 - The Beatles (though I like more The Rolling Stones, The Beatles EVOLVED more)


(of course this is in english for sake of the game... with spanish groups, MY list would've been somewhat diferent)

 

[vaz02]

u2
Elvis
Michael jackson
Led zeppelin
barry white

 

[tpsglick2424]

1.U2
2.Kiss
3.The Rolling Stones/ The Who (I'd explain them together)
4.Queen
5.Elvis

 

[pepokiss]

it's 6, dude...

 

[JanuaryStar]

1. U2
2. The Beatles
3. Rolling Stones
4. Queen
5. Bruce Springsteen
6. Sting/The Police


EDIT: I edited, sue me, a person can change his/her mind

 

[1stepcloser]

1. U2
2. The Beatles
3. The Smiths

I'd force the music of those 3 bands onto my kids as those are my favourite bands over.

and i'd buy concert tickets for my kids to go and see

4. Kings Of Leon
5. The Arcade Fire
6. The Strokes

because i think they're probably the best bands around today. And because KOL fucking rock live

 

[yeter]

1. Elvis Presley
2. Bob Dylan
3. Rolling Stones
4. U2
5. Sly and the Family Stone
6. Public Enemy

 

[tpsglick2424]

it's 6, dude...

....

1.U2
2.Kiss
3.The Rolling Stones/ The Who (I'd explain them together)
4.Queen
5.Elvis
6.Guns N' Roses

 

[pgv]

1. U2
2. The Beatles
3. Nirvana
4. Diana Ross and the supremes
5. The rolling stones
6. Kate bush

(Quite a variety of different genres there..)

 

[MacPhistoPT]

U2, Pearl Jam, Tool, Radiohead, the Beatles and RHCP.

 

[Justin24]

Elivs Presley
Ray Charles
U2
The Beatles
Led Zepplin
2Pac

 

[vaz02]

IS IT JUST BANDS OR ARTISTS ?

 

[Aygo]

Why do we open these kind of threads with "bands" and people include artists in their lists?
Anyway...

U2 / Radiohead / REM / The Beatles / Oasis / Led Zeppelin

 

[Screwtape2]

In no order,

1. U2
2. Sting/ The Police
3. Todd Rundgren/ Utopia
4. Kate Bush
5. Gustav Holst- A classical composer for those who don't know
6. Pink Floyd

 

[If you shout...]

1) The Beatles
2) The Velvet Underground
3) Mozart
4) N.W.A.
5) Eno (in hopes that he would lead to Phillip Glass and Steve Reich and such)
6) Miles Davis

 

[ponkine]

This is my list of BANDS

1- The Beatles
2- Pink Floyd
3- Led Zeppelin
4- Queen
5- Radiohead
6- The Rolling Stones

 

[love_u2_adam]

1.u2
2.pink floyd
3.led zepplin
4.van morrison
5.queen
6.the who

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Merzbow
Merzbow
Merzbow
Merzbow
Merzbow
Kevin Pietersen

I win.

 

[unforgettableFOXfire]

While there is a difference semantically between 'bands' and 'artists', but I don't know if the thread intends to exclude artists... saying 'bands and artists' is more cumbersome than just saying 'bands'. Since we're talking about music, I think its safe to say musicians are what we're looking for, regardless of individual/group accomplishment, since it'd be kindof silly to exclude tons of successful musicians based solely on the fact that they aren't in a band (even though they need a band to tour with them, and so blurring the lines between 'band' and 'artist' further).


That said... in no particular order:

1. David Bowie
2. Queen
3. Elvis Presley
4. The Beatles
5. Chuck Berry
6. Alice Cooper

Lots of reasons for those, and why I left some others off... but, no conditions. So here we are.

 

[I'm Ready]

1.bob dylan
2.Beethoven
3.The Who
4.Radiohead
5.Bruce Springsteen
6. John Coltrane

 

[gmc]

1.U2
2.The Beatles
3.The Who
4.Sex Pistols
5.John Lennon
6.Elvis Presely

 

[Greenlight]

1. U2
2. The Beatles
3. Pink Floyd
4. Queen
5. Radiohead
6. Oasis

This thread made me chuckle, our kids are growing up listening to these bands -they have no choice after all and the younger one loves The Beatles and Queen in particular. The older one though now he's beginning to buy his own stuff is more into bands such as Razorlight, Arctic Monkeys etc -good enough bands but don't know if they'll stand the test of time. Rebellious youth eh

 

[jonnytakeawalk]

1. U2
2. REM
3. Midnight Oil
4. The police
5. Radiohead
6. Crowded House

 

[cobl04]

1. U2
2. 2Pac
3. I'm sure I'd come up with something...

 

[Aygo]

While there is a difference semantically between 'bands' and 'artists', but I don't know if the thread intends to exclude artists... saying 'bands and artists' is more cumbersome than just saying 'bands'. Since we're talking about music, I think its safe to say musicians are what we're looking for, regardless of individual/group accomplishment, since it'd be kindof silly to exclude tons of successful musicians based solely on the fact that they aren't in a band (even though they need a band to tour with them, and so blurring the lines between 'band' and 'artist' further).

Well, you're right. The difference consists in the semantic.
A band is a collective of artists. An artist is an artistic entity. For example, for publishers and editors, a band is considered an artist, and when you're talking about a group of several solo artists and bands, you have to refer them as "those artists".

 

[pepokiss]

6 MUST artists...



there

 

[Bono's shades]

I'd want my kid to know that music existed before 1955 and that music isn't an all-male thing, so here's my list:

1. Beethoven
2. Miles Davis
3. Aretha Franklin
4. The Beatles
5. Bruce Springsteen
6. U2

 

[LemonMelon]

1. Beatles
2. Led Zeppelin
3. U2
4. Beck
5. David Bowie
6. Steely Dan

I like some artists more than these, but these would give a kid a good place to start.

 

[Jack In The Box]

Merzbow
Merzbow
Merzbow
Merzbow
Merzbow
Kevin Pietersen

I win.

yeah, I can imagine that

Merzbow
Wolf Eyes
Venetian Snares
Sunn O)))
Lightning Bolt
An albatross

poor kid!

Kevin Pietersen isn't a cricket player?

 

[BonoIsMyMuse]

1. Miles Davis
2. Ella Fitzgerald
3. U2
4. Bob Dylan
5. The Rolling Stones
6. hmmm...either Joni Mitchell, Emmylou Harris, or Aretha Franklin