I think The Who were the best rock band - Page 3

hom36rown · #21 06-21-2008, 09:21 PM

best rock bande ever YouTube - Dead Kennedys-Police Truck
YouTube - Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia
YouTube - California Uber Alles (Dead Kennedys)
YouTube - Dead Kennedys - Kill the poor

Johnnyorganic · #22 06-21-2008, 09:30 PM

The Who is definitely a force. But the best? As much as it pains me to disagree, I must. As far as groups that changed rock and roll like no other, here's mine: The Beatles.

The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, The Velvet Underground, The Byrds, Pink Floyd, and The Flying Burrito Brothers all have their legacies, but none approaches the impact of the boys from Liverpool.

One can actually hear the difference in the quality of their output from the time Bob Dylan introduced them to weed. Contrast A Hard Day's Night (1964) to Rubber Soul (1965). They had so much impact they were able to say, in 1966, 'We're done. No more touring." No other group previously had that kind of juice.

They truly were bigger than Jesus.

Johnnyorganic · #23 06-21-2008, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Seamaiden

Interesting, I didn't care for Psycho either. Hitchcock did better ones, like Rear Window.

Shadow of a Doubt
Dial M for Murder
North by Northwest
Vertigo
Rope

Seamaiden · #24 06-21-2008, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnnyorganic

The Who is definitely a force. But the best? As much as it pains me to disagree, I must. As far as groups that changed rock and roll like no other, here's mine: The Beatles.

The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, The Velvet Underground, The Byrds, Pink Floyd, and The Flying Burrito Brothers all have their legacies, but none approaches the impact of the boys from Liverpool.

One can actually hear the difference in the quality of their output from the time Bob Dylan introduced them to weed. Contrast A Hard Day's Night (1964) to Rubber Soul (1965). They had so much impact they were able to say, in 1966, 'We're done. No more touring." No other group previously had that kind of juice.

They truly were bigger than Jesus.

Difficult choice, The Beatles were, well, The Beatles. They definitely changed rock and roll. But did they demonstrate the same flexibility as The Who..? I'll have to chew on that. Unfortunately, I don't have any Beatles anymore (it all belonged to Mom & Dad).

My high school English honors class spent a semester examining Abby Road song by song, it was actually a LOT of fun.
I ended up getting kicked out of the class when the teacher misspelled 'vacuum' as 'vaccum', which I immediately pointed out, and when he argued, despite dictionarial support for my argument, I informed him he had no business taking our parents' money for teaching, let alone a senior honors class. I was irate, but I was right. I was also gone.

Seamaiden · #25 06-21-2008, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnnyorganic

Shadow of a Doubt
Dial M for Murder
North by Northwest
Vertigo
Rope

Oh, definitely North by Northwest.

Seamaiden · #26 07-17-2008, 06:07 PM

Ahem. bump. VH1 is having a special.

2008 VH1 Rock Honors Award Show | The Who | Tune-In July 17th, 2008

brendon420 · #27 07-17-2008, 06:09 PM

i agreeeee soo much keith moon is a world of his own and he inspired the animal the muppet

sidngroovennude · #28 07-17-2008, 06:13 PM

ive just read all the posts and cant believe the greatest rock band of all time got no mention AC/DC. stuck together, still makin albums still by far the loudest live show on earth.