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Votes for the most influential bands.
Anonymous:
Chuch Berry, Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground.
try another castle:
--- Quote ---So CEDU used The Beatles against you? The fuckers. I used to listen to them more than I do now.
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They used to be played on saturday crews and as house music. It was one of those things where you just hear it incessantly so many fucking times that you never want to hear them again. Kind of like how frat boys ruined Bob Marley for me, cause they would blast the stupid greatest hits album from their houses all the time.
Fortunately, Sgt. Pepper's was "unacceptable" at CEDU, so I don't have any negative association with that album, since we couldn't listen to it.
Probably to this day, my favorite beatles song is "Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite".
But "Tax Man" is good too. I like Harrison. (Except for his solo work.)
Anne Bonney's sig quote made me think... what about Zappa? Where does he fit into all of this? I don't think he would be in the top 3, because I think he would be on his own list, with just him. The Zappa list of one.
Froderik:
--- Quote from: ""rtp2k3"" ---Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground.
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Chuck Berry crossed my mind, too.
Maybe the list has to be expanded to the 5 most influential bands in modern music.
(We had also considered adding The Ramones.)
Dylan had influence. (Do I hear 6?)
What about David Bowie? (7?)
The Velvet Underground were absolutely unique and original, but I don't know if their scope of influence can compare with the musicians named.
This will probably turn into at least a top 10 list if not higher..
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""Froderik"" ---
The Velvet Underground were absolutely unique and original, but I don't know if their scope of influence can compare with the musicians named.
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I think they were VERY influential, although not very popular. Like the saying goes, "The Velvets only sold three thousand records, but everyone who bought the record started a band." I think they are at least as influential as the Beatles on what is considered popular music today. They pioneered the use of noise, and touched subject matter no one had even dreamwed of singing openly about before Velvet Underground and Nico came out.
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""Waitin' for RTP"" ---
--- Quote from: ""Froderik"" ---The Velvet Underground were absolutely unique and original, but I don't know if their scope of influence can compare with the musicians named.
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I think they were VERY influential, although not very popular. Like the saying goes, "The Velvets only sold three thousand records, but everyone who bought the record started a band." I think they are at least as influential as the Beatles on what is considered popular music today. They pioneered the use of noise, and touched subject matter no one had even dreamwed of singing openly about before Velvet Underground and Nico came out.
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I meant to elaborate on them a little despite what I said. Sonic Youth wouldn't have been what they were without VU; consequently, Nirvana wouldn't have been what they were without having first heard Sonic Youth! Yeah, VU was influential, but aside from Sonic Youth who did they directly (or indirectly) influence? Perhaps I'm overlooking something here.
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