go forth with understanding young men... go forth
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see JG, your topic was "greatest rock bands"
not favorite, not who likes who, not who thinks who sucks, but greatest rock bands
many lists were made of bands that achieved greatness, there are different eras, music of along time ago is not going to sound "great" up against later technology, later refinement in the music itself, in the direction or focus of the music.
In rocks early days the great musicians werent playing rock. Chet Atkins and Joe Pass were far more refined and skilled players than Hendrix or Page. Atkins and Pass were working in well established genres, further refining them. Guys like Page and Hendrix were just balls to the wall working on new ground. Go back further you have Holly, bands like the Beatles and the Stones, no one knew what the fuck they were doing, they were just doing something whether it was wrong or not, try this, try that. The times were quirky too, all kinds of stuff caught on and had its days of appreaciation... "life is a gas man"
Here is but a few reasons people loved the Beatles
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