The 'Jump the Shark' game!

[MadeInNewJersey]

Teh Cure are teh guilty pleasure.

 

[NAD]

Homopsychomaniac.

 

[JayKeeley]

Well, it could be worse. He could be listening to Morrisey.

"Every day is like Sunday....". What a miserable git.

 

[NAD]

<-- likes Morrisey.

Don't own any though, I'm only part ghehghegey.

 

[JayKeeley]

Morrisey? Or The Smiths?

Big difference.

 

[NAD]

Ah, that's true. The Smiths, as it were.

Still don't know the name of that one song that kicks so much ass by them. The one with that Leslie-style guitar bit...

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

The Smiths were without a shadow of a doubt, the greatest band to come out of Great Britain during the 1980s.

DURING you freaks. Maiden started in 1979 or so.

 

[JayKeeley]

The Smiths were without a shadow of a doubt, the greatest band to come out of Great Britain during the 1980s.

safety off.....laser sight on forehead...

DURING you freaks. Maiden started in 1979 or so.

...saftey goes back on.

 

[NAD]

Probably not a good time to discuss what MY favorite band from the 70s was.

 

[JayKeeley]

70's? King Crimson #1, Jethro Tull #2.

 

[NAD]

Nope, they both started in the 60s. But KC is my #1 from that era.

Actually, I'm trying to think of the best band that emerged in the 70s, most of my favorite stuff from that era came from bands that formed in the 60s.

 

[NAD]

JEEZUS FUCKING CHISRTTSAT>

The Misfits for fuck's sake! Couldn't even think of that! Formed in '77 I believe.

 

[JayKeeley]

You'd go with Misfits over Sabbath? What the?

 

[NAD]

Sabbath formed in 60s too, aye? At least they were playing together as Earth methinks...

 

[NAD]

From AMG: They originally called their jazz-blues band Polka Tulk, later renaming themselves Earth, and they played extensively in Europe. In early 1969, they decided to change their name again when they found that they were being mistaken for another group called Earth. Butler had written a song that took its title from a novel by occult writer Dennis Wheatley, Black Sabbath, and the group adopted it as their name as well.

Never heard of that Polka Tulk before, interesting.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

The greatest band to START in teh '70s was far and away The Partridge Family.

Running a distant second was Judas Priest. Amazingly, both bands produced gay men.

 

[JayKeeley]

Yeah, but Earth and Polka Tulk isn't Black Sabbath is it? That's like saying you love Morrisey as much as The Smiths.

It's 70's. That's when the Sabbath debut came out - 1970.

Even if you stick with 60's as your answer, would you rate KC higher than BS as a 60's band of the decade?

 

[NAD]

Yeah, but Earth and Polka Tulk isn't Black Sabbath is it? That's like saying you love Morrisey as much as The Smiths.

It's 70's. That's when the Sabbath debut came out - 1970.

Even if you stick with 60's as your answer, would you rate KC higher than BS as a 60's band of the decade?

I would rate KC higher than BS, PF, and TB even. Note that Crimso is my newest discovery of those great bands, only been into KC for about 3 years now. When I've been listening to them for 20 years like the others, we'll see where the standings lie. Or lay. Sit, sat, set, whatever.

Counting Sabbath as a 70s band, it would be tough. Obviously Sabbath has had a great influence on most of the music I listen to, but it's hard to deny Danzig's potency in his early days in the music scene. And I don't even like punk, beyond a small handful of bands that is.