Classic Rock Tally
 

A tally list to discover Music Banter's greatest rock n roll band of all time!!! :)

This is how it works, you list your 10 favourite classic rock bands of all time in order from first to tenth and they are given points for their rankings.

Example:

1) The Police (10 points)
2) Fleetwood Mac (9 points)
3) Pink Floyd (8 points)
4) U2 (7 points)
5) Blondie (6 points)
6) Neil Young (5 points)
7) The Smiths (4 points)
8) Heart (3 points)
9) Rolling Stones (2 points)
10) Tom Petty (1 point)

Rules!!! A couple of rules in order to make this work.

1) No heavy metal or underground punk bands. I'll permit Black Sabbath & hard rock bands like AC/DC, Guns N Roses, KISS, as well as commercially successful band like the Sex Pistols and Nirvana but that's it.

No Metallica! If I start to open the door to bands like Slayer and the Dead Kennedys I can just see this list dissolving into heavy metal/punk land, especially in this forum

2) It has to be a well known commercially successful band from the 60's 70's 80's or 90's. I like the Violent Femmes and Fun Lovin Criminals but they would be considered alternative.

The Smiths, Pearl Jam, Chilies on the other hand were all successful big classic rock names. The best barometer would be to ask yourself does this band get classic rock radio play

3) You can count an artists solo or other band achievements into their work. For instance I considered the songs Neil Young sung with Crosby Stills & Nash and Buffalo Springfield, and Stevie Knicks early solo work into my equation.


If this fly's I'll tally the totals periodically after I have... say five responses., cheers

1. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
2. Black Sabbath
3. Cream
4. Pink Floyd
5. Jethro Tull
6. The Beatles
7. The Doors
8. The Velvet Underground
9. Led Zeppelin
10. The Stooges

I think these should all count.

1. Bob Dylan
2. Led Zeppelin
3. David Bowie
4. Pink Floyd
5. Rush
6. The Rolling Stones
7. The Beatles
8. Fleetwood Mac
9. The Police
10. Guns n Roses

Do Simon and Garfunkel, David Bowie, Billy Joel, and The Beach Boys count as classic rock bands?

I didn't list Bowie because he's one guy and not a band. If I may list Bowie, then I'll edit my list to include solo acts.

I think that rule no. 2 allows for solo artists.

Tom Petty is on the example list. I think you're safe.

All right, here we go.

1. The Beatles
2. David Bowie
3. Billy Joel
4. Simon and Garfunkel
5. The Beach Boys
6. Supertramp
7. The Doors
8. The Smiths
9. The Cars
10. Roxy Music

I hear all except The Smiths and Roxy Music on classic rock radio regularly. Those two just don't get airplay in Canada (except on CBC), it seems.

I am going to stick to strictly groups, bands.

1. Beatles
2. Rolling Stones
3. Jefferson Airplane
4. Doors
5. Beach Boys
6. Crosby, Stills,Nash, and Young
7. The Band
8 The Animals.
9 Cream
10. Led Zeppelin

I decided not to include my favorite, the Grateful Dead, because they more than just a rock band, too eclectic. They are American roots music. Likewise the Byrds/Flying Burrito Brothers.

All right the tally so far...

1. The Beatles (29 points)
2. Pink Floyd (22 points)
3. David Bowie (17 points)
4. Rolling Stones (16 points)
5. Doors (15 points)
6. Led Zeppelin (12 points)
7. Fleetwood Mac (12 points)
8. Beach Boys (12 points)
9. The Police (11 points)
10. Cream (10 points) Three way tie, took the band that was chosen more than once.

Eclectic mix, surprisingly no votes yet for AC/DC the Cure, Nirvana or the Clash.

Didn't you leave?

1. Nirvana
2. Black Sabbath
3. Jiminy Hendrix
4. Led Zeppelin
5. Rush
6. Rolling Stones
7. Pink Floyd
8. AC/DC
9. ZZ Top
10. Neil Young

Adding yours to the tally ^ We now have...

1. Beatles (29 points)
2. Pink Floyd (26 points)
3. Rolling Stones (21 points)
4. Led Zeppelin (19 points)
5. Jimi Hendrix (18 points)
6. Black Sabbath (18 points)
7. David Bowie (17 points)
8. Doors (15 points)
9. Fleetwood Mac (12 points)
10. Beach Boys/Rush (12 points)

1. Beatles
2. Rolling Stones
3. Jimi Hendrix
4. Doors
5. Cream
6. Led Zeppelin
7. Pink Floyd
8. Who
9. David Bowie
10. Black Sabbath

1. Beatles
2. Neil Young
3. Pink Floyd
4. Bob Dylan
5. Allman Brothers Band
6. Black Sabbath
7. Robin Trower
8. Who
9. Jimi Hendrix
10. Creedence Clearwater Revival

Tally updated, it's starting to look like your standard classic rock list, surprisingly no 80's or 90's bands in the top 10.

1. Beatles 49 points
2. Pink Floyd 38 points
3. Rolling Stones 30 points
4. Jimi Hendrix 30 points
5. Led Zeppelin 24 points
6. Black Sabbath 24 points
7. Doors 22 points
8. David Bowie 19 points
9. Bob Dylan 16 points
10. Cream 18 points

1. Led Zeppelin
2. Meat Loaf
3. Def Leppard
4. Scorpions
5. Kansas
6. Alice Cooper
7. Fleetwood Mac
8. Soundgarden
9. Genesis
10. Pink Floyd

All common classic rock radioplay in my area.

Soundgarden is classic rock?

If Nirvana is, Soundgarden is. Soundgarden's been around before Nirvana, and Badmotorfinger singles get PLENTY of radio time on classic rock stations in my area. If Superunknown doesn't count (although that gets a lot of play here), Badmotorfinger counts as much as Nevermind. Same year, same classic rock stations.

Nirvana is classic rock?

Early 90's is considered classic rock on some stations. Plus, Will allows them.

Nirvana is classic rock?

Yes. They get heavy radio play on classic rock radio stations out here.

Nirvana isn't classic rock an neither is The Smiths. If they were, they'd be my 1-2, but they're not, so they're not. I'm only including bands/artists that have that "classic rock" sound. Omits are Iggy Pop, Deep Purple, Captain Beefheart and his MB, Nick Drake, and Can. Actually, I don't know what I'm talking about. Just add up my tallys.

1. Pink Floyd
2. David Bowie
3. The Zombies
4. The Beatles
5. Led Zeppelin
6. Bob Dylan
7. Jethro Tull
8. The Kinks
9. T. Rex
10. Simon and Garfunkel

I don't consider Bowie to be classic rock either ftr.

Something's gotta give.

People, let this be a reminder that even moderators are susceptible to epic fails.

I've not heard David Bowie once on a classic rock radio station prior to his death.

I don't let classic rock stations determine what I consider to be classic rock hence the Nirvana and Smiths comments but you're f*cking retarded.

I guess it might be because I don't think "rock" when I think of David Bowie. I've always seen him more as a pop artist. Not saying he doesn't make any rock music though.

I'd hear David Bowie like twice a day. Mostly Changes.

My anecdotals>>>yours

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adj.
(of an account) not necessarily true or reliable, because based on personal accounts rather than facts or research.

And after reseach of places putting Bowie in their top ten classic rock artists lists, marking Bowie and Glenn Frey's deaths in a classic rock article, and one website literally nicknaming David Bowie the "lord of classic rock," I don't think that means he's modern oinstrumental hip hop.

I set the rules out in the beginning.

I'm defining classic rock as any notable commercially successful rock band from the 60's. 70's, 80's or 90's. As for radio play on a classic rock stations, in Canada, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Oasis ect, all those 90's bands now get heavy play on the classic rock station.

As for The Cure, the Smiths & the Sex Pistols, they sold millions of records, and topped the pop charts during their time. I'm not taking a rigid view of classic rock because the list is far more interesting when you have a big tent.

If you want to change your votes go ahead, I'll tally up tonight.

LOL. I might concede that he's classic rock, but he is not the lord of it. I'd give crown that to Led Zeppelin.

I ain't changing sh*t.

Hells yeah. What's their best album IYO? Mine's IV.

The debut and Presence. IV gets old, a lot of the folkier songs sound like filler.

Presence? Never seen that on top before.

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And there's all of their studio works, live albums and 7 bootlegs in that list. Ottawa Sunshine, Pure Blues (later Mudslide), Royal Albert Hall, Florida Sunshine,. Texas Pop Festival, Ballcrusher, Blueberry Hill.

I'll compare an apple to a table if I need to. Basically, if you want to compare two different things, just determine which is better at what it does. Is Zombies a better psychedelic pop band that Pink Floyd is an art rock band? In the event of comparing an apple to a table, one should decide on the overall quality of an apple deciding on (as examples) taste, appearance, and texture. Then decide on the quality of the table by sturdiness, appearance, and lack of scratches and wear. Is the apple a better apple than the table is a table? What's the better ITEM is the question.

See how even the most outlandish comparisons can be madeJudging two unrelated bands is easy-peasy lemon squeezy compared to comparing an two different items like an apple to a table, but it can be done.