Pick 2 Bands, Let Someone Else Decide Who's Better

[interp]

Slade

The Beatles or MC5?

 

[Rev. Cornelius]

Slade

Albert Collins or Albert King

Collins

Eric Clapton or BB King?

 

[Funky Ghost]

Hendrix, without him SRV wouldn’t have had a hook to hang his hat on.

Oh so incredibly wrong. OH so wrong. . . Stevie certainly listened to and took away some of what Hendrix was about but Albert King and his guitar brethren were Stevie's heroes. Besides, Stevie would have been a beast in any event.

 

[gorneyg]

Clapton

The Allman Brothers or Lynyrd Skynyrd?

 

[sigterm]

SRV

The Allman Brothers or Lynyrd Skynyrd?

Allman (skynyrd already one once)

Quincy Jones or Barry white

 

[Funky Ghost]

Oy! TOUGH one!!

Dat voice though... Barry

Riverside or Porcupine Tree

 

[Hooskerdu]

Wilco or The Jayhawks?

BTW, I Iove both pretty equally. Throw in Son Volt and Ryan Adams and you've got hours and hours of great music.

 

[Hooskerdu]

Thanks, Rev!!

By far The Beach Boys. Pet Sounds is still one of the most amazing albums ever. The Doors...meh..

 

[Michedelic]

Oh so incredibly wrong. OH so wrong. . . Stevie certainly listened to and took away some of what Hendrix was about but Albert King and his guitar brethren were Stevie's heroes. Besides, Stevie would have been a beast in any event.

I’m not saying Stevie wasn’t talented, but there are innovators, and then there are imitators. On THAT subject, Robin Trower or Frank Marino?

 

[Rev. Cornelius]

Oy! TOUGH one!!

Dat voice though... Barry

Riverside or Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree


The Police or The Cars?

 

[Hooskerdu]

Marshall Tucker

Elvis Costello or The Clash?

Really like both, but Elvis Costello is the creme de la creme of song writing. Far better than anything Mick Jones or Joe Strummer ever came up with. And that is coming from someone that loved Joe Strummer.

Elvis's "King of America" and "Blood and Chocolate" albums were his best ever IMO.

 

[Funky Ghost]

I’m not saying Stevie wasn’t talented, but there are innovators, and then there are imitators. On THAT subject, Robin Trower or Frank Marino?

Listen to Scuttle Buttin' and tell me how much Hendrix you hear in that. . . or anyone for that matter. Super heavy strings massively strong fingers and a ridiculous touch made for a sound unlike anyone. His merging of influences into his own thing is the very definition of innovation. I know I wont convince you but the cat was a force unto himself. He massively respected those that came before ( and they respected him just as much ) but he didn't just stand on their shoulders, he took a dead form of music and put it back in the public conscience in the era of hair metal and synth bands. No mean feat.

Onward:

The Cars

Huey Lewis and the News or Husker Du

 

[sigterm]

Porcupine Tree


The Police or The Cars?

The police

Player or Ambrosia

 

[Hooskerdu]

Porcupine Tree


The Police or The Cars?

Wow, that's a tough one. Early Police was awfully good. Sting's voice was never as good as Ben Orr's though. Although his range was pretty amazing. I gotta call a tie. Elliott Easton was a highly underrated guitar player IMO.

 

[lbbc]

Listen to Scuttle Buttin' and tell me how much Hendrix you hear in that. . . or anyone for that matter. Super heavy strings massively strong fingers and a ridiculous touch made for a sound unlike anyone. His merging of influences into his own thing is the very definition of innovation. I know I wont convince you but the cat was a force unto himself. He massively respected those that came before ( and they respected him just as much ) but he didn't just stand on their shoulders, he took a dead form of music and put it back in the public conscience in the era of hair metal and synth bands. No mean feat.

Onward:

The Cars

Huey Lewis and the News or Husker Du

Huey Lewis and the News

Alice Cooper or Ozzy Osborne

 

[Funky Ghost]

Are people ignoring responses and just plowing on? 3 answers to the same one

 

[Funky Ghost]

Ozzy

Ratt or Y&T

 

[Hooskerdu]

Listen to Scuttle Buttin' and tell me how much Hendrix you hear in that. . . or anyone for that matter. Super heavy strings massively strong fingers and a ridiculous touch made for a sound unlike anyone. His merging of influences into his own thing is the very definition of innovation. I know I wont convince you but the cat was a force unto himself. He massively respected those that came before ( and they respected him just as much ) but he didn't just stand on their shoulders, he took a dead form of music and put it back in the public conscience in the era of hair metal and synth bands. No mean feat.

Onward:

The Cars

Huey Lewis and the News or Husker Du

Please.. Huey Lewis was reconstituted garbage.. Husker Du was one of the driving forces of one of the best music scenes to ever exist...80s Minneapolis.

 

[sigterm]

Are people ignoring responses and just plowing on? 3 answers to the same one

It's getting confusing haha

 

[Hooskerdu]

Huey Lewis and the News

Alice Cooper or Ozzy Osborne

Definitely Alice Cooper.