Greatest Band Round #1

[MikeA]

Also, John McVie of Fleetwood Mac got his start in the Bluesbreakers. He was an original member, but left the band to join - you guessed it! - Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood. Trivia: Peter Green named his group Fleetwood Mac BEFORE John McVie joined. McVie was initially reluctant to leave the Bluesbreakers, and Green hoped he could lure McVie into his group by incorporating his nickname into the band name!

I can't help but equate John Mayall with "Music" on the level of Juilliard for the Brit groups of the 60's. And without doubt, the Brits were the most influential factor of all in the 60's. Can we say "Redefinition?" Indirectly, his presence set the stage for final lineup of "The Yardbirds" with Clapton leaving them and Jimmy Page taking his place which ultimately resulted in Led Zeppelin.

The FUNNY thing is that Mayall had NO INTENTION of catapulting Rock into such a frenzy! He just wanted to play Blues and play it RIGHT. <LOL>

I have read so many books on the changing times of the 60's besides having "been there" myself. There is just no doubt that it was the decade from 65 to 75 that pretty much defined the music that I like. There have been "sub divisions" like "Psychedelic", "Metal", "Soft Rock", "Country Rock", "Punk", and all the others but mostly they are refinements of the "ROCK" that evolved from the Sock Hop type rock and roll back in the 50's and early 60's.

Besides pure Blues (Delta, Chicago, Texas, etc.) about the only other two genres were "Soul" or "Motown" and Country. I remember clearly (or at least foggily) going to clubs in the late Sixties where Soul bands performed until 1am and then the Psychedelic bands took the stage. This was in Dallas and after 1am, they stopped serving alcoholic drinks and let in anyone over 18. Soul was very popular...Sam and Dave, Aretha, James Brown...all that Motown and Soul sound. But after 1am, the music was Jefferson Airplane, Strawberry Alarmclock, Grateful Dead, Canned Heat and weak covers of Hendrix tunes (About the only thing most of them could do justice to was "Wild Thing" but that didn't stop them from trying!)...the "heavy" stuff.

I'm not sure quite where RAP came from. A lot of rhythm there and a lot of rhyme, but I could never get into that scene. I guess my tastes were formed and frozen by the end of the 60's and RAP and Punk and Industrial and even the Shredders and Heavy Metal came in after I'd gotten to the point that I could really appreciate them.

[Prettymaid]

Aerosmith
Alman Bros
Aretha Franklin
BB King
Beach Boys
Bee Gees
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Bon Jovi
Boston
Bruce Springsteen
Byrds
Cream
Creedence Clearwater Revival
CSNY
David Bowie
Doors
Elton John
Elvis Presley
Eric Clapton
Fleetwood Mac
Grateful Dead
Heart
Jimi Hendrix
Joni Mitchel
Journey
Kansas
Led Zeppelin
Lynard Skynard
Michael Jackson
Prince
Queen
Rolling Stones
Simon and Garfunkle
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Styx
Supremes
The Hollies
Van Morrison
Yes

[MikeA]

POLLs are NOT CLOSED but I thought I'd give you a preview. The top vote getters so far are the following with each amassing 9 votes each. This does not include PrettyMaid's submission.

Oh, and we are NOT going to have any problem eliminating a big chunk of the original list of 82. In fact, there are 40 groups/names on the list that have at least 5 votes right now.


This is just going to get tougher and tougher.

BB King
Beach Boys
Chuck Berry
David Bowie
Elvis Presley
Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix

[eaglesvet]

Just in under the wire:

Al Green
Aretha Franklin
BB King
Beach Boys
Bee Gees
Bob Dylan
Boston
Bruce Springsteen
Buddy Holly
Byrds
Chuck Berry
Cream
CCR
CSNY
David Bowie
Dolly Parton
Doors
Elton John
Elvis Presley
Eric Clapton
Fleetwood Mac
Grateful Dead
JM Bluesbreakers (purely on Mike arguments...never heard of the original
band, though obviously I've heard of its members!)

Journey
LedZep
Madonna
Marvin Gaye
Otis Redding
P M (Mike, I abbreviated this on my cheat-sheet here, and for the
life of me, I can't remember who it stands for...hopefully it's
clear to you as next in line alphabetically! )

Pink Floyd
Rolling Stones
Sam Cooke
Simon and Garfunkel
Stevie Wonder
Supremes
Clash
U2
Van Morrison
Who
Yes


What strikes me that I obviously threw aside personal opinion in music-listening-pleasure as my benchmark. There are more artists on here than not whose albums I don't own...and what's more, would not even care to own some of, even if given to me for free. I won't mention who those artists are... to protect the innocent. On the other hand, of course, are those artists of whom I own significant collections of their music!

[eaglesvet]

Ha!! It's a good thing I went back to check, Mike, because my handwriting left a little to be desired... PM was really MJ, which means my "missing" illegible vote was for Michael Jackson. Sorry!

[MikeA]

That's cool Eva. I have my options set to show the last post made in a thread FIRST so I saw your note. I "fixed" PM to Michael Jackson.

And I totally agree with you. Something's wrong here...I'm "agreeing" WAY TOO MUCH with you ladies! Not like me. But when you are right, you are RIGHT!

There are many of the artists in our list that I would turn the music OFF rather than listen to it, HOWEVER, I do acknowledge that they did make significant contributions and with most of the genres, I like what subsequent groups did under the Original's influence. John Mayall is an example of that though he is one that I can listen to and sort of enjoy. He plays a mean harp!

[MikeA]

Top Forty voting is CLOSED

as of 6:38am Monday July 13.

I will tabulate the results and post them here.

[MikeA]

Sorry about the formatting, but that's the way Spread Sheet does it when it's cut and pasted into a text format. Let's catch our breath and discuss anything needing to be discussed concerning the results and then get into the next round.

OOPS! I see there is one error in the tally. Someone voted for "Clash" instead of "The Clash" and I missed it when proofing the entries. That wasn't the ONLY error made <LOL> but it is the only one I didn't catch and correct before the tally. It does not change the results so I haven't corrected it.


The following make up the Top Forty.

BB King 11
Beach Boys 11
David Bowie 11
Elvis Presley 11
Eric Clapton 11

Bob Dylan 10
Bruce Springsteen 10
Chuck Berry 10
CSNY 10
Jimi Hendrix 10
Led Zeppelin 10
Rolling Stones 10

Aretha Franklin 9
Byrds 9
CCR 9
Doors 9
Michael Jackson 9

Bee Gees 8
Bob Marley 8
Elton John 8
Fleetwood Mac 8
Grateful Dead 8
Heart 8
Janis Joplin 8
Joni Mitchell 8
Pink Floyd 8
Supremes 8
WHO 8

Buddy Holly 7
Simon & Garfunkel 7
Stevie Wonder 7

Aerosmith 6
Alman Bros 6
Cream 6
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers 6
Little Richard 6
Madonna 6
Prince 6
Queen 6
Stevie Ray Vaughn 6

Here are the ones "cut" getting 5 or fewer votes:

Frank Zappa 5
Nirvana 5
U2 5
Van Morrison 5

Alice Cooper 4
Black Sabbath 4
Dire Straits 4
Dolly Parton 4
Lynyrd Skynyrd 4
Otis Redding 4
The Hollies 4

Al Green 3
Bon Jovi 3
Boston 3
Journey 3
Kansas 3
Marvin Gaye 3
Neil Young 3
Ramones 3
Robert Johnson 3
Sam Cooke 3
Velvet Underground 3
Yes 3

Def Leppard 2
Kiss 2
Poco 2
Run DMC 2
The Animals 2
The Clash 2
Van Halen 2

Clash 1
David Crosby 1
Graham Nash 1
Lou Reed 1
Megadeth 1
Motley Crue 1
P.O.D.* 1
Sly Stone 1
Styx 1
Sweet 1

[Prettymaid]

Ha!! It's a good thing I went back to check, Mike, because my handwriting left a little to be desired... PM was really MJ, which means my "missing" illegible vote was for Michael Jackson. Sorry!

Aw dang EV- for a minute there I thought you were voting for me!

[TimothyBFan]

Of the artists eliminated, the only one that truly surprises me is Robert Johnson, and with only 3 votes! IMO, there probably wouldn't have been ANY Blues/Rock (Clapton, Aretha, Zeppelin, Bluesbreakers, etc...) if it hadn't been for him in the first place. I mean, the man sold his soul to the devil for rock fame at the Crossroads! Zappa is a bit surprising also.

Looks like we have a great list tho to work with from here.

BTW--who casted the one Sweet vote?