Post #223748 by hodadhank on Wed, Mar 29, 2006 10:27 AM

On 2006-03-27 15:11, lucas vigor wrote:
These are the top 10 bands in my opinion which I would hate to be strapped to a chair and forced to listen to, as a form of torture.

The beatles
Styx
Guns and roses
bob Seger
jefferson airplane/jefferson starship
The Grateful dead.
Jimmy Buffet
Poison
tears for fears
Eurythmics

I agree with this list with the ecceptions of The Beatles and The Dead but I don't think I can ever view the Beatles objectively. Too deeply ingrained perhaps.

I think the Dead were one of the most unceasingly fascinating American bands of the last century. Carreening from sloppy to sublime and amitiously incorporating all genres of American music from blues to R&B to bluegrass to jazz to classical. Possibly more accesable and interesting if you can bring yourself to block out the image of a visibly stoned teenager trying to sell you a veggie burrito from the back of his VW bus, but I suppose that would eliminate half the fun of disliking The Dead.

Also of interest is Pre-Airplane band The Great Society. Very sloppy hypnotic beatnick-rock with Grace Slick as the only vocalist and songs about Lenny Bruce, drugs and sex.

On 2006-03-28 08:20, lucas vigor wrote:
Maybe I should list bands I like that most people I encounter hate:

Wayne Newton
Englebert humperdinck
Sammy davis junior
Sergio Mendes and brazil 66
Rush
Yes
King Crimson
Barry Manilow
Percy faith

More agreement here beginning with Yes and Crim. Unfamiliar with Englebert and Manilow. I'll have to check them out.

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[ Edited by: hodadhank 2006-03-29 10:33 ]