tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post4375493772988991103..comments2024-03-27T23:24:02.731-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Weekend Listomania: Special Your Favorite Band Sucks! EditionNYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-13824783189753672702012-09-01T21:30:45.001-04:002012-09-01T21:30:45.001-04:00I love lists like these, and I really applaud the ...I love lists like these, and I really applaud the inclusion of the Blues Project. Also, people forget how astonishingly good the Airplane were. I would definitely get Arthur Lee and Love in the list though, way before the Rascals and Paul Revere. Not even close.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-71813178517020905032012-08-15T07:01:05.808-04:002012-08-15T07:01:05.808-04:00Re: the Grateful Dead. I would defend also the id...Re: the Grateful Dead. I would defend also the idea that just because jam bands followed them cluelessly, doesn't diminish their "Importance ", any more than Zeppelin deserves blame for Whitesnake, etc.<br />As for "noodling" or "jamming" (or as Jazz aficionados call it: "music") I would stack up the BEST of the Dead's jams with any out there. I'd point you to the night Miles Davis joined them or Branford Marsalis, Ornette Coleman, etc. There were many nights it felt flat but they were worth it for the nights where it took flight. Before there were lyrics and content in music, there was the interplay of instrumental collaboration. Hate the "noodling" if you want, but how many bands had a 500 song repertoire, wrote nearly a hundred classic, catchy songs, and ALSO incorporated pop, jazz, New Orleans, funk, disco, folk, country, psychedelic, blues, rock, bluegrass, Chuck Berry, etc into one recognizable mix?<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-20917147569882257952012-08-13T22:40:26.231-04:002012-08-13T22:40:26.231-04:00Later 60's but hugely influential on a zillion...Later 60's but hugely influential on a zillion guitarists and later metal-heads - Grand Funk. Classic critics nightmare - they panned the crap out of them but anyone that every saw them live put them at the top of their 'best shows' list... and they got better as a band with every album... no amount of bashing from the critics could kill off their audience.... And a second vote for CCR!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-17552133431125298822012-08-13T21:38:00.069-04:002012-08-13T21:38:00.069-04:00"The Band were from Canada, not the USA."..."The Band were from Canada, not the USA."<br /><br />thank you, anonymous. That was pointed out a couple of times in the previous 30-odd comments. Good catch!! <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-72415083443590425942012-08-13T09:06:33.279-04:002012-08-13T09:06:33.279-04:00once upon a time The Band DID rock hard; they were...<i>once upon a time The Band DID rock hard; they were called Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks.....</i><br /><br />The Band were from Canada, not the USA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-89356237407241210702012-08-12T21:12:05.664-04:002012-08-12T21:12:05.664-04:00I was shocked to see PR & the Raiders on the l...I was shocked to see PR & the Raiders on the list. Figured, as with most pundits, they had too much commercial success for their own good. <br /><br />Yea, so good bands left off like CCR, Tommy James, ect. But ya gotta start and stop somewhere.GLLinMOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-33134485804194664742012-08-11T22:01:44.756-04:002012-08-11T22:01:44.756-04:00If by "important", you mean influential ...If by "important", you mean influential to future music, <br />I'd have to include Iggy &<br />the Stooges. If you had told me in 1969 that the Velvet Underground, Black Sabbath and the Stooges would<br />be so influential I'd have laughed<br />and cringed. Those albums were<br />"party killers" though the Stooges were kind of dumb fun...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-34437450417225642682012-08-11T11:08:08.208-04:002012-08-11T11:08:08.208-04:00THE TURTLES!!!THE TURTLES!!!Hannes A. Jónssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16343734222803109095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-76293635446002182212012-08-11T11:01:23.467-04:002012-08-11T11:01:23.467-04:00once upon a time The Band DID rock hard; they were...once upon a time The Band DID rock hard; they were called Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks.....<br /><br />And I guess the Byrds rocked (for a bunch of guys who coming up never played a Chuck Berry song)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-48733021774376413082012-08-11T10:59:59.539-04:002012-08-11T10:59:59.539-04:001. The Beach Boys
2. The Byrds
3. Monkees
4. Four ...1. The Beach Boys<br />2. The Byrds<br />3. Monkees<br />4. Four Seasons<br />5. The (Young) Rascals<br />6. Tommy James & The Shondells<br />7. Love<br />8. Grass Roots<br />9. Box Tops<br />10. Merry Go Round<br /><br />Bubbling under: Sly & the Family, Jeff. Airplane (JUST for "Surrealistic Pillow"), Paul Revere & the Raiders.Hannes A. Jónssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16343734222803109095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-56284599791567927752012-08-11T07:09:31.162-04:002012-08-11T07:09:31.162-04:00I went to school my freshman year -- Winter 1965 -...I went to school my freshman year -- Winter 1965 -- in Chicago and I was astounded by how big the Shadows of Knight were in the area. They were the Rolling Stones, as far as the local teens were concerned.<br /><br />Alas, I never got to see them....Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18282613112168154071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-75235683691602929592012-08-10T23:33:47.917-04:002012-08-10T23:33:47.917-04:00I don't think "most important" is su...I don't think "most important" is subjective; I think it's an objective fact, and therefore the Shadows of Knight must be in any Top 10 because when I encountered them in Mt. Prospect, IL, at the age of what, 13?, they changed my life. Oh wait ... :-) But they're still a great American band and must get extra points for coming from the Chicago suburbs, seriously. :-) Forty some years later I still love this band.Who Am Us Anyway?https://www.blogger.com/profile/08260586634760800759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-86498135770957632392012-08-10T23:06:52.192-04:002012-08-10T23:06:52.192-04:00Love. Duh!Love. Duh!buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-62576764519347434072012-08-10T19:08:37.314-04:002012-08-10T19:08:37.314-04:00If the Band or Buffalo Springfield
are "Ameri...If the Band or Buffalo Springfield<br />are "American", I nominate Jimi Hendrix. Regardless of who was in his band.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-41240198457953255992012-08-10T19:05:35.491-04:002012-08-10T19:05:35.491-04:00With the inclusion of the Byrds, Springfield, Airp...With the inclusion of the Byrds, Springfield, Airplane and Moby Grape (among others) you get no argument from me. BTW Byrd fans should be advised to run, not walk, to pick up a copy of Johnny Rogan's Magna Opus "Requiem for the Timeless Vol. 1." It's a 7 course, gourmet meal for Byrd lovers!Mr. Minimachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14724955657916492135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-73015075467201178302012-08-10T18:19:23.571-04:002012-08-10T18:19:23.571-04:00Mine are fairly similar but there's a few exce...Mine are fairly similar but there's a few exceptions;<br /><br />The order could change daily with me but the acts would stay the same;<br /><br />1. Lovin Spoonful-Go Zally!<br /><br />2. Byrds--All the hits aside, "Ladyfriend " was an epiphany for me.<br /><br />3. Jefferson Airplane (although if the current band keeps playing these godawful PBS oldies shows they may get booted off my list)<br /><br />4. Moby Grape--The promotional campaign behind the 1st album--releasing 6 singles with all 12 songs on the same day--is perhaps the most gallant disaster in all rock history)<br /><br />5. Bubble Puppy--I defy anyone to say that "Hot Smoke And Sassafras" isn't the best Yardbrids cop ever recorded, the follow up "Beginnings" ain't too bad either.<br /><br />6. The Cryan' Shames--This is the Chicago group, not the Liverpool Lads (although they also cut some neat singles). "A Scratch In The Sky" has some of the best close harmony work I've ever heard. They should have been <br />much bigger.<br /><br />7. We The People--Love their singles, especially "You Burn Me Up And Down".<br /><br />8. Paul Revere And The Raiders--their records are like fine wine, they sound better with the passage of time.<br /><br />9.Booker T and The MGs--I play "Hang 'em High" and "Green Onions" all the time.<br /><br />10. Flamin' Groovies, maybe most of their records came out in the 1970's but their hearts were firmly rooted in 1965.JZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830586696690222760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-2433933734833592972012-08-10T18:05:49.187-04:002012-08-10T18:05:49.187-04:00Okay, maybe 1965, not 1966.Okay, maybe 1965, not 1966.Brooklyn Girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-50052211609664702822012-08-10T18:03:26.311-04:002012-08-10T18:03:26.311-04:00Well, since the 60's era American rock bands r...Well, since the 60's era American rock bands really don't pre-date 1966 (except for the Beach Boys), I think all of them have been named. <br /><br />Except maybe Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels.<br /><br />Oh, and ARTHUR LEE AND LOVE.<br /><br />Prior to then, the only rock bands we had were the Funk Brothers and all those other (at the time) nameless, faceless studio musicians. <br /><br />:-)Brooklyn Girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-27455042062158553922012-08-10T16:31:52.864-04:002012-08-10T16:31:52.864-04:00I defy anyone to listen to Pigpen sing "Turn ...I defy anyone to listen to Pigpen sing "Turn on Your Lovelight" and not come to the conclusion that the Dead were full of shit. If the Mothers were "smug" (they were) and the VU had "a certain bullshit quotient" (they did) then the Dead were flat-out incompetent. They had one or maybe two decent instrumentalists whose talent was more or less completely obviated by drug use. They didn't invent anything, although they might have waved at it as it went by. And Moby Grape, it says here, is the greatest (at worst second-greatest) band that ever came out of San Francisco.petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-40888200044546316602012-08-10T14:51:54.223-04:002012-08-10T14:51:54.223-04:00"Allman Brothers were really a 70s phenom.&qu..."Allman Brothers were really a 70s phenom."<br /><br />Agreed. However, so were Chicago, Steve Miller Band, Santana, CCR, etc. But they BLASTED out of the late sixties, so I included them...powerpopsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138217359056726864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-39142100204616535102012-08-10T13:57:19.107-04:002012-08-10T13:57:19.107-04:00I like "The Golden Road" a lot, speaking...I like "The Golden Road" a lot, speaking of the first Dead album.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-43879148731598181242012-08-10T13:06:11.563-04:002012-08-10T13:06:11.563-04:00I must throw some points on the GD pile. Yeah, the...I must throw some points on the GD pile. Yeah, they should get blamed for the "jam-bands" mentioned earlier. Those bands, mostly fail to get the point. But this "noodling" was rarely heard on the studio recordings, and those studio recordings continue to influence.<br /><br />The resistence to the GD, and I'm not necessarily saying you Sir Steve, just in general, usually comes from hearing "Truckin'" one too many times on FM radio, or some poorly planned attempt by a Deadhead to initiate with some horrible live show they attended. <br /><br />Start with the debut and continue through Blues For Allah. You will hear The Byrds and The Dillards and Moby Grape and The Burritos and even, believe it or not some Beach Boys. <br /><br />Too many people I know hate the Dead, then admit they've heard parts of a few records and that's it. Or they hate the Dead because they hate hippies. How about listening to the records?<br /><br />Okay, I'm done. Sorry.Sal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-77529382840344617072012-08-10T13:04:30.974-04:002012-08-10T13:04:30.974-04:00He said "TOP TEN MOST IMPORTANT AMERICAN ROCK...He said "TOP TEN MOST IMPORTANT AMERICAN ROCK BANDS OF THE SIXTIES!!!", not "Power Pop Purveyors".buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-6572744766536007192012-08-10T12:31:17.223-04:002012-08-10T12:31:17.223-04:00Important to who? For a Power Pop blogger, these b...Important to who? For a Power Pop blogger, these bands are pretty much the antithesis of the genre other than the Rascals, Raiders and Beatles. It seems that all of your unobvious choices were anything but power pop precursors or influences.<br /><br />The Raiders were the most underrated band of the 60's. Midnight Ride is one of the top ten albums of the decade.Voxtronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-56846488129849682652012-08-10T12:26:20.614-04:002012-08-10T12:26:20.614-04:00Since you at least gave The Grateful Dead credit f...Since you at least gave The Grateful Dead credit for arguably their best two albums, I let you pass on your mostly accurate appraisal that during the '60's they were a "fairly meh white blues band", etc.<br />The Dead pioneered the same "cosmic american music" that both Gram Parsons and Elvis Presley(!) were after. The synthesis of blues, R&B, gospel, country, and folk.<br />I submit that the third finest album in their catalog is "AOXOMOXOA", which is the first of the trio, and released in 1969.<br />That tilts their creative peak back into the '60's, and qualifies them for inclusion in today's escapade.buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.com