1992: Greatest year of music, ever?

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Here are some albums released that year.


Ice Cube - The Predator
NIN - Broken
311 - Hydroponic
Nirvana - Insecticide
Ministry - Psalm 69
Rage Against The Machine - RATM
Fear Factory - Soul of a New Machine
UGK - Too Hard to Swallow
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Sublime - 40 Oz To Freedom
Blind Melon - Blind Melon
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
Dr Dre - The Chronic
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Radiohead - Drill
UGK - Banned


What do ya'll think? In retrospect, I find it hard to believe another year in my youth ever featured such bad ass CD's. It just seems so ridiculous now. This kind of stuff just doesn't happen anymore :depressed

[PM5K]

If you like that kind of music maybe...

[leemajors]

i would put sublime in the top 10 overrated bands myself, but it was a good year regardless. i would put this albums up there too:

Praxis - Transmutation: Mutatis Mutandis

[kobe_bryant]

2Pacalypse Now

[Spurminator]

1967

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
The Who - The Who Sell Out
Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love
The Doors - The Doors
The Doors - Strange Days
Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
The Grateful Dead - The Grateful Dead
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons
Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesty's Request
Cream - Disraeli Gears
The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina
The Kinks - Something Else by the Kinks
Van Morrison - Blowin' Your Mind
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed

[Spurminator]

1991

Nirvana - Nevermind
Guns 'n Roses - Use Your Illusion I & II
Metallica - Metallica
Pearl Jam - Ten
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Majik
A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
U2 - Achtung Baby
Sepultura - Arise
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
Ice T - O.G. Original Gangster
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Stevie Ray Vaughn - The Sky is Crying
Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped
Public Enemy - Apocalypse '91
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
Seal - Seal
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
REM - Out of Time
2Pac - 2pacalypse Now
Green Day - Kerplunk
Rush - Roll the Bones
Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
Tesla - Psychotic Supper
Prince - Diamonds and Pearls

[Old School Chic]

There's nothing better then the 80's :fro

ABC Adam & the Ants Bryan Adams A-Ha The Alarm Asia

The B52's Bananarama Bangles The Black Crowes Blondie

Bon Jovi Bow Wow Wow The Buggles The Cars Cinderella

Phil Collins Elvis Costello The Cranberries The Cult

The Cure Damn Yankees Depeche Mode Def Leppard Devo

Dire Straits Thomas Dolby Duran Duran Europe Eurythmics

The Fabulous Thunderbirds Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Faith No More The Fixx Peter Gabriel Giuffria Guns'n'Roses

Sammy Hagar Corey Hart Don Henley The Human League Billy Idol

Inxs Iron Maiden Michael Jackson

Jackyl Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Cyndi Lauper

Huey Lewis and the News Living Colour Love and Rockets Loverboy

Madonna Megadeth Men At Work John Cougar Mellencamp

Metallica Midnight Oil Ministry The Motels Eddie Money

Motley Crue New Order Stevie Nicks

Night Ranger Nirvana Gary Numan Ozzy Osbourne Phish Poison

The Police Power Station The Pretenders The Psychedelic Furs

Quiet Riot The Rainmakers Ratt Red Hot Chili Peppers

R.E.M The Replacements The Romantics

Siouxsie And The Banshees Skid Row The Smiths

Rick Springfield Squeeze The Stray Cats Talking Heads

Tears For Fears 10,000 Maniacs Tesla Til Tuesday The Thompson Twins

Twisted Sister Toto U2 Van Halen Stevie Ray Vaughan Vixen

Warrant White Lion Whitesnake Steve Winwood Peter Wolf

This past weekend my husband and I went to see Poison/Cinderella
Even after seeing them for the 100th time, they still kick ass!

Can't wait for Motley Crue & Aerosmith in November

[CharlieMac]

I've always hated the Velvet Underground and teh Grateful Dead.

[CharlieMac]

And Jefferson Airplane.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

1991

Nirvana - Nevermind
Guns 'n Roses - Use Your Illusion I & II
Metallica - Metallica
Pearl Jam - Ten
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Majik
A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
U2 - Achtung Baby
Sepultura - Arise
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
Ice T - O.G. Original Gangster
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Stevie Ray Vaughn - The Sky is Crying
Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped
Public Enemy - Apocalypse '91
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
Seal - Seal
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
REM - Out of Time
2Pac - 2pacalypse Now
Green Day - Kerplunk
Rush - Roll the Bones
Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
Tesla - Psychotic Supper
Prince - Diamonds and Pearls


Well 91-92 greatest back to back years in music history in my life without a doubt :smokin

[Slydragon]

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/member/birthdayno1.php

My #1 song the day I was born was, Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen


What's yours?

[DarkReign]

This is going to be embarassing...I know it.

Upside Down - Diana Ross

[Oscar DeLa]

I don't know what it is but for rap its a proven fact that its 1993-1995.

[ObiwanGinobili]

Here are some albums released that year.


Ice Cube - The Predator
NIN - Broken
311 - Hydroponic
Nirvana - Insecticide
Ministry - Psalm 69
Rage Against The Machine - RATM
Fear Factory - Soul of a New Machine
UGK - Too Hard to Swallow
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Sublime - 40 Oz To Freedom
Blind Melon - Blind Melon
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
Dr Dre - The Chronic
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Radiohead - Drill
UGK - Banned


What do ya'll think? In retrospect, I find it hard to believe another year in my youth ever featured such bad ass CD's. It just seems so ridiculous now. This kind of stuff just doesn't happen anymore :depressed


I own all of the red CD's.

I';m going to have to agree with you on 1992 being a bad ass year.
I can't think of another great year for music right off the top of my head.

Although I'm sure there was one in the late 70's when rock was becoming dominate and disco was in it;s death throws..... most likely 68,69, or 70 when looked into may also be pronounced a bad ass year.

[ObiwanGinobili]

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/member/birthdayno1.php

My #1 song the day I was born was, Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen


What's yours?

Lady - Kenny Rogers

[SpursWoman]

This is going to be embarassing...I know it.

Upside Down - Diana Ross


Mine was:

Brand New Key ~ Melanie

[ObiwanGinobili]

And Jefferson Airplane.

dude I love JeffersonAirplane / Jefferson Starship!

I have Red Octopus on vinyl.

[1369]

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/member/birthdayno1.php

My #1 song the day I was born was, Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen


What's yours?

Mine:

Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band-US

The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde - Georgie Fame-UK

[Spam]

90's music sucked ass.

60's and 70's ruled for great music.

[pache100]

Not a chance.

Signed,
Flower Child of the 60s (when the music was REALLY good)
http://i6.tinypic.com/1zvtwxz.gif

[Old School Chic]

90's music sucked ass.

60's and 70's ruled for great music.


80's :tu

[pache100]

1967

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
The Who - The Who Sell Out
Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love
The Doors - The Doors
The Doors - Strange Days
Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
The Grateful Dead - The Grateful Dead
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons
Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesty's Request
Cream - Disraeli Gears
The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina
The Kinks - Something Else by the Kinks
Van Morrison - Blowin' Your Mind
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed

http://i2.tinypic.com/1zvtyzb.gif :tu
Good list!

[pache100]

Sorry - The US chart information we have started in October 1952. If you were born before this, try your life's theme song which is the No.1 on your 18th birthday

I'm so old, apparently music was not in existence when I was born. :oops

So, I did what they recommend and chose my 18th birthday for my "Life's Theme"..."I’ll Be There" - The Jackson 5 :depressed

[JoeChalupa]

1967

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
The Who - The Who Sell Out
Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love
The Doors - The Doors
The Doors - Strange Days
Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
The Grateful Dead - The Grateful Dead
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons
Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesty's Request
Cream - Disraeli Gears
The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina
The Kinks - Something Else by the Kinks
Van Morrison - Blowin' Your Mind
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed

:tu Classic Rock Rocks baby!!!!

[SpursWoman]

Not a chance.

Signed,
Flower Child of the 60s (when the music was REALLY good)
http://i6.tinypic.com/1zvtwxz.gif




But didn't you know? The world didn't exist before 1985. :lol

[katyon6th]

What's yours?

All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie

And I know the world existed before 1985, I was born in 1983.

[ObiwanGinobili]

1980.

[SpursWoman]

All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie

And I know the world existed before 1985, I was born in 1983.



Sorry ... I was still kind of laughing at GiG saying that Britney Spears was the hottest, most recognizable woman of all time. And now 1992 being the best in music.

Life sure must have sucked for anyone who grew up before then if these are considered the best of all time.

:fro

[JackLalanne]

You youngsters sure missed out on some great music. Today's music is not even music just sampling from the great old stuff.

[leemajors]

1991

Nirvana - Nevermind
Guns 'n Roses - Use Your Illusion I & II
Metallica - Metallica
Pearl Jam - Ten
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Majik
A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
U2 - Achtung Baby
Sepultura - Arise
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
Ice T - O.G. Original Gangster
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Stevie Ray Vaughn - The Sky is Crying
Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped
Public Enemy - Apocalypse '91
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
Seal - Seal
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
REM - Out of Time
2Pac - 2pacalypse Now
Green Day - Kerplunk
Rush - Roll the Bones
Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
Tesla - Psychotic Supper
Prince - Diamonds and Pearls
and mr. bungle's first album

and that's a van hagar album. ugh.

[leemajors]

I don't know what it is but for rap its a proven fact that its 1993-1995.

that's very debateable. there were lots of great hip hop albums coming out in the 80s.

[Spam]

there were lots of great hip hop albums

Great hip hop albums don't exist.

[Spurminator]

and that's a van hagar album. ugh.

I'm among the few who prefer the Hagar albums.

[pache100]

Now, here's some GOOD music for you…some albums from 1970 (in the order of my preference - best to least good - but all excellent!):

Neil Young - After the Goldrush
Santana - Abraxas
Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection
Derek and The Dominos (Eric Clapton) - Layla and other Assorted Love Songs
Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young - Deja Vu
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Delaney and Bonnie - Delaney and Bonnie & Friends on Tour with Eric Clapton
Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Credence Clearwater Revival - Pendulum
Credence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
Deep Purple - In Rock
James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
The Beatles - Let It Be
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley
Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Kris Kristofferson - Me and Bobby McGee
The Band - Stage Fright
The Doors - Morrison Hotel
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead
Bob Dylan - New Morning
Various Artists - Woodstock
Led Zepplin - III
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
The Kinks - Lola vs the Powerman & the Money-Go-Round, Part I
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
The Who - Live at Leeds
The Temptations - Psychedelic Shack
The Beach Boys - Sunflower
James Brown - Sex Machine
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Van Morrison - Moondance
Velvet Undergound - Loaded

[leemajors]

Great hip hop albums don't exist.

sure they don't. keep telling yourself that.

[Lebowski Brickowski]

You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer

[Gatita]

70's - Mid 90's :tu

[Gatita]

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/member/birthdayno1.php

My #1 song the day I was born was, Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen


What's yours?

What A Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers US
Bright Eyes - Art Garfunkel UK

[CavsSuperFan]

SHANIA TWAIN soooo rocks...Her CD is the one I blast the most when I am getting ready to Party... :smokin

I'm going out tonight-I'm feelin' alright
Gonna let it all hang out
Wanna make some noise-really raise my voice
Yeah, I wanna scream and shout
No inhibitions-make no conditions
Get a little outta line
I ain't gonna act politically correct
I only wanna have a good time

[Cant_Be_Faded]

that 1967 list is vastly overrated. Bands and songs become overrated through time, not unlike inflation of currency.

Think about it. So many people :smchode: over beatles and the like now, but if you take an imaginary popularity level of all those 1967 bands TODAY, then take all those 1992 bands and check their popularity 39 years later in 2031, do you think Nirvana, Dr Dre, Rage, NIN, won't be insanely overrated too?

Besides, us young folk weren't alive through that black n white shit :lol

[Gatita]

The Beatles still rock.

[Spurminator]

do you think Nirvana, Dr Dre, Rage, NIN, won't be insanely overrated too?

Kids will be studying Beatles music in school by then. None of those groups will ever achieve the legacy of The Beatles, justified or not.

[JoeChalupa]

Kids will be studying Beatles music in school by then. None of those groups will ever achieve the legacy of The Beatles, justified or not.

I concur.


The Beatles still rock.

I concur.

[JoeChalupa]

Now, here's some GOOD music for you…some albums from 1970 (in the order of my preference - best to least good - but all excellent!):

Neil Young - After the Goldrush
Santana - Abraxas
Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection
Derek and The Dominos (Eric Clapton) - Layla and other Assorted Love Songs
Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out
The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young - Deja Vu
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Delaney and Bonnie - Delaney and Bonnie & Friends on Tour with Eric Clapton
Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Credence Clearwater Revival - Pendulum
Credence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
Deep Purple - In Rock
James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
The Beatles - Let It Be
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley
Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Kris Kristofferson - Me and Bobby McGee
The Band - Stage Fright
The Doors - Morrison Hotel
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead
Bob Dylan - New Morning
Various Artists - Woodstock
Led Zepplin - III
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
The Kinks - Lola vs the Powerman & the Money-Go-Round, Part I
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
The Who - Live at Leeds
The Temptations - Psychedelic Shack
The Beach Boys - Sunflower
James Brown - Sex Machine
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Van Morrison - Moondance
Velvet Undergound - Loaded

Great list!

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Kids will be studying Beatles music in school by then. None of those groups will ever achieve the legacy of The Beatles, justified or not.


:lol they've beeen studying beatles music in school for years now and already some of those 1992 bands are being studied

music school of course

but still
those albums did not receive the praise they are getting now 10 years ago, 20, 30, etc

[Spam]

:lol they've beeen studying beatles music in school for years now and already some of those 1992 bands are being studied

music school of course

but still
those albums did not receive the praise they are getting now 10 years ago, 20, 30, etc

Let it Be
Sincerely,
Paul McCartney

[Cant_Be_Faded]

its cuz all the cholos listenin to that music told their kids about it and it spread

when we tell our kids about the 1992 music, that shit will be just as 'classic' and 'groundbreaking' and 'breakthrough' and 'meaningful' as that 60's stuff that many of us like today

[jman3000]

Blues for the Red Sun also came out in 92 ... and it's not possibly one of the most influential Stoner Rock albums ever released, it is the most influential.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Kyuss's best album was also released in 1992, dont remember hte name of it though. That's stoner rock too....unless we're talkin about the same album

[Old School Chic]

Kyuss's best album was also released in 1992, dont remember hte name of it though. That's stoner rock too....unless we're talkin about the same album

CBF how old are you?

[jman3000]

same album:

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0000248Y6.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
"Cause I like to get on
magic mushroom potions"

[Spurminator]

I didn't get into the Beatles because of my parents. I got into them because of the Radio. The Beatles have probably close to 50 songs that get regular radio airplay. In 30 years, NIN and Rage may have a total of 3 combined.

I mean, who judges cool music based on their parents? :lol

[Extra Stout]

The Beatles innovated much of the sound that has made up popular music in the past 40 years.

[Quadzilla99]

Is that a question ? My answer is no.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

CBF how old are you?


duece duece

[Old School Chic]

duece duece


I was asking because you seem to like the 90's too much.

[DirkAB]

that 1967 list is vastly overrated. Bands and songs become overrated through time, not unlike inflation of currency.

Think about it. So many people :smchode: over beatles and the like now, but if you take an imaginary popularity level of all those 1967 bands TODAY, then take all those 1992 bands and check their popularity 39 years later in 2031, do you think Nirvana, Dr Dre, Rage, NIN, won't be insanely overrated too?

Besides, us young folk weren't alive through that black n white shit :lol


Anybody that compares Dr. Dre, Nirvana, Rage, and NIN in terms of popularity, talent, or greatness to the Beatles has credibility issues. Has to be one of the more ridiculous things I've read in a long time.

But '92 was good for a number of classic albums, that I will give you. Blind Melon might be my favorite one, without a doubt one of my favorite bands ever, what a shame.

[pache100]

but still those albums did not receive the praise they are getting now 10 years ago, 20, 30, etc

How do you know? You just said yourself you weren't here. You don't have a clue what the music scene was like back in the late 60s-early 70s. Stick to what you know.

That's why you don't see me comment much on current pop; I don't know anything about it. And don't necessarily want to. I listen to it some, but mostly to country. And I stick to commenting on what I know.


its cuz all the cholos listenin to that music told their kids about it and it spread

I don't have any kids. Do you have any idea what the statistics are on people my age who don't have kids? There are a ton of us. As I said, stick to what you know.


Anybody that compares Dr. Dre, Nirvana, Rage, and NIN in terms of popularity, talent, or greatness to the Beatles has credibility issues. Has to be one of the more ridiculous things I've read in a long time.


:tu

[leemajors]

Anybody that compares Dr. Dre, Nirvana, Rage, and NIN in terms of popularity, talent, or greatness to the Beatles has credibility issues. Has to be one of the more ridiculous things I've read in a long time.

But '92 was good for a number of classic albums, that I will give you. Blind Melon might be my favorite one, without a doubt one of my favorite bands ever, what a shame.

it's his opinion, who cares. some people don't like the beatles.

[SpursWoman]

I don't like the Beatles. :spin

[DirkAB]

it's his opinion, who cares. some people don't like the beatles.

The popularity level and influence that the Beatles had in the world isn't a matter of opinion, it's fact. You can absolutey hate their music, but you can't ignore the fact that they are by far the most popular band in history, period.

[pache100]

The popularity level and influence that the Beatles had in the world isn't a matter of opinion, it's fact. You can absolutey hate their music, but you can't ignore the fact that they are by far the most popular band in history, period.

:tu

[SpursWoman]

The popularity level and influence that the Beatles had in the world isn't a matter of opinion, it's fact.


Influence isn't always a good thing. I hold them 100% responsible for the emergence of Boy Bands.

And I don't like Boy Bands, either.

[Spurminator]

I hold them 100% responsible for the emergence of Boy Bands.


:lol

Good point.

But I prefer to blame fanatical preteen girls.

[Guru of Nothing]

I mean, who judges cool music based on their parents? :lol

My kids do.

[Guru of Nothing]

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/member/birthdayno1.php

My #1 song the day I was born was, Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen


What's yours?

I Got You Babe - Sonny and Cher.
Help - The Beatles

[Spurminator]

My kids do.

Your kids are an obvious exception, as my kids will be.

[FromWayDowntown]

I don't like the Beatles. :spin

I'm not singling you out, SW; but I think your post makes a point.

Whether someone likes the Beatles or not isn't the point, I don't think. Whether the Beatles are one of the most influential bands of all-time (if not the most influential band of all-time) is a question that is independent of anyone's tastes. Someone may dislike that the Beatles have had such influence, but there can be no doubt that the Beatles are among the handful of most important bands in history. I agree that it's a travesty to suggest that the here-today-and-gone-tomorrow nature of today's pop world would allow too many current or recent bands to have the same sort of staying power that the Beatles have had -- though I think bands like U2 and Metallica, for example, are likely to be fairly popular with the next generation.

[SpursWoman]

Whether someone likes the Beatles or not isn't the point, I don't think. Whether the Beatles are one of the most influential bands of all-time (if not the most influential band of all-time) is a question that is independent of anyone's tastes. Someone may dislike that the Beatles have had such influence, but there can be no doubt that the Beatles are among the handful of most important bands in history.




Influence isn't always a good thing. I hold them 100% responsible for the emergence of Boy Bands.


I didn't dispute that they had influence.

But that I don't like them was my point. :)

[FromWayDowntown]

I didn't dispute that they had influence.

I agree; I don't think I ever implied that you thought differently and if I did, it's my bad.

My point was to note that popularity and influence are very different things. Your post provided a means to try to make that point.


But that I don't like them was my point. :)

Understood.

[jman3000]

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/member/birthdayno1.php

My #1 song the day I was born was, Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen


What's yours?

since it's the 80's I'm gonna guess Michael Jackson.....


and it's ... Everything She Wants by Wham!


and my "Life's Theme Song" which is the #1 song on your 18th b-day is ...

Get Busy by Sean Paul :spin

[Justin_ Timberlake]

And I don't like Boy Bands, either.

There is nothing wrong with a good boy band. So fuck off.

Oh, and my other favorite band is the Fanta girls. They rock!

[SpursWoman]

since it's the 80's I'm gonna guess Michael Jackson.....


and it's ... Everything She Wants by Wham!


and my "Life's Theme Song" which is the #1 song on your 18th b-day is ...

Get Busy by Sean Paul :spin


My life's theme song is Another Day In Paradise - Phil Collins


:smokin

[jman3000]

:lol
I'm just glad it wasn't a song by 50-cent.

[SpursWoman]

:lol
I'm just glad it wasn't a song by 50-cent.


The song for Chris' birthday is:

Boogie Oogie Oogie - Taste Of Honey


His life's theme song is:


















Macarena - Los Del Rio

Do you think I should tell him? :lmao :lmao

[SpursWoman]

There is nothing wrong with a good boy band. So fuck off.


Bite me, Nancy-boy.

[leemajors]

The popularity level and influence that the Beatles had in the world isn't a matter of opinion, it's fact. You can absolutey hate their music, but you can't ignore the fact that they are by far the most popular band in history, period.

i would say that bob dylan and duke ellington were more influential than the beatles, but that's just me and i'm not talking strictly about rock music.

[DirkAB]

i would say that bob dylan and duke ellington were more influential than the beatles, but that's just me and i'm not talking strictly about rock music.


The Beatles influence and popularity went well beyond any genre of music and even beyond music.

BTW, Duke Ellington and Bob Dylan? Get real, I mean really, come on. That is cooky talk.

[pache100]

The Beatles influence and popularity went well beyond any genre of music and even beyond music.

BTW, Duke Ellington and Bob Dylan? Get real, I mean really, come on. That is cooky talk.

:clap

[Condemned 2 HelLA]

"Cause I like to get on
magic mushroom potions"

What song is that from?
"Blues..." is my favorite Kyuss album, but it's the only one that I don't have.
:cuss

[jman3000]

What song is that from?
"Blues..." is my favorite Kyuss album, but it's the only one that I don't have.
:cuss

It's from Allen's Wrench on BftRS. I think all 4 of their albums switch between my favorites... Welcome to Sky Valley has Whitewater, Asteroid, Space Cadet, Demon Cleaner, Supa Scoopa and Might Scoop, Gardenia, and Conan Troutman (:lol I basically just listed the entire almbu) so I sometimes feel like it's the better album... but it's hard to argue with Blues... but Thong Song kinda gets old after a bit ... but that's the only one IMO. Wretch is good when I feel like listening to that fat ass bass by Nick ... that shit is looooow. and circus is right up there with bftrs and welcome... imho.

[Condemned 2 HelLA]

I could never really get into "Wretch". To this day, imo, it's the weakest of the 4.
"Blues...." is just great from start to finish. "Thumb", "Green Machine", "50,000,000 Year Trip", "Freedom Run", "Allen's Wrench"......it just straight-up rocks.
Talk about an overlooked underappreciated band, that was Kyuss all over.

[jman3000]

I could never really get into "Wretch". To this day, imo, it's the weakest of the 4.
"Blues...." is just great from start to finish. "Thumb", "Green Machine", "50,000,000 Year Trip", "Freedom Run", "Allen's Wrench"......it just straight-up rocks.
Talk about an overlooked underappreciated band, that was Kyuss all over.

Wretch is just as good as the others ... it just sounds different...Katzenjammer, The Law, I'm Not, and Stage III are all great songs. You really should try to give them a thorough listen.

I feel the same way ... I really don't understand why more people don't like them ... I guess people hear the term stoner rock and have preconceived notions about what it's going to sound like.

[leemajors]

The Beatles influence and popularity went well beyond any genre of music and even beyond music.

BTW, Duke Ellington and Bob Dylan? Get real, I mean really, come on. That is cooky talk.

duke ellington influenced every jazz artist from about 1930 on, and dylan himself was a huge influence on the beatles. i think both of them were in the top 5 on time's most influential artists of the 20th century list, ahead of the beatles. i don't like elvis, but you could make an argument for him as well.

quoted:

"Bob Dylan's influence on popular music is incalculable. As a songwriter, he pioneered several different schools of pop songwriting, from confessional singer/songwriter to winding, hallucinatory, stream-of-conscious narratives. As a vocalist, he broke down the notions that in order to perform, a singer had to have a conventionally good voice, thereby redefining the role of vocalist in popular music. As a musician, he sparked several genres of pop music, including electrified folk-rock and country-rock. And that just touches on the tip of his achievements. Dylan's force was evident during his height of popularity in the '60s -- the Beatles' shift toward introspective songwriting in the mid-'60s never would have happened without him -- but his influence echoed throughout several subsequent generations. Many of his songs became popular standards, and his best albums were undisputed classics of the rock & roll canon. Dylan's influence throughout folk music was equally powerful, and he marks a pivotal turning point in its 20th century evolution, signifying when the genre moved away from traditional songs and toward personal songwriting. Even when his sales declined in the '80s and '90s, Dylan's presence was calculable."

[Cant_Be_Faded]

There are people alive today (including me) who think that 99% of the songs on some of those 90's bands are amazingly good. Not unlike the led zepplin heads, pink floyd heads, and beatles punks who think the same thing.

I happen to think every song on Broken, and Downward Spiral is amazing (although he reached his artistic peak with Fragile..)

Do you people really think that every fucking beatles song was worshipped back in the 60s? Every song, not just the hits. Do you really think every Led Zepplin song (EVERY SONG) was considered a classic in the 60s and 70s?

Good bands popularity increases with time...sgt pepper will always be more popular than the predator, broken, etc, but i'd bet a huge chunk of scrilla that the popularity level of each increases fairly linear over time.

[Spurminator]

I happen to think every song on Broken, and Downward Spiral is amazing (although he reached his artistic peak with Fragile..)

Do you people really think that every fucking beatles song was worshipped back in the 60s? Every song, not just the hits. Do you really think every Led Zepplin song (EVERY SONG) was considered a classic in the 60s and 70s?

I don't think that's the case for Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, or NIN. But what I would guess is that over time, MORE (not less) Led Zeppelin and Beatles songs received radio airplay as their legend grew.... which brings me to your next point.


Good bands popularity increases with time...sgt pepper will always be more popular than the predator, broken, etc, but i'd bet a huge chunk of scrilla that the popularity level of each increases fairly linear over time.


Take Led Zeppelin IV for example. "Black Dog," "Rock and Roll" and "Stairway" got airplay when the album was out, but over time you also heard "Four Sticks" "When the Levee Breaks," "Misty Mountain Hop" and "Going to California" get pretty regular airplay. That's 7 of the 8 songs on the album. On any given Beatles album, half of the songs can be heard on Classic Rock and Oldies radio stations.

It's the exact opposite trend with NIN. Do you ever hear anything off of Broken anymore? Do you ever hear anything besides "Closer" from Downward Spiral? Do you really think they'll be playing "Happiness in Slavery" or "Mr. Self Destruct" regularly on whatever form of Radio we have in 2025?

Don't get me wrong, I like NIN and Rage a lot... But I think you're living in a nostalgic bubble if you think those kinds of groups are actually growing in popularity over time. At best, in 25 years they will be MC5 and Blue Oyster Cult.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

I don't think that's the case for Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, or NIN. But what I would guess is that over time, MORE (not less) Led Zeppelin and Beatles songs received radio airplay as their legend grew.... which brings me to your next point.



Take Led Zeppelin IV for example. "Black Dog," "Rock and Roll" and "Stairway" got airplay when the album was out, but over time you also heard "Four Sticks" "When the Levee Breaks," "Misty Mountain Hop" and "Going to California" get pretty regular airplay. That's 7 of the 8 songs on the album. On any given Beatles album, half of the songs can be heard on Classic Rock and Oldies radio stations.

It's the exact opposite trend with NIN. Do you ever hear anything off of Broken anymore? Do you ever hear anything besides "Closer" from Downward Spiral? Do you really think they'll be playing "Happiness in Slavery" or "Mr. Self Destruct" regularly on whatever form of Radio we have in 2025?

Don't get me wrong, I like NIN and Rage a lot... But I think you're living in a nostalgic bubble if you think those kinds of groups are actually growing in popularity over time. At best, in 25 years they will be MC5 and Blue Oyster Cult.

I've heard from people the country over that Texas modern rock stations are notorious for sucking, but here in dallas on the Edge they still play 2 or 3 songs from the Spiral alone, and just hte other day I heard Down in it. They play unexpected Rage songs from Evil Empire, I heard Snake Charm the other day. Who really expected them to keep playing Down Rodeo on rock stations?

It does happen.

[DirkAB]

I've heard from people the country over that Texas modern rock stations are notorious for sucking, but here in dallas on the Edge they still play 2 or 3 songs from the Spiral alone, and just hte other day I heard Down in it. They play unexpected Rage songs from Evil Empire, I heard Snake Charm the other day. Who really expected them to keep playing Down Rodeo on rock stations?

It does happen.

You really think that any of those bands will remain relevant to pop culture for 40+ years? You think you will hear NIN songs in countless movie soundtracks in 20, 30, or 40 years from now? Will their be all sorts of NIN songs covered in countless concerts? Will it be plastered all over the news when Trent Reznor and whoever else is in the band pass away? Will millions upon millions of people gather in the streets to morn their passing?

I took a college course called The History of Rock and Roll, 2 of the 14 weeks of that class was strickly Beatles. That is 1/7 of Rock and Roll History. The Proffessor said he could have easily tought us about the Beatles for 14 straight weeks if they would let him.

I don't think you appreciate how big the Beatles were and still are.

[DirkAB]

duke ellington influenced every jazz artist from about 1930 on, and dylan himself was a huge influence on the beatles. i think both of them were in the top 5 on time's most influential artists of the 20th century list, ahead of the beatles. i don't like elvis, but you could make an argument for him as well.

quoted:

"Bob Dylan's influence on popular music is incalculable. As a songwriter, he pioneered several different schools of pop songwriting, from confessional singer/songwriter to winding, hallucinatory, stream-of-conscious narratives. As a vocalist, he broke down the notions that in order to perform, a singer had to have a conventionally good voice, thereby redefining the role of vocalist in popular music. As a musician, he sparked several genres of pop music, including electrified folk-rock and country-rock. And that just touches on the tip of his achievements. Dylan's force was evident during his height of popularity in the '60s -- the Beatles' shift toward introspective songwriting in the mid-'60s never would have happened without him -- but his influence echoed throughout several subsequent generations. Many of his songs became popular standards, and his best albums were undisputed classics of the rock & roll canon. Dylan's influence throughout folk music was equally powerful, and he marks a pivotal turning point in its 20th century evolution, signifying when the genre moved away from traditional songs and toward personal songwriting. Even when his sales declined in the '80s and '90s, Dylan's presence was calculable."

Who is the quote from?

By that logic you could say that anybody that influenced the Beatles was more influential than they were, but I don't agree. The Beatles were influenced by The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album, does that mean that they were more influential?

Dylan was definitely influential, but come on......we are talking about THE FUCKIN' BEATLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! You know, more famous than Jesus.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

You really think that any of those bands will remain relevant to pop culture for 40+ years? You think you will hear NIN songs in countless movie soundtracks in 20, 30, or 40 years from now? Will their be all sorts of NIN songs covered in countless concerts? Will it be plastered all over the news when Trent Reznor and whoever else is in the band pass away? Will millions upon millions of people gather in the streets to morn their passing?

I took a college course called The History of Rock and Roll, 2 of the 14 weeks of that class was strickly Beatles. That is 1/7 of Rock and Roll History. The Proffessor said he could have easily tought us about the Beatles for 14 straight weeks if they would let him.

I don't think you appreciate how big the Beatles were and still are.


Since when is songs in a soundtrack relevant to anything? Those retarded Irish Twin Brothers had a hit single from the movie Benny and Joon but that still doesn't mean shit...Have you not been paying attention to movies for the past 10 years? they suck donkey balls, period.

And noone back then had any clue hendrix, zepplin, beatles would be so relevant today. Out of every old person I have asked, not one of them thought those bands would be how they are today. Probably the astute music listiner had forseen this, but the common mariott beatle listener back then had no clue, just like the common 90's music fan at that time.

You keep going on about their pop culture identities, but we are talking music only here. I could give a fuck if they tell me when Reznor dies. But the music, and the way it shapes future music---If you ignore all the big name, engineered acts like Linkin Park, and flesh out the good original bands from beatles to now....beatles, etc influenced the future, but those 90's bands shifted the paradigm just as much as they did back then. In fact, they shifted it so much that the stuff that comes out ripped them off to an extreme, every major label jumped on that style to cash in cuz it was so bad ass...flash forward 5 years, and then new stuff ripped THAT off, then newer stuff ripped THAT off...its a neverending cycle of rehashing shit. If the 90's weren't that big of a deal, why was it hte last real phase of true substance in rock?

There are bands every once in a while that rock, but its jsut harder to find them, cuz we aren't a society sitting around a radio hearing 20 same bands every day. We're a society that has nearly infinite access to an infinite number of bands at any time we want. With the dilution of mainstream music, people are forced to seek real substance elsewhere, and its more difficult for a "power band" to emerge because every person in this country has an entirely different collection of favorite bands.

This all started after that mid 90's trend, aided by the growth of media technology. That nu metal shit that emerged late ninties that eventually turned into emo-punk and now goth-emo-sissy-rock? That all started with the 90's. At first glance you can say they maxed out everything there was to do with rock, but really the big dollar guys just started telling producers to churn them out more nirvana songs, etc.



And dude, if I had enough time to prepare, I could give a 9 week course on Smashing Pumpkins, so what's your point?

[DirkAB]

You are insane, are you even listening to what you are saying? The early 90's bands shifted the paradigm as much as the Beatles did? You have to be fuckin' kidding me. Some arguements are just too asinine to take part in.

BTW, who do you think was the band to really expiriment with loops, sampling, dubbing, ect. In other words who used the studio as an instrument to create sounds that had never been heard before?

[leemajors]

You are insane, are you even listening to what you are saying? The early 90's bands shifted the paradigm as much as the Beatles did? You have to be fuckin' kidding me. Some arguements are just too asinine to take part in.

BTW, who do you think was the band to really expiriment with loops, sampling, dubbing, ect. In other words who used the studio as an instrument to create sounds that had never been heard before?

sir george martin, their producer. i was saying that dylan was a HUGE influence on the beatles. after they met him, their songwriting went off in a lot better direction. dylan's influence isn't as overt as the beatles, he didn't come close to selling as many records, but i think it is a lot further reaching - a lot of his songs were political and very socially relevant in the 60s and 70s, and became anthems for political movements and social change.

[leemajors]

You are insane, are you even listening to what you are saying? The early 90's bands shifted the paradigm as much as the Beatles did? You have to be fuckin' kidding me. Some arguements are just too asinine to take part in.

BTW, who do you think was the band to really expiriment with loops, sampling, dubbing, ect. In other words who used the studio as an instrument to create sounds that had never been heard before?

phil spector also pioneered a lot of that work with his "wall of sound"

[DirkAB]

phil spector also pioneered a lot of that work with his "wall of sound"

Phil Spector was huge in the evolution of music, no doubt about it.

[TheSanityAnnex]

I miss Marley.

[DirkAB]

sir george martin, their producer. i was saying that dylan was a HUGE influence on the beatles. after they met him, their songwriting went off in a lot better direction. dylan's influence isn't as overt as the beatles, he didn't come close to selling as many records, but i think it is a lot further reaching - a lot of his songs were political and very socially relevant in the 60s and 70s, and became anthems for political movements and social change.

I agree that Dylan was very influential in to the Beatles and countless others, but I see the Beatles as more influential because of the number of people that their music reached. I think that their are a lot of people that couldn't even name a Bob Dylan song, and maybe some that have never heard one either.

[TheSanityAnnex]

I miss Tosh.

[NZ Spurs]

Is Cant_Be_Faded really compareing NIN to the Beatles? I think my computer is broken....