My Top 10 Greatest Bands Of All Time :)

[Jay]

1. The Who

2. The Who

3. The Who

4. The Who

5. The Who

6. The Who

7. The Who

8. The Who

9. The Who

10. The Who

[hypehat]

 

[positivemusic]

Not a greatest ever list, but my personal, most listened to bands:

1. The Beach Boys
2. Jan & Dean
3. The Beatles
4. Nirvana
5. Foo Fighters
6. Brooks & Dunn
7. Wings
8. Three Days Grace
9. Coldplay
10. Backstreet Boys

[Newguy562]

Not a greatest ever list, but my personal, most listened to bands:

1. The Beach Boys
2. Jan & Dean
3. The Beatles
4. Nirvana
5. Foo Fighters
6. Brooks & Dunn
7. Wings
8. Three Days Grace
9. Coldplay
10. Backstreet Boys

backstreet boys? lmfaooooo 
foo fighters are amazing ever heard of a song by them called "floaty"? one of my all time favorites.

[positivemusic]

Not a greatest ever list, but my personal, most listened to bands:

1. The Beach Boys
2. Jan & Dean
3. The Beatles
4. Nirvana
5. Foo Fighters
6. Brooks & Dunn
7. Wings
8. Three Days Grace
9. Coldplay
10. Backstreet Boys

backstreet boys? lmfaooooo 
foo fighters are amazing ever heard of a song by them called "floaty"? one of my all time favorites.

Yeah, I love the way the vocals are done and the general feel on that song!

As corny as many people see Backstreet Boys, they are very talented singers and great harmonizers. Its worth a listen to some of their a capella or acoustic (I think AOL Sessions, but not sure!) songs on youtube. Brian Littrell's solo acoustic take on Tim McGraw's "Don't Take The Girl" is also very moving.

[rab2591]

I have to admit when I was younger I listened to The Backstreet Boys a lot.

Even today if I hear one of their more popular songs I'll whistle along with it. I remember them having great voices and the vocal arrangements were very good.
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You've got some good diversity in your list positivemusic - A few years ago after some terrible relationship problems I listened the hell out of Three Days Grace's One-X.

[Alex]

In no particular order (and not of "all time", just the "rock era":
The Beach Boys
Barenaked Ladies (They were/are unfairly maligned due to their goofy image. Sound familiar?)
Wings (Yes, Wings! Not the Beatles.)
Neutral Milk Hotel
The Flaming Lips
Buddy Holly and the Crickets
The Drifters
Booker T. and The MGs
Queen
The Clash

Honorable mentions: Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, The Temptations, The Supremes, The Cure, Hall and Oates, Duran Duran, 60s-era Who, 60s-era Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Coasters, The Del-Vikings, The Crows, The Robins, Bill Haley and His Comets, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Dave Clark Five, ? and the Mysterians, The Bee Gees, Chicago, 90s-era Radiohead, 90s-era Weezer, The Killers, The Ramones, The Monkees, Syd Barret-era Pink Floyd, The Kinks, Big Star, The Knack, Fountains of Wayne, My Bloody Valentine, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Kingsmen, The Sex Pistols, The Dead Kennedys, Bad Religion, The New York Dolls, The Velvet Underground, UB40, The Specials, The Gap Band, The Dazz Band, Chic, Daft Punk, Oasis, Blur, Suede, Pulp, CSNY, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band, Animal Collective, Of Montreal, Camera Obscura, The Smiths, The Jackson 5, Bikini Kill, and so on and so forth...

[Alan Smith]

Great choices, all (although New Kids, John Denver and Weezer were kinda left field  )

Thought I'd offer my listing which includes a couple of acts from the southern colonies (Australia and New Zealand that is, I'm not across the Faulklands scene), check 'em out, I was astonished not to see them listed numerous times before!

The Beach Boys
They Might be Giants
The Chills
The Go-Betweens
The Triffids
The Db's
Camper Van Beethoven
Pixies
The Who
The Clean
Harry Nilsson (new to list)

[positivemusic]

I have to admit when I was younger I listened to The Backstreet Boys a lot.

Even today if I hear one of their more popular songs I'll whistle along with it. I remember them having great voices and the vocal arrangements were very good.
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You've got some good diversity in your list positivemusic - A few years ago after some terrible relationship problems I listened the hell out of Three Days Grace's One-X.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers that about the Backstreet Boys. I think people associate them to much with their precursor 80's boy bands, where talent wasn't necessarily needed.

And thanks, I appreciate it! I grew up with mostly country music being played, so I like to branch out a lot more than my parents did. Seal and U2 were early favorites of mine after hearing their respective songs in Batman Forever. So, musically, I'm all over the place.

And One-X is definitely a great album for times like that! "Never Too Late" is one of my all-time favorites by anybody. I like the recurring theme of "you're not the only one" that plays throughout several songs like "Pain," "Riot" and the title track. A very real album, but very consoling in many ways.

[cablegeddon]

Well hey listen, if there was one band that could challenge Beach Boys and Beatles it was The Who. Not Rolling stones or Led Zeppelin 

[GreatUrduPoet]

Rock/Pop category:
 
The Beatles
The Beach Boys
The Rolling Stones
The Kinks
The Byrds
The Wrecking Crew
The Thirteenth Floor Elevators
The Yardbirds
The Velvet Underground
The Ramones

Honorable mention: The Move, Spirit, The Small Faces, Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Jimi Hendrix Experience; Love

[bluesno1fann]

In no particular order:

The Beach Boys
The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
The Beatles
The Who
The Doors
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Queen
The Animals
Cream

Honourable Mentions: Fleetwood Mac, The Bee Gees, The Kinks, The Zombies, Led Zeppelin and The Yardbirds.

This list excludes solo artists or artists that were never in bands

[JK]

U2
Talk Talk
The Band
The Sonics
Tubeway Army
The Beach Boys
The S.O.S. Band
Captain Beefheart & His/The Magic Band
Spiritualized (on the strength of one album)
The Kingsmen (on the strength of one song)

[metal flake paint]

The Beach Boys
Split Enz
Bee Gees
The Stranglers
The Hollies
ABBA
XTC
ELO
Mental As Anything
The Who

[beacharg]

Beach Boys
Ramones
Beatles
Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
Velvet Underground
Electric Light Orchestra
Queen
Strokes

[Moon Dawg]

  Groups only

  The Beach Boys
  The Rolling Stones
  The Who
  The Beatles
  Moby Grape
  The Byrds
  Dinosaur jr
  Oasis
  ELO
  The Spinners

[Niko]

In no order but with favorite album in parenthesis

Beach Boys (Pet Sounds)
ELO (Out of the Blue)
The Band (Live at the Academy Music (totally counts))
Sly and the Family Stone (There's a Riot Goin' On')
The Doors (L.A. Woman)
Talking Heads (Stop Making Sense)
The Second Great Miles David Quintet (E.S.P)
The Magnetic Fields (69 Love Songs)
King Crimson (Discipline)
The Velvet Underground (VU + Nico)

[alf wiedersehen]

Tough list. It's essentially incomplete cuz I'm always looking for more stuff.

Harry Nilsson
The Beach Boys/Wilson brothers
Big Star/Alex Chilton/Chris Bell
The Velvet Underground/Lou Reed/John Cale
The Beatles/Paul/George
The Kinks
Bob Dylan
Captain Beefheart
Marvin Gaye
Nick Drake
Lee Hazlewood

Special mentions to:
Tom Waits, Chuck Berry, Talking Heads, Syd Barret, Scott Walker (& the Walker Brothers), Neil Young (& CSN&Y), The Mothers of Invention, and the Three O'Clock.

[Amazing Larry]

In no order:
The Beach Boys (Obviously)
The Beatles
The Mothers Of Invention (1965-1969, 1973-1975)
Led Zeppelin
The Kinks
Capt. Beefheart and The Magic Band
Can
Miles Davis' band from 1973-1975
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Residents

[joe_blow]

 1.  The Beach Boys
 2.  Billy Joel
 3.  John Mellencamp
 4.  Los Lobos
 5.  Elvis Presley
 6.  G. Love
 7. The Beatles
 8.  Stray Cats
 9.  Alejandro Escovedo
10. Oasis
11. Tom Petty
12. The Monkees
13. Cadillac Tramps
14. Beck
15. The Blasters
16. Van Halen
17. Eddie Cochran
18. Arcade Fire
19. The Fratelis
20. The Kinks

[Amazing Larry]

1.  The Beach Boys
 2.  Billy Joel
 3.  John Mellencamp
 4.  Los Lobos
 5.  Elvis Presley
 6.  G. Love
 7. The Beatles
 8.  Stray Cats
 9.  Alejandro Escovedo
10. Oasis
11. Tom Petty
12. The Monkees
13. Cadillac Tramps
14. Beck
15. The Blasters
16. Van Halen
17. Eddie Cochran
18. Arcade Fire
19. The Fratelis
20. The Kinks

Why isn't Ken on this list?

[joe_blow]

1.  The Beach Boys (Friends)
 2.  Billy Joel (The Nylon Curtain)
 3.  John Mellencamp (Human Wheels)
 4.  Los Lobos (Kiko)
 5.  Elvis Presley (hard to pick, more of a singles artist so will go with 1968 Comeback)
 6.  G. Love (Lemonade)
 7. The Beatles (Revolver)
 8.  Stray Cats (Choo Choo Hot Fish)
 9.  Alejandro Escovedo (With These Hands)
10. Oasis (What's The Story)
11. Tom Petty (Full Moon Fever)
12. The Monkees (Headquarters)
13. Cadillac Tramps (Tombstone Radio)
14. Beck (Guero)
15. The Blasters (American Music)
16. Van Halen (1984)
17. Eddie Cochran (same as Elvis....)
18. Arcade Fire (The Suburbs)
19. The Fratelis (Costello Music)
20. The Kinks (Face to Face)

Why isn't Ken on this list?

Ha ha, great  question. I think he might be in a league of his own. Inspired by Tattertotten as well I decided to add my favorite albums of the listed artists in parentheisis.  Ken (By Request Only)

[The Dumb Angel]

(In no particular order)
The Beach Boys
The Velvet Underground
The Beatles
The Who
The Flaming Lips
The Rolling Stones
Big Star
Pink Floyd
The Byrds
The Clash

(Several) Other bands/artists that are among my favorites:
Randy Newman, Harry Nilsson, Beck, Neutral Milk Hotel, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Talking Heads, Guided By Voices, Olivia Tremor Control, Super Furry Animals, Nick Drake, The Doors, The Ramones, Sex Pistols, The Zombies, Jimi Hendrix, The Turtles, Sonic Youth, Pixies, Nirvana, My Bloody Valentine, Love Battery, and Derek and the Dominoes... I could go on, but I'll just stop here.  

[mtaber]

Top Artists in no particular order...

Beach Boys
Warren Zevon
Beatles
Everly Brothers
Fleetwood Mac
Lovin'Spoonful
Linda Ronstadt
The Who
Randy Newman
Abba (guilty pleasure)

[JK]

1. The Beach Boys. Unchangeable position.
2. The Rolling Stones
3. Kaleidoscope (UK)
4. NRBQ
5. The Association
6. The Unrelated Segments
7. Creedence Clearwater Revival
8. Taj Mahal
9. Velvet Underground
10.Vetiver.

That was hard to do! There are left yet more favorites.   

NRBQ...  I know I've seen their albums in the racks back in the late '60s while looking for new US stuff. I may even have given them a listen and thought "not for me"----i really can't remember. I tried them (again?) just the other day, to no avail----maybe I was listening to the wrong album but it just didn't grab me. RR, what would you suggest as the one album of theirs I should hear (life being short)? If I don't like that, then I'll know for sure that they are not for me.