From my facebook feed today ~ I'm thinking it will be fun to list our own "top 5" ~ Sooz

So many to choose from! ~ my preference is for "oldies" ~ I still listen to the following regularly ~ Sooz

Chicago
Earth Wind & Fire
The Eagles
The Temptations
The Rolling Stones

Runners-up:
Frank Zappa
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Yardbirds, with Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page

5 Bands?

Hmmm. This is highly subject to change (even in the next 5 minutes when I think of someone else).

The Eagles - My favorite live band concert
The Beatles - Day after day, alone on the hill the man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still
The Moody Blues - Nights in white satin, never reaching the end,
Led Zepplin - There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
Heart - Crazy on you!!!!!!

Aksaq Maboul; belgian art spaz rock
Think Of One; belgian/brazillian band
Eric Dolphy; avant garde jazz: EXTREME
R. Stevie Moore; the greatest home recording artist ever
Thelonius Monk; more avant garde jazz, but different than dolphy

edited for the uninitiated

Is Leonard Cohen a band?

LOL! I don't think Thelonius Monk is either.

interesting question.

i think people use "band" and "artist" interchangeably. i know i do.

It doesn't matter. I was answering band. Whitney and Barbra would be on my "artist" list.

bands would be way way harder for me.

probably (rather than the three individuals listed):

ween; US pop torture artists
blamblamblam; New Zealand post rocck
the pop group; British post rock/punk

Assuming singers can be bands:

Abba
Rod Stewart
Gordon Lightfoot
Ann Murray
Toby Keith

Ha ha ha- for me the list changes every week! And with every activity.

So, just for today:

Wyclef Jean
Indigo Girls
Eminem
K'Naan
Counting Crows

( tomorrow might include the Marley family, Stravinsky, Dropkick Murphys, Rolling Stones, Miles Davis, Billie Holliday, Jack Teagarden, Madame Butterfly, the soundtrack from The Descendants, Pere Ubu, Fela Kuti, and I love LA Punk form the 80s.

I am keenly feeling the generation gap here. LOL! Interesting. I've never heard of some of them.


I can't pick 5, sorry. I tried, but it's too hard.

I don't know most of Mac's but he likes alternative stuff.

Queen is definitely more rap-friendly than I am.

1. my kids at school singing absolutely anything including o'canada (because they are hilarious. even the national anthem becomes performance art in my class this year)

2. the doors

3. radiohead

4. the animals

5. Fiona apple

When I couldn't sleep last night, I was thinking about this thread.......

I can list my one, for sure, absolute choice.

John Denver Nothing sweeter than "For Baby (Bobby)". All of his other music is smooth and sweet. Makes me feel mellow and happy.

Queen! There has to be room for Queen too- it's been hard to live without Freddie Mercury these last many years already.

1. Montreal Symphony
2. Guess Who
3. Rick Wakeman
4. Leonard Cohen
5. Everybody else 'ceptin' rap and country.

Oh yes!

And Lou Reed, Velvet Underground (

In no particular order:

Rolling Stones
Bob Marley
Rage Against The Machine
Joni Mitchell
Prince

love those last 3, pickles.

Simon and Garfunkel
The Eagles
Fleetwood Mac
America
Alabama

Love all of them.

In no particular order:

Pink Floyd
Boston
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I picked the first two because I like almost every song they recorded.... meaning I could put both of the groups music catalogs on shuffle and listen to the songs the rest of my life. I might add to the list of two in the future.