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Post by heathenchemist01 on Aug 30, 2019 1:25:33 GMT -5
In no particular order: Oasis AC/DC Die Toten Hosen There are many other bands though that I really like but these three seem outstanding to me. Would you like to give us all your favourites? Sure, no problem.
I had been into Die Toten Hosen since the release of their 2008 album 'In Aller Stille' because me and one of my closest childhood friends spent a lot of time just freaking out and singing along to the songs as well as AC/DC because of their energy and hard sound but eventually Oasis was the band that brought me into the band cosmos. I used to tell people that AC/DC was by far my favourite band when they asked me but, in fact, Oasis was clearly my number one band at the time around 2014 and mostly still is, along with Die Toten Hosen, who might have a slight bonus because they write their lyrics in German, which is my mothertongue. As a result, AC/DC often finishes third though there is no clear ranking because it slightly varies everyday.
So after this brief history of how I came to like my all time favourite bands, here are the bands that I've liked over the years or still like:
One band I particularly liked in earlier years was Green Day. When I hit the peak of puberty around 14-15 years of age, I felt like I could relate to the topics in their songs quite well. Basically, it was the typical cliché that 14 years is the age at which most teens love listening to 'Dookie' and 'American Idiot' - and which pubescent freak doesn't like 'Basket Case'? However, my liking of Green Day has somehow faded over the years because you realize quite soon that those aren't the topics that are going to bother you for the rest of your life. I do give 'American Idiot' some credit for shaping my view on the world, not in the sense that I get my political opinion directly from the album message but that, at least, it helped me to develop a deeper interest in politics. Still, I assume that I used to overestimate that impact in the past because I've been interested into politics from a really young age and I've come to realize that 'American Idiot' is more of a concept album than a political statement.
Also, I was and still am really interested in the 'band' projects of David Bowie such as Tin Machine and his band around the time of Ziggy Stardust although he's usually seen as a solo artist. Though I had always known about David Bowie and his music, I started developing major interest in his work just weeks before he died and the first Bowie album I bought was 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars'. I was fascinated because you never really get behind his initial concept and the person that was David Bowie remains a mystery. Same with his band projects, it never seems clear whether he's had those bands for either psychological or artistic reasons or both. I don't want to get to deep into that because it's a little confusing sometimes so let's just say that I enjoy the music and art of David Bowie but in a less intuitive way than I enjoy the music of Oasis etc.
This, to a certain degree, also applies to my liking of Pink Floyd and Queen. Although both clearly had a more traditional band constellation they gave this weird but interesting perception of being rock bands while not being rock bands if anybody here understands what I mean. I've never spent quite as much time exploring their music than I did with Bowie's but 'The Wall' remains one of my favourite albums of all time while I can't pick my favourite Queen album.
The last band I specifically want to write about is The Clash. Even though I also like The Sex Pistols, The Clash are miles above them imo, even if the Pistols probably embodied the 'No Future' spirit better than The Clash (although the Pistols - apart from Sid Vicious - also didn't go down with all guns blazing, just sayin'). Joe Strummer was a lyrical genius and even though some people criticized The Clash for becoming a rock band, I get the impression that many of their lyrics were (social-)critical while at the same time more constructive-minded than the Pistols'. I know (or rather have heard) that the initial spirit of punk wasn't about constructivism and maybe even less about alternatives (although many people still think that punk was solely about being against 'the system') so, in that aspect, The Sex Pistols might have been a better or more classical punk band than The Clash. However, from the perspective of a person born long after punk in the 21st century, a more constructive message just makes more sense which is why, in the long run, I prefer The Clash.
Other bands I like(d) but that I won't specifically write about because else I need to write a book are: The Beatles The Rolling Stones Ramones Skillet, Linkin Park, Nickelback (but those have rather or almost completely faded) Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, The Offspring (sometimes) Slade Dire Straits
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Post by andymorris on Aug 30, 2019 3:52:07 GMT -5
Hard one.
Oasis Beatles Pulp tie with Divine Comedy
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Post by draper on Aug 30, 2019 4:05:56 GMT -5
Bands that were around in my lifetime:
Oasis Arctic Monkeys Libertines
Older: Beatles - Rolling Stones - Doors
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Post by seanrulesrh on Aug 30, 2019 4:43:11 GMT -5
Oasis, Radiohead and Foals.
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Post by MacaRonic on Sept 2, 2019 7:19:51 GMT -5
1-The Beatles 2-Oasis
3-Lots of artists are joined in 3rd... Too many to list.
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Sept 3, 2019 6:20:44 GMT -5
Busted, Taylor Swift, Los Campesinos
I’m trolling. Kind of.
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Post by matt on Sept 3, 2019 6:28:25 GMT -5
The Beatles, U2, REM
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Post by The-Ghost-Dancer on Sept 3, 2019 7:19:02 GMT -5
Oasis DMA'S Shack
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