World's Best Rock And Roll Bands

[lannarebirth]

Yeah, I really enjoy Los lobos as well. I'd add Allman Brothers and Little Feat. Saw the Who twice. Awesome.

[niebla]

Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix.

[Fred Sanford]

Yes, I'm subjective. I've heard 10,000's of R&R and R&B recordings, been in dozens of bar bands, recorded karaoke tracks before westerners knew the work karaoke, written hundreds of songs .....but I just got to say, LOS LOBOS takes the cake for me.

They're 5 guys who have been gigging together since their high school days, decades ago. They're from East Los Angeles, which is mostly Chicano (immigrant families from Mexico) so half their songs are in Spanish - and there's a lot of Latino influence. As much as anything else, I like their verve. In a state like California, most men are trying mightily to become accommodating to women, so many of the guys demure to becoming more effeminate - because assertive women prefer wimpy guys (unless the women are threatened or their car breaks down on a dark rainy night, then they want a macho man to grab the bull by the horns). Los Lobos refreshing buck to the trend - in that they're not afraid to let their masculanity come through in their music. Most of all they're just primo rock and rollers.

What's your favorite band?

when most people think of los lobos, obviously they think of La Bamba (an outstanding song); what other tunes did they have that people would recognize?

[Fred Sanford]

Oasis. In my life time anyway these guy haves been the greatest rockers,

No arguement.

Mark

they do a great version of handbags and gladrags

[Head Snake]

Put me down for a penchant to the Lobos. I saw them in concert up in that casino by where Michael Jackson keeps his monkey. In California, north of Santa Barbara. I forget the casino, but, remember that strange monkey bit.

Good dudes. I have a few CDs cause I like the band's verve too. As I am of Mexican descent, I can't refuse sounds like that.

One of the cool things to do if you have a long taxi drive and maybe you are towing a thai passenger in the taxi as well. Bring a few CDs and see how the thais respond to the music.

Los Lobos are good for it.

Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) is a Thai mindbender. They like the heavy violin action.

Country - For what ever reason, they like it.

Dance Compilations - Ok, get a sixer and enjoy the ride. Just don't look how the driver is driving.

[coldcrush]

ELO always reminds me of Betty Blue..dunno why yet......listen...

Gabriel Yared - Theme from Betty Blue (C'est Le Vent Betty)

OK one is impartial......

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Edited May 16, 2007 by lopburiguy

[brahmburgers]

ELO always reminds me of Betty Blue..dunno why yet......listen...

Gabriel Yared - Theme from Betty Blue (C'est Le Vent Betty)

OK one is impartial......

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Wow, I never heard so much about Betty, but now you got me going - thinking about two songs that had a lot in the 'no'......

Tell her no no no no no no no no no

no no no no no no no no no no no no no

Don't hurt me now, 'cause my love belongs to her

(The Zombies, mid-60's)

- - - - -

no no no no no no no no

no no no no no no no no

no no no no I'm not a juvenile delinquent

(Fraunkie Lyman and the Teenagers, circa 1959)

[Fred Sanford]

Who can argue with The Zombies

[Austhaied]

The worlds greatest rock band...

[kratindaeng]

Right Said Fred

[mikethevigoman]

Yes, I'm subjective. I've heard 10,000's of R&R and R&B recordings, been in dozens of bar bands, recorded karaoke tracks before westerners knew the work karaoke, written hundreds of songs .....but I just got to say, LOS LOBOS takes the cake for me.

They're 5 guys who have been gigging together since their high school days, decades ago. They're from East Los Angeles, which is mostly Chicano (immigrant families from Mexico) so half their songs are in Spanish - and there's a lot of Latino influence. As much as anything else, I like their verve. In a state like California, most men are trying mightily to become accommodating to women, so many of the guys demure to becoming more effeminate - because assertive women prefer wimpy guys (unless the women are threatened or their car breaks down on a dark rainy night, then they want a macho man to grab the bull by the horns). Los Lobos refreshing buck to the trend - in that they're not afraid to let their masculanity come through in their music. Most of all they're just primo rock and rollers.

What's your favorite band?

A thai band in the easy rider bar in s pattaya,there cover of Tom Jones Derirah is my favourite , ,,seriously ?,LOVERBOY !

[mikethevigoman]

My vote goes to THE ROLLING STONES

shoulder to shoulder with the

THE WHO

cause they really did behave like a rock n roll band, throwing tellys outa windows, smashing guitars up on stage etc and driving cars into swimming pools

MM

HAVE TO AGREE, EARLY DAYS THE BEATLES, PAUL McCARTNEY NOW ? NAFF ,STONES NOW ? SUPERB,AMAZING

[Austhaied]

Right Said Fred

I'm really worried about you KD...

[jaiyenyen]

The Who

In 1970 The Who released Live at Leeds, which is thought by many to be the best live rock album of all time

In 1976 The Who played a concert at Charlton Athletic Football Ground which was listed for over a decade in the Guinness Book of World Records as the loudest concert ever.

All info courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who

Keith Moon RIP

John Alec Entwistle RIP

mm

I was there!!!!! Fantastic gig. They played two gigs at Charlton Athletic's ground, some of the support acts were

Humble Pie, Little Feat, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Lou Reed, Lindisfarne, Cant remember any more.

Happy Days

Jaiyenyen

[Chiangmai Foxy]

Oasis. In my life time anyway these guy haves been the greatest rockers,

No arguement.

Mark

ditto,in my short life also

kasabian are the next best (live band),some including noel gallagher even thinks they are currently the best.

stone roses were great also,my home city band from leeds ...kaiser chiefs are great also(im biased)

[retirednavyman]

My favorites are in this order:

Pink Floyd

Led Zeppelin

ELO

Oh by the way The Who get honorable mention!

[seanocasey]

Heard BOZ SCAGGS live at a Irish club in San Francisco in 1981.

Would be interested to here of anyone elce who heard him around this time.

Still ENJOY Listening. After all those years. Thankfully now on CD not on 4track as i did then.

[DrFisher]

While I would hardly classify Los Lobos as a rock and roll band, they are not recognized in the world for to much other than La Bumba which is not one of their songs but an old Mexican wedding song. If it is Spanish "rock and roll" you looking at and want to classify it as "worlds greatest" I think you have to go with someone like Carlos Santana. To be honest with you other than La Bumba I'm not sure I have heard anything by Los Lobos and I am from a very Spanish part of the USA, so Spanish that if you don't speak Spanish your hard pressed for work blue and white collar.

[larvidchr]

Ten Years After, Alvin Lee on guitar brilliant.

ZZ Top

Led Zeppelin

Deep Pourple

John Lee Hooker

Black Sabbath

And many more

[Huw]

bass player entwhistles demise in his fifties , in the arms of a las vegas whore with a bag of coke on the bedside table sadly brought about an end to the who , although they still tour.

I thought the Ox died after collapsing on stage. Didnt Townshend announce it to the audience? maybe I am wrong.

[ace]

motorhead on their day were pretty good too.

Motorhead improved after spending some time in america.

However I have very fond memories of there bomber tour, aswell as the Ace of Spades tour.

Whatever hapened to Girl School and the Nolans?

MM

P.S. Lemmy is a star

Star? A God I think! Or at least a deity of some description.....You know I heard that he's on doctor's orders to maintain his "regular diet" of ...substances... as he'd pretty much drop dead if he stopped. Body couldn't take it. That's one to tell your kids.....

Kicked out of Hawkwind for being too out of it & nicking their ..substances... Wow, just think about that.

But for me early AC/DC (Bon Scott years& Back in Black, For those about to rock too maybe)

No idea about Girlschool though. I imagine them playing in the back room of a pub in Doncaster town centre.

Ace

[Jamie]

Yes, I'm subjective. I've heard 10,000's of R&R and R&B recordings, been in dozens of bar bands, recorded karaoke tracks before westerners knew the work karaoke, written hundreds of songs .....but I just got to say, LOS LOBOS takes the cake for me.

They're 5 guys who have been gigging together since their high school days, decades ago. They're from East Los Angeles, which is mostly Chicano (immigrant families from Mexico) so half their songs are in Spanish - and there's a lot of Latino influence. As much as anything else, I like their verve. In a state like California, most men are trying mightily to become accommodating to women, so many of the guys demure to becoming more effeminate - because assertive women prefer wimpy guys (unless the women are threatened or their car breaks down on a dark rainy night, then they want a macho man to grab the bull by the horns). Los Lobos refreshing buck to the trend - in that they're not afraid to let their masculanity come through in their music. Most of all they're just primo rock and rollers.

What's your favorite band?

Los Lobos did a lot of the music on the movie "La Bamba" Pretty good. My aunt was married to Ritchie Valens' brother Bob. Her name is Rosie...she's portrayed in the movie.

Favorite bands...Older Aerosmith, Boston, Journey

[thaibebop]

Their are so many great bands. If you are a fan of Los Lobos you need to hear Ozomatli, they are awsome!!

The Beatles, eh? I didn't see them, maybe just miseed them.

I am trying to stick to what could be called rock music.

Zep

Megadeth

The Cure

NIN

Yes

The Who

David Bowie

The Black Crowes

AC/DC

Radiohead

The Clash

The Ramones

Black Sabbath

Motorhead

Guns n' Roses

VAST

Incubus

Van Halen

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Tool

Santana

The Guess Who

Genesis

CCR

ah...yeah, I'll think of more later.

[thaibebop]

While I would hardly classify Los Lobos as a rock and roll band, they are not recognized in the world for to much other than La Bumba which is not one of their songs but an old Mexican wedding song. If it is Spanish "rock and roll" you looking at and want to classify it as "worlds greatest" I think you have to go with someone like Carlos Santana. To be honest with you other than La Bumba I'm not sure I have heard anything by Los Lobos and I am from a very Spanish part of the USA, so Spanish that if you don't speak Spanish your hard pressed for work blue and white collar.

Oh come on, they have alot of straight rock songs, their album Colossal Head was all rock! Plus, this is the poster opinions of what the greatest bands are, so if he thinks they are, then they are.

[keebone]

bass player entwhistles demise in his fifties , in the arms of a las vegas whore with a bag of coke on the bedside table sadly brought about an end to the who , although they still tour.

I thought the Ox died after collapsing on stage. Didnt Townshend announce it to the audience? maybe I am wrong.

No, that was Tommy Cooper.

[Austhaied]

Their are so many great bands. If you are a fan of Los Lobos you need to hear Ozomatli, they are awsome!!

The Beatles, eh? I didn't see them, maybe just miseed them.

I am trying to stick to what could be called rock music.

Zep

Megadeth

The Cure

NIN

Yes

The Who

David Bowie

The Black Crowes

AC/DC

Radiohead

The Clash

The Ramones

Black Sabbath

Motorhead

Guns n' Roses

VAST

Incubus

Van Halen

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Tool

Santana

The Guess Who

Genesis

CCR

ah...yeah, I'll think of more later.

Hey that my list ! Nice one big bopper.

[thaibebop]

Their are so many great bands. If you are a fan of Los Lobos you need to hear Ozomatli, they are awsome!!

The Beatles, eh? I didn't see them, maybe just miseed them.

I am trying to stick to what could be called rock music.

Zep

Megadeth

The Cure

NIN

Yes

The Who

David Bowie

The Black Crowes

AC/DC

Radiohead

The Clash

The Ramones

Black Sabbath

Motorhead

Guns n' Roses

VAST

Incubus

Van Halen

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Tool

Santana

The Guess Who

Genesis

CCR

ah...yeah, I'll think of more later.

Hey that my list ! Nice one big bopper.

Thanks, Mate!

Hey, if you or anyone else likes early Chili Peppers and the Mother Ship I suggest Infectious Grooves. A little know punk-funk band made up of members from Suicidal Tendencies and Jane's Addiction. Very Good stuff!!!

[Austhaied]

Their are so many great bands. If you are a fan of Los Lobos you need to hear Ozomatli, they are awsome!!

The Beatles, eh? I didn't see them, maybe just miseed them.

I am trying to stick to what could be called rock music.

Zep

Megadeth

The Cure

NIN

Yes

The Who

David Bowie

The Black Crowes

AC/DC

Radiohead

The Clash

The Ramones

Black Sabbath

Motorhead

Guns n' Roses

VAST

Incubus

Van Halen

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Tool

Santana

The Guess Who

Genesis

CCR

ah...yeah, I'll think of more later.

Hey that my list ! Nice one big bopper.

Thanks, Mate!

Hey, if you or anyone else likes early Chili Peppers and the Mother Ship I suggest Infectious Grooves. A little know punk-funk band made up of members from Suicidal Tendencies and Jane's Addiction. Very Good stuff!!!

Thanks for the tip. Will look them up.. "Funky Punk" is what i was called in high school..I kept telling everyone it would someday be "One"..(aka 1984)..

[pampal]

Rush

By far the most talented and each member is a virtuoso on their respective instruments

None of the Brit or American bands can compete with Rush

The best band ever to come out of Canada

[rgs2001uk]

Rush

By far the most talented and each member is a virtuoso on their respective instruments

None of the Brit or American bands can compete with Rush

The best band ever to come out of Canada

rush were allright up until the point they started played all that synth music and ended up sounding like the police.

a band where each member was/is a virtuoso, the mighty cream, listen to the riff on crossroads, awesome.

will admit seeing the who live, an experience, the raw energy was something else, pity they never really captured it in the studio, whos next was probably the closest.

one band not yet mentioned, thin lizzy, live and dangerous, one of the best live albums released, and always a good concert.

got to say, bon era, ac-dc, was pretty special.

as for live bands, i never saw queen play a bad concert, pure showmanship, again i would rather see them live than listen to an album, no comparison.

for pure visual spectacle, no one comes close to pink floyd, although it was pretty much like the albums played live, would have loved them to jam a bit more.

for pure allround no nonsense shows, no back drops or needless props, and a hel_l of a great modest guy, the late great rory gallgher, listen to the boot, proving he is better than clapton, if you cant find that, then buy the bbc sessions vol 1.

70s era van morrison concerts were almost unmissable as well, old age has caught up with him now though.

always liked genesis, up until wind and wuthering, after that they degenerated into phil collins backing group, although knebworth 78 still brings back happy memories.

still listening to the allmans after all these years, also warren haynes side project, govt mule, another excellent jam band.

jeez, will need to stop now could go on all day, must go and dig out the zepp bootlegs, plays pure blues, will be blasting out shortly, open a cold one and kick back.