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Collin Cowherd's Rock Band Bracket
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Hey hey what can I do???????
I believe Kurt Cobain said something along the lines of
It's impossible to do anything new and good, because The Beatles have already done it, and they do it 1000x better then you ever could.
This is your single best post ever.
If I was stranded on an island and had the music of one artist only, it's a no brainer: The Beatles. If I had five artists, Zeppelin is probably there. I love Zeppelin, grew up on them, wondered why my cousin's "Physical Graffiti" cover always had dried seeds and leafs on it, but I can't tolerate someone saying that "In Through the Out Door", aka "****ing Our Fans in the ***" was their best album.
You want to say it's your favorite Zeppelin album? Fine, to each their own.
You want to claim it's their best? It's go time.
"Out Door" was the sound of a great band staying around too long, continuing the sad spiral down that was "Presence". "Out Door" had 2-3 good moments, but the rest of it was pure ****. I have a hard time getting through it anymore. Hell, it sucked so bad that John Bonham drank 40 vodka shots just to drown out the taste of "Carouselambra" and chose choking on his own vomit over touring and playing "I'm Gonna Crawl" again. In retrospect, Led Zeppelin should have called it a day after "Physical Graffiti". Then they would have gone out on top. Instead, they lumbered along until Bonzo put Ol Yeller down.
You want to say it's your favorite Zeppelin album? Fine, to each their own.
You want to claim it's their best? It's go time.
"Out Door" was the sound of a great band staying around too long, continuing the sad spiral down that was "Presence". "Out Door" had 2-3 good moments, but the rest of it was pure ****. I have a hard time getting through it anymore. Hell, it sucked so bad that John Bonham drank 40 vodka shots just to drown out the taste of "Carouselambra" and chose choking on his own vomit over touring and playing "I'm Gonna Crawl" again. In retrospect, Led Zeppelin should have called it a day after "Physical Graffiti". Then they would have gone out on top. Instead, they lumbered along until Bonzo put Ol Yeller down.
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I think they're the most influential band ever, but certainly not the greatest.
The greatest goes to one band, who stood for everything rock and roll is about. I don't call them the greatest, because that's my opinion. I call them the greatest, because they are the greatest.
Are they the best ever? Probably not. Most talented musicans? They're up there. Influential? Meh.
Greatest band ever? Hell ****ing Yes!!!
I'm not just being a homer. (Well I am)
Kind of like how Michael Jackson coined himself "King of Pop". Howard Stern coined himself "King of All Media". I believe Queen trademarked themselves as "The Greatest Rock Band of All Time"
I guess you and I just have different ideas about how to quantify greatness.
I love Queen. They were a great band. How you feel about Queen, I feel about Zeppelin. Another band that is one of the greatest. To my way of thinking, which band is "best" is highly subjective. IMO, Zeppelin is a better band than The Beatles - I like their type of music more (blues, rather than folk-pop), and they are better musicians - but that's my opinion.
Greatness is easier to measure. Which band has sold the most albums? Which band has had the most influence on the world of music? Which band is adored by the widest range of fans?
I'm not The Beatles' PR guy. There are probably 10 bands with a significant history and body of work that I prefer to The Beatles (Queen is one of them, BTW). But I don't consider preference a measure of greatness.
Ultimately, though, it's just my opinion, so it doesn't really matter.
Queen is not even in the discussion when debating "Greatest Rock and Roll Band Ever". They were great musicians and Freddie Mercury was as good a singer as there's been. But they had one great album. Just one. They had some other great songs, but best ever should have more than one great album. My mind is pretty closed when it comes to the title of greatest RnR band ever, but I will agree that cases can be made for The Stones, Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and U2. Any other arugments are null and void in my opinion.
They are the last entry of the bands for which I would hear arguments. The reasoning is that I would argue that 30 years later they're still filling stadiums world wide is a testament to their greatness, and having two of the best albums ever ("Joshua Tree" and "Achtung Baby"), along with another 3-4 excellent albums puts them in the conversation.
