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I think about this a lot, anyone want to help me put together a timeline? I think it's obvious that the timeline should begin with the beatles and then descend from there (and a lot of this is opinion, but I'd like to hear other people's suggestions):

here's the general idea:

Beatles:

1963 - Beatles bust on the stage with Love Me Do (in 1962) and never let go of the public's attention until 1970

1964 - release of A Hard Day's Night and Beatles for Sale

1965 - release of Help and Rubber Soul

1966 - release of Revolver

1967 - release of Sgt. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour

1968 - release of White Album

1969 - release of Abbey Road

1970 - release of Let it Be

1970 - Beatles break up

Rolling Stones:

1968 - release of Beggars Banquet

1969 - release of Let it Bleed

1970 - officially "best band in the world" when beatles expired

1971 - released Sticky Fingers

1972 - released Exile on Main St. (their best album)

then the stones sort of slipped, and the torch passed on to another band. this is where it gets tricky; who became the next best band? in my opinion, it went to pink floyd. led zeppelin had already put out the majority of their best work, but pink floyd was just hitting stride

Pink Floyd:

1973 - released Dark Side of the Moon

1975 - released Wish You Were Here

1977 - released Animals

1979 - released The Wall

and then floyd's well began to run dry

the argument could be made that Led Zeppelin was carrying the torch for a while as well, with the release of Led Zeppelin IV in 1971, Houses of the Holy in 1973, and Physical Graffiti in 1975. I think Pink Floyd should get the nod as their music is much more meaningful than Zeppelin's. Zeppelin is about love and guitar riffs, while Floyd was more interested in overthrowing governments, getting people to stop blindly following orders, etc.

Then here is a period starting around 1980 that there was no "world's greatest band" that I can think of anyway until U2 and R.E.M. sprang into existance.

During the 80s these two bands competed for the title... most would probably say that R.E.M. was America's greatest band from '83 to the early 90s while U2 was Britain's (or Ireland's) greatest band from '83 to the early 90s. It took longer for R.E.M. to accumulate a large following compared to U2's almost instant breakthrough success with War.

R.E.M.'s classics: 1983 - Murmur, 1984 - Reckoning, 1985 - Fables of the Reconstruction, 1986 - Life's Rich Pageant, 1987 - Document, 1992 - Automatic for the People

U2's classics: 1983 - War, 1984 - Unforgettable Fire, 1987 - The Joshua Tree, 1991 - Achtung Baby, 1993 - Zooropa

Then grunge exploded onto the scene. The Pixies were huge influences on the grunge movement, but never could be considered "the greatest band" though Doolittle remains one of the greatest albums of all time.

After R.E.M. and U2 began to fade, it was Nirvana that replaced them very briefly. From 1991 to 1994 (cobain's death) Nirvana was the biggest band in the world.

Nirvana:

1991 - Nevermind released

1993 - In Utero released

1994 - Cobain shoots himself.

then comes Radiohead in 1995 with the release of The Bends and they would keep the top spot until 2000's Kid A.

1995 - The Bends released

1997 - OK Computer

2000 - Kid A

after this I can't really think of a band that is good enough to crown "best band in the world" Radiohead is no longer that band, but no one has really stepped up and taken the top spot in my opinion.

did I miss anyone?

the new foo album blows... how did they get nominated? and how did wilco get nominated for that matter?

so what does everyone think about disc 2?

my very, very good friend tells me yesterday that he thinks nels has ruined wilco. i can't say i agree.

 

should i stab him when i see him this weekend?

i agree with your friend. give him a high five.

pearl jam had that fight against ticketmaster a few years ago

this is bullshit. no best buy in houston has this soundtrack. i guess they want me to illegally download it.

my friend works at PBS. i'm trying to get him to steal a tape of the show for me.

They cried all over overseas

But it makes no difference to me

When it's hot in the poor places tonight

my stupid town didn't get any shipments of this album in. i went to best buy, circuit city, and walmart.

stupid nyc gets all the good concerts

tv-links should be allowed because the stream was anything but DVD quality. many times the video didn't match the voice/sound.

tv-links was also shut down and the owner arrested

That's a good one. Is there a studio version? I've only heard it live.

i thought it came out on the live cd she did, but i just checked the tracklist and it isn't there. i guess it's on the acl dvd i have, but i don't have the mp3s from that performance. that was actually the first time i heard that song.

wow thanks a lot. i really like that particular riff, i wonder if jay or jeff came up with it.

perhaps the intro riff? sounds like it has a bunch of slides and hammer ons and stuff

zack braff made them famous

also, does anyone have a tab for the studio version of summerteeth? i want to try to figure out the main guitar riff that is repeated throughout the song. i'll try tomorrow but i bet i'll fail

But aren't the best cover songs actual reworkings of the original done in the style of the artist covering it? Just saying, you can't fault the guy for doing them "his" way.

well really he did a pretty straight cover, he just didn't hold out those notes. i think those long held out notes are the best part of the song... but i still like the cover.

man i need to get more neil young albums. i don't even recognize most of these songs

also, i don't really think jeff "nailed" this song. definitely could have used louder and longer yelps at the high points of the verses... in other words he should have sang it more like dylan.

jesus, ring them bells is terrible. not sure i can get through the whole thing.

 

stuck inside is fantastic!!

yea i don't really get sufjan. i think everything he sings is shit, and he turns every cover song to shit.

i wonder who is playing what on this track

edit: nevermind i see it's been answered

and wow i really like cat power on the memphis blues

anyone listen to dylan's bootlegs yet? "no more auction block" in particular? ~if not, do it..... this is what i think of when i hear "bob dylan's beard"

 

ps the bootlegs kick major ass!

what particular bootlegs are you talking about?

niiiiiiiiiiiiice thanks

[G]He feels lucky to have you here[C]In his kitchen[A]in your chair[G]Sometimes he for[bm]gets that you're even [A]there[step down to the C]

what is the tab for the step down to C part? that doesn't make sense to me because the root note of the A is just open A and the root note of the C is the third fret on the A string. Are you supposed to be playing bar C?