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Originally posted by trapper189:
I didn't post a favorite band myself. How do you pick one? However, since I hopelessly only know three chords and have no taste I'll pick AC/DC.

Well, you're safe with your chords then, you only have to use two of them to play any song.

Not that anybody should be interested, but my favorite band has changed over the decades I've been listening to music. These days when I think back to those that have held my interest the longest I keep coming back to Steely Dan, Dire Straits. and The Cars. But, really, when I think back, I am overwhelmed by all the good music I have been exposed to over the years. To get a comprehensive list of my favorites I'd have to divide it up over spans of a couple of years, something I will not bore people with at this time. I've got a few boxes of vinyl LPs laying around somewhere, and more then one of 45's, I guess I could pick out my favorites by the wear on the covers and labels. Might be fun, but I've got enough time sinks in my life already.

If I had to pick only one, then it's the Glenn Miller Orchestra.

Otherwise, there's The Cars, Tears for Fears, Artie Shaw, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Boston, Van Halen, Hootie and the Blowfish (hometown band), Benny Goodman, and Harry Connick, Jr. And I love me some Sam Cooke.

Probably the Stones

Toss up between Beastie Boys & Beach Boys. I know its two very different genres but I could give plenty of reasons for either.

Elvis Costello,
doesn't matter who with (solo, The Attractions, The Imposters etc etc)

seen him ~12 or more times, first tour was IbMePdErRoIoAmL, (missed the Trust tour because I found out about it weeks after he was in DC,, )
last tour was pre cooties when he did the IbMePdErRoIoAmL anniversary tour,
wife even wore my old Concert T,, (I'm way to fat for that shirt)



second,, Numan, have tickets to see him for the 3rd time next month,


big long list for who ties for 3rd

Mrs. Ch23701 says Journey!!

RTF

It’s not really Milli Vanilli

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Originally posted by cheesegrits:
If I had to pick only one, then it's the Glenn Miller Orchestra.

Otherwise, there's The Cars, Tears for Fears, Artie Shaw, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Boston, Van Halen, Hootie and the Blowfish (hometown band), Benny Goodman, and Harry Connick, Jr. And I love me some Sam Cooke.

I'd like to meet you and buy you a burger. Except for Hootie, this list is pretty much my tape/CD collection. Plus a lot of Led Zep

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band

Beatles, Eagles. Jimmy Buffet and Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR).

Dire Straits/Knopfler. More so Knopfler's solo work.

Thinking about the band that I had the deepest passion for in my youth and still like today, I say Led Zeppelin.

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Originally posted by mark123: I’ll give you one chance to redeem yourself by telling me the song you played was NOT Walk Like an Egyptian.

Well it was a Monday, so yes I played Walk Like an Egyptian and they laughed hysterically. Now thinking back, I did The Bangles a disservice by playing their biggest hit. I could have picked, the obviuos choice, Manic Monday and those kids might have gone on to listen to other Bangles songs. That was like judging Dire Straits based on Money for Nothing or the Talking Heads on Burning Down the House.

From this point forth, I shall endeavor not to play any band's seminal hits for impressionable minds.

Metallica

(Explains my avatar!)

The Band, CCR and the Stones.

Doobie Brothers.

They just keep getting better with age, go see them in concert in person if they are near you.

To that, I'll add The Eagles (of course), The Moody Blues, War (70's Rock Band) Steely Dan, Boston, Kansas.

This is probably obscure enough you've never hard of them: Jive Bunny and the Master Mixers.
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[/QUOTE] Ah, the REAL Metallica.[/QUOTE]

Mark123, wouldn't have it any other way. I will say I enjoyed Hardwired to Self Destruct and loved seeing them in concert 2 years ago.

The Band
Eagles
Harry Nilsson
Beatles

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Mark123, wouldn't have it any other way. I will say I enjoyed Hardwired to Self Destruct and loved seeing them in concert 2 years ago.

I really love the first 3 albums. Master of Puppets is an absolute masterpiece.