"This is an amazing result," said Planet Rock's Trevor Dann.
"Listeners could have voted for any classic rock artists when creating
their fantasy supergroup." The poll's structure allowed participants
to vote separately for each category of instrumentalist.
Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant beat the late Queen singer Freddie
Mercury as well as Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company), who is currently
on tour with the surviving members of Queen. Jimmy Page won best
guitarist, followed by Slash (Guns 'N' Roses, Velvet Revolver) and
Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow). Bassist John Paul Jones was
named top bassist, while Zeppelin drummer John Bonham beat out
Canadian Neil Peart(Rush) and Keith Moon (The Who) in the drummer
category.
The results of the poll:
Best singer
1. Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
2. Freddie Mercury (Queen)
3. Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company)
4. David Coverdale (Deep Purple, Whitesnake)
5. Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
6. Bon Scott (AC/DC)
7. Ronnie James Dio (Rainbow)
8. Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac)
9. Roger Daltrey (The Who)
10. Bono (U2)
Best guitarist
1. Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
2. Slash (Guns 'N' Roses)
3. Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple)
4. Jimi Hendrix
5. Angus Young (AC/DC)
6. Gary Moore
7. Brian May (Queen)
8. Joe Satriani
9. Steve Vai
10. David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
Best bassist
1. John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
2. John Entwistle (The Who)
3. Chris Squire (Yes)
4. Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)
5. Geddy Lee (Rush)
6. Jack Bruce (Cream)
7. Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
8. Lemmy (Motorhead)
9. Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
10. Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
Best drummer
1. John Bonham (Led Zeppelin)
2. Neil Peart (Rush)
3. Keith Moon (The Who)
4. Cozy Powell (Black Sabbath, Rainbow)
5. Phil Collins (Genesis)
6. Ginger Baker (Cream)
7. Ian Paice (Deep Purple)
8. Roger Taylor (Queen)
9. Dave Grohl (Nirvana/Foo Fighters)
10. Eric Carr (Kiss)
Wow. Led Zeppelin is very popular. Who would have thunk it?
The haters seem to think they suck big time. But the rest of the world
is not that stupid. The haters are minority cretins.
Stiff competition there... Keep up the good work, LZ... Way to slap
down Eric Carr, Steve Harris, Slash, Dio, and Coverdale/Nicks...
Those acts must never rise above the mighty LZ in popularity or t-
shirt power... Lol...
Wow a survey, well that settle everything. Expecially with Kiss in
there, we all know what great musicians, er I mean businessmen Kiss
are.
It's all about the tight pants and funny rockstar costumes. And
massive suckage.
KISS weren't as bad as you think.
Yes and also Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George
Harrison who were all up for competition. Also Mick Jagger, Keith
Richards, Keith Moon, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend and every other
great rock star out there.
Well, popularity is the primary determinant of the worth of artistic
expression, right? Especially a survey conducted amongst a bunch of
left handed monkey spankers like you.
How would you know what *I* think when you can't even manage to
express what you think?
Shithead
And kiss were every bit as bad as anyone could think, taking off the
makeup pretty much proved what people were interested in as far as
that band goes. When the main thing that sells your records is funny
makeup or tight pants, you're on thin ice creatively.
<see subject line>
The "haters", if there are in fact any, don't hate Led Zeppelin. They
just hate (or more likely just have utter contempt and disdain for)
*you*, Raja.
--
Mike Smith
I asked you not to tell him. Crud.
Hey, are you the guy who wrote 'the dutchman'?
Amongst the most popular rock bands, yes.
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No, Keyboard for DC5 or maybe drums for PR&R
They were a good live band and wrote some great songs. It doesnt
matter what you think of their image.
Actually, no it's not. Never has been, never will be. It's all a
matter if individual taste. .And every person's experience of art is
valid for them. Except you. You're fucking hopeless.
Still waiting to hear about how many times you saw them live. Oh and
there's the whole stealing all their best songs thing, you haven't
really refuted that. Or did I miss it? Bitch.
The Pennsylvania Railroad?
Answer my question first, bitch
Yeah, that's why the live album is the studio tracks with applause
dubbed in. You certainly are up on the world of suck rock.
No, you can't touch it. Or even look at it. Now get up off your knees.
Certainly a valid sample.
Since you seem to hate every rock band out tell us what you think the
10 best rock bands ever. Lets have a look at your lame choices.
It's good to see Coverdale giving Plant a run for his money... Shows
who voted in this 'poll'... Coverdale lovers galore... Robert should
feel very fortunate he beat Coverdale down... It must have been very
very close, the top 5 of those crotch-crooners...
No, I agree, it's a great achievement for LZ to have beat out people
like Coverdale, Dio, Slash, Satriani, Vai, Harris, Geezer, Phil
Collins, Grohl, Eric Carr with makeup on, in the minds of the morons
(and I use that term respectfully) who were surveyed/sampled... It
says a lot about how great Zep were compared to the likes of KISS, and
how much more manly a singer is/was than Stevie Nicks... It's really
something to be proud of... Thanks for bringing this important
information to light... It shows you have very good taste, since you
prefer to Plant-Page to Coverdale-Page...
No, I agree: the likes of Coverdale and Dio must never prevail over
Robert... Eric Carr must never gain on the prominence of Bonzo... A
world in which people prefer Coverdale to Plant is, in my opinion, a
WRONG world... Long live the world in which Zep is considered better
than Whitesnake...
I agree, with a whole lotta love... Whitesnake, Kiss, Vai, Satri,
Dio, etc. must never ever be allowed to out-popularityize LZ in any
way shape or form... I don't care if they had better roadies or
whatever... We just can't allow that to happen, and I will vote in
poll after poll as many times with as many multiple votes as I have to
to stop this kind of thing from ever happening... No quarter!... Not
on my watch!... I will continue to support Plant in his beatdown of
people like Coverdale-Nicks... Of that you can be sure x 10...
Do you realize John Paul Jones beat Paul McCartney.... dumbass. And
John Lennon/George Harrison/Ringo Starr werent even considered good
enough to make the top 10.
I agree with the list 90%. I would not put Bono/Nicks/Carr on the
list. There are several other great ones missing (but not from Beatles
or The Who).
As long as Coverdale doesn't beat Plant, that's all that matters...
The universe is intact and the Black Dog bites the Whitesnake until it
bleeds red... That's what it all comes down to...
Hey fuck-wad,
Why are you posting an article from Nov.-07-2005?
Four years and four days late.
Back to your asshole ways I see, with lists and cross-posting.
Hey, man, Plant beat Coverdale... It's big, relevant news!...
shut up, troll
I would never but Coverdale on the list. But he beat Freddie and Ian
Gillan. Thats great.
Good come-back.
Now answer the question.
The world is round, now that's news.
You would but him in the ass instead.
Faggot
You called me a cigarette.
Now fuck-twat, why do you cross-post and only post lists.
You remind me of a monkey trying to fuck a football.
Did your parents have any kids that lived?
Zeppelin was at most a two dimensional band. But oh how great those
two dimensions can be!
The Nice Mean Man
Two dimensional would be Black Sabbath. Zeppelin were the most
versatile bands of all time - they did all kinds of music - folk
(Going to California), blues (Travelling Riverside Blues), country
(Gallows Pole), funk (Trampled Underfoot), reggae (D'yer Mak'er),
Indian (Black Mountain Side), goth (No Quarter), ballad (The Rain
Song), punk (Communication Breakdown), metal (Black Dog), hard rock
(Whole Lotta Love), psychedelic rock (Dazed and Confused/What Should
be And What Should Never Be), soft rock (All my Love), Middle Eastern
(Kashmir), Latin (Fool In the Rain), doo wop (The Ocean), electronic
(In The Evening/Carouselambra), classical (No Quarter - live), prog
rock (Stairway to Heaven), blues-funk (The Lemon Song), rock n roll
(Come on Everybody/Something Else), In my time of Dying (gospel).
Their versatility is unparalleled. I am shocked to people over here
haven't heard all their songs and think they were one dimensional -
how retarded. They are undoubtedly the greatest rock band ever, in my
opinion. The Beatles can go suck a fat one.
FUCK YOU RAJA
FUCK YOU RAJA
Raja lives with his parents. He still enjoys hearing them go at it.
> "This is an amazing result," said Planet Rock's Trevor Dann.
> "Listeners could have voted for any classic rock artists when creating
> their fantasy supergroup." The poll's structure allowed participants
> to vote separately for each category of instrumentalist.
>
Polls only tell us what the participants THINK are the great bands/
instrumentalists/etc, or what they like the most, but not the actual
facts, since there's not such thing as the "better band", "better
guitarists", "better drummer", etc. It's always a very, very partial
result. Just take a different group of people, and you will get a
complete different result.....
Wow, I didn't think it was possible for you to show yourself to be
more clueless. Nice work.
so there is no conclusive evidence that Beatles were better than
Herman Hermits. Or that Metallica were better than Cinderella? That is
a very retarded neutral stand. Everyone has got ears and can judge
music the right way, if they get rid of their bias and listen to the
bands they are comparing carefully.
For example, I have ears and have no bias. And I can say that Led
Zeppelin made a lot more great songs than Cream did in their first 4
albums. And I have their first 4 albums many times. And both bands
have the same style as well - psychedelic tinged blues based hard
rock. So you can't say I have a bias there.
> so there is no conclusive evidence that Beatles were better than
> Herman Hermits. Or that Metallica were better than Cinderella? That is
> a very retarded neutral stand. Everyone has got ears and can judge
> music the right way, if they get rid of their bias and listen to the
> bands they are comparing carefully.
>
> For example, I have ears and have no bias. And I can say that Led
> Zeppelin made a lot more great songs than Cream did in their first 4
> albums. And I have their first 4 albums many times. And both bands
> have the same style as well - psychedelic tinged blues based hard
> rock. So you can't say I have a bias there.
I'd say "better" is not a conclusive word, or concept. I mean: better
for what? Better is subjective concept. A few examples:
Which album is better?: Abbey Road or Close To The Edge or Cosmo's
Factory or The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan or Sticky Fingers or Court And
Spark (I could go on and on)
Which song is better?: Satisfaction or Yesterday or Stairway To Heaven
or Summertime ....
Which guitar solo is better?: the one on Something, the one on
Sunshine Of Your Love, the one on Another Brick In The Wall Part
II .....
Which color is better?: green or blue or yellow or purple .....
Which planet is better? Mars or Neptune or Jupiter ....
All we can say is which of them we prefer....
That is almost certainly the most moronic, indefensible statement I've
seen on usenet, and that's saying something. You really want to stand
by the assertion that there is some universl standard of taste,
particularly in regards to your system of misclassification of the
taxonomy of rock and roll. (Blues-funk…. Look it’s a black
roflcopter…)
You are a shithead and it’s not even fun to make fun of you any more,
It’s like beating up a cripple. They might have it coming, but you
can’t help but look bad doing it.
And they stole most of the first four albums a fact which you continue
to ignore. Say what you will about cream, but they credited the
songwriters that they covered.
> Everyone has got ears and can judge
> music the right way, if they get rid of their bias and listen to the
> bands they are comparing carefully.
>
We all do have ears, but not everyone has musical ear. There are many
people that wouldn't know is a singer is out of tune or not... .
Or (as in the case of mr Plant) screeching like they've got their
nipple caught in a pair of vise-grip pliers.
My last post in newsgroups
yeah I moving on... got more important things to do! had fun all
these years, but I have realized that newsgroups are all about
bitching and fighting with others. its not fun anymore. I am too old
for this shit. There are too many psychotic people in here and I don't
wanna deal with them.
BYE!
___________________________________________________
> All we can say is which of them we prefer....
Who's better?:
Mozart or Beethoven or Stravinsky?
Picasso or Goya or Dali or Michelangelo?
Bugs Bunny or Mickey Mouse or Popeye The Sailor?
> For example, I have ears and have no bias.
Everybody has bias!! And, in any case, you are in the least favorable
position to assert it ;-)
Uh, *what* question, douchenozzle?
--
Mike Smith
Snoopy.
Linus.
Okay lets replace "better" by "more memorable"
FUCK YOU RAJA
FUCK YOU RAJA
No. 'Fraid not. One dimensional would be Black Sabbath. Two
dimensional fits Zep perfectly, since all they ever really explored
deeply and leaned hard on was the blues. I'll give them credit for
inventing heavy metal, but that's a contradiction in terms, since
heavy metal one dimensional in and of itself..
When your boys can not only change the course of popular music but
also change the whole fucking world... attitudes... fashion design...
art... ideals...and still have it all being reflected and refracted
throughout the social and political fabric of almost every country in
the civilized world 40 years later… When their coming creates such a
cultural shock that it literly draws the fucking LINE between the
music that came before and the music that came thereafter… When they
can take a genre of music that was once thought of only as music to be
danced to and turn it into music to be LISTENED to... THEN you'll know
what a three dimensional band like The Beatles is all about. And
you'll also know just how good that feels :)
But alas, how can you since you're only a two dimensional thinker
yourself.... How old are you, anyhow...? No more than 40, I'd wager to
say.
The Nice Mean Man
Nope. 'fraid not. One dimensional would be Black Sabbath. Two
dimensional fits Zep perfectly, since all they ever really explored
deeply and leaned hard on was the blues. I'll give them credit for
inventing heavy metal, but that's a contradiction in terms, since
heavy metal is one dimensional in and of itself.
(who cares)
Yo, Raja, still lubing your vag?
If you mean memorable as in "Deja Vu"... like, "I know I've heard this
before, oh yeah, it's Taurus by Spirit."
No, you moron. Replace "better" with "more popular."
The winner in a poll is "more popular." Among the people who voted in
that poll.
That's ALL.
good list of drummers!!
;-))))
If Led Zeppelin is two dimensional, I would like to know which were
the three dimensional bands out there. Please list, I am curious
here.
> When your boys can not only change the course of popular music but
> also change the whole fucking world... attitudes... fashion design...
> art... ideals...and still have it all being reflected and refracted
> throughout the social and political fabric of almost every country in
> the civilized world 40 years later…
None of this has anything to do with music. Sex Pistols changed all of
these. I guess they are 3 dimensional then.
> When their coming creates such a
> cultural shock that it literly draws the fucking LINE between the
> music that came before and the music that came thereafter… When they
> can take a genre of music that was once thought of only as music to be
> danced to and turn it into music to be LISTENED to... THEN you'll know
> what a three dimensional band like The Beatles is all about. And
> you'll also know just how good that feels :)
> But alas, how can you since you're only a two dimensional thinker
> yourself.... How old are you, anyhow...? No more than 40, I'd wager to
> say.
>
> The Nice Mean Man- Hide quoted text -
No you moron, you didnt understand what I was saying. I was Led
Zeppelin made more memorable music than a bunch of so called great
bands. The only other bands which made as much memorable songs as Led
Zeppelin were probably Beatles and Rolling Stones.
Led Zeppelin made exactly 82 memorable songs.
The Rolling Stones made many more than that.
I disagree. Led Zeppelin have about 50 of them. You are practically
saying every Led Zeppelin song made was memorable. Some of the songs
on Presence, In Through The Out Door and Coda are not really that
memorable.
> The Rolling Stones made many more than that.-
I disagree once again. Rolling Stones probably have around 40 of them.
Even in their best albums (like Sticky Fingers) they have forgettable
crud like You Gotta Move and I Got The Blues. Beatles definitely have
more memorable songs than Zeppelin. Thats because they made twice (or
may be thrice) as many songs as Zeppelin.
FUCK YOU RAJA
FUCK YOU RAJA
I liked the Bill Maher movie about religion.
The Islamic dude's phone went off, and played that song from Phsycial Graffiti.
Kashmir! LOL!
I'm not just a stupid white guy.
Phsycial Graffiti was a Led Zep album.
And Jeremiah was a bullfrog!
Half of you people call Keith Richard, Keith Richards.
Be fair.
They were good.
Because that's what he calls himself.
He was born "Keith Richards". He dropped the "s" in 1963 at the urging
of his manager. He added it back in the late '70s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Richards
Do try to keep up :-)
When The Soft Machine performed in Toroto, opening for Jimi Hendrix in '69
A guy called Andy Summers was their guitar player.
He's almost 70 now. But is the guy from "The Police"
Yeah. The same dude who played "Roxanne!"
Not bad
We all know that he's Keith Richard.
It was a fucking spelling mistake for the plulral.
On the other hand, Elton John married a Canadian.
Hey! I'm not gay. But Americans seem to think that being Gay is worse than
being drunk and brandishing firearms.
I own 4 rifles, two hand guns and could probably take you out in a New York
Minuute. I am from a military family.
And, if I sat down with Johnny Cash.
I would not think about that at all.
The most amazing time I ever met a hero was in '82
Peggy Lee.
I'm all about ELP, the Sex Pistols, The Clash, Bach, Beetoven.
I love Pine Top Perkins. My father raised me on that Jewish Clarent player,
Bennie Goodman along with Glenn Miller.
It's great being like me. If you want Gordie Lightfoot's number? Give me a
call. He's in Orillia.
And the Beatles, the Beach Boys? That was how it was between my sister and
brother in the '60's.
I'm 52. And it's really great..
How about you?
Oh.... It's you. I never read the authors of postings before I respond
to them. If I had seen that it was you, well then I.......
WTF... Let that boy boogie-woogie. It's in him... and its got to come
out.