Rocking In The Free World - Neil Young
1985 - Paul McCartney
The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
What's The Frequency Kenneth - REM
Junior's Farm - Paul McCartney
Paint It Black - Rolling Stones
Don't Bring Me Down - ELO
Come Together - Beatles
Wipe Out - The Surfaris
Run Through The Jungle - Creedence Clearwater Revival
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From my friend, Jerry.
No, this one.
Top of my list is DMB's Two Step. But I will cast a vote for Hotel California.
"Amazing what a minute can do."
Simon and Garfunkel - Homeward Bound
It should given they may be the three greatest in Rock history.
IMO, The Who had the best rhythm section and drummer in Rock history. Pete is also one of Rock's best songwriters and composers.
IMO, The Beatles are the greatest Rock band. There has never been a better songwriting duo and George never got the credit he deserved.
IMO, The Rolling Stones needed nothing more than Richards. Keith wrote the greatest riffs in Rock history.
Ball and Chain at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 is an All Time Great Performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bld_-7gzJ-o
Janis Joplin walked on the stage a relative unknown but she walked off the stage a star.
Bob Green
I'm gonna jump in here again. Just heard
The Police - So Lonely.
Ah, that post-punk sound. Very, very raw, and great because of it. Similar to The Ramones.
There is a group of drummers -- Carl Palmer, Keith Moon, Neil Peart, John Bonham -- that were surely sui generis. But I would argue that the best and most influential drummer was Levon Helm. Even in later life (and damn, what a small-b band this was):
https://youtu.be/pcgxuGiI7wU
And
https://youtu.be/15T4N4FSWPw
And of course, the classic from The Last Waltz:
https://youtu.be/jREUrbGGrgM
My son doesn't expect drummers to sing. (OK, there've been a few...)
Try Copeland here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB65_CVbo-0
or here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmBdz1txGSo
Best ever? Hard to say. But he's really, really good.
-jk
Also saw them in Page Auditorium in '85 or '86 and he was sho nuff sloppy drunk.
In '83 they looked like a bunch of scared kids who had gone from bars in Athens to 18,000 seat arenas in places where no one had really heard of them. I really just remember Peter Buck jumping around a lot from that first show, and not understanding a word of the lyrics.
hard to say they were a "wasted talent" when they made hundreds of millions of touring/merch dollars and sold about 85 million records...that's not really shabby...
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