Death From Above Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 This thread is full of hilariously bizarre answers from bands that have made hundreds of millions of dollars. Just waiting for someone to say Led Zeppelin or The Beatles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricR Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Beck was my 13 year old gateway into basically every kind of music I listen to now, 20 years later. I don't know if he's my current favorite musician, but he probably spent a larger portion of my life being that than other band/musician. And out of several hundred shows I've seen, his Midnight Vultures tour that I saw in 2000 still might be my favorite live show ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Fine, Hundred Reasons then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 if we're picking a rap artist, i nominate Ice Cube. his classic stuff is exactly that, and his more recent stuff is still very good. that being said, it's not winning awards or selling record-breaking amounts of albums or anything. But i don't know anybody that considers him their "favorite". for a more rock answer, i submit Jet. their debut album is sublime, but i never hear them brought up as being in that caliber. Hell, they only had 3 albums, but they're all awesome. i habitually tout them as underappreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 if we're picking a rap artist, i nominate Ice Cube. his classic stuff is exactly that, and his more recent stuff is still very good. that being said, it's not winning awards or selling record-breaking amounts of albums or anything. But i don't know anybody that considers him their "favorite". You don't know any 40+ year old black dudes do you? I imagine he is probably the favorite rapper of just about every 40+ year old West Coast Rap fan. As a rapper, Ice Cube is still probably the best West Coast Rapper ever. What West Coast Rapper had a better run than "Straight Outta Compton," he wrote all of his rhymes, as well as Eazy and Dre's, "Amerikkka's Most Wanted," and "Death Certificate?" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 oh, i totally agree. its just that any time i hear him brought up its more like "yeah he used to be good" asking who the greatest rapper is always gets answers of 2pac, Biggie, JayZ, Eminem, etc., but i never hear anyone bring up Cube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I think this conversation needs to take into consideration whether or not someone was legit the best in the world at one point. LL Cool J seems like a joke to a generation or two, but he was legit the best rapper alive at one point, and the rap fans who were 15 at the time are probably still huge LL Cool J fans. I think the answer to the question of who is the best musician/band that is no one's favorite can't be someone who is legitimately great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 Yeah, it has to be someone GOOD but not someone who had a bunch of amazing material that everyone knew was amazing.That's why Beck was my wife's first selection. He's done SO many good things and people forget that. But is he really underrated? Everyone knows who he is and knows he has a lot of very good (and sometimes great) material. But for someone as famous as he is, he doesn't have anything that's regarded as a Top 5 album by either mainstream or indie critics. And he's in both those groups -- he went from Loser to Odelay (probably his best work, IMO) and then into a long string of solid output that you could hear on better radio stations and/or Sirius but didn't really have the impact his early stuff did.I think the reasons are this: He didn't come up with a cult following before he broke out, like Dinosaur Jr. His stuff's a really great pastiche of a lot of material, but it doesn't really fit into hip-hop or traditional rock. I think he's better than The Beastie Boys but the Beasties sort of own that genre since they pioneered it and had lasting power. And then Beck made a lot of really solid stuff after his MTV days were over but since he never went away, no one gets hyped when he comes back -- unlike Pavement, Dinosaur Jr., etc.Another bands I will toss out there: Belly, Juliana Hatfield and Elastica. They were really great girl-fronted rock groups (or musician) that had a lot of really good material. But their output was really limited, so they never expanded past a cult/120 Minutes type of audience. They also didn't have the feminist, outspoken edge of the riot grrrl stuff like Bikini Kill or Sleater Kinney. Stylistically, they're probably a lot more like That Dog. But That Dog never broke through with a radio song, so they have a cult audience of people who always wanted them to be the next big thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Mozart. Not the composer, but the mid90s rock band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacelle Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I don't know if there are too many people who would list Restless Heart as their favorite band of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I want to say the answer is probably Heart or the Police. Perhaps the Rolling Stones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I want to say the answer is probably Heart or the Police. Perhaps the Rolling Stones?Oh no way. I know tons of people whose favorite bands are either The Stones or Police and I know at least two people who would say Heart is their fav. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I want to say the answer is probably Heart or the Police. Perhaps the Rolling Stones?Oh no way. I know tons of people whose favorite bands are either The Stones or Police and I know at least two people who would say Heart is their fav. Music is the area I tend to know the least about, so I gladly concede to your knowledge. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Stones are still literally the biggest touring act in music. There are millions of people that would put then #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Stones are still literally the biggest touring act in music. There are millions of people that would put then #1. I know they have a ton of fans, I didn't know how much of a cross-over there is between say Beatle and Stones fans or similar era bands. Stones in top five or top three? I just thought it might be fading a bit. How about CCR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I really want to meet a diehard Woody Guthrie fan. That's not on a ventilator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Hm... CCR and Stones are both likely top ten for me, personally. What about The Animals? All time great band, but it seems likely that everybody that loves 60's British blues based rock bands would have the Stones above them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I want to say the answer is probably Heart or the Police. Perhaps the Rolling Stones? I may or may not be a youngish black man, who happens to LOVE Heart...if you can't get down with Crazy on You, I have no use for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstout Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 The problem is that by the time the band has grown to the point where everyone has at least heard of them, they've probably picked up several diehard fans. I think the truest thing to a correct answer I've seen in this thread so far by a longshot is Reckless Heart. No one's gonna give a crap about Reckless Heart studio outtakes. No one's gonna get in a car and go six hours to see them at the Podunk County Fair. They'd go see them in their hometown if they were playing the big Fourth of July Fireworks Shoot-Off and BBQ Fest (which they probably are). And then they'd forget they exist until they pop up as an oldie on their country station. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.Rex-n-effeckx Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Kenny Loggins cousin Dave Loggins. Has some great tunes, the theme song for the Augusta tour, etc. Probably marginally better than Kenny but no ones favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 The Animals are actually a pretty amazing answer for this, both in the possession of talent and the sheer unlikeliness of someone saying that their favorite band is The Animals. I guess by proxy War would also work out pretty well as an answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Kenny Loggins cousin Dave Loggins. Has some great tunes, the theme song for the Augusta tour, etc. Probably marginally better than Kenny but no ones favorite. You just inspired me to victory...less famous brother, actually secretly good, no one, unless you count himself, would claim that he is their favorite musician. Frank Stallone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 How about the Moody Blues or Chicago? Not saying they don't have fans, but I'm not sure they would be number one on many people's lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdA Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 How about the Moody Blues or Chicago? Not saying they don't have fans, but I'm not sure they would be number one on many people's lists. Sadly, I work with a guy who would call Chicago his favorite ever band. And I have known people far too into the Moody Blues. But yeah, something like Reckless Heart or the Outfield or the Hooters or Foghat - or more recent, something like Candlebox - would probably be the most apt way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacelle Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Restless Heart gets so little love they're referred to as Reckless Heart twice in this thread. Whoever said the Stones or CCR has never actually interacted with other humans before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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