Is U2 the best band ever?

[brendon]

Hi Gordon,
I've had Rush on my "bands I've heard about but never listened to but should" list for years.Can you recommend a good CD/sacd/dvd-a or dvd as an intruduction to Rush?
Brendon

[taz13]

Can't agree with you on that aud19, the boys from Kingston are not on my list of great canadian bands, but they do have some good tunes. However I do agree with you on G.Lee's voice as well as whats her name from Quebec.
Canadian
Wide Mouth Mason
Bachman Turner Overdrive
The Guess Who
Street Heart
Loverboy
Lenard Cohen
Triumph
Nickleback
The Powder Blues Band
Matt Minglewood
Downchild Blues Band
Big Dave McLean
Neil Young
Joe Satriani
Colin james

The Rest of the World
ACDC
Elvis
The Beatles
Wings
John Lennon
Led Zep
The Birds
Cream
John Lee Hooker
Howlin Wolf
Stevie Ray Vaughn
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Iron Maiden
Nirvana
Jon Bon Jovie
Billy Joel
U2
And lots more, the list will change daily
because there is still
Pink Floyd
mozart
Beethovin
and lots I have never heard of but am still trying to find.

[Chris D]

I think it's hard to define the greatest or what was great about them until they're gone.

Good point, Gord. Some good artists have put out some real crap in later albums, which really lowered my opinion of the band. The old "quit while you're on top" thing.

[David Meek]

I've had Rush on my "bands I've heard about but never listened to but should" list for years.Can you recommend a good CD/sacd/dvd-a or dvd as an intruduction to Rush?

For a "sampler" go with Chronicles. This is a collection of their works that came out in 1990-1991, and what a collection it is! It's out in CD, but I'm not sure about SACD or DVD-A. It's a winner. :T Well if you're a fan anyway.

[Gordon Moore]

David beat me to it....
Chronicles should give you a nice progression of what their sound was and where it's been going...


70's rush was the progressive rock (read... songs are long, occasionally out there but have interesting themes) 2112, Fly By Night, Farewell to Kings etc...

In the 80's
Moving Pictures
Exit....Stage left is a gooder.
Power Windows had some big commercial hits in the mid 80's
followed quickly by Hold your Fire

A Show Of Hands is a good live compilation album (pieced together concert material) that does similar things as Chronicles but offers that "Live" dynamic.

In the 90's... Presto and Roll the Bones work well.
That's a start...

[Nick M]

Lots of my favorite bands listed here!

A few that haven't (or that I missed).

- Sting (Solo, Police, etc...)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Phil Collins (Solo, Genesis, etc...)

[aud19]

I think the biggest problem with choosing the "best anything" ever is that beyond it's own inherent qualities, something like music will always be associated with an individual's experience.

For instance hearing a Guess Who/Rolling Stones/Aerosmith etc song when you had your first kiss will always influence your perception of that song/band and remind your brain of a very good time in your life.

For me bands like Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chilli Pepper's, Nirvana, Tragically Hip etc will forever be engrained in my head with fun memories from highschool of partying and hanging out with friends crush's on girls, kissing girls (pretty damn cute one's I might add :T ) etc. Now of course that music will have a more visceral affect on me than say the Guess Who/Rush/Iron Maiden or whoever that I don't have a strong memory to tie to. Where as Frustrated might have strong memories he associates with those bands.

[Nick M]

:agree:

engrained in my head with fun memories from highschool of partying and hanging out with friends crush's on girls, kissing girls (pretty damn cute one's I might add )

I believe someone mentioned Mozart above... :rofl:
That was back in the day when they really "rose the roof" and put down those 30-packs. :wink:

[spirited]

I think the biggest problem with choosing the "best anything" ever is that beyond it's own inherent qualities, something like music will always be associated with an individual's experience.

For instance hearing a Guess Who/Rolling Stones/Aerosmith etc song when you had your first kiss will always influence your perception of that song/band and remind your brain of a very good time in your life.

For me bands like Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chilli Pepper's, Nirvana, Tragically Hip etc will forever be engrained in my head with fun memories from highschool of partying and hanging out with friends crush's on girls, kissing girls (pretty damn cute one's I might add :T ) etc. Now of course that music will have a more visceral affect on me than say the Guess Who/Rush/Iron Maiden or whoever that I don't have a strong memory to tie to. Where as Frustrated might have strong memories he associates with those bands.

Your right Aud I do have strong memories associated with those bands. However, I know good music when I hear it , and in this case like I said in my previous posts we have a difference of opinion. For the record, I don't like U2, Sting or Genises that doesn't mean I think they all suck. Some music does make me want to throw up, such as Celine and Depeche Mode.

Another thing Aud, even though I'm not Irish; I grew up in an Irish pub. And they played.......you guessed it.....U2. Kind of irritating after a while. :banghead:

[aud19]

For sure, good music is good music in most cases. However some people can't stand classical music and I love going to the symphony....? I can assure you I spent very little time listening to Mozart when I was kissing cute teenage girls unless Bugs Bunny was on a TV in the background :lol: but it's still evokes a strong emotional response from me when I listen to it now.

I'm just commenting that our memories can have a pretty big influence on how we perceive otherwise generally accepted "good music". So while you may have heard the Hip on the radio driving home from work and thought hey that's pretty good music, I may have been listening to the same album while partying with some good buddy's and ended up making out with some little teenage hottie and think that was f'ing great music! (Not that that's based on a true story...just an example )

So while yes I agree good music in most cases is good music to most people, memories can have a large influence on what individuals might consider great or "the best" making it pretty much impossible to pinpoint even five bands, let alone one (though I'm still sticking with the Beatles here :B )

[spirited]

Hallelujah

Hallelujah :amen:we have an agreement. For Aud and everybody else. Music affects us in different ways. We all have our likes and dilikes for whatever reason. That doesn't mean my choices are better than yours; they're just different. We should all respect that.

[aud19]

Hallelujah :amen:we have an agreement. For Aud and everybody else. Music affects us in different ways. We all have our likes and dilikes for whatever reason. That doesn't mean my choices are better than yours; they're just different. We should all respect that.

I thought we'd already agreed on that :lol:

[spirited]

I think we did. Even though we don't know each other Aud, I didn't want this to turn into anything nasty

[aud19]

I think we did. Even though we don't know each other Aud, I didn't want this to turn into anything nasty

Darnit!! I was hoping we could each get in to some panties and sort this out via a pillow/tickle fight! :rofl:

[spirited]

You got me

Darnit!! I was hoping we could each get in to some panties and sort this out via a pillow/tickle fight! :rofl:

:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

[David Meek]

Darnit!! I was hoping we could each get in to some panties and sort this out via a pillow/tickle fight! :rofl:

Not a visual image I was prepared to deal with this early in the morning.... 8O :B

[aud19]

:thanku: Thank you. Thank you :thanku:

My next show is on Saturday :B

[Chris D]

Well, well, well.... guess who just bought two lower-level seats for the U2 concert in Seattle on April 24th?

That's right, ME!

heheheeeeee....

[aud19]

Well, well, well.... guess who just bought two lower-level seats for the U2 concert in Seattle on April 24th?

That's right, ME!

heheheeeeee....

And you're taking me right!!?!?!? :B

[Chris D]

Actually, Jason, I was going to write to you, you need to buy tickets, they're coming to Vancouver on April 28th. If you're a U2.com fan club member, you can buy tickets during the pre-sale that started THIS MORNING. Otherwise, it doesn't open to to general public until Feb 5th. I wouldn't wait, though... tickets went fast, and Philly sold out before it even got to the general public.

Unfortunately, I was limited to 2 tickets in the pre-sale, so it's me and the wife. But go to U2.com for more info!

[aud19]

Thanks Chris, can't afford to go anyways but I'm sure you'll tell me all about it

[Shane Martin]

I could afford to go but they are nowhere near me. Chicago is about it.

Having seen them twice, I'll just wait for the eventual DVD or wait for it to hit HDTV like INHD or something along those lines.

They are a fabulous show though.

[aud19]

Just FYI.... Vancouver apparently sold out TWO shows in about 1/2 hour!!!

[Shane Martin]

Someone said that the NYC show sold out in less than a minute.

[KAP]

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. I believe that the live shows are widely considered the finest. I also feel that the longevity and continued musical relevance of the band is quite amazing.

[Lex]

Rolling Stones, then the Beatles, then maybe somebody else like U2. But then how are you defining best? Best music? Most success? Longest running success? There are just so many different ways to measure success.

Lex

[aud19]

Just FYI.... Vancouver apparently sold out TWO shows in about 1/2 hour!!!

Correction, I fount out each show sold out in 8 minutes each... 8O :roll:

[Chris D]

Exactly, Doug... read up in this thread for those questions. Care to lend your opinion on criteria to judge "the best band"???