The Great 7 bands

Except that 1 outsold damn near everyone thirty years after the Beatles went kaput.

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sure sure, but mostly because people have been waiting on a beatles greatest hits album for about 20 years now. i dont own it personally, because i dont see buying a cd only to listen to a handful of songs that i already have. some people just stay dedicated to them through the years. i for one never saw anything important in them. have a nice day.

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I had to go with Van Halen also. David Lee Roth was just a little too full of himself and Sammy Hagar at best was just okay. All the other bands have really put out a steady steam of quality work.

I refuse to have a nice day.

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No one cares.

ouch! hah.
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no offense to Gerald, but thats just the way i see it. the beatles started off as a poppy new band playing a few poppy new songs, they found LSD, and POOF, they went on to be 'revolutionary' and what-not. im not speaking for THEM, just their music. i really dont see anything special in it. there are a few songs that i really dig, but i can count them all with under 10 fingers. i think they are just WAY overrated, thats all. there are too many BETTER bands being overlooked. sadly, i can buy the new Weezer and have myself some pure Beatles rip-off. but that makes me not like the beatles or weezer anymore than i do. i respect the beatles and what they 'did for music', but that doesnt mean i have to like them or pretend that i do.

try yourself some Flaming Groovies, now THERE'S a band. rock!

have an even nicer day.

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Every band on that list deserve their place in history........ apart from Van Halen, peddlars of cheesy American pop metal. After getting rid of Van Halen all you need to do is throw in Dylan and Hendrix and you have all the rock music worth bothering about. I suspect Van Halen were in the list so we could have an easy pick.

Well said, PearlWaters!

Bah!

Erm... why has no-one mentioned the Beach Boys? They have had just as much influence and impact on music as any of those other bands, except maybe (and that's maybe) The Beatles...

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I hate the Beach Boys, no offense. They tried too hard to be the Beatles. Them and the Monkees. I hated the f*cking Monkees.

Someone mistakingly put Van Halen on the list and excluded Queen instead.

Disappointed no Rush on the list.
Van Halen and it was not even close consideration. No DLR please.

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Thank GOD the Beatles were not a technical band! I watched about 20 minutes of an Ingvey Malmsteen(?) video the other day and was bored to tears. For those of you who say the early stuff was shit, go rent 'The Beatles first US visit' and watch that first Ed Sullivan performance. All My Loving, Till There Was You, She Loves You, etc. There they were, writing and performing their own tunes. The unbelievable thing?.....Lennon, age: 23 McCartney, age: 21 Harrison, age: 20 Starr, age: 23 These guys were not fabricated. They came from nothing, unlike the Stones, and achieved tremendous success. Why? Because they were very good, not because they sucked. Granted, they would have never amounted to much without Epstein & Martin but it was their charisma that won them over. The Beatles dominate the top of the mountain and always will. Their music has transcended time and will continue to do so.

When Ringo briefly left the band, Paul played drums on Back in the USSR and Dear Prudence.

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i've voted for Floyd , because , i read the headlines first , it means Floyd are best and the most overrated band is Van Hallen .