Greatest Band of all time

No you didnt

My favorite band is Yes, but if you want to make things a little bit more objective, I guess that no band will beat the Beatles. In terms of progression, variety of styles, intelligent compositions, great production, and: there would be no progrock without The Beatles.

yes snow i did...u did not...check out reed lover's post where he says "(they were the start of it)"

Edited by hopelevre

The Beatles might be successful and more than a little influential, but for me, these chaps:



are the greatest band of all time. That's right. Gentle Giant are the greatest band of all time. You heard me.

Why? Well, apart from all five being hugely adept musicians, capable of playing countless instruments to astonishingly high standards, their music pushed the boundaries of modern composition more effectively than any "modern classical" composer, avant garde nutter writing symphonies for choir and toaster or indeed any other rock band by drawing on more genres than you can shake a stick at, adapting them to their own unique sound, arranging and composing their work in a supremely rich and dense manner and all the while writing songs that YOU COULD SING ALONG TO. They could be catchy, quirky, powerful, humourous, heart-wrenchingly beautiful and downright surreal, but they always always always sounded like themselves. Okay, so they produced some dud albums. I'd maintain that so did the Beatles. They didn't have the money, the far-reaching success of the former, but artistically no one can top them. And what's music about - money or art?

prog: Genesis

classic rock: Queen

I like many, many bands, but the "greatest" of all time would have to be the Beatles. Their influence was ENORMOUS, their material of a consistently very high calibre, and no band was ever that huge before, since, or will be in the future, I'm sure.

(Note that this is not the same thing as my favourite band of all time -- that's a tough choice, but I'd probably say Genesis, or the Who.)

I began this forum for exactly this reason. I knew that the most said name would be the Beatles. It's funny to see the different opinions we prog lovers have on these 4 guys. For me, I do have to say they are the greatest band of all time. But others, thanks for your opinions.

hopelevre wrote: yes snow i did...u did not...check out reed lover's post where he says "(they were the start of it)"

Why pm me this and also post it? I checked his post! Who are you to say what Reed Lover meant? He doesnt say The Beatles started rock n roll, you suppose it.

Reed , what did the Beatles Start? (you tart)

Totally agree wtih some of you guys, no doubt about it, The Beatles are the greatest band ever!!!!

Reed Lover wrote: Give me a break. The Beatles???? I think that the "Fab 4" have very little in common with Genesis,Yes or ELP,musically. There used to be a lad in my local pub who always drunk bitter.We got to discussing beer one evening and he confessed he didnt really like bitter,and preferred lager.I asked the obvious question to which he replied,well the lads would think I'm a wuss if I started drinking lager.This is how I view this situation where the Beatles are repeatedly cited as the greatest band ever on this forum.   The Beatles sold hundreds of millions of records,and good luck to them.When someone first invented the wheel life changed forever,but when you step up to your gleaming motor car in the morning,you might say "great set of wheels," but you certainly are not praising the lumps of rubber in each corner.The Beatles are certainly pioneers,of course,but just because they were in it at the start (they were the start) doesnt mean they are the greatest.We are talking about music here,which is a matter of taste,and we would not be on this forum if we preferred the type of poppy proto-psychedelic songs that the Beatles wrote.

I love it when you talk crap Reed

I'm gonna stick my neck out here then.The beatles were the greatest ever Band not in terms of musicianship as they themselves were not to ace with the instrumentico's.

But But But John Lennon & Paul McCartney at their peak were the greatest ever & i still think this now,the Greatest ever song writers,Together with George Martin created an absolute Legend of a band.Your talking the major landmark in Rock music.

You can argue till the cows come home cos it's true..Your telling me that the majority of bands at the beginig of the fashionable progressive scene did'nt get inspiration for the Beatles?

I was only listerning to Barclay James Harvest ''Everyone is everybody else' album today & what a simularity,i know the release is 1974 but you can hear the influence.