I felt the same about Paul Revere and the Raiders and The Buckinghams. They would have been late on my list (15-20) anyways, and at that point it wouldn't matter.

I considered both, but neither could crack my top 20. Mark Lindsey is one of my favorite rock singers ever. I nearly snuck the Shadows of Knight onto my list. They had two great albums and were for me the definitive Chicago garage band.

I didn't bother sending in a list because much like independent voters in political elections, my choices had ZERO chance to win (or even show up on the Top 50 list), so I figured I was wasting my vote.

Mark Lindsey is one of my favorite rock singers ever.

 

Woo Zappa!

 

That's one weaksauce discography, however

Woo Zappa!

 

That's one weaksauce discography, however

 

Ni is just sticking with the singles. . . and when you've got No Commercial Potential like Frank that's going to be a horribly foreshortened list.

 

But, yes. . . YEA FRANK!!!

To be fair, if he included his full discography, that post would have been longer than Elvis's.

 

Also, Bobby Brown Goes Down was a huge hit overseas. IIRC, it reached #1 on the charts for some countries.

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I didn't bother sending in a list because much like independent voters in political elections, my choices had ZERO chance to win (or even show up on the Top 50 list), so I figured I was wasting my vote.

 

 

I felt the same way but i had nothing better to do, i was shocked to see one of my bands make it (rise against)......If anything else on my list makes it i will eat my own poo...hey ni you think you could shoot me over my list??

Only time to add U2. Hopefully, I can add a few tonight.

7 bands in my top 20 are in that list so far...

I've never been too into Queen, though Brian May played a pretty mean guitar. Queen's just not my cup of tea.

Queen was one-of-a-kind, and there has never been a band with production standards as high as them imo. They barely missed out on my top 20, but their relatively high showing on the Soxtalk list is entirely warranted.

 

I think they got too commercial sounding by the time The Game was released, and I definitely think they peaked with their earlier work, but one of the greatest and most original groups ever.

I don't dispute Queen's greatness. They were just too polished for my liking.

mp3 is up!

I don't dispute Queen's greatness. They were just too polished for my liking.

 

That was always my beef with ELO so I can understand the sentiment.

 

I must be going for a record of being the highest voter for an entire list.

I must be going for a record of being the highest voter for an entire list.

Yep, I'm seeing your choices, and you MUST have been high....

 

Queen was sitting just outside my 20. Looking at it now, what the hell was I thinking? I had peter Frampton and Marshall Tucker higher. (although they too, were out of the top 20).

That was always my beef with ELO so I can understand the sentiment.

 

ELO made my list, and I understand the polish sentiment, for me it was the polish I liked with them, that I would dislike in others. No idea why.

I'll hopefully have enough time over the next few days to post more bands than I have been.

 

Of course, who'll actually be on Soxtalk on Thursday night but me?

I'll hopefully have enough time over the next few days to post more bands than I have been.

 

Of course, who'll actually be on Soxtalk on Thursday night but me?

 

ELO made my list, and I understand the polish sentiment, for me it was the polish I liked with them, that I would dislike in others. No idea why.

 

Yeah, it comes down to individual tastes. Queen's hyper-production seems to fit the group, whereas it just irks me when I listen to ELO. Jeff Lynne's heavy-handed production is also basically what keeps me from thinking of George Harrison's Cloud 9 or the Wilburys albums will stand the test of time and the production totally gets in the way of the music. A lot of Full Moon fever is like that as well, although Mike Campbell sort of reined Lynne and Petty in a bit on that one.

I had a friend ask me, "Why no Emerson, Lake and Palmer?"

 

I wasn't sure how to respond.

I had a friend ask me, "Why no Emerson, Lake and Palmer?"

 

I wasn't sure how to respond.

 

I'm not even sure what the question was.

 

He was reading the list here.

He was reading the list here.

 

Now it makes sense.

 

Why no Stryper?