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Q: OK, the time has come,,,,
Put your cards on the table:
I'm holding-
Best Artistic Music- the Floyd
Best American Music- Eagles
Second Best American Music- Fleetwood Mac
Knockin' on the Door- Tom Petty
Best Brit- Harrison, Clapton
Best Canuck- Neil Young
Right up there- Queen (Freddie Mercury only); Stones (old stuff)
Rocks it hard- Zep; Axl/Slash; ZZ Top
Cool Nerd- Kurt Cobain
Stoner Rock- Morrison
Country- Haggard, Nelson
Too old to remember- Al Stewart (what a song!)
All Time/Gospel/Charisma- Elvis
(simply undisputed- The King )
'Walk On By' ... Diana Krall (from 'Live in Paris, 2001' ) ... I fancy lately.
Ikuko Kawai ... just anything with her violin ...
Mike Oldfield .... you know I'll say ... 'Tubular Bells'.
I c&p what's coming out of me i-Tunes ..
diverdude1:
I loved 'Walk on by' in the old days..... Dionne Warwick,,, maybe that was the first time as a boy I began to understand that girls were sexy,,,, the lady had a way about her,, can still hear her signing somewhere deep in my mind....
Not sure which category because they could go in several and these are just off the top of my head without really thinking about it but I feel like Bowie, Metallica and Johnny Cash should be there somewhere.
diverdude1:
yeah, I feel like an idiot overlooking The Man in Black,,,,,, and Mr. Bowie gets his own category,,,,, hmmmm,,,,, Progressive Solo rock? The long overdue 'Major Tom' Award ?
I also like Marty Robbins, Johnny Horton, Gordon Lightfoot, and Uriah Heep. I think diverdude has made some good choices
diverdude1:
Never followed any of those 4 very much,,,, but funny thing I was viewing some oldy footage of Heep the other night,,, what struck me the most is how he would (probably) never be accepted these days. I mean the dude was before the age of 'pretty boy/pretty girl' music. He is one weird looking dude,,, and all he cared about was rockin' the fk outta that flute ! Two points for Eccentricity!
diverdude1:
haha,,, just a quick sidenote: Robbins was considered old-timer when I was a kid,,, haha,,, he must be 'super old-timer' by now! But I am glad I grew up listening to that old-stuff,,, my best friends dad used to take us to the local Honky-tonk with him when we were kids,,, haha,, remember it like it was yesterday.
Can I pop in Yehudi Menuhins 1962 recording of Beethovens Violin conerto in D? Quite simply the most sublime performance ever recorded.
https://m.youku.com/video/id_XMjgyMTM3OTgwOA==.html?spm=a2h0k.8191393.bo...
diverdude1:
u make me want a VPN. don't know if it's exactly same category as 'Classical',, probably not, but u made me think of seeing Phantom of the Opera,,, That's what I call sublime!
'Think of me,,, think of me softly,,, when u say goodnight,,,,'
guys,,, dunno if it's as well-presented as it used to be,, but save your pennies and take your girl to Phantom,,, either London or NY,,, whatta show!
'Walk On By' ... Diana Krall (from 'Live in Paris, 2001' ) ... I fancy lately.
Ikuko Kawai ... just anything with her violin ...
Mike Oldfield .... you know I'll say ... 'Tubular Bells'.
I c&p what's coming out of me i-Tunes ..
diverdude1:
I loved 'Walk on by' in the old days..... Dionne Warwick,,, maybe that was the first time as a boy I began to understand that girls were sexy,,,, the lady had a way about her,, can still hear her signing somewhere deep in my mind....
1.so many bands are creative
2.New Zealand-Split Enz
3.New Zealand-crowded house
4not sure what you mean
5.Elton John/David Bowie,Rod stewart
6.Bryan Adams
7.Rolling Stones/AC/DC/Aerosmith/1980s big hair bands
8.Everclear,Rancid,Airbourne to many bands to name
9.weezer
10.The Rolling Stones,always got stoned to thr goats head soup album
11.not really into country
12.glam rock era
I like alot of music left a lot of good bands off this list as it would take up alot of space.
diverdude1:
4. I meant comin' in at 3rd place for Am Rock... granted all of these are hard to quantify,,,, but still kinda fun to hear folks mental gears grinding.
Dave Matthews Band with Trey Anastasio & John Popper of Phish ... at Roseland Ballroom in NYC, Feb. 1995 .... 10' gig blasting through me 'UE SuperFi Pro' earplugs, i.e.very loud - happiness 
....
" ...and the Wind begins to Howl, yeah yeah,
... no reason to get exited ...
who feel that life is but a joke
.... the hour is gettin' late .
....outside in the cold distance ... wild cat growl .... "
Gig is of course ''All Along 'the-ir!' ----> Watchtower'' .... with tears in my eyes, 'cause of the higher decibel intake ... he he
What a shtick ....
