Charlie O. wrote:I’m surprised that there are so many of you who can’t admit how good Tha Police were. I know it hurts, but the truth often does.
It hurts [sic] everybody!
Charlie O. wrote:I’m surprised that there are so many of you who can’t admit how good Tha Police were. I know it hurts, but the truth often does.
echolalia wrote: I despise Prefab Sprout. It will be decades before “hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque” is surpassed as the most terrible lyric in pop history. That fucking bastard ruined all three things for me forever.
fange wrote:One of the things i really dislike in this life is people raising their voices in German.
Diamond Dog wrote:...it quite clearly hit the target with you and your nonce...
...a multitude of innuendo and hearsay...
...I'm producing facts here...
PENK wrote:Odd that nearly everyone who’s posted on the thread has said MC5, but The Cure are (following my vote) winning.
Truth be told it’s a long time since I listened to them, but they had some great pop songs and a fine command of atmosphere and texture, though some of their more proto-emo things leave a lot to be desired.
I guess MC5 are the ”cool” answer (is that a consideration on BCB?), but I always found them decidedly mediocre; nouse and energy can only go so far towards hiding that. The Police had some good songs but don’t turn me on.
Flower wrote:John lad, thanks for all your hard work on the boards. I'd love it if you did another three band poll! cheers, Flowers
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
kewl klive wrote:All three are fine. The Cure (up to a point) and The Police were excellent singles bands.
The Modernist wrote:Strip away all the revolutionary rhetoric that surrounds them, which is admittedly interesting (and certainly more interesting than the music), and the MC5 don't sound that different to any other early 70s hard rock band.
Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
Rayge wrote: They were the exact opposite of their contemporaries the Stooges, in that they had blisteringly good players with an accountant in an afro as a front man, rather than a great vocalist and three lumps.
Better songs, too.
Footy wrote:
The Who / Jimi Hendrix Experience Saville Theatre, London Jan '67
. Got Jimi's autograph after the show and went on to see him several times that year
BCB's Most Tedious Poster wrote:You're not exactly covering yourself in glory today, sloop
Rayge wrote:The Modernist wrote:Strip away all the revolutionary rhetoric that surrounds them, which is admittedly interesting (and certainly more interesting than the music), and the MC5 don't sound that different to any other early 70s hard rock band.
Oh but they do, very much so. You just haven't listened to the right things. The two studio albums released in their lifetime are a little on the staid side, but the live stuff released since their demise, especially Black to Comm, which I had as a ROIR tape and was released as a CD in 1996, show off how much they were influenced by free jazz and general noiseniks. They were the exact opposite of their contemporaries the Stooges, in that they had blisteringly good players with an accountant in an afro as a front man, rather than a great vocalist and three lumps.
Better songs, too.