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Originally posted by sipsake
Of all time?
Would have to be the Orchestra of Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Weimar, with J.S. Bach conducting. Especially the 1713 Toccata and Fugue in D Minor European tour.
Man, they rocked.
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{Smacks Forehead} Of course! How could I be so dull? I have a doublet from that tour.
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Originally posted by perripken
Yeah! I just love Godzilla, Astronomy, RU ready to rock, etc.
But I don't know about the best!
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No other band speaks to me quite that way (although, of course, Maiden Rulez!) So far as I know, they have had no influence on any other band. Given what gets on the radio these days, I'd call that reason enough to call them the best band ever.
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Originally posted by GuttersnipeXL
Of course this is all a matter of opinion...I would say Frank Zappa's bands from 1972 To 1975. Some of the best musicians on earth were in those bands.
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That's a good point, though King Crimson would give Zappa's bands a run for their money in pure musicianship, but does great musical ability necessarily make a great band? I mean, Zappa is a favorite of mine, but some of his stuff sounds like cats being boiled, and a sizeable chunk flirts with the border between consonance and dissonance which, though clever in the extreme doesn't necessarily make for greatness. What Zappa's bands really had that gave them a shot at greatness was Frank Zappa, and, specifically, his delightfully skewed perception of life and uncompromising presentation of that perception. I would argue that BÖC has a perceputal skew that is like to Zappa's in intensity, though not in kind. King Crimson once had it as well, but it started to go away after Discipline and Three of a Perfect Pair, and now they're just a group of aging but exquisitely talented musicians making music that's not really all that accessible. BÖC, on the other hand, are workmanlike. Buck Dharma can indeed play the fuck out of the guitar, but he's no Hendrix, no Zappa, no Van Halen ferkristsake. No, what makes BÖC greatest is, not only are they skewed, they can find those who are skewed in a similar way to them and get those people to write the songs for them. It's not merely a band that is larger than life in a metaphorical sense, but in a quite literal one. While other bands that have been named here have left a forward reaching legacy that has spawned such luminaries as Justin Timberlake, Las Ketchup, The Strokes, and who could forget the Greg Kihn Band, BÖC has a lateral influence twisting the past and present, and leaving the future to the folks who wear their clothes too large.
Folks, thanks for reading my little rant. Please don't take it too seriously. Look at my premise and ask youself how seriously I could take it, and all will be well.
Oh, and Maiden Rules!