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There has been so much pushback here in the comments about my choices I am preparing a seperate video to answer some of accusations that I don't know what I am talking about and why I didn't put Pink Floyd or Queen or whatever on this list. It will be called THE 10 MOST IMPORTANT BANDS IN HISTORY | Why I was right
Really fascinating discussion. Thank you. So happy about bands 1 and 2. You nailed it.
Ignore the haters Andy!😊Really enjoyed your video by the way.
You pretty much nailed this list! It seems to me that you did your best to put personal biases aside... something many of the commenters have failed to do. Pistols, Nirvana and Kraftwerk are absolute no-brainers. I'm stunned to see ANY pushback on either of them. Solid stuff, glad i found you. New Sub
How about The 10 Best One Hit Wonders --
The Wee Five
Zager & Evans
No ACDC or Metallica, sorry! 🤦♂
Still nothing changed!
When talking about Led Zeppelin, can anyone ever just mention John Paul Jones for a second?
Absolutely. You’re not alone in the admiration for John Paul Jones. I don’t like when someone says “the best ever” like the Americans do, or discredit all others, etc., but dare I say he is the most amazing bass player that the whole era of the art form we call rock produced.
@@BassicVIC and much more than just Bass…he was the secret weapon in that band
Our host was kind enough to mention John Entwistle
Yes! Especially when talking about virtuoso musicians - JPJ was the most virtuosic of the whole band!
I always feel like he was their secret weapon-always in the background -an amazing musician
What I always marvel at is that the Beatles were done before any of them had their 30th birthday. Stunning
Stunning, and a huge shame. "Imagine" what could have been, both musically and culturally.
There was a well established wisdom those days- «You can`t trust anyone over 30 (years old)»
I thought Ringo had turned 30????
@@Fuzcapp John Lennon left the Beatles in September, 1969. Ringo turned 30 in July, 1970.
@@9Ballr Oh ok. Thanks for that. Can we add 9 months gestation time? 🙂
The Beatles knocked the world off its feet; not just musically, but culturally as well! Overall they produced an incredible 27 number one hit singles! Of their 12 studio albums, all but one went to number one! They had an incredible charisma that psychologists tried to explain but couldn't. Girls screamed uncontrollably and fainted at their concerts and some even went into convulsions! On August 15, 1965, they played to a packed house of 55,600 people at Shea Stadium in Queens, N.Y. near New York City! No one before The Beatles even dared to fill a venue so large.They wrote over 200 original songs appearing on their 12 studio albums. The Beatles are the biggest selling band of all time, selling over 500 million records! Amazingly, they accomplished all of this in a mere seven years! The Beatles were magic and fortunately I was there to experience their magic!
Did you get the opportunity to see them playing live?
Hard data that speaks for itself. The Beatles phenomenon will never happen again.
The Beatles started a new musical revolution with multiple influences from the US and Europe , everyone was always checking out what the Beatles were doing!
Surprised Pink Floyd not there.
I am wearing my Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon Sweatshirt right now. that album was on Billboard's top 100 for 865 weeks.
I’m sure in 50 years time P.F.will be in top 3
Me too,
@@DianeLake-sw3ym Quite possibly the greatest studio album ever recorded
Too many drugs can lead to memory loss?
I had an experience that highlighted the god status of the Beatles. I was part of a harm reduction conference in Liverpool and as an introductory party we had a Beatles cover band. The conference participants came from roughly 100 countries, the participants ranged from academics, researchers, social workers, activists, addicts and sex workers and ranging in age from 18 to 80 and when the songs hit the floor so did everyone. I was thinking at the time that no other band had the global reach - the true everyman (everyperson) appeal. And was still art.
All you need is love waging heavy peace man
As a “musicmaniac” of years there is no doubt in my mind that, past the times of Bach, Mozart and Bethoveen, which constitute the Old Testament of music, Beatles constitute its New Testament. That’s saying a lot, considering music is perhaps the most transcendent art form of all.
@@JoseAntonioDuclaud agreed, and in time to come, the Beatles music will be seen as something classic to be analysed and learned from
@@siroswaldfortitude5346Also in agreement. That’s exactly what being “classic” is all about.
@@siroswaldfortitude5346 It's already happened..The Beatles music has been studied and analyzed since the 1970's.
Fascinating presentation, I absolutely loved your commentary. Quite a good list I think, given the preconditions you outline.
Glad you liked it!
I not only agree with your list, but absolutely love the music analysis that you express! This makes your videos so much the enjoyable.
Glad you like them!
I don't know if the Kinks should be on the list but they are certainly in the next 10. They influenced everyone from metal to prog. You really got me 1n 1964 Christ that's amazing guitar distortion and weight. Marvellous creative band. The two brothers fighting each other decades before Oasis. Influenced directly or indirectly everyone who followed.
Townsend is on record saying "Can't Explain" was attempt to imitate Kinks. Kinks legacy is to remain forever the world's greatest under appreciated band.
I have my own opinion on the best rock bands.
I remember reading an article about Eric Clapton, he was being interviewed in the mid 60's, I think it was around the time Revolver had been released.
He said that there were really only 4 bands in the UK that were trying to push the musical boundaries at that time. The Beatles, The Stones , The Who and The Kinks.
Couldn't agree more re the Kinks, you really got me, all day and all of the night, along with thems Gloria must have been the advent of punk.
Also his comments re the Jimi hendrix Eperince not being a band were rubbish, Mitchell wasn't interchangeable with any other drummer, He was as important to Jimi , as Jimi was to mitch
KINKS "Give the People What They Want" is my favorite album ever.
I can't say that I agree with everyone on your list, but man was it really engaging hearing you articulate your reasons for having them where you had them. Great video.
Excellent points all. This is great analysis from someone clearly committed to understanding music.
The Beatles international career (1964 to 1970) coincided with my primary school years. Throughout those early years they were like an amiable presence. Like guidance officers of the better kind. I could evaluate their evolution through a child's senses. The entire experience was massively important to me. And when I hear some Beatles songs I am still taken back to landscapes long gone from that 1960's childhood. Experiences such as these are priceless. And they were all for free. Cheers.
Yeah it’s impossible for me to separate Beatles from childhood.
FREE?!?!?!?!!? I had to buy their music from 66 to 70. My parents bought the records for me from 63 to 65.
My parents weren't into records or playing music. I was too young to buy records during the Beatles career. The Beatles songs I heard were on the radio and television. Therefore, free. Got it? @@ktcarl
Lennon was able to articulate what we were trying to - through music.
It's impossible to escape the influence of the Beatles. When a record was going to be released (i.e., the Now & Then single recently), it was a major event.
Great video! -Just one minor correction. George Harrison didn't write Michelle. That was credited to Lennon/McCartney, but I believe was written by Paul.
Yes
with John.
@@dustbinfilms John co-wrote the bridge.
McCartney did write it.
@@user-iv7dg3dx6t Yes, and John co-wrote the bridge.
fabulous - thanks very much Andy. thoughtful and fun,
This popped up on my feed, and with Top __ lists I usually skip forward to just see the choices - but you are so intelligent and interesting I watched it through
I’m a boomer (76)). and I have to say you are the only commentator who has got anywhere near how important the Beatles were back then . Thank you.
It was interesting to be there. Great take from someone who wasn’t.
The Beatles were outrageously important. The most important. But to leave the Beach Boys and the Doors off and basically relegate Jimi Hendrix to a derivative of Eric Clpation is all outrageous, as well. I love Cream. I love Eric Clapton. Perhaps they do belong on this list. But Andy is driven to promote England. I'm not saying England and the British invasion and all was not important. It was a central factor, for sure. And the Beatles ARE the greatest band of all time. But the Beach Boys were a huge factor because of Brian Wilson as well and Hendrix put the fear and awe of god in Clapton, not the other way around. I don't know about Beck but even Clapton knew and said he was entirely over-matched. Same with Page. I get why the Experience is not here on the list as a band but to speak so dismissively of Hendrix as a virtuouso and influential force is an ignorant sacrilege. And saying "everyone" sees Bonham as the best drummer when many, many say that of Moon. And to say 50s American rock was NOT about rejection of the parental establishment and heaping ALL that credit on The Beatles is silliness. The Beatles embraced 50s rock in part because they saw and embraced that 50s rejection of the establishment. They emulated it. And then placeing the Sex Pistols over The Ramones and Nirvana when the Pistols were themseives derivative one record wonders is crazy. And I am not saying all this because of an American bias. I can easily see The Bealtles and The Stones as 1 and 2. I can see The Beach Boys around or at the bottom of the ten. Andy is fascinating and he makes me think a lot and hard but he definitely does not get it all right. A Brisith bias and his upbringing on the edge of the edges and edginess drive him off track at times when he talks about Rock 'n' Roll. Great channel and excellent video though.
good job on #1 & #2. Best original melodies, best virtuosity & harmonic counterpoint.
I am quite young, I didn't live in 60s, but there is no band even close to Beatles influence, geniality, innovation
Also, Clapton met Hendrix much earlier, before even Wrapping Paper, Cream's first single, was released. At that point, when Hendrix showed up. it was instantly known that there was another God in town. See Episode 166: “Crossroads” by Cream, on the "0A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs," which blows away this one. Hendrix showed up and played "Killing Floor" for Cream. "There had been a rivalry between the London guitarists. Up to that point there were basically six electric guitarists in London who mattered as far as innovation on the instrument went - Clapton, Beck, Jimmy Page, Peter Green, Pete Townshend, and Dave Davies. As soon as Hendrix turned up, there was only one."
The Chicago Aesthetic!!
Chess Records house band laid the groundwork for virtually all of the British rock bands of the next three or four decades.
Little Walter on harmonica
Otis Spann on piano
Jimmy Rogers (or Buddy Guy) on guitar
Willie Dixon on bass
Fred Below on drums.
(as a house band, they backed up Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Junior Wells, and many other Chess blues singers.)
Led Zeppelin, Cream, The Stones, The Yardbirds, The Animals, John Mayall, and numerous others were all striving to duplicate their sound with varying degrees of success. The Beatles were one of the few exceptions.
They also were a huge influence on many US groups.
The facts you state will cause some on here to have a heart attack 😂
Allman Bros. - Southern Rock
Grateful Dead - Jam band
The Meters - New Orleans instrumental rock
Andrew Sisters - Tight harmony singers
Motown girl bands...
*Edwards' list is infuriating in its narrow scope.
Great video! Thanks.
Very much appreciate the depth of musical wisdom that assembled your list.
The Beatles influenced everything!! How people looked, how they dressed, the way they wore their hair, the way they viewed politics, the way they viewed drug use, the way they viewed racial equality, the way they viewed war, and the way they viewed Mother Earth. Peace ☮️ and Love ❤️
musically Delta Blues influenced all music but your right on everything else
@@mega00760 Delta Blues is another subject.
@@mega00760delta blues didn’t influence classical music.
They were at the vanguard of flower power as well along with the Byrds, the Doors, the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Jono Mitchell, Joan Baez and the Lovin' Spoonful.
The Beatles really did change the world.
Even more than Elvis, I think that the Beatles were the single most magical thing that has ever happened in pop culture.
Agree 100 percent.
Elvis was an opportunist with a lot of sex appeal and zero creativity
he had talent. probably the best rock vocalist of all time.
Star Wars 1977
@@malenacombe8739You are over looking that standards were...The Standards of the day. People didn't write their own songs. In fact there are many famous songs that were actually written by famous song writers/singers but everything thinks someone else wrote the song because the famous version is not theres.
Babe Ruth and Ali would be destroyed today. Course they would be a inch or two taller with staked muscles, personal chefs and workout gurus along with those tens of million dollar checks. So you really can't judge eras without looking at it from that era's perspective.
Love this video Andy!
I always love the idea that while the Velvet Underground didn’t sell a ton of records, everyone who bought one, started a band
Although I'm not a huge fan (probably because I didn't discover them till very late in my life), I stumbled across "Rock and Roll" in the last 3 months and was blown away by the sound quality and overall feel of the mix. It actually sounded like it could have been released in 2023 using modern audio tech. It's quite uncanny that something recorded 50 years ago sounds so fresh!
@@roughtakes7271 Now check out "Venus in Furs"
@@chetsenior7253 Great that you love the Pixies. I don't listen to them. It my style of music and they did not have anywhere near the influence of Nirvana, which I do like.
Everyone who bought a VU album started aband b/c they figured is music that sounded that bad could make money....
Very very interesting commentary. Thanks!
Wonderful, insightful,entertaining and your sterling intellect … as always !!
Okay. You included the band I'd have made sure to include. Props.
This has been just incredible! I really have to hand it to you. So well said, so insightful and just about 100% spot on! BRAVO and thanks so much Andy Edwards
No Pink Floyd?
I would have included the Allman Brothers. They inspired an entire genre, but they're not British, so....
I knew this list would suck and just tuned it to see you implode. You didn’t disappoint.
My kid My wife My best friend My boss ALL HAVE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE LISTS
( zeppelin mite show up on 3 )
Maybe just maybe you like country wrapp or ok computer ???????????
no, simpleton. I’m all Rock and have been since 2/9/64. Your taste in music -to say nothing of your knowledge of Rock music, sucks.
Be better. That vibe makes the world dimmer
According to you, but you’ve already shown your limitations. Rather than encouraging you to “be better”, I’ll encourage you to give it up. Spare the people.
I’m intrigued by what is essentially trolling, what would have been your choices.
All popular music before the Beatles is in the Beatles and the Beatles are in all popular music that came after them. I am a musician, just imagine to be in a Band that changed the world, amazing.
What a great way to explain their use of and influence on popular music, and they changed the culture of the world..
Well put, my friend. Every form of music is not an exaggeration. Classical, R&B, folk, big band, rock, heavy metal, ballads, electronic, Eastern Indian, avante-garde, pop synth, etc. It's almost inaccurate to call them a rock band.
Am I crazy? So there was no great bands before the 60's? Didn't both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones (stole) borrowed thier music from Black bands and musicians. They acknowledge as such!
As someone who’s old enough to have seen live nearly every one of the bands in your list (except the Beatles) I can appreciate your nearly excellent and somewhat radical perspective. Bravo!
A very respectable list. Pretty much spot on.
Glad you enjoyed
Greetings from ATL GA USA, enjoying your opinions & rationales. Rock ON
Great show Andy very well formulated and expressed
fantastic list, enjoyed this a lot!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Strange to put Led Zep in better rank than the Who... But happy to see the Who in the ranking, this band is so often forgotten.
The Who is the most underrated band of this era. Tommy, Live at Leeds, Who''s Next, the Monterey Woodstock Isle of Woght festivals made the Who one of the most popular and spectacular band on stage.
Townshend Entwistle created new way of playing their guitars, helped Marshall to made the famous Marshall stack to give a great volume during concerts. Moon is just a UFO in the rock music... The guy who almost plays solo from start to the end of a concert.
Won't Get Fooled Again !
The Who > Zep.
Didn’t Zep influence more bands than who did ?? It’s pretty close thoo
@@Andey1954 Zep themselves were super influenced by The Who.
Really enjoyed this … as you might expect I didn’t agree with all your choices but then you have a wider knowledge than me … and I know what I grew up through and I’m now 70 - thank you!
Another great discussion, Andy.
Love this guy's enthusiasm. Very interesting and entertaining.
Thank you. You helped me see just how special we were. Good rebellious energy. 😊
I get this is just Andy's opinion.
Here are my thoughts.
Some important bands missed:
Post-grunge: Sigur Ros, Radiohead, Primus, Rage Against the Machine, Animal Collective, Portishead.
Pre-grunge: King Crimson, Sonic Youth, The Grateful Dead, Rush, The Moody Blues, Bikini Kill.
Other genres: Beastie Boys, Wu Tang Clan, Public Enemy, Modeski Martin and Wood, Outkast, The Jackson 5, Menudo.
The one undeniable truth is that the Beatles are the most important band since the creation of rock and roll.
This video should've really been titled "Most Influential Rock Bands" or "Most Influential British Rock bands".
@@JB-ti7bl I love Andy's opinions and our opinions on how wrong Andy is. I am sure Andy does as well, because he is not a fascist. lmao.
We agree on four of them that should be in the top 10: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, and Led Zeppelin, and we agree The Beatles are #1. Some of the others I might have included somewhere on my list would be: Pink Floyd, The Doors, Traffic, The Police, Yes, and Talking Heads. - From a 66 year old in the States.
The Rolling Stones, really? Important in what regard? In filling stadiums? Alice Cooper does not qualify as a band (though it was first meant as the name of the WHOLE band), but he invented horror rock and crafted his own music. By how far I have listened to them they started as a mediocre blues rock band, followed trends after that and then went retro. Or take the Yardbirds, they were ahead of their time and were mostly musicians´ musicians.
@@ruedigernassauerthe Rolling Stones is probably the most important band ever. Have a nice day.
Lynyrd Sknyrd & Queen , AC/DC were 3 of top .
Nirvana is above any of those bands you mentioned, easily the best American band of all time. Literally jump started an entire genre of music and clothing style that shaped the youth of an entire generation. When I was in high school 25 years after their demise nobody cared about Pink Floyd or the police or even led Zepplin. Everyone had nirvana shirts and listened to them.
@@barkley8285 Mainly cause Millenials or Gen Z or whatever they were called had lack of Brains .
Beatles, pink floyd , led Zeppelin, deep purple, génesis , king Crimson, black sabbath ,cream , rolling Stones ,the doors , formy , all influence , rock history.
Agree with your list, except for Pink Floyd. Lol
Very well done.
Amazing job mate, I tell ya, you did so great with the Beatles synopsis.
So good to see Cream near the top of your list. I agree that they were the forerunners of Prog and Fusion. I also agree with you that Clapton was the most important rock guitarist in the world in 1965/1966, before the emergence of Jimi Hendrix. Eric was the archetypal lead guitarist at that time simply put.
Hendrix far more influential in my book, and he had a band...
Sunshine Of Your Love was on Disraeli Gears, not Fresh Cream.
I believe he was using 'Sunshine of Your Love' as a central reference point, as in 'If you think 'Sunshine of Your Love' is all Cream are about, well, 'Fresh Cream is so much more than just that.'
Disraeli Gears was simply CRAZY Good! My Favorite Song on there is “The Tales of Brave Ulysses.” Just one of the Greatest Albums Ever! And Cover for that matter IMHO!
You lost me at kraftwerk. Never heard of them. And, left out Pink Floyd and Creedence Clearwater?
I have to give credit to the guy for his bravery…forging ahead all the while knowing there would be a rush to his throat.
Very interesting! You say you're not an academic, but you're definitely a great art history teacher.
I listened to your new album yesterday. I thought it was brilliant. I wasn’t expecting the lovely strangeness. I’ll be listening to some of your other stuff on band-camp. Nice one.
It’s really good
It’s really good
I stumbled on this channel a couple of days ago (I’m quite elderly and stumble quite a lot these days!) and have been watching your content, which is uniformly excellent, since then. I have much catching up to do! But fantastic throughout. The Beatles? I was there and if you weren’t maybe it’s hard to grasp their colossal impact. When younger folk ask me about them I ask ‘who is your favourite band’. When they tell me, whatever band/artiste they mention , I always say “if it wasn’t for The Beatles, they wouldn’t exist. The Beatles were that important”. And I usually advise that they check where they started with Love Me Do and where they finished with Abbey Road - its mind blowing and the more so when you see what they did in between. Oh yeah, and I’ve subbed!
I am in my 60s and have been listening to rock since I was in first grade. It started with the Beatles. Then I progressed through the years through Pink Floyd and Zeppelin, Punk and New Wave then Grunge.
I stumbled onto Penny Lane last week on UA-cam and watching it I realized just how important they were to rock in general over the years. They were so far ahead, so innovative and creative that like many I took them for granted until then. That video made me re-think and appreciate them for their monumental influence.
@@DianeLake-sw3ym You get it! The other thing that’s astonishing is that if their output was over thirty odd years it would still be amazing, but it was all done in just under a decade. That hardly bears thinking about, it’s that incredible!
their growth was incredible....from yeah yeah yeah to rubber soul in late 1965 was a quantum leap......i was born in 1950
@@ianpark1805Even more impressive when you consider the overwhelming majority of their most cherished music was done in 6-7 years (1964-1970)
@@DianeLake-sw3ym sounds similar to my experience being that I am in my mid 60s. In my youth I had the 45 of Yesterday, and would listen to it several times in a row, because I loved that song a lot.
I don't know if you know the show name that tune, but I used to play it with my brothers and sisters. I would play a few notes of the beginning of a song and see who could identity it, and they would do the same. It was a lot of fun.
Im glad you said the Pistols. I was worried you were going to say the Clash
#1 checks every box you could possibly check. Pop sensation like no other. Changed music more than any other band. Great writers, great performers. Brought more instruments into pop and rock music than any other group. What more can you say?
Nicely done. I always enjoy your perspective, Andy. You provide reasonable premises and draw reasonable conclusions. That's all one can ask, about anything.
Absolutely correct on the Velvet Underground!
Yeah, no matter what their haters say.
@@alternativepreacher4516 Exactly. Maybe in TOP 3.
Only sold 50,000 records, but everyone who bought one started a band. Apparently.
@@Spiritofdarkandlonelywater Total bollocks, just an urban myth. They weren't nearly as influential as time has made them out to be.
Great video
Greetings and blessings from Bangladesh Dear Andy.... Nice to see you after a long time from here ☺️🙏❤🎉 Superb❤️
I was 12 when I saw the global broadcast of All You Need Is Love. Mesmerising. I bloody love The Beatles.
the world watched that broadcast, they brought a beautiful event. Besides, it's a damn good song!
I was 6 and remember hearing about them for the first time. going Home that Friday I told my mother we needed to make sure to watch Ed Sullivan Sunday. My brother and I were in front of the black and white tv watching the Beatles. But, I also remember not being able to hear them much because of all the screaming from the teen girls in the audience.
sounds like you are referring to the Ed Sullivan appearance(s) which were early pop songs in the beatlemania period. The All You Need Is Love broadcast was entirely different and more impactful- "The song was Britain's contribution to Our World, the first live global television link, for which the band were filmed performing it at EMI Studios in London on 25 June. The programme was broadcast via satellite and seen by an audience of over 400 million in 25 countries."
You nailed it mate with I bloody love the Beatles!!
And at their feet sat Mick Jagger and numerous London musical luminaries in full hippie regalia
10 - The Who 🇬🇧
9 - Nirvana 🇺🇸
8 - The Sex Pistols 🇬🇧
7 - The Velvet Underground 🇺🇸
6 - Led Zeppelin 🇬🇧
5 - Black Sabbath 🇬🇧
4 - Kraftwerk 🇩🇪
3 - The Rolling Stones 🇬🇧
2 - Cream 🇬🇧
1 - The Beatles 🇬🇧
Your list is subjective, as is any list. However, one thing ALL lists will have in common, no matter who compiles them or where they are from, is that as different as they may be from each other, the top 10 are ALWAYS dominated by British bands.
The actual top ten is in many ways less important than the discussion of the assessment criteria. Top job 👏
Re: Cream, there is a clip of Jimi Hendrix playing on a tv show and starts with Hey Joe and suddenly switches to Sunshine of your love as an acknowledgement of it's power
Because Cream had broken up!
I'm sure Lulu remembers it well. 😊
He did it after learning Jack Bruce considered him as one of the song's influences.
*its
I’d have “The Animals”and “The Doors” to that list!
Also for Psychedelic Rock I would have The Moody Blues in Days of Future Passed!
Yes, The Doors. They'd have to be on my top 10 list somewhere.
I just luv people talking about the Beatles in that way, with so much passion!
This is, without doubt, the most interesting video I've seen in a long time.
Seldom does one have the opportunity to see someone who really knows their stuff express it so fluently, and on my favourite subject.
Do I agree with everything?
No.
But it's well argued...
A rare treat.
Thanks
Disclaimer: Pushing 70, a scouser, brought up on the Beatles, Stones, The Who, etc.
Sincerely appreciate your passion, your breadth of view and your avoidance of cliches. Well spoken..
One of your best Andy.
I humbly add: Public Enemy - their impact on the lives of so many people over the past 40 years throughout the world is incalculable. I've had interactions with people from Asia, Eastern Europe, South America, Africa as well as Western Europe and North America who have pointed to Public Enemy as a key catalyst in their lives, especially their social and political awakening. Oh, and they're still active.
The Sugarhill Gang invented Rap in the 1970's And since then Rap has been taken over and weaponized Also If 90% of the world speaks another language then the idea is mute.
@@4thlinemaniac356 Andy Edwards is clearly familiar with a lot of music history. I think he hearted my comment because he recognises Public Enemy as a legitimate contender for a top 10 spot. Btw the Sugarhill Gang didn't invent rap. I don't quite get your final comment - there are plenty of bands with English-language lyrics that have a global impact like Public Enemy or Depeche Mode or Sepultura. Approx. 1.5 billion people worldwide have English as their second or additional language
@@joelwilson289 YES they did and my second part about the greatest music by popularity would come from non English speaking countries We tend to over rate these things take them out of context. Sugarhill Gang invented Rap using Chico's iconic bassline on Good Times. It is documented.
Agreed. While I'm not a rap fan, this list is ridiculously heavy on 60's Brit rock. How about The Meters?
@@4thlinemaniac356 Moot.
I saw a Who concert from just a few years ago and it's incredible how formidable they still are live. Not in an agressive way, but just how they lock with each other, how free and spontaneous Pete is onstage and how well he and Roger still sing.
Great list. I would need The Beach Boys on mine, not just for the adventurous vocals, but Brian's song structure, production, and backing tracks opened things up for The Beatles and everyone else.
The Beach Boys were the first band to employ the thermion in their music.
But, on their records, you basically heard the Wrecking Crew with The Beach Boys just contributing the vocals. Great vocalist but not a band in the typical sense.
@@dosstodd8014 Brian was a good songwriter. They were a band live on stage. A lot of bands in the 60's used the Wrecking Crew.....The Monkees as an example.
@@dosstodd8014 ...just recenly several very famous musicians including Bob Dylan made a congratulation video for Brain Wilson with Elton John calling him the genius of pop or something like that. The Wrecking Crew did what Wilson told them to do just like Phil Spector told him what to do. ''Most important'' is a rather difficult subject as it is with lots of musicians influencing one another with stealing going on as well. With also popular music not being the best music out there..instrumental music is on a higher level since it is more complex. A band like Weather Report outperformes every band in that list in this video for instance.
any band that pushes the Beatles cannot be overlooked
Thank you for mentioning Graham Bond. He not only had Baker, Bruce and McLaughlin as co-players (in actual fact he joined a band in which Baker was already a member, and Jack Bruce sort of barged his way into the band). But he also helped in the British transition from jazz to R and B. He also employed Jon Hiseman and Dick Heckstall-Smith who formed Colosseum and employed John Weathers from Gentle Giant. Also, Prog Fans, he featured organ and Mellotron in the band (before the Moody Blues, as I recall.) Into Crowley before Page. It was said that musicians admired Bond in the same way that the public admired the Beatles.
One thing about excluding the Mothers and Beefheart-arguably, their biggest influence in the mainstream occurred when they had their original lineup. The Velvet Underground started bleeding members after their first two albums and Doug Yule was leader for their last three albums or so. I also get the distinct impression that a great many bands just name checked the VU to look hip. I could be miles off, BUT I remember the VU being so hyped in the mid 1970s. Velvet Underground not selling a lot is a myth, by the way. They sold 200,000 albums from 1966-1971. That's far more than the low figures often cited. That's what I call creating a fake exclusive club! So you can feel special if you like them...😅
In defense of disco...a lot of the credit you are giving Kraftwerk also belongs to disco, especially EDM.
Not surprising you’re rocking back and forth!
very interesting point of a view...
The Beach Boys,Americas greatest band,still today,highly influential,over 100M records sold,but not on your list.
Overrated band
Beach boys?
Well done 👍
I like that you put the music and bands in a broader context of society, modernisme/postmodernism.
I’m surprised that Pink Floyd is not on the list - would be on mine.
LZ, Sabbath, The Stones, The Ramones, The Who, The Beatles, Metallica, Judas Priest, Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix
All great bands you list here, but this was more about influence then greatness. However, according to a music appreciation class I took around 2014 The Ramones are considered the start of Punk Rock, and they came before the Sex Pistols.
I love the Beatles; they are, without a doubt, the GOATs of music. To say nothing of their songwriting and composition - their innovation in music alone would put them on top. Their influence can not be understated.
I dunno, music's a pretty big place.
Probably the most influential, but that doesn't necessarily make them the best.
Radiohead are a better band.
@@3scher1 their biggest song was a serious ripoff of The Hollies, themselves a much better band than Radiohead.
I think the correct phrase is, their influence cannot be overstated.
I'm sure you have heard that lists are for arguing about. But to some like me that's the fun of it. You make good arguments for all of the bands on the basis of their influence on later music. I don't really like quite a few of these bands, but you really make a good case for each. (Praise comes from retired history teacher. ) Good analysis of music scene's influence on culture.
Some of my friends and I have frequent discussions about music; especially about what is the difference between music that musicians like and the music that is widely popular ? You can never stop liking the music of when you were a teenager. But being a musician myself, I tend to favor music that features more complexity and virtuosity. Fortunately for me, I grew up in a time when some artistic music broke into to the world of pop music.
Thanks for that, I can't stick some of the bands on this list
Thanks for connecting so well rock culture and a society that changes. lib from sicily
Missing Queen
Another great list. I understand your arguments for Cream, but that is a band that I never think of as important as all the other bands in the list. I really appreciate your take on The Beatles. I always took it for granted that they were the archetypal band because they were so big and came right at the beginning. I realize now that you're right, they are the opposite of that. They are a transcendent band who wholly embody the values of the culture that they ushered in, and nobody else could be like them no matter how they tried. Great job Andy!
No jam bands without Cream and the Grateful Dead. Andy says it - Cream really are the first really popular band to be stretching out in a serious way - their studio albums are OK but it's their live material that really broke new ground, and opened things up for bands that came afterwards.
I was in first grade when the Beatles came to America. And I was lucky. My mother let my brother and me buy and listen to Beatles music and frankly all rock music in the 60s as kids. Last week I stumbled onto a video on UA-cam of Penny Lane and realized I forgot just how important the Beatles were to music and its development during a 30+ year span. And their influence on music everywhere for many years - including their single careers. they were always creative and always ahead of everyone else.
Cream essentially raised the bar for instrumental ability (along with the Mothers and the Who) and they basically, along with Hendrix, radically changed the sound of rock. They also set up the foundation of prog rock, fusion, so much that we take for granted now. They were really the first group I can think of that actually had nearly universal acclaim for all three musicians' instrumental musical skills.
Sex Pistols, like it or not, were an extremely important band. I didn't like them, honestly, but I don't deny their importance. I really like John Lydon as a person, btw. He seems very honest and genuine. That's very rare.
Yes - but critically, they were, unlike the Who and Zappa, improvising all the way.@@garygomesvedicastrology
Great video Andy! I agree with probably 90% of your observations of these bands!
The Kinks. Massive influence on heavy music with You Really Got Me. Massive influence on Britpop( Blur, Oasis, Pulp...).
Andy's thesis (diatribe?) on the change that the Beatles personified is superb! Mind you, I was born in 1949, so I wouild say that, wouldn't I? 🙂🙂
Didn’t Blue Cheer cover Summertime Blues?
Yes
Original by Eddy Cochren !
Blue Chesr ----- not good
@@malegrissusran8847 Two wildly different styles, c'mon. Blue Cheer went total acid-rock freakout with Cochran's rockabilly teenage lament...always interesting when a song is 'interpreted' by another - think Devo doing the Stones "Satisfaction", Johnny Cash on " Personal Jesus", Santana covering Chuck Berry's "Havana Moon", and hilariously, Pat Boone getting tough covering " No More Mr. Nice Guy" from Alice Cooper. A lot of cover versions sound just like the originals, why? I don't get it. 🔊
Made it better.
Eddy cochren is a classic song!
Till today !
Blue Chear was a noisy hard Rock Trash !!
If you like to listen it - Its up to you !
I never heard it since 1976 !
No need !
Listen to Syd Vicious - Com ón Everybody !!
Also a Eddy Cochran Cover ! Nice Video !
There is a Live Version of Summertime Blues of the Who !!
Easily the best presentation I've seen not only on rock bands, but also on rock music in all its wonderful variations. Fantastic work, Andy!
I am a subscriber (have been for a while now) and I did press like. Thought you'd like to know these things.
Glad you enjoyed it!
The true list.
10) Metallica
9) Black Sabbath
8) Iron Maiden
7) Genesis
6) Deep Purple
5) Animals
4) Pink Floyd
3) Led Zeppelin
2) The Beatles
1) The Rolling stones
And to think that I saw the Who and Cream at a local Catholic high school in November of 67 and March of 68. It was a wonderful time to be alive.
people like Paul Weller understood TheWHO. as far as 'Summertime Blues',TheWHO's 'ODDS 'N' SODS re-issue has a killer studio version of it, from '67.
Man, you've gotta focus on John Paul jones. His musicianship and musicality was the glue that made Led Zeppelin such a solid band.
Interesting narrative. I was 14 years old, when the Beatles hit the world. They had a huge influence across so many countries and peoples. They and the bands that accompanied them were the sound track of the youth driven cultural revolution.
Interesting list and thanks for sharing. I am glad to see The Velvets in the list. I know they were influential on Bowie and a lot of the early punk and goth music, even new wave of the late 70s.
Like the best of your presentations this is not only informative but thought provoking at the same time. I don't necessarily agree with all of your analysis, but I truly respect your thoughtfulness in finding a fresh angle and perspective to appreciate music. Thank you.
Some points and thoughts:
- Yes, Pete Townshend's comments for louder amplification prompted Jim Marshall to move from just 45-watt amps to 100-watts.
- Townshend also requested an 8 x 12" speaker cab. This proved unwieldy so was cut in two, thus creating the 4 x 12" cab and the Marshall stack setup.
- Worth noting that it was John Entwistle who proposed the idea of roundwound strings to James Howe, of Rotosound. Entwistle wanted piano-style strings for his bass. The band included an ad with the lyric 'Hold your group together with Rotosound Strings' on their 'Sell Out' album.
- The Doors were a blues band with a flamenco guitarist who only started on electric just prior to joining the band. Most other west coast bands including the Grateful Dead and Jefferson were folk and bluesgrass players who went electric and got into the blues.
- One could argue that punk was the attitude of Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochrane and Vince Taylor combined with early Kinks power chording and Beck-era Yardbirds riffing.
- Malcolm McLaren was a genius re: marketing punk via the Sex Pistols. Indeed, many bands benefitted from visionary managers - the Beatles with Brian Epstein, the Stones with Andrew Loog Oldham, Led Zeppelin with Peter Grant.... Other suffered, like the Small Faces with Don Arden, the Move with Tony Secunda, Humble Pie with Dee Anthony.
- The Blue Cheer tune was 'Summertime Blues', not 'Something Else'. The Move did a great live version of the latter on their live EP title 'Something Else', which also includes great covers of the Byrds' 'So You Wanna be a Rock 'n' Roll Star' and Spooky Tooth's 'Sunshine Help Me'.
- Mention of the Stones' 'Paint It Black' is a reminder that Mick Jagger produced a killer version of that tune by Chris Farlowe, with the band including Jimmy Page, Albert Lee and Carl Palmer. Go listen on UA-cam.
- Did Cream influence Hendrix? Absolutely! He loved them (see his impromptu 'Sunshine of Your Love' tribute on the Lulu show clip on UA-cam). Before he settled on the Experience his band was to have been a soul revue with horns. Due to costs that was reduced to a 4-piece with keys. But after seeing Cream, Hendrix and manager Chas Chandler agreed that going with a 3-piece was worth a shot. Fortunately Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding fit the formula.
- And yes, the Beatles were every bit as influential with societal transformation as they were with influencing the direction of contemporary music. I think that only those of us who experienced the before and after appreciate just what a rapid and massive change that was. Indeed, we've never seen anything even remotely close to it.
Cheers!
So very interesting.
I enjoyed this.
Was waiting for Pink Floyd at number two, Cream was a shoker, anyway, amazing list and well explained, not my favorites or the ones I listen the most but the most influential and of course every record collector needs to have most of what they did on LP or CD. Anyway, my ten favorite bands and artists are: Bjork, David Bowie, Depeche Mode, The Cure The Ramones, Sonic Youth, Ministry, Prince, Radiohead and The Beastie Boys, and I'll do a video like yours explaining why they are the most important artists in history. I think I could do that believe it or not.
Bjork?
A video on music of the year 1965 is an excellent idea!
My favorite year in rock
@@clydekimsey7503 Mine too.
Bravo! From the perspective of this 68 year old, your logic for the choices made was well thought out and articulated. I couldn't agree more with the Beatles and no you can't find anything else to say about them (or Led Zeppelin for that matter), the second most important band in my life. Well done!
I'm enjoying your output Andy. The way you express yourself reminds me of so many chats I have with pals (I'm a wee bit older than you). Apologies if I've missed some of your detail, but I'm surprised you only have two American band in your list..Personally, I would have the E Street Band in there...such powerful social commentary and presented so beautifully....unless you reckon they are more Bruce Springsteen than a full band. I'm not so interested in their output beyond the 1980s but I find their core output very important. I couldn't agree more with you about the Beatles. They (to me) are on another planet! I'm fairly ambivalent about the likes of Cream and Sabbath, but, hey, each to their own! I reckon ACDC are more significant than both, but I'm not sure ACDC would even make my own top ten.
I'm definitely going to make a point of tuning in to more of your stuff Andy...a good way to unwind and reflect on music. I get the difference between 'favourite' and 'most influential' you're talking about. For the record, I'm mainly 80s through 90s indie, both sides of the Atlantic...and also Australasia. My own go-to list (in no particular order) includes Yo La Tengo, Sonic Youth, Lambchop, Teenage Fanclub, Ron Sexsmith, The Go Betweens, The Bats, The Chills, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. The Beatles hold the highest honour...with Abba not far behind (which always seems to surprise some!) I definitely have a 70s thing going on...with early Springsteen and Big Star shining brightly. I couldn't live without music.