Top 5 British Bands of 60s that arent Beatles/Stones

Post by **BlueChair** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 1:51 pm

1. The Kinks
2. The Who
3. The Zombies
4. The Hollies
5. The Small Faces

HungupStrungup · Post by **HungupStrungup** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 1:58 pm

(not in any particular order)

The Who
The Yardbirds
Manfred Mann
The Zombies
The Dave Clark Five

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 2:19 pm

In order, and this isn't really up for debate:

1. The Who
2. The Kinks
3. The Hollies
4. The Zombies
5. Chad and Jeremy

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 6:30 pm

1. The Kinks (and really ahead of the Stones)
2. The Who
3. The Animals
4. The Small Faces
5. The Searchers (even better harmonies than the Hollies)

Tim(e) · Post by **Tim(e)** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 8:20 pm

In no particular order:

The Kinks
The Who
The Yardbirds
Traffic
Spencer Davis

Others of note:

Cream
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
John Mayall's Blues Breakers
Swinging Blue Jeans
The Knickerbockers

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 9:26 pm

I think most of the groups I was thining of have been named.

How about,

Them (Nothern Island is still British occupied isn't it?)

Mott The Hoople (1st album 1969, so they kind of Qualify)

Curiously no one has thought to mention Genesis or Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett. They wouldn't make my top 5, but thought they had their fans.

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 10:58 pm

noiseradio, you're such a card. Chad and Jeremy! i still have one of their singles that is square and paper that i cut off the back of a cereal box. those things would play a little if you could get them to go around your 45 turntable. (i suppose this phenomenon doesn't ring a bell with most of you.) did you ever see them on that episode of the dick van dyke show?!

thank you BWAP for The Animals; it shouldn't have taken till the 4th post for them to appear.

and the knickerbockers! wow, what a thought. they were quite the rage for a little while, all over the television.

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 11:50 pm

Wow, you can be pretentious Noise! ("This isn't up for debate".....why are we here then?)

So, veering off from Professor Noise's picks:

1. The Kinks
2. The Kinks
3. The Kinks
4. Shocking Blue (not British, but still better than most of the British Invasion)
5. The Zombies

As you can see, the Who don't enter my top 5. I know most people will disagree, and I certainly respect that. Its just that as a whole, I think the Kinks did more for music than The Who, the Hollies, or Chad and Jeremy ever did.

Bring it on!

girl out of time · Post by **girl out of time** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 6:12 pm

the who
the kinks
the pretty things
the small faces
the spencer davis group

A rope leash · Post by **A rope leash** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 8:05 pm

Pink Floyd
Yes
Jethro Tull
Sex Pistols
Elvis Costello and the Attractions

Oasis?
Blur?

Spice Girls????

A rope leash · Post by **A rope leash** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 8:07 pm

Not all from the '60's, but good bands anyway...

Black Sabbath?

Herman's Hermits?

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 11:40 pm

It's funny, but, except for the vinyl soundtrack to the movie of "Quadrophenia", I've never owned any albums by any of the bands mentioned...though I do enjoy the Kinks a lot and really should by all their records immeidately.

Mixed feelings about a lot of the Who...and even a lot of the Stones. Guess, when it comes to the British Invasion, I'm just a Beatles guy.

It seems like almost every non-Beatles album I own from the sixties is soul/r&b or "adult pop."....I'm weird, I guess.

so lacklustre · Post by **so lacklustre** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 5:34 am

Has nobody mentioned Freddy & The Dreamers. I like it.

A rope leash · Post by **A rope leash** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 9:27 am

The mighty Led Zepplin...

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 10:15 am

I'm not pretentious. I'm joking. The Chad & Jeremy mention should have given that away. They're a 1 hit wonder at best, and I thought it would be funnyt to put them on there and then mockingly say this was a definitive list. Herman's Hermits would have been just right. But Chad & Jeremy was just right.

Next time, I'll include a picture of a seltzer bottle when I'm kidding.

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 2:08 pm

Great idea, Noise -- it's time to lobby for a seltzer bottle emoticon...an alternative to that never to be trusted smiley face. In fact, everyone who uses an emoticon should be killed! (Damn, I could really use that seltzer bottle icon right now....)

LessThanZero · Post by **LessThanZero** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 10:24 pm

Actually, we have a Chad and Jeremy's greatest hits here in the office. I've never given it a second thought, but now tonight, after wanting to give it a chance, I find the new girl TOOK IT HOME!! What's that all about?

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 12:22 pm

You're right Bobster, I'm starting to hate them. I'm not using emoticons anymore.

sulkygirl · Post by **sulkygirl** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 11:16 pm

oily slick wrote: Chad and Jeremy! i still have one of their singles that is square and paper that i cut off the back of a cereal box. those things would play a little if you could get them to go around your 45 turntable. (i suppose this phenomenon doesn't ring a bell with most of you.)

C'mon, slick, I remember those goofy, cut out records like it was yesterday! (Although I'll be damned if I can remember what bands we got...The Monkees, maybe??)

Had to make itty-bitty tape loops (sticky-side out) to mount to the back of the cardboard to get them to stick to the turntable, instead of just slipping/scritching around...

***sings***

..."Memories..."

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 1:16 am

I still think Noise was being pretentious. (no smiley Icon).

LessThanZero · Post by **LessThanZero** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 1:25 am

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 9:35 am

And I still think pophead is missing the joke. Too bad.

By the way. The most pretentious end to a post on this thread:

pophead2k wrote:(no smiley Icon).

--Professor Noise

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 10:25 am

bambooneedle wrote:You're right Bobster, I'm starting to hate them. I'm not using emoticons anymore.

I've been anti-emoticon forever. I'd say more, but I'd hate to be accused of pretentiousness.

A rope leash · Post by **A rope leash** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 5:39 pm

There is no emoticon to express what I am feeling!

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 10:43 pm

Actually Noise, I was just reacting with the 'seltzer bottle' to the post above mine. Its just that, like your original post, the 'humor' was lost in translation. See y'all.

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