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The Most Influential Rock Band
« on: January 16, 2025, 01:36:14 PM »
By the methodology used by this person, U2 is the 4th most influential rock band of all time

https://www.cantgetmuchhigher.com/p/the-most-influential-rock-bands


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Re: The Most Influential Rock Band
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2025, 01:46:10 PM »
There?s no real method to be able to judge influence, because realistically you can be influenced by dozens of artists, but may only name drop a few. And what exactly is the influence based on? Is it songs? musicianship? lyrics? live show? All of the above?

For instance, a band like Kiss may not be highly influential with their songs, but their live show influenced countless acts that came after. Dylan and Springsteen would rank higher than most others for lyrics.

I think the one thing everyone could agree with is that the Beatles are the most influential act.
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Re: The Most Influential Rock Band
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2025, 02:27:22 PM »
Quote from: So Cruel on January 16, 2025, 01:46:10 PM
There?s no real method to be able to judge influence, because realistically you can be influenced by dozens of artists, but may only name drop a few. And what exactly is the influence based on? Is it songs? musicianship? lyrics? live show? All of the above?

For instance, a band like Kiss may not be highly influential with their songs, but their live show influenced countless acts that came after. Dylan and Springsteen would rank higher than most others for lyrics.

I think the one thing everyone could agree with is that the Beatles are the most influential act.


I would agree with that, but this website is full of argumentative f****** so doubtless someone will challenge you.
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Re: The Most Influential Rock Band
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2025, 02:28:39 PM »
Quote from: walktothewater on January 16, 2025, 02:27:22 PM
Quote from: So Cruel on January 16, 2025, 01:46:10 PM
There?s no real method to be able to judge influence, because realistically you can be influenced by dozens of artists, but may only name drop a few. And what exactly is the influence based on? Is it songs? musicianship? lyrics? live show? All of the above?

For instance, a band like Kiss may not be highly influential with their songs, but their live show influenced countless acts that came after. Dylan and Springsteen would rank higher than most others for lyrics.

I think the one thing everyone could agree with is that the Beatles are the most influential act.


I would agree with that, but this website is full of argumentative f****** so doubtless someone will challenge you.

I hear a chatbot stalking its way to this very thread, ready to do battle. 
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Re: The Most Influential Rock Band
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2025, 05:42:26 PM »
Quote from: walktothewater on January 16, 2025, 02:27:22 PM
Quote from: So Cruel on January 16, 2025, 01:46:10 PM
There?s no real method to be able to judge influence, because realistically you can be influenced by dozens of artists, but may only name drop a few. And what exactly is the influence based on? Is it songs? musicianship? lyrics? live show? All of the above?

For instance, a band like Kiss may not be highly influential with their songs, but their live show influenced countless acts that came after. Dylan and Springsteen would rank higher than most others for lyrics.

I think the one thing everyone could agree with is that the Beatles are the most influential act.


I would agree with that, but this website is full of argumentative f****** so doubtless someone will challenge you.

Isn?t that every human on the planet?
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Re: The Most Influential Rock Band
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2025, 07:02:10 PM »
Quote from: SlyDanner on January 16, 2025, 02:28:39 PM
Quote from: walktothewater on January 16, 2025, 02:27:22 PM
Quote from: So Cruel on January 16, 2025, 01:46:10 PM
There?s no real method to be able to judge influence, because realistically you can be influenced by dozens of artists, but may only name drop a few. And what exactly is the influence based on? Is it songs? musicianship? lyrics? live show? All of the above?

For instance, a band like Kiss may not be highly influential with their songs, but their live show influenced countless acts that came after. Dylan and Springsteen would rank higher than most others for lyrics.

I think the one thing everyone could agree with is that the Beatles are the most influential act.


I would agree with that, but this website is full of argumentative f****** so doubtless someone will challenge you.

I hear a chatbot stalking its way to this very thread, ready to do battle.


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Re: The Most Influential Rock Band
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2025, 11:45:31 PM »
Haha exactly
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Re: The Most Influential Rock Band
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2025, 08:44:03 PM »
Well, we know a certain blend of U2 is the template for Coldplay, and Coldplay is the template for a lot of current rock-type music today.
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Re: The Most Influential Rock Band
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2025, 08:52:22 PM »
Quote from: laoghaire on January 17, 2025, 08:44:03 PM
Well, we know a certain blend of U2 is the template for Coldplay, and Coldplay is the template for a lot of current rock-type music today.

Ya think?

The Immortals - The Greatest Artists of All Time: 22) U2
By Chris Martin
Posted Apr 15, 2004 12:00 AM

I don't buy weekend tickets to Ireland and hang out in front of their gates, but U2 are the only band whose entire catalog I know by heart. The first song on The Unforgettable Fire, "A Sort of Homecoming," I know backward and forward -- it's so rousing, brilliant and beautiful. It's one of the first songs I played to my unborn baby.

The first U2 album I ever heard was Achtung Baby. It was 1991, and I was fourteen years old. Before that, I didn't even know what albums were. From that point, I worked backward -- every six months, I'd get to buy a new U2 album. The sound they pioneered -- the driving bass and drums underneath and those ethereal, effects-laden guitar tracks floating out from above -- was nothing that had been heard before. They may be the only good anthemic rock band ever. Certainly they're the best.

What I love most about U2 is that the band is more important than any of their songs or albums. I love that they're best mates and have an integral role in one another's lives as friends. I love the way that they're not interchangeable -- if Larry Mullen Jr. wants to go scuba diving for a week, the rest of the band can't do a thing. U2 -- like Coldplay -- maintain that all songs that appear on their albums are credited to the band. And they are the only band that's been around for twenty years with no member changes and no big splits.

It's amazing that the biggest band in the world has so much integrity and passion in their music. Our society is thoroughly screwed, fame is a ridiculous waste of time, and celebrity culture is disgusting. There are only a few people around brave enough to talk out against it, who use their fame in a good way. And every time I try, I feel like an idiot, because I see Bono actually getting things achieved. While everyone else is swearing at George Bush, Bono is the one who rubs Bush's back and gets a billion dollars for Africa. People can be so cynical -- they don't like do-gooders -- but Bono's attitude is, "I don't care what anybody thinks, I'm going to speak out." He's accomplished so much with Greenpeace, in Sarajevo, at the concert to shut down the Sellafield nuclear plant, and he still runs the gantlet. When the time came for Coldplay to think about fair trade, we took his lead to speak out regardless of what anyone may think. That's what we've learned from U2: You have to be brave enough to be yourself.

[From Issue 946 ? April 15, 2004]
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Re: The Most Influential Rock Band
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2025, 09:03:23 PM »
Chris Martin is my age and didn?t know what an album was until Achtung Baby came out?
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Re: The Most Influential Rock Band
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2025, 09:21:44 PM »
Quote from: laoghaire on January 17, 2025, 09:03:23 PM
Chris Martin is my age and didn?t know what an album was until Achtung Baby came out?

Maybe he only listened to radio?  ???

I remember reading an article where it was said that during the recording of X&Y, they had a giant TUF poster hanging in the studio.

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