Right I finally made it to 100 posts....God Help Us
Radiohead -
No,
Tricky one for me as I'm mildly fond of Radiohead, I'm just not sure if their "classic" 90's work was just good for the time or will age well, too early to say me thinks. Respect to them though for their ability to do what they want when they want in this new century, I quite like that......take that Coldplay and U2
...... but I'm going to be strict and say no, but time I'm sure will get this band through
The Kinks -
Yes, yes, sweet Jesus yes.
Ignoring the early days of The Kinks when Dave Davies was doing some marvellous things with his guitar, from 1965-1971, this band did not make one bad album, infact every album they released in this period was a classic
1965 – The Kink Kontroversy
1966 – Face to Face
1967 – Something Else by The Kinks
1968 – The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
1969 – Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
1970 – Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
1971 – Muswell Hillbillies
For sheer quality, productivity, consistant output and for being bloody brilliant, a big fat yes from me.
The Beach Boys - No,
Sorry folks, dont be angry.
The harmonies are wonderful at times, and Wilson's songwriting is up there with the best of them, but for me their early material was not as strong as some of their contemporaries. And without Wilson, I would not be too sure The Beach Boys would have made any advancement from Surf at all. Pet Sounds rightly gets plaudits, which it deserves, but its one album, when you compare that to The Kinks above that does focus the mind. Mainly because of this and a little bit because of the nomination not being exclusive to Wilson, I'm going to have to say no
Just an opinion innit
Public Enemy - Abstaining
I don't know enough to make a judgement, sorry