Led Zeppelin is the greatest band ever

~~MicShazam~~ · 10-12-2017, 08:33 AM

What does 'greatest' even mean in this context? Commercial successfulness? Influence on future bands? How good their music is (which would of course be 100% subjective opinion)?

It's a pretty loose term.

OccultHawk · 10-12-2017, 08:54 AM

It's not a superlative I would use when describing LZ but I can understand getting really swept up in their music.

Blue Hawk · 10-12-2017, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

What does 'greatest' even mean in this context? Commercial successfulness? Influence on future bands? How good their music is (which would of course be 100% subjective opinion)?

It's a pretty loose term.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/spotify/20-t...0np#.uyXDA5JVI

~~MicShazam~~ · 10-12-2017, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blue Hawk

http://www.buzzfeed.com/spotify/20-t...0np#.uyXDA5JVI

Well if Buzzfeed says something, it must be true.

Chula Vista · 10-12-2017, 11:10 AM

Years back VH1 were into polling a bunch of musicians (200 total) across a wide range of genres to compile various 'best of' lists.

Greatest Artists
1. The Beatles
2. Michael Jackson
3. Led Zeppelin
4. The Rolling Stones
5. Bob Dylan
6. Jimi Hendrix
7. Prince
8. Elvis Presley
9. James Brown
10. Stevie Wonder

Greatest Hard Rock Artists
1. Led Zeppelin
2. Black Sabbath
3. Jimi Hendrix
4. AC/DC
5. Metallica
6. Nirvana
7. Van Halen
8. The Who
9. Guns N Roses
10. Kiss

Well if 200 musicians say something, it must be true.

**Frownland** · 10-12-2017, 11:10 AM

Lol that's one of my favourite articles. Half of the items are basically "Led Zeppelin is the greatest because they're famous and rich as ****."

The Batlord · 10-12-2017, 11:14 AM

How ****ty were the artists they talked to?

~~MicShazam~~ · 10-12-2017, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Years back VH1 were into polling a bunch of musicians (200 total) across a wide range of genres to compile various 'best of' lists.

Greatest Artists
1. The Beatles
2. Michael Jackson
3. Led Zeppelin
4. The Rolling Stones
5. Bob Dylan
6. Jimi Hendrix
7. Prince
8. Elvis Presley
9. James Brown
10. Stevie Wonder

Greatest Hard Rock Artists
1. Led Zeppelin
2. Black Sabbath
3. Jimi Hendrix
4. AC/DC
5. Metallica
6. Nirvana
7. Van Halen
8. The Who
9. Guns N Roses
10. Kiss

Well if 200 musicians say something, it must be true.

The credibility of the whole thing is called into question by Kiss being on one of the lists. Plus, if you ask any large group of people the same question, the common denominators are going to be a bunch of famous artists.

OccultHawk · 10-12-2017, 11:16 AM

Have you ever been to a KISS concert?

~~MicShazam~~ · 10-12-2017, 11:18 AM

Thank god no.

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Years back VH1 were into polling a bunch of musicians (200 total) across a wide range of genres to compile various 'best of' lists. Greatest Artists 1. The Beatles 2. Michael Jackson 3. Led Zeppelin 4. The Rolling Stones 5. Bob Dylan 6. Jimi Hendrix 7. Prince 8. Elvis Presley 9. James Brown 10. Stevie Wonder Greatest Hard Rock Artists 1. Led Zeppelin 2. Black Sabbath 3. Jimi Hendrix 4. AC/DC 5. Metallica 6. Nirvana 7. Van Halen 8. The Who 9. Guns N Roses 10. Kiss Well if 200 musicians say something, it must be true. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Lol that's one of my favourite articles. Half of the items are basically "Led Zeppelin is the greatest because they're famous and rich as ***." __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.* d e a f b o x

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~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	What does 'greatest' even mean in this context? Commercial successfulness? Influence on future bands? How good their music is (which would of course be 100% subjective opinion)? It's a pretty loose term.

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~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	Thank god no.