It wasn't the Beatles. It wasn't the Stones. Not Nirvana. The greatest rock band of all time was

[HamdenRice]

The Who.

And I'm not stating that as an opinion. It's a simple fact.




(But Jimi was the greatest individual rock musician of all time.)

[BOSSHOG]

1. Its tough to pick the greatest anything but

I'll give a nod and honorable mention to Bad Company.

[HamdenRice]

5. Can I act like this is GD and ...

get all dogmatic onya?

[BOSSHOG]

6. Dogwhatic?? Live for the Music, give it everything that you've got!

Hey a partial surrender, I thoroughly appreciate the Who. I lived in England in 67-69. What a great place to be for music.

[quip]

2. Who???

:shrug:

[Richard Steele]

34. I don't know...

THIRD BASE!

[quip]

63. Classic! That bit is one of my ALL TIME favorites!

http://fisher.osu.edu/~tomassini_1/whotext.html

(Shhh. Now we have a permanent reference for it):

Who's on First-- Abbott & Costello

Abbott: Alright, now whaddya want?
Costello: Now look, I'm the head of the sports department. I gotta know the baseball players' names.
Do you know the guys' names?

Abbott: Oh sure.

Costello: So you go ahead and tell me some of their names.

Abbott: Well, I'll introduce you to the boys. You know sometimes nowadays they give ballplayers peculiar names.

Costello: You mean funny names.

Abbott: Nicknames, pet names, like Dizzy Dean -

Costello: His brother Daffy -

Abbott: Daffy Dean -

Costello: And their cousin!

Abbott: Who's that?

Costello: Goofy!

Abbott: Goofy, huh? Now let's see. We have on the bags - we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third.

Costello: That's what I wanna find out.

Abbott: I say Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third -

Costello: You know the fellows' names?

Abbott: Certainly!

Costello: Well then who's on first?

Abbott: Yes!

Costello: I mean the fellow's name!

Abbott: Who!

Costello: The guy on first!

Abbott: Who!

Costello: The first baseman!

Abbott: Who!

Costello: The guy playing first!

Abbott: Who is on first!

Costello: Now whaddya askin' me for?

Abbott: I'm telling you Who is on first.

Costello: Well, I'm asking YOU who's on first!

Abbott: That's the man's name.

Costello: That's who's name?

Abbott: Yes.

Costello: Well go ahead and tell me.

Abbott: Who.

Costello: The guy on first.

Abbott: Who!

Costello: The first baseman.

Abbott: Who is on first!

Costello: Have you got a contract with the first baseman?

Abbott: Absolutely.

Costello: Who signs the contract?

Abbott: Well, naturally!

Costello: When you pay off the first baseman every month, who gets the money?

Abbott: Every dollar. Why not? The man's entitled to it.

Costello: Who is?

Abbott: Yes. Sometimes his wife comes down and collects it.

Costello: Who's wife?

Abbott: Yes.

Costello: All I'm tryin' to find out is what's the guy's name on first base.

Abbott: Oh, no - wait a minute, don't switch 'em around. What is on second base.

Costello: I'm not askin' you who's on second.

Abbott: Who is on first.

Costello: I don't know.

Abbott: He's on third - now we're not talkin' 'bout him.

Costello: Now, how did I get on third base?

Abbott: You mentioned his name!

Costello: If I mentioned the third baseman's name, who did I say is playing third?

Abbott: No - Who's playing first.

Costello: Never mind first - I wanna know what's the guy's name on third.

Abbott: No - What's on second.

Costello: I'm not askin' you who's on second.

Abbott: Who's on first.

Costello: I don't know.

Abbott: He's on third.

Costello: Aaah! Would you please stay on third base and don't go off it?

Abbott: What was it you wanted?

Costello: Now who's playin' third base?

Abbott: Now why do you insist on putting Who on third base?

Costello: Why? Who am I putting over there?

Abbott: Yes. But we don't want him there.

Costello: What's the guy's name on third base?

Abbott: What belongs on second.

Costello: I'm not askin' you who's on second.

Abbott: Who's on first.

Costello: I don't know.

Abbott & Costello: THIRD BASE!

Costello: You got an outfield?

Abbott: Oh yes!

Costello: The left fielder's name?

Abbott: Why.

Costello: I don't know, I just thought I'd ask you.

Abbott: Well, I just thought I'd tell you.

Costello: Alright, then tell me who's playin' left field.

Abbott: Who is playing fir-

Costello: STAY OUTTA THE INFIELD! I wanna know what's the left fielder's name.

Abbott: What's on second.

Costello: I'm not askin' you who's on second.

Abbott: Who's on first.

Costello: I don't know.

Abbott & Costello: THIRD BASE!

Costello: The left fielder's name?

Abbott: Why.

Costello: Because!

Abbott: Oh, he's center field.

Costello: Look, you gotta pitcher on this team?

Abbott: Now wouldn't this be a fine team without a pitcher.

Costello: The pitcher's name.

Abbott: Tomorrow.

Costello: You don't wanna tell me today?

Abbott: I'm tellin' you now.

Costello: Then go ahead.

Abbott: Tomorrow.

Costello: What time?

Abbott: What time what?

Costello: What time tomorrow are you going to tell me who's pitching?

Abbott: Now listen. Who is not pitching. Who is on fir-

Costello: I'll break your arm if you say Who's on first. I wanna know what's the pitcher's name.

Abbott: What's on second.

Costello: I don't know.

Abbott & Costello: THIRD BASE!

Costello: You got a catcher?

Abbott: Oh, absolutely.

Costello: The catcher's name.

Abbott: Today.

Costello: Today. And Tomorrow's pitching.

Abbott: Now you've got it.

Costello: All we've got is a couple of days on the team.

Abbott: Well, I can't help that.

Costello: Well, I'm a catcher too.

Abbott: I know that.

Costello: Now suppose that I'm catching, Tomorrow's pitching on my team and their heavy hitter gets up.

Abbott: Yes.

Costello: Tomorrow throws the ball. The batter bunts the ball. When he bunts the ball, me being a good catcher, I wanna throw the guy
out at first base. So I pick up the ball and throw it to who?

Abbott: Now that's the first thing you've said right.

Costello: I don't even know what I'm talkin' about!

Abbott: Well, that's all you have to do.

Costello: Is to throw the ball to first base.

Abbott: Yes.

Costello: Now who's got it?

Abbott: Naturally!

Costello: If I throw the ball to first base, somebody's gotta catch it. Now who caught it?

Abbott: Naturally!

Costello: Who caught it?

Abbott: Naturally.

Costello: Who?

Abbott: Naturally!

Costello: Naturally.

Abbott: Yes.

Costello: So I pick up the ball and I throw it to Naturally.

Abbott: NO, NO, NO! You throw the ball to first base and Who gets it?

Costello: Naturally.

Abbott: That's right. There we go.

Costello: So I pick up the ball and I throw it to Naturally.

Abbott: You don't!

Costello: I throw it to who?

Abbott: Naturally.

Costello: THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING!

Abbott: You're not saying it that way.

Costello: I said I throw the ball to Naturally.

Abbott: You don't - you throw the ball to Who?

Costello: Naturally!

Abbott: Well, say that!

Costello: THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING! I throw the ball to who?

Abbott: Naturally.

Costello: Ask me.

Abbott: You throw the ball to Who?

Costello: Naturally.

Abbott: That's it.

Costello: SAME AS YOU!! I throw the ball to first base and who gets it?

Abbott: Naturally!

Costello: Who has it?

Abbott: Naturally!

Costello: HE BETTER HAVE IT! I throw the ball to first base. Whoever it is grabs the ball, so the guy runs to second. Who picks up the ball and throws it to What, What throws it to I Don't Know, I Don't Know throws it back to Tomorrow - triple play.

Abbott: Yes.

Costello: Another guy gets up - it's a long fly ball to Because. Why? I don't know. He's on third and I don't give a darn!

Abbott: What was that?

Costello: I said I don't give a darn!

Abbott: Oh, that's our shortstop.

[MissMillie]

44. precisely

I never had any use for them.

[Initech]

3. The Who made some great albums, no question.

But then factor in "Endless Wire", anyone who records an album that horrible should automatically be disqualified from any "greatest band ever" contest.

[HamdenRice]

4. Qualification:

I mean The Who up until the day that Keith Moon died.

[Initech]

7. Ah, I stand corrected.

If you're talking about the equipment-smashing Who, then yes, I would have to throw in a vote for them.

[Joe Fields]

8. You are entitled to your opinion.

Beatles. No debate.. It would be like taking a poll and asking which is better: chocolate ice cream, or strawberry ice cream. Oh, maybe five in a hundred would pick the strawberry.

The Who? One of the best. Better than the Beatles? No band can make that claim.

[Parche]

9. Who?

Negatory

They really sux

These are the best

[insanity]

10. Sorry, its Floyd

Pink Floyd, even with Syd Barrett, redefined what is meant by a concept album. And recording will never be the same.

The Beatles are great, listening to them now. The Who are phenomenal. Zeppelin are gods.

Still Pink Floyd has my heart.

[SoxFan]

11. Nope, it's U2

Sorry about that, '60s types!

[ghostsofgiants]

26. Hahahahahaha.... *catches breath*

Hahahahahahahahaaaaaaa.

(And I am definitely not a '60s type.)

[mikeytherat]

39. Hey, man! No one, and I mean NO ONE, plays a one-string solo like The Edge!

:rofl:

mikey_the_rat

[edbermac]

12. It WAS the Beatles!

They'd chop up The Who and eat 'em for breakfast.



Though I have to admit I have a soft spot for Keith Moon. He was my kind of madman.

[DangerDave921]

13. My answer is . . .

The Band.

Best individual? Neil Young.

[madrchsod]

15. i agree - "the band "were the best rock and roll band of that time

i can`t agree with neil...

[Bake]

14. Nice post, Hitler!

:rofl:

Bake

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

16. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

And I mean it.

[trof]

17. Buddy Holly and The Crickets

[trof]

19. Oh hell. What am I thinking? Bill Haley and The Comets.

Blackboard Jungle
Rock Around the Clock

[pokerfan]

22. The day the music died

Buddy was great and he was just beginning to do some really interesting creative stuff on the production side. No one where ever know what heights he could have reached.

Amazing voice. Listen to growl and yelp here on "Oh Boy."
http://www.youtube.com/v/4PYXZEkAC4E&rel=1

[Bennyboy]

18. Grateful Dead......

Played more shows to more people than anyone. They played stadiums for thiry years. Played more songs than anyone.

[EstimatedProphet]

40. Yes

Not to mention the most dedicated fans, ever.

Rock is divided into 2 groups: The Grateful Dead and everyone else.

[Bennyboy]

41. They're a band beyond description, like Jehova's favorite choir....

people joining hand in hand
Where the music plays the band
Lord they're setting us on fire.....

[southpaw]

50. What does a Greatful Dead fan say when he runs out of drugs?

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"Dude... this band sucks!" :P

Kidding, of course... but I just couldn't resist.

[Bennyboy]

53. Run out of drugs? ha ha ha!

Nice, you really have your 20 year old jokes down! J/K

[southpaw]

54. Yeah, I had to shake the moth-ball residue off that one.

No offense intended, by the way.

My favorite band of all time, Pink Floyd, could be substitued for the Dead and the joke would make just as much sense... maybe more.

[Joe Fields]

61. Maybe more shows, but played to the same people...LOL

[TK421]

20. Nope...it was these guys!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA5GkLM5C7M

[unpossibles]

21. I was going to say The Clash

but the Who works too.

[WCGreen]

23. It's gotta be the Beatles...

Everyone of their albums was good, solid pop music...

Good riffs, solid rock when they wanted to...

Great lyrics...

No one comes close to having the discography and staying power of the Beatles...

[pokerfan]

24. I always wonder had Buddy lived

what music would look like today.

Remember that everything we know about Buddy, he created in just 18 months. First to record in stereo, first to use multiple tracks and over dubbing. Had a profound influence on the Beatles and Dylan. The Beatles even named themselves the Beatles partly as an homage to Buddy Holly's band, The Crickets.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

25. You took the words right outta my mouth

Before the Beatles, there were the Crickets. Rave On!

[WCGreen]

28. They sure did...

But it all builds on itself, each musician learning from those who went before...

[redqueen]

27. No, it's OASIS!

Just ask Lo Zoccolo. He'll 'splain it.

[quip]

29. If you must know, it's The Alan Parsons Project. Period. End of Thread. Locked.

[cuke]

30. I have to agree

The ghost of Keith Moon is holding onto my guitar threatening mayhem if I don't

[mulsh]

31. no, it was Fast Floyd, at least until Floyd got busted for murder.

n/t

[annabanana]

32. piffle... The Doors!

[regnaD kciN]

33. You're ALL wrong...

...it's gotta be The Shaggs.

[MrScorpio]

35. We Zep fans will disagree

But we do it with a whole lotta love

[Perry Logan]

36. The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, The Doors.

Maybe the Doors should come before The Who. Really tough call.

[tainted_chimp]

37. it's the beatles.

Done.

[tainted_chimp]

38. I mean...

it's 4:32 in the morning.

nothing else makes sense.

[LynneSin]

42. So how many of the Who farewell tours have you seen - I went to the 89 Farewell tour

The Who became irrevelant the SECOND time they had a farewell tour, which I think was 83 or 86.

Led Zeppelin is the Greatest!

[regnaD kciN]

60. By which standard, the Stones are the most irrelevant band of all time...

That is all.

[carly denise pt deux]

43. The Doors!

it's a 4 way tie for me between the Doors, the Beatles, Led Zep and the Beach Boys...I agree that Jimi Hendrix was the best musician and the best guitar player
Carly

[Tommy_Carcetti]

45. Try a little band called the Smashing Pumpkins and get back to me

And Siamese Dream is the greatest rock album of all time.

Of course, I'm sort of in a different era than the Beatles, Stones or Who, but I'm entitled to my opinion and I'm sticking to it. And nobody beats the Pumpkins, if you ask me.

[Cabcere]

46. I love The Who.

:headbang: John Entwistle is THE reason I play bass guitar. :thumbsup:

[Burma Jones]

47. If you apply some quantification, then it's The Beatles for Record Sales

and I would be willing to say that The Grateful Dead would win out for sheer number of show tickets sold.

I don't know whether The Beatles or Bob Dylan have the most covers.

Everything else is opinion........

[SteppingRazor]

48. When people discuss the greatest guitarist of all time and bring up Jimi Hendrix, I always retort...

with my Joe Theory.

To whit: The greatest guitarist ever was not Jimi Hendrix, or Eric Clapton, or Jeff Beck, or any of the other guitarists that always get brought up in this discussion.

No, the greatest guitarist ever was some guy named Joe, who no one ever heard of, and who just sat around and played guitar in his room.

[av8rdave]

57. Stevie Ray Vaughan. Best.

[HamdenRice]

49. So many opinions! Only one statement of fact

and yes, I'm being a Who Nazi about this.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

51. Quicksilver Messenger Service,

and, of course: The Moody Blues.

[Shell Beau]

52. My husband is a big fan! His fave is Allman Brothers but he does

love The Who!

[Deja Q]

55. Madonna

Madonna Smurf? Smurfdonna? $100-an-hour-smurf?

:yoiks:

[av8rdave]

56. The Who was great, but not the greatest, IMO

Can't forget about Yes, Tull, Floyd

[LanternWaste]

58. Bay City Rollers...

Bay City Rollers... and the mods have been alerted.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

59. Feh...The Cowsills had it all over the Bay City Rollers.

nt

[abq e streeter]

62. E Street Band---not even close ( except maybe the Clash)

[enigmatic]

64. Rocket From The Tombs

No question.

http://www.furious.com/perfect/rockets.html