{"id":7756,"date":"2011-06-23T01:03:19","date_gmt":"2011-06-23T09:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=7756"},"modified":"2011-06-23T01:03:19","modified_gmt":"2011-06-23T09:03:19","slug":"band-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/band-lists\/","title":{"rendered":"Band Lists"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been looking for Max’s list of the bands he hated and I finally found it. He sent it in a comment to a post<\/a> I’d written about stuff I love. How Maxlike of him! \u00a0Here’s his comment with the list:<\/p>\n

Getting back to hatred for a minute, i coincidentally just compiled my own list of classic rock bands I hate. Before making this list, I thought of myself as a classic rock lover (Beatles, Stones, Dylan, Love, Doors, Velvets, Beach Boys, David Bowie, Neil Young, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, etc.) But now I am not so sure. I wouldn\u2019t mind if the work of these \u201cartists\u201d was erased from existence:<\/em><\/p>\n

grateful dead
\nthe who
\nthe eagles \/ don henley
\nsteeley dan
\nsantana
\njethro tull
\nking crimson
\nbilly joel
\nsting
\nU2
\nRush
\nChicago
\nAmerica
\nKansas
\nJourney
\nAerosmith
\nbob segar
\nsteve miller
\ntom petty
\nalice cooper
\nfrank zappa
\nsupertramp
\nstyx
\neric clapton
\nELO
\nearth wind and fire
\nblood sweat and tears
\nbad company
\niron butterfly
\nrobert palmer
\ndeep purple
\ndoobie brothers
\ncrosby stills & nash
\ngrand funk railroad
\nthe guess who
\nmountain
\nthin lizzy (except \u201cwhiskey in the jar\u201d)
\nallman brothers
\nlynard skynard
\npeter frampton
\nthe cult
\nsteppenwolf
\nheart
\nEmerson Lake & Palmer
\nzz top
\nted nugent
\nbon jovi
\nhumble pie
\nhot tuna
\nten years after
\nj geils band
\nlittle feat
\nrobin trower
\nbadfinger
\ngenesis \/ phil collins \/ peter gabriel
\nyes
\ntower of power
\nnrbq
\nthree dog night
\njohn cougar mellencamp
\nspirit
\nbrian adams
\nacdc
\nsweet
\ncarole king
\nleon russell
\ncarly simon
\nsugarloaf
\nmeatloaf
\njimmy buffett
\nwings<\/em><\/p>\n

A great list I think, very exhaustive. I’m on board with all of them. But as I read the list with a friend, I realized a glaring omission: What about Kiss?!?!?!?!?! \u00a0Is it because he didn’t consider them a classic rock band but more Metal?? \u00a0I think it’s just an oversight that would make him smack his head in dismay. \u00a0The first question I’ll ask him when we meet among the stars out in the cosmos will be: “What about Kiss?!”<\/p>\n

I love lists and Max did too. \u00a0My husband won’t have anything to do with lists. \u00a0It’s the one thing I would change about him.<\/p>\n

I hate so many bands whose names I don’t know that I’ve stopped listening to the radio. \u00a0I hate the Strokes, for example. I hate every female singer\/songwriter who sounds like Dido, so I just call them all Dido. I hate all music with that auto tune thing. I hate every new band I see on the David Letterman show. I hate bands with frantic overactive \u00a0front-men, or guitar players with funny hats. \u00a0I hate that guy Bruno Mars. I hate whatshername, the one whose boyfriend punched her in the face.<\/p>\n

But I’m going to list my \u00a0all-time \u00a0favorite records and then I expect you to do the same.<\/p>\n

Astral Weeks – Van Morrison
\nForever Changes – Love
\nThe Band – The Band
\nBurt Jansch – Burt Jansch
\n<\/a>Grievous Angel – Gram Parsons<\/p>\n

After these five, it would be too hard to choose. \u00a0I’d have to do a Top 50 and who needs that?<\/p>\n

Okay, your turn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"