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Influential Music from the Last 60 Years
A jubilee themed thread today where we can discuss who we think are the most influential bands or musicians of the last 60 years.
Here's a BBC link to the biggest selling singles sellers to get the juices flowing (even though sales has little to do with actual influence when you consider the musicians that are not on the list). http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18320317 My list would be - 1 The Beatles 2 The Rolling Stones 3 The Who 4 Led Zeppelin 5 Queen (specifically Freddy Mercury) 6 David Bowie 7 Pink Floyd 8 Deep Purple 9 Cliff Richard (early days with The Shadows) 10 Rod Stewart Let's keep it to UK musicians only
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Blimey, I thought this would get a good response
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Blimey, I thought this would get a good response
![]() Paul Weller Malcolm McClaren The Kinks Dusty Springfield Lonnie Donegan |
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Tbh not sure what youre asking..
Id nominate the Yardbirds
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Like them or not (I personally love them) the Spice Girls were highly influential.
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A jubilee themed thread today where we can discuss who we think are the most influential bands or musicians of the last 60 years.
Here's a BBC link to the biggest selling singles sellers to get the juices flowing (even though sales has little to do with actual influence when you consider the musicians that are not on the list). http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18320317 My list would be - 1 The Beatles 2 The Rolling Stones 3 The Who 4 Led Zeppelin 5 Queen (specifically Freddy Mercury) 6 David Bowie 7 Pink Floyd 8 Deep Purple 9 Cliff Richard (early days with The Shadows) 10 Rod Stewart Let's keep it to UK musicians only ![]() Here's a few women you might think about..Dusty Springfield, Kate Bush, Spice Girls, Ms Dynamite, Amy Winehouse to mention but a few. |
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You need to broaden your listening a bit, too much white boy rock on that list! And not even some of the most influential white boy rock either. That has to include Black Sabbath (the guys who invented Heavy Metal), Joy Division, The Sex Pistols or The Clash.
Here's a few women you might think about..Dusty Springfield, Kate Bush, Spice Girls, Ms Dynamite, Amy Winehouse to mention but a few. ![]() Oh and Spice Girls They are hardly up there with the likes of The Beatles in terms of influence.
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'White boy rock' is the best thing the UK has produced
![]() Oh and Spice Girls They are hardly up there with the likes of The Beatles in terms of influence.Most innovations are from the other side of the Atlantic. Skiffle was uniquely British so you need to put Lonnie Donegan on the list. Dusty Springfield inventing Britsh Soul music. Heavy Metal was the invention of Black Sabbath, so give them credit. Glam rock was probably more Bolan than Bowie. Fairport Convention in Electric Folk which is a Celtic fringe phenomenon but largely British. 2nd Wave ska is British, The Specials being important innovators in that. The Bee Gees for Disco..world influence. UB40 for British Reggae. Joy Division for New Wave and Synth Dance music. Stone Roses for Madchester Music Oasis for Britpop. Spice Girls for starting girl power in music which has had a lasting influence. Not up with the Beatles but up with Queen, Bowie etc in terms of influence. So Solid Crew for Uk garage. Ms Dynamite for British RnB Amy Winehouse for rediscovering British Soul music. It ain't just white boy rock and it's not just the biggest bands who are influential. |
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1 - Genesis (Gabriel era)
2 - New Order 3 - Yes |
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The Kinks
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The electronic dance based chart music stems from Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, Kraftwerk, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and the Prodigy
Rock n Roll stems from the Blues of John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson, filtered through the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Led Zepp. Hip Hop stems from Gil Scott Heron, Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, Public Enemy and Run DMC. And Bob Dylan influences everyone's lyrics. Hardly a comprehensive list, but they are some of the giants whose shoulders on which others stand. |
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Human League
Depeche Mode Pet Shop Boys Coldplay |
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Kate Bush
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Buzzcocks, Dennis Bovell, Brian Eno, 'Lemmy' Kilminster, Siouxsie Sioux & John McGeogh
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Tricky/Massive Attack should be on that list
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There is very little pop music that is uniquely British.
Most innovations are from the other side of the Atlantic. Skiffle was uniquely British so you need to put Lonnie Donegan on the list. Dusty Springfield inventing Britsh Soul music. Heavy Metal was the invention of Black Sabbath, so give them credit. Glam rock was probably more Bolan than Bowie. Fairport Convention in Electric Folk which is a Celtic fringe phenomenon but largely British. 2nd Wave ska is British, The Specials being important innovators in that. The Bee Gees for Disco..world influence. UB40 for British Reggae. Joy Division for New Wave and Synth Dance music.Stone Roses for Madchester Music Oasis for Britpop. Spice Girls for starting girl power in music which has had a lasting influence. Not up with the Beatles but up with Queen, Bowie etc in terms of influence. So Solid Crew for Uk garage. Ms Dynamite for British RnB Amy Winehouse for rediscovering British Soul music. It ain't just white boy rock and it's not just the biggest bands who are influential. moroder was far more influential than the bee gees in disco and synth dance, the bee gees brought it to a larger audience with the help of saturday night fever but the disco sound was already well established - i feel love basically established the sound that would become dance music According to David Bowie, then in the middle of recording of his Berlin Trilogy with Brian Eno, its impact on the genre's direction was recognized early on: "One day in Berlin ... Eno came running in and said, 'I have heard the sound of the future.' ... he puts on 'I Feel Love', by Donna Summer ... He said, 'This is it, look no further. This single is going to change the sound of club music for the next fifteen years.' Which was more or less right." |
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Kate Bush her strong mindedness and unwillingness to listen to her record company and do things on her own terms have allowed for women to have a much more assertive role in the music industry today she was the first female to write an entire album and have it debut at number 1 and has a wide reaching influence from Bjork to coldplay to Lady gaga i think because she toured once its had a negative impact with some but you can deny her back catalogue is seamless and as near perfect as you could get (disregarding The Red Shoes
).Others of note: Siouxsie and The Banshee's George Michael Annie Lennox and Dave Stewert Amy winehouse David Bowie Dusty Springfield Alison Moyet Vince Clarke Joy Division Paul Weller Gary Numan Sex Pistols Paul Weller |
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These arent artists that I necessarily like (some of them are obviously), but I cant deny their contribution to music and the influence they have on people these days:
Dusty Springfield Kate Bush Madonna Britney Spears Etta James Diana Ross Michael Jackson The Beatles Grace Jones David Bowie Elton John Stevie Wonder Eminem Queen Bruce Springsteen Spice Girls Depeche Mode INXS Sheryl Crow Aretha Franklin Beyonce Kylie Minogue Elvis Bob Marley |
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i'm sorry but a lot of that is bollocks brit reggae, disco, synth dance,new wave + britpop were around before the acts you mention
moroder was far more influential than the bee gees in disco and synth dance, the bee gees brought it to a larger audience with the help of saturday night fever but the disco sound was already well established - i feel love basically established the sound that would become dance music According to David Bowie, then in the middle of recording of his Berlin Trilogy with Brian Eno, its impact on the genre's direction was recognized early on: "One day in Berlin ... Eno came running in and said, 'I have heard the sound of the future.' ... he puts on 'I Feel Love', by Donna Summer ... He said, 'This is it, look no further. This single is going to change the sound of club music for the next fifteen years.' Which was more or less right." Also the point was to demonstrate that British music is a lot more than just white boy rock. |
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Oops, didnt notice the UK acts only.
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You need to broaden your listening a bit, too much white boy rock on that list! And not even some of the most influential white boy rock either. That has to include Black Sabbath (the guys who invented Heavy Metal), Joy Division, The Sex Pistols or The Clash.
Here's a few women you might think about..Dusty Springfield, Kate Bush, Spice Girls, Ms Dynamite, Amy Winehouse to mention but a few. - I'd add Dido & Beverley Knight@johnnybgoode83 - I'll agree you could broaden your listening just a bit or your knowledge behind it...Not that I'm a specialist myself but for instance, Paul McCartney has always credited Motown and The Supremes in particular to inspire the Beatles sound....You might want to rephrase what you're saying about "the white boy rock"
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Read closely before you start declaring things as bollocks, rude person. I was trying to follow the thread and pick iUK or British artists who were influential. Moroder was a lot of things but he wasn't British!
Also the point was to demonstrate that British music is a lot more than just white boy rock. the only really big female innovators were sixouxsie for goth liz frazer for dream pop kate bush for being kate bush non white innovators the specials for ska various bands for british reggae (which apart from a few memorable songs and albums was unmitigated shite) |
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I would add to the list ,
Paul Weller Malcolm McClaren The Kinks Dusty Springfield Lonnie Donegan Malcolm McLaren. Influential? Debatable. How many British bands have the Kinks influenced over the decades? Countless. And even if they'd not been influential at all they'd still be one of the greatest bands this country has ever produced. I'm not sure if I'd call Dusty, fantastic artist though she undoubtedly was, that influential. Glad you mentioned the great Lonnie Donegan. I find it deeply ironic that the British artist from the fifties who did more than any other to influence the next generation of rock 'n' rollers was not a rock 'n' roller himself. I can't think of any of Lonnie's British contemporaries who were as influential as he was. Bert Weedon perhaps? |
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Dusty was very influential. She was a white woman doing "black music", very rare. Plus she was the first woman to ever crack the states. Every soul singer you can think of credits Dusty till this very day. Incredbily ignorant to think she isn't. Dusty was the real deal.
I don't see how Ms Dynamite is influential. She did one "alright" rather acclaimed mercury prize award winning album at a time when Garage/R&B was big over here, did a flop second album and has since done below average dance/dubstep music ever since. People hardly hold that album or her in a high regard. |
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Folk guitarist Bert Jansch.
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They are hardly up there with the likes of The Beatles in terms of influence.