Discussion Question

[Jason Tate]

Who is your favorite "oldies" band/artist? And you're not allowed to pick The Beatles.

[Jason Tate]

I'm on a huge Simon & Garfunkel kick at the moment, that's why I am asking this.

You all know my obsession with The Smiths anyway.

[shane hennessey]

elvis costello hands down

[CLARIFY THIS]

Are Squeeze old enough? If not Billy Joel

[JTrain12]

The Temptations!!! with david ruffin, without him...it doesnt matter...

[That's Creepy]

Does Thelonious Monk...Or Miles Davis Count?

[buried_]

Queen. and then Wham!

[Jon Foucart]

fuckin traveling wilbury's!!!! really check that shit out.

[shane hennessey]

fuckin traveling wilbury's!!!! really check that shit out.
ive never liked roy orbison simply because of his jet black hair that he maintained till he died. it really bothered me

[simplymusic]

journey and rush!

[MyDaysOfDanger]

The Grateful Dead and Pink Floyd

[Jason Tate]

journey and rush!
Journey is great.

[Jason Tate]

Queen. and then Wham!
Wham! hahahahahahaha.. That's great.

[phtmatt8]

simon and garfunkel, whoever does Build Me Up, and i don't know any band names

[phaedrus]

yes, or the police, or maybe the who, and defintely huey lewis and the news

[grace we bestow]

The Beach Boys

[motivatedchange]

Thank you, I now have "Cecilia" stuck in my head.

Anyway... either The Monkees (catchy as all Hell, even in the later stuff) or Crosby, Stills, & Nash.

[BtoTheRad]

Elvis Costello, Beach Boys, John Coltrane

[iamjohndeath]

The Temptations, hands down.

[operator]

The Velvet Underground

[artofgrowth]

Robert Johnson...mmm love his blues. Following that, Led Zeppelin. and Queen. and Dylan.

[Paul Tao]

pink floyd, i suppose

[audiotrack09]

James Taylor or the Eagles. But there is just something about the sound of Taylors.

[PomonaForEmpusa]

the beatles..

but since i'm not allowed to choose them:

probably the Police.

[phaedrus]

how could i forget... lou reed

[loveisaweapon]

Thin Lizzy is pretty brutal with the Jailbreak record

Stevie Ray Vaughan was great too

[CLARIFY THIS]

whitesnake

[countingstars]

Other than the Beatles? Shit thats a hard question.... Erm... Probably Bob Dylan, or possibly the Who, the Doors or Hendrix. Its so hard to decide!

[Steve Henderson]

Dave Clark 5, baby.

[dai the flu]

creedence for sure, then old elton john (yellow brick road era) a close second.

[rellish91]

the kinks and queen.

[monkeyboy14]

Pink Floyd. The guitar tone and phrasing is impeccable

[UrOwNdISaStR180]

The Police

[Kaystarmaker]

the police, hands down.

[weworemasks]

my very indian dad was limited, and listened to basically anything thats been listed.
so id have to say the eagles and the police, along with journey, abba, and fleetwood (which are a little more recent, but old for me...since im 19.)

[martin_costello]

Beach Boys, The Who or The Police. Prob The Police.

[nicoteen]

creedence for sure, then old elton john (yellow brick road era) a close second.

Thank you one of the most underrated bands CCR

how about Frank Zappa,CCR, The Beach Boys, Elvis (fuck all you elvis haters) dylan, the who, the doors, pink floyd and the poice

[SwishMX48]

The Beach Boys for sure

[Ryan Imhof]

journey and rush! same. I like the police too.

[punknskakid722]

The Doobie Brothers, Beach Boys, Simon and Grafunkel, Chicago, and Frank Sinatra........Classic Music:wacko:

[KEB182]

the greatest american rock and roll band of all time...
ladies and gentleman, from los angeles california.....THE DOOOOOORRRRSSSS.

...The Doors haha..

[Grybo]

kansas, hands down, gah, wayward son gets me every time, i love that shit

[Photo13]

Queen. and then Wham!

Im with you on this. I love Freedom by Wham! What a tune!
Also I would have to say Buddy Holly too.

[Tommyg117]

Jimi Hendrix. Anyone that can play or even look at a guitar can appreciate how ridiculous some of his stuff is. Just look at his guitar tabs, there is stuff on there that you can't even hear. Definitely Jimi.

[watchmyheadspin]

I'm a big fan of categories:

"one room school house" old school:
-frank sinatra (more for his attitude of life...but old blues eyes a beautiful voice)
-ella fitzgerald
-louie armstrong
classics but goodies.

"I walked a mile in the snow to get to school" old school:
-beach boys
-the beatles b/c I said so!
- the temptations
-the supremes
-frankie lymen
-and pretty much any poppy 50s song that was ridiculously corny

"I was probably stoned in school" old school:
-the rolling stones
-the doobie brothers
-the allman brothers
-the beatles? haha
-pink floyd
-led zepplin
-the mama's and the papa's
-eddie rabbit.

alright I'm gonna stop

[Jacktheskipper]

Simon & Garfunkel, The Beach Boys, Buzzcocks, The Jam ...

[watchmyheadspin]

Im with you on this. I love Freedom by Wham! What a tune!
Also I would have to say Buddy Holly too.


haha I totally agree. queen is ridiculously good. buddy holly too.


and of course, wake me up before you go go

[watchmyheadspin]

Other than the Beatles? Shit thats a hard question.... Erm... Probably Bob Dylan, or possibly the Who, the Doors or Hendrix. Its so hard to decide!

bob dylan...hell yes.
the who.....yesss
the doors!! I totally bought the "best of..." last summer. amazing!
hendrix...VH1 must have played the video from woodstock 80 billion times. so good.

[ThatGirl]

Beach Music. Not the Beach Boys. Real beach music. East coast NC/SC beach music. The Embers, The Drifters, Chairmen of the Board. But all that comes from being raised in Eastern NC. Its almost requirement to listen to it. And to know how to Shag. HAH.

and the police.

[Brett727272]

The Byrds

[ben pequeno]

violent femmes.

[bubonic311]

Anything and everything on Motown

[Chevy114]

The beach boys and huey lewis and the news.

[Russ Hockenbury]

Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly.

The Best of Sam Cooke was the first cassette I ever bought. My grandma raised me, ha.

[Chevy114]

Beach Music. Not the Beach Boys. Real beach music. East coast NC/SC beach music. The Embers, The Drifters, Chairmen of the Board. But all that comes from being raised in Eastern NC. Its almost requirement to listen to it. And to know how to Shag. HAH.

and the police.

Lol my mom used to make us listen to those bands songs like 60 minute man, miss grace, and I love beach music. Now I love those songs and always put the cd in when we are in the car together.

[Brxtt]

The Everly Brothers.

[Burnout2888]

Queen, Todd Rundgren, Kansas.

[wtfemokid]

i don't really consider them oldies for some reason, but i effing love the doors, jimi hendrix, and some jefferson airplane. 60s rock owns.

[Juber]

i dont listen to a lot of old bands, i wish I had more old music but i dont.
You gotta love the ramones.

[luke1236]

Without a doubt QUEEN i will listen to them unitl i die

[not_kidding]

ccr, the doobie brothers, janis joplin, jackson browne (doctor my eyes - favorite song ever)
and journey is awesome, this whole touring without steve perry thing is crap though.

[actionandaction]

whoever sings "its raining men."

[nintendocore]

david bowie, queen, the police, rush, journey

[Imallout007]

besides the beatles...im a huge The Who, The Doors, and Pink Floyd fan

[not_kidding]

whoever sings "its raining men."
the weather girls i think

[fight4urdemons]

The Cure and The Smiths. And ofcourse, Bob Dylan.

[Brxtt]

Some of these bands a lot of you people are naming off are just classic rock bands. In my opinion, there's a difference between "classic rock" and "oldies".

[ACA]

Led Zeppelin.. the obvious choice. There are a lot of great bands, but LZ is ace.

-ACA

[woohoomcs]

I'd have to say Bob Dylan or Chicago.

[eastcoast-fu]

THE fucking DOORS

[Lachrymal]

XTC

Skylarking is up there on all time favorite albums.

[Tony Pascarella]

The Eagles, The Clash, The Who.

[Darren McLeod]

Bruce Springsteen.

[actionandaction]

the weather girls i think

fitting.

[Steve Henderson]

I'm on a huge Simon & Garfunkel kick at the moment, that's why I am asking this.

You all know my obsession with The Smiths anyway.
For anyone in this thread that likes Simon and Garfunkel, you would love Kings of Convenience. Check em out:

http://www.kingsofconvenience.com/sounds/sounds-frame.htm

[Steve Henderson]

whoever sings "its raining men."
Men on Film w/ Antoine Merriweather?

[beggingthesky]

i agree with alot of the choices so far - simon and garfunkel (i am the only one that cant hear one of their songs without the graduate replaying in my head?) elton john, (old)chicago, queen, lots of others. i'd like to add billy joel since noone mentioned him yet.

[jusscali]

yes, or the police, or maybe the who, and defintely huey lewis and the news
your the man. no doubt

[jusscali]

Anything and everything on Motown
that true too, i love me some soul

the temptations, and some early stevie wonder is the shit

[michaelwinters]

Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash

[Jared Kaufman]

For anyone in this thread that likes Simon and Garfunkel, you would love Kings of Convenience. Check em out:

http://www.kingsofconvenience.com/sounds/sounds-frame.htm
Yes, they are amazing.

www.absolutepunk.net/kingsofconvenience

[Jared Kaufman]

Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash
I <3 Johnny Cash. If you haven't, listen to the new Murder By Death.

[siren eyes]

kansas, hands down, gah, wayward son gets me every time, i love that shit
ahhh ... my brothers ring tone. don't ask.for me, bread & the eagles.

[bluecrunchy]

The Moody Blues

[naphtha74]

How old we talkin here?
Smiths, Clash count?

[dead&broken]

The Zombies are my favorite. Odessy and Oracle is one of the most underated pop influential albums of all time. More modern would definitley be the Police.

[eldonhenley]

Steve Miller Band

[weakerdaysawait]

David Bowie and Cheap Trick

[hot time in DE]

queen most definitely

[richtiemann]

elvis costello hands down
I agree with that 100%...
also TP & the HB and some Beach Boys for sure

[Atticus258]

I'd have to say Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Billie Holiday as far as jazz goes...but for like rock, prolly Pink Floyd

[MattCuginidied]

The Doors and Pink Floyd.

[audiolove]

simon & garfunkel and journey.

forever and always.

[Suprhatch614]

all you people have love for the temptations which is sweet....



but what about motherfucking earth wind and fire people...jesus...you can still get laid if you play those cd's around women....(it helps if they've either A. inbided a tad bit heavily in the alcohol or B. are over the age of 40, but seriously...show some love...STEVE HARVEY LOVES THEM!!!!)

[xabadstarrx]

tommy james & the shondells and Simon & Garfunkel

[southline]

genesis.

[The Revisionist]

Bruce Springsteen, Huey Lewis + the News, Peter Gabriel, Herbie Hancock.

[ADDisfunforme]

Skynyrd

[KidDisaster2113]

zeppelin

[CloseYetFar]

Bob Dylan

[Slater]

I'm really suprised no one has mentioned Dire Straits. Mark Knopfler is an amazing guitarist.

[smelltheglove]

the beach boys. once you get past the fact that your parents love them and that their early material had super cheez lyrics, oh and that they looked like total clean cut nerds and live were even nerdier, you realize just what an amazing songwriter brian wilson was at the time and even now. I mean people go ape shit over harmonized vocals in pop punk even today. but 40 years before blink 182 made their classic outro to feeling this, the beach boys were doing 'god only knows' hitting notes about 10 times harder to hit and wilson was creating swirling vocals that no pop punk band or any band really can even attempt today. go listen to 'dont worry baby' 'god only knows' 'wouldnt it be nice' and 'good vibrations' and tell me this shit doesnt rule. just steer clear of 'be true to your school'. ugh

[fgevilmonkey]

Bob Dylan and The Band, mannnnnnn

[Signals Corrupted]

sun ra and paco pena

[murphy77]

the clash
led zeppelin
pink floyd
the police
tower of power (great funk from the bay area)

[zbrmike79]

i love Motown

The Temptations...
Jackson 5....

[hometownzero]

Billy Joel, Journey...depending on the mood.

[unwritten]

The Doors...obviously

[com(?)]

The Eagles for sure

[bnizzle182]

genesis.

Thank you. I am obsessed with Genesis. Their stuff from 1970-1984ish was absolutely amazing. Rumors of a reunion with Peter Gabriel are taking their message board by storm as of late. Phil Collins even hinted around in a radio interview about it.

[Chemical Love]

Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
The Grateful Dead
The Doors

[Manbotisdead]

My favorite oldies band would probably be Yes.

The Yes Album is quality shit, you should give it a spin or something.

[joz]

louis armstrong!

[TSLataris]

Well obviously Led Zeppelin(surprised only like one person mentioned them). Also Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Hendrix and The Doors.

[Nate_RAWKS]

Can i pick Pink Floyd... :unsure:

if not Simon and Garfunkle and just Paul Simon solo too.

[Base3Studd]

Ccr

[Scott Weber]

neil diamond.

[Doug]

why the fuck are people picking bands from the 70's, 80's and even 90's? that's clearly not oldies. more than half of what everyone is picking is not oldies. it's either classic rock or 80's music. that being said:

the beach boys
dion

[marlboroman]

John fogerty (sp)

[siren eyes]

Skynyrd
i'm seeing them next month because my mom's obsessed with 3 doors down and they are on tour together. so now a $65 ticket, an 8 hour drive, and a one night stay in atlantic city later- i'm kinda pysched.

[Adeniz19]

Pink Floyd, Police, Bob Dylan, The Cure, The Smiths, Johnny Cash are some i've been listening to recently

[Adeniz19]

why the fuck are people picking bands from the 70's, 80's and even 90's? that's clearly not oldies. more than half of what everyone is picking is not oldies. it's either classic rock or 80's music. that being said:

the beach boys
dionhahaha this is AP. Blink 182 is considered an oldie to some people

[DEELER]

the beach boys...brian wilson is the man

[YouAreTheDishes]

The Police... but not Sting solo

[Anton Djamoos]

Boston.

[stollio]

Nick Drake. I come back to his music all the time. Such an amazing musician and songwriter. I also love James Taylor :)

[pbelamy]

Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash
I can't believe it took 80 posts for someone to mention The Man In Black.

Anyway, my top 3 are Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, and The Clash.

[Alba]

Journey or Simon and Garfunkel. I listen to them both very often.

[Skibum]

Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, and The Eagles whoa, that's epic.

[frommelyty]

t. rex !

[Skibum]

I'm really suprised no one has mentioned Dire Straits. Mark Knopfler is an amazing guitarist.
Good call bro. Everyone here should check out Dire Straits album "On Every Street"
Guitar like whoa.

[get high]

The Zombies, Sam Cooke as far as oldies go
i could go on for day on classic rock but i'm on a The Guess Who tilt recently

[swagmagnet]

The Beach Boys

[imirish06]

Buddy Holly

[yutsmcgee]

yes, or the police, or maybe the who, and defintely huey lewis and the news
Yes is definitely my fave.

[TBSowns524]

Queen hands down, then led zeppelin, then the beatles, then the police, then billy joel

[S84newt2000]

Journey, Styx, Billy Joel, Elton John

[cavalcade220]

If no beatels....

then the zombies, hands down. They had the song "time of the season", "tell her no", and "she's not there", I guarantee if you heard those songs you'd know who they are. They're last album Odessey & Oracle is a masterpiece of british psychedelic rock. I do suggest you pick it up!

[cannibaltyler]

Does AC/DC count? I like Rush and The Who a lot as well.

[tvtrae]

I'm big on Johnny Rivers, Fats Domino, and CCR.

[Serenity]

Frank Sinatra, the police, the temptations, joe jackson

[waggy]

well the beatles are my favorite oldies band, so if i can't say them it's a toss up between simon and garfunkel, the rolling stones, and led zepplin although none carry the same level of obsession as the beatles for me. real original choices i know, but they're obvious for a reason.

[Pass The Flask]

Pink Floyd has always been my all time favourite band. Not a huge fan of the beatles, unlike most of the 6 billion people on this planet.

[Bobcat46308]

The Moody Blues

[Fading Elysium]

I was thinking yesterday that it seems as though a lot of kids don't listen to the Beatles as much as they should (myself included). But when you do, you realize where everyone get's their influence from. I hear so much Get Up Kids, Spoon, etc. in their music.

[seng225]

I'm on a big Johnny Cash kick right now. But Creedence Clearwater Revival, Billy Joel, Led Zeppelin, and AC/DC are favs of mine

[a_sk8r]

the police

[GoWaitInTheCar]

The Smiths

If they count..

[fluke182]

Cat Stevens, Simon and Garfunkel, Bobby Darin, the Clash and the Beach Boys.

[resUrectMe617]

i love some simon and garfunkel, bee gees, bread. haha i don't know..

[Doug]

Pink Floyd, Police, Bob Dylan, The Cure, The Smiths, Johnny Cash are some i've been listening to recently

pink floyd is classic rock
the police are from the fucking 80's
as are the cure and the smiths
johnny cash is country
and bob dylan can hardly be considered "oldies" but i guess you got that one almost right


do you people seriously consider the smiths, the cure and the clash OLDIES? are you serious??

[Doug]

anytime anyone says led zeppelin, pink floyd, the who, journey, styx, billy joel, or ac/dc my head slowly explodes.

[grnweenieag]

I'd hafta say Buddy Holly b/c thats pretty much all I listened to growing up since my dad was at his last show.

[marlboroman]

CCR and johnny cash

[pbelamy]

anytime anyone says led zeppelin, pink floyd, the who, journey, styx, billy joel, or ac/dc my head slowly explodes.
And no one cares.

And if you pigeonhole Johnny Cash into country, you obviously have never listened to him. Live at San Quentin and Live at Folsom Prison are two of the best rock and roll CDs ever made.

[heytheredelilah]

frank sinatra, duh.

[Doug]

And no one cares.

And if you pigeonhole Johnny Cash into country, you obviously have never listened to him. Live at San Quentin and Live at Folsom Prison are two of the best rock and roll CDs ever made.

nope johnny cash is a country artist. you're wrong. it's OK to like country. i like country music. i like johnny cash. but he played country music, he wrote country music. he had a lot of influence on rock & roll. doesn't change the fact that he PLAYED COUNTRY MUSIC.

[monstersonmaple]

Rush
Led Zeppelin
The Police

[El_Jeffe]

split enz!!

[aminorthreat55]

Buddy Holly & the Crickets

[the_narrator]

The Smiths & The Cure.

[kylekillspeople]

fuckin traveling wilbury's!!!! really check that shit out.
i have to agree there. im a fan of george harrison's post beatles stuff.
also led zep and hendrix

and ive been getting into the who lately

[kylekillspeople]

anytime anyone says led zeppelin, pink floyd, the who, journey, styx, billy joel, or ac/dc my head slowly explodes.
we can only hope

[kylekillspeople]

pink floyd is classic rock
the police are from the fucking 80's
as are the cure and the smiths
johnny cash is country
and bob dylan can hardly be considered "oldies" but i guess you got that one almost right


do you people seriously consider the smiths, the cure and the clash OLDIES? are you serious??
also, the operative word in oldies is OLD. i consider anything released before i was born (1985) to be oldies, maybe thats just me.

[kylekillspeople]

Buddy Holly
kill sal fasano for me.

[EMwin237]

dylan

[elscorchette]

bobby darin and buddy holly

[GAD_guy]

i'm on a huge bowie kick right now.......but in general it would be the cure (if they even count).

[manican sex]

get the fuck lead out, obviously Led Zepplin

[Freud]

george michael

[catchmealone]

Johnny Cash. Not even close

Honerable mentions: (newer than "oldies")
Billy Joel
Elton John
The Beatles
The Police
The Smiths

[catchmealone]

nope johnny cash is a country artist. you're wrong. it's OK to like country. i like country music. i like johnny cash. but he played country music, he wrote country music. he had a lot of influence on rock & roll. doesn't change the fact that he PLAYED COUNTRY MUSIC.
Well since you are the one bitching about people picking a country artist as their favorite Oldies band/artist, and bitching about how old something has to be, name one band/artist who play Oldies?
To me, Oldies is anything older than I can remember. You gotta think, if you say Elvis is "oldies", for example, people didn't call it Oldies back then. Oldies isn't a style of music, it's something that has just been out a long time.
To me, the Smiths and The Police can be considered old, because I was only a year or so old when they were making records.

Bottom line, who fucking cares, it's just a discussion question, get over it.

[3DaysIn]

Nick Drake. I come back to his music all the time. Such an amazing musician and songwriter. I also love James Taylor :)

definitely. i love pink moon. also digging foghat. i got rock and roll like a week ago, pretty sweet. and of course neil young.

[Rent Boy]

even though they are still around no doubt U2 the best band ever in my opinion

[im_a_music_nut]

I'd have to say Simon & Garfunkle are my all-time oldie faves. Anyone who has been young once is able to relate to their lyrics and song.

[timmysavedlatin]

sam cooke, al green and the temptations

[Doug]

Well since you are the one bitching about people picking a country artist as their favorite Oldies band/artist, and bitching about how old something has to be, name one band/artist who play Oldies?
To me, Oldies is anything older than I can remember. You gotta think, if you say Elvis is "oldies", for example, people didn't call it Oldies back then. Oldies isn't a style of music, it's something that has just been out a long time.
To me, the Smiths and The Police can be considered old, because I was only a year or so old when they were making records.

Bottom line, who fucking cares, it's just a discussion question, get over it.
oldies is 50's/early to mid 60's rock & roll and r&b music

[pbelamy]

nope johnny cash is a country artist. you're wrong. it's OK to like country. i like country music. i like johnny cash. but he played country music, he wrote country music. he had a lot of influence on rock & roll. doesn't change the fact that he PLAYED COUNTRY MUSIC. Wow, your ignorance amazes me.

Is Johnny Cash in the Country Music Hall of Fame? Yes. Did he play numerous shows at the Grand Ole Opry? Yes. Is he a country music artist? Yes. Does that mean he wasn't also a rock and roll artist? No.

When he first started out he mainly played gospel, but he was a huge part of the rockabilly scene of the late 50's (along with Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, etc.). I never said he wasn't country, I said you can't solely place him in the country category. He's country, he's gospel, he's rock, he's much more.

He's The Man In Black and you're just a holier-than-thou college punk with an attitude. Go learn about your roots and listen to something other than Fall Out Boy or The Beach Boys once in a while.

[llwin]

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