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Where is this? What a crowd!
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America is GREAT.
Wikipedia:
Starting in 1966, The Dead started playing the song at concerts.
Bassist Phil Lesh has described "Dancing in the Street" as the first song the band stretched out in the live setting from a short pop song into drawn out improvisational jam piece, a practice that would become a Grateful Dead signature.
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The Eagles AND The Dead, brah.
It’s a tie.
But thanks!
🤓😆🤓
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That part you are wrong on.
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It always seemed too commercial, too safe - there is nothing wrong with it. Just not near the top of what I want to listen to.
Give me Gram Parsons 1st.
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Got it. I love the Eagles, but I will take CSN&Y any day over them. It just speaks to me more. The Eagles fall more into "soundtrack of my life" If that makes any sense.
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I’m a huge CS&N fan, too, but I can’t discount the Eagles. (The guitar duo in Hotel California sometimes inhabits my dreams). Personally, as far as great US bands, I have to venture into grunge territory, too - Pearl Jam and Nirvana, Soundgarden and Alice In Chains. To me, the 90’s were a rock renaissance.
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Fucking Pearl Jam, I am on board.
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1st Female President
Do the Evolution · Pearl Jam, 17 Feb 98
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5f-_oigazHs&pp=ygUaZG8gdGhlIGV2b2x1dGlvbiBwZWFybCBqYW0%3D
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“Rock Renaissance”; fitting.
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The Eagles were forever dead to me when they put out New Kid in Town...
It ranks very near the top of the list of the most incredibly insipid songwriting, right along with McCartney's Let Them In
and the radio stations loved that shit.
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There’s only one Eagles song: Victim of Love
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AFdomKzAPTY&pp=ygUVdmljdGltIG9mIGxvdmUgZWFnbGVz
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It's so easy to think of a long list of American bands that are fantastic, but have some kind of specificity or twist about what they do (REM, anyone?) that doesn't quite jibe with the "THE" part.
In the end, I vote TP and the Heartbreakers.
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excellent choice, sir
second only to The Beatles
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It all comes down to taste.
The Dead had that long magical ride that was like nobody else.
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early early Eagles were a fun little band...
NOT the greatest band in any category
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Personally I'd put ZZ Top ahead of both of them
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My all-time favorite run of albums is from Sly and the Family Stone.
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To be honest, when I think about America and music, my mind instantly goes to Springsteen. I'm not a gigantic Bruce fan, but his music definitely speaks to true patriotism and what America stands for.
When he recently spoke about voting, he basically said, if you like my music, you know what to do.
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The Boss does have some great tunes; top 10 pop/rock artists ever.
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Sad but probably true 😉🤪😂😎🎵
We have the Beatles, Stones, Zep, Sabbath, Purple, Queen etc etc. Etc.
Just a little gentle ribbing to take your minds off the election 👍🙏
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I like your order; the best and most important band in pop/rock history (Lisa won’t like this) is def The Beatles. No question.
But the original topic (one day a few years back amongst Bixie group members on the dead bird) was “greatest US pop/rock band” to which I replied “the Dead and the Eagles in a tie.” Which caused consternation. 😆
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I found the question of "Who is America's greatest rock band," too hard to answer.
Trey won me over, it's The Dead.