The Who DEFEATS Van Halen

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Cast your vote!

[Indu WangZi]

The Who should win this in easy style...

The Who may be the BEST band of all-time...



The baddest mofo on any rock band...

[Indu WangZi]

I consider this to be the greatest Rock N' Roll Album of all-time...

Songs:
1. I am the Sea
2. The Real Me
3. Quadrophenia
4. Cut My Hair
5. The Punk and the Godfather
6. I'm One
7. The Dirty Jobs
8. Helpless Dancer
9. Is It in My Head
10. I've Had Enough
11. 5:15
12. Sea and Sand
13. Drowned
14. Bell Boy
15. Dr. Jimmy
16. The Rock
17. Love Reign O'er Me

[Guppy]

no question, The Who.

[Bleacher Creature]

I'll cast a minority vote for VH!!

[Moon Man]

The Who may be the BEST band of all-time..

MAY be!!??? If second, then only to the Beatles.

How anyone can vote for Van Halen over the Who is simply baffling.

Moon

[Crackless McCracken]

There has never been a more talented, innovative, or just plain rock your ass guitarist that EVH. The Who is vastly overrated. VH wins in all incarnations.

[dredbyrd]

Originally posted by Crackless McCracken@Apr 13 2004, 06:38 AM
There has never been a more talented, innovative, or just plain rock your ass guitarist that EVH. The Who is vastly overrated. VH wins in all incarnations.

It's too bad Eddie Van Halen's masterful guitar work isn't in the context of good songwriting that could stand the test of time.


The music of the Who is eternal.

[davel]

Eddie Van Halen is on my list of all-time great guitarists..........But a guitar player does not a band make..................

Pete Townsend is perhaps one of the greatest writers ever.........Roger Dawltrey has one of the best voices ever........

[Crackless McCracken]

Originally posted by davel@Apr 13 2004, 08:19 AM
Eddie Van Halen is on my list of all-time great guitarists..........But a guitar player does not a band make..................

Pete Townsend is perhaps one of the greatest writers ever.........Roger Dawltrey has one of the best voices ever........

Where's the innovation? The Who just took what the Stones and others were doing and made it louder.

[davel]

You must be kidding......................

[Crackless McCracken]

No, dead serious.

[davel]

Then I guess there's no more that can be said.............

If you think Who's Next, Tommy, And Quadrophenia are just The Stones played louder..............Then you've got an opinion I can't argue with.............

[Crackless McCracken]

Originally posted by davel@Apr 13 2004, 08:30 AM
Then I guess there's no more that can be said.............

If you think Who's Next, Tommy, And Quadrophenia are just The Stones played louder..............Then you've got an opinion I can't argue with.............

Nothing special. Quadrophenia is an interesting story. Would make a good book. But musically it's nothing special. Who's Next is a good record. Tommy is not. The Who is a good band. But in the grand scheme of 60's-70s rock, just another band.

VH defined eighties rock. They opened the door for the hair bands and the glammers and eighties heavy metal. EVH's guitar playing is in a class by itself.

The best thing about The Who is their drummer. Great drummer. But he's just a drummer.

How many bands have changed lead singers like VH and became even better? It's all about Eddie's guitar. The Who doesn't have anything that comes close.

[davel]

You know what they say about opinions................

VH defined eighties rock. They opened the door for the hair bands and the glammers and eighties heavy metal.

So they're responsible for hair bands and glam rock.................Then I guess they're considered more of a scourge than innovators............