Packy's Countdown/Lists Thread

[Red Barchetta]

Revising this post now: this was an old project from like two years ago, and I'm hoping to revive it just for the hell of it! My original intention with this thread was to do long, complex countdowns (as you can see in the posts below, a top 45... ridiculous), both of my own creation and by request, of my favorite things!

In bumping this topic I'm going to drop the old countdown I was doing and just take requests for countdowns anyone would like me to do. Instead of doing post-by-post, I will most likely just do one post with my countdown/list. If anything, I would probably most likely do top 10s to top 20s, depending on the subject.

If you have anything you would like to request for me to rank/countdown/list of my own personal things, let me know! I want to get back into doing this a little because I have fun ranking stuff.

• CURRENT: N/A
• PLANNED: Favorite Movies; Top 10 Favorite Songs with Weird/Unique Lyrics; Favorite Rock Songs of All Time

 

[Red Barchetta]

Re: Packy's Countdown/Lists Thread (Top 45 Favorite Bands/Artists)

45. Daft Punk

Genre(s) (by Wikipedia): French house
Years Active: 1993-present
Notable Songs: “Get Lucky”, “Harder, Better, Faster, Longer”, “Digital Love”, “One More Time”, “Robot Rock”, “Technologic”
Favorite Songs: “Get Lucky”, “Give Life Back to Music”, “Instant Crush”, “Giorgio By Moroder”, “The Game of Love”, “Beyond”

So let’s kick off this list with one of the very few recent bands in my top 45: Daft Punk, the French electronic duo!

I very recently got into Daft Punk after a friend of mine suggested I listen to the Random Access Memories album. Truth be told, any early stuff I had heard by Daft Punk I honestly was not that big into, until “Get Lucky” was released and became the success it did. So going into RAM, I was a bit skeptical but really excited to hear if there were any more gems on this album besides “Get Lucky”.

I was very happy with what I found.

The album, in my opinion, is still highlighted by the Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers collaboration of “Get Lucky”, but the album is full of gold and it alone cemented Daft Punk on the borderline of my top 45. The beginning of RAM is filled with three of my favorite Daft Punk tracks: “Give Life Back to Music”, “The Game of Love”, and “Giorgio By Moroder”, all three of which sound very different from one another but are still complimented very well by the existence of Daft Punk’s amazing electronic sound.

Spoiler: Get Lucky

 

[Red Barchetta]

Re: Packy's Countdown/Lists Thread (Top 45 Favorite Bands/Artists)

44. Bruce Springsteen

Genre(s) (by Wikipedia): Rock, heartland rock, folk rock, roots rock, Jersey Shore sound
Years Active: 1965-present
Notable Songs: “Born to Run”, “Born in the U.S.A.”, “Glory Days”, “Dancing in the Dark”, “Thunder Road”, “Pink Cadillac”
Favorite Songs: “Badlands”, “Hungry Heart”, “The River”, “Born to Run”, “Thunder Road”, “Prove It All Night”


Paging GalacticPetey, paging!

I have had a strange relationship with Bruce Springsteen. I have had a compilation of his for years, but I never listened to it and, outside of what I consider his big three (“Born to Run”, “Born in the U.S.A.”, and “Glory Days”), I honestly never really listened to any Springsteen. And then I randomly decided one day last year to finally listen through the compilation.

Ooooh boy.

I was pleasantly surprised. I had never really been a Springsteen fan, I honestly never really liked “Born in the U.S.A.”, and I just kind of went off the basis that his stuff is just really, really raw. But loooord, I was then introduced to the track “Badlands”. Mark it down, one of the greatest songs I have ever heard, it’s so good, and it’s by far and away my favorite Springsteen song. But I even got to hear songs like “The River” and “Hungry Heart”, the latter of which I had heard several times before but never actually knew it was The Boss. All three, along with “Born to Run” and “Thunder Road”, have become five of my favorite songs to listen to randomly and they have made me appreciate Springsteen even more.

Factor in the fact that I watched a live-streamed three-hour concert of his in Texas last year when the NCAA Final Four was being held there… just flawless. I do not think I have ever seen a live performer quite like Springsteen.

Spoiler: Badlands

 

[freakworld]

Re: Packy's Countdown/Lists Thread (Top 45 Favorite Bands/Artists)

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[banjonator1]

Re: Packy's Countdown/Lists Thread (Top 45 Favorite Bands/Artists)

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[Red Barchetta]

Re: Packy's Countdown/Lists Thread (Top 45 Favorite Bands/Artists)

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43. Billy Joel

Genre(s) (by Wikipedia): Rock, rock and roll, soft rock, pop rock, pop, classical
Years Active: 1965-present
Notable Songs: "Piano Man", "Only the Good Die Young", "My Life", "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me", "We Didn't Start the Fire", "New York State of Mind"
Favorite Songs: "Prelude/Angry Young Man", "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant", "Pressure", "The Entertainer", "Allentown", "The Downeaster 'Alexa"


So if you cannot tell, there's going to be a loooot of classic rock/pop sort of guys on this list.

So with that, here is #43: Billy Joel! Billy Joel is kind of... interesting in the fact that his music covers so many genres, more than what was mentioned beforehand. Ranging from "Piano Man" to "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" to "The Longest Time" to "We Didn't Start the Fire", they all sound different, and it is ridiculous how well the sound is executed in all of them.

Joel is also interesting in the fact that he has been considerably big in three different decades (more-so the 70s and 80s, but I will lob in the 90s just because of River of Dreams). He is one of the all-time best selling artists (for really good reason, I might add :')), and there is so much to choose from in his discography.

My personal favorite is "Prelude/Angry Young Man", a song that, in particular with "Prelude", shows off how well his piano playing actually is (seriously, go watch a live performance of "Prelude", it's ridiculous). But "Angry Young Man" is also a great track by itself, and together they make what is my favorite Billy Joel song of all-time.

Spoiler: Prelude/Angry Young Man

 

[Red Barchetta]

Re: Packy's Countdown/Lists Thread (Top 45 Favorite Bands/Artists)

42. Cream

Genre(s) (by Wikipedia): Psychedelic rock, blues rock, hard rock
Years Active: 1966-1968
Notable Songs: "Sunshine of Your Love", "White Room", "Crossroads", "Badge", "I Feel Free", "Strange Brew"
Favorite Songs: "White Room", "Badge", "Tales of Brave Ulysses", "Strange Brew", "I'm So Glad", "Crossroads"


One of the pioneers of psychedelic rock, and most certainly one of the most influential yet short-lived bands of all time, #42 is Cream. A trio composed of bassist Jack Bruce, drummer Ginger Baker, and one of the greatest guitarists of all time in Eric Clapton, Cream is heavily regarded as the first largely successful supergroup of all time.

Cream is a bit of an odd band in the fact that their sound is very... strange, and can sort of range from being very complex and psychedelic to sounding relatively simple. For example, "White Room", my favorite Cream song, sounds extremely psychedelic with a really strong guitar, all the while a song like "Badge" (co-written by George Harrison of The Beatles) sounds considerably simple (at least by Cream standards).

Cream also brought perhaps one of the greatest guitar songs of all time in their cover of "Crossroads", a song heavily driven by Clapton's guitar playing with perhaps one of the best guitar solos of all-time.

Safe to say, they were pretty darn good at what they did with the sound they had.

Spoiler: White Room

 

[Nabber]

Re: Packy's Countdown/Lists Thread (Top 45 Favorite Bands/Artists)

do a countdown of favorite movies, or something

 

[freakworld]

Re: Packy's Countdown/Lists Thread (Top 45 Favorite Bands/Artists)

do a countdown of favorite movies, or something

HMM WHY DO I HAVE A FEELING THAT I KNOW WHAT WOULD BE ON #1

 

[GalacticPetey]

Re: Packy's Countdown/Lists Thread (Top 45 Favorite Bands/Artists)

*Springsteen*

You mentioned his live performances. I've had the pleasure of going to six of his shows. Even at the age of 65, he moves around the stage like a mad man.

Born to Run is easily my favorite album of his. Every song on it is great.