Favorite bands of the British Invasion?

[yellowsubmarine]

1. beatles
2. rolling stones
3. who
4. kinks
5. the yardbirds

that's all i can think of right now.

[Džedaj]

1. Led Zeppelin (if they count under "british invasion")
2. The Beatles
3. The Who
4. The Rolling Stones
5. Ten Years After
6. Cream
7. Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green)
8. The Animals
9. The Kinks
10. The Yardbirds

[architect]

The Who, definitley.

[Truckin]

The Zombies

[Hepcat]

Originally Posted by Soot and Stars Hi Elaine, I think you might have confused the thread with something else. You've listed shows and the thread was about British bands!

Boy, and I was about to give her credit for posting a whole bunch of bands I didn't know.

[Lynch]

The Beatles
The Rolling Stones


pretty much everything else from the Brit Invasion does very little for me. I mean, I like specific songs by some bands, but there wasn't another band that I'd listen to a full album of other than the two listed above, and yes that includes The Who. As far as I'm concerned, the Who were pretty much crap until the 70's where they finally figured out how to put out GOOD rock music. before that... bleh.

[Julez]

No one has mentioned the Sex Pistols but they are fantastic too!

Oops sorry I'm in the 60s thread

[Hepcat]

Originally Posted by Lynch The Beatles The Rolling Stones pretty much everything else from the Brit Invasion does very little for me. I mean, I like specific songs by some bands, but there wasn't another band that I'd listen to a full album of other than the two listed above, and yes that includes The Who. As far as I'm concerned, the Who were pretty much crap until the 70's where they finally figured out how to put out GOOD rock music. before that... bleh.

1. I completely disagree. I really like the music of the British Invasion bands.

2. As for the Who I think they turned into crap in the early seventies. I really don't like much of what they did after "Who's Next". In fact, here's a list of the singles that the Who had charting over the years with the ones I turn up when they're played on the radio highlighted:

1965 "I Can't Explain"

1965 "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere"

1965 "My Generation"

1966 "Substitute"

1966 "A Legal Matter"

1966 "The Kids Are Alright"

1966 "I'm a Boy"

1966 "Happy Jack"

1967 "Pictures of Lily"

1967 "The Last Time"

1967 "I Can See for Miles"

1968 "Call Me Lightning"

1968 "Dogs"

1968 "Magic Bus"

1969 "Pinball Wizard"

1969 "I'm Free"

1970 "The Seeker"

1970 "Summertime Blues"

1970 "See Me, Feel Me"

1971 "Won't Get Fooled Again"

1971 "Let's See Action"

1971 "Behind Blue Eyes"

1972 "Join Together"

1972 "Relay"

1973 "5:15"

1973 "Love Reign O'er Me"

1974 "The Real Me"

1975 "Squeeze Box"

1976 "Substitute"

1978 "Who Are You"

1979 "Long Live Rock"

1979 "5:15"

1981 "You Better You Bet"

1981 "Don't Let Go the Coat"

1982 "Athena"

1982 "Eminence Front"

In addition, I could add virtually the entire "Tommy" album from 1969 and the entire "Who's Next" album from 1971. The Who releases that I really enjoy are therefore clearly concentrated before 1972.

[rockgoddess1968]

The Kinks and The Who

[charliepage88]

Right now I'll say The Beatles and The Who, with The Who edging out a bit for me.

[snowblue]

Originally Posted by Foxhound The only Fleetwood Mac I deign to recognize is the one with Peter Green.

I was beginning to think that I was the only one...............

I find it hard to comment on the British invasion as, being British, I was never too sure which bands made it over there at that time!

[Lynch]

Of the songs you listed, I'll show the ones that I would turn up. The rest, either the volume goes down or the station gets changed.

Originally Posted by Hepcat 1965 "I Can't Explain" 1965 "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" 1965 "My Generation" 1966 "Substitute" 1966 "A Legal Matter" 1966 "The Kids Are Alright" 1966 "I'm a Boy" 1966 "Happy Jack" 1967 "Pictures of Lily" 1967 "The Last Time" 1967 "I Can See for Miles" 1968 "Call Me Lightning" 1968 "Dogs" 1968 "Magic Bus" 1969 "Pinball Wizard" 1969 "I'm Free" 1970 "The Seeker" 1970 "Summertime Blues" 1970 "See Me, Feel Me" 1971 "Won't Get Fooled Again" 1971 "Let's See Action" 1971 "Behind Blue Eyes" 1972 "Join Together" 1972 "Relay" 1973 "5:15" 1973 "Love Reign O'er Me" 1974 "The Real Me" 1975 "Squeeze Box" 1976 "Substitute" 1978 "Who Are You" 1979 "Long Live Rock" 1979 "5:15" 1981 "You Better You Bet" 1981 "Don't Let Go the Coat" 1982 "Athena" 1982 "Eminence Front"

I would also add in

Bargain and Baba O'Reilly. everything listed above from '65 to '69 is "meh" to me. If I never heard any of those songs again, it wouldn't bother me at all. But as I said in my original post in this thread, aside from the Beatles and the Stones, the songs and bands recognized as being part of the "british invasion" do very little for me. A few singles here and there from various bands, but not a fan of hardly any of those bands.

[rbowman]

1. The Who
2. The Kinks
3. The Rolling Stones

[Hepcat]

Originally Posted by Lynch I would also add in Bargain and Baba O'Reilly.

Those two I also really like but after "Who's Next" I thought the output of the Who steadily declined. The band settled into a formulaic hard rocking groove that lacked the joyful exuberance that their earlier work exuded.

[Foxhound]

Originally Posted by snowblue I was beginning to think that I was the only one...............

Don't despair. There are others in our proud fraternity.

Fleetwood Mac Poll