Favorite bands of the British Invasion?

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Re: british invasion

The only Fleetwood Mac I deign to recognize is the one with Peter Green.

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

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! :confused:
 

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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.

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.
 

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

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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.

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Re: british invasion

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


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Baba O'Reilly is most certainly The Who's best song
 

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Wow, I can't believe only one person has mentioned the Small Faces. I put them right up there with any of the 'second tier' British Invasion bands (after the Beatles & Stones, of course). If you're a fan of the Who during their 'Mod' years, or the Kinks, Zombies, Hollies, etc., trust me, you'll like the Small Faces.

My top 15 British Invasion list goes like this:

1. Beatles
2. Rolling Stones
3. Who
4. Kinks (their original Bassist, Peter Quaife, just died yesterday)
5. Yardbirds
6. Small Faces
7. Cream
8. Zombies
9. Animals
10. Hollies
11. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
12. Spencer Davis Group
13. Donovan
14. Searchers
15. Dusty Springfield


For me, the British Invasion ends when Led Zeppelin began...I love Zep, but that was the start of a whole different era in my book.
 
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Wow, I can't believe only one person has mentioned the Small Faces. I put them right up there with any of the 'second tier' British Invasion bands (after the Beatles & Stones, of course). If you're a fan of the Who during their 'Mod' years, or the Kinks, Zombies, Hollies, etc., trust me, you'll like the Small Faces.

My top 10 British Invasion list goes like this:

1. Beatles
2. Rolling Stones
3. Who
4. Kinks (their original Bassist, Peter Quaife, just died yesterday)
5. Yardbirds
6. Small Faces
7. Cream
8. Zombies
9. Hollies
10. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac

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Glad you like my list Flower. I forgot about the Animals, had to add them in, so I changed it to my top 15.
 

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