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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
The title is "best rock bands," not "most influential bands" or "best musicians" or even "best bands." By definition you can't include hip-hop or Motown. The author admits that the list is "purely subjective."
I'd like to know which girl group you'd want to include.
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The girl group debate I myself would have would be the Ronettes, based on influence, style, and top hits, and Patti Labelle, based on longevity, versatility, and sheer vocal gutsiness (kind of like the Stones, who were one of a number of damn good bands back in the day, but make it on to almost all the top 10 lists based solely on the fact that they kept making music 20 years after their peers stopped, some of it pretty good). I can see the pros and cons of including girl groups, but I think they did a lot for vocals in rock music, and we're back in a world today where the vocals matter.
But "best" has to have some meaning, and listing what he played in college just means these are his favorite bands, nothing more.
