Don't try and be 'cool'! Who do you really like after them Smiths people? I adore The Divine Comedy. Hannon is 2nd only to Mozz on stage presence terms, in my opinion. Oh, and like our boy, he can make you both laugh and cry within seconds of each other too.

What if The Smiffs/Moz are my second-favorite band?

i don't have to try to be cool.

talking heads
or
slayer
or
kyuss
or
bob marley and the wailers
or
the ramones

What if The Smiffs/Moz are my second-favorite band?

Then name your 1st fave band of ever all time infinity etc etc...

i don't have to try to be cool.

talking heads
or
slayer
or
kyuss
or
bob marley and the wailers
or
the ramones

I know, but I assumed my nomination would be seen as uncool. Anyhoo's, 2 out of your 4 are good.

I know, but I assumed my nomination would be seen as uncool. Anyhoo's, 2 out of your 4 are good.


that's great. but i named 5 bands...

The Ramones.

I will have to also be difficult and name multiple:

Dredg
Failure
Silverchair
Avenged Sevenfold


and others but you get the idea...

Siouxsie and the Banshees and/or Goldfrapp

Tindersticks...sometimes they're even #1

Siouxsie and the Banshees and/or Goldfrapp

ooh, i forgot about the banshees... i might have to have 6 second fave bands

probably radiohead. and if we're including solo artists, then elliott smith

Belle & Sebastian, 1st.

dunno...

smiths/arab strap/la renga/b&S/libertines/reincidentes those bands fight over the top

now probably Belle is the first, seconded by the strap

ooh, i forgot b&s and radiohead. 8 second favourite bands.

it used to be against me! but now i'm not so sure.

Smoking Popes/Beach Boys

First would have to be Television Personalities
& the The Jam/The Who/Small Faces/The Clash in 2nd place
& The Smiths/Morrissey in third.

Interpol-Jesu-Mono-Bad Religion or The Dillinger Escape Plan.

The Smiths are first for me, 2nd either Joy Division, blondie or Ludus

Ween. Seriously it's Morrissey/The Smiths, with Ween just on their tail and everyone else doesn't even come close :P

Duran Duran
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa129/MOZZER1974/duran_duran.jpg

The Manic Street Preachers!

@ Morrisseychic. I like Duran too. The last remaining remnant of my optimistic youth..:)

it used to be against me! but now i'm not so sure.

It should be Against Me! What an excellent band! Are you upset because they are now opening for the Foo Fighters? Did you not like New Wave? Sorry I'm being a nerd because no one on this board ever talks about them :cool:

#1:
http://www.stargods.org/BeatlesTitlePict.jpg

#1:
http://www.stargods.org/BeatlesTitlePict.jpg

haha, whatever possessed them to do that cover? what was that the original cover for? i forget.

Bauhaus

Once I got over my Prince phase :p, the big three for me growing up were Bauhaus, The Smiths, and The Cure. In terms of all time favorite music Morrissey/The Smiths has now taken first place, Bauhaus is a firm second, and The Cure have dropped off the list completely. I think they've been replaced in the #3 spot by Joy Division..

ETA: Oooo this is my #666 post, saying that Bauhaus is my 2nd favorite band. How goth!

haha, whatever possessed them to do that cover? what was that the original cover for? i forget.

Yesterday and Today, which was a 1966 US-only compilation of tracks that had been pulled from Help, Rubber Soul, and Revolver. All of the Beatles' UK albums through 1966 (except A Hard Day's Night) had 14 songs, while their American counterparts usually had just 11. Capitol, their US label, had done a similar butchering with Beatles VI a year earlier.

More than you ever wanted to know about it (http://www.eskimo.com/~bpentium/whobutch.html). Maybe that already was!

Yesterday and Today, which was a 1966 US-only compilation of tracks that had been pulled from Help, Rubber Soul, and Revolver. All of the Beatles' UK albums through 1966 (except A Hard Day's Night) had 14 songs, while their American counterparts usually had just 11. Capitol, their US label, had done a similar butchering with Beatles VI a year earlier.

More than you ever wanted to know about it (http://www.eskimo.com/~bpentium/whobutch.html). Maybe that already was!

ahhh! you know, i was gonna say it was the cover for Yesterday, but I knew that didnt sound quite right. my subconscious was on the right track! ;)

DESCENDENTS!

:guitar:

Bauhaus

Once I got over my Prince phase :p, the big three for me growing up were Bauhaus, The Smiths, and The Cure. In terms of all time favorite music Morrissey/The Smiths has now taken first place, Bauhaus is a firm second, and The Cure have dropped off the list completely. I think they've been replaced in the #3 spot by Joy Division..

ETA: Oooo this is my #666 post, saying that Bauhaus is my 2nd favorite band. How goth!

Oh my Goth! That was my list from the first half of the '80s. Really, throw in Siouxsie and it's done.

The Cure lost me sometime around '85, when they got way too twee for me. Those early albums, though, "Boys Don't Cry/Three Imaginary Boys," "Faith," "Seventeen Seconds" and "Pornography" are good enough to keep them in my top ten (maybe even top five) forever. I lost Bauhaus somewhere along the way...

2) Radiohead

3) Barenaked Ladies

4) The Kinks

5) Dire Straits

6) Led Zeppelin

7) Syd Barrett (solo)

8) Jeff Buckley

9) New York Dolls

10) Pink Floyd


Thought i would give you my top 10 just cos ... i felt like it :)

Right now it's Inspiral Carpets.

#2 for me are British Sea Power! In my opinion, they haven't put out a single bad track.

I used to go goo-goo-ga-ga for Suede and Gene but since they disbanded, I've lost about all interest. I've got all their recordings but I rarely listen to them anymore. I hate to admit it but Radiohead have piqued my interest lately and I used to not really care for them.

joey

First would have to be Television Personalities
& the The Jam/The Who/Small Faces/The Clash in 2nd place
& The Smiths/Morrissey in third.

DITTO

Duran Duran
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa129/MOZZER1974/duran_duran.jpg

TOTALLY them too!!! :horny:

I will add to those, Poi Dog Pondering and David Gray. That's five #2's :D

Interpol, without a doubt.

Libertines
Sleater-Kinney
Smiths

The White Stripes.

It should be Against Me! What an excellent band! Are you upset because they are now opening for the Foo Fighters? Did you not like New Wave? Sorry I'm being a nerd because no one on this board ever talks about them :cool:

i love 'New Wave', and I think it's stupid that everyone craps on them now. sure, reinventing axl rose was/is classic, and there are a few kinda weak tracks on new wave, but overall, i think it's great, tom's songwriting is still totally there, the music is just a little different.

what do you want them to do, make the same record 10 times for the rest of their lives? you gotta evolve..

and as for me, i hate claiming favorite band, the smiths would make the top 10, but the primary contenders for the top spot would be dylan, social distortion, the replacements, bright eyes, bad religion.. those are probably the top five.

Hmm tough one. I have really been feeling Ultravox lately.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOKMxMjc8Mk

the beatles

i don't have to try to be cool.

talking heads
or
slayer
or
kyuss
or
bob marley and the wailers
or
the ramones

Back in 1977 I saw two of the above on the same bill. Guess which two - and who headlined and who supported.

Personally, I can't even pick a 1st favourite band/artist - Moz is always up there - but there are many many others.

SUEDE!
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s41/headacheville/Bernard%20Butler/1993Suede04.jpg

They may be the first now, I'm listening a lot to them, but Brett's lyrics aren't half good as Morrissey's.

and The Electric Soft Parade
http://www.skratchmagazine.com/bandimages/int-0606-theelectricsoftparade.jpg

Definately Ludus..then Suede

Depending on the day, I could go with:

REM
or
Interpol
or
Billy Bragg
or
The Bravery
or
The Rolling Stones

Back in 1977 I saw two of the above on the same bill. Guess which two - and who headlined and who supported.

Personally, I can't even pick a 1st favourite band/artist - Moz is always up there - but there are many many others.

Talking Heads opening for the Ramones, yes? :)

Mmm.. it's a tie between Antony and the Johnsons, Black Flag, Buzzcocks, Leonard Cohen and Sleater-Kinney... I think.

and my eternal guilty pleasure: cock sparrer -.-

The Smiths

It should be Against Me! What an excellent band! Are you upset because they are now opening for the Foo Fighters? Did you not like New Wave? Sorry I'm being a nerd because no one on this board ever talks about them :cool:

no don't worry! i'm happy to see that someone has interest enough in them to mention my post. i think that if they could choose, they wouldn't be touring with the foo. it's likely something done by sire to open them up to a broader fan base. which with the new album, seems to be their goal. they've toured in stadiums in support of 'searching for' and have played with bands like green day before so i guess it's not exactly something new.

but i am dissapointed with new wave completely. although i support them all of the way and the lyrics and the topics they sing about still reflect the mentality they had 10 years ago, the music just doesn't anymore. and i realize that bands change and their sound changes but i never thought when i first started listening to them i would hear the clean production and guitar solos within their songs. i know that they want to bring intelligence back into the punk scene and they seem to be doing just that based on the critical acclaim of the album, but they aren't the same band. i miss the time when they sang 'our arenas are just basements and bookstores across an underground america' and it still reflected their mentality. but of all the bands that deserve to make a living doing this, it's definitely them. maybe i'm just being too picky :confused::p

It changes, but at the moment it would be the scandalously underrated Aimee Mann.

Was the Rolling Stones, then The Doors, then The Libertines. Now and forever Joy Division.

Talking Heads opening for the Ramones, yes? :)

Oh yes indeed. Still one of the best gigs I've ever seen.:)

Mumiy Troll :p

and Interpol

Today anyway... ;)

the fookin' roses!

R.E.M. - very excited about the new album. After them, it's a 3-way tie between Joy Div./Death Cab For Cutie/Coutning Crows. And after that it's Radiohead/Elliott Smith/New Order.


Coiff.

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff72/philbergin/sex_pistols.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff72/philbergin/sex_pistols.jpg

Right band. Wrong bass player. Sid was a prize dick.

Right band. Wrong bass player. Sid was a prize dick.

*Slaps you upside the head and then glares* ¬_¬

No, I know exactly where you're coming from :)

(¬_¬)

& nogodsnomasters85, did you read about the Pistols supposedly releasing a second studio album?

If that's true I hate John Lydon more.

Regina Spektor is my first favourite. and then The Smiths. and "third" is pretty far behind them, haha.. ;)

Right band. Wrong bass player. Sid was a prize dick.

I hadn't put that much thought into it. Yes, Glen was far superior, wrote a fair amount of material, too. THe best pistols bassist, no doubt. However, Sid sure had style.

*Slaps you upside the head and then glares* ¬_¬

No, I know exactly where you're coming from :)

(¬_¬)

& nogodsnomasters85, did you read about the Pistols supposedly releasing a second studio album?

If that's true I hate John Lydon more.

Why the hate? True, it wouldn't compare to "Never Mind..", NOTHING will. But it could be fun, I mean his PiL stuff is pretty damn cool. But I'm not holding my breath.. I'm just praying to god for another US tour, I'd LOVE to see them live, again.

The Fall.

DEAD KENNEDYS!
Which also sets the tone for most of my music. Morrissey/The Smiths are lost in a sea of angry sweaty guys shouting...I'm sure they don't mind too much...


http://www.last.fm/user/MunchyBrain

The Fall or Joy Division

joy division

DEAD KENNEDYS!
Which also sets the tone for most of my music. Morrissey/The Smiths are lost in a sea of angry sweaty guys shouting...I'm sure they don't mind too much...


http://www.last.fm/user/MunchyBrain

I LOVE your signature!

If.... is definitely my favourite film, I can never get bored of it, have to watch it every single day!
AMAZING!

Sorry if I sound a bit over-exited but I've not come across an If.... fan before :D

Why the hate? True, it wouldn't compare to "Never Mind..", NOTHING will. But it could be fun, I mean his PiL stuff is pretty damn cool. But I'm not holding my breath.. I'm just praying to god for another US tour, I'd LOVE to see them live, again.

He just gets on my nerves SO much!

Still, he's no Malcolm McLaren, now there's a man I hate!

PiL are really great, yeah but I think the Pistols should just stick with NMTB, makes them seem cooler.

Today, Interpol

I LOVE your signature!

If.... is definitely my favourite film, I can never get bored of it, have to watch it every single day!
AMAZING!

Sorry if I sound a bit over-exited but I've not come across an If.... fan before :D

I've never come across another If... fan before either! :D

I'm going to have to say Heroes Del Silencio. :cool:

I've never come across another If... fan before either! :D

I know I-Wish-It-Would-Rain has already said this but I love your sig too! :D
I watched If.... for the first time the other week and though it was brilliant :D

To stay on topic my 2nd favourite band is probably Ludus

:guitar::guitar: Rammstein!! :guitar::guitar:

Siouxsie & The Banshees or Blondie.

either Ludus, The Concretes (with Victoria Bergsman) or The French Kicks.

they're all fantastic.

PJ Harvey.

Placebo, The Smiths, New Order (in no order) ...then Interpol :)

It's a tie between PISTOL OPERA and THE BEATLES ... THE SMITHS will always be 1st in my heart, though ... ;)

It changes almost daily, sometimes The Killers, sometimes Led Zep, but right now The Beatles.

1) The Beatles

2) The Smiths

3) Radiohead

My Bloody Valentine (The Fall and The Velvet Underground come close soon after, though)

But even these are far from The Smiths/Moz to me and shuffle periodically. Most of the music I listen to is weird avant-garde/jazz stuff anyway.

#2 for me are British Sea Power! In my opinion, they haven't put out a single bad track.

I used to go goo-goo-ga-ga for Suede and Gene but since they disbanded, I've lost about all interest. I've got all their recordings but I rarely listen to them anymore. I hate to admit it but Radiohead have piqued my interest lately and I used to not really care for them.

joey

Yep Joey! BRITISH SEA POWER is my favorite current band. Their discography is growing, though unfortunately it'll take them more than twice the time it took the Smiths to complete their catalog. Maybe it'll mean more longevity for bsp, I hope.

I'm a big non-clog wearing New Model Army fan :)

Of all the bands I'd consider my favorites, they are the band I most respect. Great fellas that just ooze "cool" without the b.s. Won't find a band that "rocks" (for lack of a better word) any better than them live, either.

AC/DC or Siouxsie and the Banshees or Avril Lavigne

Belle and Sebastian , proudly

Sufjan Stevens.

Probably. Though I go through phases of playing Interpol to death.

Probably The Wedding Present.

No particular order because I love them as much as Smiths/Morrissey.

Aztec Camera
Orange Juice
Pulp
Trash Can Sinatras

No particular order because I love them as much as Smiths/Morrissey.

Aztec Camera
Orange Juice
Pulp
Trash Can Sinatras

really as much as? do you go on forums for them as well Kewpie?

I like James 2nd best I think.

THe Smiths are my 2nd favourite band.

suede

Smashing Pumpkins
Depressmode

My favourite band is Depeche Mode, then it's Morrissey, then it's Suede, James, New Order, bla bla bla bla then the Smiffs.

Hüsker Dü! <33333

bright eyes. actually, bright eyes are my first favourite band. But Morrissey is my favourite solo artist.

1) The Beatles
2) Joan Baez
3) The Smiths/Morrissey
4) Bob Dylan
5) Oasis
6) The Jam/Paul Weller
7) The Stone Roses
8) Beck
9) Benny Goodman
10) The La's

That's always the hardest list to make.

The Smashing Pumpkins

http://www.nirvana.cl/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/corgan.jpg

Oooh, I love the Pumpkins.
This has to be one of my fav pics.

Billy and Jimmy reunited AND smiling!

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/8984/spluxembourg02kz6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/8984/spluxembourg02kz6.a5d6c09373.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=393&i=spluxembourg02kz6.jpg)

Placebo

http://picture.yatego.com/images/452ca2cb8babc0.8/0711974691.jpg

Anything by Neil Finn.

erm...

R.E.M.
Belle and Sebastian
Stone Roses
Joy Division
Suede

...ahh there are too many

Love PTxx.

1. Pink Floyd
2. The Smiths/Morrissey

Then in no order.

The Small Faces
The Who
Pet Shop Boys
New Order
Love and Money
Seal
U2
Roger Waters
Depeche Mode
Wishbone Ash
Stone Roses

I don't think Seal is a band :^)

Replacements for sloppy seconds...

I'm a Clash City Rocker

The Fall

Interpol.
Divine Comedy and Mars Volta are close too.

Ludus

babyshambles:guitar:

Calexico

Talking Heads/David Byrne are my favourite, so i guess Morrissey/The Smiths are my 2nd favourite. :guitar:

The Cure
Jesus and Mary chain
Bloc party/ Echo and the bunneymen

gotta be The Cramps or The Fall 2 close to call

there are only 2 persons that ever grabbed me like morrissey did, and its

john lydon with the pistols and PIL, and later (but not as much as the other two) pete doherty with the libertines

so the ranking would be

morrissey
john lydon
doherty

I think, PIL were great in the 80ies - totally exploring new grounds - songs as poptones were pure brilliance

this interview is hilarious, reminds me of moz, but in a more cynical tone
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=AC949647B7CF741E&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&v=OirTyITUJ1Y

Elliott Smith. Brilliant songwriter.

Elliott Smith. Brilliant songwriter.

yeah elliott smith is brilliant, definately in my top 5.

I'd have to say talking heads second though :)

The Cure.

according to last fm:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/gulrober/the10.jpg
apop is my 2nd fave
but ive been playing a lot of YYY since the new album came out
however, that will change when i get:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/10/Reginaspektorfarcover.jpg
:love:

The Libertines are probably on par with the Smiths, which isn't very cool, I suspect :p

Depeche Mode, definitely.

Current 93 for me.

cheers

from my last.fm;

http://i41.tinypic.com/b3pthd.jpg

to my credit, i've not listened to SP since 2007..

I've seen Morrissey, Enrique, Interpol, Snow Patrol live from my list, aswell..

i'd say my 2nd favourite band was Interpol, though

from my last.fm;

http://i41.tinypic.com/b3pthd.jpg

to my credit, i've not listened to SP since 2007..

I've seen Morrissey, Enrique, Interpol, Snow Patrol live from my list, aswell..

i'd say my 2nd favourite band was Interpol, though

and i though i played a lot of music at home :eek:
as for SP, dude, 07 was the last time they were any good :p

Most of the SP plays are the first two albums.

And i've been on last.fm since 05 :D, plus, i don't have a cd player in my bedroom anymore...

You Me At Six

The Killers.

I love the brazilian band called Legião Urbana....
Their songs sound like The Smiths and Renato Russo (voice) loved Moz....

It's Legião song called Feedback song for a dying friend
Soothe young man sweating forehead
Touch the naked stem held hidden there
Safe in such dark hayseed
Wired nest

Then, his light brown eyes are quick
Once touch is what he thought was grip

This is not his hands
Those there but mine
And safe my hands
Do seek to gain
All knowledge of
My master's manly rain

The scented taste
That stills my tongue
Is wrong that set
But not undone

His fiery eyes
Can slash my savage skin
And force all seriousness away

He wades in close waters
Deep sleeps alter his senses
I must obey my only rival
He will command our twin revival

The same,
Insane
Sustain
Again

The two of us so close to our own hearts
I silenced and wrote this awe
Of the coincidence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh1_bHq8JnI
Russo was English teacher....

Morrissey and The Smiths will always be "the" band I think it's safe to say for me, but R.E.M. are the band which run them second. I think in a similar way to The Smiths, they were a great four peice (now three),and each band member contributes equally which is a rare commodity it seems. I love Stipe's vocals and lyrics, Mike Mills is a great bass player while Peter Buck has a great style of simplicity in his guitar lines, yet they are so memorable.

The Fall,without a doubt.

i couldn't get into the fall, i don't like Mark's voice...

Butcher Boy are #1 for me at the moment.