This Thread Has Very Little To Do With John Fogerty

[Smitty]

Long as I Can See the Light
Lodi
Midnight Special
Someday Never Comes
Hey Tonight

[Steve French]

Love Effigy

Love Uncle Tupelo's version even more

I had ZERO idea that it was a cver... its like the Clash's Pressure Drop or Police & Thieves: love the cover, go look up the originals.... love the original. not more. differently.

[Steve French]

Long as I Can See the Light has the greatest sax solo in all of rock n roll.

I don't have a good mental checklist of the possible contenders but "Waitin' For a Friend" comes to mind.

Money? Us & Them?

that bruce Springsteen song......

[John A Arkansawyer]

Long as I Can See the Light has the greatest sax solo in all of rock n roll.

I don't have a good mental checklist of the possible contenders but "Waitin' For a Friend" comes to mind.

Money? Us & Them?

I'm torn between "Oh Bondage Up Yours" and something--anything!--from Buy The Contortions.

[beantownbubba]

As always, when this board puts its collective mind to something, it's gonna surprise me. Before these lists starting appearing, I would have guessed that "Who'll Stop the Rain" would have been the most likely candidate to be the most listed song. Obviously it's not even close. That's not to criticize anybody else's choices, it's just a personal reaction based on a combination of my own regard for the song and my perception of the song's popularity.

[Tequila Cowboy]

Fortunate Son
proud Mary
Have You Ever Seen Rain
Effigy
Green River

[John A Arkansawyer]

As always, when this board puts its collective mind to something, it's gonna surprise me. Before these lists starting appearing, I would have guessed that "Who'll Stop the Rain" would have been the most likely candidate to be the most listed song. Obviously it's not even close. That's not to criticize anybody else's choices, it's just a personal reaction based on a combination of my own regard for the song and my perception of the song's popularity.

Whereas I would have guessed "Fortunate Son", but for similar reasons.

[Slipkid42]

I have Fortunate Son & Who'll Stop The Rain in my CCR Top 5; but It wasn't a slam dunk. I'm not sure of the numbers; but I think Bad Moon Rising might have been their biggest hit & Proud Mary was pretty big as well. CCR was a radio hit machine. They might have more hits per songs recorded than anyone. I think that is a testament to their universal appeal. I haven't met too many people who didn't like CCR.

[Smitty]

Cant believe I left out "Bad Moon Rising".
Its hard to type while feeding a baby.

[GuitarManUpstairs]

Both rain songs - Who'll Stop the Rain?/Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Someday Never Comes
Suzie Q
Fortunate Son
Lodi

[Tequila Cowboy]

I love how after changing the name of this thread that it suddenly shifted back to Fogerty/CCR.

[cortez the killer]

Pagan Baby
Walking On the Water
(Wish I Could) Hideaway
Long As I Can See the Light
Ramble Tamble

[Shakespeare]

no particular order:
fortunate son
effigy
down on the corner
up around the bend
run through the jungle
about a dozen more i feel dirty leaving off

great band

[cortez the killer]

great band

Greatest American rock band ever.

[tinnitus photography]

great band

Greatest American rock band ever.

Three way tie between Guided By Voices, Pavement, Sonic Youth and 41 other bands.

[cortez the killer]

great band

Greatest American rock band ever.

Three way tie between Guided By Voices, Pavement, Sonic Youth and 41 other bands.

It's good to see 2nd place is so hotly contested. Rock on you American bands. Maybe tinnitus actually shot you.

[brett27295]

top 5 most influential US bands of all time

- Velvet Underground
- Stooges
- Metallica
- Sonic Youth
- Byrds (possibly The Dead or The Airplane, as well)

70's era Aerosmith pretty much influenced the entire 80's metal scene and no matter how much you may look down your nose at that particular genre there's no denying that those bands sold a ton of records, tshirts, and concert tickets and were the soundtrack to an entire generation of teens. I actually got into 70's era Aerosmith in Jr. High because all my favorite bands were constantly talking about them in the pages of Circus and Hit Parader magazine. For what it's worth lol.

[Beebs]

70's era Aerosmith pretty much influenced the entire 80's metal scene

I'm not yet officially disagree with this statement, but I'd love to hear a few examples

[John A Arkansawyer]

I actually got into 70's era Aerosmith in Jr. High because all my favorite bands were constantly talking about them in the pages of Circus and Hit Parader magazine. For what it's worth lol.

Whereas I decided I loved Jonathan Richman and Patti Smith sight-unseen (sound-unheard?), and that this punk rock/new wave stuff was the shit, just by reading about them in, yes, the under-appreciated Hit Parader.

(I was somewhat disappointed to find that "Anarchy in the UK" didn't sound like my version, but wotthehell.)

[Slipkid42]

I do think Aerosmith was highly influential, but it was the hair bands (Poison, Warrant, Skid Row etc.), more so than the metal bands. Metal bands like Anthrax, Megadeath, Metallica & Pantera were influenced much more by Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin & even Blue Oyster Cult than they were by Aerosmith (IMO). I'm sure Bill could elaborate further on this.

[brett27295]

I do think Aerosmith was highly influential, but it was the hair bands (Poison, Warrant, Skid Row etc.), more so than the metal bands. Metal bands like Anthrax, Megadeath, Metallica & Pantera were influenced much more by Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin & even Blue Oyster Cult than they were by Aerosmith (IMO). I'm sure Bill could elaborate further on this.

Somewhat true. The 80's Glam Metal bands (I hate the term hair metal lol) like Motley Crue, Ratt, Bon Jovi, Cinderella, Kix etc., were all heavily influenced by early Aerosmith with a dose of the New York Dolls, early KISS, Alice Cooper, TRex, & Mott The Hoople mixed in. Guns N' Roses were also heavily influenced by early Aerosmith, but luckily Duff Mckagan brought a much needed punk influence which made GnR stand out from the other later era Glam Metal bands overtaking the Sunset Strip at the time.

In my opinion the Thrash Metal scene which included Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer etc., were more influenced by the New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands coming out of England and Europe. And Black Sabbath lol. Sabbath influenced most metal bands of the era not matter the genre of metal.

Of course this is all IMHO. There are so many genres and subgenres when it comes to "metal" that it boggles the mind. Bottom line is Aerosmith was a very influential US band for an entire genre of music.

[Tequila Cowboy]

I love the term "hair metal" myself. I think it's the most accurate ridiculous genre moniker ever.

[beantownbubba]

I love the term "hair metal" myself. I think it's the most accurate ridiculous genre moniker ever.

Yeah, it's pretty much perfect.

[brett27295]

I love the term "hair metal" myself. I think it's the most accurate ridiculous genre moniker ever.

Which is why I made the comment "no matter how much you may look down your nose at that particular genre". It's guaranteed that any thread on an internet message board that mentions 80's metal bands will include at least 50% snide comments about said genre lol.

[tinnitus photography]

I love the term "hair metal" myself. I think it's the most accurate ridiculous genre moniker ever.

Which is why I made the comment "no matter how much you may look down your nose at that particular genre". It's guaranteed that any thread on an internet message board that mentions 80's metal bands will include at least 50% snide comments about said genre lol.

wherein reality, it should be closer to 98%.

[brett27295]

wherein reality, it should be closer to 98%.

Is the percentage of musical snobbery on message boards that high?

[tinnitus photography]

wherein reality, it should be closer to 98%.

Is the percentage of musical snobbery on message boards that high?

not usually. it's normally populated by clear thinking types.

[brett27295]

not usually. it's normally populated by clear thinking types.

who usually don't have an opinion when it comes to politics, religion, or music.

[Kudzu Guillotine]

I love early Aerosmith, Foghat, Mother's Finest, Grand Funk Railroad, Edgar Winter, Steppenwolf, etc. I never did get into hair metal even though it was nearly everywhere you turned in the 80's and into the early 90's.

[Beebs]

I love the term "hair metal" myself. I think it's the most accurate ridiculous genre moniker ever.

Which is why I made the comment "no matter how much you may look down your nose at that particular genre". It's guaranteed that any thread on an internet message board that mentions 80's metal bands will include at least 50% snide comments about said genre lol.

Anyone who thinks you mean Poison or Warrant when you say "80's Metal" should just roll up the window of thier IROC and go back to finger banging the skank in the acid washed skirt.