Top 5 living Rock Icons
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Chuck Berry
Bob Dylan
Mick Jagger
Eric Clapton
Bob Seger
These are just my favorites. There are many greats out there & tastes vary.
Mike
Chuck Berry
Bob Dylan
Mick Jagger
Eric Clapton
Bob Seger
These are just my favorites. There are many greats out there & tastes vary.
Mike
ahhhh....Bob Seger....a guy who rarely gets his due!
I had the Live Bullet 8 track in my first car that played non-stop for a couple years.....
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Chuck Berry
Bob Dylan
Mick Jagger
Eric Clapton
Bob Seger
These are just my favorites. There are many greats out there & tastes vary.
Mike
ahhhh....Bob Seger....a guy who rarely gets his due!
I had the Live Bullet 8 track in my first car that played non-stop for a couple years.....
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I find it interesting that neither Carlos Santana nor Rod Stewart have been mentioned, including my list.
I mean santana has done a lot but I'm not sure either qualify as icon status
I mean santana has done a lot but I'm not sure either qualify as icon status
I think Santana can certainly have Rock Icon status.....perhaps not Top 5 or 10....but certainly up there somewhere.
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Chuck Berry
Bob Dylan
Mick Jagger
Eric Clapton
Bob Seger
These are just my favorites. There are many greats out there & tastes vary.
Mike
Chuck Berry
Bob Dylan
Mick Jagger
Eric Clapton
Bob Seger
These are just my favorites. There are many greats out there & tastes vary.
Mike
Not bad, but I was actually trying to go for a bit of an objective standard with this question. Any objective listing on this subject pretty much has to have Paul McCartney at the top of it.
Love me some Bob Seger....but objectively....gotta go with Pauly...but the rest of your list is pretty much spot on.
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Chuck Berry
Bob Dylan
Mick Jagger
Eric Clapton
Bob Seger
These are just my favorites. There are many greats out there & tastes vary.
Mike
Not bad, but I was actually trying to go for a bit of an objective standard with this question. Any objective listing on this subject pretty much has to have Paul McCartney at the top of it.
Love me some Bob Seger....but objectively....gotta go with Pauly...but the rest of your list is pretty much spot on.
Not bad, but I was actually trying to go for a bit of an objective standard with this question. Any objective listing on this subject pretty much has to have Paul McCartney at the top of it.
Love me some Bob Seger....but objectively....gotta go with Pauly...but the rest of your list is pretty much spot on.
What is objective about any of this Gipp?
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It can't be an exact science of course. I would say as objectively as you can how many people from all spectrums of life would recognize the name Frank Sinatra? And how many people from all spectrums of life would recognize Dave Grohl or his band?
It's not an insult to the lesser-known artist just a fact. Has nothing to do with taste. I don't like Led Zeppelin but I would have to admit they are certainly Rock icons of the first order.
WSS
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Back in the day for me it would be:
Paul McCartney
Mick Jagger
Bob Dylan
Eric Clapton
Neil Young
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It can't be an exact science of course. I would say as objectively as you can how many people from all spectrums of life would recognize the name Frank Sinatra? And how many people from all spectrums of life would recognize Dave Grohl or his band?
It's not an insult to the lesser-known artist just a fact. Has nothing to do with taste. I don't like Led Zeppelin but I would have to admit they are certainly Rock icons of the first order.
WSS
tons that aren't old. How many people under 50 are going to pick chuck berry out of a lineup or name any of his songs? It's a bit of a generational thing I think. Put chuck berry, chubby checker, little richard and James Brown in a lineup and see how many millenials can correctly pick them out. That's probably different for guys like Paul McCartney but even he was recently denied, twice, entry to an after Grammy party.It can't be an exact science of course. I would say as objectively as you can how many people from all spectrums of life would recognize the name Frank Sinatra? And how many people from all spectrums of life would recognize Dave Grohl or his band?
It's not an insult to the lesser-known artist just a fact. Has nothing to do with taste. I don't like Led Zeppelin but I would have to admit they are certainly Rock icons of the first order.
WSS
So I dont think you can deny guys like Grohl and Hetfield their status because you're not as familiar with them.
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tons that aren't old. How many people under 50 are going to pick chuck berry out of a lineup or name any of his songs? It's a bit of a generational thing I think. Put chuck berry, chubby checker, little richard and James Brown in a lineup and see how many millenials can correctly pick them out. That's probably different for guys like Paul McCartney but even he was recently denied, twice, entry to an after Grammy party.It can't be an exact science of course. I would say as objectively as you can how many people from all spectrums of life would recognize the name Frank Sinatra? And how many people from all spectrums of life would recognize Dave Grohl or his band?
It's not an insult to the lesser-known artist just a fact. Has nothing to do with taste. I don't like Led Zeppelin but I would have to admit they are certainly Rock icons of the first order.
WSS
So I dont think you can deny guys like Grohl and Hetfield their status because you're not as familiar with them.
tons that aren't old. How many people under 50 are going to pick chuck berry out of a lineup or name any of his songs? It's a bit of a generational thing I think. Put chuck berry, chubby checker, little richard and James Brown in a lineup and see how many millenials can correctly pick them out. That's probably different for guys like Paul McCartney but even he was recently denied, twice, entry to an after Grammy party.
So I dont think you can deny guys like Grohl and Hetfield their status because you're not as familiar with them.
I'm quite familiar with them.
Baseball football and soccer are iconic Sports. Lots of people like lacrosse and curling but I don't put them in the same category. If it makes their fans feel special then fuck it go for it.
WSS
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there's plenty that would argue with you over the icon status of the sports you've named. Ive read somewhere that table tennis has a greater fanbase world-wide than Football. So, you know, whatever. It's what's iconic to you. It's an incredibly subjective topic no matter what anyone thinks SHOULD be objective.
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Yeah.
OK
Here's five great living icons:
Gerry Marsden
Gary Brooker
Tony Carey
Eric Carmen
Jimmy Webb
WSS
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Im sure you could argue
Barbara Streisand
Bette Midler
Barry Manilow
Celine Dion
the Village People
they're certainly icons to SOMEBODY
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there's plenty that would argue with you over the icon status of the sports you've named. Ive read somewhere that table tennis has a greater fanbase world-wide than Football. So, you know, whatever. It's what's iconic to you. It's an incredibly subjective topic no matter what anyone thinks SHOULD be objective.
there's plenty that would argue with you over the icon status of the sports you've named. Ive read somewhere that table tennis has a greater fanbase world-wide than Football. So, you know, whatever. It's what's iconic to you. It's an incredibly subjective topic no matter what anyone thinks SHOULD be objective.
Right.....actually just looked up the definitin of "icon" to see if my perspective is actually even correct.....and it basically means "a person that is revered".....so.....there are icons of all eras and types and they probably can be generational, as well as geographic, etc....
For this post....The top 5 rock icons....Id say it depends on if it's "your" top 5 or the worlds top 5.......so younger people would err to people who are iconic to their generation(or their icons).....us older guys might pick people who have been iconic longer(or the worlds).....cause Mcartney or Elvis were "icons" for longer than a lot folks have even been alive.....and to some of us older folks, guys like Grohl are just getting started.....
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I guess I should pull a Gipper and start bellyaching about the title of the threaday then.
You should change the name to top five living people at random.
WSS
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I guess it depends on whether you think someone like Santana has been more successful or had more of an impact on rock than James Hetfield. Santana has certainly had a long career that is much loved but I'd struggle to think his impact is greater.
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I mean, if we were just talking about the top five rock icons of all time, period, I'd probably put Kurt Cobain in there much to the chagrin of some.
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Just to play devils advocate.....James Hetfield and Metallica play to a very select group that likes heavy metal rock and, while they are icons of that genre, there music really doesnt cross over much into groups that like other types of music...so, they have a fairly focused group of fans, that is about 30 years into listening to them....
Santana....however....has been doing it for 50 years and crosses several genres....rock, pop, latin, percussive.....they also have attracted more fans from different generations....and Carlos pretty much created his own genre that sounds like no one but him..... while, I think a lot of people would tell you that Metallica sounds like a million other bands(or vice versa) and definitely didnt create their own genre.....so, I know its all perspective, but I have to believe Santana has touched and influence way more people, in way more musical genres for way more time.....
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that's your prerogative to think that, and trying to tell someone their opinion is wrong is usually a pretty stupid endeavor.
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Santana could certainly be an icon. Supernatural was an incredible album that ruled the world in 99. In my opinion he's not. but that's just my opinion.
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that's your prerogative to think that, and trying to tell someone their opinion is wrong is usually a pretty stupid endeavor.
that's your prerogative to think that, and trying to tell someone their opinion is wrong is usually a pretty stupid endeavor.
certainly didnt mean it that way....at all.....so, apologize if you took that way.....
Just offering a different perspective on who was influenced by who....thats all....no more no less....
I mean.....didnt you just tell Steve his sports analogy was wrong and the Santana people they were wrong?....or am I missing something...
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