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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 08:40 PM Original message |
Poll question: Battle of the bands: ZZ Top vs. Lynyrd Skynyrd |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Free Bird!!! |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Free Bird? Charlie Parker is in jail? |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. lol |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why's that even a competition? Skynyrd all the way! |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. I recall signing a petition to change the national anthem to..... |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. Freebird rivals Stairway to Heaven as the most overplayed ... |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Freebird was great, but I like so many more Skynyrd songs better. |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. Skynyrd with an assist from the Drive By Truckers |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. you make my brain hurt |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. yes, where you're from my dear it would be illegal! |
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Gen. Jack D. Ripper (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. Skynyrd, because |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. ZZ |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. The original Skynyrd |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
14. Lynyrd Skynyrd waned in 1977 |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. My vote's for Lynyrd Skynyrd |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. that is actually a pretty tough choice for me personally |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 04:52 AM Response to Original message |
17. tres hombres |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 05:47 AM Response to Original message |
18. My home town band! ZZTops. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 06:04 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I picked these two because they are pretty equal, IMO. |
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Beausoleil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #19 |
36. "ZZ's early stuff really can't be beat" |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. ZZ Top because they saved Lester Bangs life |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 07:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. I watched something last week that I wish Lester had been able to see... |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'd vote for pre-plane crash Skynyrd over ZZ Top... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I'm in complete agreement with you (n/t) |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
22. let me see..... |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
24. MOLLY HATCHET!!!! |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Heh. Skynyrd was the poor man's Allmans... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
54. No, Blackfoot was the poor man's Lynyrd Skynyrd... |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. ZZ |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
26. Skynyrd, but both were pretty cool during their heyday |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
27. Overall, I'll say ZZ Top |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
29. You forgot |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 07:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. awww, now play nice... |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
30. I gotta give Skynyrd the edge... |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
31. No ZZ Top |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 07:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. But ya gotta give Billy Gibbons his due. He roomed with Hendrix |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Billy Gibbons said that he roomed with Hendrix, but that's not true |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 08:10 PM Response to Reply #35 |
49. Texans DO tend to eggagerate a bit. But how do you know Billy lied? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. The chronology doesn't match up... |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. But it could be true. Gibbons played in a band called ... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Yes, I am aware of that; Moving Sidewalks played several dates with... |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Hmmm...I thought I was a longtime Hendrix scholar and researcher. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. He has done work for the estate {n/t) |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
37. My favorite Skynyrd |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
38. Skynyrd by a nose. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
39. Skynyrd is the best American rock band of all time |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. That would be The Beach Boys IMO |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. you mean WITH Stamos, right? |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. LOL |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 07:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Beach Boys with Stamos was the first concert I ever saw, haha. |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Sorry, that would be the Doors |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Side one of Rush' 2112 was phenomenal, but I must go back in time |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Dead Kennedys! |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. They goddamn well better. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 07:09 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I guess the competition has to be separate, |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 07:10 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Haha, amen to that. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. You're right. They can't be any good. They appeal to too many people. lol |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 08:25 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I guess that makes me a snob but |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 08:54 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. It's okay. I've been branded a snob too. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
58. skynard |
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