You can only pick 3

[bradgator2]

The Smiths are an odd one of this list

 

[bradgator2]

I wouldnt say any particular song stopped me in my tracks like this song. We obviously listened to music, but nothing really struck a core nerve. I'll never forget it, 10th grade, 1992.... this song was almost life changing at the time:

 

[bradgator2]

New Order
Joy Division
Tie between the Cure and The Smiths

I cant say I had even heard of Joy Division until an hour ago

 

[CDGator]

I cant say I had even heard of Joy Division until an hour ago

Pre-New Order

 

[GatorJB]

Just from this list: Foo Fighters, Beatles, Coldplay. But I can't list any bands without at least mentioning Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.

 

[bradgator2]

Kaiser Chiefs Ruby is a damn good song. Although I dont know much of their other music:

 

[CDGator]

Anyone else make it to the first Lollapaloosa tour in 1991?
We went in Atlanta

• Jane's Addiction
• Siouxsie and the Banshees
• Living Colour
• Nine Inch Nails
• Ice-T & Body Count
• Butthole Surfers (occasionally billed as "BH Surfers")
• Rollins Band

 

[Detroitgator]

New Order
Joy Division
Tie between the Cure and The Smiths

 

[bradgator2]

Just from this list: Foo Fighters, Beatles, Coldplay. But I can't list any bands without at least mentioning Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.

Hard to deny that is pretty damn cool:

 

[bradgator2]

Anyone else make it to the first Lollapaloosa tour in 1991?
We went in Atlanta

• Jane's Addiction
• Siouxsie and the Banshees
• Living Colour
• Nine Inch Nails
• Ice-T & Body Count
• Butthole Surfers (occasionally billed as "BH Surfers")
• Rollins Band

That would have been so awesome!

 

[Detroitgator]

Kaiser Chiefs Ruby is a damn good song. Although I dont know much of their other music:

This is a very, very, very specific and special memory song, and the only reason I wanted to see them.

@bradgator2 and @I Have No Friends :( I saw the Kaiser Chiefs (and most of the bands I've seen on that list) going to Sziget Fest in Hungary in 2008, 2009, and 2011 with "the Afghanistan crew"... check out the lineups.

Sziget Festival - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[CDGator]

James would be my fourth

 

[bradgator2]

New Order
Joy Division
Tie between the Cure and The Smiths

Right now, The Killers is "our" band. They are unashamed in their devotion and admitted influence of The Cure, The Smiths, New Order, and Pet Shop Boys.

The first time I saw The Killers live, Johnny Marr from The Smiths opened for them. He played a bunch of original Smiths and then played on several songs with the Killers. Brandon Flowers is constantly doing a cover of their songs.

Not the best video. But Johnny Marr is playing:

 

[CDGator]

Right now, The Killers is "our" band. They are unashamed in their devotion and admitted influence of The Cure, The Smiths, New Order, and Pet Shop Boys.

The first time I saw The Killers live, Johnny Marr from The Smiths opened for them. He played a bunch of original Smiths and then played on several songs with the Killers. Brandon Flowers is constantly doing a cover of their songs.

Not the best video. But Johnny Marr is playing:

I’m not familiar with the Killers but they sound like something I would have listened to.

 

[LaylaGator]

That just ain't my style, so I'll go Nirvana, Beatles, Coldplay.

 

[bradgator2]

I know a few Sam Fender songs. Not much.

 

[bradgator2]

That just ain't my style, so I'll go Nirvana, Beatles, Coldplay.

That's a damn good list. I mean that covers 60 years of music! Coldplay is still going at it.

 

[CDGator]

 

[bradgator2]

I’m not familiar with the Killers but they sound like something I would have listened to.

Listened means past tense. The Killers are just hitting full stride!

Actually, they just released a greatest hits this year on the 20th anniversary of their first album. Play this set sometime, every song is incredible:

 

[LaylaGator]

That's a damn good list. I mean that covers 60 years of music! Coldplay is still going at it.

Coldplay is my outlier, but I always loved Fix You and Something Just Like This. THEN I saw a documentary on Coldplay, and it made me appreciate the common folk they actually are. The lead singer of Coldplay in college reminded me of my nephew in college.