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Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty
I put lot of effort into this and tried to listen to most of the songs here, and I have to say I am very disappointed. I don't listen to this kind of music so here I thought I will give it a go, to make sure I don't miss out on great music. However, the only songs from this draft I liked were Stairway to heaven and High Hopes, and they were in my music collection before anyway. Other than that, seems to me most of these bands are condsidered "great" only because they are old and "classic". I understand sentimental reasons to pick bands from your younger days, but are these bands truly that much better than the rest?
Anyone else feels that way?
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Somehow, I have a hard time believeing that, in 20 years, people are going to remember Nickelback or Eminem.
I quite positive that we're still going to be talking about Queen and Metallica though.
Bands that have been listed here have defined entire genres and even generations themselves. Without Black Sabbath and Metallica, there's no Korn or even Tool. Without Queen, there's no Radiohead, Coldplay, Nirvana etc.
What makes them good isn't that they're "classic." What makes them good, is they actually are good. In fact, they are so good they defy age itself.
"Hammer to Fall" and "Stone Cold Crazy" sound just as awesome to me as they did when I first heard them 20 years ago as a teenager.
(don't forget, also, that this is still a "draft" - once we all get the legends and cultural icons out of the way, most here will be picking their current favourites)
Edit: Along this vein...
Welcome to the song that gave us Metallica: