[FireFly]

Pardon me, I didn't realize I needed to quote your exact thought to be able to comment on it. I'll remember in the future not to discuss what you've previously said without quoting it.

You originally said that a good/great band must be an influential one. I disagreed with who you thought were influential, but I suppose that since I don't really listen to bands Radiohead influenced, I wouldn't have known that. Either way, who has influence doesn't have much to do with the topic at hand. You've proven RadioHead has had influence. Lovely. When's the last time you heard their song on a radio?

"If Nickelback becomes and oldies band that is only listened to by old people who no longer have any influence on the music industry and hold on to Nickelback like mullets, because they havn't progressed beyond them...so be it. I'm not saying they won't accomplish that, but that hardly makes them a good/great band."

"You have commented on which bands will be remembered. With any artist/entertainer there influence is one the most crucial aspect of their legacy. The 2 can't be seperated."

"To have a prolonged artistic influence over a wide audience, a band must have precisely those 2 things. Artistic influence and a wide audience.
Nickelback clearly lacks the first, and the "cafe bands" as you call them clearly lack the second. The next generation of Zepplins are the bands that do both."


So, an artist must have artistic influence and wide influence to have a prolonged career. That's lovely, but it still doesn't make them a good/great band. Groundbreaking perhaps, but not necessarily good.

What do you mean by the 'next generation of Zepplin bands' precisely?