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 Post subject: The greatest rock bands beginning with F
PostPosted: 08 Sep 2011, 22:39 
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Someone's got to do it, and Achilles has either got run over by a bus, left fiso or can't stop listening to the new Chili Peppers album. And anyway, I can't wait to tell you about how great the Funky Chicken Shites are :D.

Actually there's no such band, sadly. So instead I'm going to go for Fairport Convention, who helped invent electric folk-rock, or if they didn't invent it they sure did it better than anyone else.

The other notable contender is Fleetwood Mac. OK so they turned into the ultimate AOR band, but Rumours was an amazing album (until we all got sick of it), and let's not forget the franchise also includes the old blues band headed by Peter Green, which gave us the Green Manalishi, Oh Well, Albatros etc etc.


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 Post subject: Re: The greatest rock bands beginning with F
PostPosted: 08 Sep 2011, 22:48 
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Struggling to think of rubbish ones.

Selective amnesia, or not a good letter for bands?


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Struggling to think of rubbish ones.

Selective amnesia, or not a good letter for bands?


Five Star :wink:
Foster & Allen :P

There's

The Fall
Foo Fighters
Feeder
Faithless
Four Tops
Fun Boy Three 8-)

and Freddie and the :oops: :oops:


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 Post subject: Re: The greatest rock bands beginning with F
PostPosted: 08 Sep 2011, 23:00 
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Free maybe?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htuxb-m4-ng

perhaps not.

my vote goes to Frank Zappa - not rock, not an F really but definitely pretty 8-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf8TM4CIk5g

ok seeing as its 'rock band'...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFIMWRXW ... re=related


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Free are a good shout.


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A 3-way tie :shock: :
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More recently, Florence and the Machine, and Feist. Even more recently, Fujiya, whose Ventriloquizzing album has been mentioned a few times on the 2011 thread.


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Fleetwood Mac

Both the Blues and Hollywood versions - driven by the true musical genius of Peter Green and Lindsey Buckingham, respectively.

Rumours 8-) is still one of my Top 10 albums of all time - for those who've given it a decent rest, it's worth checking out the re-mastered version with Silver Springs.


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Fin Lizzy


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The Fall

The low points can be pretty low, but the high points are brilliant


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It has to be Free!
The classic line-up of Rodgers, Kossoff, Frazier & Kirke have spawned innumerable tribute bands and a Convention which is running well into over 30 years. Next one in October.


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I cannot believe the band of the 80's has been left out.

Stedman, Lorraine, Denise, Doris and Delroy - Ladies and Gentleman I give you Five Star.


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Knulpuk wrote:
I cannot believe the band of the 80's has been left out.

Stedman, Lorraine, Denise, Doris and Delroy - Ladies and Gentleman I give you Five Star.

Funny I thought their line-up was Pearson, Pearson, Pearson, Pearson & Pearson.


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The Foo's have to be up there.

Fightstar - side project of the kid from Busted :wink:

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Our Lips Are Sealed by Fun Boy Three is one of my favourite ever singles. :)


Got that on vinyl. Produced by Talking Head David Byrne, I think. Tunnel of Love and The Farmyard Connection are also FB3 classics.


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Knulpuk wrote:
I cannot believe the band of the 80's has been left out.

Stedman, Lorraine, Denise, Doris and Delroy - Ladies and Gentleman I give you Five Star.


Already mentioned :wink:

I hope you didn't phone and abuse them on Saturday Superstore :D


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Faith No More were great as rock/rap cross over band. Pre dated the Chillies in that genre. I've got "Midlife Crisis" on blue vinyl 8-) Plus Epic - what a song :P

But they went too heavy after losing the original lead singer.

I'm sure back in the day the NME used to poke fun at Mike Patton - he had a certain preference for eating, styling and using a certain bodily substance. Not pleasant :?


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The Fall

The low points can be pretty low, but the high points are brilliant


The ultimate marmite band. A few high points, and a load of dross for me.

Weren't 5 Star mentioned at the top of the thread?

I'm still struggling to get past Free, with FGTH as a worthy footnote in the world of Politico Pop. I've always had time for Paul Morley :wink:


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Critics love The Fall. I just don't get them :| Somebody must though after 30 odd albums.


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Faith No More were great as rock/rap cross over band. Pre dated the Chillies in that genre. I've got "Midlife Crisis" on blue vinyl 8-) Plus Epic - what a song :P

But they went too heavy after losing the original lead singer.


The original singer (Chuck Mosley) left after a couple of albums. Mike Patton then sang on the two songs you mention. They did get a bit too heavy after that IMO but still great.


[to be pedantic, there were various singers in early line ups but it was Mosley by the time they released anything]


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Critics love The Fall. I just don't get them :| Somebody must though after 30 odd albums.


Most of them had been in the effing band :lol:


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Fleetwood Mac just edge it over Free on the basis they produced some great stuff over such a long period of time, such as the classics of the Peter Green era (man of the world was my personal fave), the Fleetwood Mac/Rumours/Tusk albums and Tango in the Night. Great songs and great production was a common theme and in the post-Peter Green era they had, in Stevie Nicks, one of the all-time great female vocalists.


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Stevie Nicks has a new album out this year, as it happens. It's called In Your Dreams, it's on Spotify, and it's surprisingly good - the best thing she's done in years, in fact :)

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