Creedence Clearwater Revival vs the Grateful Dead vs the Band

The Supremes vs CCR

it might be "fun" to design a poll whose results on ILM are guaranteed to disgust

like the Supremes vs the Pixies

earnest CCR vs. Beatles poll

Something I've been meaning to ask everyone: do you say "Creedence Clearwater Revival" or "Creedence Clearwater Revivals"?

Hollies vs CCR

you just say "CCR"

poll should have no end-date

this is a great idea tbrr

poll should have no end-date

lol, YES. Make them last five years at least. xpost!

Credeence Clearwater Revival in the morning, Credeence Clearwater Revival in the evening? What's the worst part of Credeence Clearwater Revival? How has Credeence Clearwater Revival changed over time?

another interesting thing would be polling bands whose aesthetics are clearly different - like, this poll is an attempt to frame three visions of what are seen as the same impulse. I don't see it that way (I don't think the Dead are really trying to do anything like what either CCR and the Band are doing, and I think the Band only in the same turf as CCR about half the time), but I think (say) CCR vs. Sabbath would be a "two different approaches to cathartic release" poll. Also it'd be fun to know just who is a big enough chump to vote CCR over Black Sabbath

I would probably have to go with Sabbath in that contest, seeing as how they basically invented a genre

Sabbath have really had next to no impact on my life. Liked "Iron Man" as a kid, that's about it. If you factor in inventing a genre, they're obviously heavyweights, but I don't like their music.

well they invented a good genre, i would still vote for CCR over the douche that invented 'moombahton' or whatever (xpost)

pitting anyone against sabbath is pretty unfair imo.

lol remember this

CCR vs. The Velvet Underground + The Stooges + Big Star Poll

Sabbath

did I mention that Creedence was playing at the u-mail-it place when I went in yesterday?

Man, those guys need a new manager.

creedence clearwater revisited vs. robertson-less band vs. furthur

Man, those guys need a new manager

it's two guys, neither of whom are named Fogerty. so they're probably about where they deserve to be imho

good ol shakey, never fails to let the joke fly over his head

skipped joke, moved on to tyler's post

But I lolled at both Tarfumes' joke AND Shakey's rejoinder!

The Dead had so much more range than the other two. To me it would have made more sense to do Dead vs. Byrds. And CCR vs. I dunno, Three Dog Night or somebody. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

i.e. shit that my truck driving uncle listened to in livermore in the '70s

The Dead did more things badly, I'll give you that

and none of them well imho

you listen to music badly

This thread is chooglin

American Beauty is not real representative of the Dead qua Dead. It has no guitar solos, for one thing.

― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Thursday, August 16, 2012 10:37 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the question was the best dead album for a NON dead fan, american beauty is their best conventional album, so i think that's a better starting point that OMG dude def start with the 15 minutes of dicking around with feedback on dark star at the cleveland speedway april 16 72

OTM. Although I would break it out more. If you like nuggets style garage rock you should like Cream Puff War, the early Warlocks stuff, Birth of the Dead, Mindbender, Can't Come Down, etc. If you like SF style psych like the Airplane, Fish, Quicksilver, Charlatans, etc. then I can't see why you wouldn't be into Anthem of the Sun and Aoxomoxoa. And if you like country rock go to American Beauty and Workingman's Dead. If you don't like any of those things then what are you doing trying to get into the Grateful Dead?

the question was the best dead album for a NON dead fan, american beauty is their best conventional album

This album that sounds like nothing else they ever did is the perfect gateway!

but if you do like those things and still claim that the Dead did them badly then you're either trolling, haven't actually listened to those records, or you can't get past some stupid idea of gross '80s-'90s deadheads.
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how does AB sound like nothing else they ever did!? it sounds like a logical continuation of other stuff they were doing around that same time.

Golliwogs > Warlocks

"Fight Fire" kinda sucks. I skip it every time.

I was speaking relatively

stupid idea of gross '80s-'90s deadheads.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WcTN-EKpH1c/S1YQogEhrNI/AAAAAAAAB_I/fVx6Zv_7yYw/s400/Grateful-Dead-Biography.jpg

^^^
"the dregs"

levon and the hawks (or the canadian squires) better than both the warlocks and golliwogs. tho fight fire rules, what are you talking about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1SJZGhg2QI

that's kinda lame

you listen to music badly too!

we all listen to music badly ;_;

oh well

for me a garage rock song with organ always beats a garage rock song without organ. piano is an immediate disqualification.

I'll agree that Fight Fire is hardly a standour cut on the Nuggets box. The Dead's entries on the SF Nuggets box don't even deserve to be called nuggets imho.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqDjA3DqbcM&list=ALNb4maWNoT6TiTrC9-MF6z2Jt-FU9qNJL&index=33&feature=plpp_video

^^^has no hook

Diggin' the Canadian Squires, thx! I not listen music badly!

quickly scanning brain for great garage rock songs with piano, knowing that's going to bite me in the ass...

electric piano gets a pass

wtf that was supposed to be "The Golden Road (to Unlimited Devotion)"

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The Dead's entries on the SF Nuggets box don't even deserve to be called nuggets imho.

almost nothing on that set does though tbh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqDjA3DqbcM