Barney Greenway!
― Usain Bolt Cola (Cattle Grind), Friday, 26 March 2010 00:10 (fourteen years ago) link
don't forget, it's "best in rock history" when did rock begin btw?
― not_goodwin, Friday, 26 March 2010 00:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Immediately after the Earth solidified, Immanuel and God created the various forms of mineral, plant and animal life. Then shortly thereafter they created the first physical bodies for human beings on Earth, which means this happened approximately 5 billion years ago.
― LiveJournal (acoleuthic), Friday, 26 March 2010 00:13 (fourteen years ago) link
not "a rock", "the rock"
― not_goodwin, Friday, 26 March 2010 00:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Actually, I had the phrasing wrong. The official title bestowed on LG is "Greatest Frontman Of All Time." Don't know if that cuts anyone out who was previously in the running (Bing Crosby, maybe? Frank Sinatra fronted a band at one point before going solo...), but there you go.
My candidate for Greatest (UK-Based) Frontman Of All Time is probably Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden. The guy is a fucking showman.
― neither good nor bad, just a kid like you (unperson), Friday, 26 March 2010 00:16 (fourteen years ago) link
his cousin's pretty good too
― LiveJournal (acoleuthic), Friday, 26 March 2010 00:16 (fourteen years ago) link
I seriously wish Oasis had never existed. Or "Q" magazine.
― dead flower :( (Pashmina), Thursday, March 25, 2010 11:57 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 26 March 2010 00:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Reference to Q readers not listening to anything post-1994, surely it's the other way around? Whatever his dubious qualities he's the obvious ''rock and roll'' choice esp. amongst the UK contingent. Who else, Chris martin? This is kinda the anti-Mojo poll result.
Anyway this is the same myopic bullshit as when Radiohead won the 1998 Greatest Album Ever poll with their 1997 album.
But y'know, Q and all that. Sorry, Q
― Master of Treacle, Friday, 26 March 2010 09:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Q readers even.
― Master of Treacle, Friday, 26 March 2010 09:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Whatever his dubious qualities he's the obvious ''rock and roll'' choice esp. amongst the UK contingent
Not getting this at all. He's boring to watch, surely a frontman should deport himself in an exciting "rock and roll" manner like, I dunno, Roger Daltrey or someone.
― anagram, Friday, 26 March 2010 09:52 (fourteen years ago) link
CAN'T BELIEVE Q READERS VOTED FOR SOMETHING
― Allbran Burg (Noodle Vague), Friday, 26 March 2010 09:53 (fourteen years ago) link
THIS IS LIKE WHEN NME JOURNALISTS LIKE SOMETHING
― Allbran Burg (Noodle Vague), Friday, 26 March 2010 09:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Not getting this at all. He's boring to watch, surely a frontman should deport himself in an exciting "rock and roll" manner like, I dunno, Roger Daltrey or someone
Agreed, but according to this poll Q readers' knowledge of frontmen goes back as far as Ian Brown or something.
― Master of Treacle, Friday, 26 March 2010 09:57 (fourteen years ago) link
They've obviously forgotten Ian Brown...
― Mark G, Friday, 26 March 2010 09:59 (fourteen years ago) link
I dunno, I remember going to see Badly Drawn Boy at the albert hall, he played for 3 hours plus and not once did I check my watch during it.
But then 1) That's just me (and possibly other people who were there), 2) It comes down to the gig you are at anyway...
― Mark G, Friday, 26 March 2010 10:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Absolutely not. His brother is a great songwriter though.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Friday, 26 March 2010 11:20 (fourteen years ago) link
correct answer = Iggy Stooge
― Half lies and gorilla dust (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 26 March 2010 12:50 (fourteen years ago) link
OK, I know that you lot are just going to write this off as "angry feminist complaining again" but I'm actually LOL-ing over this.
1) Liam Gallagher2) Bono3) Freddie Mercury4) Damon Albarn5) Chris Martin6) Matt Bellamy7) Jim Morrison8) Bob Marley9) Paul McCartney10) John Lennon11) Robbie Williams12) Debbie Harry13) Mick Jagger14) Morrissey15) John Lydon16) James Brown17) Bruce Springsteen18) Robert Plant19) Tom Meighan20) Joe Strummer
Debbie Harry is a man?
I mean, seriously, I'm just LOL-ing so hard over this because it proves something I've thought for quite some time.
19 men, 1 woman, in a list of frontMEN. Like, did someone in a panic notice that the list was all-male and rush to insert a token woman, without realising that it was actually a LIST OF MEN by its very definition?
I mean, yeah, the list is o_0 on so many levels, but that did actually make me laugh quite hard yesterday.
― Delia & Daphne & Celeste (Masonic Boom), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Tom Meighan
Who he?
― The Oort Locker (Tom D.), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:07 (fourteen years ago) link
LOL
― LiveJournal (acoleuthic), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:08 (fourteen years ago) link
surprised they went for him over Alex Turner
― LiveJournal (acoleuthic), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:09 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.kinkerbelle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/davidleeroth.jpg
― m the g, Friday, 26 March 2010 13:09 (fourteen years ago) link
WOW that list
― sonderangerbot, Friday, 26 March 2010 13:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Lead singer of Kasabian AKA the band that has so little stage presence, replacing them with Weebles would be an improvement.
― black jeans stained by (snoball), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:17 (fourteen years ago) link
I can understand the Q readership voting for LG but I think I've misjudged what their readership is given that I've just seen Robbie Williams above a whole bunch of what I thought were legendary Q rock dudes (and that Harry Debbie bloke).
― what else could go wrong for (onimo), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:17 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/images/artists/542x305/e135d690-9c53-4333-8f11-98aec8c9f434.jpg
^ bit of a Paul McCartney thing going on there!
― The Oort Locker (Tom D.), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:18 (fourteen years ago) link
did someone in a panic notice that the list was all-male and rush to insert a token woman,
Also, did someone in a panic notice that everyone on the list was white and rush to insert a token reggae artist and a token R&B/funk/soul artist?
― black jeans stained by (snoball), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:19 (fourteen years ago) link
"united.. WOOO!!!"
(xpost natch)
― Mark G, Friday, 26 March 2010 13:29 (fourteen years ago) link
can't wait for Rock Band: TG
― black jeans stained by (snoball), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:30 (fourteen years ago) link
"Hamburger Lady, Hamburger Lady/ Now stick your hands in the air like you just don't care!"
― The Oort Locker (Tom D.), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:36 (fourteen years ago) link
everybody gonna dance tonighteverybody gonna feel uni-ted
― black jeans stained by (snoball), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:38 (fourteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/We_All_Stand_Together.jpgWhat a dayWhat a daywhat...what, what a day
― black jeans stained by (snoball), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:40 (fourteen years ago) link
(actually that pic has got me thinking of a live action Rupert reboot starring Tim Westwood)
― black jeans stained by (snoball), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:41 (fourteen years ago) link
"We all live in a Zyklon B Zombie, Zyklon B Zombie, Zyklon B Zombie"
― Mark G, Friday, 26 March 2010 13:42 (fourteen years ago) link
"I Wanna Hold You Hand" in the style of "Persuasion"
― black jeans stained by (snoball), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Holy fucking shit, this list:
― Bill Magill, Friday, 26 March 2010 13:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Somehow I thought you wouldn't approve, Bill
― The Oort Locker (Tom D.), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Chris Martin - regardless of whether you like his music - is...I don't even know where to start
― LiveJournal (acoleuthic), Friday, 26 March 2010 13:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Well, the bits I've seen of him, he's a frontman fair enough.
Still, though
― Mark G, Friday, 26 March 2010 14:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Chris Martin - regardless of whether you like his music - is...
Not quite Lux Interior?
― The Oort Locker (Tom D.), Friday, 26 March 2010 14:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Lux Interior fronting Coldplay would have been pretty much the best thing ever
― LiveJournal (acoleuthic), Friday, 26 March 2010 14:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I-huh-I-uh neverrrrrrrr meant to *leans up right close to an audience member* cause ya TRROUBLLLEEEEEE
― LiveJournal (acoleuthic), Friday, 26 March 2010 14:04 (fourteen years ago) link
6) Matt Bellamy10) John Lennon
10) John Lennon
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Friday, 26 March 2010 15:14 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't think John Lennon was a "great frontman"
― The Oort Locker (Tom D.), Friday, 26 March 2010 15:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Too slow-moving and easy to hit
― Allbran Burg (Noodle Vague), Friday, 26 March 2010 15:16 (fourteen years ago) link
apparently he wasn't the greatest front man in The Beatles.
― Mark G, Friday, 26 March 2010 15:17 (fourteen years ago) link
They didn't have a frontman!
― The Oort Locker (Tom D.), Friday, 26 March 2010 15:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Ian Dury?
― not_goodwin, Friday, 26 March 2010 15:22 (fourteen years ago) link
He wasn't in the Beatles
People be in a bad mood today, I've noticed.
― Mark G, Friday, 26 March 2010 15:30 (fourteen years ago) link
lol@ the list. Chris Martin? you're having a laugh, readership of "Q" magazine. Also, yeah as per k st c 19m/1f is ridiculous.
Usual tedious cultural myopia as well "all time" puts moron Liam up against some tough competition, eh. Liam Gallagher versus, say, Cab Calloway. Or Carmen Miranda. Uh, a tough one to choose...
― dead flower :( (Pashmina), Saturday, 27 March 2010 00:19 (fourteen years ago) link
precisely
― BIG RICHARD ENERGY (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 20 July 2018 09:48 (five years ago) link
Oh yeah I’m sure but that’s what I find silly.It’s not I dunno, GnR for instance where it does make a difference to have Axl AND Slash on stage. Or Morrissey AND Marr, etc.
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 20 July 2018 10:16 (five years ago) link
noel and liam ARE morrissey and marr to a lot of middle-aged mods and young people inexplicably trapped in 1995, tho
― BIG RICHARD ENERGY (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 20 July 2018 10:20 (five years ago) link
I was listening to the Big Star box set last night, and especially the version of Chris Bell's I Am The Cosmos (which I think is a slightly different mix from the version I know from the Rykodisc Bell collection). The singing sounds like, well, Big Star, but the guitar playing and instrumental passages really reminded me of Oasis. Of course both Bell and the Gallaghers are well known Beatle worshippers, but it brought home to me just how much of a Creation band Oasis actually could be at times - betcha McGee played the Bell song to Noel at some point or other.
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 20 July 2018 10:44 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/WzHevae.jpg
― calstars, Friday, 30 July 2021 23:40 (two years ago) link
Guess the reunion's off then
I don’t wish AIDS on people I turn up and play the MUSIC for the people of MANCHESTER who have just had a terror attack while you sit on your dingy sipping champagne and you got the audacity to call me a COWARD sit down you 🛎 end— Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) May 24, 2023
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 16:13 (eleven months ago) link
the interior life of liam gallagher
https://i.imgur.com/OoryPPn.png
― z_tbd, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 16:16 (eleven months ago) link
Shiv--My Old Man
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 17:22 (eleven months ago) link
whoops wrong thread
not if you knew his relationship with his father tbf
― Ár an broc a mhic (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 23:05 (eleven months ago) link