The Band of our Generation

[drone]

I nominate the foo fighters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llLW...eature=related


P.S: I'm talking like 16-24 years old. NO OLD PEOPLE

I could say Nirvana, but apparently...

I'm old

This combo makes me laugh.

[LittleGrizzly]

I just made the cut for not being old... which is scary...

I like the Nirvana answer but I think we are talking more 20-30 or a bit older group for that...

Are we just talking pure success... Spice Girls and Britney Spears sold loads in a short space of time or does longevity come into it ? Cliff Richard, Metallica (though they changed one or two members right ?) though i guess were not counting longevity to much seen as 16-24

Linkin Park is a pretty widely popular one... Eminem possibly...

[Prussian to the Iron]

P.S: I'm talking like 16-24 years old. NO OLD PEOPLE

I could say Nirvana, but apparently...

I'm old

I'm old too! I'm 14 and I'm not in the age group arrgghh!!!!

haha lol


anyway: unfortunately, todays popular music is almost all rap, which isnt even really music to tell you the truth. and since there is really no 1 band that everyone likes (that is newer) there is no right answer.

but its not like there has ever been a single band that everyone likes above all else; KISS and AC/DC were formed around the same time, and they were both awesome. theres no 1 band above all else.

[pevergreen]

The Little River Band. If it has to be a band.

If there was ever a song that united a country, this is it. It was just...true.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99P7TTvpO1g

[seireikhaan]

Ehh....

There is no band for "this" generation, at the moment. Sure, there's fads like Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus, but they will come and go like the autumn breeze, only to be forgotten in the chills of winter and diverse music fora from which to choose now. The closest anything gets right now would probably be Jay-Z. However, I think he's sorta disqualified anyways, since he's not really a band. Plus, he still isn't really all that close to "generation defining" in the sense that, say, the Beatles were.

Basically, relish this time as a point in which everyone has a broad choice of music interests to pursuit. Not all are great, not all are even decent. But its all about taste, of course. The aforementioned statement is just my opinion, and others may disagree. Overall, I think most people are finding music they agree with, be it hard rock, indie, rap, or whatever tickles their fancy.

[miotas]

The voice of a generation.

Why is it that 12 year olds can be world famous "musicians" nowadays

This is the first time ever I'm considered old :(

For that reason alone... there can be only one...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEzh10_xoqw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZIZFoGcFQM

The Little River Band. If it has to be a band.

If there was ever a song that united a country, this is it. It was just...true.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99P7TTvpO1g

I agree, and it's still relevant today, but unfortunately simply being alive at the time makes one too old for this particular discussion.

[pevergreen]

18 baby, still a great song.

[naut]

Kings of Leon?

Most people like them. And they're a band. And well they're decent.

[Prussian to the Iron]

never heard of em.

[pevergreen]

I can't take them seriously. I was doing some cabling work (installing data outlets for computers for those who dont know) and one of their songs came on like 8 times an hour.

All i remember of it is "This is on fiiiiireeee!"

[CountArach]

Jonas Brothers.

[Prussian to the Iron]

Jonas Brothers.

NO! JUST NO! Haven't you ever watched South Park? They are EVIL!!!!!!


Joking aside (and i sincerely hope you were joking) unfortunately disney controls the minds of every child under the age of 12, and every female under the age of 24. So you see it's not truly talent, it's just that they can make it sound like good music. While you're next to your 10 year old son hearing "The Best of Both Worlds", he's hearing "Detroit Rock City" (Which I can finally drum on medium 100% on Rock Band 2!!!). Thus you can see the allure.

So by this logic, KISS is the band of our generation. Despite being 30 years old.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Number one songs on the hot 100 for last two years (with multiple weeks).

Low--Flo Rida ft. T-Pain
Love in this club--Usher ft. Young Jeezy
Touch my body--Mariah Carey
Bleeding Love--Leona Lewis
Lollipop--Lil Wayne
I kissed a girl--Katy Perry
Disturbia--Rihanna
Whatever you like--TI
Live Your life--TI ft. Rihanna
Single Ladies--Beyonce
Just Dance--Lady Gaga
My Life Would suck without you--Kelly Clarkson
Right Round--Flo Rida
Poker face--Lady Gaga
Boom Boom Pow--Black Eyed Peas
I gotta Feelin--Black Eyed Peas


For 1965:

I feel fine--the beatles
downtown--petula clark
You've lost that lovin feeling--the righteous brothers
This diamond ring--gary lewis and the playboys
eight days a week--the beatles
Stop! in the name of love--the supremes
I'm telling you now--freddie and the dreamers
Mrs. brown, youv'e got a lovely daughter--Herman's Hermits
Help me, Rhonda--the beach boys
I can't get no satisfaction--the rolling stones
I got you babe--sonny and cher
help--the beatles
yesterday--the beatles
get off of my cloud--the beatles
I hear a symphony--the supremes
turn! turn! turn!--the byrds


If the beatles and the stones were the voice of that generation, then the black eyed peas, flo rida and lady gaga are the voice of ours.

[Prussian to the Iron]

i will repeatedly veto flo rida and lady gaga out of that position. never really heard the black eyed peas, so i cant judge.

really? foo fighters isnt anywhere on that list?!?!? what has the world come to?

[Hooahguy]

So by this logic, KISS is the band of our generation. Despite being 30 years old.

no.

[gibsonsg91921]

Name a band more prolific and more influential in this generation than Green Day. Have you heard 21st Century Breakdown? It's monumental. They manage to be exceedingly popular and have the same arena-packing qualities as many bands of old.

Honorable mention:

Foo Fighters
The White Stripes
The Strokes
Blink-182
Rage Against the Machine

[Owen Glyndwr]

get off of my cloud--the beatles

I hope the hardcore stones fans don't rip you apart for that one.

I would comment on the so called "voice of our generation" (Which does include me), but I'm to busy listening to the greatness that was the mid-late 60s/early 70s psychedelic and folk music to really care about the crap they're putting out these days.

[Prussian to the Iron]

Name a band more prolific and more influential in this generation than Green Day. Have you heard 21st Century Breakdown? It's monumental. They manage to be exceedingly popular and have the same arena-packing qualities as many bands of old.

Linkin Park

i love both. but saying green day is the band of our generation is a bit far.

[Prussian to the Iron]

no.

please re-read the grand master plan:

Unfortunately Disney controls the minds of every child under the age of 12, and every female under the age of 24. So you see it's not truly talent, it's just that they can make it sound like good music. While you're next to your 10 year old son hearing "The Best of Both Worlds", he's hearing "Detroit Rock City". Thus you can see the allure.

[Meneldil]

I doubt this is a thread intended to discuss about preferences Meneldil-kün.

(fyi, Linkin Park is not really a part of my personal preference.)

Obviously. It just that the mere idea that Linkin Park might be representative of my generation is saddening.
I don't like Nirvana that much, but I can see how they became the band of a generation. Linkin Park though? That's a whole new level of terribad.

Furthermore, they don't embody one style, like Nirvana embodied grunge. What is Linkin Park? Softcore-pop-rock-cheap-ass-rap-metal? 6 years ago, a whole lot of teenagers dressed like Kurt Cobain, thought 'Life is bad, I want to die'. Who would dress like Chester Bennington?

Unfortunately, or fortunately, I think there's no 'band of our generation'. I can't think of any recent band that would fit the definition. Popular bands, such as Linkin Park, Foo Fighters and Muse aren't as mainstream as Nirvana or The Beattles were. And bands that are widely regarded as pretty good (such as NIN, Tool and so on) are even less mainstream. I'd go as far as saying that Hip hop and rap are nowadays much more listened to than rock. And there's no rap band/singer of our generation either. Snoop Dog is too old, 50 cents is dead (and too old).

[naut]

Linkin Park? Real song-writers are crying right now.

Green Day? Fake punk... um... yeh... fake, pop-punk.

Edit: This is really quite difficult. You could say Chili Peppers or Incubus? Uh...

[Prussian to the Iron]

i like incubus, but green day/linkin park is better IMHO.

Red Hot Chili Peppers I'd vote for. a bit of everything, and nobody hates them.

[Reverend Joe]

I notice that a lot of the 70's era folk seem eager to label the Jonas Brothers as the voice of my generation... sounds a bit like the pot calling the kettle black.

Anyhow, I really don't give a damn what the voice if "my generation" is, because it's not mine. When I look back at this time in my life, this is what I'll remember. And for that matter, I wouldn't really like to be associated with ANY "voice of a generation," be it the Beatles, the Bee Gees, Michael Jackson, Nirvana or the Jonas Brothers. Jerry Lee Lewis would be pretty damn cool (although Elvis the Pelvis kinda stole his rightful title from him) and AC/DC would be all right, but still, having just one band to define me by default kinda sucks.

[Prussian to the Iron]

that sounds good.

honestly when i look back at this time in my life ill remember it as the time when:

"I dressed up as Gene Simmons for halloween and listened to music from the 70's-80's"

I'm a little different from most 14/15 year olds you'll see :P

[pevergreen]

Not as much as you think.

The Jonas Brothers thing dies out a year or two older than you.

Then girls become nice, with the bits, come closer, look at the bits, still smelling nice, bits just for you and they're still smelling nice, come closer then they RIP YOU IN HALF.

[miotas]

I notice that a lot of the 70's era folk seem eager to label the Jonas Brothers as the voice of my generation... sounds a bit like the pot calling the kettle black.

They have beards, and one is going bald

Plus the Bee Gees are awesome.

[Samurai Waki]

I don't think there is a "band" of our Generation, and there needn't be one. I'm fairly sure there has only ever been two bands that have ever represented the feelings of an entire generation which would be the -Beatles- And Elvis I'm not even that much of a fan of either, but I know how influential they were, and still are. Most generations instead had "styles" of music that became popular, and uniquely different from the previous. The 20's had Jazz, the 40's had Big Band, the 50s had Elvis, the 60s had the Beatles, the 70s had Rock, the 80s had Metal and the birth of both rap and pop, the 90s had Metal/Rap/Pop as separate identities, and 2000s haven't been without success either, but it's been a bit more of a quiet revolution, and thats been the infusion of many different genres. I'm curious how the musical will differ in the 10s.