Best "top 40" Band?

[sodamntired]

okay, so here's there the deal. I'm guessing a lot of us would agree that most bands in the top 40 blow.

but every once in a while, the top 40 kids actually luck out and get a quality band with merit

so i ask you this, what is the best band you can find among the popular groups?

for me? being that i posted this topic, i have to go with The Killers.

there newest album is on constant repeat in my stereo. i am very very impressed by their talent.

okay...post your thoughts/opinions/criticisms

Edited November 14, 2006 by sodamntired

[mrs jesus]

what's with all the spaces after each line?

[sodamntired]

what spaces?

 

;)

[mrs jesus]

thank you.

 

so to answer your question, i don't really listen to the radio, so i don't really know what's radio popular in terms of what i like. i like the killers, though. so maybe them?

[sodamntired]

i don't listen to the radio either, so what do the kids like these days?

 

 

EDIT: let me just add Snow Patrol to quality band(s) that somehow snuck through the top 40 filter

Edited November 14, 2006 by sodamntired

[i_the_throw_away]

i don't listen to the radio either, so what do the kids like these days?

Kids are listening to crap like...Panic at the Disco, Fall out Boy, Simple Plan, and HEDLEY. We should ;) all of them!!!! :angry: I hate this poppy, I have no talent, we all sound the same crap-O-la!

Umm I like RHCP and they are always on the radio(but they r also old schoolish) so I would have to say Alexisonfie or City & Colour, and Billy Talent are all in the "top 4o" that is if you are referring to songs..and I like them all.

[Ryan44]

i would consider the killers as one of those bands that fucking sucks. same with everything else said so far.

 

Goo Goo Dolls, when they had Iris. that was the song of the millenium youknow.

[soundless_space]

I like the new Killers. I think I'm one of the few apparently.

 

Um, I guess Snow Patrol, Alexisonfire, Taking Back Sunday, City and Colour, Coldplay. I know I've heard those on 102.1 when I tune in occasionally. But other than that, I can't really think of any.

[Some Random]

i'd need a top 40 list to look over to know if i like any. i'm sure there's a few, though.

[borntohula]

k-fed, all the way.

 

i like coldplay certain days of the week, i guess they're top 40. gnarls barkley certainly surprised me with their climb up the charts.

 

is norah jones top 40? bitch has my respect.

[bishopx]

Coldplay....I only hear about new music from other people. I don't listen to the radio. Too much talk.

[Shiri]

The Killers are cool in my book. Snow Patrol too.

[Computer]

Sam Roberts maybe.. hard to think of anything else.

[Jarrod]

I'm a mainstream whore.

 

;)

[bishopx]

I like the Killers, I also like RHCP...but I was into them before they became radio fodder...

[sodamntired]

hells yes Sam Roberts

 

sorry, i've been subjected to American Content too much/too long.

 

i wish i had Muchmusic...and i mean the Muchmusic Then, not Muchmusic Now, cause last time i was back home (the pas, manitoba) Much had become very MTV...television programs all day, no music. *weep*

 

i'm talking Muchmusic, 11th grade-era...music videos all day, quality vj's, concert movies on Saturday night.

 

 

this i miss

Edited November 14, 2006 by sodamntired

[Ryan44]

i like sam roberts, coldplay, rhcp (though i dont really consider them a radio band), matt mays

[Monochrome Rainbow]

RHCP are totally a radio band. They get tons of radioplay here.

 

Sam Roberts is awesome; Matt Mays if even more awesome (I can't wait to see him live again, I hope he comes back to Halifax soon).

 

Coldplay are okay. They've got some really strong songs but also lots of filler, in my opinion. I honestly don't get a lot of the hype for this band. My friend works with this guy that repeatedly refers to them as "this generations' The Beatles". I'm not a HUGE Beatles fan by any means but I'd still call this quite the stretch.

[borntohula]

this generation won't have another beatles. nor will the next generation have anything that will impact the same as nirvana did.

[bishopx]

I don't agree, I think it's only a matter of time before someone comes along and has that level of impact. It has always been that way.

[soundless_space]

Ya, but it won't be Coldplay. They'll never have the same impact The Beatles did.

[shade]

I don't agree, I think it's only a matter of time before someone comes along and has that level of impact. It has always been that way.

Technology has changed that, plus there are too many genres now within mainstream music, everyone likes different things. No 'One' band can have as huge an impact as the beatles did nowadays.

[Ryan44]

RHCP are totally a radio band. They get tons of radioplay here.

 

Sam Roberts is awesome; Matt Mays if even more awesome (I can't wait to see him live again, I hope he comes back to Halifax soon).

 

Coldplay are okay. They've got some really strong songs but also lots of filler, in my opinion. I honestly don't get a lot of the hype for this band. My friend works with this guy that repeatedly refers to them as "this generations' The Beatles". I'm not a HUGE Beatles fan by any means but I'd still call this quite the stretch.

i hardly ever hear red hots on the radio. mind u i dont listen to the radio much anymore.

 

umm matt mays and eltorpedo i think are going to do new years with blue rodeo, and kathleen edwards (on jim cuddy's new cd) in hamilton, and there are a few more dates set. check the site. click on TOUR

www.mattmays.com

[Monochrome Rainbow]

Yeah, I've been checking the tour dates. They're touring quite a bit right now just unfortuntately not visiting Halifax any time soon. That New Year's show will be really good though.

 

Yeah, I have no idea what it's like anywhere else but the radio here is playing RHCP's "Tell Me Baby" all the time. They play a lot of the singles from Californication too. And Under The Bridge, but that's a given.

[mrs jesus]

i hardly ever hear red hots on the radio. mind u i dont listen to the radio much anymore.

i almost NEVER listen to the radio, but i can guarantee you, if i turn it on for more than 10 minutes, i'm gonna hear a chili peppers song. they fucking run them into the ground here.