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Sweet 16 (early 1970's) - #2 The Who vs #6 Black Sabbath

YellowSnow
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Sweet 16 (early 1970's) - #2 The Who vs #6 Black Sabbath 47 votes

#2 The Who
59%
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#6 Black Sabbath
40%
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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,738 Founders Club
    #6 Black Sabbath
    I feel like I am going to get buttfucked here.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,216 Founders Club
    #2 The Who
    Swaye said:

    I feel like I am going to get buttfucked here.

    Deservedly so. Sabbath are the Godfathers of Metal. But the Who are one of the greatest and most influential rock acts of all time.
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,098
    #2 The Who
    This SHOULDNT be close
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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,738 Founders Club
    #6 Black Sabbath
    Fuck yes Sabbath with the comeback!
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    #2 The Who
    Swaye said:

    Fuck yes Sabbath with the comeback!

    Always about the blacks
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  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,643 Founders Club
    #2 The Who
    You could put just about any decent band from the 70s into the nirvana bracket and they would win IMO.
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  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,913
    #2 The Who
    One naked emperor down in the Damoans, the next one will be slayed soon in this thread.
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  • Joey
    Joey Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,233 Founders Club
    #6 Black Sabbath
    If Ozzy would finally dump that coattail riding bitch Sharon he could pull ahead late
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  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,662
    #6 Black Sabbath
    I only know like 1 who song.
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  • dflea
    dflea Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,287 Swaye's Wigwam
    #2 The Who
    Pitchfork51 said:

    I only know like 1 who song.

    Congratulations?
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  • Dennis_DeYoung
    Dennis_DeYoung Member Posts: 14,754
    #6 Black Sabbath
    They’re both great. Top end on Black Sabbath is slightly higher.
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  • chuck
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,671 Swaye's Wigwam
    #6 Black Sabbath
    My problem with the who is that I find some if their most well known, acclaimed stuff (my generation, most of Tommie but especially pinball wizard, behind blue eyes), to be unlistenable schlock. A shit ton of talent and some mind blowing performances especially live, but they're not a powerhouse band on my list.

    Black Sabbath is different. I'm always happy to hear even their worst songs while Ozzie was with them.
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  • backthepack
    backthepack Member Posts: 19,937
    #2 The Who
    Rather easily, imo.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,216 Founders Club
    #2 The Who
    chuck said:

    My problem with the who is that I find some if their most well known, acclaimed stuff (my generation, most of Tommie but especially pinball wizard, behind blue eyes), to be unlistenable schlock. A shit ton of talent and some mind blowing performances especially live, but they're not a powerhouse band on my list.

    Black Sabbath is different. I'm always happy to hear even their worst songs while Ozzie was with them.

    Chuck, let's take a moment here to run through each of your examples...

    "My Generation" - I think it suffers from becoming overheard and cliché like any big hit of an era- e.g., "Satisfaction", "Like a Rolling Stones", BUT I don't think there's any schlock to it whatsoever. It was also one of the most revolutionary and ground breaking singles of all tim. Keep in mind that when it was released in 1965 it was by far the most aggressive guitar, drums and bass ever put to wax and as a result influenced all the harder rock and then proto metal of the later 1960s.

    "Tommy" - The studio album has a bit of a corny theme that hasn't held up as well 50 years later; it's also a better sounding bit of music live and has much more power this way (see "Live at Leeds "Deluxe Edition". Still there's still some amazing music including "Pinball Wizzard" - yes, it's a little silly lyrically but the acoustic guitar opening here is still one of the greater intros in the history of rock music.

    "Behind Blue Eyes" - Yes, a some schlock in the first half but the second half rocks about as hard as any record I've listened too. Moon's drum fills are fucking absurd here.

    I think with Pete Townshend as a song writer, you have to put up with a certain amount of touchey-feeley, naval gazing BUT that same tendency provided so many terrific songs. Consider "Picture of Lilly" from 1967: I'm pretty sure this was the first song in rock history about BRB, JO and still one of the best on this topic.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,216 Founders Club
    #2 The Who
    Poles are closed. Who hold off a skrong challenge from Sabbath 26- 19.
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  • Peterman
    Peterman Member Posts: 675
    #6 Black Sabbath
    Fuck this
    You guys are all fags
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