Ha ha this is definitely a YMMV thread.....
Best lead singers on my playlist ("Alexa, play xxxxx"): Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Luther Vandross and....Don Henley.
Best harmonies (on record): Beatles, Beach Boys, CSNY, Everly Bros, Trio (Linda, Dolly, Emmylou).
Best live performances I've seen: Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Janis Joplin, Earth Wind and Fire, Elton John.
Best groups (I wanted to see in their prime but never got to): Elvis, Temptations, Miracles, 4 Tops, MJ, Prince.
Best concert at Stanford: Summer '68 at Frost -- (It's a Beautiful Day, Sons of Champlin, Santana, Creedence, The Chambers Bros, Quicksilver).
Best video clip online: Aretha singing "Natural Woman" to Carole King at the Kennedy Center Honors.
True Musical Genius: Stevie Wonder and Joni Mitchell.
Trivia: Buckingham and Nicks played at Stanford a lot, outside at Tresidder and at fraternity parties when their band was called "Fritz". Stevie was the HS girlfriend of one of my friends.
Best lead singers on my playlist ("Alexa, play xxxxx"): Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Luther Vandross and....Don Henley.
Best harmonies (on record): Beatles, Beach Boys, CSNY, Everly Bros, Trio (Linda, Dolly, Emmylou).
Best live performances I've seen: Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Janis Joplin, Earth Wind and Fire, Elton John.
Best groups (I wanted to see in their prime but never got to): Elvis, Temptations, Miracles, 4 Tops, MJ, Prince.
Best concert at Stanford: Summer '68 at Frost -- (It's a Beautiful Day, Sons of Champlin, Santana, Creedence, The Chambers Bros, Quicksilver).
Best video clip online: Aretha singing "Natural Woman" to Carole King at the Kennedy Center Honors.
True Musical Genius: Stevie Wonder and Joni Mitchell.
Trivia: Buckingham and Nicks played at Stanford a lot, outside at Tresidder and at fraternity parties when their band was called "Fritz". Stevie was the HS girlfriend of one of my friends.