Best Ever Albums

Re: Flaming Lips 4 Best Band of the Holocene Epoch

junodog4 — Mon, 8 Jul 2013 15:52:20 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 07/08/2013 19:52

I don't think using superlatives to praise the brilliance of The Flaming Lips is a bad thing...

Re: Flaming Lips 4 Best Band of the Holocene Epoch

drakonium — Mon, 8 Jul 2013 15:15:37 GMT

Author: drakonium

Posted: 07/08/2013 19:15

They're actually pretty close for me, but love the kinks

Re: Flaming Lips 4 Best Band of the Holocene Epoch

Anonymous — Mon, 8 Jul 2013 14:41:46 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/08/2013 18:41

So you're basically asking if they are the best band ever? No, not even close.

Re: Flaming Lips 4 Best Band of the Holocene Epoch

Cymro2011 — Mon, 8 Jul 2013 12:53:07 GMT

Author: Cymro2011

Posted: 07/08/2013 16:53

uhhh...no.

Re: Flaming Lips 4 Best Band of the Holocene Epoch

Anonymous — Mon, 8 Jul 2013 10:43:17 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/08/2013 14:43

What the heck, seeing as this is clearly a silly poll, I'm gonna go ahead and vote yay.

Although I think I would prefer to nominate Talking Heads, Arcade Fire, or Pink Floyd as top. Flaming Lips would be 4th for me.

Re: Flaming Lips 4 Best Band of the Holocene Epoch

EyeKanFly — Mon, 8 Jul 2013 10:36:03 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 07/08/2013 14:36

lethalnezzle wrote:

No. Quite possibly the best band of the 1990s though.

Agreed. This is sort of a silly poll, considering the Holocene epoch began about 12,000 years ago and we only have access to music from the past 500-600 years or so.

That being said, the absurdity of the question at hand kind of does make me want to vote the Lips as the best band of the epoch.

Re: Flaming Lips 4 Best Band of the Holocene Epoch

Patman360 — Mon, 8 Jul 2013 10:28:53 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 07/08/2013 14:28

Considering the Holocene is like the last 10,000 years roughly, this is basically asking what the greatest band in the history of music is... (Unless I'm somehow overlooking music from pre-Holocene eras/epochs... 😜 )

Anyway, I'm gonna go with no.

Re: Flaming Lips 4 Best Band of the Holocene Epoch

Anonymous — Mon, 8 Jul 2013 10:17:12 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/08/2013 14:17

This is just a silly question. On what criteria can we evaluate this? The vast majority of music produced during the Holocene Epoch was not made by "bands". Much, much more of it can be attributed to the collective unit of classical composers, solo artists, and chants/hymns/folk songs/other musical traditions of untraceable origin (I would estimate the last of these to be responsible for well over 99% of all music created during the epoch in question). Not to mention, the term "band" is incredibly ambiguous (Nine Inch Nails, Owl City, etc., combined with the fact that artists such as David Bowie and Bob Dylan almost always had bands backing them; also, changing lineups).

Additionally, as I mentioned, what's the criteria? How does one go about comparing Radiohead to the Boston Philharmonic?

I also think ranking artists in general is a nonsensical endeavor, but my reasoning for that isn't really pertinent to this thread.

Anyway, no. I'm voting no.

Re: Flaming Lips 4 Best Band of the Holocene Epoch

Anonymous — Mon, 8 Jul 2013 10:03:10 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/08/2013 14:03

No. Quite possibly the best band of the 1990s though.

Re: Flaming Lips 4 Best Band of the Holocene Epoch

davidhuret — Mon, 8 Jul 2013 03:57:28 GMT

Author: davidhuret

Posted: 07/08/2013 07:57

Love them but didn't vote, the Holocene Epoch being a bit of a stretch- how about the 21rst century instead?

Flaming Lips 4 Best Band of the Holocene Epoch

AlexZangari — Mon, 8 Jul 2013 02:51:43 GMT

Author: AlexZangari

Posted: 07/08/2013 06:51

yea or nay