Skynyrd's first album, ZZ TOP's Tres Hombres and Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy, to name a few more. Those 3 plus Aerosmith kept the turntable spinning, the Lowenbrau flowing and the "one hitter" burning. Clearly, I'm old.😊
Yeah.. I totally forgot ZZ TOP. They're honestly one of my favorite bands in the 70's. HOWEVER, I will be including them in a future video. :) The years keep on flowin by, my friend. And I'm here to document them! :)
@@aviewfromthestage 👍 Time keeps on ticking... (50 year anniversary last year) Going through a box of old ticket stubs not long ago. I was blessed. My first rock concert: May 19, 1973 (lol yeah, I'm old, but still above the dirt...) East Tennessee State University Rory Gallagher ZZ Top $4 It was about two months before Tres Hombres came out. (Dusty Hill's 24th birthday, I came to find out on his passing) It was Festival Seating and I managed to get about 15 feet from mic center. Rory Gallagher was pure fire right out of the gate, and his band was phenomenal. (particularly Lou Martin on his electric piano) Rory was amazing to see play and I think that he had as much fun as anyone. Then, Billy Gibbons and the boys came out. Back when they were the most badass blues rock band that ever was. Straw hats, jeans, no beards (but Frank. lol), and BG in a white tshirt w/ pack of Marlboros rolled up in the sleeve(lol). Needless to say, Rory and Billy made a big impression on a 16 yr old. Blues rock, slide guitar nut ever since. RIP Rory, Rod, Lou, & Dusty. Thank You! Keep Rockin' Billy, Frank, & Gerry
Great observation! ZZ Top, Man they could rock and had the meanest shuffle in the business of amplified rock ‘n’ roll! One of my favorite bands, and I saw them at the Waterbury palace At Waterbury, Connecticut, I believe it was 1976 in the tush album came out and the concert cost $5.50 and had a back up band called Slade, and they were booed off the stage after the third song Due to their extreme, volume and lack of cohesion. They rolled off the gear & went out the back door, and ZZ Top came in, and saved the day!
I was much a Deep Purple guy and Made In Japan, though released at the end of 1972, was much on the scene in '73. Many agree that it stands as the best live album in the hard rock genre.
Time keeps on ticking... Going through a box of old ticket stubs not long ago. 50th Anniversary just passed. (lol yeah, I'm old, but still above the dirt...) My first rock concert: May 19, 1973 East Tennessee State University (Dusty's 24th birthday I found out on his passing) Rory Gallagher - ZZ Top $4 RIP Dusty! (& Rory, Rod, & Lou) Thank You! Keep Rockin', Billy n Frank (& Gerry)
Tyranny & Mutation - Blue Oyster Cult (my favorite band), Alladin Sane - David Bowie, Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield, Brothers & Sisters - The Allman Brothers - wow what a monumental year it was!
B.O.C. is my top band also ! I've seen them over 20 times, starting with "On Your Feet or onYour Knees" I finally got Bucks autograph about 11 years ago in ATL.
My favorite album of 1973 was Lynyrd Skynyrd pronounced. Simple Man, Gimme Three Steps, Tuesday’s Gone, and of course Freebird. Few debut albums have that many timeless classics.
You nailed every classic album for that year. The only two I wasn't familiar with were New York Dolls and Iiggy Pop, even though I had heard of both bands. I'll check those albums out. Nice review. 🙏😥❤️
HIGHLY influential... If for no other reason than all of the next two decades... The Dolls were proto the Sunset Strip scene of the 80s. And Iggy is often brought up by the grunge rock guys as being one of the records they listened to all of the time. :) So yeah!
@aviewfromthestage I just listened to raw power and the New York Dolls I went to college in the late 70s. And listened to a ton of great punk rock. These are definitely great albums. Raw, unapologetic, in your face. Thank you
Awesome rundown! Makes me want to pull these albums and listen through the whole albums, especially since most of them have slipped by me... As i grow older, i realize more and more, all the music i HAVEN'T listened to...
Ya know.. if it weren't for my father, I would have missed about half of these. But honestly, Punk Rock saved my life... so I am completely enamored with all of it's history, i.e. New York Dolls and Iggy Pop.
Hey, A View from the Stage, great mini-documentary. One thing that could've enhanced your segment on the Stooges' Raw Power is that Kurt Cobain ranked it #1 on his list of favorite albums ever, further deepening that album's influence. However, there are some key omissions: Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy, Al Green's Call Me, Lynyrd Skynyrd's Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd, the Rolling Stones' very underrated Goat's Head Soup, David Bowie's Aladdin Sane, the Eagles' Desperado, Gram Parsons' G.P., Can's Future Days, and probably the most glaringly offensive omission of all, Stevie Wonder's Innervisions. You need to do a part 2 to this.
Quadrophenia is probably my favorite album of all time. The Who would have taken it to greater heights at the time if it wasn’t such a problem to play live.
I turned 15 in 1973. Was there ever a better year to turn15? We became the original and only "sex, drugs and rock n roll" generation. Human's are no longer capable of producing music like that.
1973 was an amazing year in Rock. Quadraphinia is by far my favorite album from that year. But I definitely own the majority of these albums still. That's right I still have all my albums from the decades of collecting them.
So glad you included Mott the Hoople's Mott. They're my fave band, with Deep Purple, and both bands usually get ignored, however successful they were. Mott's my #1 album from that year. Their second-heaviest album, and one of their quirkiest too. 🙂🙃
Honestly, the song Violence? Getouttttttahere. THAT song is DELICIOUSLY badass. The entire rest of the album is proper good... Mott has exactly TWO mentions on here.. in this one.. and then in 1972. Love it!
@@aviewfromthestage: Yes, I love that song! Ian's voice and lyrics are menacing but also funny. Mick's guitar sound is massive. And Whizz Kidd is another deep track - it rocks hard but has a haunting melody and countermelody. Thanks, will check out 1972. Purple's Machine Head could be included there, perhaps. EDIT: I saw it months back! My age is affecting my memory-recall...😅
It is a major oversight of '73 Rockn'Roll, House of the Holy was one of their bigger albums, and their Tours in '73 were record breaking, not to mention them filming the Song Renains the Same at their Madison Square Gardens dates, which I believe is still the highest take in any hotel robbery in USA history. This was Zeppelin at the height of their careers, the biggest band of the '70s,not to mention the God's of 70s Rock flying around in their Starship is very large omission.
you are of course totally correct, But Ozzy just didn't get the more experimental and atmospheric elements that Tony and Geezer brought in. It's really a cinematic album in that it has the atmospheric sections that are right out of a British Horror film. A rainy, cloudy English countryside .....and up on the hill is the notorious Asylum for the Insane, and the members of Sabbath at this time were definitely on the edge of being committed.
Great job on this. Brings back wonderful memories of '73 when I was 16. I remember all these great albums when they were new. One addition I would've included would be Band On The Run.
No Houses of the Holy. You dont include the biggest band during that time. How can any list of albums from that time not include HOTH. Was probably the second biggest selling album from that year.
I wouldn't drop anything you listed here, but might have also added important albums by Bowie - Alladin Sane, a little thing called Houses of the Holy by Led Zeppelin, and I don't know maybe Band on The Run by an certain ex-Beatle? Or Mind Games by another ex-Beatle?
John Lennon! Yes! I know Houses of the Holy was huge in it's time, but if you ask any random person on the street to name a Zeppelin song, I can almost guarantee they're gonna say Stairway, which WAS included in my 1971 video.
Music was such an important piece of the puzzle of growing up in those days , it’s hard to describe! socially it and brought us together, but we all had our own tastes, and that would divide us into different groups of thought. It’s amazing the influence it would have yet somehow when the Internet age came all these super talented and super groups seem to disappear. although the Internet is a great tool, to bring all these things back to life, somehow it kind of kills that band spirit that used to exist. Read the stories of the people who became Rockstars and celebrities in music Business & the alternative would be working in a factory or behind a desk. there may be many talented people out there nowadays, but somehow the band thing just doesn’t seem to achieve the heights of the people that had to fight so hard for album popularity & superiority. so many stories of these record companies being robbers really boggles the mind of all of us that wanted to be Rock-stars and musicians. What a lot of us kids did not understand how hard it is to be a good or a great musician, and the dedication and sacrifice & talent that it takes. but, it kind of kept us off the streets, and out of trouble! yeah, we would smoke a joint and drink a few beers, but we didn’t kill each other!😊
Grateful Dead "Wake of the Flood". A turning point for them as the first album after the death of founding member and front-man Pigpen (Ron McKernan). Demonstrated their resolve to continue for what ultimately became a long and successful run.
Yeah...I was never a fan (or even listened to them much at alll )of the Dead, but I respect their importance in rock history. It's similar to how I feel about the Rolling Stones. I love what they did for music...their music just never grabbed me.
You leave out Brain Salad Surgery, Houses of the Holy and Lynyrd Skynyrd's debut but manage to include moot the hoople, the stooges and the NY dolls? Turn in your I.D. and leave the premises.
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions Grand Funk - We're An American Band Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill (debut) Tom Waits - Closing Time (debut) Bob Marley & The Wailers - Catch A Fire (debut) Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein (debut) Doobie Bros - The Captain And Me Allman Bros - Brothers And Sisters Joe Walsh - The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
Deep Purple, EL & P, Genesis, Bowie, also released albums that year, plus Springsteen's seconf,, for I believed the first one is from '72 (and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is from '74).
Showing Alan Parsons at an SSL from the 80’s while discussing Dark Side from 73 is very confusing. We would assume you would show pictures from the sessions, not random shots from 15 years later.
Yes, great year in rock, but many would argue it might rank slightly behind 1971, especially when you look at the list of albums released in that year. Also, is it my imagination or did the robot who made this video include photos of Ronnie Lane (Small Faces) and Sting in the section about Quadrophenia? Weird
ELP have sold about 46 million records worldwide compared to Zeps 300 million albums , plus ELP had sold nowhere near the number of concert tickets that zep sold , how are you defining “bigger “
@crimsonwizard2560 you live in an alternate universe, I was young, alive and well during the 70's. Zep was by faaaarrr the biggest most popular band with all the teens and most of the early 20's kids. ELP were not even close.
So many great bands with superlative albums. Free. Wings, Slade, Uriah Heep, Roxy music, Status Quo. Yep I'm a Brit. My 2 best albums. Aladdin Sane Bowie and Goodbye Yellow Brick Rd. Elton J.
Yeah... I mean, you guys have the intellectual and creative leg up on us here in the states. It's not even close. Then again, rock and roll started here. You guys just took it... and perfected it. Love it.
I think it's integral to the story of rock and roll. I'm sorry if you disagree, but honestly without that stuff, we would probably STILL be listening to disco. And that is a fate worse than death.
Lou Reed, Paul Simon, Queen, Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney & Wings, Harry Chapin, Skylark, Rush, Triumph, Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers, Frank Zappa & Mothers of Invention, Brian Auger Oblivion Express, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Yes
1973 was when Led Zeppelin was at the very top of their game. It was 2 years after Led Zeppelin 4 had come out, and Houses of the was released in 1973. It would have been nice if they had been included.
73 so many great songs from pink Floyd dark side of the moon to Paul Mccarthy band on the run and we still was listening to deep purple made in Japan which came out the year before... but can't name them all and if you weren't around than you miss it. Sorry about your luck but I was there just turned 15 had a man cave in my parents garage with the posters black lights and the turn table.
Grand Funk Railroad. We're An American Band! This video is way off the mark. Idiots 😡 Stop trying to forget Grand Funk Railroad!!!!!!! You could have left the punk out of this one! Wasn't that important. You got a few right but mostly wrong. Dammit!!!!!!
@aviewfromthestage Look at the other comments. I'm not the only one. Grand Funk was the hottest thing in the summer of 73 and you missed it. Review history. Led Zeppelin. Lynyrd Skynyrd. Many overlooked because you put punk in there.
@ Eh, It's MY opinion. Records that mean a LOT to me, aren't always gonna be records that are important to you. And I'm gonna talk about Lynyrd Skynyrd in future videos. Because, my favorite albums of theirs, ZZ Top and Zeppelin, came out in different years. For example, check out 1971 for my favorite Zeppelin record. Punk IS important to rock and roll. And gave rise to all of the heaviest bands in the 80's from Metallica to Motley Crue.
@aviewfromthestage Can't deny that. I don't care for punk, but that's just me. I just hate that Grand Funk was such a great band as a three piece, and they seem that history is erasing their memory. I apologize for being contentious. We all have our likes and dislikes. I guess my bandwagon has a flat. Keep rocking. 🤘
Wow, no Houses of the Holy? One of the largest selling albums of 1973, with the highest grossing tour of 1973, but you left it off the list? So much for legitimacy of this video.
Actually, that distinction goes to Dark Side of the Moon. Houses of the Holy didn't even crack the top 5. I mentioned Zeppelin in my 1971 video.. for their MASSIVE Zep 4 record. That one had MORE hits on it than HotH. In my opinion anyway.
Alice Cooper Billion Dollsr Babies at the height of THEIR (not HIS) power....it was a friggin' band!!!!!! You do not graduate. Back a year to study more.
@@stephanie4205 Hi, and thanks for the message. More details along with a better description and a less "jumpy" dialog would work better for me. Please understand that this is just a personal view. If other viewers like it, that's great. I watch many other channels and found this video by a TH-cam suggestion. I rarely comment, but felt that it was worth offering a constructive view. My comment still stands as the content is "fair" but not really a good detailed view of the musical genre. Instead it is just "snapshots" and "images". The main objective is good, but it lacks detail and emphasis. As an example I could say (on another subject, on music): So this is "The Damned" a great group, but here is "The Jam", a much better group." But never really analise the reasons why I said it. I really don't want to take this further, and I hope you understand. I just felt that it fell short of some other great music documentary videos that are available on TH-cam, and I would add feedback accordingly. Kindest regards.
@@ChrisJones-pu8gh Thank you for taking the time to reply! I appreciate the feedback. Rob (the guy who made the video) is working hard on making these better and better. He loves talking about music and this is his passion. With every new video, he's going to make it better and better. Although he did it go into some details into why he included each band and what they meant to music at that time. They also mean a lot to him and a lot to others! Would love to have you stick around for more in the future :)
@ Were ELP better at their instruments than the Dolls? Absolutely. Unequivocally. However, as far as wide reaching influence... I think it's tough to say because if you look at the all of the 80's bands out there... and ask them if they were listening to ELP... or the Dolls. I think you would find that most listened to the Dolls and wanted to be just like David Johansen or Johnny Thunders. I mean, just look at the STYLE of Johnny! It's basically proto Motley Crue.
Aaaaaand like I have said MANY times, I covered what I feel is Zeppelin's greatest album. Lynyrd Skynyrd, I honestly have no excuse for that one. When I mapped out this series, I wanted to show what had staying power or bands/people who had far reaching influence. That's why the Dolls are in there. They, along with Aerosmith, influenced a COUNTLESS number of bands in the 80s.
Seems this is primarily from an American counterculture "Haight-Ashbury/New York scene" perspective on the legacy of "blues rock". Rock is not limited by the blues heritage of the 50's. There was another movement across the pond in England and continental Europe that in musical terms was much more creative and important. Some albums released in 1973 that turned rock on its head far more that the blues-rock regurgitated pablum: Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppelin Desperado, Eagles Herbie Hancock, Headhunters 3, Focus Welcome, Santana Lark's Tongues in Aspic, King Crimson Selling England by the Pound, Genesis Birds of Fire, Mahavishnu Orchestra "MDK", Magma Ashes are Burning, Renaissance Brain Salad Surgery, ELP Ove-Nite Sensation, Frank Zappa Tom Waits, Closing Time Countdown to Ecstasy, Steely Dan Chameleon in the Shadow of Night, Peter Hammill Most of the artists' albums listed on this vid are overplayed/overrated and have been since they were released in 1973. One reason that Classic rock radio has become redundant and shallow. How many times do I need to hear Pink Floyd's "Money" (the worst song on Dark Side) when there are classics like "Summer of '68", "Cirrus Minor," "Echoes," "One of Theses Days," "Dogs," "Cymbaline," "Great Gig in the Sky," "Us or Them," "Your Possible Pasts" or "The Gunner's Dream"? If it was not for albums like the Beatles "Sergeant Pepper's", the Moody Blues "Days of Future Past", Zappa's first two albums, King Crimsons' "In the Court of the Crimson King" we would still hear nothing but the tired old blues rock play three chord and sing about drugs and "partying till we puke", and cliched pseudo Americana (Springsteen). Peter Hammill, vocalist for the English band Van Der Graaf Generator influenced both the Punk/NWBHM movement directly yet most rock "afficianados" don't have a clue. The Prog rock scene changed rock more than the mainstream popular albums of 1973 when it began in 1969. 20's Jazz progressed in the late 50's and 60's with Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Mingus and John Coltrane; without such artists Jazz would have never progressed past the Big Band era.
None of what you said makes any sense to me and honestly, you sound like you REALLY enjoy the sound of your own "voice". It IS an American perspective...because I am an American. Putting an obscure person as the forefront of punk... doesn't make it true. I have heard from all of the later bands of the later 70s and into the 80s and such say that Iggy as well as the Dolls had a HUGE influence on their dress, their attitude, and most assuredly their music. And another thing... all of the bands/singers I mentioned...they were NOT overrated at the time. You are coming at this from a mixed perspective. You talk about how redundant things are, then you mention music that goes back a long way. It's like the Beatles did it best and nothing else will ever be as good. Rock and Roll was STARTED by Bill Haley. End stop. An American. So, naturally music evolves into different countries and such and they each provide their own cultural spin on it. But to come into this comment section with your incendiary and condescension does nothing for your argument.
@@aviewfromthestage I do have a mixed perspective that great music comes from classical, jazz, folk and rock genres or a combination of these genres. Great rock is not limited to the old fart blues standard. Your perspective comes from an American Baby Boomer "Hippie" music ethic- 50's rock is the standard and punk is a viable and important genre; Punk was simply an unmusical fad that was about attitude and shock value and not harmony/melody, modes, creativity, storytelling, et al. I am an American but was raised in a TRADITIONALIST household that did play the 50's rock oldies/Motown and classical music. The classical influence was a European one that was lost on the Hippies of the counterculture movement because it represented the "Establishment". (Cue the legitimacy of Punk and Rap as "good" music because it "stands for something," "is of the lowest common denominator" or is "rebellious", i.e. Lester Bangs, Robert Christgau and Dave Marsh). As far as Iggy and the Dolls, the bands of the later 70's and 80's do not comprise the early 70's, late sixties or 90's, so what is your point? The Beatles were far more influential on music than Punk or New Wave because they were fantastic writers, arrangers and incorporated EUROPEAN CLASSICAL music into their later work. Is any Punk band or New Wave artist better than the Beatles? Rock and Roll started before Bill Haley (April '54). Some examples: Rocket 88 Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats ('51) Rock the Joint- Jimmy Preston ('49) *Bill Haley covered Preston's song "Rock this joint" in 1952* Bill Haley POPULARIZED Rock and Roll to the mainstream public, he did not "invent Rock and Roll." Your "incendiary and condescension" is a moot point. The fact remains that your claim that 1973 was a year that turned Rock and Roll on it's head is simply hyperbole at best and nonsense bait click at worst. 1983 would be justified as a year that did this as an American band in the Bay area popularized thrash metal with their first album "Kill 'Em All".
In what way was rock turned on it's head in 1973? The only thing that turned rock on it's head in the '70's were punk in '76 and metal in '70. And you could argue that both had already begun years before. 1973 had some great music, but nothing that changed the genre. Turned on it's head? Give me a break and do some goddamn research.
@edljnehan2811 yes, but prog was nothing new in '73. There was nothing new in 1973. There was great music in that year, but if you describe something as being turned on it's head, I'm expecting innovation and to be honest there's not much of that after the late '60's. Not of any substance anyway. The dumbing down of popular music had already begun.
I would argue that with The Stooges, and moreover the New York Dolls, punk rock would have its day. It's all about raw expression and if you stick with me, you will see how much influence those early punk rock bands had over ALL of rock and roll.
@aviewfromthestage but what about the bands that influenced them? The ones that displayed the punk ethos years before any of them. I'm talking mainly about The Who and the very early Kinks, along with the persona - if not the music - of the early Stones. The New York Dolls and Aerosmith were little more than Stones wannabes. And every single punk, garage, grunge or whatever kind of hard rock act that came along afterwards owes a massive debt to The Who. And The Kinks. To omit either of these bands is ridiculous and incredibly short sighted.
1973 was definitely the best year for music in history! Incredible stuff!
In '73, I was so into Elton John! Goodbye Yellow Brick Road played loud every day when I got home from school. I saw him in 76 at Dodger Stadium
Skynyrd's first album, ZZ TOP's Tres Hombres and Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy, to name a few more. Those 3 plus Aerosmith kept the turntable spinning, the Lowenbrau flowing and the "one hitter" burning. Clearly, I'm old.😊
Yeah.. I totally forgot ZZ TOP. They're honestly one of my favorite bands in the 70's. HOWEVER, I will be including them in a future video. :) The years keep on flowin by, my friend. And I'm here to document them! :)
@@aviewfromthestage 👍
Time keeps on ticking...
(50 year anniversary last year)
Going through a box of old ticket stubs not long ago. I was blessed. My first rock concert:
May 19, 1973 (lol yeah, I'm old, but still above the dirt...)
East Tennessee State University
Rory Gallagher
ZZ Top
$4
It was about two months before Tres Hombres came out. (Dusty Hill's 24th birthday, I came to find out on his passing) It was Festival Seating and I managed to get about 15 feet from mic center. Rory Gallagher was pure fire right out of the gate, and his band was phenomenal. (particularly Lou Martin on his electric piano) Rory was amazing to see play and I think that he had as much fun as anyone. Then, Billy Gibbons and the boys came out. Back when they were the most badass blues rock band that ever was. Straw hats, jeans, no beards (but Frank. lol), and BG in a white tshirt w/ pack of Marlboros rolled up in the sleeve(lol). Needless to say, Rory and Billy made a big impression on a 16 yr old. Blues rock, slide guitar nut ever since.
RIP Rory, Rod, Lou, & Dusty. Thank You!
Keep Rockin' Billy, Frank, & Gerry
@ Man... Dusty was an absolute MONSTER on bass! What a terrific story!
Great observation! ZZ Top, Man they could rock and had the meanest shuffle in the business of amplified rock ‘n’ roll! One of my favorite bands, and I saw them at the Waterbury palace At Waterbury, Connecticut, I believe it was 1976 in the tush album came out and the concert cost $5.50 and had a back up band called Slade, and they were booed off the stage after the third song Due to their extreme, volume and lack of cohesion. They rolled off the gear & went out the back door, and ZZ Top came in, and saved the day!
Yes exactly! Especially Zeppelin!!
I was much a Deep Purple guy and Made In Japan, though released at the end of 1972, was much on the scene in '73. Many agree that it stands as the best live album in the hard rock genre.
For me, the best year in music!
Me too!
Time keeps on ticking... Going through a box of old ticket stubs not long ago. 50th Anniversary just passed. (lol yeah, I'm old, but still above the dirt...)
My first rock concert:
May 19, 1973 East Tennessee State University
(Dusty's 24th birthday I found out on his passing)
Rory Gallagher - ZZ Top
$4
RIP Dusty! (& Rory, Rod, & Lou) Thank You!
Keep Rockin', Billy n Frank (& Gerry)
Finally recognition for Montrose! Every song rocks!
Heck yes!!!
Tyranny & Mutation - Blue Oyster Cult (my favorite band), Alladin Sane - David Bowie, Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield, Brothers & Sisters - The Allman Brothers - wow what a monumental year it was!
B.O.C. is my top band also ! I've seen them over 20 times, starting with "On Your Feet or onYour Knees" I finally got Bucks autograph about 11 years ago in ATL.
@gladeloy3341 that's awesome! I've seen them over 20 times too!!! Truly, the most underrated band there is!
Music peaked out in the 1970's ... Best decade ever !
My favorite album of 1973 was Lynyrd Skynyrd pronounced. Simple Man, Gimme Three Steps, Tuesday’s Gone, and of course Freebird. Few debut albums have that many timeless classics.
One More From The Road? Great Album
YOU CAN TAKE FREEBIRD AND BURY IT. IT IS A SHIT SONG.
God bless you maam🎉@@nolankrueger6666
Since I remember actually BUYING each and every one of these albums on vinyl when they released, I approve of this video. 😎
Mannn...What a time to be alive! :)
'Blinded by the light,' by B Springsteen, just listened to it properly for the first time today, What a brilliant lyric!
I love with Manfred Mann did with it.
Foghat's sophomore entry "Rock & Roll" was my favorite album in 1973 along with Lynyrd Skynyrd's Pronunced and ZZ Top's Tres Hombres.
One of the greatest years in history. Hard rock to bubble gum. All had a place in my record collection.
You nailed every classic album for that year.
The only two I wasn't familiar with were New York Dolls and Iiggy Pop, even though I had heard of both bands.
I'll check those albums out. Nice review.
🙏😥❤️
HIGHLY influential... If for no other reason than all of the next two decades... The Dolls were proto the Sunset Strip scene of the 80s. And Iggy is often brought up by the grunge rock guys as being one of the records they listened to all of the time. :) So yeah!
@aviewfromthestage
I just listened to raw power and the New York Dolls
I went to college in the late 70s. And listened to a ton of great punk rock.
These are definitely great albums. Raw, unapologetic, in your face.
Thank you
@aviewfromthestage ❤️😥🙏
Awesome rundown! Makes me want to pull these albums and listen through the whole albums, especially since most of them have slipped by me... As i grow older, i realize more and more, all the music i HAVEN'T listened to...
Ya know.. if it weren't for my father, I would have missed about half of these. But honestly, Punk Rock saved my life... so I am completely enamored with all of it's history, i.e. New York Dolls and Iggy Pop.
1971 to 73 were the peak years of the rock era.
Hey, A View from the Stage, great mini-documentary. One thing that could've enhanced your segment on the Stooges' Raw Power is that Kurt Cobain ranked it #1 on his list of favorite albums ever, further deepening that album's influence. However, there are some key omissions: Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy, Al Green's Call Me, Lynyrd Skynyrd's Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd, the Rolling Stones' very underrated Goat's Head Soup, David Bowie's Aladdin Sane, the Eagles' Desperado, Gram Parsons' G.P., Can's Future Days, and probably the most glaringly offensive omission of all, Stevie Wonder's Innervisions. You need to do a part 2 to this.
Quadrophenia is probably my favorite album of all time. The Who would have taken it to greater heights at the time if it wasn’t such a problem to play live.
@riffraff3658 other than WHO'S NEXT, my favorite WHO album
Bowie was big in 73.
I turned 15 in 1973. Was there ever a better year to turn15? We became the original and only "sex, drugs and rock n roll" generation. Human's are no longer capable of producing music like that.
A great year ❤❤❤
1973 was an amazing year in Rock. Quadraphinia is by far my favorite album from that year. But I definitely own the majority of these albums still. That's right I still have all my albums from the decades of collecting them.
It WAS an incredible year...
Quadrophenia was an epiphany for so many people. Arguably the greatest album of 1973.
@@andrewrees2587 I wish I could like this a hundred times.
So glad you included Mott the Hoople's Mott. They're my fave band, with Deep Purple, and both bands usually get ignored, however successful they were. Mott's my #1 album from that year. Their second-heaviest album, and one of their quirkiest too. 🙂🙃
Honestly, the song Violence? Getouttttttahere. THAT song is DELICIOUSLY badass. The entire rest of the album is proper good... Mott has exactly TWO mentions on here.. in this one.. and then in 1972. Love it!
@@aviewfromthestage: Yes, I love that song! Ian's voice and lyrics are menacing but also funny. Mick's guitar sound is massive. And Whizz Kidd is another deep track - it rocks hard but has a haunting melody and countermelody. Thanks, will check out 1972. Purple's Machine Head could be included there, perhaps. EDIT: I saw it months back! My age is affecting my memory-recall...😅
@@BanalayerPete1972 Man.. Nice to see another Mott fan on here! :) Annnnnd Purple's Machine Head IS included!
@@aviewfromthestage: Likewise! Nice to see Mott are remembered in America too (I'm a Brit).
It was a great time.... rock on
To not mention Led Zeppelin houses of the holy, something is seriously fucking wrong
Calm down at once.
It is a major oversight of '73 Rockn'Roll, House of the Holy was one of their bigger albums, and their Tours in '73 were record breaking, not to mention them filming the Song Renains the Same at their Madison Square Gardens dates, which I believe is still the highest take in any hotel robbery in USA history. This was Zeppelin at the height of their careers, the biggest band of the '70s,not to mention the God's of 70s Rock flying around in their Starship is very large omission.
I am more on THE STOOGES/NY DOLLS side, but LED ZEPPELIN had a strong album in 73
@@pt9167: Grow up a bit. You give all Led Zeppelin fans, like me, a bad name.
@@BanalayerPete1972 You're right. I'm sorry.
I respectfully disagree with Ozzy - that line-up's last great album was "Sabotage" from 1975.
you are of course totally correct, But Ozzy just didn't get the more experimental and atmospheric elements that Tony and Geezer brought in. It's really a cinematic album in that it has the atmospheric sections that are right out of a British Horror film. A rainy, cloudy English countryside .....and up on the hill is the notorious Asylum for the Insane, and the members of Sabbath at this time were definitely on the edge of being committed.
The LP, "Quadrophenia" -- "5:15" AND "The Real Me." "Drivin' Sister" (Mott the Hoople). The LP, "Rock N Roll Animal" (Lou Reed).
Great job on this. Brings back wonderful memories of '73 when I was 16. I remember all these great albums when they were new. One addition I would've included would be Band On The Run.
RAW POWER cuts like a scalpel mixed with a chainsaw. Glorious noise!
That's my birth year!! 1973! Woohoo!
Woo hoo!!! :)
Me too 👍
I am on the same Club😊
No Houses of the Holy. You dont include the biggest band during that time. How can any list of albums from that time not include HOTH. Was probably the second biggest selling album from that year.
YOU TELL EM!!!!!!
My personal favorite was Trower, Twice Removed From Yesterday. Enjoyed all of the choices though.
Thanks buddy!
@@aviewfromthestage your welcome, wonderful list! It was a great time to be 19 years old.
My dad was 16!! It's always been insane to me just HOW MUCH good music there was back then .
@@aviewfromthestage my Granddaughter is 20 and starting to show a lot of interest in what’s in my vinyl collection. Good times!
No Selling England by the Pound? No Houses of the Holy? Your list deserves "no quarter" ;-)
Nice
how can they not mention Zeppelin ? houses of the holy
They're not my favourite band and it's not my favourite type of music, but to me, Dark side of the moon is in a class all by itself.
Iggy & the Stooges - Raw Power 1973
Yep! That's in there!!
Saw my 1st show that summer Wishbone Ash
I wouldn't drop anything you listed here, but might have also added important albums by Bowie - Alladin Sane, a little thing called Houses of the Holy by Led Zeppelin, and I don't know maybe Band on The Run by an certain ex-Beatle? Or Mind Games by another ex-Beatle?
John Lennon! Yes! I know Houses of the Holy was huge in it's time, but if you ask any random person on the street to name a Zeppelin song, I can almost guarantee they're gonna say Stairway, which WAS included in my 1971 video.
I wish someone would play the unknown bands of this era.
Ian Lloyd & Stories? That Traveling Underground album from '73 is a piece of art.
Nobody knows who you are talking about. 🙄
THEY ARE UNKOWN FOR A REASON
@@nolankrueger6666: You're unknown too!😄
Music was such an important piece of the puzzle of growing up in those days , it’s hard to describe! socially it and brought us together, but we all had our own tastes, and that would divide us into different groups of thought. It’s amazing the influence it would have yet somehow when the Internet age came all these super talented and super groups seem to disappear. although the Internet is a great tool, to bring all these things back to life, somehow it kind of kills that band spirit that used to exist. Read the stories of the people who became Rockstars and celebrities in music Business & the alternative would be working in a factory or behind a desk. there may be many talented people out there nowadays, but somehow the band thing just doesn’t seem to achieve the heights of the people that had to fight so hard for album popularity & superiority. so many stories of these record companies being robbers really boggles the mind of all of us that wanted to be Rock-stars and musicians.
What a lot of us kids did not understand how hard it is to be a good or a great musician, and the dedication and sacrifice & talent that it takes. but, it kind of kept us off the streets, and out of trouble! yeah, we would smoke a joint and drink a few beers, but we didn’t kill each other!😊
Hip Hop and crime go hand and hand, it's an everyday proven fact.
@@st7728 um, racist much?
First Rush album
Grateful Dead "Wake of the Flood". A turning point for them as the first album after the death of founding member and front-man Pigpen (Ron McKernan). Demonstrated their resolve to continue for what ultimately became a long and successful run.
Yeah...I was never a fan (or even listened to them much at alll )of the Dead, but I respect their importance in rock history. It's similar to how I feel about the Rolling Stones. I love what they did for music...their music just never grabbed me.
You leave out Brain Salad Surgery, Houses of the Holy and Lynyrd Skynyrd's debut but manage to include moot the hoople, the stooges and the NY dolls? Turn in your I.D. and leave the premises.
Hahaha.
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Grand Funk - We're An American Band
Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill (debut)
Tom Waits - Closing Time (debut)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Catch A Fire (debut)
Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein (debut)
Doobie Bros - The Captain And Me
Allman Bros - Brothers And Sisters
Joe Walsh - The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
Deep Purple, EL & P, Genesis, Bowie, also released albums that year, plus Springsteen's seconf,, for I believed the first one is from '72 (and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is from '74).
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath came out in November 73... and Greetings.. was Springsteen's first! But yeahhh... I did leave some stuff out. Thanks for that!
73 .saw zep 2x msg nyc..elp dec... msg..yes..tull.....great album year 4sure..now?.im old
I think "Close to the Edge" came out in 73 - Yes'magnum opus. Also "Band on the Run" - arguably McCartney's best.
Close to the edge came out in 1972, in 1973 the band released yessongs and tales from topographic oceans
how far we have fallen
Don't even get me started...
Showing Alan Parsons at an SSL from the 80’s while discussing Dark Side from 73 is very confusing. We would assume you would show pictures from the sessions, not random shots from 15 years later.
Eh, I did the best I could. :) confusing? Hm. Interesting. Won't make that mistake again.
I liked and still like the first Aerosmith album most of all.
Yes, great year in rock, but many would argue it might rank slightly behind 1971, especially when you look at the list of albums released in that year. Also, is it my imagination or did the robot who made this video include photos of Ronnie Lane (Small Faces) and Sting in the section about Quadrophenia? Weird
No mention of houses of the holy , biggest band of the 70’s hands down
Nope ELP were.
ELP have sold about 46 million records worldwide compared to Zeps 300 million albums , plus ELP had sold nowhere near the number of concert tickets that zep sold , how are you defining “bigger “
@brettjones4733 Actually ELP were the biggest band in the 70's. Led Zep had some good stuff, the rest was crap.
@crimsonwizard2560 you live in an alternate universe, I was young, alive and well during the 70's. Zep was by faaaarrr the biggest most popular band with all the teens and most of the early 20's kids. ELP were not even close.
@ledzepandhabs and I wasn't. Led Zep are an ok band, but I couldn't stand most of there stuff.
So many great bands with superlative albums. Free. Wings, Slade, Uriah Heep, Roxy music, Status Quo. Yep I'm a Brit. My 2 best albums. Aladdin Sane Bowie and Goodbye Yellow Brick Rd. Elton J.
Yeah... I mean, you guys have the intellectual and creative leg up on us here in the states. It's not even close. Then again, rock and roll started here. You guys just took it... and perfected it. Love it.
Creedence Clearwater Revival final album should've been included in here.
Why? It was terrible.
@@jonncockrell3606 It's better than that new punk crap you displayed, you think passes for music.
I think it's integral to the story of rock and roll. I'm sorry if you disagree, but honestly without that stuff, we would probably STILL be listening to disco. And that is a fate worse than death.
Lou Reed, Paul Simon, Queen, Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney & Wings, Harry Chapin, Skylark, Rush, Triumph, Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers, Frank Zappa & Mothers of Invention, Brian Auger Oblivion Express, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Yes
You forgot ELO!
@ also Rainbow with Dio
1973 was when Led Zeppelin was at the very top of their game. It was 2 years after Led Zeppelin 4 had come out, and Houses of the was released in 1973. It would have been nice if they had been included.
73 so many great songs from pink Floyd dark side of the moon to Paul Mccarthy band on the run and we still was listening to deep purple made in Japan which came out the year before... but can't name them all and if you weren't around than you miss it. Sorry about your luck but I was there just turned 15 had a man cave in my parents garage with the posters black lights and the turn table.
Meh, narration is flat
weak choices of what to cover and why
The Who was a complex rock band and America wanted to get down and dirty...
Il 1973 è l'anno di quadrophenia....il resto non conta!
Where's the samples of the music
There’s none because TH-cam doesn’t allow it 😢
Grand Funk Railroad. We're An American Band!
This video is way off the mark. Idiots 😡 Stop trying to forget Grand Funk Railroad!!!!!!!
You could have left the punk out of this one! Wasn't that important. You got a few right but mostly wrong. Dammit!!!!!!
Huh... well.. you're gonna hate 1976 ;) But honestly, calling me an idiot is your prerogative.
@aviewfromthestage Look at the other comments. I'm not the only one. Grand Funk was the hottest thing in the summer of 73 and you missed it. Review history. Led Zeppelin. Lynyrd Skynyrd. Many overlooked because you put punk in there.
@ Eh, It's MY opinion. Records that mean a LOT to me, aren't always gonna be records that are important to you. And I'm gonna talk about Lynyrd Skynyrd in future videos. Because, my favorite albums of theirs, ZZ Top and Zeppelin, came out in different years. For example, check out 1971 for my favorite Zeppelin record. Punk IS important to rock and roll. And gave rise to all of the heaviest bands in the 80's from Metallica to Motley Crue.
@aviewfromthestage Can't deny that. I don't care for punk, but that's just me. I just hate that Grand Funk was such a great band as a three piece, and they seem that history is erasing their memory. I apologize for being contentious. We all have our likes and dislikes. I guess my bandwagon has a flat. Keep rocking. 🤘
best year for Glam rock with The Sweet, Slade and T. rex…..
So tired of A.I. narrators Thumbs down @ 2:55.
No AI here bud. That's my voice. :) i have videos to prove it too :)
@@aviewfromthestage Thumbs up. My mistake and all apologies. Now I have a video to finish.
Wow, no Houses of the Holy? One of the largest selling albums of 1973, with the highest grossing tour of 1973, but you left it off the list? So much for legitimacy of this video.
Actually, that distinction goes to Dark Side of the Moon. Houses of the Holy didn't even crack the top 5. I mentioned Zeppelin in my 1971 video.. for their MASSIVE Zep 4 record. That one had MORE hits on it than HotH. In my opinion anyway.
0:20 - who was the lazy ass who decided to turn "Roe vs. Wade" into "Roe v. Wade"? FFS.
What about " A Wizard-A True Star"?
That’s an awesome album, Todd Rundgren is a musical genius. Just One Victory ✌️ is a masterpiece.
WHAT? No Brain Salad Surgery? '73 was when prog peaked, and it is done a disservice here.
Alice Cooper Billion Dollsr Babies at the height of THEIR (not HIS) power....it was a friggin' band!!!!!! You do not graduate. Back a year to study more.
True. It was the band and the man at the same time.🤔
Just glad Alice Cooper was included! Many times they are overlooked.
Sorry, not a very good documentary. Nice images, but poor detail and info. A bit slipshod.😥
Care to give some more thorough feedback? 🤷♀️ Are you looking for more facts and trivia?
@@stephanie4205 Hi, and thanks for the message.
More details along with a better description and a less "jumpy" dialog would work better for me. Please understand that this is just a personal view. If other viewers like it, that's great.
I watch many other channels and found this video by a TH-cam suggestion. I rarely comment, but felt that it was worth offering a constructive view.
My comment still stands as the content is "fair" but not really a good detailed view of the musical genre. Instead it is just "snapshots" and "images". The main objective is good, but it lacks detail and emphasis.
As an example I could say (on another subject, on music):
So this is "The Damned" a great group, but here is "The Jam", a much better group." But never really analise the reasons why I said it.
I really don't want to take this further, and I hope you understand. I just felt that it fell short of some other great music documentary videos that are available on TH-cam, and I would add feedback accordingly.
Kindest regards.
@@ChrisJones-pu8gh Thank you for taking the time to reply! I appreciate the feedback. Rob (the guy who made the video) is working hard on making these better and better. He loves talking about music and this is his passion. With every new video, he's going to make it better and better. Although he did it go into some details into why he included each band and what they meant to music at that time. They also mean a lot to him and a lot to others! Would love to have you stick around for more in the future :)
I actually enjoyed the narration, the guy was calm and cool sounding, AND real.
Turn down the background "music" its too loud..
Billion Dollar Babies, Dark Side of the Moon....😂
Yep yep yep
In a glass house ---gentle giant
Best album of 1973; Unusual choice, but I'll have to go with DIXIE CHICKEN by Little Feat!
LED ZEPPELIN
I understand there isn't enough time to mention all the great music that came out that year, but how could you leave out Zeppelin's House of the Holy?
ELP Brain Salad Surgery, Tull a Passion Play.
Mystery to Me by Fleetwood Mac.
Never heard of New York Dolls before!!
@ Were ELP better at their instruments than the Dolls? Absolutely. Unequivocally. However, as far as wide reaching influence... I think it's tough to say because if you look at the all of the 80's bands out there... and ask them if they were listening to ELP... or the Dolls. I think you would find that most listened to the Dolls and wanted to be just like David Johansen or Johnny Thunders. I mean, just look at the STYLE of Johnny! It's basically proto Motley Crue.
Good afternoon
Good afternoon!
@stephanie4205 😂 I guess I didn't finish what I started
Hahaha
Ummm led Zeppelin/ zz top ?
Skynyrd
What was Frank Zappa doing in 73?
innervisions
AMERICAN STADIUM ROCK RUINED MUSIC FOR YEARS...
Ooh la la
No annoying AI voice ? ......Im in . Excellent job on this . Thanks .
Thanks dude! Appreciate it. I know. AI voices are killing TH-cam.
Aerosmith's stairway to heaven????
Uhhhhh,…..Pink Floyd anyone…
That's in there! The last one!
You did someone like the New York dolls but you didn’t do Lynyrd Skynyrd or Led Zeppelin. What a fricking joke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aaaaaand like I have said MANY times, I covered what I feel is Zeppelin's greatest album. Lynyrd Skynyrd, I honestly have no excuse for that one. When I mapped out this series, I wanted to show what had staying power or bands/people who had far reaching influence. That's why the Dolls are in there. They, along with Aerosmith, influenced a COUNTLESS number of bands in the 80s.
Houses of the Holy
selling england by the pound from Genesis !
For eternity !
Deep purple
Check out 1972!
Space Ritual came out in 73, no mention. FAIL
Seems this is primarily from an American counterculture "Haight-Ashbury/New York scene" perspective on the legacy of "blues rock". Rock is not limited by the blues heritage of the 50's.
There was another movement across the pond in England and continental Europe that in musical terms was much more creative and important. Some albums released in 1973 that turned rock on its head far more that the blues-rock regurgitated pablum:
Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppelin
Desperado, Eagles
Herbie Hancock, Headhunters
3, Focus
Welcome, Santana
Lark's Tongues in Aspic, King Crimson
Selling England by the Pound, Genesis
Birds of Fire, Mahavishnu Orchestra
"MDK", Magma
Ashes are Burning, Renaissance
Brain Salad Surgery, ELP
Ove-Nite Sensation, Frank Zappa
Tom Waits, Closing Time
Countdown to Ecstasy, Steely Dan
Chameleon in the Shadow of Night, Peter Hammill
Most of the artists' albums listed on this vid are overplayed/overrated and have been since they were released in 1973.
One reason that Classic rock radio has become redundant and shallow. How many times do I need to hear Pink Floyd's "Money" (the worst song on Dark Side) when there are classics like "Summer of '68", "Cirrus Minor," "Echoes," "One of Theses Days," "Dogs," "Cymbaline," "Great Gig in the Sky," "Us or Them," "Your Possible Pasts" or "The Gunner's Dream"?
If it was not for albums like the Beatles "Sergeant Pepper's", the Moody Blues "Days of Future Past", Zappa's first two albums, King Crimsons' "In the Court of the Crimson King" we would still hear nothing but the tired old blues rock play three chord and sing about drugs and "partying till we puke", and cliched pseudo Americana (Springsteen).
Peter Hammill, vocalist for the English band Van Der Graaf Generator influenced both the Punk/NWBHM movement directly yet most rock "afficianados" don't have a clue.
The Prog rock scene changed rock more than the mainstream popular albums of 1973 when it began in 1969.
20's Jazz progressed in the late 50's and 60's with Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Mingus and John Coltrane; without such artists Jazz would have never progressed past the Big Band era.
None of what you said makes any sense to me and honestly, you sound like you REALLY enjoy the sound of your own "voice". It IS an American perspective...because I am an American. Putting an obscure person as the forefront of punk... doesn't make it true. I have heard from all of the later bands of the later 70s and into the 80s and such say that Iggy as well as the Dolls had a HUGE influence on their dress, their attitude, and most assuredly their music.
And another thing... all of the bands/singers I mentioned...they were NOT overrated at the time.
You are coming at this from a mixed perspective. You talk about how redundant things are, then you mention music that goes back a long way. It's like the Beatles did it best and nothing else will ever be as good.
Rock and Roll was STARTED by Bill Haley. End stop. An American. So, naturally music evolves into different countries and such and they each provide their own cultural spin on it. But to come into this comment section with your incendiary and condescension does nothing for your argument.
@@aviewfromthestage I do have a mixed perspective that great music comes from classical, jazz, folk and rock genres or a combination of these genres. Great rock is not limited to the old fart blues standard.
Your perspective comes from an American Baby Boomer "Hippie" music ethic- 50's rock is the standard and punk is a viable and important genre; Punk was simply an unmusical fad that was about attitude and shock value and not harmony/melody, modes, creativity, storytelling, et al.
I am an American but was raised in a TRADITIONALIST household that did play the 50's rock oldies/Motown and classical music. The classical influence was a European one that was lost on the Hippies of the counterculture movement because it represented the "Establishment". (Cue the legitimacy of Punk and Rap as "good" music because it "stands for something," "is of the lowest common denominator" or is "rebellious", i.e. Lester Bangs, Robert Christgau and Dave Marsh).
As far as Iggy and the Dolls, the bands of the later 70's and 80's do not comprise the early 70's, late sixties or 90's, so what is your point?
The Beatles were far more influential on music than Punk or New Wave because they were fantastic writers, arrangers and incorporated EUROPEAN CLASSICAL music into their later work. Is any Punk band or New Wave artist better than the Beatles?
Rock and Roll started before Bill Haley (April '54).
Some examples:
Rocket 88 Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats ('51)
Rock the Joint- Jimmy Preston ('49)
*Bill Haley covered Preston's song "Rock this joint" in 1952*
Bill Haley POPULARIZED Rock and Roll to the mainstream public, he did not "invent Rock and Roll."
Your "incendiary and condescension" is a moot point.
The fact remains that your claim that 1973 was a year that turned Rock and Roll on it's head is simply hyperbole at best and nonsense bait click at worst.
1983 would be justified as a year that did this as an American band in the Bay area popularized thrash metal with their first album "Kill 'Em All".
In what way was rock turned on it's head in 1973? The only thing that turned rock on it's head in the '70's were punk in '76 and metal in '70. And you could argue that both had already begun years before. 1973 had some great music, but nothing that changed the genre.
Turned on it's head? Give me a break and do some goddamn research.
1973 is greater in retrospect. At the time people thought it was a declining year.
@petercena9497 it was.
@edljnehan2811 yes, but prog was nothing new in '73. There was nothing new in 1973. There was great music in that year, but if you describe something as being turned on it's head, I'm expecting innovation and to be honest there's not much of that after the late '60's. Not of any substance anyway. The dumbing down of popular music had already begun.
I would argue that with The Stooges, and moreover the New York Dolls, punk rock would have its day. It's all about raw expression and if you stick with me, you will see how much influence those early punk rock bands had over ALL of rock and roll.
@aviewfromthestage but what about the bands that influenced them? The ones that displayed the punk ethos years before any of them. I'm talking mainly about The Who and the very early Kinks, along with the persona - if not the music - of the early Stones. The New York Dolls and Aerosmith were little more than Stones wannabes. And every single punk, garage, grunge or whatever kind of hard rock act that came along afterwards owes a massive debt to The Who. And The Kinks. To omit either of these bands is ridiculous and incredibly short sighted.
no Yes, typical and Led Zeppelin?
Camel!