Who vs. Sabbath

I do like Sabbath, but The Who are obviously much better.

obviously?

this will come down to who got worse quicker

That's the Who easy. Sabbath OTOH should win the poll.

Black Sabbath.

ugh! why, sara3, why?!?!?

anyhow, for me, '65 - '67 Who were damn near unbeatable!

I love their 69-73 output too. But surely nothing better than "The Who Sellout".

A Quick One While He's Away >>>>>> all sabbath combined.

And I really like sabbath.

these polls are dumb. sabbath keep losing for a reason (i.e. they suck)

The Feeling vs. Black Sabbath...

ugh! why, sara3, why?!?!?

Partly because, if I'm not mistaken, Black Sabbath's first LP displaced Live At Leeds from the top spot in the UK album charts in 1970, so I thought, hey, fite! I do loves me some Sabbath, but the Who were far heavier without even an inkling that they were trying to be heavy...and were simultaneously scary and hilarious.

Not fair to do to do a poll of two of my favorites ever. I disagree that the Who "were far heavier"-their studio recordings were never heavy-but live they were unbeatable. Gotta go with Sabbath, however.

"...and were simultaneously scary and hilarious."

This probably applies to both. These two bands have a lot more in common than people think. I aways thought that "Spiral Architect" could fit easily onto "Who's Next".

The thing is, most of these bands--The Who, Stooges, Queen (not VU)-- sound dated here and there. Black Sabbath is ageless like the monolith in 2001.

this seems like a ridiculous comparison. I love Sabbath through Sabotage but they never made a full album as great as Quadrophenia. On the other hand, the Who never made another album as great as Quadrophenia either.

Sabbath win because they never made Quadrophenia or Tommy :)

I aways thought that "Spiral Architect" could fit easily onto "Who's Next".

Frankly, I wish it had.

I cannot get into Sell Out. I own it, I have listened to it, k-punk calls it a crucial forerunner to artpop (or glampop???), but whenever
I put it on the stereo it sounds like washout.

However, I will never tire of "We're Not Gonna Take It" They should ban that song from the radio for fear that it may cause automotive calamities.

Still, Sabbath for me.

Also, the Who never had a renaissance like Sabbath did in the Dio era. They were pretty much toast after By Numbers, or after Moonie died, if you're being generous.

the Who's rennaissance was their staggering live shows in 2000 and endless wire (and yeah, it sits mightily among by numbers and who are you).

the lakers come out to "emminence front", it's pretty rad

eminence front is pretty rad, it must be confessed.

it's good struttin' music

moon was unquestionably and unfuckwithably brilliant and innovative, but without kenney jones, the Who never woulda gotten funky.

The Misfits were better than Sabbath but a poll would never prove it.

glen danzig = better songwriter than lennon

eminence front is pretty rad, it must be confessed.

^^^this.

glen danzig = better songwriter than lennon

rly? Rain vs. ?

"horror business"!

oh

yeah i dunno..the other day i realized nothing makes me as happy as the misfits, musicwise...like pure joy to me.

Someone stuck up for Endless Wire on this thread!!! Sorry I didn't catch that before. Oh you wonderful soul! Anyone who (ha! pun intended) defends that album is a friend of mine.

endless wire is pretty good. i saw them in LA this year and they ended with that "having tea" song it was kinda touching i though.

that solitary "oh" makes me feel like a dick for liking the misfits as much as i do for some reason.

The HAVING TEA SONG!! !
YES! I'd forgotten that one and it was to die for live, yes it was.

Anyway what's this I hear about a double CD reissue of Sell Out next year?

supposedly it's coming out in january...word is it's stereo and mono mixes, some of which are dramatically different -- like, entirely different solos and vocalists (e.g., roger instead of pete on "our love was") depending on the mix. and there's many added bonus tracks, but no definitive word yet on what those are.

"tea and theatre." one of their best songs, period. i can't think of any other band that's had such a brilliant career-self-summing-up song.

that 'oh' was me not knowing that misfits song, but not wanting to explicitly concede defeat...that's all. sry bout that! :-)

I just 5l5k'd itas soon as I stop listening to Jerusalem & the Starbaskets then I will listen to it...

itas = it. As

I like Black Sabbath a lot, but the Who just have so many more great songs, and a much better lyricist to boot. After the first couple albums, most of Sabbath's best songs tend to run on too long ("Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" comes to mind).

I still don't understand. What does "itas it. As" mean?

yeah i dunno..the other day i realized nothing makes me as happy as the misfits, musicwise...like pure joy to me.

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5l5k'd itas soon = 5l5k'd it. As soon

That still doesn't tell me what "itas" is, but thanx.

No, never mind. I think I get it. LOL

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

is this indie rock vs. heavy metal?

than indie rock wins. :-)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

haw!

Hmm, Black Sabbath in 'not won this poll either'

Did they make the R&R Hall of fame? or did they lose out to Gerry and the pacemakers?

yeah, but losing by one vote is awesome!

xp

check out the r&r hof inductees for 2006:

2006

Performer

Black Sabbath
Blondie
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Miles Davis
Sex Pistols

Lifetime Achievement

Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss

gah! somehow I missed this poll. if I hadn't, sabbath would have tied.

poll is the biggest travesty in ILX history

This ruined my evening.

Wow. Completely wrong
Shame

My Sabbath vote which I didn't make at the time ties it at least.