00:00name the four greatest American rock acts of all time.
00:04And now you have to be fair when you do this.
00:07You have to allow for someone that you may not like.
00:09Yeah, right.
00:10Like, for example, I know Bob Dylan isn't everyone's cup of tea,
00:14but he's one of the great American rock acts of all time.
00:19There is no better singer-songwriter in the history of the medium.
00:23And he's prolific.
00:25And you listen to the songs that he wrote for other people.
00:30I'm sorry, Dylan's on that list.
00:31And if you don't have Dylan on that list, you're kind of a dick.
00:35I'd say the same thing about Bruce Springsteen.
00:37I'm not the biggest Bruce guy.
00:40But that is a three-day...
00:41He wrote commercial powerhouse music in the early 70s.
00:46And then when was The Rising?
00:48Was that after 2000?
00:49That was after 2001.
00:50Okay, so it's like 30 years later.
00:5330 years later, he writes a meaningful, powerful, creative...
00:58Like, that's a fucking canon of work.
01:00He is a giant of rock and roll, whether you like his music or not.
01:04So when you say the top four American rock acts of all time,
01:07if Dylan and Springsteen aren't on them, I don't need to talk to you.
01:11All right, so rock acts, because I think you said bands initially.
01:13So bands or solo artists.
01:15Yeah, solo artists.
01:15Those two are definitely on it.
01:16And I despise Bob Dylan.
01:19And Springsteen, I'm like okay with.
01:20I was lucky enough, though, to see his Springsteen on Broadway,
01:25which is how I want to see him, because I can't stand the band that he's with,
01:28and it's too bombastic and too...
01:30I hate horns in bands.
01:31It's just a me thing.
01:32But him by himself with a guitar, singing about like dad shit, I cried.
01:37It was awesome.
01:37It was fucking incredible.
01:39I saw it.
01:39I saw the...
01:40It was on Netflix, I think.
01:41It was on Netflix or whatever it was.
01:41I saw it.
01:42It's so good.
01:43You're like, oh, it's ridiculous.
01:44So those two are definitely on there.
01:45I'd put The Doors on there, but I'm a Doors guy.
01:48How many albums did they have?
01:51Five?
01:51Right, that's not enough.
01:53Okay, so you need the canon of work.
01:55You need...
01:55Right.
01:55So you just can't say Nirvana, who were brilliant, but they made three albums,
02:00and he killed himself.
02:01Sorry, it doesn't count.
02:02So maybe...
02:03So I don't like them.
02:04You're like the Allman Brothers, maybe?
02:06So fair?
02:07Like they've been around for fucking ever.
02:09Like they belong...
02:10It's hard.
02:11Yeah, right.
02:11Like if you include the Brits, Who, Stones, Beatles, Led Zeppelin,
02:16like you just...
02:17There's a million of them.
02:18Yeah.
02:18You know, even the modern...
02:19The Oasis, there's just the...
02:21So the Brits do it better than we do.
02:23You know, so like it's...
02:25I'd like to make a case for Van Halen.
02:27They've been around for fucking ever.
02:29I think that to me, Eddie Van Halen's the most influential guitar player
02:32in the history of the medium and the instrument.
02:34But, you know, they're not for everybody.
02:37So that is one.
02:37So like a band...
02:38Pop hits, rock hits.
02:39A band like Van Halen or Metallica.
02:42I...
02:42Like you hate Dylan.
02:43I don't like that kind of music.
02:45But I absolutely allow...
02:47Like, I don't know if I go Metallica over Van Halen,
02:50but you could put one of those on there.
02:52They...
02:52Transformative, you know, trend-setting...
02:57Influential...
02:58Lasting, you know...
03:00Yeah.
03:00You know, you...
03:02Van Halen today could do a stadium tour
03:04and get 60,000 people off
03:06and sell it out over the country.
03:08Don't you think they could?
03:09Well, Eddie's dead, but yeah.
03:11Oh, that's right.
03:12Other than that, I forgot about that.
03:13Yeah.
03:13So never mind.
03:14Scratch that.
03:15But I'm trying to think.
03:15Even their last tours...
03:16I mean, Metallica can.
03:17But that...
03:17Yeah, so it's probably Metallica over Van Halen
03:20because the last Van Halen tours,
03:21they were playing like the Garden.
03:23They couldn't sell a Gillette.
03:25And Metallica's playing two nights at Gillette
03:26with two different sets next summer.
03:29And they're going to sell...
03:29They're definitely going to bang that out.
03:30So it's probably Metallica over Van Halen.
03:32I'm just softer.
03:33I'm a, you know, lamer.
03:34So, like, I would consider someone
03:35like Paul Simon.
03:37Yeah, who?
03:39Rachel, who do you got?
03:39Hold on, hold on.
03:41So Fleetwood Mac is half British.
03:43Oh, right, yeah.
03:45McFleetwood and McVay.
03:47Not McVay.
03:48McVay, she just passed.
03:49Yep.
03:49Brits.
03:51So, you know, Neil Young.
03:52Neil Young would be on my list,
03:53but Canadian.
03:54Bonnie Raitt, I love her.
03:58Joni Mitchell would get some mention
03:59from some people.
04:00Not long enough.
04:02Yeah.
04:02You know?
04:04Who's the greatest...
04:05You know, Janis Joplin, again.
04:07Couple, you know, one little era
04:08and then passed away.
04:11The greatest female rock act
04:13American of all time.
04:17Maybe Alanis Morissette?
04:18Oh, please.
04:19Spanned now 30 years.
04:21Give me something better than that.
04:23Dolly Parton.
04:24I was going to say Dolly Parton.
04:26Dolly Parton.
04:27I was going to say...
04:27And then you introduce a country act.
04:29Like, I think Willie Nelson
04:29would belong on some consideration here.
04:33Yeah.
04:34Pat Benatar.
04:35I just need something better than that.
04:38I saw The Pretenders.
04:40Still great.
04:41Okay.
04:41Do you know who my favorite is?
04:43I mean, again, laugh at me.
04:45Laugh at me.
04:46But I think Sheryl Crow is up there.
04:49Oh, great performer.
04:50I think she can bring it.
04:51Yeah.
04:52She plays guitar.
04:53She wails away when she wants to.
04:55I think...
04:56She was the lead guitarist
04:56on Michael Jackson's tour.
04:57Yeah.
04:58I think in 85 or 86 or one of those tours.
05:00I think she's an underrated musician
05:01and she's pumped out 20, 30 hits,
05:05like pop songs that are not easy to do.
05:09I just...
05:10I would like to think you'd have someone better
05:11than Sheryl Crow.
05:13We're forgetting people.
05:13I mean, Stevie Nicks.
05:14I mean, like, if you want to say Stevie Nicks,
05:16I'd allow for Stevie Nicks.
05:20But it's hard.
05:20You know, it's easier with the Brits.
05:22Yeah.
05:22Brits just have more.
05:23Oh, I mean, they're just...
05:24Yeah.
05:24I mean...
05:25Oh, Tom Petty.
05:26Tom Petty deserves consideration.
05:27Oh, right.
05:28Okay.
05:28Yeah.
05:29Yeah.
05:29Oh, he's absolutely on there.
05:31Okay.
05:31Olivia Newton-John.
05:32No, not good enough.
05:33Huey Lewis in the news.
05:36Too many horns.
05:38And Huey Lewis in the news?
05:40Are you...
05:40You're trolling me.
05:42Carole King?
05:43No, not quite.
05:45Heart.
05:46Oh, Heart's good.
05:48Okay.
05:48Do they produce enough?
05:49No.
05:49How many albums did they...
05:50Do they really sell?
05:52Rush is Canadian, right?
05:53Not American.
05:54Rush doesn't make it.
05:55Reba?
05:56No.
05:57Aretha Franklin.
05:58Okay.
05:58Fine.
06:00I mean, rock.
06:01Like, rock, rock, rock.
06:02Madonna.
06:04She's...
06:05Yeah.
06:05Yeah.
06:06Okay.
06:06Yeah.
06:06Yep.
06:07I mean...
06:07Yeah.
06:08Brought it for 20, 30 years.
06:09Now she's fucking creepy.
06:10Have you seen her now?
06:11Holy crap.
06:11Yeah.
06:12Wow.
06:12Wow.
06:13Like, in her 50s, I was into her.
06:15Yeah.
06:15Like, you're like...
06:16Yeah, I saw her within the last decade.
06:18In her 50s, like...
06:19And she was still normal, but these last couple of years...
06:21Tight.
06:21She was tight and hot in the 50s, but now she's lost.
06:24She's koku.
06:25Wast.
06:26Wast.
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