1955-2001 Favorite Top Ten Rock Groups

Ben Campbell: I recollect at a benefit concert in 1983/4? E Clapton, J Beck, J Page were somehow on stage together, and of course the song they could all agree on was The Train Kept A Rollin' My take on these three guys is that they do not care for each other;maybe I am wrong. I do know this: Eric hates the Yardbirds. Jeff thinks they hampered his career and claims he would rather die than play I'm A Man again.Jimmy only talks about Led Zep and rarely mentions his involvement in the group. Sad to me but long live the Yardbirds having a Rave Up anyway!!!!!!

Tkmetz, I spent New Year's Eve 1979-1980 with the Dixie Dregs and Sea Level in the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. The Fox had a free champagne fountain. Quite a show from another Capricorn great artist! Charlie.

Beatles(none compare), Beach Boys(Brian W. musical genius),Pink Floyd(creativity with no boundries), Steely Dan (Fagan always brilliant),Doors(Robbie needs more credit),Elton John(worth another listen),Peter Frampton(too bad just 1 great album),Sting(great song writer),Men at Work(2 GREAT albums),Julian Lennon(surprised?),Three Dog Night(did write anything, but good producers)

Thanks for the info, Bencambell. Doing one's old stuffs is nothing unusual like Blackmore doing Deep Purple songs with Rainbow or Clapton digging Cream, Blind Faith, or Derek and Dominoes stuffs. The same goes with cover tunes. But, taking credit for the songs they did not write (as long as main themes are intact) is an act of robbing, materially or otherwise. I am a bit disappointed at Zep in terms of integrity though it may not diminish their achievement for other songs. It sounds that they were rather blatant going about it. What I do not understand is why the original songwriters did not do anything about it at the time. Perhaps, Britain had different laws. At any rate, thanks once agin for the info.

Cogito-I agree however to be fair what made Zep so great was the rate that they matured as songwriters and arrangers and the diversity of their material. They have left a stunning back catalogue