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86. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Thu May 7, 2020, 12:45 PM

May 2020

Hands down.

What are the odds that the one of the greatest of all time...

Keyboard player - Benmont Tench III
Guitar Player -Mike Campbell
Songwriter- Tom Petty

..got together and formed a band? Well, 45 years later and here we are...

Benmont MIGHT be the greatest piano player I ever heard, but Mike Campbell IS the greatest guitar player and Tom Petty IS the greatest song-writer who ever lived.

I'll have words with anyone who says different

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Best musical group of all time? [View all] Goodheart May 2020 OP

Great ? SheltieLover May 2020 #1

Pink Floyd certainly in the top 10 Goodheart May 2020 #2

👍 SheltieLover May 2020 #8

Wish You Were Here Goodheart May 2020 #15

LOL SheltieLover May 2020 #49

Wish you were here was a tribute to their first singer, dware May 2020 #69

Mine too. nt ooky May 2020 #57

+1 Lucinda May 2020 #48

favorite maybe, best? matter of opinion not fact :-) nt msongs May 2020 #3

Flavius musica magnam, 310 B.C. JHB May 2020 #4

He played the synthesizer, right? Goodheart May 2020 #6

Acoustic theremin... JHB May 2020 #11

Lounge? nt USALiberal May 2020 #5

Beatles...for many reasons. BigmanPigman May 2020 #7

This is the correct answer ironflange May 2020 #9

Most important, most influential, most successful, yeah, sure.... Goodheart May 2020 #12

I like them a lot, being a New Wave fan.... Buuuuuttttt..... Happy Hoosier May 2020 #32

The got here on #7? LakeArenal May 2020 #29

nah, they were successful through image and marketing, not musical ability Amishman May 2020 #80

Dead. Lochloosa May 2020 #10

Like he said, The Figment May 2020 #13

Not my thing. :) Goodheart May 2020 #14

Nice. I'll save that for later. Lochloosa May 2020 #31

Objectively the only answer is the Beatles... jcgoldie May 2020 #45

In my top 10. ooky May 2020 #58

QUEEN.. ProudMNDemocrat May 2020 #16

Ditto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! montanacowboy May 2020 #20

DITTO DITTO Olafjoy May 2020 #28

I was a very late convert to Queen, but I agree on all accounts. Blue_true May 2020 #37

I agree that Freddie is the best lead singer of any musical group tavernier May 2020 #43

Absolutely! smirkymonkey May 2020 #47

What's this about Freddie ? Corgigal May 2020 #51

Queen is my choice too. Zing Zing Zingbah May 2020 #74

Freddie Mercury died 4 days before my Grandfather did in 1991. ProudMNDemocrat May 2020 #76

Yeah, IMO Zing Zing Zingbah May 2020 #77

The Fab Four Boomerproud May 2020 #17

The Beatles. Everyone else is a supporting act. marble falls May 2020 #18

Beatles. Sogo May 2020 #19

I love New Order! Johnny2X2X May 2020 #21

I finally got to see them live in January. Miami Beach. Goodheart May 2020 #22

I honestly considered flying to Miami for it Johnny2X2X May 2020 #25

Beatles. No further discussion necessary. Patterson May 2020 #23

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Led Zeppelin honest.abe May 2020 #26

Surely. How is this even a question? meadowlander May 2020 #59

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Sly and the Family Stone Solomon May 2020 #27

Love Sly... SidDithers May 2020 #40

1. Beatles happybird May 2020 #30

Any band with Eric Clapton. Lochloosa May 2020 #33

I love the GooGoo Dolls. Demsrule86 May 2020 #34

Some unexpected responses here. Goodheart May 2020 #35

I always loved them...I still love Iris which even though it was overplayed, I still like it. Demsrule86 May 2020 #84

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Beatles. tavernier May 2020 #42

Buddy Holly MyNameGoesHere May 2020 #44

Floyd flying rabbit May 2020 #46

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The Beatles were the best in originality. NameAlreadyTaken May 2020 #52

The Doors rockfordfile May 2020 #53

Good selection. In my top 10. ooky May 2020 #60

There is only one answer. not_the_one May 2020 #54

I have so many that's a tough question. I'll go with the Allman Bros. ooky May 2020 #55

Obviously if..fish..had..wings May 2020 #56

So subjective. The Beatles were definitely the most influential. GulfCoast66 May 2020 #61

Kraftwerk tinrobot May 2020 #62

Good choice Goodheart May 2020 #65

Beatles, hands down. Greybnk48 May 2020 #63

I'll play the contrarian here and vote for the underdogs. KY_EnviroGuy May 2020 #64

Fleetwood Mac. nt oasis May 2020 #66

The Clash scarletlib May 2020 #67

Pink Floyd, dware May 2020 #68

Not going to argue with anyone who says the Beatles, PRETZEL May 2020 #70

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Actually, I love the Beatles Goodheart May 2020 #72

Point taken...and it's certainly a matter of taste PCIntern May 2020 #73

Mouse Rat Chiyo-chichi May 2020 #78

Depeche Mode, for me, is my personal favorite of all time.... SKKY May 2020 #79

Ha! HarlanPepper May 2020 #81

I missed out on them in the 80's because Goodheart May 2020 #83

The Mars Volta. (it's hard to be objective about music) n/t Blaukraut May 2020 #82

Cosmic Tribe Mr. Ected May 2020 #85

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