BBC Poll Names the “Greatest British Band”

I know that this will come across as nothing short of an act of musical blasphemy for many, but I just don’t care all that much for the Beatles. Don’t get me wrong, I pay all due respect to the group (and their crack team of marketeers) for their many accomplishments; I just don’t foresee the day that I will own an album from the world’s first boy band.

And so I was pleasantly surprised to find that a recent poll conducted by BBC 2 crowned Queen the winner of the “Great British Battle of the Bands.” Sadly, I feel compelled to question the legitimacy of the poll. Firstly, it appears that only five bands were included in the poll: The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Queen, Take That, and Oasis. Secondly, Take That? Thirdly, Oasis???

In other news, everyone already knows that The Clash is the greatest British Band of all time.

-mixtape

~ by mixtape on January 7, 2008.