I've got a sign hanging in my man-cave (you guys probably have one too) that says - "I may be old, but I got to see all the really cool bands"

I have a t-shirt with that.

You want cool? I saw Jimi Hendrix in his last American show. 🇨🇮

I couldn't make it to Hendrix's last show. It was past my bedtime .... since I was like 3 yrs old! lol But yes - that is extremely cool!

Hawaii used to be a favorite destination for artists, either as the last stop or the start of an Asia-Pacific tour. These days with the elaborate stage and lighting setups, too expen$ive to come here for just one or 2 shows.

The last big show I attended here was the Stones in ‘98 at the Aloha Stadium (Bridges to Babylon) but they played a private show on Maui a couple days earlier so we got a bit lucky that time.

As far as Jimi goes, it was a good but imo, not a great concert. Early on he played a few songs from what would be “Cry of Love” and didn’t seem to be too into it (…and neither was the crowd…). The 2nd half was his older, familiar stuff but he seemed to be going through the motions and almost seemed bored. We sat in the loges slightly behind stage right, his side, and at one point when he broke a string, violently tossed his white Strat to the roadie…and he looked pissed when he threw it. So yah, probably my most memorable show but not in my top concerts.

What do you call a dog with Wings??? Linda McCartney...[-o< I'm sorry

I do like BOTR, but Live and Let Die is my favorite...

Tele - too late to vote but what’s your take?

define "greatest"...

if you include longevity and body of work, it's no contest...all three bands exceeded the 60's and 70's and their music still stands and is played today...

but it's no contest if you think of them collectively and individually...Led Zeppelin and the Stones have not done much creatively since their first decade...The Beatles as solo artists kept going, out front of several waves...

as a kid, I liked in order: Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones and then The Beatles (music had to be loud and pulsating)...The Beatles were considered a "girls band" because they seemed to attract mostly young teen girl crowds to their early concerts, most of their early music was sugary pop that girls dug and most of my guy friends sneered at the good looking mop-haired funny sounding Brits...tbh, we all liked American group CCR better...

then I grew up and my definition of "music" expanded and so did the creativity of the Beatles (group and solo)...

my appreciation for the Beatles' accomplishments, in toto, put them at the top of that list now...

this is one way to keep score...

https://www.therichest.com/rich-powerful/10-highest-earning-bands-of-all-time/ 

Rolling Stones for sure.
I don't like most of the Beatles' works.

Ran across this and I musta missed Al's post but was rather surprised that U2 is second...and totally aghast that ABBA made the Top 10.

I'm not too surprised by either of those, unfortunately.

I really shouldn't have been that surprised about ABBA. Back in my retail record store days, they were quite popular. And, knowing they were already popular in Europe before hitting it big in the US, should have accounted for that too.

maybe you're like a genius too?

Not if you ask my wife. 🤣