Top 3... Bands

To round off January's series of Top 3..., I'll be sharing with you my three favourite bands. Before we get into it, I have a bit of admin to do.
Firstly, I am so sorry that every post nowadays seems to be late! I've had a lot of college work to do and I just haven't had the time to organise my time. But now, that's gonna change. Wednesday's posts will actually be on Wednesdays, and Sunday's will be on Sundays. Secondly, as this is the final instalment of Top 3..., I'd like to reveal that February's series will be...

(drumroll please)

a continuation of The Pressures Young People Face! Everybody's favourite series. I started this series in October 2016 (my very first series) but because I didn't have the blog at the very start of October, I missed at least one Wednesday. Plus, (unfortunately) there are too many pressures faced by teenagers for just one month.

Anyway, onto Top 3... Bands! This was very hard for me to do, as I am a fan of literally every genre of music (yes, even country) and I don't think you can really compare two bands from different genres. But I've tried my best, so in a particular order:

1) Green Day.
Green Day has to be my favourite band of all time. All of their songs might sound the same, but they all sound pretty darn great. If I was forced to pick a favourite genre of music, it'd probably be pop-punk (I know, I'm awful). Green Day are the fathers, the kings, the origin of pop-punk, so it only seems fitting that they'd be my number one band. If I were to recommend something to listen to, it'd be Minority, Basket Case, Sex, Drugs & Violence, Good Riddance, and the entirety of the American Idiot album (especially 21 Guns). Phew. That was tough; choosing from a masterpiece of a discography.

2) Smashing Pumpkins.
The Smashing Pumpkins are hard to pin down to a genre. Wikipedia says they're 'alternative rock', but I don't think that does them justice. Honestly, I haven't found any other band that sounds slightly like them. Which is kind of annoying, because if they sounded like the Smashing Pumpkins, they's be great. I'd describe their sound as more indie chilled rock, with a few songs that are decidedly un-chill. My personal recommendations would be 1979, Beautiful (I genuinely cry overtime), Luna, and if you're into something a little rockier; Bullet With Butterfly Wings. Plus. as a little bonus fact; it looks as though the Smashing Pumpkins will be reuniting for a tour! Exciting stuff.

3) Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
To round off this array of musical talent, I decided to stray a little from the modern punk/rock area, and go to another artist (I guess not technically a band, per se, but a group) whom I love dearly; the Four Seasons. If you haven't heard of them, you'll definitely have heard at least one of their songs before. At large in the 60s and 70s the Four Seasons, fronted by Frankie Valli and his amazingly high voice, made instant hits such as Sherry, Big Girls Don't Cry (no, not the Fergie version), Walk Like A Man, Rag Doll (my personal fave), Bye Bye Baby, and December, 1963. I recommend you listen to snippets of them all, because you will 100% recognise a good proportion of them.

This was a hard post to write! Too many good artists, too many good songs! Not that I'm complaint, there could never be too much music in the world.