Listeners of CBC Radio One’s “On the Coast” program have selected Pink Floyd as the best band of all time.
The group took nearly 47 percent of the more than 9,000 votes cast during the month-long online poll.
The Beatles came in second, with 36 percent. The rest of the top five: The Rolling Stones, 8 percent; Led Zeppelin, 7 percent; and The Mothers of Invention, 2 percent.
“On the Coast” is produced in Vancouver, B.C. Hosted by Stephen Quinn (pictured with producer Lisa Christiansen), it’s heard from 3-6 p.m. weekdays.
I’m a huge Pink Floyd fan (why else would I be such an avid listener to Floydian Slip)… but something seems awry here that Pink Floyd overwhelmingly won this. Seriously? Anybody know what the catch was? Did some group of fans organize some kind of effort to up the numbers for PF?
Beatles should have ABSOLUTELY won hands-down as first. But even with that aside, I meet more Zeppelin and Stones fans day-to-day then I do Pink Floyd fans. So, I wouldn’t have at all been surprised to see those two get bigger numbers. So, why didn’t they??
Again, I say… something weird going on here.
We kinda agree. But it wasn’t us …
If I was asked “What’s the best band ever?” My answer would be “Pink Floyd” 😉