{"id":2027,"date":"2009-02-26T07:51:09","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T12:51:09","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-02-26T15:19:12","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T15:19:12","slug":"rock-s-most-powerful-third-banana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rock-s-most-powerful-third-banana\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle Royale: Rock&#8217;s Most Powerful Third Banana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><ins>UPDATED AFTER THE JUMP!<\/ins><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gkVn-bjDH_8?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nWho is rock&#8217;s most powerful <strong>third banana<\/strong>? This question may remind you of an old <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2007\/03\/09\/battle_royale_command_performances_by_th\">Battle Royale to determine the best song written by a third-string songwriter<\/a>, but we&#8217;re looking for something less specific and broader. We should consider the overall influence any #3 band member, regardless of songwriting or singing skills. Take <strong>Brian Jones<\/strong>, for instance, a non-writing, non-singing member of The Rolling Stones whose presence alone nearly eclipsed that of the band&#8217;s two obvious leaders. <strong>George Harrison<\/strong> is an obvious favorite in this battle for his mix of songwriting and singing, lead guitar chops, comedic timing, and diplomacy. Other contenders might include <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2009\/02\/25\/who-is-the-second-most-crucial-member-of\">Jerry Harrison<\/a><\/strong>, who recently lost out to Tina Weymouth for the title of second-most crucial member of Talking Heads; Graham Nash (within CSN); Rick Wakeman; and Rick Danko. <\/p>\n<p>Two other possible contenders require a ruling by the judges. While he was in Roxy Music, did <strong>Eno<\/strong> rank as second or third banana? (Has history elevated his banana rank?) And what about <strong>Colin Moulding<\/strong>, who somehow managed to be third banana in a band with only one other member worthy of bananahood?<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_block\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/media\/blogs\/rth\/battleroyalethirdbanana2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"595\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATED AFTER THE JUMP! Who is rock&#8217;s most powerful third banana? This question may remind you of an old Battle Royale to determine the best song written by a third-string songwriter, but we&#8217;re looking for something less specific and broader. We should consider the overall influence any #3 band member, regardless of songwriting or singing <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rock-s-most-powerful-third-banana\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[42],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}