Bread was a pop band from Los Angeles, California. They placed 13 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 charts  between 1970 and 1977 and were a primary example of what later was labeled "soft rock", releasing a string of well-crafted, melodic soft rock singles.

The band consisted of David Gates (vocals), Jimmy Griffin  Robb Royer, Mike Botts  and Larry Knechtel.
What's your favorite song of theirs?
Has anyone ever seen this group in concert?

http://slimeydave.com/My%20Closet/My%20Records/Albums/Bread%20-%201973%20-%20The%20Best%20Of%20Bread.jpg

OMG...these guys are one of my all-time favorite bands!  :D

Only 2 choices?  This is so hard!  :-\\

Okay...I'll go with...

'Everything I Own' (in my top 5 Favorite Songs)
'Make It With You'

I'm glad to see 'Goodbye Girl' is not in the poll.  I've often seen that listed as a Bread hit

My all-time favourite is 'Everything I Own'.  Such a beautiful song.  I even liked the hit 1987 reggae-ish version of it by Boy George.

Everything I Own & Guitar Man

I saw David Gates as a solo act but He performed tons of BREAD tunes......
Bread was a pop band from Los Angeles, California. They placed 13 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 charts  between 1970 and 1977 and were a primary example of what later was labeled "soft rock", releasing a string of well-crafted, melodic soft rock singles.

The band consisted of David Gates (vocals), Jimmy Griffin  Robb Royer, Mike Botts  and Larry Knechtel.
What's your favorite song of theirs?
Has anyone ever seen this group in concert?

http://slimeydave.com/My%20Closet/My%20Records/Albums/Bread%20-%201973%20-%20The%20Best%20Of%20Bread.jpg

Everything I Own........MY favorite......
Everything I Own & Guitar Man

  Among my first records.  Wore it out on my playskool record player...

  I positively ache when I hear "If"...

I love all of the songs on that album. I picked Diary and Make It With You ....but I could have easily gone with Everything I Own and If....

So...if Bread reform ...would they rename as 'Crumbs'....or maybe ...Mould?  Perplexing question this.... :-\\

I saw David Gates as a solo act but He performed tons of BREAD tunes......

Must have been nice...

  Among my first records.  Wore it out on my playskool record player...

  I positively ache when I hear "If"...

I think "If" is one of the most beautiful songs ever written, and it's by far my favorite "bread" song


I'm glad to see 'Goodbye Girl' is not in the poll.  I've often seen that listed as a Bread hit


Wouldn't do that, it's a David gates solo .

Hard to choose - so many good ones!  :)

I voted "Make It With You" and "Guitar Man" - I was this close to picking "Everything I Own".  It was a close call all around.

"Let Your Love Go" has always been my favorite with "Mother Freedom" second.

Hard to choose... I just picked "If" and "Everything I Own".

Everything I Own, & Diary are my picks.  The Guitar Man a close 3rd

Belle du Jour has a clip of her cover of Everything I Own from her website. it's pretty good

I can't remember which member of Kiss, either Paul or Gene , but they gave praise & props to Bread which I thought was kinda cool  8)

Everything I Own

What's your favorite song of theirs?

Impossible to say...they're all good!

Has anyone ever seen this group in concert?


Would love to have done...sadly, it appears that most of the classic line-up have left us... :(

Impossible to say...they're all good!

Very true!  :)

Would love to have done...sadly, it appears that most of the classic line-up have left us... :(


Really?  :o

I wasn't aware that any of the members had passed away... :\'(

I wasn't aware that any of the members had passed away... :\'(


James Griffin & Mike Botts passed away a few years back, while Larry Knetchel departed earlier this month...very sad... :(

Can there be an option in the poll for 'Like Them All' ?

Can there be an option in the poll for 'Like Them All' ?


Exactly the problem I had!

James Griffin & Mike Botts passed away a few years back, while Larry Knetchel departed earlier this month...very sad... :(


I just did Wikipedia searches on all three of those guys...so sad that they died!  :\'(

I guess only the main guy from the group...David Gates...is left!  :-\\

Can there be an option in the poll for 'Like Them All' ?


I 'third' that!  :D

"Everything I Own" and "Make It With You".   :)



James Griffin & Mike Botts passed away a few years back, while Larry Knetchel departed earlier this month...very sad... :(


That is so sad indeed!  :\'(

I like many of them but not all.
Just these, and very much so

Make It With You
Everything I Own
It Don't Matter to Me
Diary
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I have to go with "if".  However if David Gates as a solo were included I would say "Goodbye Girl".

Make it with you
&
If

Make It With You
Baby I'm A Want You

There are so many good songs by Bread, I had a hard time choosing but in the end I chose:

IF

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DAIRY

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My close second choices were:

It Don't Matter To Me
Lost Without Your Love

so here is something about Everything I Own which surprised me. I always thought it was an awesome romantic love song, however David Gates wrote it with a double meaning, a love song for fans, yet also about his deceased dad for himself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7c9adtljK8

so here is something about Everything I Own which surprised me. I always thought it was an awesome romantic love song, however David Gates wrote it with a double meaning, a love song for fans, yet also about his deceased dad for himself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7c9adtljK8
The reason I cannot sing it at karaoke.

If and Everything I Own.