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100 Greatest Artists of All Time according to Rolling Stone Magazine . 100 Greatest Artists of All Time according to Rolling Stone Magazine (list compiled in 2011) . What's wrong with this picture? . 1 ----- Beatles 2 ----- Bob Dylan 3 ----- Elvis Presley 4 ----- Rolling Stones 5 ----- Chuck Berry 6 ----- Jimi Hendrix 7 ----- James Brown 8 ----- Little Richard 9 ----- Aretha Franklin 10 ---- Ray Charles 11 ---- Bob Marley 12 ---- Beach Boys 13 ---- Buddy Holly 14 ---- Led Zeppelin 15 ---- Stevie Wonder 16 ---- Sam Cooke 17 ---- Muddy Waters 18 ---- Marvin Gaye 19 ---- The Velvet Underground 20 ---- Bo Diddley 21 ---- Otis Redding 22 ---- U2 23 ---- Bruce Springsteen 24 ---- Jerry Lee Lewis 25 ---- Fats Domino 26 ---- Ramones 27 ---- Prince 28 ---- The Clash 29 ---- The Who 30 ---- Nirvana 31 ---- Johnny Cash 32 ---- Smokey Robinson and the Miracle 33 ---- The Everly Brothers 34 ---- Neil Young 35 ---- Michael Jackson 36 ---- Madonna 37 ---- Roy Orbison 38 ---- John Lennon 39 ---- David Bowie 40 ---- Simon & Garfunkel 41 ---- Doors 42 ---- Van Morrison 43 ---- Sly and the Family Stone 44 ---- Public Enemy 45 ---- The Byrds 46 ---- Janis Joplin 47 ---- Patti Smith 48 ---- Run DMC 49 ---- Elton John 50 ---- The Band 51 ---- Pink Floyd 52 ---- Queen 53 ---- The Allman Brothers 54 ---- Howlin' Wolf 55 ---- Eric Clapton 56 ---- Dr Dre 57 ---- Grateful Dead 58 ---- Parliament & Funkadelic 59 ---- Aerosmith 60 ---- Sex Pistols 61 ---- Metallica 62 ---- Joni Mitchell 63 ---- Tina Turner 64 ---- Phil Spector 65 ---- The Kinks 66 ---- Al Green 67 ---- Cream 68 ---- Temptations 69 ---- Jackie Wilson 70 ---- The Police 71 ---- Frank Zappa 72 ---- AC DC 73 ---- Radiohead 74 ---- Hank Williams 75 ---- Eagles 76 ---- The Shirelles 77 ---- Beastie Boys 78 ---- The Stooges 79 ---- Four Tops 80 ---- Elvis Costello 81 ---- The Drifters 82 ---- CCR 83 ---- Eminem 84 ---- James Taylor 85 ---- Black Sabbath 86 ---- Tupac Shakur 87 ---- Gram Parsons 88 ---- Jay-Z 89 ---- Yardbirds 90 ---- Carlos Santana 91 ---- Tom Petty 92 ---- Guns & Roses 93 ---- Booker T and the MGs 94 ---- Nine Inch Nails 95 ---- Lynyrd Skiynyrd 96 ---- Diana Ross and the Supremes 97 ---- REM 98 ---- Curtis Mayfield 99 ---- Carl Perkins 100 --- Talking Heads
` If I have misspelled anything please let me know, so that I can correct it. . [Edited 9/18/16 15:06pm] "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters," Donald Trump | |
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No real surprises. Agree or disagree (and for what it's worth, I strongly disagree) these are the artists most people would expect to be on such a list. Remember that overrated artists thread from a month or two ago? Well, the top 5 of this list would probably all qualify for that thread. | |
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Hmmm. Beach Boys ranked higher than Stevie Wonder? Interesting... interesting. Nirvana ranked above MJ? Intriguing. Madonna above Bowie? Sacrilege. | |
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. I don't think that U2 even belongs on this list let alone be in the 22 spot. . If we must include U2 it should be in the 100 spot. . And 'Tenacious D' isn't on the list at all and they should be in the number one spot. . [Edited 9/17/16 17:48pm] "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters," Donald Trump | |
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The Stones before Chuck?
There would be no Rolling Stones without Chuck Berry and even Mick said so. [Edited 9/17/16 15:17pm] | |
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#28 - The Clark I wouldn't put The Clark in the top 100 Makes no sense | |
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This list is a JOKE and so is Rolling Stones.
Elvis OVER Stevie Wonder, Little Richard and Marvin Gaye??????? BAAHAHAHAAAHAHAAHA
U2 OVER Prince and Michael????
Nirvana over Michael???
In what universe??!?!?!
U2 and Jay Z should not be on this list IMHO
Michael, David Bowie and Queen should be much much higher.....
The Beatles should not be in the number one spot. I like a few Beatle songs but they are mad overrated. They are not the most influential artist of all time.
Its interesting how RS placed Beatles and Elvis in the top 3, two of the biggest selling acts of all time but did not place Michael up there with them. If the top 3 criteria is based solely on sells then Michael deserves to be right after the Beatles. | |
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How does anyone make a list like this and completely forget to include the Bee Gees? It's criminal how underrated they are. |
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Dr Dre ahead of Parliament/Funkadelic [Edited 9/17/16 16:40pm] Make it so, Number One... | |
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And U2 should NOT be ahead of Prince 
. U2 should not be ahead of anyone. . "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters," Donald Trump | |
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Geezus, Prince belongs right up there in the top 10. Whoever put this list together needs to be bitch-slapped a few times. Welcome to "the org", Mumio…they can have you, but I'll have your love in the end  | |
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I always wondered what are the demographics of those who come up with such lists. How come there's so few women on the list and why are most artists listed here have their peak in the 1950-1960s, surely there were great artists that came before and after? There's only 8 women on the list (that's 8% while 92% are male), excluding bands that have women members and it's as if they put Aretha in 9th place in order to not make the disparity even more obvious in the top ten category. I mean you have to go down all the way to n.36 to find the next woman and that's Madonna. Not too mention there's a favoritism over classic rock, I mean you have Led Zeppelin, Cream, and the Yardbirds there when they are variations of a similar sound. they even have some of the same band members. Then again you have ACDC and U2 on the list, so how can I take this list seriously in the first place. [Edited 9/17/16 19:31pm] Love is God,
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Nirvana is most overrated band ever. PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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Because Jann Wenner is a baby boomer and what is now called classic rock was the main focus in the early years of Rolling Stone. Rock fans were the main buyers of RS during that time. I used to read Rolling Stone in the 1980s & 1990s and even subcribed to it for awhile. So not much on this list is a suprise to me, just like most of who is inducted in the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame isn't. Jann & RS is behind the hall. RS was always praising Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys and one year had the Sex Pistols album as the best in history, even above The Beatles who are usually at the top. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Saw this list years ago but I'll play along. A Rolling Stone "Best of" list consisting mostly of rock acts with the Beatles ranked #1. What a surprise  | |
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muse87 said: The Stones before Chuck?
There would be no Rolling Stones without Chuck Berry and even Mick said so. [Edited 9/17/16 15:17pm] True, but The Stones were more creative in their songwriting. I can't imagine Chuck Berry writing Sympathy For the Devil or Gimme Shelter. Just like Prince was a more creative songwriter than Sly Stone. And that's coming from someone who absolutely loves Sly's music. Being first doesn't automatically mean you're "better" than the acts you inspire. | |
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QueenofCardboard said: . I don't think that U2 even belongs on this list let alone be in the 22 spot. . If we must include U2 it should be in the 100 spot. . And 'Tenacious D' isn't on the list at all and they should be in the number one spot. . [Edited 9/17/16 17:48pm] When I was in school, I remember U2 as the most popular and talked about band (among the guys anyway.) I'm not a big fan myself, but they were huge in the 80s/ early 90s. They even beat The Stones' record of doing the best selling tour ever. So they must have been doing something right. | |
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If we change the title to "Greatest ROCK Artists Ever" then I can agree with this list. Of course I would put Prince in the top ten but that would mean either Ray or Richard would need to go...  Damn! Making a top ten isn't as easy as you think... | |
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. [Edited 9/18/16 0:01am] "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters," Donald Trump | |
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How is U2 influential and groundbreaking in the grand scheme of music? I've always wanted to know that. They are always listed in these types of list and I never understood why.
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. I think that they get points for being the only big band from Ireland. And for being such out spoken antiwar pacifists against the IRA and the terrorism in Ireland. They were huge in the late eighties and early nineties, but that doesn't mean that they deserve to be ranked above Prince, David Bowie, Neil Young, Michael Jackson, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, Elvis Costello, CCR, Talking Heads, Simon & Garfunkel and so many others. . "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters," Donald Trump | |
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Shouldn't be any shit hop on the list at all, or any post 2000 only artists. Shit hop has added NOTHING to the tapestry of modern music. . Are glad that Prince is above MJ and Madonna, that is the one good thing about the list. . Elvis Presley is waaaaaayyyyyyyy overated, I think Elbvis Costello should be higher than him. . Who the fuck is the Clark and its Bruce Springsteen not Stien. And its Diana not Dianna. [Edited 9/18/16 2:17am] Got some kind of love for you, and I don't even know your name | |
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The Clark is probably a typo and means The Clash. [Edited 9/18/16 5:50am] | |
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NorthC said: The Clark is probably a typo and means The Clash. [Edited 9/18/16 5:50am] The Dave Clarke Five. PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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Who cares what a bunch of hippies from the 60s think are the top artists. This rag isn't even relevant or taken seriously anymore. It's a relic of the past much like MTV. | |
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I agree. I do like that Bono is very outspoken on social welfare issues and humanity but as you mentioned that is no reason to rank them higher than those other artists who are far more influential and groundbreaking. | |
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Rolling Stones has always ranked Prince higher than MJ and Madonna. Its obvious they think more highly of Prince (and that takes nothing away from the other two) I wasn't really surprised by that. They always snub Michael and underrate him. I personally think both MJ and Prince should be in the top 25. [Edited 9/18/16 11:21am] | |
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. I also question whether or not James Taylor should be on this list. I love James Taylor, but he is guilty of writing the same song 100 different ways. The guy never deviated from his formula. . Personally, I would replace him with Fleetwood Mac. . I think that Cat Stevens is better and more original than James Taylor. . Nobody sounds like Cat Stevens. . And his song 'Wild World' is just as good as James Taylor's 'Fire and Rain' . I put James Taylor in the same category as I would put John Denver. .
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. Thanks for catching that. I was wondering that myself. . [Edited 9/18/16 12:06pm] "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters," Donald Trump | |
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QueenofCardboard said: . I also question whether or not James Taylor should be on this list. I love James Taylor, but he is guilty of writing the same song 100 different ways. The guy never deviated from his formula. . Personally, I would replace him with Fleetwood Mac. . I think that Cat Stevens is better and more original than James Taylor. . Nobody sounds like Cat Stevens. . And his song 'Wild World' is just as good as James Taylor's 'Fire and Rain' . I put James Taylor in the same category as I would put John Denver. .
Part of it might be cause Cat converted to Islam. Those who control the media despise Muslims. | |
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