blackbob said:

iloveannie said:

I guess it's what one likes and where one's from. Bowie has had far greater impact in England than Prince ever has. Home-grown talent, British eccentricities.

Rolling Stones. They were there at the beginning man! U2? Stadium band, albeit very, very good. Although only when the Edge is on form do their albums shine.

Haven't looked through the list in any depth but how about The Faces for their part and especially for the voice of Rod Stewart. Cracking band back in their day and no English pub band's set-list is complete without one of their tracks.

And what about ELO? Or Status Quo? Iron Maiden must surely be in there along with Black Sabbath and the likes. Highly influential bands or at least unique and popular.

Trouble with lists is no one really gives a fuck. Do they?

And MJ influential? More than the white rock bands? Maybe in some people's world but over here in old Blighty it's a different matter altogether. Got to any festival in this country and try and find some RnB or soul. It's Mighty White, Rock Out With Yer Cock Out in this country matey!

i disagree about bowie....his run of albums in the 70s were brilliant, each almost competely different to the last one.....bowie deserves to be in the top 10 of all time next to prince imo....

Bowie is one of the greatest

some of you are just freaking ignorant.mj hasnt placed at number three.if you read it correctly numbers 5 - 1 are list alphabetically.and the order will be released later.

So the formula for rising up this list is to die?

I was thinking about this list and realized something. They have Prince at #7 all time, ahead of him are Hendrix, Michael Jackson, who died, and the Beatles, who broke up about 40 years ago, and Led Zeppelin, who hasn't released an album in nearly 30 years after the death of their drummer.

That means if take their list and use it to build a list of the greatest living/active artists of all time, Prince would be #3.

[Edited 8/26/10 17:59pm]

Prince is most definitely top five material. Dylan, the Beatles, and Led Zeppelin were great in the 60's, Bowie and the RollingStones brought it into the 70's but Prince is the greatest for bringing it to us for decades!!

thedance said:

The top five (in alphabetical order):

The Beatles
Bob Dylan
Michael Jackson
Led Zeppelin
Rolling Stones

SPOOKYGAS said:

So the formula for rising up this list is to die?

james Brown and Stevie Wonder should be much higher......MUCH HIGHER..I'm glad MJ is getting his props...Usually, Mike is pretty low on "greatest artists" lists.....While I've noted several times that Prince (good to the man getting his due) has more artistic and musical range than Mike, MJ's commercial and cultural impact was as mammoth as advertised.....Still I have a feeling he's in the top 5 partly because of his tragic death....I think when Prince passes, we will see the same increased reverence for him...

Most of this is pretty predictable, but the really obviously dumb things are Cheap Trick ahead of Tom Petty and Judas Priest ahead of anyone on the list.

I think list like these are subjective, and shouldn't be taken as the Gospel truth.

If I would pick an artist/band for this list it would be Siouxsie Sioux & The Banshees,

not because I like their music, because if you listen to their lyrics they have as much

creativity and artistic merit as any artist/band that made this list! I think when these

magazines make these "100 Greatest artists list of all Time" list they choose acts off

of popularity and not talent or the depth of artist's creative expression. It's a popularity contest.

colorblu said:

Prince is most definitely top five material. Dylan, the Beatles, and Led Zeppelin were great in the 60's, Bowie and the RollingStones brought it into the 70's but Prince is the greatest for bringing it to us for decades!!

don't you just love the sycophants.

iloveannie said:

colorblu said:

Prince is most definitely top five material. Dylan, the Beatles, and Led Zeppelin were great in the 60's, Bowie and the RollingStones brought it into the 70's but Prince is the greatest for bringing it to us for decades!!

don't you just love the sycophants.

What point are U failing to make?

agreed

funkadelic11 said:

NouveauDance said:

Top 5 is all white, again.

so mj was white ?

well, at the end he was

yea lets make fun of the guy with an uncontrollable skin condition

mostbeautifulboy said:

SPOOKYGAS said:

So the formula for rising up this list is to die?

The formula for rising up the list is to have your fan base in a position of power.

Does Prince even have fans? Prince's position is high because other artists think highly of him. It's interesting Prince is up to #7 from #18. In another ten years, Prince will be Top Five if he keeps releasing albums and performing.

seeingvoices12 said:

NMuzakNSoul said:

Bet a lot of you came in here before reading the list like this: "OH DAMN I JUST KNOW THAT MJ IS AHEAD OF PRINCE AND I WILL PROTEST AND WIPE MY NOSE AFTER! HAHA! TISSUES! AND WHILE I'M AT IT LET ME FOCUS ON HIS SKIN CHANGE THAT'LL GIVE ME SOME SOLID GROUND WITH THE CROWD

LOL.......

MJ even deserves a higher spot , he was the most Influential

.....

thedance said:

Prince ahead of Elvis Presley, really????

as he should be.

[Edited 8/27/10 13:51pm]

iloveannie said:

I guess it's what one likes and where one's from. Bowie has had far greater impact in England than Prince ever has. Home-grown talent, British eccentricities.

Rolling Stones. They were there at the beginning man! U2? Stadium band, albeit very, very good. Although only when the Edge is on form do their albums shine.

bobsteezy said:

Only some pseudo-intellectual coffee house bullshitters could list Bowie over Prince.

Finally - I admit I don't know rock very well. Maybe someday someone will explain to me the greatness of the Rolling Stones and why they are so revered.

Thanks for enlightening me on the Bowie England deal. ...I will stand by Prince in this debate though. I just see Prince as so much more prolific. Bowie doesn't have a 13 million (or whatever that number is) seller like Purple Rain either.

For perspective - the total area of California is 158,706 square miles, while England's total area is 94,525 square miles. England would be the 32nd biggest state by size (between Louisiana, and Mississippi).

I get carried away sometimes.

bobsteezy said:

iloveannie said:

I guess it's what one likes and where one's from. Bowie has had far greater impact in England than Prince ever has. Home-grown talent, British eccentricities.

Rolling Stones. They were there at the beginning man! U2? Stadium band, albeit very, very good. Although only when the Edge is on form do their albums shine.

Thanks for enlightening me on the Bowie England deal. ...I will stand by Prince in this debate though. I just see Prince as so much more prolific. Bowie doesn't have a 13 million (or whatever that number is) seller like Purple Rain either.

For perspective - the total area of California is 158,706 square miles, while England's total area is 94,525 square miles. England would be the 32nd biggest state by size (between Louisiana, and Mississippi).

I get carried away sometimes.

U are typing in English are U not?

what is the justification for price being rank higher than his idol wha had a greater impact on pop culture than he did.

NouveauDance said:

thedance said:

The top five (in alphabetical order):

The Beatles
Bob Dylan
Michael Jackson
Led Zeppelin
Rolling Stones

Top 5 is all white, again.

C'mon now, that doesn't mean it's racist!

bobsteezy said:

blackbob said:

not a bad list on first glance....jackson is too high but apart from that...the list is similar to acclaimedmusic's list of greatest artists of all time...

.

1	The Beatles
2	The Rolling Stones
3	Bob Dylan
4	David Bowie
5	Led Zeppelin
6	Prince
7	Bruce Springsteen
8	The Who
9	Elvis Presley
10	Radiohead
11	Jimi Hendrix
12	The Beach Boys
13	The Velvet Underground
14	Marvin Gaye
15	R.E.M.
16	The Clash
17	U2
18	Neil Young
19	Nirvana
20	Stevie Wonder
21	Pink Floyd
22	Bob Marley and The Wailers
23	Elvis Costello
24	The Smiths
25	Aretha Franklin
26	Talking Heads
27	Van Morrison
28	The Byrds
29	Public Enemy
30	The Doors
31	The Kinks
32	James Brown
33	Miles Davis
34	Beastie Boys
35	Michael Jackson
36	Sex Pistols
37	Johnny Cash
38	Otis Redding
39	Sly and the Family Stone
40	Creedence Clearwater Revival
41	John Lennon
42	Madonna
43	Pixies
44	Beck
45	Lou Reed
46	Roxy Music
47	Joni Mitchell
48	Kraftwerk
49	Sonic Youth
50	Blur

This list is INSANE. Whatever this acclaimedmusic thing is - they are TRIPPING and they do not know the soul, R&B scene at all. How the eff does Marvin top Stevie? That is just dumb. Same with PE ahead of JB.

Only some pseudo-intellectual coffee house bullshitters could list Bowie over Prince. Radiohead #10? REALLY? ...The Velvet Underground #13? Please. Ahead of U2? That makes tremendous sense.

Finally - I admit I don't know rock very well. Maybe someday someone will explain to me the greatness of the Rolling Stones and why they are so revered.

...I'm okay.

C'mon now, I'm sure u rocked to "Satisfaction" and "Browb Sugar."

txlaw said:

bobsteezy said:

This list is INSANE. Whatever this acclaimedmusic thing is - they are TRIPPING and they do not know the soul, R&B scene at all. How the eff does Marvin top Stevie? That is just dumb. Same with PE ahead of JB.

Only some pseudo-intellectual coffee house bullshitters could list Bowie over Prince. Radiohead #10? REALLY? ...The Velvet Underground #13? Please. Ahead of U2? That makes tremendous sense.

Finally - I admit I don't know rock very well. Maybe someday someone will explain to me the greatness of the Rolling Stones and why they are so revered.

...I'm okay.

C'mon now, I'm sure u rocked to "Satisfaction" and "Browb Sugar."

First use of a fuzz pedal too. Even Prince could admire that.

vi0letblues said:

I have yet to hear any artists as innovative, artistic, or clever as the Beatles, so I do not see them ejected from the top spot anytime soon.

Some of the elder statesmen like Dylan get well deserved respect, but i see him and the likes of Elvis and MJ as having been eclipsed by many other artists long ago.

Mj is more a cultural icon than an artistic icon. Way too many artists eclipsed him almost immediately but did not have the kid appeal that has kept MJ relevant.

Prince's 80's work is almost Beatles-like un-paralleled. But his 90's and later work is so bad that the stigma from that work will keep him from ever reaching Beatles-like genius status. That's ok, top 20 is still pretty good.

Prince could do what it took 4 of them to do, and at a high level for over a decade. Like Hendrix they didnt stick around long enough to have peaks and valleys, had the hit a bad stretch in the late seventies and returned to relevance in the 80's then maybe we could compare. Say what you will but few genuis acts/artist are mentally strong enough to simply keep doing their thing regardless of what the may "be"at the time. Prince was prolific when he was the genuis of the moment/pop star and he was prolific when he was and outcast/joke and now as elderstatesman he's still cranking out music.

vi0letblues said:

I have yet to hear any artists as innovative, artistic, or clever as the Beatles, so I do not see them ejected from the top spot anytime soon.

Some of the elder statesmen like Dylan get well deserved respect, but i see him and the likes of Elvis and MJ as having been eclipsed by many other artists long ago.

Mj is more a cultural icon than an artistic icon. Way too many artists eclipsed him almost immediately but did not have the kid appeal that has kept MJ relevant.

Prince's 80's work is almost Beatles-like un-paralleled. But his 90's and later work is so bad that the stigma from that work will keep him from ever reaching Beatles-like genius status. That's ok, top 20 is still pretty good.

Prince could do what it took 4 of them to do, and at a high level for over a decade. Like Hendrix they didnt stick around long enough to have peaks and valleys, had the hit a bad stretch in the late seventies and returned to relevance in the 80's then maybe we could compare. Say what you will but few genuis acts/artist are mentally strong enough to simply keep doing their thing regardless of what the may "be"at the time. Prince was prolific when he was the genuis of the moment/pop star and he was prolific when he was and outcast/joke and now as elder statesman he's still cranking out music.

Prince will always be #1 on my list and that's the only list that matters for me!

dreamshaman32 said:

vi0letblues said:

I have yet to hear any artists as innovative, artistic, or clever as the Beatles, so I do not see them ejected from the top spot anytime soon.

Some of the elder statesmen like Dylan get well deserved respect, but i see him and the likes of Elvis and MJ as having been eclipsed by many other artists long ago.

Mj is more a cultural icon than an artistic icon. Way too many artists eclipsed him almost immediately but did not have the kid appeal that has kept MJ relevant.

Prince's 80's work is almost Beatles-like un-paralleled. But his 90's and later work is so bad that the stigma from that work will keep him from ever reaching Beatles-like genius status. That's ok, top 20 is still pretty good.

Prince could do what it took 4 of them to do, and at a high level for over a decade. Like Hendrix they didnt stick around long enough to have peaks and valleys, had the hit a bad stretch in the late seventies and returned to relevance in the 80's then maybe we could compare. Say what you will but few genuis acts/artist are mentally strong enough to simply keep doing their thing regardless of what the may "be"at the time. Prince was prolific when he was the genuis of the moment/pop star and he was prolific when he was and outcast/joke and now as elder statesman he's still cranking out music.

I agree completely, he had the Lennon edge and whimsy (minus the biting wit), the McCarthy melodic charm, and elements of many other great artists, not to mention his own distinct sound that has had a much much bigger impact than MJ Dylan and just about every other artist dead or alive. He has been commercially successful, but not as much as some. but that has more to do with his sometimes unsavory R and X rated image at his peak unlike the kid friendly G image of MJ and the Beatles.

We are all here on this site because like the majority of music critics we see hear and enjoy the greatness of the man. Lists are really not important but it is always nice to see Prince get the props he deserves.

blackbob said:

shortnsweet said:

so tired of Prince getting robbed of the props he deserves......

he is in the top 10 ?....the top 10 greatest artists of all time ?....well ahead of stevie wonder and other greats.....i think thats fine myself...

Prince IS the greatest of all time...bar none and he knows it.

brechten said:

don't like the list... to me a band is not an artist..

and please.. michael jackson on 3... he's not an artist.. he's a singer/dancer

Okay... What's the definition of artist then?

MJ deserves to be where he is. End of.

Prince is just unreal. He deserves to be in the top 10 at least so that's good.

Don't even start with Elvis.........

Japha11 said:

brechten said:

don't like the list... to me a band is not an artist..

and please.. michael jackson on 3... he's not an artist.. he's a singer/dancer

Okay... What's the definition of artist then?

MJ deserves to be where he is. End of.

Prince is just unreal. He deserves to be in the top 10 at least so that's good.

Don't even start with Elvis.........

MJ is there because he has just killed himself, he had not done anything of note since.....whenever and lets not forget that only a few years ago he was being referred to as something else. The list is a crock of shit.