Hendrix

Marley

Dylan

The Beatles

Miles Davis

Meshell

Sade

Janet Jackson

Terence Trent D'arby

Michael Jackson

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These 5 I like almost as much as Prince:

Joe Bonamassa

Rush

Hendrik Freischlader

Pink Floyd

Dream Theater

I don't really like any other artist anywhere near as much as I like P. There's no one else I would go to see 4 times in the space of a few months let's put it that way.

KingSausage said:

Batman The Power Generations Unknown artist [aka Jimi Hendrix] 3rdEyeBlind Batman!

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I loved that Batmans album 'Lovesex' that is my jam.

KingSausage said:

Batman The Power Generations Unknown artist [aka Jimi Hendrix] 3rdEyeBlind Batman!

Depeche Mode

Morrissey/Smiths

Interpol

Blur

Pixies

Parliament/Funkadelic (and all things P-Funk releated)

James Brown

Jimi Hendrix

Catawampus Universe

Bob Marley, Peter Tosh & The Wailers

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Miles Davis

Fela Kuti

Willie Nelson

Ozzy Osbourne (plus Black Sabbath)

Dr. Hook

Frank Zappa

Lenny Kravitz

Erykah Badu

KISS

Public Enemy

Beck

Rage Against The Machine

Santana

Betty Davis

Led Zeppelin

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oh wait, you said Top 5, D'oh!

Better than Prince : Family Stand (check out Moon in Scorpio and SuperSolNova albums)

Just a little less than Prince:

Tori Amos
George Michael
Alanis Morisette
U2 BEFORE Zooropa

eelco said:

Better than Prince : Family Stand (check out Moon in Scorpio and SuperSolNova albums)

Just a little less than Prince:

Tori Amos
George Michael
Alanis Morisette
U2 BEFORE Zooropa

I do really dig Family Stand.

Peter Gabriel

Kraftwerk

The Ohio Players

D'angelo

Depeche Mode

Within english speaking music:

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1) Elizabeth Fraser (and Cocteau Twins related music and artists)

2) Peter Murphy

3) Nick Cave

4) PJ Harvey

5) Dead Can Dance (Brendan Perry / Lisa Gerrard solo works)

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If we were talking Spanish music I'd have a completely different list.

If we're going non-english I'd think hard about putting Fito Paez, Marisa Monte and Gilberto Gil on my list.

lezama said:

Within english speaking music:

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1) Elizabeth Fraser (and Cocteau Twins related music and artists)

2) Peter Murphy

3) Nick Cave

4) PJ Harvey

5) Dead Can Dance (Brendan Perry / Lisa Gerrard solo works)

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If we were talking Spanish music I'd have a completely different list.

nice to see Ween get a few mentions!!

emesem said:

If we're going non-english I'd think hard about putting Fito Paez, Marisa Monte and Gilberto Gil on my list.

lezama said:

Within english speaking music:

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1) Elizabeth Fraser (and Cocteau Twins related music and artists)

2) Peter Murphy

3) Nick Cave

4) PJ Harvey

5) Dead Can Dance (Brendan Perry / Lisa Gerrard solo works)

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If we were talking Spanish music I'd have a completely different list.

I LOOOOVE Marisa.. My portuguese list would be the following:

1) Caetano Veloso

2) Marisa Monte

3) Carlinhos Brown

4) Lenine

5) Jorge Ben

Sade

Miles Davis

Lauryn Hill

Jimi Hendrix

Tupac

David Bowie
Fleetwood Mac
Parliament Funkadelic
Santana
Led Zepplin
Queen

Florence and The Machine
Garbage
Angie Stone
Leela James
Sade

Madonna

David Bowie

Elton John

Grace Jones

Michael Jackson

Hendrix/Marley

About 20 more I kind of like and none compare to Prince though, he is number one with a bullet.

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Not surprised others have mentioned Brother Bob...A true musical Legend

I'm extremely surprised at the lists above, please note that I don't mean any criticism, only genuine surprise:

- Mostly rock acts: many more than R&B even though there's a fair deal of classic funk and even jazz acts as well, but u'd believe that fans are more R&B-oriented than rock and this is not the case.

- Mostly conservative: most of the acts are from the 60's to 80's.

- Mostly mainstream: lotsa big Top-10 names, much less underground acts. I expected more hipsters

- No love at all for electronic music, which also come as a surprise to me since u'd believe fans would love synths and machines but no, the electronic scene is quite ignored

This is a really interesting thread for, at least to me: it shows that the demographics is quite different from what I'd have expected

databank said:

I'm extremely surprised at the lists above, please note that I don't mean any criticism, only genuine surprise:

- Mostly rock acts: many more than R&B even though there's a fair deal of classic funk and even jazz acts as well, but u'd believe that fans are more R&B-oriented than rock and this is not the case.

- Mostly conservative: most of the acts are from the 60's to 80's.

- Mostly mainstream: lotsa big Top-10 names, much less underground acts. I expected more hipsters

- No love at all for electronic music, which also come as a surprise to me since u'd believe fans would love synths and machines but no, the electronic scene is quite ignored

This is a really interesting thread for, at least to me: it shows that the demographics is quite different from what I'd have expected

fortunately, and adding to diversity, bob marley evades the above list.

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I have a wide taste across r&b, jazz, classical and funk. Rather than just listen to old stuff from Marley and The Police and Hendrix and Bruce Spingsteen etc I look for new music.

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And my absolute favorite artist other than Prince is Allen Stone. Check him out. Just blows me away. Every song a gem. He's released two albums plus heaps of other songs on youtube. Third new album soon and he put out 4 new songs as pre listen. So good. Plays with band and just solo acoustic.

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He's R&B/Soul, a mix of Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, Jamiroquai and who knows who else but white and about 25.

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https://www.youtube.com/w...EzlnybEsIo

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His vevo channel and just search on youtube for heaps more videos including live shows.

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https://www.youtube.com/w...y1fMe3gyog

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oh good topic!


Lets see:

Led Zepplin (i have all their studio songs through "baby come on home" (I have not gotten any of the new remasterswith the new material: Cool story Jimmy Page contacted super fans to check to make sure the "New" stuff had not been bootleged!

The Doors: I have about 2/3 of their songs. But none of the special editions. I had a beer with John... we talked about beer.

Hank Williams Jr: I have very few of his but from the albums "Family Tradition" through "Montana Cafe" I was a huge fan! I was in High School in 83-88 and when I lived in Galveston, at Ball High School there was a Jukebox that had a mix of rock, country, and RandB... and I would rush to play some Hank before all the popular songs got played! (they had pretty much banned prince as they thought he was too dirty!)

Superconductor said:

I have a wide taste across r&b, jazz, classical and funk. Rather than just listen to old stuff from Marley and The Police and Hendrix and Bruce Spingsteen etc I look for new music.

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And my absolute favorite artist other than Prince is Allen Stone. Check him out. Just blows me away. Every song a gem. He's released two albums plus heaps of other songs on youtube. Third new album soon and he put out 4 new songs as pre listen. So good. Plays with band and just solo acoustic.

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He's R&B/Soul, a mix of Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, Jamiroquai and who knows who else but white and about 25.

.

https://www.youtube.com/w...EzlnybEsIo

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His vevo channel and just search on youtube for heaps more videos including live shows.

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https://www.youtube.com/w...y1fMe3gyog

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Hell of a Stevie Wonder copycat indeed, but I like it, thx