If you had to chose your ten favorite artists and represent each with a single song, what would it look like? Here's mine in no particular order


Duke Ellington-Battle Royal
Stevie Wonder-Jesus Children of America
Prince-She's Always in My Hair
Miles Davis-So What
James Brown-Get up Offa that thing
Sly and the family stone=Sing A Simple Song
John Coltrane-Blue Trane
Charles Mingus-Better Get it in Yo Soul
Terence Trent D'arby-O Divina
Curtis Mayfield-Freddie's Dead

jacktheimprovident said:

i'm expanding mine to 20

Michael Jackson-Don't Stop Till you get enough
Thelonious Monk-Little Rootie Tootie
Parliament/Funkadelic-Standing on the verge of getting it on
Jimi Hendrix-Red House
Earth Wind and Fire-September
Dizzie Gillespie-Salt Peanuts
Charlie Parker-Now's The Time
Outkast-Gasoline Dreams
Public Enemy-Welcome To the Terrordome
David Bowie-Changes

Prince- Purple Rain
Stevie Wonder- Too High
Jimi Hendrix- Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Funkadelic- Good to Your Earhole
Miles Davis- Miles Runs the Voodoo Down
Sly & The Family Stone- In Time
Run DMC- It's Tricky
Outkast- Player's Ball
Curtis Mayfield- (Dont' Worry) If There's Hell Below We're All Gonna Go
James Brown- Sex Machine

Are we picking our FAVORITE songs by each artist, or the one we think best sums them up?

(in no particular order)

1. Prince - Starfish & Coffee
2. Sheryl Crow - Leaving Las Vegas
3. Alanis Morissette - You Learn
4. Bach - Bradenburg Concertos
5. Terence Trent Darby - Seven More Days
6. Beethoven - Eroica
7. Whitney Houston - One Moment in Time
8. Sinead O'Connor - No Man's Woman
9. Ella Fitzgerald - Lorelei
10. Tracy Chapman - Talking About a Revolution
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if i was your girlfriend-prince
Girls-beastie boys
jazzman-carol King
Sara-stevie nicks/fleetwood mac
i gotta be-jagged edge
fascination street-the cure
masquerade-george benson
stingy-ginuwine
help me-joni mitchell
the song remains the same-led zeppelin
only flame-elvis costello
sweet sticky thing-ohio players
my love-wings
brass in pocket-the pretenders
summer madness(live)-kool &the gang
driving-everything but the boy
angel-jimi hendrix
so fine-mint condition
soul sacrifice(live)-santana
your as right as rain-the stylistics
what love has joined together-smokey robinson and the miracles
i can't tell you why-the eagles
sweet dreams-the eurythmics

sorry had to add more can't do just 10
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Prince When Doves Cry
David Bowie "Heroes"
Annie Lennox Why
Bjork Joga
Tori Amos Silent All These Years
Peter Gabriel Come Talk To Me
Kate Bush Wuthering Heights
Beck Where It's At
Madonna Like A Virgin
Lou Reed Metal Machine Music I (just kidding) It's "Walk On The Wild Side"

No particular order, each track is the most played by each of my favorite artists.

Janet - All Nite (Don't Stop)
Tori Fixx - Stranger
Fefe Dobson - Everything
Lost Boyz - Da Game
Alana Davis - I Don't Care (Lonesome Road)
Joan Armatrading - Secret Secrets
Queen Latifah - Just A Flow
Chic - Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)
Backroom Matches - Stupid Rights
Anastacia - You'll Never Be Alone

The following list was recently iTune-ized
[Edited 11/7/04 12:58pm]

There really are two ways to answer this.

GangstaFam said:

Go with how you feel, I suppose.

Here R mine:

Caetano Veloso - Terra
Madonna - Like a prayer
REM - The One I Love
Shakira - Moscas en la casa
Gloria Estefan - Hoy
The Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore
Janet Jackson - Runaway
Prince - Controvers
Blur - The Universal
Madredeus - Oxalá
Tori Amos - Hey Jupiter

Prince - When doves cry
David Bowie - hello spaceboy
Willie Nelson - crazy
Johnny Cash - Ghost riders in the sky
Nick cave - red right hand
Bob Dylan - tombstone blues
Keith Urban - Days go by
Alan jackson - remember when
Kris Kristofferson - beat the devil
Frank Boeijen - kronenburg park

Toby keith - I love this bar
[Edited 11/7/04 6:03am]

tori amos - merman
prince - anna stesia
the cure - want
radiohead - let down
david bowie - always crashing the same car
kate bush - pull out the pin
human drama - single white rose
eurythmics - love is a stranger
pet shop boys - dreaming of the queen
neil young - bandit

Al Green - Sha-la-la (Make me happy)
Prince - The Beautiful Ones
Musiq - Just friends
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
D'Angelo - When We Get By
Miles Davis - All Blues
Maxwell - Whenever, Wherever, Whatever
Stevie Wonder - Summer Soft
Beatles - Something
Al Jarreau - One Note Samba

Brandy: Open
Mint Condition: Leave Me Alone
Prince: Love 2 the 9's
Beyonce: Me Myself & I
Destiny's Child: Emotions
Musiq Soulchild: Don't Change
D' Angelo: Cruisin'(his rendition)
Andre 3000/Outkast: Prototype
Fantasia: her rendition of "Summertime"
Tony Toni Tone': Wild Child

GangstaFam said:

either, whatever you feel like

Prince- When Doves Cry
Prince and the Revolution-Purple Rain
Wendy and Lisa-All I Wonder/Anyway
Melissa Etheridge- This Moment
Wynonna- Rescue Me
Fleetwood Mac- The Chain
U2- One
INXS- The Stairs
Led Zeppelin- Kashmir
Styx- One With Everything

Expanding mine to 20, too.

Billy Lawrence - Up & Down
Kelis - Perfect Day
Soce, The Elemental Wizard - Work/Play (Bar Mitzvah Remix)
Christina Aguilera - Get Mine, Get Yours
Pet Shop Boys - Rent
Meshell Ndegeocello - Lilliquoi Moon
Grand Puba - Don't Waste My Time
Prince - Take Me With U
Res - Miracles
Scissor Sisters - Mary

Expanding mine as well

No Doubt-Hella Good
Godsmack- Voodoo
Aerosmith- Jaded
Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb
Earth Wind and Fire- That's the Way of the World
Doyle Bramhall II- Problem Child
Cyndi Lauper- Shine
Sheila E.- Love on a Blue Train
Heart- Dog and Butterfly
Maroon 5- She Will be Loved

Prince - Ballad of Dorthy Parker
Michael Jackson - Human Nature
Jackson 5 - Don't Let You Baby Catch You
the Jacksons - Your Ways
James Brown - Papa Don't Take No Mess
Parliment/Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
Sly and the Family Stone - Runnin' Away
Temptations - Superstar
Marvin Gaye - You Sure Love to Ball
Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
O'Jays - Time to Get Down
Outkast - Toilet Tisha
Time - Jerk Out
Ludacris - Roll Out (My Buisness)