damn damn damn!!! these list are entrapment. i simply cannot do it!

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[Edited 6/5/05 0:23am]

Hmm... as of right now, I could probably do a top 20...

1. U2
2. REM
3. Depeche Mode
4. Prince
5. Radiohead
6. Madonna
7. David Bowie
8. The Police
9. Janet Jackson
10. Talking Heads
11. Alice in Chains
12. B-52's
13. Smashing Pumpkins
14. Rolling Stones
15. Nine Inch Nails
16. Marilyn Manson
17. Peter Gabriel
18. Pink Floyd
19. George Michael
20. The Cure (thanks to the org, they're climbing up my list)

ok.. how about a break down for ya moonbeam?

one 1 favourite really...if not she wouldn't be my favourite now would she.

the SupremeGoddessDivaRulerOfTheWooooorld...aka


MADONNA




the rest - in somewhat of an order

group
5
Live
Go~Go's
Deee~Lite
Gipsy Kings
Simply Red
Azucar Moreno
Manà
Spice Girls
DuranDuran
Linkin Park
Mecano
the Clash
Wendy & Lisa
the Smiths
ABC
Eternal
Shamen
the Doors
U2
Depeche Mode
the Rolling Stones

male
George Michæl
Carlos Montoya
Placido Domingo
Jamiroquai
Nat King Cole
Prince
Manolo Escobar
Nick Kamen
David Bisbal
Andres Segovìa
Sam Cooke
Terence Trent D'Arby
Craig David
Kenny Thomas
Mario Lanza
Jose Carerra
Carlos Santana
Jon Secada
Peter Gabriel

female
Kylie Minogue
Lola Flores
Celine Dion
Marta Sànchez
Belinda Carlisle
Anastacia
India
Gloria Estefan
Kristine W.
Monica Naranjo
Jody Watley
Tina Turner
Björk
Pat Benatar
Dannii Minogue
Celia Cruz
Melissa Etheridge
Paulina Rubio
Mala Rodriguez
Thalìa
Betty Boo
Aaliyah
Tori Amos
Billie Holiday
Jill Jones
Patsy Cline
P!nk
Selena
Tina Arena
Jennifer Lopez
Britney Spears
Yuri
Christina Aguilera
Vanessa Williams
Annie Lennox
Janet Jackson



ok i gotta stop..

1. Prince
2. Cosima
3. U2
4. kylie minogue
5. Will smith
6. keith urban
7. Sting
8. Mariah Carey
9. Madonna
10. snoop dogg
11. seal
12. Paula abdul
13. The police
14. Santana
15. Steve Vai
16. Linkin Park
17. P.diddy
18. Nelly
19. Jay-Z
20. Bruce Springsteen
21. coldplay
22. Celine dion
23. Delta Goodrem
24. MC Hammer
25. Kelly Clarkson
26. Shelia E
27. Phil Collins
28. Percy Sledge
29. White Stripes
30. Eric Clapton
31. The strokes
32. Outkast
33. Alicia Keys
34. Nirvana
35. Rick springfield
36. Babyface
37. B.B King
38. Bonnie ratt
39. dire straits
40. Eurythmics
41. Annie lennox
42. DJ jazzy Jeff & the fresh prince
43. bob seger
44. Shania Twain
45. LeeAnn rimes
46. Ja rule
47. Chingy
48. Motorhead
49. Black sabboth
50. Metalica
51. Jon bon Jovi
52. deep purple
53. meatloaf
54. Hoobastank
55. AC/DC
56. air supply
57. ELO
58. Beastie boys
59. switchfoot
60. The neptunes
61. J-lo
62. 50 cent
63. Boosty collins
64. NERD
65. Ice T
66. Coolio
67. LL cool J
68. Usher
69. R. Kelly
70. gwen stefani
71. Spice girls
72. Merril Bainbridge
73. Young MC
74. Kool Moe Dee
75. arrested development
76. Nitty
77. Gorillaz
78. Bluur
79. Twista
80. Kanye west
81. LUDACRIS
82. lil jon
83. Hillary Duff
84. Fantasia
85. the O'Jay
86. The temptations
87. stevie wonder
88. Nine inch nails
89. rolling stones
90. Eminem
91. Jamie Foxx
92. John lennon
93. Neil Young
94. Tool
95. baughan brothers
96. Jars of clay
97. Rebbeca st james
98. Bo Bice
99. Paul Mcartney
100. John mayer

I have to say that this was much more difficult than putting together an album list - I really started to struggle after 75. I have to confess that there are a few instances where I've included an artist on the basis of only really liking one or two albums.

My top four is completely boring and predictable - hopefully things get a little more intersting after that.


1 Bob Dylan
2 The Beatles
3 The Rolling Stones
4 The Velvet Undergound
5 Brian Eno
6 My Bloody Valentine
7 Pavement
8 Luna
9 The Go-Betweens
10 The High Llamas
11 The Fall
12 Yo La Tengo
13 The Undertones
14 Wire
15 Television
16 The Feelies
17 Pere Ubu
18 Can
19 Neu
20 John Cale
21 Plastikman/Richie Hawtins
22 Love/Arthur Lee
23 The Kinks
24 The Pretty Things
25 Scott Walker
26 Merle Haggard
27 Jimmie Dale Gilmore
28 Lyle Lovett
29 Spacemen 3
30 Kraftwerk
31 Marshall Crenshaw
32 Killing Joke
33 Neutral Milk Hotel
34 Faust
35 Gram Parsons/Flying Burrito Brothers
36 Nick Lowe
37 Big Star/Box Tops/Alex Chilton
38 Sonic Youth
39 Rodney Crowell
40 The Delgados
41 Ian Dury
42 Gene Clark
43 Julian Cope/The Teardrop Explodes
44 Pet Shop Boys
45 St. Etienne
46 Soft Machine/Robert Wyatt
47 Opal/Rain Parade/David Robacks
48 Lou Reed
49 The Blue Nile
50 Spiritualized
51 Tom Verlaine
52 Al Green
53 Galaxy 500
54 Drive-By Truckers
55 Mojave 3
56 Magnetic Fields/The Gothic Archies/Future Bible Heroes
57 Stereolab
58 The Handsome Family
59 Massive Attack
60 Pernice Brothers/Scud Mountain Boys
61 Uncle Tupelo/Son Volt
62 The Stooges
63 Lucinda Williams
64 The La's
65 Van Morrison
66 Prefab Sprout
67 Captain Beefheart
68 Throbbing Gristle/Coil/Psychic TV
69 Miles Davis
70 Prince
71 Nick Drake
72 Neil Young
73 The Faces/early Rod Stewart
74 Carol King
75 Elvis Costello
76 Paul McCartney
77 Gang of Four
78 The Modern Lovers/Jonothan Richman
79 Suicide/Alan Vega
80 Todd Rundgren
81 The Band
82 Randy Newman
83 The Triffids
84 The Saints
85 The Buzzcocks/Pete Shelley
86 Talking Heads
87 Richard Thompson (with and without Linda)
88 Aztec Camera
89 XTC
90 Pulp
91 Olivia Tremor Control
92 Tortoise
93 Belle and Sebastian
94 The Boo Radleys
95 Tindersticks
96 Cocteau Twins
97 John Lennon
98 The Shins
99 Lambchop
100 The Sea and the Cake
[Edited 6/11/05 9:02am]

damosuzuki said:

And glad to see Prince got a mention.

Anxiety said:

Your list makes me want to get to know Residents, since its the only one i'm not familiar with and i really love all the others...
So, what are they like and where should i start?

Damosuzuki!

I'm really diggin your list! At least half, or maybe even two thirds, of the artists would be on my list as well.
Especially i was delighted by Blue Nile!
They are amazing, just listened to Hats today.

There is also some names i'm not familiar with... Luna, The Feelies, Marshall Crenshaw, Jimmie Dale Gilmore?

My list could look something like this (in no exact order and excluding finnish artists):

1 Prince
2 Johnny Cash
3 Neil Young
4 Teenage Fanclub
5 Joy Division
6 Red House Painters
7 Pet Shop Boys
8 Hank Williams
9 Radiohead
10 Rolling Stones
11 The Smiths
12 Flaming Lips
13 Wilco
14 Blue Nile
15 Sparklehorse
16 Belle and Sebastian
17 Cure
18 Talking Heads
19 Beatles
20 Low
21 Blur
22 Gram Parsons
23 Pulp
24 Miles Davis
25 John Coltrane
26 Dead Moon
27 Stevie Wonder
28 Leatherface
29 David Bowie
30 The Posies
31 Rufus Wainwright
32 Afghan Whigs
33 Weezer
34 Jayhawks
35 Pink Floyd
36 Roky Erickson
37 AC/DC (bon scott)
38 Kraftwerk
39 BB King
40 Clash
41 Ramones
42 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
43 PJ Harvey
44 Cocteau Twins
45 Dead Can Dance
46 Pixies
47 Eels
48 My Bloody Valentine
49 Grandaddy
50 New Order
51 Beck
52 The Associates
53 Orange Juice
54 Patti Smith
55 Matthew Sweet
56 Supersuckers
57 James Brown
58 Beach Boys
59 Joni Mitchell
60 Badly Drawn Boy
61 Michael Jackson
62 Social Distortion / Mike Ness
63 REM
64 Primal Scream
65 Godspeed You Black Emperor!
66 Tom Waits
67 Bob Marley
68 The Jesus And Mary Chain
69 Elbow
70 Television
71 Massive Attack
72 Eminem
73 Jeff Buckley
74 Aimee Mann
75 Lambchop
76 Tindersticks
77 Big Star
78 Husker Du
79 Sugar
80 Nick Drake
81 Nick Cave
82 Frank Zappa
83 Ryan Adams
84 Mars Volta
85 White Stripes
86 The Stone Roses
87 Devendra Banhard
88 Idlewild
89 Scott Walker
90 Prefab Sprout
91 Triffids
92 Elliot Smith
93 Sonic Youth
94 Emmylou Harris
95 Led Zeppelin
96 Mercury Rev
97 Bjork
98 Aphex Twin
99 Suede
100 Robert Johnson

prinssi said:

Moonbeam said:

Wow…when I looked at your list the first thing I thought was “Did I have a blackout and post another list?” It was a moment of total cognitive dissonance, if you know what I mean. In fact I have to check: you’re sure you’re not me, right?

In all seriousness, I love your list – how could I not since 1/3 of your list is on mine, and of the 2/3 that isn’t on mine, ½ of that could have been (hope that’s not too convoluted). I’m just thrilled that there’s another person on the face of the planet who remembers the Triffids.



I love the first two Blue Nile albums, Hats in particular. I was less keen on Peace at Last, and apparently a new album was released about 1 ½ years ago – that remains unheard by me.



Luna and the Feelies are VU style drone-rock bands. Luna bears a passing resemblance to Television as well – Tom Verlaine actually did some work on their 95 album Penthouse. If you ever come across Luna’s Bewitched album, I recommend it with no reservations – it’s tremendous.

Marshal Crenshaw was one of the first power pop revivalists of the eighties. His first album is a real classic. If you like Matthew Sweet’s Girlfriend (I saw his name on your list) and Teenage Fanclub there’s no way you won’t love this record. The rest of Crenshaw’s catalogue is spotty – the debut is the one to have.

Jimmie Dale Gilmore plays slightly spacey and very mellow country rock. If you took Gram Parsons, raised his voice an octave and gave his lyrics a slight Hindu bent, you’d have something that resembled Jimmie Dale Gilmore.
[Edited 6/11/05 15:32pm]

GangstaFam said:

I felt a little chagrined to be including the La's, cuz they only have one album - but it's quite an album, y'know, so I thought it ought to be recognized.






Well, that was one of the things I slightly agonized over. Ten years ago, Prince would have been in my top five - fifteen years ago, he was my number one without question. However, these days, barring occasionally dipping my toe into 1999 or SOTT, the only P record I listen to with any regularity is Come. Otherwise he's completely fallen off my radar, so I just didn't think I could rank him any higher than I did.

I went through this thought process with more than a few bands/artists. At one time I bled David Bowie. Now I never listen to him. I kinda thought that I should at least acknowledge my one-time obsession, but then that would open the door to all kinds of bands I once used to love but have subsequently cooled on : The Smiths, Replacements, Jam, Roxy..so I said to hell with it and left them off.

damosuzuki said:

I'm sure we are not only ones... how could anyone resist Wide Open Road or other gems on especially Born Sandy Devotional?


The latest one, HIGH, is really good. but to be honest, they havent been really exiting on the last two albums, but nevertheless IMO they still make majestetic pop music. but i really enjoy Peace at Last as well, so maybe High wouldnt do it for you.

Oh, and thanks for the info. I will definately check out Marshal Crenshaw!

damosuzuki said:

I can't see that ever happening with Bowie and Prince for me, but I know what you mean. I have a hard time integrating in my mind what's important to me now and what deserves a mention for "all-time"'s sake. Of course, I don't have a finished list so why am I going on about it anyway.

what a bunch of fucking geeks

lilgish said:

So where's your list?

prinssi said:

Do you know or like the band sentenced?

GangstaFam said:

I read everyone elses list, so please read mine

Red - means please check out
Bold - means a special love or just to note a certain spot in the list



* TOP TEN *

1. Michael Jackson (J5 ..jacksons...)
2. Patti Smith
3. Ronnie James Dio
4. Iggy Pop (Stooges)
5. Nico
6. Adam Ant
7. Stevie Wonder
8. Megadeth
9. Faith No More
10. Prince

* TOP TWENTY *
11. Anthrax
12. Alice In Chains
13. (The) Toadies
14. Nirvana
15. Rolling Stones
16. John Lennon
17. (The) Smiths
18. Sinead O'Connor
19. Hüsker Dü
20. (The) Pixies

21. Talking Heads
22. David Bowie
23. Jimi Hendrix (TA special )
24. Sponge
25. Stone Temple Pilots
26. Van Halen
27. Red Hot Chili Peppers
28. Neil Young
29. Guns 'N' Roses
30. James Brown
31. Soundgarden
32. Public Enemy
33. Metallica
34. Deep Purple
35. Black Sabbath
36. Life of Agony
37. Flipper
38. Biohazard
39. Devo
40. Overkill
41. Metal Church
42. Depeche Mode
43. Jane’s Addiction
44. Helmet
45. Accept
46. Pink Floyd
47. Judas Priest
48. Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (TA special )
49. Iron Maiden
50. Quincy Jones

* BOTTOM FIFTY *

51. Van Morrison
52. Brian Eno
53. Luther Vandross
54. Led Zeppelin
55. Trouble
56. Kate Bush
57. Wu Tang Clan
58. Killing Joke
59. A Tribe Called Quest (Cinister Cee special )
60. Rakim
61. C.L Smooth
62. Gangstarr
63. Beastie Boys
64. Ministry
65. Radiohead
66. Rush
67. Mad Season
68. Stone Gossard (Green River, Mother Love Bone, PJ)
69. Paul Westerberg (Replacements)
70. Cheap Trick
71. Beatles
72. Bjork (Sugarcubes)
73. Neptunes
74. Savatage
75. Rick James
76. Miles Davis
77. Lou Reed (Velvet Undergound)
78. Queen
79. Krs One
80. Snoop Doggy Dog
81. Corrosion of Conformity
82. Joe Jackson
83. Skunk Anansie
84. Pantera
85. Prong
86. LL Cool J
87. New York Dolls
88. Blind Melon
89. Busta Rhymes
90. Nas
91. Kool and the Gang
92. (The) Cure
93. Split Enz (Neil Finn)
94. Run Dmc
95. Das Efx
96. Jeru The Damaja (N.peace special )

97. Yngwie Malmsteen
98. Isley Brothers
99. John Sebastian
100. Joyce

Roundup
* I think I have Helmet a little to high, a lot of Rap went to the bottom very metal, kinda commercial, not enough dance or soul , I could kick joyce of for the Ojays , no scrubs though
[Edited 6/11/05 22:56pm]

These lists make me very, very happy.

You all are the reason I still come here.

damosuzuki said:

No Bowie??? I thought for sure you would like Bowie?

lilgish said:

At one time, I absolutely loved Bowie, but to be honest I cannot stand listening to his music anymore.



I hate saying that cuz I know he's held in pretty high regard around here.

lilgish said:

Y'know, I'll always have a lot of affection for Ronnie Dio. How can you not root for this guy: he's 5'2" if we're being generous, ugliest thing you'll ever see in your life, obsessed with druids, dragons and castles. With all these strikes against him, he still manages to pull together some kind of career. That's the kind of thing that gives me hope for myself.

Great list, by the way - I loved the second Prong album.

lilgish said:

yes i do know them, they are quite well know and respected heavy (or whatever) band, but i dont like them... funny how people often seem to know finnish metal bands... they should rather get to know finnish pop bands like the excellent Sister Flo http://hansoovoice.com/si..._noise.mp3
or uber-excellent 22 Pistepirkko http://www.22-pistepirkko.net/
[Edited 6/12/05 8:28am]

damosuzuki said:

Really? What happened?

damosuzuki said:

Are you a musician?

GangstaFam said:

Oh, I can't really say - maybe I just liked him too much for too long and just ended up burning myself out on him. I may come around some day.

GangstaFam said:

No, not unless you count my occasional tuneless noodling on the cheap acoustic guitar sitting in the corner of my bedroom. I was just trying to be funny. and failing, probably...