So, who are they?

Here's my updated list. Notice the 5-way tie at number 2.

1. Prince
2. Björk
2. The Cure
2. Eurythmics
2. Janet Jackson
2. Madonna
7. Blondie
8. David Bowie
9. Annie Lennox
10. Kylie Minogue
11. New Order
12. Depeche Mode
13. Aaliyah
14. Michael Jackson
15. The Smiths
16. Roxette
17. Stevie Wonder
18. The Strokes
19. Busta Rhymes
20. Missy Elliott
21. The Doors
22. Roxy Music
23. Lou Reed
24. Franz Ferdinand
25. Sade
26. P.J. Harvey
27. Aerosmith
28. The Velvet Underground
29. Pretenders
30. Joan Jett
31. U2
32. Annie
33. Kraftwerk
34. Human League
35. Joy Divison
36. Morrissey
37. Arcade Fire
38. Grace Jones
39. George Michael
40. Gap Band
41. The Time
42. Salt 'n Pepa
43. Liz Phair
44. INXS
45. Parliament
46. TLC
47. Tom Tom Club
48. Talking Heads
49. N.E.R.D.
50. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
51. George Clinton
52. Dannii Minogue
53. Erasure
54. Cyndi Lauper
55. George Winston
56. Berlin
57. !!!
58. No Doubt
59. Red Hot Chili Peppers
60. Nirvana
61. Debbie Harry
62. Fleetwood Mac
63. Nico
64. Mötley Crüe
65. The Ramones
66. RES
67. Echo and the Bunnymen
68. Deee-Lite
69. The Sugarcubes
70. The Clash
71. Pet Shop Boys
72. Living Colour
73. Technotronic
74. Soft Cell
75. Interpol
76. Romeo Void
77. Billy Idol
78. OutKast
79. Guns 'n Roses
80. Gary Numan
81. The Cars
82. Duran Duran
83. Death from Above 1979
84. M83
85. Modest Mouse
86. India.Arie
87. Yaz
88. Stone Temple Pilots
89. Sheila E.
90. Digable Planets
91. Mary J. Blige
92. Lenny Kravitz
93. LL Cool J
94. The Tourists
95. Snoop Dogg
96. Paula Abdul
97. Terence Trent D'Arby
98. Richard Marx
99. The Police
100. Phil Collins

my list changes constantly....maybe it's because I'm a gemini. So, this will take a while. Mrs. Potato Head's not on your list?

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I don't even like a hundred artists.

AnckSuNamun said:

No Urethra Franklin (that's what I used to call her when I was little! )

TheOrgerFormerlyKnownAs said:

Then give me a top 20, 50, whatever.

Moonbeam said:

Wow. I take it you've been listening and liking?

I think they'd much rather be at #79, though.

And fuck if I know. You always have to sit me down and get me in math mode before I can do this. I'll do a quick top 25 though.

GangstaFam said:

Yeah- loving it.

Moonbeam said:

How very cool! Glad you like. It's the most rockingest thing in a long time, isn't it?

Any other new discoveries or listening sprees or purchases I should know about?

GangstaFam said:

Tracy bought be the new Snoop and the new live Moz.

Moonbeam said:

How are they? What else you been into?

Moonbeam said:

k. Only for you, Ian.

Prince
Stevie Wonder
Anita Baker
Jill Scott
Common
TLC

TheOrgerFormerlyKnownAs said:

What about Mint Condition?

And Linkin Park?

btw, you gettin' psyched about this weekend?

GangstaFam said:

Oh shit! My brain is frozen. I have every Mint Condition album. I'm being lazy and will probably cheat off Beamie's list.

Yeah, I'm very stoked about this weekend. There are gonna be a bunch of people I love here.

And dude, you know I don't fuckin' like Linkin Park.

TheOrgerFormerlyKnownAs said:

They don't even get an honorary mention on your list at # 101?

TheOrgerFormerlyKnownAs said:

No Supa I hear.

TRON said:

What? Was Supa supposed to had been coming?

Moonbeam said:

Janet Jackson - #5, Micheal Jackson - #14?

goat2004 said:

Hell yeah. Gimme Janet over Michael any day. And she's tied for number 2.

Moonbeam said:

well, Janet (at least early in her career) is just a carbon copy of Michael, but I hear you I guess..

goat2004 said:

Her first two albums, yes. Those are bad. But she took over pretty quickly.

These are my top 5:
Prince
Stevie Wonder
Sly Stone
Marvin Gaye
Miles Davis

The rest... not particularly in any order but:
The Roots
D'Angelo
Erykah Badu
Raphael Saadiq
Bootsy Collins
Parliament
Funkadelic
Common
Mos Def
Talib Kweli
Jay Dee (JDilla)
Roger/Zapp
The Rolling Stones
Bilal
Q-Tip
James Brown
The Isley Brothers
Earth Wind & Fire
Steely Dan
Joni Mitchell
Roberta Flack
Donny Hathaway
Al Green
The New Birth
Lenny Kravitz
Macy Gray
Jimi Hendrix
Herbie Hancock
Roy Hargrove
John Coltrane
Kool & the Gang (pre-Celebration)
Michael Jackson
Janet Jackson
The J.B.s
Rick James
The Temptations
Patti Labelle/Labelle
Level 42
Omar
Mint Condition
George Michael
Curtis Mayfield
Bob Marley
Shuggie Otis
MeShell Ndegeocello
B.B. King
Jay Z
N.E.R.D/Neptunes
El Debarge
Cameo
The Brand New Heavies
The Family Stand
Ray Charles
Rachelle Ferrell
Joi
Outkast
Goodie Mob
Graham Central Station
Tower of Power
Peter Gabriel
The Gap Band
Aretha Franklin
Rahsaan Patterson
Donnie
Frank McComb
N'dambi
Bob James
George Duke
Issac Hayes
Wendy & Lisa
Cee-Lo
Nikka Costa
Van Hunt
Phyllis Hyman
Gang Starr
De La Soul
Fela Kuti
Chaka Khan
Jaguar Wright
Jazzyfatnastees
Martin Luther
Cody Chesnutt
Maxwell
Sade
Jill Scott
Luther Vandross
Leon Ware
Bill Withers
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Minnie Riperton
Sting/Police
Weather Report
Cannonball Adderley
Teena Marie
Ol' Dirty Bastard
O'Jays

psykosoul said:

Okay I really gotta do my list over.

I dunno. If you're talking musical artists only:

1. Tori Amos
2. Prince
3. Smiths
4. REM
5. Talking Heads
6. Bob Dylan
7. Madonna
8. Led Zeppelin
9. Dire Straits
10. Cure
11. Ramones
12. Rolling Stones
13. Jimi Hendrix
14. Peter Paul & Mary
15. Queen
16. Billie Holiday

I dunno. Not necessarily in that order.

i'm still having a problem compiling my top 100 albums list.

Anxiety said:

I'm workin' on that too.

Moonbeam said:

after #50, it gets really difficult! plus, i'm afraid of listing a bunch of stuff that i've listened to really recently, for fear that it might be something that two weeks from now i'll totally be tired of and annoyed with. i'm still working on it, though.

here are my top ten artists:

1. Prince/Bowie (tied)
2. Bowie/Prince (tied)
3. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
4. Sonic Youth
5. Laurie Anderson
6. St. Etienne
7. The Residents
8. Stereolab
9. The Cure
10. Johnny Cash

TheOrgerFormerlyKnownAs said:

I thought that's the rumor you told me.

Anxiety said:

I still sometimes have a hard time separating what's currently affecting me from some sort of all-time list.

I usually find that it's easier if I separate them, that way fly-by-night stuff gets weeded out and has to earn its position.

Maybe do like an all-time Top 50 albums and a weekly Top 5 or something.