VoicesCarry said:

She was a big girl, wasn't she? I probably prefer the Mannequin song. Now, I will use the boxed emoticon.

VoicesCarry said:

GangstaFam said:

that's a good thing. it'll balance out the fact that it's been fashionable to love them for the last 20 years. in the end, they'll end up where they belong, somewhere in the middle

Blind Melon These guys don't know music....

Dayspring said:

You may be right....but that damn organ is annoying after 5 minutes...they seriously should have pitched in some money and hired a guitarist.

minneapolisgenius said:

They should get points for this fact alone!

Although I think goth was invented WAY before the Doors...
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Dayspring said:

They're way cooler and better than The Beatles.

I love Arrested developend AND Jamiroquai. And as crappy sappy as her music is Celine Dion is a great vocalist....oh to hell with it, Blender can kiss my black ass

Dewrede said:

I didn't mean anything wrong!

DiamondGirl said:

yeah right.

Alasseon said:

Yep. I hear that all the time, and I really do have to agree. The song by itself is bad enough, but when you couple it with the video for it, well that just sends it over the edge.

panther514 said:

I'm sure you were kidding, but they had a guitarist.

I used to have no opinion whatsoever about The Doors. I knew their hits and that was about it. Then about two years ago, I started really listening to them and getting more of their albums, and I love them now.

Songs like Love Me Two Times, Riders on the Storm, Unhappy Girl, Strange Days, Peace Frog, People Are Strange, Soul Kitchen, Break on Through, Hello I love You, The Changling, Love Her Madly, Back Door Man, Light My Fire, You're Lost Little Girl, Waiting for the Sun, Indian Summer, L.A. Woman, etc. are all great songs IMO.

I like Toad the Wet Sprocket; I'm not ashamed.

I'm indifferent to Jamiroquai, but even comparing Jay Kay to Stevie Wonder is ludicrous.
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AlexdeParis said:

Why? Because he's such a blatant knockoff, or because you don't he sounds like him (I'm being serious...I got ripped apart on another thread for saying both he and Jamie Lidell sound like bad Stevie Wonder cover bands, and I'm really curious that people don't seem to think so)

I love this list. I think it's hilarious, and mostly spot-on.

MendesCity said:

He is doing an impersonation of Stevie Wonder's singing. I'm not sure how anyone could even argue that. It's like saying Harry Connick Jr doesn't sing like Frank Sinatra.
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VinnyM27 said:

My biggest disagreement is

20 HOWARD JONES
He came from England. Thanks, England
In the mid-’80s, it was difficult to avoid synth-wielding Brits. The sprig-haired, perma-grinning Howard Jones was the most irritating, seemingly convinced that he had something very important to tell the world — his 1984 debut was grandly titled Human’s Lib — but unclear exactly what it was.
Appalling fact Early in his career, Jones was accompanied by “improvisational dance” expert Jed Hoile, who, in keeping with the lyrics to “New Song,” mimed throwing off his “mental chains.”
Worst CD Live Acoustic America (Plump, 1996)

Live Acoustic America is one of his finest...IMO. ALthough I do agree with the Improv dance part.

Sdldawn said:

not a fan of his music. but I have seen live clips with him playing like 10 keyboards at the same time...it looks impressive.

TonyVanDam said:

It is a shame that he was the one to bring "his version" of trance to the music table and people glommed onto thinking THAT was what trance was...and thus hating it. I have heard a lot of Trance music and a lot of it is really good I have never heard anything from Oakenfeld that was even close to anything that sounded good....or even trancey.

prettymansson said:

it does...but they had to pick one i guess.

kidelrich said:

Stevie Wonder is way too versatile a singer to be lumped into one style. Jay Kay certainly sounds nothing like Stevie on "Looking for Another Pure Love" or "All in Love Is Fair" or "Please Don't Go" or "As." If anything, he sounds like he's impersonating a Stevie Wonder impersonator doing a few songs. As singers, they are worlds apart, so I fail to see why a comparison needs to be made.

I object to Skinny Puppy being on this list.

And The Doors are okay. But everyone else =

sextonseven said:

that was my other disagreement. the writer of this list just never got them. I thought they were great...and quite influential. Certainly pushed the envelope a few times.

Cheek said:

ok

Richard Marx and Kenny G really should not be on this list-they are very talented. I know that Richard either wrote or produced Luther Vandross' Dance With My Father .

All this talk about "impressive" regarding being able to play instruments.

If that's the case then Barry Mannilow is badass


Wel at least we found out who fills those arenas where Kenny G and Yanni and dem are playing. Y'all

39 BOB GELDOF
He's such a self-righteous prick I'm glad he made the list. Others who should have made the list:

MOBY
BRITANY SPEARS
BECK (SORRY, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE'S SUPPOSEDLY A GENIUS)
P-DIDDY
ALL 4 ONE (MUCH WORSE THAN 98 DEGREES)
ALICIA KEYS
WYCLEF-JEAN
LIMP BIZKIT (FRED DURST )
COLDPLAY
AHANTI
JESSICA & ASHLEY SIMPSON
50 CENT (HE'LL MAKE THE LIST IN A FEW YEARS WHEN PEOPLE REALIZE HE DOESN'T RAP ABOUT ANYTHING)
WARRANT (WAY WORSE THAT WHITESNAKE....I LIKE WHITESNAKE. CHERRY PIE WAS A LAME ROCK SONG)
JA RULE

Bolton is one of the best singers of the last 20 years. No fucker can sing like him. His shit was meant to be overcooked, thats what makes his songs so powerful. Songs like "how can we be lovers" are well written, catchy pop. And "time love and tenderness" is one of those epic songs that u just wanna play so loud sometimes.....

He can write ok too. His 1996 album had some nice rnb on it. "best of love", written with Babyface, would catch haters off guard. His vocals are supurb on that song.


And "said i loved u but i lied", sounds like a very good def leppard song, which is no surprise if u look to see who mike wrote and produced it with.

minneapolisgenius said:

Oh YES!!

GangstaFam said:

I've always hated them so I guess I'm ahead of the curve.

thesexofit said:

Sorry...but there is probably no other "artist" on this list that is more deserving of their ranking than MB...he has pilfered and hacked more R&B songs than anyone in the history of music....a peanutbutter sandwich has more soul.