damn I cant do this thread justice.

Moonbeam said:

now thats a project

/
btw ian that lady still scares me

(in no order, whatsoever)

Janet Jackson
Joan Armatrading
Tori Fixx
Billy Lawrence
Prince
Michael Jackson
Alana Davis
Meshell Ndegeocello
Amel Larrieux
Angela Bofill
Backroom Matches
Grand Puba
Queen Latifah
Boogie Down Productions
Les Nubians
Sade
Aaliyah
2Pac
Peter Rauhofer
Tracy Chapman
No Doubt
Anita Baker
Chaka Khan
Patti Labelle
The B-52's
REM
Barbara Mason
The Shirelles
The Beach Boys
Billie Holiday
Cajjmere Wray
Chic (especially Nile Rodgers)
Cree Summer
DJ Naughty Boyy
E-40
Ephraim Lewis
Fine Young Cannibals
Floetry
Freestyle Nation
Gap Band
The Go-Go's
Heavy D
Isaac Green & The Skalars
Kraftwerk
Lalah Hathaway
The Melodians
Missy Elliot
Timbaland
Monie Love
Mtume
Nine
Nelly Furtado
Jaco Pastorius
Petula Clark
The Police
Tears For Fears
The Smiths
Rah Digga
Tony Toni Tone
Raphael Saadiq
Res
Rick Astley
The Ronettes
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
The Marvellettes
Mother's Finest
Rose Royce
Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Run DMC
S.O.S. Band
Sadat X
Scritti Politti
Self-Scientific
Shanice
Sheila E
Sheryl Crow
Shirley Murdock
Lauryn Hill
Sister Sledge
Slave
Brothers Johnson
Stevie Wonder
The Streets
Strafe
SWV
Taana Gardner
Evelyn Champagne King
A Taste Of Honey
Tevin Campbell
Thomas Dolby
Unlimited Touch
Whitney Houston
Xscape
Yarborough & Peoples
Zapp & Roger

Desert Island Artists!:

(in alpha order)

ABC
Arcadia
Beatles
Bjork
Bowie
Buckingham Nicks
Buckingham, Lindsey
Buckley, Jeff
Coldplay
Costa, Nikka
Crow, Sheryl (up to 1999. I think she sucks now)
Culture Club
Cypress Hill
TTD
Darude
Davis, Miles
Dead Or Alive
Depeche Mode (plus solo shit)
Doors, The
Duran Duran
E, Sheila
Eurythmics
Fixx, The
Fleetwood Mac (Lindey & Stevie era and beyond)
Gabriel, Peter
Garbage
Hendrix, Jimi
Jackson, Janet
Jackson, Michael (Off The Wall - History)
Joel, Billy
John, Elton
Jones, Howard
Joplin, Janis
Kravitz, Lenny
Led Zeppelin
Lennon, John
Lennox, Annie
Liebrand, Ben (more of a DJ.. but he does good shit!)
Madonna
Massive Attack
Michael, George
Morcheeba
Morphine
Nicks, Stevie
Nirvana
No Dobut
Pet Shop Boys
Pink Floyd
Poe
Portishead
Power Station
Prince
Rauhofer, Peter
Queen
Radiohead
Rolling Stones
Sade
Tears For Fears
Thompson Twins
Time, The
U2
Velvet Underground
Wendy And Lisa
Wham!
Wink, Josh

endorphin74 said:

me too! and am ashamed at the same time...

edit: no i'm not ashamed... first four-five albums are the best rock albums ever. Up there with Led Zeppelin.
[This message was edited Sat Oct 18 3:40:45 PDT 2003 by prinssi]

garnis said:

i totally totally totally agree with you!

wilco,
matthew sweet,
rufus wainwright,
pink floyd,
radiohead,
prince
bonnie 'prince' billy
sparklehorse
grandaddy
mercury rev
deus
pulp
joy division
godspeed you! black emperor
husker du
Leatherface!
johnny cash
Posies
Low
motörhead
ramones
led zeppelin
aerosmith
outkast
ryan adams
meanies
hoodoo gurus
raspberries
Big Star
jason falkner
Elliot Smith
blur
super furry animals
massive attack
portishead
rolling stones
beatles
joni mitchell
nick drake
jeff buckley
coldplay
dead can dance
dead in june
supersuckers
hellacopters
jason and the scorchers
björk
pet shop boys

ill stop here.


shit. had to edit. forgot bonnie 'prince' billy.


better than anyones list! grrr!
[This message was edited Sat Oct 18 4:01:28 PDT 2003 by prinssi]

Clubkid said:

/
can't decide...

prinssi said:

Not better than mine though.

In no particular order:
Prince
Wendy & Lisa
Jill Jones
The Time
Ingrid Chavez
Rick James
Teena Marie
Rufus & Chaka Khan
Minnie Riperton
Curtis Mayfield
James Brown
P-FUNK
Earth,Wind,& Fire
The Temptations
Steely Dan
Aretha Franklin
Gladys Knight
Marvin Gaye
Stevie Wonder
Donny Hathaway
The Whispers
Ohio Players
Smokey Robinson
Phyllis Hyman
Sly Stone
Jimi Hendrix
The Doors
Cream
CSNY
The Beatles
John Lennon
Laura Nyro
Bob Dylan
Tim Buckley
Jethro Tull
Kate Bush
Tori Amos
Loreena McKennitt
Joni Mitchell
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Flora Purim
Thelonoius Monk
Max Roach
Clifford Brown
Duke Ellington
Mccoy Tyner
Ron Carter
Herbie Hancock
Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday
Dinah Washington
Abbie Lincoln
Susannah Mccorkle
Sarah Vaughan
Charlie Parker

Michael Jackson
Prince
Madonna
Janet Jackson
Kylie Minogue
Phil Collins
Paul Young
Gabrielle
George Michael
Beyonce Knowles
Culture Club
Eminem
Jamiroquai
Tina Turner
Simply Red
Lighthouse Family
Fleetwood Mac
Busted
Queen
Craig David
Annie Lennox
REM
The Stranglers
Wham
Diana Ross
Jamelia

To name a few..in no particular oreder

Michael Jackson
Prince
Madonna
Janet Jackson
Kylie Minogue
Phil Collins
Paul Young
Gabrielle
George Michael
Beyonce Knowles
Culture Club
Eminem
Jamiroquai
Tina Turner
Simply Red
Lighthouse Family
Fleetwood Mac
Busted
Queen
Craig David
Annie Lennox
REM
The Stranglers
Wham
Diana Ross
Jamelia

To name a few..in no particular oreder

prinssi said:

He's a hottie... wouldn't you want to be trapped on an island with him?!

Hmm...not many people listed James Brown???

Maybe JB sounds to much like Prince

That's too large of a well to drink from to me. My tastes are very broad range. As a matter of fact, check my profile. It's got all my favorite artists, ol' & nu school.

king sunny ade and his african beats
ryan adams
aerosmith
chet baker
bauhaus
the beatles
the beastie boys
art blakey and the jazz messengers
blind faith
david bowie
clifford brown
james brown
dave brubeck
kate bush
captain beefheart and the magic band
eric clapton
the clash
stanley clarke
john coltrane
elvis costello
the cure
miles davis
bob dylan
earth, wind and fire
echo and the bunnymen
duke ellington
the english beat
bill evans
gil evans
ella fitzgerald
funkadelic
peter gabriel
marvin gaye
stan getz
dizzy gillespie
benny golson
dexter gordon
stephane grapelli
al green
charlie haden
herbie hancock
roy hargrove
jimi hendrix
joe henderson
billie holiday
freddie hubbard
bobby hutcherson
joe jackson
the jam
rick james
jane's addiction
killing joke
kmfdm
k.d. lang
led zeppelin
john lennon
little feat
lords of acid
nick lowe
madonna
magazine
shelly manne
bob marley
paul mccartney
pat metheny
charles mingus
joni mitchell
thelonious monk
wes montgomery
lee morgan
peter murphy
my life with the thrill kill kult
charlie parker
parliament
art pepper
the police
jean luc-ponty
elvis presley
prince
joshua redman
lou reed
shorty rogers
the rolling stones
sonny rollins
wallace roney
roxy music
sex pistols
wayne shorter
simon and garfunkel
siouxsie and the banshees
the smiths
squeeze
igor stravinsky
steely dan
the style council
t-rex
talking heads
the temptations
311
the time
traffic
ub40
u2
sarah vaughn
the velvet underground
paul weller
the who
stevie wonder
x
xtc
the yardbirds
yes niel young
frank zappa

Nice list, medoc. It's a little similar to mine.

no particular order



Prince
David Bowie
Me'shell Ndegeocello
Madonna
The Beatles
Rufus Wainright
Elton John


and i suppose somewhere down the list i'd include Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson and George Michael... but my interest in them is best described as "punctuated equilibrium"

AaronUniversal said:

What about Mercury Rev and U2?

Prince
The Beatles
David Bowie
The Beastie Boys
James Brown
Asian Dub Foundation
Chemical Brothers
Romanthony
Primal Scream
The Stone Roses
Mogwai
The Make-Up
The Smiths
Joy Division
Nick Drake
Tom Waits
Bjork
The Velvet Underground
Massive Attack
Bob Marley and The Wailers
Funkadelic
Parliament
Sly and The Family Stone
The Flaming Lips
Miles Davis
My Bloody Valentine
Super Furry Animals
Public Enemy
Erik B. and Rakim
Playgroup
The Doors
Oasis
wilco,
Radiohead
The Cure
Pulp
New Order
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Yo La Tengo
Sonic Youth
Johnny Cash
Low
Outkast
Portishead
Rolling Stones
Jeff Buckley
Van Morrison
Lo-Fidelity Allstars
Les Rhythmes Digitales
Ladytron
LTJ Bukem
Lee 'Scratch' Perry
U2
N.E.R.D
The White Stripes
Spiritualized
The Wu-Tang Clan
The Clash
Nirvana
Missy Elliot
Beck
Aphex Twin
Blondie
Radiohead
Belle and Sebastian
The Fall
The Pixies

...so many more!!

TRON said:

oh yeah!

U2 would probably go with the honorable mentions, but Mercury Rev is definitely on the upper list