Limiting it more this time: your top 10 music artists

[mvd]

I figure that I either have to really limit it or post my list of artists I love (BTW, Alexz Johnson made it (got her import CD!), and I forgot Thea Gilmore and Keren, among others.)

(Not in order except for Beatles) -

1. The Beatles
2. The Corrs
3. Simon And Garfunkel
4. The Byrds
5. CCR
6. The Bangles
7. U2
8. R.E.M.
9. Elvis
10. Indigo Girls

Yes, it could be different later, but I can't think of any overall better than these. Also, there are some artists I like as much, but not over so many albums.

[vi5]

1. Mine

Husker Du
U2
Fugazi
Big Black
The Velvet Underground
Uncle Tupelo
Sonic Youth
The Cure
The Smiths
Echo and the Bunnymen

[truthbetold]

47. Good list.

I especially <3 The Cure.

[PittPoliSci]

87. Big Black is nothing short of great.

[wryter2000]

2. Mine

In no particular order.

Tower of Power
Earth Wind and Fire
Marvin Gaye
Stevie Wonder
Aretha Franklin
Average White Band
B. B. King
Ray Charles
James Brown
Junior Walker and the All Stars

[Richardo]

27. You.....are the funk mistress!

:thumbsup: wryter :hi:

[wryter2000]

37. I knew you'd find me, Richardo

:yourock:

[Richardo]

68. Love the sig line: now I'm going to have to look closely...

...to see if it's you or Bunny! :crazy:

:yourock:

[wryter2000]

71. I got it covered

I'll use a different picture.

[Richardo]

73. Doc!

:thumbsup:

[wryter2000]

77. I got a million of them.

Check out www.bumpcity.com

[leftofthedial]

36. funky

[wryter2000]

38. If it ain't got the funk

If it aint' got the funk, fugggedaboutit.

Funk the dumb stuff! :bounce:

[leftofthedial]

58. tower of power!

:toast:

[wryter2000]

72. Hot damn

We got ourselves another TOP fan. Join Richardo, Bunny, and me in divine madness.

[NoSheep]

44. Pucker Up, Buttercup!

:headbang:

[HuckleB]

3. Off the top of my head, in no particular order.

Willie Nelson,
The Clash,
Emmylou Harris,
Miles Davis,
The Pogues,
Tom Waits,
Bruce Springsteen,
Fela Kuti,
Bob Marley,
Otis Redding

...

[wryter2000]

39. Ahhh, Willie Nelson

He could have gone in my funky list.

If you've got the money, honey,
I've got the time!

[HuckleB]

60. I tell you this.

I wore my Willie Nelson T-shirt underneath my professional garb the day after election day last November. I needed to remind myself that there were still great things about this country, and Willie did the job!

Salud!

[CBGLuthier]

4. In no order, with qualifiers

Jethro Tull
The Beatles
Alice Cooper (The band, before he went solo)
Pink Floyd (pre breakup)
Klaatu (first two albums)
NIN
The Who (pre death of Moon)
Roy Orbison
Synergy
Future Sound of London

[truthbetold]

48. NIN, awesome!

Their new one "With Teeth" is brilliant, IMO.

[Maestro]

76. Let's see

U2
Johnny Cash
Tool/Perfect Circle
Dream Theater
Sparta
Mars Volta
Porcupine Tree
Chemical Brothers
The Cure
New Order

I didn't include some of my harder material that I really love, but the ten above keep me coming back.

[driver8]

65. Oh yeah -- Klaatu!!

I used to play them a lot when I was a college dj...I don't remember which albums, though.

I remember that there was a rumor going around that these guys were actually The Beatles. Did anyone else ever hear that??

[6000eliot]

5. This is tough

1. The Beatles
2. The Stones
3. Bob Dylan
4. The Beach Boys
5. The Byrds
6. Elvis Costello
7. Badfinger
8. Big Star
9. The Raspberries
10. Stevie Wonder

[Burma Jones]

6. In No Particular Order

Beatles
The Who
Grateful Dead
Ramones
Talking Heads
Pink Floyd
John Coltrane
Miles Davis
Charlie Parker
Bob Dylan

[progmom]

7. I can't do this without perseverating for hours...

So instead I will just name 10 artists I love dearly.

Joni Mitchell
John Coltrane
Thelonious Monk
Carmen McRae
Rickie Lee Jones
Art Blakey
Joe Williams
Ella Fitzgerald
MeShell NdegeOcello
Mavis Staples

[Redleg]

8. No, your list is wrong.

LOL

[mvd]

13. How can a list be wrong?

:shrug:

[Redleg]

17. You said "your top 10 music artists." That list isn't my top ten.

Hey- I'm just kidding you.

[mvd]

18. I get it - LOL - but what's your list?

:hi:

[Redleg]

80. My list:

The Who
Rolling Stones
Eric Clapton
Muddy Waters
Howlin Wolf
Buddy Guy
Jimi Hendrix
Neil Young
Dave Brubeck
Thelonius Monk

[blockhead]

9. ok

ccr
zeppelin
tom petty
bonnie raitt
david baerwald
stones
talking heads
eagles
pink floyd
dr hook

[Gildor Inglorion]

10. From an Old Fart...

1. The Beatles
2. Simon & Garfunkel
3. The Rolling Stones
4. Sir Cliff Richard
5. The Hollies
6. The Who
7. The Everley Brothers
8. Pink Floyd
9. The Moody Blues
10. Bruce Springsteen

:bounce:

[mvd]

16. Great list IMO

I would have put Bruce, but I wanted to vary my list a bit..

[trof]

25. From an older fart, I betcha.

1. 4 Freshmen
2. Glenn Miller
3. Kingston Trio
4. John Lee Hooker
5. Tommy and/or Jimmy Dorsey
6. Any number of the 50s doo-wops
7. Frances Xavier Sinatra
8. Johnny Mathis
9. Jimmy Buffett (especially his "Stars Fell On Alabama")
10. Harry Connick, Jr.

The very first Beatles songs would be 11.

[Tikki]

11. 10 here.....

Chuck Berry and another from that era Richard Berry.
Someone with the New Orleans' sound...Chris Kenner or Lee Dorsey.
The Sonics
Bobby Fuller Four
The Four Tops or Marvin Gaye.
The Beatles
Ian Hunter
The Ramones or The Weirdos.
X
DEVO
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Tikki

[driver8]

66. Great list!! Nice to see X mentioned...

I saw them at the House of Blues a couple of years ago and they were amazing. Everyone in the band is great -- and Billy Zoom looked like he was having the time of his life. Oh yeah, John Doe had the biggest shiner I have ever seen...and never mentioned it or told us how he got it.

[AverageJoe]

12. Okay

Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys
Townes Van Zandt
Tom Waits
Elvis
Bruce Springsteen
Bob Dylan
Miles Davis
Guy Clark
The Velvet Underground


Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys at the top, the others are fairly interchangible. And yes, Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys are two distinct acts.

[Omphaloskepsis]

14. mine..

1. Propagandhi
2. Fifteen
3. Jawbreaker
4. At the Drive in
5. Screeching Weasle
6. Hot Water Music
7. Bad Religion
8. Gunmoll
9. F.Y.P
10. Jets to Brazil <-- for making love..

[PittPoliSci]

86. Screeching Weasel are one of my favorites.

I really like them and Fifteen. Check out a band called Crimpshrine if you like Fifteen, it was their singers old band. I enjoy them as well.

[Merrick]

15. Mine as it stands now

Tool
Neurosis
System of a Down
The Cure
Alice in Chains
Modest Mouse
The Clash
Elliott Smith
Morbid Angel
Radiohead/Fugazi/Flaming Lips/Joy Division

okay, so I cheated just a little...

[sir_captain]

19. Probably forgetting people

In no particular order:

1) The Beatles
2) The Velvet Underground
3) Pink Floyd
4) Cream (and various other Clapton concoctions)
5) Radiohead
6) Elliott Smith
7) Simon and Garfunkel
8) The Shins
9) Solo George Harrison
10) Bob Dylan

[truthbetold]

49. Elliot Smith...

Miss him dearly. His music is truly heartbreaking.

[Spider Jerusalem]

20. That's a bit hard.

Also a little limiting, since I like a LOT of music, not just stuff that can be classified as pop/rock...I'd really need about three or four different lists, by genre.

But...here's an attempt, anyway.

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
David Bowie
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Thelonious Monk
John Coltrane
Charles Mingus
Björk
Einstürzende Neubauten
Johnny Cash
Frank Zappa

[Ariana Celeste]

21. Kinda difficult but here goes:

1. Alice in Chains
2. System of a Down
3. NIN
4. King Crimson
5. Radiohead
6. The Beatles
7. Led Zeppelin
8. Creedence Clearwater Revival
9. Van Morrison
10. Pink Floyd

Not in order, but these are the 10 bands I love most (right now). Okay so, my #1 is right, but the rest of them are in no particular order.

On edit: Right on!!! Looks like a lot of us share some of the same faves!

[NoSheep]

42. Oooooooh! I love King Crimson too! All the incarnations!

[donheld]

22. The top ten today - subject to change without notice

Barbra Streisand
Eric Clapton
Pink Floyd
Stevie Ray Vaughan
U2
Aretha Franklin
R.E.M.
Stevie Wonder
Dave Matthews
Indigo Girls

not in any specific order.

[demily]

23. Mine!

The Beatles (of course)
Bob Dylan
Beck
Rufus Wainwright
Modest Mouse
Radiohead
Gerald Collier
David Bowie
Flaming Lips
Elliott Smith

:bounce:

[Initech]

24. My ten (a bit of variety)

1. Frank Zappa

2. Jimi Hendrix

3. Iron Maiden

4. The Mars Volta

5. Porcupine Tree

6. Dream Theater

7. King Crimson

8. Flogging Molly

9. Radiohead

10. P-Funk (Parliament / Funkadelic / George Clinton)

[Maestro]

74. A fellow prog rocker I see.

:applause:

[PittPoliSci]

85. Iron Maiden and Dream Theater are two of my favorites.

Dream Theater made my list, and Maiden would be a close runner up.

I'm a huge Zappa fan, and I love Flogging Molly as well.

[Richardo]

26. Heeeeeeeeeeeeeere's RiCHARDO's!

1) Beatles
2) Steely Dan
3) Tower of Power
4) Little Feat
5) No Doubt
6) They Might Be Giants
7) Simon & Garfunkle
8) Dire Straits
9) Police
10) Talking Heads

Honorable mention: Chicago (Terry Kath era)

[NoSheep]

43. Have you ever seen the movie "They Might Be Giants" with

Joanne Woodward and George C. Scott? (isn't that who played Patton?)

[Richardo]

67. I have not seen the whole movie - it is supposed to be hilarious...

One o' these days....

[GumboYaYa]

70. I'm going to see They Might be Giants next week.

It has been years since I saw those guys...Klezmer music at its best.

If you like TMBG, check out the New Orleans Klezmer AllStars from when Stanton Moore was playing drums with them.

[BeTheChange]

28. These are my current top 10

I had kind of given up on music starting the boy/girl band crap.

So, Ive been discovering/ rediscovering all kinds of great stuff this last week.

1. Iron & Wine - Creek Drank the Cradle and Endless numbered days - fab
2. The Eels
3. Death Cab for Cutie
4. The Shins
5. The Postal Service
6. Spoon
7. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
8. The Decemberists
9. Matt Ward
10. Flaming lips.. how the hell did I miss Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots?

[ghostsofgiants]

35. Some quality stuff

I love Death Cab, The Shins and The Postal Service. I haven't heard much from M. Ward, but what I have heard I've really dug as well.

[BeTheChange]

46. Muchas Gracias..

Got any recommendations not on the list?

This hour, Im enthralled with Arcade Fire..

Who knew there was actually good music being made? Heh.. not I.

[ghostsofgiants]

53. The Arcade Fire are great as well

As for recommendations, Bright Eyes is worth checking out, as well as Conor's other band Desaparecidos. Death From Above 1979 is great. Just a drummer and a bassist, but god damn they can kick some ass, haha.

My list down below is worth checking out. Especially The Mars Volta and Murder By Death.

[GOPisEvil]

52. Excellent list!

I forgot The Shins, Death Cab and Postal Service on my list down below.

[BeTheChange]

55. I saw yours...

And noted the ones I hadnt heard of. Im currently in pursuit :)


I feel like a kid in a candy store.

[GOPisEvil]

57. I hear ya.

I might have to give Matt Ward more of a listen now.

Also, envy me, I got to see Spoon for free last Saturday. :bounce: Of course living here I get to see them quite a lot, but this show was really good.

[Kathleen04]

29. Let's see..its actually tough for me to come up with 10...

Music that I have MANY CDs for each group/artist..true favorites:

1. The Beatles (and each solo)
2. Billy Joel
3. Elton John
4. Simon and Garfunkel (Paul Simon solo)
5. Warren Zevon

2nd tier, because I only have like 1 CD..

6. Bob Dylan
7. Ben Folds
8. Alanis Morissette

Then I have some that I like but I don't even own a CD for..

9. Tom Petty
10. Led Zeppelin

And then in my music collection, I have a bunch of odds and ends where I only have one song for some groups..

[BulletproofLandshark]

30. Here you go

in no particular order

1-Rush
2-Pink Floyd
3-Judas Priest
4-Iron Maiden
5-AC/DC
6-The Beatles
7-Led Zeppelin
8-NIN
9-Rage Against The Machine
10-Fear Factory

[PittPoliSci]

84. Fear Factory is so much fun live.

Hearing their music loud is absolutely fabulous, I'm excited for their new album, Transgression, when it comes out in August.

[ghostsofgiants]

31. Picking just ten is fucking hard, but here goes...

Alexisonfire
At the Drive-in
The Mars Volta
Murder By Death
Cursive
Tiger Army
Bright Eyes
Sweatshop Union
John Frusciante
Elliott Smith

[BeTheChange]

54. Yay...

More music for me to listen to!

[ghostsofgiants]

56. Haha, enjoy!

[PittPoliSci]

83. I saw Tiger Army before.

A good time was had by all, the only complaint i have is that their singer is the most vain asshole i think i've ever seen. He tuned his guitar for literally 3 minutes after EVERY song. it drove me crazy. But alas, I enjoy their music.

Check out a band called the Sharks for some good psychobilly.

[ghostsofgiants]

91. Cool, thanks for the recommendation!

Haha, after every song? That seems a bit excessive.

[grace0418]

32. This is hard! Mine are not in order except for numbers 1 & 2

1. Crowded House/Neil Finn
2. The Smiths
3. The Beatles
4. Stevie Wonder
5. Earth, Wind & Fire
6. They Might Be Giants
7. The Police
8. The Jacksons
9. New Order
10. Depeche Mode

I know I'm forgetting someone I really love, but that's my list for now.
Edited to put the Police ahead of the Gap Band.

[MN ChimpH8R]

33. Ten who have endured through the years

I'm with progmom - it would take me hours to makea definitive list, but here goes, in no order, with caveats

The Beatles
The Beach Boys (with Brian)
Can
Yes
Emmylou Harris
Fairport Convention (any and all)
Pink Floyd (with Roger)
Jaco Pastorius (with Weather Report and solo)
King Crimson (any and all, but especially the 72-74 band)
Frank Zappa (any and all)

[NoSheep]

45. I do love Richard Thompson and Sandy Denny.

:loveya:

[ComerPerro]

34. Phish, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Talking Heads

Umphreys McGee
Bela Fleck / Flecktones
Greatful Dead
Ben Folds / Ben Folds Five
Radiohead

[NoSheep]

40. Here are mine in no particular order:

Radiohead
Bob Dylan
Led Zeppelin
Ryan Adams
Skip James
Beck
Jeb Puryear (Donna the Buffalo)
Neil Young
Rolling Stones
David Bowie

Gee that was hard! I love so much music, but these have been the most tried and true.

[NoSheep]

41. I did mine before reading anyone else's list. I'm amazed at the parallels

I really have a very long list as I love folk, soul, old authenic country, old time, funk, jazz, acoustic Delta blues (country blues)
and I like many of the new obscure bands I hear.

[GOPisEvil]

50. I'm going to post my Top 10 indie label artists. Just to be different.

:D

In no particular order:

1. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
2. Troubled Hubble
3. Centro-Matic
4. The Long Winters
5. The Decembrists
6. Earlimart
7. Spoon
8. The Wrens
9. Neko Case
10. Interpol

[name not needed]

75. Ted Leo kicks ass

[khashka]

51. My ten

1 KaTe Bush
2 Tori Amos
3 Beethoven
4 Bauhaus
5 Siouxsie and the Banshees
6 Fleetwood Mac
7 Neil Young
8 Fiona Apple
9 Mozart
10 Nina Hagen

No particular order...

Khash.

[shugh514]

59. Top 10

1. Beethoven
2. Bob Dylan
3. Louis Armstrong
4. Velvet Underground
5. Sonic Youth
6. The Ramones
7. Django Reinhardt
8. The Replacements
9. The Band
10. Hank Williams Sr.

[PittPoliSci]

82. Good choice with Django!

I'm a big fan of Ramones and Sonic Youth too!

[Tafiti]

61. Oh, let's see here...

Bob Marley
Pat Metheny
Tool
Radiohead
moe.
System of a Down
Faith No More
NIN
Foo Fighters
Crystal Method
Mos Def
Talib Kweli
Beck
Alice In Chains
311
John Scofield
The Mars Volta
Stevie Wonder
Queens of the Stone Age
Stone Temple Pilots
2Pac
Muse
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Miles Davis
Umphrey's McGee
Pearl Jam
Lauryn Hill
Aesop Rock
Jaco Pastorius
Yo La Tengo
John Brown's Body
Common
Incubus
Keller Williams
Smashing Pumpkins
A Perfect Circle
Soundgarden
Rage Against the Machine
Nickel Creek
The Roots...

...oh, I'm sorry. Is that more than 10?

On Edit: Couldn't believe I left STP off that list at first, had to put 'em in...

[stevans_41902]

62. I may be missing a few, but...

The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Fleetwood Mac
Jim Croce
Green Day
The Killers
Dixie Chicks
Alanis Morisette
Sarah McLachlan
& some '80s Madonna just for fun

[ghostsofgiants]

63. You've got some good taste

Always nice to see the likes of Aesop Rock up there right along side the likes of Muse.

[driver8]

64. I gotta start my list with the Clash...

and then: (in no particular order)

2. Pixies
3. U2
4. REM
5. Bob Marley
6. XTC
7. Elvis Costello
8. Joe Jackson
9. Pretenders
10. Peter Gabriel

[MissMillie]

69. Just 10... this will be tough

Aimee Mann
Neil Young
The Beatles
Shawn Colvin
CSN
Moody Blues
Joni Mitchell
Yes
Patty Griffin
Robbie Robertson

[Parche]

78. top ten

1. Pink Floyd
2. Phil Collins
3. Genesis
4. Beatles
5. Peter Gabriel
6. U-2
7. Billy Joel
8. Alice in Chains
9. Barbara Streisand
10.The Carpenters

[Eyeball Kid]

79. Ok, no particular order...

Neil Young
Pink Floyd
Radiohead
Built to Spill
Tom Waits
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Fleetwood Mac
Johnny Cash
Smashing Pumpkins
David Bowie

[PittPoliSci]

81. my top 10, ALL metal acts.

just to be different, i'm throwin' down my favorite metal acts only.

1. Darkest Hour
2. Dream Theater
3. Soilwork
4. In Flames
5. Dimmu Borgir
6. Old Man's Child
7. Fantomas
8. Children of Bodom
9. The Dillinger Escape Plan
10. Opeth

Quite a spectrum of metal, but I enjoy it all so...

[BlueStateGirl]

88. Mine...

In no particular order...

1. U2
2. Rolling Stones
3. Beatles
4. Lucinda Williams
5. Bruce Springsteen
6. Pink Floyd
7. Jimi Hendrix
8. Madonna
9. Johnny Cash
10. The Who

[Chichiri]

89. Mine . . .

1. Rush
2. Mike Oldfield
3. Yes
4. W.A. Mozart
5. Dream Theater
6. Pink Floyd
7. Miles Davis
8. Spock's Beard
9. Marillion
10. Gyorgi Ligeti

[borlis]

90. These lists are good...here's mine

Bon Jovi
The Doors
UFO
Van Halen
Pearl Jam
Aerosmith
Eric Clapton
Chicago (old stuff)
Eagles
Rush
U2

[nytemare]

92. The top 10 list of me!

Peter Gabriel
Sarah Mclachlan
Genesis
Annie Lennox/Eurythmics
Beatles/Lennon
Pink Floyd
Sheryl Crow
Debussy
Linkin Park
Billie Holiday

So, I like a bit of everything.

:)