Make a list of your favorite music artists in alphabetical order

[mvd]

For help alphabetizing, see here:

http://alphabetizer.flap.tv/

Also, you can have flexibility as to size of list. Make it either 5, 10, 25, 35, 50, 75, or 100. But top 100 should be enough for any list.

The list doesn't have to be perfect (even in big lists there are hard choices,) make make sure you get a good approximation.

My top 100:

A Fine Frenzy
Abba
Abra Moore
Aimee Mann
Alan Jackson
Alanis Morissette
Alison Krauss
Anna Nalick
Aretha Franklin
Avril Lavigne
B-52s
Barenaked Ladies
Beetoven
Belle And Sebastian
Big Star
Blondie
Bob Dylan
Bonnie McKee
Brandi Carlile
Bruce Springsteen
Camera Obscura
Cheap Trick
Chris Isaak
Cindy Alexander
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Cyndi Lauper
Damone
Dixie Chicks
Dolly Parton
Dusty Springfield
Eisley
Eliza Gilkyson
Elvis
Fleetwood Mac
Fountains Of Wayne
Frank Sinatra
Garbage
Garth Brooks
Green Day
Indigo Girls
James Taylor
Janis Joplin
John Mellencamp
Joni Mitchell
Josh Ritter
Kate Voegele
Kay Hanley
Kelly Clarkson
Leona Naess
Lisa Loeb
Liz Phair
Loreena McKennitt
Lucinda Williams
Madonna
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Metric
Michael Jackson
Michelle Branch
Molly Jenson
Mozart
Nina Gordon
Patsy Cline
Patty Loveless
Pearl Jam
Pink
R.E.M.
Regina Spektor
Rilo Kiley
Sarah McLachlan
Sheryl Crow
Simon And Garfunkel
Smokey Robinson
Stacie Rose
Stars
Steve Earle
The Bangles
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
The Byrds
The Cars
The Corrs
The Dollyrots
The Essex Green
The Format
The Hold Steady
The Kinks
The Like
The Moody Blues
The Pierces
The New Pornographers
The Rolling Stones
The Temptations
The Shangri-Las
The Supremes
The Veronicas
The Wallflowers
Tilly & The Wall
Tom Petty
Tori Amos
U2


Some up and comers that could make it in: Aly & AJ, Mandy Moore, Kendel Carson, Maia Sharp, Caitlin Crosby, Whitney Steele, The Love Willows, Au Revoir Simone, Fransisca London, Hey Monday, Tinted Windows, All Girl Summer Fun Band, Lucy Walsh, etc.

Hard choices, these could be put in on any day but I chose some variety: Wilco, Loretta Lynn, Sugarland, George Strait, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Butch Walker, Hole, Neko Case, The Gaslight Anthem, Amy Rigby, Sufjan Stevens, White Stripes, Thea Gilmore, Amy Winehouse, The Decemberists, The Shins, James McMurtry, The Weepies, etc.

[mvd]

1. On edit, I put Janis in

Amy Winehouse is great, but it's hard not to have Janis in. I probably could make other changes but won't, or else I'll keep going.

[Jetboy]

2. 1 per letter for me:

AC/DC
Chuck Berry
CCR
Iris Dement
Elvis
Faces
Guns n Roses
Hanoi Rocks
Iggy and the Stooges
Joan Jett
KISS
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
Tie: Minutemen, Motley Crue, Meat Puppets, Misfits
New York Dolls
Ozzy
Public Enemy
Queen
Tie: Otis Redding, Rolling Stones
Sha Na Na
Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers
Uncle Tupelo
Velvet Underground
WASP
X
Tie: Neil Young, Yardbirds
ZZ Top

[mvd]

3. Oh, Joan Jett

I knew there were some I forgot. Plus The Who.

[abq e streeter]

9. sort of half-looking the first time through and thought, nobody got to X and thought of...X ?

figures I could count on you, Jetboy...:headbang: ........might jump in on this later if I have some time...

[BulletproofLandshark]

4. I'll just do one per letter.

Alice In Chains
Beatles
Clapton,Eric
Dream Theater
Earth, Wind and Fire
Faith No More
Genesis
Heart
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
KMFDM
Led Zeppelin
Muse
Nirvana
Opeth
Pearl Jam
Queen
Rush
Soilwork
Testament
Underworld
Van Halen
Who,The
Can't think of any for X
Yes
Zombie, Rob

[mvd]

5. That's a good way of doing it

Impossible when I have a bigger list, though.

I'm not going to try to make the perfect list, but if I put Joan Jett and The Who in, I'd probably have to switch a couple newer artists to hard choices. A Fine Frenzy would definitely stay, though.

[travelingtypist]

6. Interesting exersise.

Alan Parsons Project
Ayreon
Beastie Boys
Corvus Corax
Crystal Method
Dream Theater
Guns 'N Roses
Kelly Joe Phelps
KMFDM
Kraftwerk
Liquid Tension Experiment
Marillion
Ministry
Moby
Nightwish
Nine Inch Nails
Pat Benatar
Pink Floyd
Porcupine Tree
Prodigy
RPWL
Sirenia
Supertramp
The Church
Type O Negative
Within Temptation

[Initech]

7. My list:

AC/DC
Agalloch
Arcade Fire
At The Drive-In
Beastie Boys
Beatles, The
Beck
Black Sabbath
Black Uhuru
Blackfield
Brown, James
Burning Spear
Carlin, George
Cave, Nick
Cee-Lo Green
Chao, Manu
Claypool, Les
Clinton, George
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Cross, David
Decemberists, The
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
Depeche Mode
Doors, The
Dream Theater
Explosions In The Sky
Faith No More
Flaming Lips
Flogging Molly
Frusciante, John
Funkadelic
Gnarls Barkley
Gogol Bordello
Grateful Dead
Heaven & Hell
Hendrix, Jimi
Hooker, John Lee
Incubus
Interpol
Iron Maiden
Jane's Addiction
Judas Priest
Katatonia
King Crimson
Led Zeppelin
Mars Volta, The
Mastodon
Matisyahu
Me First & The Gimme Gimmes
Modest Mouse
Mr. Bungle
Muse
Neurosis
Nine Inch Nails
No Man
NoFX
O.S.I.
Offspring, The
Opeth
Ozomatli
Parliament
Pavement
Pearl Jam
Peeping Tom
Pink Floyd
Pixies
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Queens Of The Stone Age
Queensryche
Racontuers
Radiohead
Rage Against The Machine
Rolling Stones, The
Roots, The
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Sly & The Family Stone
Spinal Tap
Soundgarden
Strapping Young Lad
Sublime
Talking Heads
Television
Tenacious D
Tool
Toots & The Maytals
Tribe Called QUest, A
TV On The Radio
White Stripes, The
Who, The
Wilco
Wolfmother

[mvd]

8. Nice list

I'd say people can get a good idea of our tastes even if artists were left out.

Hopefully, this topic can be a DU poll of sorts. :hi:

[Ohio Joe]

10. Lets see here...

BTO
Black Sabbath (up to Never Say Die)
BOC
The Blues Brothers Band
Captain Beafheart
Elvis Costello
Janis Joplin
Huey Lewis and the News
The Kinks
Meatloaf
Mott the Hoople
Nine Inch Nails
Pink Floyd (up to The Wall)
The Pretenders (up to Learning to Crawl)
The Rolling Stones
Rush (up to Signals)
Carly Simon
Simon and Garfunkle
T-Rex
Weather Report
The Who
Frank Zappa

Note - "The" not included in ordering. Acronymns in order of name, not acronymn. In case of artist name and not band, last name used for order.

That all I can think of right now.

[Twillig]

13. BTO!

Fuck Yeah!

:thumbsup:

[Twillig]

17. Delete, wrong spot.

[EndersDame]

11. self delete

[EndersDame]

12. My List 3- Z

311
Adam Ant
Alton Ellis
The Aqubatats
Asleep at The Wheel
Asylum Street Spankers
Big Mama Thorton
Bikini Kill
Bill Haily and His Comes
Blondie
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Bob Wills
Buddy Holly
The Butthole Surfers
Cafe Tacuba
Carl Perkins
The Chords
Chuck Berry
The Clash
Common
The Cramps
The Cure
Dale Watson
David Bowie
David Byrne
Devo
Devo
Dick Dale
Django Reinhardt
The Doors
Duke Ellington
Eddy Grant
Fela Kuti
Flogging Molly
Franz Ferdinand
Ghost Face Killah
Gogol Bordello
The Grateful Dead
Guitar Shorty
Gypsy Kings
Hank III
Hank Sr.
Holly Golightly
Iggy Pop
Jefferson Airplane
Joan Jet
Johnny Thunders and The Heart Breakers
KRS-One
Led Zepplin
Little Richard
Lou Reed
Matisyahu
Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie
Minor Threat
The Misfits
N.W.A.
Ozomatli
Patsy Cline
The Phenomenauts
The Pillows
Pink Floyd
Polysics!
Queen
Rage Against The Machine
The Ramones
The Reverend Horton Heat
Robert Johnson
The Rolling Stones
Roy Orbison
The Skatalites
Selena
The Specials
Stereo Total
Sublime
TalibKweli
Television
Tool
U2
Von Iva
Wayne Hancock
The White Stripes
Willie
X
Yancovic, Weird Al
Ziggy Marley


I have probably left out some but here it is so far

[mvd]

14. You've got a good list of early rock and R&B there

Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Big Mama Thornton, Roy Orbison, Bill Haley.. :thumbsup:

[EndersDame]

15. I like any thing that moves me and has a lot of heart and soul

There was alot of that in early rock

[Amerigo Vespucci]

16. Here ya go

The Allman Brothers Band
The Beatles
John Coltrane
Miles Davis
Faces
Genesis (through "Seconds Out" ONLY, not including "And Then There Were Three" or any albums that followed)
The Grateful Dead
Buddy Guy
Jimi Hendrix
Jefferson Airplane
King Crimson
Ronnie Montrose (in Montrose, Gamma, solo, whatever)
Paul revere & The Raiders
The Rolling Stones
Wayne Shorter
The Who
Yes
Neil Young
Frank Zappa

[mvd]

18. Paul Revere & The Raiders are underrated

Good pick.

Herman's Hermits are another highly underrated band.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

20. Mark Lindsay took a BIG risk with the "Collage" album...

They shortened the name to "Raiders," Lindsay grew a beard, the songs got tougher, louder, longer (two about dalliances with groupies), and the critics LOVED it.



It did not sell.

The next album was "Indian Reservation," followed by "Country Wine," which REALLY didn't sell. Those last two albums featured the return of original Raider Mike "Smitty" Smith on drums, who passed away a couple of years ago.

I have the original vinyl album of "Collage," and Lindsay briefly acquired the rights and sold CDs of it on his Web Site until the supply ran out. I was lucky enough to purchase one...autographed at that.

:toast:

[mvd]

28. Thanks for the info.

I just have some compilation right now - yes, it has "Kicks."

[Twillig]

19. Typing this sucks. iTunes let me down.

can't seem to get it to copy artists, just fucking songs..

AC/DC
Adrian Legg
Aerosmith
Alice in Chains
Allan Holdsworth
Angel
Average White Band
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Bad Company
Beatles
Beck
Billy Idol
Chickenfoot
The Church
The Cranberries
The Cult
The Cure
David Bowie
Dead Kennedys
Del Fuegos
Dream Theater
Eric Johnsn
The Fixx
Gary Numan
Hanson, that's right. Hanson
Jane's Addiction
Jeff Beck
Jesus Jones
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Joe Satriani
John Pertrucci
Johnny Cash
Judas Priest
Led Zeppelin
Liquid Tension Experiment
Living Colour
Neal Morse
The Offspring (WTF)
Ozzy Osbourne
Pat Travers
Paul Gilbert
Paul Gilbert& Freddie Nelson
Pearl Jam
TH e POlice
Primus
Public Enemy
R.E.M.
THe Ramones
RObin Trower
Rolling Stones
Rush, That's right, RUSH!
Simon and Garfunkel
The Sisters of Mercy
Smiths
Soundgarden
Standells
Steve Vai
Stone Temple Pilots
Sweet
Tears For Fears
Tinted Windows
Tony Oparin (or, Anton Oparin, young Russian YouTube sensation/guitar prodigy, destined for godhood)
U2
Van Halen
Violent Femmes
Wall of Voodoo
The Who
The Yardbirds

[Mojambo]

21. Thank Qat for the alphabetizer...

All Girl Summer Fun Band
Apples in Stereo
BMX Bandits
BOAT
Bad Religion
Beat Happening
Belle and Sebastian
Besties
Beulah
Black Tambourine
Blueboy
Boy Least Likely To
Boyracer
Camera Obscura
Capstan Shafts
Cars Can Be Blue
Casper and the Cookies
caUSE coMOTION!
Dance Hall Crashers
Dolly Mixture
Dressy Bessy
Elliot Smith
Elvis Costello
Eux Autres
Exploding Hearts
Fat Tulips
Field Mice
Fishboy
Flaming Lips
Free Loan Investments
From Bubblegum To Sky
Fruit Bats
Galactic Heroes
Guided By Voices
Guster
Heavenly
Hello Saferide
Herman Dune
Los Campesinos!
Lucksmiths
Marine Research
Modern Lovers
Modesty Blaise
Mountain Goats
Muffs
Muttering Retreats
Neko Case
Neutral Milk Hotel
New Pornographers
Okay
Pastels
Peekers
Penny Century
Pooh Sticks
Shins
Silver Jews
Smittens
Softies
Strawberry Story
Sweet Baby
Talulah Gosh
Teenage Fanclub
Tender Trap
Terrordactyls
The Charade
Thermals
They Might be Giants
Tiger Trap
Tilly and the Wall
Tullycraft
Unbunny
Washington Social Club
Wave Pictures
Weakerthans

[abq e streeter]

22. about 100 I guess, I'm sure I left several dozen out

The Alarm
Allman Brothers
Animals
Arcade Fire
The Band
Beachboys
Beatles
Chuck Berry
Paul Butterfield
Blasters
Johnny Burnette's Rocknroll Trio
Buffalo Springfield
Byrds
Johnny Cash
Ray Charles
Clash
Dick Dale
Dave Clark 5
Arthur Conley
oops---forgot to list James Brown!!!
Sam Cooke
Alice Cooper
Elvis Costello
Cramps
Creedence Clearwater
CSN&Y
Reverend Gary Davis
Bo Diddley
Dion
Willie Dixon
Doors
Dylan
Eagles
Electric Flag
Everly Brothers
Eddie Floyd
Four Seasons
Four Tops
Aretha Franklin
Fugs
Marvin Gaye
J Geils
Grin
Bill Haley
Hall and Oates
Hendrix
Hollies
Buddy Holly
another oops---forgot Eddie Cochrane
Howlin Wolf
Impressions
Chris Isaak
Jefferson Airplane
Elmore James
Robert Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson
Janis Joplin
Kid Creole
BB King
Carol King
Brenda Lee
Little Richard
Little Walter
Jerry Lee Lewis
Los Lobos
Love ( Arthur Lee)
Lovin Spoonful
Bob Marley
Toots and the Maytals
yet another oops--the Kinks
Delbert McClinton
MC5
Van Morrison
Rick Nelson
Roy Orbison
Carl Perkins
Wilson Pickett
Gene Pitney
Elvis Presley
Rancid
REM
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
Marty Robbins
Rolling Stones
Son Seals
Southside Johnny
Bruce Springsteen
Sugar Blue
Talking Heads
Temptations
U2
Velvet Underground
Ventures
Tom Waits
Junior Walker and the All-Stars
Muddy Waters
Junior Wells
2 more oopses----J.B.Hutto and the Hawks and Robert Cray
Doc Watson
The Who
Sonny Boy Williamson
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Stevie Wonder
X
yardbirds

damn----how the hell did I forget Sly and the Family Stone ,The Shangri-Las, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels,The Crystals, The Ronettes, and Otis Redding...

[mvd]

23. I forgot The Crystals

I think they are equal to the Ronettes, maybe even better.

[abq e streeter]

24. certainly a tough call between them; both great from when Spector was just psychotic

but not a murderer.... Ronnie Spector ( Veronica Bennett) is one of the two 60- something women in the world I still have a crush on ( along with Carol King)

[mvd]

25. Yes, Spector has never been a nice guy

Somehow though, he gave us that great "wall of sound." I'm only 33, so 60's about out of my crush range. :-)

[abq e streeter]

27. undrstandable-I'm 57 and its usually out of my range , but those 2...

And especially Ronnie Spector, my image is still is the adorable teenager singing Baby I Love You, while my heart melted...

[mvd]

29. Yes, that's understandable

When I was young, Debbie Gibson was big, and I still have a liking for her.

[EndersDame]

26. I was waiting for your list

:)

[abq e streeter]

30. prety heavy on the old stuff, guess I'm giving away my impending or already arrived geezerhood

but put me on a stage behind a microphone and I still party like its 1959.( just can't do as much jumping around etc, and have to take a nap before the gig) and there's some from your list I could've easily included including Big Mama Thornton, Rage, The Ramones,Skatalites,..... and also, whoever did the original versions of Cumbia de San Antone and La Mucura ( my two favorite cumbias that I ever played)

[tigereye]

31. Wilco and Neko Case didn't make the main list?

McMurtry and The Decembrists are quite good, too.


Actually I might go see Amy Rigby tonight - and Neko Case will be here at the end of the month at our local Riverplex.




I'm not sure I could make a faves list - it would have to be by category - rock, jazz, pop, punk, etc.

[mvd]

33. I don't know, all of those "hard choices" are pretty equal

to the list. As much as I like Neko's music, THAT VOICE is what I think of the most. :hi:

[mvd]

34. Oh, speaking of Amy Rigby, she's wonderful!

I'll have to get more albums from her.

[MrSlayer]

32. One for each letter,

AC/DC
Black Label Society
Celtic Frost
D.R.I.
Exodus
Forbidden
G.G. Allin
Hallow's Eve
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
King Diamond
Laaz Rocket
Motorhead
Nuclear Assault
Overkill
Possessed
Quarantine
Ritual Carnage
SLAYER
Testament
UDK
Venom
Wendy O. Williams
Xenophobia
Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Zyklon

[mvd]

35. Are there more lists?

Maybe we can get a more representative poll.

[Burma Jones]

36. Fun, 2 for (almost) each letter.....

Allman Brothers
Arcade Fire
Chuck Berry
Beatles
Johnny Cash
John Coltrane
Bob Dylan
Miles Davis
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Electric Light Orchestra
Flaming Lips
Maynard Ferguson
Grateful Dead
Jerry Garcia
Jimi Hendrix
Head of Femur
Inti Illimani
Iron Butterfly
Janis Joplin
Jethro Tull
Kinks
Iz Kamakawiwo'ole
John Lennon
Little Feat
Paul McCartney
Earl Monroe
Nirvana
Willie Nelson
Oni Wytars Ensemble
Buck Owens
Pink Floyd
Polyphonic Spree
Queen
Ramones
Rolling Stones
Ravi Shankar
Sex Pistols
Talking Heads
Traveling Wilburys
The United States of America (60's Psychedelia)
Unknown Artists everywhere
Velvet Underground
Ventures
Stevie Wonder
The Who
Yes
Frank Zappa

[jobycom]

37. Can I use Barry Manilow for B and M?

Oh, never mind, that would kick the BeeGees out... I'm still working on it.