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Post by wayved on Feb 7, 2007 0:05:28 GMT -5
1. Loverboy
2. Toto
3. Saga
4. Colour Me Badd
5. Guy
6. 38 Special
7. 30 Odd Foot of Grunts
8. The Celtic Woman series
9. Vanilla Ice
10. My Chemical Romance
11. Bread
12. America
13. Supertramp
14. 1910 Fruitgum Co
15. We Are The World (the album)
16. Whitney Houston
17. Thompson Twins (INTO THE GAP KICKED ASS!)
18. Weird Al Yankovic
19. Howard jones
20. Device OR Andrew Cash OR Bot Meets Girl OR Martin Briley
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Post by upinkzeppelin2 on Feb 7, 2007 18:24:40 GMT -5
Hey man, I dig America. C'mon. You mean you don't like "Muskrat Love"  |
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Post by upinkzeppelin2 on Feb 7, 2007 18:25:44 GMT -5
LOL. Color Me Badd. Now that's some awful shit there.
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Post by kool on Feb 7, 2007 18:34:05 GMT -5
Toto's "Africa" is a great song.
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Post by Kensterberg on Feb 7, 2007 18:41:32 GMT -5
OK ... I'm gonna post a list here, and then immediately follow this up with a different poll. The reason that it's taken me so long to do this is simple: I made it too damn hard. I just can't in all good faith try to line up my favorites across genres and then rank them. It's impossible. So here's my "final" list for this misbegotten topic ... look for a more defined poll coming soon to a message board near you.
1. Miles Davis. No one else in the recording era has captured so much essential music over such a long period of time. Miles rules.
2. The Clash. I love rock and roll so much that the top rockers get the number two vote from me, even though part of me says that this spot should instead go to ...
3. Bob Dylan. When he's bad, he's awful, but when he's been good, he's the best there's ever been at what he does. And what he does is the essence of American music.
4. Duke Ellington. Bad? I don't think Duke ever cut anything bad. Unless by "bad" you mean "awesome."
5. The Beatles. Remade popular music in their own image in less than a decade in the studio. So big they could no longer effectively tour, but the Anthology sets make for excellent reminders of just how well these four guys played together.
6. David Bowie. The greatest individual British rocker. Ever.
7. John Coltrane.
8. Bruce Springsteen (and the E Street Band).
9. The Who.
10. The Velvet Underground.
11. Talking Heads
12. Yo-Yo Ma.
13. B.B. King.
14. Bob Marley (and the Wailers).
15. R.E.M.
16. U2.
17. X.
18. Stevie Wonder.
19. The Replacements.
20. Sleater-Kinney.
21. Midnight Oil.
22. The Pretenders (Chrissie Hynde)
23. Husker Du.
24. The Jam.
25. Susannah Hoffs. (OK, this is a joke, but I'm in love with her right now, so I'm forgiven, right? And I'm using her as a surrogate for the literally thousands of great anonymous girl group hits in rock. Women don't get nearly enough respect in rock, and so I'm gonna use Ms. Hoffs as the surrogate for all of the great unsung women in music. And it's easier than actually picking another artist).
There. That's it. It's just too fucking hard trying to weigh out the relative merits of this disparate band of musicians. They're all awesome, but they're all so different! How can I weigh Stevie Wonder v. Sleater-Kinney v. Yo-Yo Ma -- if you're in the mood for one, the other two won't do, but all three are great!
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Post by Kensterberg on Feb 7, 2007 18:42:05 GMT -5
Toto's "Africa" is a great song. No it's not. |
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Post by Galactus on Feb 7, 2007 18:42:47 GMT -5
I'm more then a little disappointed Loggins and Messina didn't make your list.
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Post by Kensterberg on Feb 7, 2007 18:44:57 GMT -5
Shit, I just realized that this was supposed to be a top 25 list ... I'll go back and edit my earlier post.
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Post by kool on Feb 7, 2007 18:45:56 GMT -5
Toto's "Africa" is a great song. No it's not. Yes it is. Rosanna is the one that stank. |
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Post by upinkzeppelin2 on Feb 7, 2007 18:45:57 GMT -5
The reason that it's taken me so long to do this is simple: I made it too damn hard. I just can't in all good faith try to line up my favorites across genres and then rank them. It's impossible.
But I should score the lists anyway. Yes?
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Post by Kensterberg on Feb 7, 2007 18:49:29 GMT -5
The reason that it's taken me so long to do this is simple: I made it too damn hard. I just can't in all good faith try to line up my favorites across genres and then rank them. It's impossible. But I should score the lists anyway. Yes? Yes! Otherwise, I would've just locked the thread!  |
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Post by upinkzeppelin2 on Feb 8, 2007 20:14:28 GMT -5
OK, here comes......
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Post by upinkzeppelin2 on Feb 8, 2007 20:16:00 GMT -5
The 25 Greatest Recording Artists Ever
1. The Beatles – 524
2. David Bowie – 374
3. Bob Dylan – 364
4. Radiohead – 324
5. Pink Floyd – 270
6. R.E.M. – 244
7. Tie: U2 & Miles Davis – 242
9. The Rolling Stones – 240
10. The Who – 218
11. The Smiths – 214
12. Talking Heads – 186
13. Led Zeppelin – 172
14. The Velvet Underground – 170
15. The Cure – 160
16. Tie: Bruce Springsteen & Brian Eno – 156
18. Pavement – 150
19. Stevie Wonder – 148
20. Sonic Youth – 146
21. Smashing Pumpkins – 144
22. The Pixies – 142
23. Nick Drake – 128
24. Johnny Cash – 124
25. Frank Zappa – 114
After that, PJ Harvey, Rush and The Clash are the only ones that came close. I personally can’t believe The Clash didn’t make it. But oh well. Happy to see Pink Floyd, U2 and Led Zeppelin do so well. Hell, they all 3 beat the VU. Didn’t expect that.
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Post by wayved on Feb 8, 2007 23:43:45 GMT -5
I see that Toto, Grand Funk and Loverboy didnt make the cut. (just kidding!) Pink Floyd over Zeppelin? The Clash didnt make the list? I need to log off now.
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Post by upinkzeppelin2 on Feb 10, 2007 16:24:13 GMT -5
Didn't know if everyone saw this or not. Worked hard on it, I did.
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