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Title: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: RCMerchant on August 06, 2008, 08:37:38 PM
Ok. I'm going (in my case) for the Top Ten in importance to me by decades...as I was growing up.



1.ROLLING STONES
2.JIMI HENDRIX
3. BLACK SABBATH
4.the STOOGES
5.LED ZEPPILIN
6.the RAMONES
7.MOTORHEAD
8.AC/DC
9.the CRAMPS
1o.the DEAD KENNEDYS

...of course...this list is subject to change with he movement of the stars or the rotatation of the planets....!

Stones....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulVDM0a49Lw

Kennedys!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AWQEFOSGn0

Please! Feel free to post videos! That makes it more fun!!!!!   :cheers:


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: Torgo on August 06, 2008, 08:53:28 PM
1) The Beatles
2) The Police
3) AC/DC
4) The Clash
5) Faith No More
6) Led Zeppelin
7) Iron Maiden
8) Judas Priest
9) Red Hot Chili Peppers
10)Primus 


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: Mr. DS on August 06, 2008, 08:54:49 PM
1.) White Zombie
2.) Aerosmith
3.) RATT
4.) The Cult
5.) Metallica
6.) Pantera
7.) NIN
8.) Alice In Chains
9.) Testament
10.) Def Lepard


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: Rev. Powell on August 06, 2008, 09:07:03 PM
According to last.fm they are...

1. Johann Sebastian Bach   
2. Tom Waits   
3. Louis Armstrong   
4. Miles Davis   
5. Johnny Cash   
6. Antonio Vivaldi   
7. Johannes Brahms   
8. Ludwig van Beethoven   
9. Anonymous 4   
10.  Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire 

Excluding jazz and classical I get:

1. Tom Waits
2. Johnny Cash
3. Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire
4. The Beatles
5. Lightnin' Hopkins
6. Amália Rodrigues
7. The Pogues   
8. The Mekons   
9. Leadbelly
10. Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys 
 





Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: RCMerchant on August 06, 2008, 09:07:37 PM


Darksider: I gotta say....AEROSMITH had a big part in my life...I seen them when I was ripped on pot and wine (both from a water bong while standing in line) in 1978 .

my favorite song...NOBODY's FAULT!!!

DAM! It's Armegeddon put to music! It was my THEME in the mid-70's as a long hair fu#ck up in the 70's!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7ykEyZyiVk

...and I seen them AGAIN in 1990! GreaT both times!



Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: Jack on August 07, 2008, 07:20:02 AM
1)  Dione Warwick - my folks had an 8-track of hers ("Walk on By" I think) when I was a little kid.  I must have worn it out.
2)  Black Sabbath - the first time I heard these guys I was standing outside a video arcade.  Some guy had them playing on a boom box.  It just floored me.
3)  Led Zeppelin - If I had a dollar for every night me and my buddy spent smokin' dope and listening to Zeppelin  :teddyr:  They were actually the reason I started playing guitar.
4)  Jimi Hendrix - great guitar playing and emotional songs.
5)  Van Halen - before the were Van Hagar of course.
6)  Metallica - I was listening to these guys years before anybody else had ever heard of them.  I think I stopped listening to them a couple years before most people as well - saved me a lot of disappointment.
7)  Dokken - If you're going to listen to hair metal, might as well listen to Dokken.  Never cared for Don's lyrics, but George's guitar playing was more often than not magnificent.
8)  Troy Stetina - Writes a ton of instructional books for guitar.  I've got about half of them.  A major influence on my playing, a great songwriter,  and an all-around virtuoso player.
9)  Journey - should probably put these guys higher on the list.  C'mon, their music is just awesome!  Very emotional, marvelously composed, performed with a level of skill and talent than most bands could only dream of.
10)  Pat Benatar - Must have listened to all her early albums at least 50 times.  Love her voice, love the songwriting, love the energy.


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: Patient7 on August 07, 2008, 10:34:11 AM
1. Black Sabbath
2. ACDC
3. Guns n' Roses
4. Jimi Hendrix
5. Rolling Stones
6. Dispatch
7. Goo Goo Dolls
8. The Allman Brothers
9. Lynard Skynard
10. Edit, Led Zeppelin


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: Allhallowsday on August 07, 2008, 11:48:49 AM
VLADO PERLEMUTER
FATS WALLER
JOSHUA RIFKIN
MAURICE RAVEL
THE BEATLES
THE STOOGES
LED ZEPPELIN
JUNE CHRISTY
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
PIERRE MONTEUX


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: Psycho Circus on August 07, 2008, 05:09:14 PM
1. W.A.S.P.
2. Kix
3. Overkill
4. Judas Priest
5. Whitesnake
6. Kiss
7. Megadeth
8. Dokken
9. Winger
10. Ratt


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: voltron on August 07, 2008, 05:50:00 PM
1. Pink Floyd
2. Black Sabbath
3. Killing Joke
4. Swans
5. Skinny Puppy
6. Godflesh
7. Slowdive
8. Jesu
9. Angels Of Light
10. Scorn

(This list is subject to change on a daily basis).


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: Sister Grace on August 07, 2008, 07:08:35 PM
1. Boyd Rice
2. The Ramones
3. Descendents
4. Death in June
5. The Adicts
6. Misfits
7. Doris Day
8. NON
9. Nick Cave
10. Nurse with Wound or Bauhaus


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: HappyGilmore on August 07, 2008, 08:42:33 PM
VLADO PERLEMUTER
FATS WALLER
JOSHUA RIFKIN
MAURICE RAVEL
THE BEATLES
THE STOOGES
LED ZEPPELIN
JUNE CHRISTY
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
PIERRE MONTEUX

You've got a great taste in music, but I don't know about half your list.  Which is either a good thing or a bad thing, depending.  Usually, in the "Listening to" thread, I know who you post for the most part.  But you add someone like Claude Debussy and I"m like "Who?" :question:


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: HappyGilmore on August 07, 2008, 08:55:33 PM
I'm a base this on my own personal preference of who I ENJOY listening to, as opposed to "They're influential, etc." lists I see in magazines.

1.) "Weird Al" Yankovic
2.) Pink Floyd
3.) Alice in Chains
4.) Bloodhound Gang
5.) The Clash
6.) Metallica
7.) Buddy Holly
8.) Weezer
9.) The Ramones
10.) Beastie Boys


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: Rev. Powell on August 07, 2008, 09:57:30 PM
VLADO PERLEMUTER
FATS WALLER
JOSHUA RIFKIN
MAURICE RAVEL
THE BEATLES
THE STOOGES
LED ZEPPELIN
JUNE CHRISTY
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
PIERRE MONTEUX

You've got a great taste in music, but I don't know about half your list.  Which is either a good thing or a bad thing, depending.  Usually, in the "Listening to" thread, I know who you post for the most part.  But you add someone like Claude Debussy and I"m like "Who?" :question:

First, how do you know he has great taste in music if you don't know half his list?  They could be awful!

Second, are you saying you don't know who Claude Debussy is, but you recognize VLADO PERLEMUTER???

(No offense, Happy, I'm just funnin' with ya.  I'm just jealous because you don't recognize half MY list, but you don't think I have great taste in music. But you did recognize the Dead Milkmen a while back, so you'll always have a place in my heart).


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: Allhallowsday on August 07, 2008, 10:14:36 PM
VLADO PERLEMUTER FATS WALLER JOSHUA RIFKIN MAURICE RAVEL THE BEATLES THE STOOGES LED ZEPPELIN JUNE CHRISTY CLAUDE DEBUSSY PIERRE MONTEUX
You've got a great taste in music, but I don't know about half your list.  Which is either a good thing or a bad thing, depending.  Usually, in the "Listening to" thread, I know who you post for the most part.  But you add someone like Claude Debussy and I"m like "Who?" :question:
Now if you'd said: "But you add someone like Joshua Rifkin and I'm like "Who?""  I wouldn't be surprised.  On the other hand, CLAUDE DEBUSSY was a well known French composer (some of whose tunes you probably know) who influenced many composers (think film scorers); his orchestral works were recorded by the Boston Symphony conducted by PIERRE MONTEUX whose interpretations are defining and legendary.  (Believe me, it is very easy for an orchestra to muck up DEBUSSY -and not often because of DEBUSSY!) 

Oh!  BELA wanted videos!  Here's some finds... if you notice a pattern, yeh, I like the piano. 
The great FATS WALLER twice because the first (2.45 minutes) tho' great, has too much LENA HORNE IN (the second clip is under 3 minutes):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzynQ8LPyAMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in1eK3x1PBI&NR=1

To my own surprise, I found a lot of VLADO PERLEMUTER, the master, at youtube; as far as I've found almost nobody else could or now can play RAVEL's piano works.  The first clip is under 4 minutes; the second one was hard to find and I'm slackjawed by it.  Don't look at the "old man."  Listen to what he plays (7 worthwhile minutes):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6TFWsaf3g8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez1s9JCzvQg&feature=related
JOSHUA RIFKIN recorded an important early album series of SCOTT JOPLIN piano rags, which I am very fond of and here is... someone... playing "Gladiolus Rag" (under 4 minutes).  And JOSHUA RIFKIN playing and commentating on another piano style (10 minutes long and probably boring for most): 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vryyE-ljJBs&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzHXKS2Fz-w

PIERRE MONTEUX is on youtube, but not conducting DEBUSSY, and for me they go hand in hand (like VLADO PERLEMUTER and MAURICE RAVEL).  This last clip is probably DEBUSSY's best known tune "Clair de Lune" and is for listening only: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJPpWr_ayVU


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: Pilgermann on August 08, 2008, 01:31:39 AM
Hard to narrow down but here goes:

Radiohead
The Church
The Beach Boys
Charles Ives
Genesis
The Beatles
Brian Eno
The Flaming Lips
Talk Talk
XTC


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: HappyGilmore on August 08, 2008, 08:33:25 AM
VLADO PERLEMUTER
FATS WALLER
JOSHUA RIFKIN
MAURICE RAVEL
THE BEATLES
THE STOOGES
LED ZEPPELIN
JUNE CHRISTY
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
PIERRE MONTEUX

You've got a great taste in music, but I don't know about half your list.  Which is either a good thing or a bad thing, depending.  Usually, in the "Listening to" thread, I know who you post for the most part.  But you add someone like Claude Debussy and I"m like "Who?" :question:

First, how do you know he has great taste in music if you don't know half his list?  They could be awful!

Second, are you saying you don't know who Claude Debussy is, but you recognize VLADO PERLEMUTER???

(No offense, Happy, I'm just funnin' with ya.  I'm just jealous because you don't recognize half MY list, but you don't think I have great taste in music. But you did recognize the Dead Milkmen a while back, so you'll always have a place in my heart).
Thing is though, I know most of the people and artists you listed, and am a fan of a majority of them.  In fact, of the twenty you mentioned, only 4 I'm not exactly sure who the hell they are.  But I see you listed Bach and Vivaldi.  Excellent choices there, in all seriousness. 

And yeah, I'm a bit fond of the Milkmen.  Even had them as my Myspace song/artist for a bit.


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: Cult Movie Mania on August 08, 2008, 04:30:36 PM
As you can see, I'm (still!) an '80s Waver:

1. Simple Minds
2. U2
3. Big Country
4. The Human League
5. China Crisis
6. ABC (coming to Florida Aug. 30th!!!)
7. Men Without Hats
8. Pet Shop Boys
9. The Style Council/Paul Weller
10. Ultravox


I also dig '70s/'80s alternative; people mentioned Nick Cave, Ramones, Eno, Talk Talk/Mark Hollis, Clash, Bauhaus, Killing Joke, Skinny Puppy, etc.


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: JaseSF on August 08, 2008, 04:54:31 PM
Well my tastes have changed over the years but here's perhaps my all-time ten faves:

1) R.E.M.
2) Midnight Oil
3) Spirit of the West
4) The Ramones
5) The Skydiggers
6) The Misfits
7) The Clash
8) Blue Oyster Cult
9) The Cars
10) 54-40

Also really like the following: Nirvana, Pink Floyd, CCR, Bon Jovi, Tom Petty, Type O Negative, U2, The Grapes of Wrath,  P.M. Dawn, Ozzy Osbourne, Our Lady Peace, Living Colour, Lenny Kravitz, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Kinks, Black Flag, Beastie Boys, Alice Cooper


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: Cult Movie Mania on August 11, 2008, 04:50:29 AM
1. W.A.S.P.
2. Kix
3. Overkill
4. Judas Priest
5. Whitesnake
6. Kiss
7. Megadeth
8. Ratt
9. Great White
10. Winger

Looking back, '80s metal was pretty interesting.  As mentioned, I was more of a New Waver, but had a soft spot for the gender-bending metal acts of the early '80s, such as Ratt and Twisted Sister.  Nowadays, the rivetheads and wavers find themselves in similar predicaments - that style of music is no longer around anymore, nor is it particularly revered, at least by newer generations, or am I wrong about that?


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: Derf on August 11, 2008, 09:45:31 AM
I'm not sure I can narrow it down to 10, but here goes something:

In no particular order:
1. Tom Petty
2. Hank Williams, Sr.
3. Bing Crosby
4. The Andrews Sisters
5. They Might Be Giants
6. Petra (w/Greg Volz)
7. Tonio K.
8. Mark Heard
9. Nat "King" Cole
10. Amy Grant

With honorable mentions to
Weird Al
Martin Denny
Louis Armstrong
Barry Manilow
The Dukes of Dixieland

and a myriad of others too numerous to think of to mention right now.


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: Eyesore on August 11, 2008, 09:39:56 PM
The Flaming Lips
Eels
Modest Mouse
Cracker
John Frusciante
Rage Against the Machine
Pixies
Rx Bandits
Weezer
Soundgarden


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: Allhallowsday on August 11, 2008, 10:03:12 PM
As you can see, I'm (still!) an '80s Waver:1. Simple Minds
2. U2
Saw SIMPLE MINDS open for the PRETENDERS on their Learning To Crawl tour, both bands were awe-inspiring.  Also saw U2 a year or two later, they were all a .25 inch high...!!  :lookingup: (It was Giants Stadium.) 
Well my tastes have changed over the years but here's perhaps my all-time ten faves:
1) R.E.M. 2) Midnight Oil 3) Spirit of the West 4) The Ramones 5) The Skydiggers 6) The Misfits 7) The Clash 8) Blue Oyster Cult 9) The Cars 10) 54-40 ...
Saw MIDNIGHT OIL at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, what a great show!!!  I think it's being demolished (the theatre.)   :bluesad:

In no particular order: 1. Tom Petty 2. Hank Williams, Sr. 3. Bing Crosby 4. The Andrews Sisters 5. They Might Be Giants 6. Petra (w/Greg Volz) 7. Tonio K. 8. Mark Heard 9. Nat "King" Cole 10. Amy Grant
LOUIS ARMSTRONG mentioned even before you (and not by me) would have to be my number 11... NAT KING COLE, HANK WILLIAMS would be 12 and 13 or vice versa...


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: ghouck on August 11, 2008, 10:18:16 PM
Jimi Hendrix
Frank Zappa
AC/DC
Bloodhound Gang
Marilyn Manson
Weird Al (definitely the best at what HE does)
MC Chris (Also the best at what HE does)
Ozzy Osbourne
Nine Inch Nails
Motley Crue, , in their Shout/Theater of pain days



I also have to cast an anti-vote for Led Zepplin and Pink Floyd, , IMO two of the most over-rated bands ever, along with Chicago.


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: Psycho Circus on August 12, 2008, 05:52:02 AM
Jimi Hendrix
Frank Zappa
AC/DC
Bloodhound Gang
Marilyn Manson
Weird Al (definitely the best at what HE does)
MC Chris (Also the best at what HE does)
Ozzy Osbourne
Nine Inch Nails
Motley Crue, , in their Shout/Theater of pain days


I also have to cast an anti-vote for Led Zepplin and Pink Floyd, , IMO two of the most over-rated bands ever, along with Chicago.

I agree with you about Pink Floyd and to an extent, Zeppelin. I have a ton of respect for Led Zep, but I have never been able to get into their music, just always got bored with 'em.

Also, I nearly put Motley Crue on my list, because they were a big influence on me and the crazyness I pursued at 18.
But at the end of the day, they are not a great band musically. (Peter Cetera solo, is better than Chicago)


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: ghouck on August 12, 2008, 09:57:55 AM
Motley Crue also is the epitome of the rich and famous getting away with murder. Vince Neil killed a passenger and seriously injured two others from DWI, and did 15 days in jail. I know of a person that was DWI and ran over a drunk woman laying in the road passed out and they got a number of years. Ozzy Osbourne said when the ytoured together even HE couldn't hang with their lifestyle. You're right, as musicians they kinda suck, , Mick Mars IMO is the only one with true talent.


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: Psycho Circus on August 12, 2008, 10:03:38 AM
Motley Crue also is the epitome of the rich and famous getting away with murder. Vince Neil killed a passenger and seriously injured two others from DWI, and did 15 days in jail. I know of a person that was DWI and ran over a drunk woman laying in the road passed out and they got a number of years. Ozzy Osbourne said when the ytoured together even HE couldn't hang with their lifestyle. You're right, as musicians they kinda suck, , Mick Mars IMO is the only one with true talent.

Oh yeah, Mick deserves alot of credit, I don't have any respect for Motley any more now that they tour with Papa Roach & Buckcherry. Also, I was outraged when they released a box set called: "Music to crash your car to", total slap in the face for Hanoi and those victims.


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: HappyGilmore on August 12, 2008, 10:05:50 AM
As you can see, I'm (still!) an '80s Waver:1. Simple Minds
2. U2
Saw SIMPLE MINDS open for the PRETENDERS on their Learning To Crawl tour, both bands were awe-inspiring.  Also saw U2 a year or two later, they were all a .25 inch high...!!  :lookingup: (It was Giants Stadium.) 
Well my tastes have changed over the years but here's perhaps my all-time ten faves:
1) R.E.M. 2) Midnight Oil 3) Spirit of the West 4) The Ramones 5) The Skydiggers 6) The Misfits 7) The Clash 8) Blue Oyster Cult 9) The Cars 10) 54-40 ...
Saw MIDNIGHT OIL at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, what a great show!!!  I think it's being demolished (the theatre.)   :bluesad:

Yeah, it's being demolished at the end of the 2009 season for the Phantoms.  That's in April, so I'm guessing sometime in May it'll be down.  


Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: zombie no.one on August 12, 2008, 02:06:14 PM
can't figure out whether to do a list based on what I would class as genuine musical accomplishment, or just based on what I personally like to listen to, which is sometimes the opposite...

for example, this track doesnt really have any musical 'merit' but I listen to it all the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YbVQ512Lg0  :thumbup:


and then you've got someone like Miles Davis who is a true pioneer and a genius, but I just can't listen to his music for more than 20 seconds without wanting to turn it off!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTfBpKzu6XA  :thumbdown:



Title: Re: Your Top ten musical artists....
Post by: darthchicken on August 27, 2008, 06:55:51 PM
I find it hard to pick favorites, but here they are in no real order.

Guns N' Roses
The Doors
Black Sabbath
Rage Against the Machine
Nirvana
Alice in Chains
The Clash
The Ramones
Hendrix
Creedence Clearwater Revival