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post #1 of 28
9/4/07 at 1:46pm
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If you could only listen to 20 artists for the rest of your life, who would they be? Looking at my own list, I realize it's almost exclusively populated with older, well known artists. That's not to say there aren't new, or more esoteric artists I really enjoy listening to, but these are the ones who IMO can pretty much do no wrong and who's body of work I enjoy, goes much deeper than a couple of good albums or a couple of good songs. Because of their track record, I'll find myself less critical of anything they do ... giving even their songs that I'm not initially impressed with a second and third chance to grow on me....and they often do. I've heard a couple of the older, over-played bands, like the Beatles, Zeppelin, and Stones for example, so many times that I'm somewhat burnt out by much of their catalogue, but I couldn't not include them and they'll always be in my top 20.

Anyway, it's fun to see what everyone's taste in music is.

So what's your top 20? Here's mine in no particular order.

Peter Gabriel / Genesis
Pink Floyd
David Bowie
Cure
U2
Kinks
Talking Heads / David Byrne
Strawbs
Tom Petty
Roxy Music / Brian Ferry
Chris Isaak
Neil Young
Eagles
Rolling Stones
Dire Straits / Mark Knopfler
Beatles
Supertramp
Blue Rodeo
Violent Femmes
Led Zeppelin

EDIT: The Amazing Rhythm Aces - out
Supertramp - in
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post #2 of 28
9/4/07 at 1:56pm
imogen heap
motley crue
harry connick jr
stanley jordan
the rippingtons
santana
beatles
tears for fears
men at work
spandau ballet
jean michelle jarre
guns n roses
jethro tull
UB40
fleetwood mac
kate bush
the smiths
joy division
elton john
INXS
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post #3 of 28
9/4/07 at 2:03pm
in no order:

the stone roses
wilco
television
pink floyd
david bowie
verve
my bloody valentine
the beatles
explosions in the sky
thelonious monk
pixies
bob dylan
suede
the smiths
joy division
manic street preachers
Blur (sorry oasis)
godspeed you! black emperor
the shins
the clash

not 100% on some of those...but it would be pretty close to that.
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post #4 of 28
9/4/07 at 2:11pm
Hmmm, I'm not sure that I have 20 that are worth saying they're "My Favorite"... There are a lot of bands I like, and a few I like a lot, but 20 favorites.... OK, I'll try.

In Alphabetical Order:

A Wilhelm Scream
August Burns Red
Bad Religion
Billy Talent
Circa Survive
Coheed and Cambria
Maynard Ferguson
Just Surrender
Lamb of God
Osker
NoFx
Saosin
Slipknot
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post #5 of 28
9/4/07 at 2:39pm
Let's see:

Queens of the Stone Age
Kyuss
Black Sabbath
Sleep
The Allman Brothers Band
Grateful Dead
Sunn O)))
Charles Mingus
Miles Davis
The Beatles
Sepultura
Pink Floyd
Jamiroquai
The Melvins
Bathory
Burzum
Isis
Squarepusher
Do Make Say Think
Boris


Honourable mentions:
Spacemen 3
Spiritualized
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Radiohead
Robert Johnson
Led Zeppelin
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post #6 of 28
9/4/07 at 2:58pm
1.The Beatles
2.Keith Jarrett
3.Jeff Buckley
4.Steely Dan
5.Charlie Parker
6.Led Zeppelin
7.John Lennon
8.Paul McCartney
9.Chick Corea
10.Wayne Shorter
11.Joni Mitchell
12.The Beach Boys
13.Stevie Wonder
14.John Coltrane
15.Miles Davis
16.Genesis
17.Pink Floyd
18.Weather Report
19.Frank Zappa
20.Emerson, Lake & Palmer
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post #7 of 28
9/4/07 at 4:09pm
1. Thelonious Monk
2. Keith Jarrett
3. Miles Davis
4. Tom Waits
5. Cassandra Wilson
6. Patricia Barber
7. Pat Metheny
8. Jon Hassell
9. David Sylvian
10.Led Zeppelin
11.Pink Floyd
12.The Cure
13.Depeche Mode
14.Archie Shepp
15.Marillion
16.The Beatles
17.Ray Charles
18.Arvo Part
19.Herbie Hancock
20.John Coltrane
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post #8 of 28
9/4/07 at 4:34pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Romis View Post
1. Thelonious Monk
2. Keith Jarrett
3. Miles Davis
4. Tom Waits
5. Cassandra Wilson
6. Patricia Barber
7. Pat Metheny
8. Jon Hassell
9. David Sylvian
10.Led Zeppelin
11.Pink Floyd
12.The Cure
13.Depeche Mode
14.Archie Shepp
15.Marillion
16.The Beatles
17.Ray Charles
18.Arvo Part
19.Herbie Hancock
20.John Coltrane
Awesome list
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post #9 of 28
9/4/07 at 5:22pm
Pink Floyd
Moody Blues
Beatles
Alan Parsons Project
Genesis
Supertramp
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Dire Straits
Eagles
Fleetwood Mac
Marillion
Simon & Garfunkel
Led Zeppelin
Little Feat
Camel
Eric Clapton
Bruce Springsteen
Elton John
SRV
Who

Bands and individuals of the origional bands

This should be expanded to genre as I have 20 blues favs. , 20- 50s groups, 20 gospel, 20 new age, 20......
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post #10 of 28
9/4/07 at 5:44pm
In alphabetical order:
  • Agalloch
  • Tori Amos
  • Fiona Apple
  • Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
  • Neko Case
  • Draconian
  • Patty Griffin
  • Ivy
  • lovesliescrushing
  • Shannon McNally
  • Metallica
  • Nina Nastasia
  • Joanna Newsom
  • Nine Inch Nails
  • Opeth
  • Poe
  • Rasputina
  • Sister Soleil
  • Slowdive
  • Trauma Pet
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post #11 of 28
9/4/07 at 6:34pm
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Black Sabbath
The Beatles

Metallica
Tool
Nine Inch Nails
Opeth
Danzig
Alice In Chains
Sevendust
Pantera

Misfits
Bad Religion
Pennywise
Suicidal Tendencies
Infectious Grooves

Ray Charles
Stevie Wonder

Paul Van Dyk
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post #12 of 28
9/4/07 at 7:49pm
ooh tough..

1.Pink Floyd / Roger Waters.
2. U2
3. Kate Bush
4. Smashing Pumpkins / Billy Corgan
5. Peter Gabriel
6. Radiohead
7. Joanna Newsom (fairly new but i know she'll last)
8. Fairport Convention / Sandy Denny
9. Neil Young
10. Brian Eno
11. Paul Weller
12. Fleetwood Mac (i suppose)
13. Pixies
14. ... i give up for now lol, too many
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post #13 of 28
9/4/07 at 8:07pm
I don't believe I even listen to that many artists... excluding instrumental performers, here's my list, in no particular order

The Beatles
Queen
Jethro Tull
Rush
Bad Religion
Freddie Mercury
Greg Graffin
The Who
Bob Dylan
Cymande
John Denver
John Lennon
Led Zeppelin
Paul McCartney
NoFX
Sublime
They Might Be Giants
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (I'm from Cleveland, I ate this for breakfast in high school)
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post #14 of 28
9/4/07 at 8:23pm
Emperor
Moonsorrow
Amon Amarth
Agalloch
Bathory
Dark Tranquillity
Drudkh
Enslaved
In the Woods...
Satyricon
Hypocrisy
Katatonia
Kreator
Necrophagist
Nile
Nevermore
October Tide
Opeth
Primordial
Slayer
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post #15 of 28
9/4/07 at 8:26pm
In no particular order, and it'll probably change when I hit myself on the head tomorrow and think, "Huh, no Charlie Parker? Jimi Hendrix? Talking Heads? Howlin' Wolf?!?"

1. James Brown (REALLY surprised that I'm the first one to mention him)
2. Miles Davis
3. Sly Stone
4. Neil Young
5. The Clash
6. Billie Holiday
7. Thelonious Monk
8. Duke Ellington
9. George Clinton
10. Aretha Franklin
11. Bob Dylan
12. Sam Cooke
13. John Lennon
14. Ornette Coleman
15. The Rolling Stones
16. Hank Williams
17. Fela Kuti
18. Prince
19. John Coltrane
20. Michael Jackson
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