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[MUSIC]Your Top 10 Favorite Artists

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Manny Ramirez, Jan 8, 2011.

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  1. ClutchCity3

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    1. Eason Chan
    2. Maximilian Hecker
    3. Chris Garneau
    4. Eminem (SSLP,MMLP,The Eminem Show)
    5. Radiohead
    6. Oasis
    7. Jay Chou
    8. Yoga Lin
    9. Stefanie Sun
    10. RADWIMPS
     
  2. FranchiseBlade

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    OK, but these are in no particular order.

    1. The Beatles

    2. The Pixies

    3. Devo

    4. The Clash

    5. The Kinks

    6. Elvis Costello

    7. New Order/Joy Division

    8. The Shins

    9. Adam and the Ants

    10. Big Country

    I'm sure I left some off, and if you asked me tomorrow some of the answers would change
     
  3. Rashmon

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    The Beetles as a group and individually - Winston O'Boogie, Percy Thrillington, Nelson Willbury, and Billy Shears
    Bob Dillon/The Bland
    The Whew
    Zed Leppelin
    Kneel Yung
    Lew Reid/Velveeta Undergrads
    The Klash
    Patti Smith (hmmm)
    Jeffro Tullis
    Schwarz Saturday
     
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  4. Manny Ramirez

    Manny Ramirez The Music Man

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    VoodooPope and AroundtheWorld reminded me of 2 that I had left off for honorable mentions in Traffic and Supertramp.

    Using the idea that Voice of Reason posted:

    Top 10 Favorite Jazz Artists
    1 - Miles Davis
    2 - John Coltrane
    3 - Sun Ra
    4 - Horace Silver
    5 - Mahavishnu Orchestra/John McLaughlin
    6 - Ornette Coleman
    7 - Sonny Rollins
    8 - Larry Coryell
    9 - Art Blakey
    10 - Weather Report

    Honorable mentions: Return to Forever/Chick Corea, Thelonious Monk, Cannoball Adderley, Sonny Clark, Joe Henderson, and Freddie Hubbard

    Top 10 Favorite Blues Artists
    1 - Howlin' Wolf
    2 - Muddy Waters
    3 - Blind Willie Johnson
    4 - Skip James
    5 - Son House
    6 - Robert Johnson
    7 - Eric Clapton (blues work only)
    8 - Little Walter
    9 - Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller)
    10 - John Lee Hooker

    Honorable mentions: Stevie Ray Vaughn, ZZ Top (early), Albert King, Freddie King, Otis Rush, BB King, and Buddy Guy

    Top 10 Favorite Classical Music Composers/Artists
    1 - Beethoven
    2 - Tchaikovsky
    3 - J.S. Bach
    4 - Handel
    5 - Dvorak
    6 - Debussy
    7 - Mozart
    8 - Grieg
    9 - Mussorgsky
    10 - Wagner

    Honorable mentions: Penderecki, Ligeti, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, Copland, Berlioz, and Bruckner.
     
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  5. studogg

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    in no particular order

    the beatles

    pink floyd

    radiohead

    wilco

    nine inch nails

    the cure

    pearl jam

    the smashing pumpkins

    the shins

    beck
     
  6. DFWRocket

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    no particular order

    Willie Nelson
    Ramones
    PIL
    Smiths
    Beatles
    Buddy Holly
    Garbage
    Weezer
    REM
    New Order
     
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    No particular order and biased towards recent listening:

    The Police
    Daft Punk
    Death Cab
    Nujabes
    Sigur Rós
    The Rolling Stones
    Led Zeppelin
    U2
    OutKast
     
  9. moonsh0t

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    Right now

    astronautalis
    grieves
    atmosphere
    bright eyes
    cursive
    the smiths
    ratatat
    eyedea (rip)
    broken bells
    black keys
     
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    1. the strokes
    2. radiohead
    3. the beatles
    4. the arcade fire
    5. rhcp
    6. spoon
    7. modest mouse
    8. arctic monkeys
    9. lcd soundsystem
    10. pink floyd
     
  11. Manny Ramirez

    Manny Ramirez The Music Man

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    Bumping this thread back as my top 10 of favorite artists has DRASTICALLY changed from the opening post!

    1 - Radiohead
    2 - Sigur Ros/Jonsi
    3 - Animal Collective/Panda Bear/Avey Tare
    4 - Wilco
    5 - Pink Floyd
    6 - Deerhunter/Atlas Sound/Lotus Plaza
    7 - Pere Ubu
    8 - Manic Street Preachers
    9 - Can
    10 - The Allman Brothers Band

    Solo artists are pretty much unchanged. Some other bands that are making progress towards my top 10 - Mercury Rev, Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, The Residents, and The Church.
     
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    Lotta Flaming Lips peeps in here, what album do I need to listen to to fall in love with them?
     
  13. Manny Ramirez

    Manny Ramirez The Music Man

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    I'm going to say The Soft Bulletin but I would get DCKid's input on this as well. Other favorites by them include Yoshimi, Transmissions from the Satellite Heart, and Clouds Taste Metallic.
     
  14. dandorotik

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    OK, all in fun, no offense meant, but isn't this thread supposed to be about your top 10 favorites of all time? Or was it supposed to be about top 10 favorites at any given moment? I would think the latter would be fairly easy- especially for yourself because you listen to a broad range of music.

    I think the much more difficult- and more thought-provoking- question is this: who are your top 10 favorite musical artists of all time, Manny? No distinction among solo or bands, no distinction among genres of music, just the top 10 - if they had a gun to your head, if your life depended on it, etc.

    Now, I completely understand that tastes change. But I do think that some can have a fairly consistent top 10 list. For example, I may enjoy listen to different types of music at different times, but I don't know if I can say that my own musical tastes change, or that my all-time favorite list changes radically. Maybe that's the case with some- interesting.

    So, is it possible for you to list an all-time top 10 musical artist list- knowing that there's very little separation between #10 and, say, #150, but that there are ultimate 10 musical artists who you have the most albums/CDs from, they're the top 10 in your Windows Media Player, you would take these 10 groups' catalogues to a desert island if you were only allowed to bring works from 10 groups, etc. Is that feasible?

    My list from page 1 has been that way for the past 10-15 years. The only change was that Radiohead went into my top 10 and Bob Dylan dropped out. And Cheap Trick moved up a few and The Kinks dropped a few. Other than that, the same. But, hey, totally understandable if that's not possible for some. Just curious.
     
  15. Manny Ramirez

    Manny Ramirez The Music Man

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    To be honest dando, this stuff goes in cycles for me. Until recently when I listened to "Animals", I had probably gone over 2 years without listening to Pink Floyd. :eek: I can't even tell you the last time I have listened to a Bob Dylan album. So, maybe to be fair, I should have clarified my last post by saying it was my 10 favorites that I have been listening to. Yet, you will notice all of those bands were listed as honorable mentions if they weren't in the top 10. Radiohead has pretty much has always been in my top 10 bands list and Sigur Ros is usually there, too. I have really gotten into Animal Collective (yea, I know I have drunk the Pitchfork kool-aid) in the last month and I have seen Wilco live twice in my life (and they kicked ass both times). So, my top 5 is defendable, in my eyes. After that, maybe not as much as I still need to go through the rest of the Manics discography and Can did release some stinker albums near the end.

    But you want my top 10 artists of all-time without distinguishing between bands and solo? Let's see:

    1 - Radiohead
    2 - Captain Beefheart
    3 - Van Morrison
    4 - Sigur Ros/Jonsi
    5 - Bruce Springsteen
    6 - Animal Collective/Panda Bear/Avey Tare
    7 - Wilco
    8 - Bob Dylan
    9 - Pink Floyd
    10 - Neil Young

    My problem (outside of liking too MUCH music) is that I am constantly listening to artists that aren't really in my top 10 because I am wanting to hear new and different stuff. It helps keep the older stuff more fresh, if you know what I mean.
     
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    36 Crazyfists
    Blue October
    Mumford and Sons
    The Dirtyheads
    Zac Brown Band
    Say Anything
    Garth Brooks
    Matt Nathanson
    Blindside
    This Day and Age

    No real order. Others would be: From Zero, Demon Hunter, From Autumn to Ashes, Brad Paisey, Jamie Johnson, Every Time I Die, This Day and Age, Atreyu, Two Tongues. I could go on.

    Flame away, Moes.
     
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    Soundgarden
    Tupac
    Lupe Fiasco
    Clint Mansell
    Nirvana
    STP
    RHCP
    Epik High
    BT
    Sarah McLachlan
    Dido

    That's in no particular order.
     
  18. Rocketman95

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    imma go right now:

    1. dr. dog
    2. the hold steady
    3. the avett brothers
    4. the black keys
    5. bruce springsteen
    6. bright eyes
    7. pete yorn
    8. the black crowes
    9. my morning jacket
    10. spoon

    overall, dmb is still my #1.
     
  19. ima_drummer2k

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    #7? Seriously? I don't know, there was always something comforting to me knowing that certain posters worshiped certain bands above all others - no questions asked:

    Surfguy - Rush
    Groogrux/RM95 - Dave Matthews Band
    ima_drummer2k - The Police
    and
    dandorotik - Cheap Trick

    You just rocked my world!

    Anyway, here's my list I guess..

    1. The Police (duh!)
    2. Rush
    3. Ten Hands
    4. Ben Folds Five
    5. RHCP (pre-BSSM years only....yes, I'm a RHCP snob...)
    6. Weezer (1st 4 albums)
    7. ZZ Top
    8. Van Halen (Diamond Dave era only)
    9. U2
    10. Arcade Fire (one of the few bbs "it" bands that I actually like)
     
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    ^^^^ glad i added my adendum!
     

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