Acclaimed Music Forum

Taylor

Oct 21, 07 - 12:52 AM

Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

1. The Beatles- YES
2. The Rolling Stones- agreed
3. Bob Dylan- 5th
4. David Bowie- to high
5. Led Zeppelin- 3rd
6. Bruce Springsteen- way to high
7. Prince- to high but is great
8. The Who- about right
9. Elvis Presley- Chuch Berry should be ahead of him
10. Jimi Hendrix- 4th
11. The Beach Boys- top ten
12. The Velvet Underground- about right
13. R.E.M.- out of there league
14. Marvin Gaye- I don't know
15. U2- the most overrated artists on this list.
16. The Clash- maybe
17. Neil Young- for sure
18. Nirvana- like them but were not around long enough
19. Radiohead- great band
20. Stevie Wonder- yes

Neoptolemos

Oct 21st, 2007 - 1:34 AM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

1) Bob Dylan
2) Bruce Springsteen
3) The Who
4) The Rolling Stones
5) The Beach Boys
6) The Velvet Underground
7) U2
8) David Bowie
9) The Beatles
10) R.E.M.
11) Prince
12) Elvis Presley
13) Marvin Gaye
14) The Clash
15) Led Zeppelin
16) Neil Young
17) Stevie Wonder
18) Radiohead
19) Jimi Hendrix
20) Nirvana

Hm, that was quite tough.

Neoptolemos

Oct 21st, 2007 - 1:35 AM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

Whoops, I mixed up Bruce and The Who.

damosuzuki

Oct 21st, 2007 - 3:19 AM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

1 The Beatles
3 Bob Dylan
2 The Rolling Stones
20 Stevie Wonder
9 Elvis Presley
11 The Beach Boys
17 Neil Young
8 The Who
7 Prince
10 Jimi Hendrix
14 Marvin Gaye
5 Led Zeppelin
6 Bruce Springsteen
12 The Velvet Underground
15 U2
16 The Clash
18 Nirvana
19 Radiohead
13 R.E.M.
4 David Bowie

John

Oct 21st, 2007 - 3:43 AM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

1. The Beatles
2. David Bowie
3. Radiohead
4. The Velvet Underground
5. R.E.M.
6. Bob Dylan
7. Prince
8. Neil Young
9. The Beach Boys
10. The Rolling Stones
11. Neil Young- for sure
12. Bruce Springsteen
13. The Who
14. Jimi Hendrix
15. Stevie Wonder
16. Led Zeppelin
17. The Clash
18. Nirvana
19. U2
20. Marvin Gaye
21. Elvis Presley

14. Marvin Gaye- I don't know
15. U2- the most overrated artists on this list.

20. Stevie Wonder- yes

John

Oct 21st, 2007 - 3:45 AM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

That's what you'd call poor cutting and pasting/ double checking.

Moonbeam

Oct 21st, 2007 - 4:25 AM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

Note the spacing:

1. Prince (duh)

2. David Bowie
3. Stevie Wonder
4. The Velvet Underground

5. U2
6. The Clash
7. Nirvana
8. Jimi Hendrix

9. Marvin Gaye
10. Radiohead

11. R.E.M.
12. Bruce Springsteen
13. Neil Young

14. The Rolling Stones
15. Led Zeppelin

16. Bob Dylan
17. The Beach Boys

18. Elvis Presley
19. The Who
20. The Beatles

jonmarck

Oct 21st, 2007 - 4:26 AM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

1) Bob Dylan
2) The Beatles
3) Neil Young
4) Radiohead
5) Jimi Hendrix
6) David Bowie
7) U2
8) Stevie Wonder
9) Bruce Springsteen
10) The Rolling Stones
11) The Clash
12) Led Zeppelin
13) Nirvana
14) The Who
15) The Beach Boys
16) The Velvet Underground
17) Marvin Gaye
18) R.E.M.
19) Prince
20) Elvis Presley

MightyMadMax

Oct 21st, 2007 - 8:55 AM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

1. Radiohead
2. The Beatles
3. Bob Dylan
4. R.E.M.
5. Jimi Hendrix
6. Led Zeppelin
7. The Clash
8. Nirvana
9. Stevie Wonder
10. The Rolling Stones
11. The Velvet Underground
12. U2
13. The Who
14. Marvin Gaye
15. David Bowie
16. The Beach Boys
17. Prince
18. Elvis Presley
19. Bruce Springsteen
20. Neil Young

Dumbangel

Oct 21st, 2007 - 11:19 AM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

1. The Beach Boys
2. The Beatles
3. The Rolling Stones
4. Neil Young
5. Stevie Wonder
6. Led Zeppelin
7. Marvin Gaye
8. Radiohead
9. The Who
10.U2
11.David Bowie
12.Jimi Hendrix
13.R.E.M.
14.Nirvana
15.Elvis Presley
16.Prince
17.The Velvet Underground
18.The Clash
19.Bruce Springsteen
20.Bob Dylan

Henrik

Oct 21st, 2007 - 5:58 PM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

1. The Beatles
2. David Bowie
3. Prince
4. Neil Young
5. Radiohead
6. Stevie Wonder
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Bob Dylan
9. The Velvet Underground
10. U2
11. Jimi Hendrix
12. Marvin Gaye
13. The Beach Boys
14. Bruce Springsteen
15. Elvis Presley
16. R.E.M.
17. Nirvana
18. Led Zeppelin
19. The Clash
20. The Who

nicolas

Oct 21st, 2007 - 9:15 PM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

1)Beatles
1)Bruce Springsteen
3)Neil Young
4)Bob Dylan
5) Jimi Hendrix
6) Stevie Wonder
7)Rolling Stones
8)Who
9)Led Zep
10)Bowie
11)Beach Boys
12)Marvin
13) Elvis
14) Prince
15)Clash
16) Radiohead
17) U2
18) REM
19)Nirvana
20) Velvet Underground

And I like them all

Slush

Oct 21st, 2007 - 11:39 PM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

Blur goes above all these bands, but:

2. The Rolling Stones (my #2)
6. Bruce Springsteen (my #3)
16. The Clash (my #5 or 6, depending on the day)
3. Bob Dylan (my #5 or 6, depending on the day)
8. The Who (my #10)
13. R.E.M. (probably my #11 or 12, though rising)
1. The Beatles (#13 or #14, depending on the day)
11. The Beach Boys (#13 or #14, depending on the day)
14. Marvin Gaye (top 20)
12. The Velvet Underground (top 20)
4. David Bowie (top 25)
20. Stevie Wonder (top 25)
19. Radiohead (top 25, though In Rainbows might boost them)
15. U2 (top 30)
9. Elvis Presley (top 40)
17. Neil Young (top 40)
5. Led Zeppelin (top 75)
10. Jimi Hendrix (top 75)
7. Prince (top 100)
18. Nirvana (top infinity)

DrDre

Oct 22nd, 2007 - 6:13 PM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

1) R.E.M.
2) The Beatles
3) U2
4) Neil Young
5) Bob Dylan
6) The Rolling Stones
7) Radiohead
8) David Bowie
9) Bruce Springsteen
10) Nirvana
11) The Beach Boys
12) The Clash
13) The Velvet Underground
14) Stevie Wonder
15) Led Zeppelin
16) Elvis Presley
17) Marvin Gaye
18) Prince
19) The Who
20) Jimi Hendrix

Schwah

Oct 23rd, 2007 - 1:22 AM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

1. The Beatles
2. Bob Dylan
3. The Rolling Stones
4. David Bowie
5. Prince
6. Radiohead
7. The Who
8. Neil Young
9. Stevie Wonder
10. U2
11. The Velvet Underground
12. Jimi Hendrix
13. Bruce Springsteen
14. The Clash
15. Marvin Gaye
16. Led Zeppelin
17. The Beach Boys
18. R.E.M.
19. Nirvana
20. Elvis Presley

Looking forward to Acclaimed Music Forum Survivor so we can start knocking some of these guys down.

Miguel

Oct 23rd, 2007 - 10:02 AM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

1. The Beatles
2. Neil Young
3. The Beach Boys
4. R.E.M.
5. The Who
6. The Velvet Underground
7. Stevie Wonder
8. Elvis Presley
9. Marvin Gaye
10. David Bowie
11. Led Zeppelin
12. Nirvana
13. Bruce Springsteen
14. Bob Dylan
15. U2
16. The Rolling Stones
17. Prince
18. Jimi Hendrix
19. Radiohead
20. The Clash

otisredding

Oct 23rd, 2007 - 10:48 AM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

01 Bob Dylan
02 David Bowie
03 The Rolling Stones
04 The Beatles
05 Marvin Gaye
06 Bruce Springsteen
07 The Clash
08 Neil Young
09 Prince
10 Stevie Wonder
11 R.E.M.
12 The Velvet Underground
13 Jimi Hendrix
14 The Beach Boys
15 The Who
16 Led Zeppelin
17 Elvis Presley
18 U2
19 Radiohead
20 Nirvana

schleuse

Oct 23rd, 2007 - 2:18 PM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

1. The Beatles
2. R.E.M.

Some might be surprised that I ranked my favorite band at #2. Sometimes you have to recognize a distinction between your personal taste and your critical awareness. So, even though I am much more fond of Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe than John, Paul, George and Ringo, I cannot in good faith claim that R.E.M. are a "greater" band than the Beatles. I wish I could.

3. Bob Dylan
4. The Clash
5. Velvet Underground
6. Rolling Stones
7. Prince
8. David Bowie
9. Neil Young
10. Nirvana
11. Stevie Wonder
12. Beach Boys
13. Jimi Hendrix
14. U2
15. The Who
16. Bruce Springsteen
17. Marvin Gaye
18. Radiohead
19. Elvis Presley
20. Led Zeppelin

I have immense admiration and respect for everyone from #1-18. And I like Elvis.

Anthony

Oct 23rd, 2007 - 5:26 PM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

1. The Beatles: took only 7 years to create their legacy as the greatest band in pop music history. No other group churned out more creative and stunning pieces of work in such a short period of time.
2. Bob Dylan
3. Radiohead
4. Stevie Wonder
5. U2
6. Jimi Hendrix
7. R.E.M.
8. David Bowie
9. Prince
10. Led Zeppelin
11. The Who
12. Neil Young
13. Marvin Gaye
14. The Beach Boys
15. Bruce Springsteen
16. The Clash
17. Nirvana
18. The Rolling Stones
19. The Velvet Underground
20. Elvis Presley

Beatles in #1: 9
Beatles in Top 10: 7

And then there’s Moonbeam.

Taylor

Oct 23rd, 2007 - 6:16 PM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

I am not the biggest Elvis fan but he is doing poorly what is the reason. I notice this with today's musicians also always citing Beatles and even Dylan more than him.

Anthony

Oct 23rd, 2007 - 7:09 PM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

Because he's not an artist, in the Dylan/Wonder/Bowie/etc. sense of the word. He was a singer who, as jonmarck says, got lucky one day.

Collin

Nov 4th, 2007 - 1:41 AM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

Fun exercise

The Beatles
The Velvet Underground
Radiohead
The Clash
Neil Young
The Who
Bob Dylan
David Bowie
Jimi Hendrix
U2
Stevie Wonder
The Beach Boys
R.E.M.
Led Zeppelin
Nirvana
Marvin Gaye
The Rolling Stones
Bruce Springsteen
Elvis Presley
Prince

Moonbeam

Nov 4th, 2007 - 2:24 AM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

LOL- "And then there's Moonbeam".

Midaso

Nov 4th, 2007 - 6:21 AM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

The Beatles are the 'greatest' band ever - but the best ever? Far from it...

Midaso

Nov 4th, 2007 - 6:46 AM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

Well I guess if I have it in order of favouritism:
1)Bob Dylan
2)Neil Young
3)Bruce Springsteen
4)U2
5)Prince
6)Beach Boys
7)Jimi Hendrix
8)Radiohead
9)David Bowie
10)Stevie Wonder
11)Beatles
12)Rolling Stones
13)Marvin Gaye
14)The Who
15)Velvet Underground
16)Elvis Presley
17)The Clash
18)R.E.M.
19)Led Zeppelin
20)Nirvana

Nevermind

Nov 4th, 2007 - 3:52 PM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

The Beatles are the 'greatest' band ever - but the best ever? Far from it... Well prove it. All I know is they have been the biggest impact on music the past 40 years. Dylan influence is mainly lyrics. The Beatles influence is so wide ranging everthing from power pop to progressive rock. They started classic rock. Wikipedia

The origins of the classic rock radio format can be traced back to The Beatles' groundbreaking album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which would forever change several courses of the rock and roll format, especially with the slow rise of FM broadcasting, even though a majority of people were still listening to AM radio. Since Sgt. Pepper did not spawn any singles, both AM and FM stations began to play select tracks from the album in an attempt to retain listeners. Soon both stations and artists realized that album cuts rather than Top 40-oriented singles could be a major source of radio airplay and artist visibility.

Midaso

Nov 4th, 2007 - 7:18 PM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

OK - well by best,I didn't mean the greatest impact. My favourite bands are the likes of The Smiths,The Cure,Radiohead and Joy Division - the thing with those bands is there is so much more depth in their songs than those of the Beatles. Most of The Beatles' songs are catchy with little lyrical depth - they say nothing to me about my life. Morrissey and Ian Curtis were genius lyricists who wrote songs that speak to me - most of the Beatles stuff is so glib,many of the songs on the White Album,Sgt. Peppers and Abbey Road are so lame - Maxwell's Silver Hammer? What are they 12? The Smiths,The Cure those bands were on a different maturity level - not only better and more meaningful lyrics - also,the music behind them was so great,creating lush,atmospheric,textured sounds...

Nevermind

Nov 4th, 2007 - 8:09 PM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

I think the Beatles wrote lame songs but so did everyone else. If you want deep lyrics then listen to the Inner Light, She Leaving Home or one of the early ones Theres A Place a very dark song for 1963. Listen to the guitar sound of Revolution that is basically punk or alternative music in 1968. I really could care less about lyrics, I care about the music and the sound.

The Beatles ended 50's rock and roll and started a new era and then Dylan became big. Those are the two artists who had the most impact on today's music. The early sound of rock and roll is dead you don't hear Elvis or Chuck Berry type of rock in today's music. They were not hard rock, progressive rock, power pop, folk rock and psychedelic rock. In Elvis case he was not even a songwriter. My choices are The Beatles, Dylan and Hendrix.

Loophole

Nov 6th, 2007 - 12:56 AM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

Bob Dylan
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Beach Boys
The Who
The Clash
Elvis Presley
The Velvet Underground
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
Radiohead
Marvin Gaye
Prince
Bruce Springsteen
R.E.M.
Neil Young
David Bowie
Stevie Wonder
Nirvana
U2 - The only one I actually dislike.

JImbop

Nov 7th, 2007 - 4:49 AM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

beatles
radiohead
dylan
stones
bowie
hendrix
nirvana
that will do

BGs

Nov 9th, 2007 - 3:24 AM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

I have three categories:

I'm in love with these artists, and am familiar with almost all of their work (while of course being able to discriminate between their best stuff and their duds)
1.) The Beatles
2.) The Rolling Stones
3.) Bob Dylan
4.) David Bowie
5.) Led Zeppelin
6.) Stevie Wonder
7.) Neil Young
8.) The Velvet Underground
9.) R.E.M.
10.) Radiohead
11.) Marvin Gaye
12.) The Who

These artists made about 3 great albums (or 3 discs worth of great stuff), but either burned too short or too long!
13.) Elvis Presley
14.) Jimi Hendrix
15.) Nirvana
16.) Beach Boys
17.) The Clash
18.) U2

This two could get by on a two-disc greatest hits for me:
19.) Prince
20.) Bruce Springsteen

otisredding

Nov 28th, 2007 - 9:52 AM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

Final score
voters: 20

1 The Beatles 349
2 Bob Dylan 316
3 The Rolling Stones 265
4 David Bowie 255
5 Neil Young 253
6 Stevie Wonder 236
7 Radiohead 220
8 The Beach Boys 210
8 The Velvet Underground 210
10 R.E.M. 202
11 The Who 200
12 Jimi Hendrix 193
13 Bruce Springsteen 190
14 U2 188
15 Prince 182
16 The Clash 178
17 Marvin Gaye 169
18 Led Zeppelin 159
19 Elvis Presley 114
20 Nirvana 111

Sal

Nov 29th, 2007 - 6:22 AM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

Interesting, people really like Dylan here. Radiohead over Nirvana. Elvis at 19. The Beatles over Dylan slightly considering the influence they have on the most current artists on this list, Radiohead, Nirvana and U2.The Velvet Underground over Led Zeppelin. Are we talking the quality of music, influence, enduring influence and innovations or ideas into rock music.

1 The Beatles 349
2 Bob Dylan 316
3 The Rolling Stones 265
4 David Bowie 255
5 Neil Young 253
6 Stevie Wonder 236
7 Radiohead 220
8 The Beach Boys 210
8 The Velvet Underground 210
10 R.E.M. 202
11 The Who 200
12 Jimi Hendrix 193
13 Bruce Springsteen 190
14 U2 188
15 Prince 182
16 The Clash 178
17 Marvin Gaye 169
18 Led Zeppelin 159
19 Elvis Presley 114
20 Nirvana 111

nicolas

Nov 29th, 2007 - 7:27 AM

Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists.

The criteris are up to you

Mine was : what artist do I like the most
I didn't took historical importance into account
It's the same in my top 100 : whay records would I take to an island ?

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Taylor Oct 21, 07 - 12:52 AM	Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. 1. The Beatles- YES 2. The Rolling Stones- agreed 3. Bob Dylan- 5th 4. David Bowie- to high 5. Led Zeppelin- 3rd 6. Bruce Springsteen- way to high 7. Prince- to high but is great 8. The Who- about right 9. Elvis Presley- Chuch Berry should be ahead of him 10. Jimi Hendrix- 4th 11. The Beach Boys- top ten 12. The Velvet Underground- about right 13. R.E.M.- out of there league 14. Marvin Gaye- I don't know 15. U2- the most overrated artists on this list. 16. The Clash- maybe 17. Neil Young- for sure 18. Nirvana- like them but were not around long enough 19. Radiohead- great band 20. Stevie Wonder- yes
Neoptolemos Oct 21st, 2007 - 1:34 AM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. 1) Bob Dylan 2) Bruce Springsteen 3) The Who 4) The Rolling Stones 5) The Beach Boys 6) The Velvet Underground 7) U2 8) David Bowie 9) The Beatles 10) R.E.M. 11) Prince 12) Elvis Presley 13) Marvin Gaye 14) The Clash 15) Led Zeppelin 16) Neil Young 17) Stevie Wonder 18) Radiohead 19) Jimi Hendrix 20) Nirvana Hm, that was quite tough.
Neoptolemos Oct 21st, 2007 - 1:35 AM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. Whoops, I mixed up Bruce and The Who.
damosuzuki Oct 21st, 2007 - 3:19 AM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. 1 The Beatles 3 Bob Dylan 2 The Rolling Stones 20 Stevie Wonder 9 Elvis Presley 11 The Beach Boys 17 Neil Young 8 The Who 7 Prince 10 Jimi Hendrix 14 Marvin Gaye 5 Led Zeppelin 6 Bruce Springsteen 12 The Velvet Underground 15 U2 16 The Clash 18 Nirvana 19 Radiohead 13 R.E.M. 4 David Bowie
John Oct 21st, 2007 - 3:43 AM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. 1. The Beatles 2. David Bowie 3. Radiohead 4. The Velvet Underground 5. R.E.M. 6. Bob Dylan 7. Prince 8. Neil Young 9. The Beach Boys 10. The Rolling Stones 11. Neil Young- for sure 12. Bruce Springsteen 13. The Who 14. Jimi Hendrix 15. Stevie Wonder 16. Led Zeppelin 17. The Clash 18. Nirvana 19. U2 20. Marvin Gaye 21. Elvis Presley 14. Marvin Gaye- I don't know 15. U2- the most overrated artists on this list. 20. Stevie Wonder- yes
John Oct 21st, 2007 - 3:45 AM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. That's what you'd call poor cutting and pasting/ double checking.
Moonbeam Oct 21st, 2007 - 4:25 AM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. Note the spacing: 1. Prince (duh) 2. David Bowie 3. Stevie Wonder 4. The Velvet Underground 5. U2 6. The Clash 7. Nirvana 8. Jimi Hendrix 9. Marvin Gaye 10. Radiohead 11. R.E.M. 12. Bruce Springsteen 13. Neil Young 14. The Rolling Stones 15. Led Zeppelin 16. Bob Dylan 17. The Beach Boys 18. Elvis Presley 19. The Who 20. The Beatles
jonmarck Oct 21st, 2007 - 4:26 AM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. 1) Bob Dylan 2) The Beatles 3) Neil Young 4) Radiohead 5) Jimi Hendrix 6) David Bowie 7) U2 8) Stevie Wonder 9) Bruce Springsteen 10) The Rolling Stones 11) The Clash 12) Led Zeppelin 13) Nirvana 14) The Who 15) The Beach Boys 16) The Velvet Underground 17) Marvin Gaye 18) R.E.M. 19) Prince 20) Elvis Presley
MightyMadMax Oct 21st, 2007 - 8:55 AM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. 1. Radiohead 2. The Beatles 3. Bob Dylan 4. R.E.M. 5. Jimi Hendrix 6. Led Zeppelin 7. The Clash 8. Nirvana 9. Stevie Wonder 10. The Rolling Stones 11. The Velvet Underground 12. U2 13. The Who 14. Marvin Gaye 15. David Bowie 16. The Beach Boys 17. Prince 18. Elvis Presley 19. Bruce Springsteen 20. Neil Young
Dumbangel Oct 21st, 2007 - 11:19 AM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. 1. The Beach Boys 2. The Beatles 3. The Rolling Stones 4. Neil Young 5. Stevie Wonder 6. Led Zeppelin 7. Marvin Gaye 8. Radiohead 9. The Who 10.U2 11.David Bowie 12.Jimi Hendrix 13.R.E.M. 14.Nirvana 15.Elvis Presley 16.Prince 17.The Velvet Underground 18.The Clash 19.Bruce Springsteen 20.Bob Dylan
Henrik Oct 21st, 2007 - 5:58 PM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. 1. The Beatles 2. David Bowie 3. Prince 4. Neil Young 5. Radiohead 6. Stevie Wonder 7. The Rolling Stones 8. Bob Dylan 9. The Velvet Underground 10. U2 11. Jimi Hendrix 12. Marvin Gaye 13. The Beach Boys 14. Bruce Springsteen 15. Elvis Presley 16. R.E.M. 17. Nirvana 18. Led Zeppelin 19. The Clash 20. The Who
nicolas Oct 21st, 2007 - 9:15 PM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. 1)Beatles 1)Bruce Springsteen 3)Neil Young 4)Bob Dylan 5) Jimi Hendrix 6) Stevie Wonder 7)Rolling Stones 8)Who 9)Led Zep 10)Bowie 11)Beach Boys 12)Marvin 13) Elvis 14) Prince 15)Clash 16) Radiohead 17) U2 18) REM 19)Nirvana 20) Velvet Underground And I like them all
Slush Oct 21st, 2007 - 11:39 PM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. Blur goes above all these bands, but: 2. The Rolling Stones (my #2) 6. Bruce Springsteen (my #3) 16. The Clash (my #5 or 6, depending on the day) 3. Bob Dylan (my #5 or 6, depending on the day) 8. The Who (my #10) 13. R.E.M. (probably my #11 or 12, though rising) 1. The Beatles (#13 or #14, depending on the day) 11. The Beach Boys (#13 or #14, depending on the day) 14. Marvin Gaye (top 20) 12. The Velvet Underground (top 20) 4. David Bowie (top 25) 20. Stevie Wonder (top 25) 19. Radiohead (top 25, though In Rainbows might boost them) 15. U2 (top 30) 9. Elvis Presley (top 40) 17. Neil Young (top 40) 5. Led Zeppelin (top 75) 10. Jimi Hendrix (top 75) 7. Prince (top 100) 18. Nirvana (top infinity)
DrDre Oct 22nd, 2007 - 6:13 PM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. 1) R.E.M. 2) The Beatles 3) U2 4) Neil Young 5) Bob Dylan 6) The Rolling Stones 7) Radiohead 8) David Bowie 9) Bruce Springsteen 10) Nirvana 11) The Beach Boys 12) The Clash 13) The Velvet Underground 14) Stevie Wonder 15) Led Zeppelin 16) Elvis Presley 17) Marvin Gaye 18) Prince 19) The Who 20) Jimi Hendrix
Schwah Oct 23rd, 2007 - 1:22 AM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. 1. The Beatles 2. Bob Dylan 3. The Rolling Stones 4. David Bowie 5. Prince 6. Radiohead 7. The Who 8. Neil Young 9. Stevie Wonder 10. U2 11. The Velvet Underground 12. Jimi Hendrix 13. Bruce Springsteen 14. The Clash 15. Marvin Gaye 16. Led Zeppelin 17. The Beach Boys 18. R.E.M. 19. Nirvana 20. Elvis Presley Looking forward to Acclaimed Music Forum Survivor so we can start knocking some of these guys down.
Miguel Oct 23rd, 2007 - 10:02 AM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. 1. The Beatles 2. Neil Young 3. The Beach Boys 4. R.E.M. 5. The Who 6. The Velvet Underground 7. Stevie Wonder 8. Elvis Presley 9. Marvin Gaye 10. David Bowie 11. Led Zeppelin 12. Nirvana 13. Bruce Springsteen 14. Bob Dylan 15. U2 16. The Rolling Stones 17. Prince 18. Jimi Hendrix 19. Radiohead 20. The Clash
otisredding Oct 23rd, 2007 - 10:48 AM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. 01 Bob Dylan 02 David Bowie 03 The Rolling Stones 04 The Beatles 05 Marvin Gaye 06 Bruce Springsteen 07 The Clash 08 Neil Young 09 Prince 10 Stevie Wonder 11 R.E.M. 12 The Velvet Underground 13 Jimi Hendrix 14 The Beach Boys 15 The Who 16 Led Zeppelin 17 Elvis Presley 18 U2 19 Radiohead 20 Nirvana
schleuse Oct 23rd, 2007 - 2:18 PM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. 1. The Beatles 2. R.E.M. Some might be surprised that I ranked my favorite band at #2. Sometimes you have to recognize a distinction between your personal taste and your critical awareness. So, even though I am much more fond of Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe than John, Paul, George and Ringo, I cannot in good faith claim that R.E.M. are a "greater" band than the Beatles. I wish I could. 3. Bob Dylan 4. The Clash 5. Velvet Underground 6. Rolling Stones 7. Prince 8. David Bowie 9. Neil Young 10. Nirvana 11. Stevie Wonder 12. Beach Boys 13. Jimi Hendrix 14. U2 15. The Who 16. Bruce Springsteen 17. Marvin Gaye 18. Radiohead 19. Elvis Presley 20. Led Zeppelin I have immense admiration and respect for everyone from #1-18. And I like Elvis.
Anthony Oct 23rd, 2007 - 5:26 PM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. 1. The Beatles: took only 7 years to create their legacy as the greatest band in pop music history. No other group churned out more creative and stunning pieces of work in such a short period of time. 2. Bob Dylan 3. Radiohead 4. Stevie Wonder 5. U2 6. Jimi Hendrix 7. R.E.M. 8. David Bowie 9. Prince 10. Led Zeppelin 11. The Who 12. Neil Young 13. Marvin Gaye 14. The Beach Boys 15. Bruce Springsteen 16. The Clash 17. Nirvana 18. The Rolling Stones 19. The Velvet Underground 20. Elvis Presley Beatles in #1: 9 Beatles in Top 10: 7 And then there’s Moonbeam.
Taylor Oct 23rd, 2007 - 6:16 PM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. I am not the biggest Elvis fan but he is doing poorly what is the reason. I notice this with today's musicians also always citing Beatles and even Dylan more than him.
Anthony Oct 23rd, 2007 - 7:09 PM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. Because he's not an artist, in the Dylan/Wonder/Bowie/etc. sense of the word. He was a singer who, as jonmarck says, got lucky one day.
Collin Nov 4th, 2007 - 1:41 AM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. Fun exercise The Beatles The Velvet Underground Radiohead The Clash Neil Young The Who Bob Dylan David Bowie Jimi Hendrix U2 Stevie Wonder The Beach Boys R.E.M. Led Zeppelin Nirvana Marvin Gaye The Rolling Stones Bruce Springsteen Elvis Presley Prince
Moonbeam Nov 4th, 2007 - 2:24 AM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. LOL- "And then there's Moonbeam".
Midaso Nov 4th, 2007 - 6:21 AM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. The Beatles are the 'greatest' band ever - but the best ever? Far from it...
Midaso Nov 4th, 2007 - 6:46 AM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. Well I guess if I have it in order of favouritism: 1)Bob Dylan 2)Neil Young 3)Bruce Springsteen 4)U2 5)Prince 6)Beach Boys 7)Jimi Hendrix 8)Radiohead 9)David Bowie 10)Stevie Wonder 11)Beatles 12)Rolling Stones 13)Marvin Gaye 14)The Who 15)Velvet Underground 16)Elvis Presley 17)The Clash 18)R.E.M. 19)Led Zeppelin 20)Nirvana
Nevermind Nov 4th, 2007 - 3:52 PM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. The Beatles are the 'greatest' band ever - but the best ever? Far from it... Well prove it. All I know is they have been the biggest impact on music the past 40 years. Dylan influence is mainly lyrics. The Beatles influence is so wide ranging everthing from power pop to progressive rock. They started classic rock. Wikipedia The origins of the classic rock radio format can be traced back to The Beatles' groundbreaking album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which would forever change several courses of the rock and roll format, especially with the slow rise of FM broadcasting, even though a majority of people were still listening to AM radio. Since Sgt. Pepper did not spawn any singles, both AM and FM stations began to play select tracks from the album in an attempt to retain listeners. Soon both stations and artists realized that album cuts rather than Top 40-oriented singles could be a major source of radio airplay and artist visibility.
Midaso Nov 4th, 2007 - 7:18 PM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. OK - well by best,I didn't mean the greatest impact. My favourite bands are the likes of The Smiths,The Cure,Radiohead and Joy Division - the thing with those bands is there is so much more depth in their songs than those of the Beatles. Most of The Beatles' songs are catchy with little lyrical depth - they say nothing to me about my life. Morrissey and Ian Curtis were genius lyricists who wrote songs that speak to me - most of the Beatles stuff is so glib,many of the songs on the White Album,Sgt. Peppers and Abbey Road are so lame - Maxwell's Silver Hammer? What are they 12? The Smiths,The Cure those bands were on a different maturity level - not only better and more meaningful lyrics - also,the music behind them was so great,creating lush,atmospheric,textured sounds...
Nevermind Nov 4th, 2007 - 8:09 PM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. I think the Beatles wrote lame songs but so did everyone else. If you want deep lyrics then listen to the Inner Light, She Leaving Home or one of the early ones Theres A Place a very dark song for 1963. Listen to the guitar sound of Revolution that is basically punk or alternative music in 1968. I really could care less about lyrics, I care about the music and the sound. The Beatles ended 50's rock and roll and started a new era and then Dylan became big. Those are the two artists who had the most impact on today's music. The early sound of rock and roll is dead you don't hear Elvis or Chuck Berry type of rock in today's music. They were not hard rock, progressive rock, power pop, folk rock and psychedelic rock. In Elvis case he was not even a songwriter. My choices are The Beatles, Dylan and Hendrix.
Loophole Nov 6th, 2007 - 12:56 AM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. Bob Dylan The Beatles The Rolling Stones The Beach Boys The Who The Clash Elvis Presley The Velvet Underground Jimi Hendrix Led Zeppelin Radiohead Marvin Gaye Prince Bruce Springsteen R.E.M. Neil Young David Bowie Stevie Wonder Nirvana U2 - The only one I actually dislike.
JImbop Nov 7th, 2007 - 4:49 AM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. beatles radiohead dylan stones bowie hendrix nirvana that will do
BGs Nov 9th, 2007 - 3:24 AM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. I have three categories: I'm in love with these artists, and am familiar with almost all of their work (while of course being able to discriminate between their best stuff and their duds) 1.) The Beatles 2.) The Rolling Stones 3.) Bob Dylan 4.) David Bowie 5.) Led Zeppelin 6.) Stevie Wonder 7.) Neil Young 8.) The Velvet Underground 9.) R.E.M. 10.) Radiohead 11.) Marvin Gaye 12.) The Who These artists made about 3 great albums (or 3 discs worth of great stuff), but either burned too short or too long! 13.) Elvis Presley 14.) Jimi Hendrix 15.) Nirvana 16.) Beach Boys 17.) The Clash 18.) U2 This two could get by on a two-disc greatest hits for me: 19.) Prince 20.) Bruce Springsteen
otisredding Nov 28th, 2007 - 9:52 AM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. Final score voters: 20 1 The Beatles 349 2 Bob Dylan 316 3 The Rolling Stones 265 4 David Bowie 255 5 Neil Young 253 6 Stevie Wonder 236 7 Radiohead 220 8 The Beach Boys 210 8 The Velvet Underground 210 10 R.E.M. 202 11 The Who 200 12 Jimi Hendrix 193 13 Bruce Springsteen 190 14 U2 188 15 Prince 182 16 The Clash 178 17 Marvin Gaye 169 18 Led Zeppelin 159 19 Elvis Presley 114 20 Nirvana 111
Sal Nov 29th, 2007 - 6:22 AM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. Interesting, people really like Dylan here. Radiohead over Nirvana. Elvis at 19. The Beatles over Dylan slightly considering the influence they have on the most current artists on this list, Radiohead, Nirvana and U2.The Velvet Underground over Led Zeppelin. Are we talking the quality of music, influence, enduring influence and innovations or ideas into rock music. 1 The Beatles 349 2 Bob Dylan 316 3 The Rolling Stones 265 4 David Bowie 255 5 Neil Young 253 6 Stevie Wonder 236 7 Radiohead 220 8 The Beach Boys 210 8 The Velvet Underground 210 10 R.E.M. 202 11 The Who 200 12 Jimi Hendrix 193 13 Bruce Springsteen 190 14 U2 188 15 Prince 182 16 The Clash 178 17 Marvin Gaye 169 18 Led Zeppelin 159 19 Elvis Presley 114 20 Nirvana 111
nicolas Nov 29th, 2007 - 7:27 AM	Re: Reorder The Top 20 Acclaimed Artists. The criteris are up to you Mine was : what artist do I like the most I didn't took historical importance into account It's the same in my top 100 : whay records would I take to an island ?