1.The Beatles
2.Pink Floyd
3.The Smiths
4.Laura Nyro
5.Jeff Buckley
6.Elvis Costello
7.Pixies
8.Scott Walker
9.Morrissey
10.Robyn Hitchcock

I may completely change my mind tomorrow, but:

1. The Beatles
2. R.E.M.
3. Bob Dylan
4. Ramones
5. The Clash
6. X
7. Pixies
8. Prince
9. Blur
10. Neil Young

1. The Beach Boys
2. The Beatles
3. of Montreal
4. Ed Harcourt
5. Rufus Wainwright
6. Harry Nilsson
7. The High Llamas
8. Belle and Sebastian
9. Electric Light Orchestra
10.The Boo Radleys

close to the top 10 : Super Furry Animals, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Kinks, Elliott Smith

the first 3 of this top are definitive for me !

1 - Elliott Smith
2 - Queens of the Stone Age
3 - DJ Shadow
4 - Beastie Boys
5 - Nick Drake
6 - The Who
7 - Rage Against the Machine
8 - Outkast
9 - Foo Fighters
10 - IAM

will probably be in my top 10 in a few year : arctic monkeys, arcade fire
And well, I'm still quite fascinated by lot of Beatles song, but it's more that they impress me than that I totally enjoy them

I suppose this list might chock some people ^^

1. Velvet Underground
2. Oasis
3. Sex Pistols
4. Wire
5. Pixies
6. Led Zeppelin
7. The Kinks
8. The Smiths
9. Radiohead
10. Jimi Hendrix

1. The Beatles
2. Pink Floyd
3. Jefferson Airplane
4. Genesis
5. Neil Young
6. Bob Dylan
7. The Beach Boys
8. King Crimson
9. Joy Division/New Order
10. The Doors

Need Hellp !!!!!!!!!!!!!

I downloaded an album (pink floyd) on justmusicstore.com
where all the songs played...?

1. Prince
2. Björk
2. The Cure
2. Eurythmics
2. Janet Jackson
2. Madonna
7. Blondie
8. David Bowie
9. Annie Lennox
10. Kylie Minogue

I refuse to break my 5-way tie for 2nd place.

The Fall
The Beatles
Bob Dylan
The Stones
Wire
Can
high llamas
Pet Shop Boys
The Feelies
merle haggard

oh crackers, i realized just as I hit post that I really should have found a home for scott walker on my list.


The Fall
The Beatles
Bob Dylan
The Stones
Wire
Can
high llamas
Pet Shop Boys
scott walker
The Feelies

1)Lush
2)Belle and Sebastian
3)Camera Obscura
4)Ride
5)Tori Amos/Kate Bush
6)the Jesus and Mary Chain
7)Super Furry Animals
8)Boo Radleys
9)Supergrass
10)Apples in Stereo

This is based on a combination of what artist I find myself playing in my CD player and my iTunes the most, and which artists I would go out and buy a new album from if they were to put one out.

1. Beatles (and their solo work, mainly so I can fit more artists in this list)
2. Newsboys
3. Pink Floyd
4. Led Zeppelin
5. Rolling Stones
6. U2
7. Michael Jackson
8. Queen
9. Elvis Presley
10. Coldplay

honorable mentions: Simon and Garfunkel, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Elton John, the White Stripes, the Who, dc Talk, Bob Dylan, Buddy Holly, the Monkees, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, Tom Petty, Bee Gees, Oasis, the Beach Boys, Johnny Cash, the Eagles, Neil Young, Radiohead, the Hollies, Louis Armstrong, Moby...

(1) R.E.M.
(2) The Smiths
(3) Radiohead
(4) Bob Dylan
(5) The Beatles
(6) John Coltrane
(7) The Pixies
(8) Depeche Mode
(9) The Kinks
(10)White Stripes

anyone ever heard of Steely Dan !! What a joke some of these posts are.

Good point. Steely Dan are at number 20 in my list (though I only listed ten).

1) The Beatles
2) Bob Dylan
3) R.E.M.
4) The Clash
5) Elvis Costello & The Attractions
6) The Velvet Underground
7) The Smiths
8) Nirvana
9) Radiohead
10) Pavement

Probably not neccessary, but here's my list of Jazz/Hip-Hop artists...I don't like to mix them with my Rock artists list...cause then my head would explode trying to rank them...

1) Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
2) John Coltrane
3) OutKast
4) Wu-Tang Clan
5) Miles Davis
6) Charles Mingus
7) Public Enemy
8) 2Pac
9) Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
10) Lauryn Hill (I realize she had only one real album, but it was THAT good)

1. the beatles
2. pink floyd
3. radiohead
4. rolling stones
5. bob dylan
6. u2
7. smashing pumkins
8. jimi hendrix
9. david bowie
10. bob marley

I don't understand why anybody's list should be deemed a joke.

1. Steely Dan
2. The Mizell Brothers
3. Bill Evans
4. Curt Boettcher
5. Madlib
6. The Beatles
7. Joni Mitchell
8. David Axelrod
9. Led Zeppelin
10. Juan Gabriel

1. The Beatles
2. Van Morrison
3. Leonard Cohen
4. Neil Young
5. Simon & Garfunkel/Paul Simon
6. Talking Heads
7. The Beach Boys
8. Joni Mitchell
9. The Byrds
10. The Kinks

1...PRINCE
2...the beatles
3...beach boys
4...david bowie
5...billy joel
6...stevie wonder
7...beck
8...tori amos
9...marvin gaye
10..arcade fire

Bob Dylan
The Beatles
The Clash
Neil Young
The Who
Bruce Springsteen
Elvis Costello
Radiohead
The Kinks
Beck

Top Ten Artists: Our Individual Lists

1. The Beatles
2. Bob Dylan
3. David Bowie
4. The Smiths
5. The Beach Boys
6. Radiohead
7. Tom Waits
8. The Clash
9. Björk
10. Elvis Costello

10. R.E.M.
09. The Who
08. Elvis Costello
07. Stevie Wonder
06. Bob Dylan
05. The Beach Boys
04. Bruce Springsteen
03. The Rolling Stones
02. Prince
01. The Beatles

1) Bob Dylan
2) The Who
3) Bruce Springsteen
4) Rolling Stones
5) The Beach Boys
6) Simon & Garfunkel
7) The Velvet Underground
8) The Eagles
9) The Beatles
10) U2

1. Frank Zappa
2. The Who
3. Radiohead
4. Beta Band
5. Deerhoof
6. Flaming Lips
7. Smashing Pumpkins
8. Beck
9. Velvet Underground
10. Sonic Youth

1. Tindersticks
2. Joy Division
3. The Beatles
4. The Clash
5. Radiohead
6. Soul Coughing
7. R.E.M.
8. The Smiths
9. Talking Heads
10. The Velvet Underground

1. Hank Williams Sr.
2. Bob Dylan
3. The Who
4. Billie Holiday
5. Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys
6. Frank Sinatra
7. Miles Davis
8. The Rolling Stones
9. The Beatles
10. Elvis Costello

1. Tori Amos
2. Bjork
3. Fiona Apple
4. PJ Harvey
5. Kate Bush
6. Erykah Badu
7. Joni Mitchell
8. Suzanne Vega
9. Madonna
10.Janet Jackson


as you can see, I'm partial towards women lol

1. The Beatles
2. Pearl Jam
3. Red Hot Chili Peppers
4. Oasis
5. Nirvana
6. Michael Jackson
7. Guns & Roses
8. Madonna
9. U2
10.Led Zeppelin

1. The Beatles
2. The Rolling Stones
3. Pink Floyd
4. Neil Young
5. Led Zeppelin
6. Jimi Hendrix
7. Bob Dylan
8. David Bowie
9. The Velvet Underground
10. Beastie Boys

1)Lush
2)Belle and Sebastian
3)Camera Obscura
4)Ride
5)Tori Amos/Kate Bush
6)the Jesus and Mary Chain
7)Super Furry Animals
8)the Housemartins
9)Cocteau Twins
10)Apples in Stereo
* Mull Historical Society
* Boo Radleys

01 Bob Dylan
02 Elvis Costello
03 Van Morrison
04 Leonard Cohen
05 Neil Young
06 Prince
07 David Bowie
08 Public Enemy
09 The Kinks
10 The Rolling Stones

1. Van Morrison
2. Sufjan Stevens
3. Belle & Sebastian
4. Jay-Z
5. Bob Dylan
6. The Streets
7. Nick Drake
8. Jens Lekman
9. The Beatles (including solo work)
10. Wu-Tang Clan (including solo work)

sorry to dig up that old thread, but I'm looking at back threads that were published before I knew the site, in order to know you better
So, here's my top 10 artists (that could be an opportunity for those who didn't do theirs)

1. Bruce Springsteen (by loyalty)
2. The Beatles
3. Georges Brassens (great French poet, singer of the 50s/60s)
4. Johnny Cash
5. Tom Waits
6. Leadbelly
7. Robert Wyatt
8. Neil Young
9. The Divine Comedy
10.Ray Charles

Pavement
Rolling Stones
Stevie Wonder
Sonic Youth
Van Morrison
Dinosaur Jr
Bob Dylan
Prince
Fugazi
Belle & Sebastian

Pink Floyd
The Fall
Bonzo Dog Band
Can
Led Zeppelin
Spike Jones & His City Slickers
The Beatles
Jimi Hendrix
Funkadelic
Julian Cope

I could easily have made this list twice as long, or more.

Sure, what the hell!

Miles Davis
Pearl Jam
Jeff Buckley
Radiohead
Claude Debussy
Pink Floyd
The Beatles
Oasis
Ryan Adams
Sam Cooke

Yes, Anthiony !

A French artist... and not the least

I love La Mer by him

PS : in my personal list, I think I'd rather put Jacques Brel in 10th in place of Ray Charles

Sorry Brother Ray

My list isn't in any particular order.

For some reason, Debussy's works speak to me in a way that no other classical music does.

Yes, La Mer is wonderful, especially the last two minutes of the first movement. My personal favorite is Nuages from Nocturnes (L.91). And Clair de Lune (of course)!

1. Beatles
2. Elliott Smith
3. David Bowie
4. Zombies
5. Pavement
6. Dandy Warhols
7. Wu-Tang Clan
8. Guided By Voices
9. Big Star
10. Velvet Underground

1. The Cure
2. The White Stripes
3. Radiohead
4. Nine Inch Nails
5. The Smiths
6. A Tribe Called Quest
7. The Killers
8. Jimi Hendrix
9. Led Zeppelin
10. Depeche Mode

For Fun, I wanted to put out a list that looked similar to this:

1. Stryper
2. Winger
3. Trixter
4. Bang tango
5. Pretty Boy Floyd
6. Loverboy
7. Mr. Big
8. Ugly Kid Joe
9. Hanson
10. Toby Keith

But I just couldn't put that list out with a straight face!!!

1)Jimi Hendrix
2)Bob Dylan
3)Brian Wilson w/Beach Boys
4)Velvet Underground
5)Brian Jonestown Massacre
6)The Who
7)David Bowie
8)Stone Roses
9)Ramones
10)The Doors

*BJM can move up on any given day but today their #5

Mr.Fun-times Abortion Clinic..."we'll bring out the kid in you"

Rather than choosing the "acceptable" people, I decided I would use this method. I wrote down a list of the people from whom I have either a lot of albums, a lot of singles, or a lot of MP3/WMA (or all 3). Then I'd winnow it down to 10 by writing down as many of the songs as I love by each of them and arrive at a honest 10. Here we go:

1) Beach Boys-46 songs
2) Beatles-43 songs
3) The Choir-27 songs (This is NOT the 60s band from Cleveland that did "It's Cold Outside" though I like them too.)
Band is drummer/lyricist Steve Hindalong, guitarist/vocalist Derri Daugherty, bassist Tim Chandler and woodwind man "Buckeye" Dan Michaels.
http://myspace.com/thechoir
4)Petra-21 songs
5)Johnny Cash, Steely Dan, Rolling Stones-15 songs
6)Elvis Presley, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder-13 songs
7)Paul Simon, The Eagles, DeGarmo and Key, Daniel Amos (http://www.myspace.com/danielamosmusic)-12 songs
8)Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers,U2-11 songs
9)Elvis Costello-10 songs
10)The Monkees, David Bowie, Cake, Larry Norman (http://www.larrynorman.com/)-9 songs

On a normal day, Old Grumpy would head the list, but he's been pushed to number two recently, while I've been discovering the CD reissues of PBS, half of which I'd never even heard on vinyl (he'll be back, though):

1) Pearls Before Swine/Tom Rapp
2) Bob Dylan
3) The National
4) Warren Zevon
5) P.J. Harvey
6) Steve Wynn
7) Neil Young
8) Leonard Cohen
9) Nick Cave
10) Arcade Fire

Snusmumrik, it's a very nice surprise to see Steve Wynn on your list. I just recently rediscovered his music; I've had Days of Wine and Roses and Medicine Show on vinyl since I was a teen, but I never bothered to replace them once I made the move to digital, and to be honest I'd pretty much forgotten about him/them. However, I recently stumbled across Tick...tick...tick... in a second-hand bind, and promptly fell in love with it to the extent that it’s probably my favourite guitar rock album of the past few years. Getting those Dream Syndicate albums on disc and finding more of his solo stuff has now moved to the top of my musical priorities.

damosuzuki, great to hear it!
Medicine show is reportedly impossible to get on CD (I'm keeping my cassette tape copy in the safe), but a lot of it is quite legally downloadable from Steve's http://stevewynn.net/ site, I've heard.

1. Pink Floyd- Greatest Progressive rock artists.
2. The Who- The Most Underrated band ever.
3. The Beatles- The Most Influential rock artists.
4. The Rolling Stones- True rock and roll artist.
5. The Beach Boys- The Beatles only real competition
6. Jimi Hendrix- most influential guitarist.
7. The Byrds- Influenced by the Beatles use with folk with rock and made it there own sound.
8. The Kinks- The most underrated songwriters.
9. Black Sabbath- Just there early stuff but what a huge influence they are.
10. Rush- One of the greatest progressive rock artists ever.

I've got the top 5 down, the others are just off of my head.

1. Blur
2. The Rolling Stones
3. Bruce Springsteen
4. New Order
5. The Clash
6. Bob Dylan
7. The Roots
8. The Who
9. Wilco
10. The Hold Steady & My Morning Jacket (my favorite bands that are one more great album away from being in my top 10)

At this moment:

1-Radiohead
2-Jimi Hendrix Experience
3-Pink Floyd
4-David Bowie
5-Led Zeppelin
6-U2
7-The Beatles
8-Velvet Underground
9-R.E.M.
10-Talking Heads

1. Bob Dylan
2. Jimi Hendrix
3. The Beatles
4. Radiohead
5. Neil Young
6. Pixies
7. Sonic Youth
8. David Bowie
9. The White Stripes
10. Elvis Costello

Oops. Rolling Stones at #5, shift everything below down one.

1. Pink Floyd
2. The Bonzo Dog Band
3. The Fall
4. Funkadelic
5. Jimi Hendrix
6. Can
7. The Beatles
8. Tori Amos
9. Velvet Underground
10. Julian Cope

Bubbling under:
Led Zeppelin, Massive Attack, The Stooges, The Cramps, Jeff Buckley

(slightly different to the list I posted back in August, that's just a sign of my list wanting to be much longer, and the variety in my tastes.)

Hmm...life work or top seasons only...

1. Steely Dan (there is a bar in Norway that plays Steely Dan ALWAYS)
2. Neil Young
3. Pixies
4. David Bowie (for old times)
5. Scott Walker
6. Dexys Midnight Runners
7. Smiths
8. Bob Dylan
9. Lou Christie (and his qoire girls)
0. Llaura Nyro

Did I forget Stranglers and The Buzzcocks? House Of Love, Prince? Too bad...JAMC...ouch.

My list is probably a bit eccentric.

1. The Who
2. The Beatles
3. Rush
4. U2
5. Radiohead
6. Pink Floyd
7. Smashing Pumpkins
8. Blur
9. Streetlight Manifesto
10. The Rolling Stones

1. The Beatles
2. Brian Eno
3. The Smiths
4. John Lennon
5. David Bowie
6. The Rolling Stones
7. The Beach Boys
8. Neil Young
9. Paul McCartney
10. Morrissey

1. The Cure
2. Sonic Youth
3. Radiohead
4. Modest Mouse
5. Jeff Buckley
6. Led Zeppelin
7. The Smiths
8. The Beatles
9. Joy Division
10. Massive Attack

1) Radiohead
2) Bob Dylan
3) The Beatles
4) Tom Waits
5) Talking Heads
6) Led Zepplin
7) The Velvet Underground
8) The Rolling Stones
9) R.E.M.
10) Nick Drake
Honorable Mentions/Or Artist with to few albums to be considered

Arcade Fire
Pink Floyde
Pavement
Niel Young
Van Morrison
Bruce Springsteen
David Bowie
Joy Division
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Beck
Sonic Youth

1. The Beatles
2. Nirvana
3. The Pixies
4. Outkast
5. Jimi Hendrix
6. Bob Marley
7. Wu Tang Clan
8. The White Stripes
9. David Bowie
10. The Smiths

1. Hank Williams
2. Bob Dylan
3. Tom T. Hall
4. The Kinks
5. Miles Davis
6. Billie Holiday
7. Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys
8. Gram Parsons
9. The Replacements
10. Townes Van Zandt

Diregard whatever "Loophole" may have told you...

1. The Beatles
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Pink Floyd
4. Genesis
5. Cocteau Twins
6. The Who
7. The Rolling Stones
8. David Bowie
9. Elton John
10. The Beach Boys

1.Steely Dan
2 The Beatles
3.Dylan
4.The Stones
5.Joni Mitchell
6.Stevie Wonder
7.Frank Sinatra
8.Neil Young ( and CSN)
9.The Byrds
10.Elvis

Time to chevi's artist update:

1-Jimi Hendrix
2-Radiohead
3-Pink Floyd
4-David Bowie
5-Led Zeppelin
6-U2
7-The Beatles
8-Bob Dylan
9-Tom Waits
10-Velvet Underground

bubbling under:
REM-Joy Division-Talking Heads-The Who-Pixies-Björk

1) Blur
2) The Beatles
3) Oasis
4) Elvis Costello
5) R.E.M.
6) U2
7) Prince
8) Pixies
9) Talking Heads
10) The Stone Roses / The Fratellis (Bands with only 1 album (huh, the Stone Roses had 2 ) but which I can't put out of my top list).

1. Radiohead
2. Nirvana
3. Pearl Jam
4. The Beatles
5. David Bowie
6. R.E.M.
7. The Velvet Underground
8. U2
9. Blur
10. The Smiths

Well I guess:

1)The Smiths
2)Radiohead
3)The Beach Boys
4)Bob Dylan
5)Bruce Springsteen
6)New Order
7)Rolling Stones
8)Teenage Fanclub
9)Prince
10)David Bowie

Updating:

1 - Bob Dylan (it keeps growing on me as i get older)
2 - Jimi Hendrix
3 - Radiohead
4 - Pink Floyd
5 - U2
6 - Led Zeppelin
7 - David Bowie
8 - The Beatles
9 - Tom Waits
10 - Velvet Underground

All of you suckas better submit a list in the Artist Poll!

1. The Beatles
2. Bob Dylan
3. Dave Matthews Band
4. Arcade Fire
5. Radiohead
6. Bruce Springsteen
7. Led Zeppelin
8. The Who
9. Belle & Sebastian
10. Lupe Fiasco

1) Beatles
2) The Who
3) Rush
4) Led Zeppelin
5) Radiohead
6) XTC
7) Queen
8) Eagles
9) Bob Marley
10)Little Richard

Just missing out: U2, Lou Reed, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, AC/DC, Rolling Stones.

01. The Beatles
02. Bob Dylan
03. The Rolling Stones
04. The Velvet Underground
05. David Bowie
06. Radiohead
07. Neil Young
08. Nirvana
09. Wilco
10. Van Morrison

Runner-Up: Bruce Springsteen