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[yancy]

Do I have to vote for AC/DC twice? I am assuming yes: and same with Van Halen.

Just in case this is a serious question, no.

[tweed]

bobs list sucks

[yancy]

13) Beethoven
14) Pink Floyd

Ballsy.

[Huckle]

That list is like this bar in Bangkok that advertises itself as having 50 hot chicks and 1 ugly one. And that ugly one is a woman who can't sing, can't play guitar, and can't make it as a hot pop star despite contorting her body all over magazine spreads. Seriously, one of those does not belong with the others.

[Hero]

i'm game:

1) The Beatles
2) Bob Dylan

are these your favs? or who you think is best?

[avec]

If I loved Zeppelin in HS, but hate them now: should I rank them lower on the list or try to weigh my initial love for them? Hope this is not nitpicking...

Was this answered in the thread? I'm curious as well. How heavy should the nostalgia factor weigh in on a list...or is this a current favorites thing.

[BobtheSquid]

I think you should just list your favorites now. Not who you think should be ranked, or who you might have ranked 10 years ago.

[Paul]

All right, we're going to stick with the regular post or PM method. I kind of feel like no one is going to pay enough attention to all of the lists to figure out what the results will be. Anyway, I've got a couple of things up my sleeves in terms of posting the results that even if they are so predictable, it should still be entertaining. Also, re: what does favorite mean, your list basically should be the 50 bands you like the most on the day that you're submitting it. Basically it is up to you if you want to deal with the nostalgia issue. The only thing I'm going to say is that one shouldn't make their list based only who they think the "Best" artists are, and instead focus on the ones that bring them the most joy.

[avec]

I think you should just list your favorites now. Not who you think should be ranked, or who you might have ranked 10 years ago.

though it wouldn't officially be my 'favorite artists of all time' list as the thread title implies, I agree with your strategy

[Paul]

The "of all time" basically was meant to indicate that the artists weren't just coming from one decade or something like that.

[avec]

one shouldn't make their list based only who they think the "Best" artists are, and instead focus on the ones that bring them the most joy.

thumbs up

[Nick]

If The Rolling Stones make the top 5 I will consider quitting the board.

[BobtheSquid]

If The Rolling Stones make the top 5 I will consider quitting the board.

Promise?

[stphone]

50.) Kool & the Gang 49.) Jimmy Eat World 48.) Chic 47.) Salt N Pepa 46.) Electric Light Orchestra 45.) My Bloody Valentine 44.) Neil Young 43.) The Buzzcocks 42.) Led Zeppelin 41.) Blondie 40.) Kraftwerk 39.) Zapp & Roger 38.) Destiny's Child 37.) Michael Jackson 36.) Phil Spector 35.) Talking Heads 34.) OutKast 33.) Pixies 32.) AC/DC 31.) R. Kelly 30.) Stevie Wonder 29.) Wu-Tang Clan 28.) Green Day 27.) Donna Summer 26.) Irma Thomas 25.) The Ramones 24.) The Rolling Stones 23.) James Brown 22.) Dr. Dre 21.) Snoop Dogg 20.) Brian Eno 19.) David Bowie 18.) The Notorious B.I.G. 17.) The Velvet Underground 16.) Creedence Clearwater Revival 15.) Jay-Z 14.) The Beach Boys 13.) Funkadelic 12.) The Stooges 11.) TLC 10.) Al Green 09.) Sam Cooke 08.) Missy Elliott 07.) Fleetwood Mac 06.) The Beatles 05.) Prince 04.) Sly & The Family Stone 03.) Weezer 02.) Black Sabbath 01.) Daft Punk

[nobodies]

36.) Phil Spector

Did he put anything out as an "artist." I mean I know that occasionally he's been featured in album titles, but isn't he always really just a producer? If so, does Rick Rubin qualify? Doesn't seem right.

[Mitchell]

If we can vote for Spector why not Quincy Jones or Goffin-King?

[stphone]

i guess for me the difference between someone like rick rubin and phil spector is that spector didn't just produce records, he also wrote songs and occasionally would even sing/play on some of them. and also he has a discography on amg, as paul specified, whereas rubin doesn't edit: but yeah, this is pretty much paul's call

[theremin]

very interesting list stphone. What the funk am I going to do about Parliament/Funkadelic/George Clinton/P-Funk All-stars, etc. etc?

[nobodies]

So I struggled with the "artists I love" v. "perceived quality of artist," and I really just tried to go straight love...so this is a pretty honest list with a bunch of entries that won't be anywhere on the final list. Oh well: 1) Ramones (2) 2) Monster Magnet (5) 3) Pogues (1) 4) Screeching Weasel (3) 5) Black Sabbath (1) 6) Stevie Wonder (1) 7) Van Halen (1) 8) The Queers (15) 9) BR5-49 (10) 10) New Bomb Turks (5) 11) Rocket From The Crypt (3) 12) Mr. T Experience (2) 13) Drive-By Truckers (5) 14) Dwight Yoakem (1) 15) The Specials (1) 16) AC/DC 17) Descendants (1) 18) Stooges 19) Public Enemy (1) 20) David Allan Coe (1) 21) Boogie Down Productions 22) Johnny Cash 23) Slayer (3) 24) Dropkick Murphys (10) 25) Dead Kennedys 26) Metallica (1) 27) Curtis Mayfield 28) Hank Williams 29) Bruce Springstein (1) 30) Faith No More 31) Ozzy Osbourne (1) 32) Jimmy Cliff 33) Andrew W.K. (6) 34) Weezer 35) Lynyrd Skynyrd 36) Buddy Holly 37) James Brown (1) 38) Black Flag 39) Oblivion (10) 40) Smoking Popes (5) 41) Sacred Reich (1) 42) Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (1) 43) Suicidal Tendencies 44) Queen 45) Mission of Burma (1) edit: for no good reason except I was curious, I put in parens the number of times I had seen the various artists.

[avec]

1. Sun Kil Moon 2. Stars of the Lid 3. Tangerine Dream 4. Beach Boys 5. Fleetwood Mac 6. Minor Threat 7. My Bloody Valentine 8. Brian Eno 9. Harold Budd 10. Neil Young 11. M83 12. Ween 13. Misfits 14. Metallica 15. Townes Van Zandt 16. Windy & Carl 17. Descendents 18. Fennesz 19. Aphex Twin 20. Slowdive 21. Black Sabbath 22. The Who 23. Yo La Tengo 24. Sonic Youth 25. Unrest 26. Susumu Yokota