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[cerebralcaustic]

5. X

Good band.

[Paul]

This is over soon. If you want to vote, do it before the end of the week.

[held]

Very few faves in there of mine, but that is quite impressive Held.

OK so I gotta ask. which r the favs exactly? any of these u don't know or dislike outright?

This is over soon. If you want to vote, do it before the end of the week.

how many do u have thus far?

[Soundscape]

I mean to..even tho maybe everyone I vote for will not receive another vote.

[Freddie Freelance]

41. heavy vegetable/thingy

San Diego Reprasent! I'm hooked on Crow's work with Optiganally Yours, less so with his new stuff with Pinback.

[Paul]

how many do u have thus far?

Guesstimating around 70 or 80. Pretty solid turnout so far.

[Agrimorfee]

Very few faves in there of mine, but that is quite impressive Held.

OK so I gotta ask. which r the favs exactly? any of these u don't know or dislike outright?

Taking a closer look, Bowie is the only one that shows on both of ours...I can't say that I like the Smiths (even though I have heard very little), but I found your list to be pretty cool in its diversity of artists that I think very few folks here would have ranked high or even thought of.

[54cermak]

I have the sinking feeling I'm forgetting someone obvious, but the sooner I post this the less I'll fret over it:

1. Wilco
2. R.E.M.
3. Fleetwood Mac
4. Pavement
5. The Beatles
6. Neil Young
7. Prince
8. Curtis Mayfield
9. Robyn Hitchcock
10. Beach Boys
11. Todd Rundgren
12. Hall & Oates
13. Talking Heads
14. CCR
15. Neko Case
16. Emitt Rhodes
17. Bob Dylan
18. The Sea & Cake
19. Steely Dan
20. The Byrds
21. Led Zeppelin
22. Kanye West
23. The Band
24. Stevie Wonder
25. The Smiths
26. Lloyd Cole
27. Marvin Gaye
28. New Order
29. Big Star
30. Chi-Lites
31. Replacements
32. Jens Lekman
33. Flying Burrito Brothers
34. Bruce Springsteen
35. Talk Talk
36. Howlin Wolf
37. Joni Mitchell
38. Spoon
39. Nick Drake
40. Pharoah Sanders
41. Al Green
42. Elvis Costello
43. Velvet Underground
44. Jimmy Cliff
45. The Embarassment
46. Elvis Costello
47. The Notwist
48. the dBs
49. The Jayhawks
50. Bill Withers

I listed Elvis Costello twice. Please remove the first one and replace with David Bowie.

[killerparties]

how many do u have thus far?

Guesstimating around 70 or 80. Pretty solid turnout so far.

Thanks for doing this, by the way. I can't imagine that this is an easy task.

[Asher Ford]

One question before I finish mine up (and this may have already been asked, forgive me)... Where do we stand on collaborations? Specifically Cale/Reed- Songs for Drella, and the two Mermaid Avenue records by Billy Bragg and Wilco. Does a vote for Wilco cover that set? Does a vote for Bragg? or is it a third and separate "artist"?

[Paul]

Specifically Cale/Reed- Songs for Drella, and the two Mermaid Avenue records by Billy Bragg and Wilco. Does a vote for Wilco cover that set? Does a vote for Bragg? or is it a third and separate "artist"?

Cale/Reed is the same as Lou Reed and Bragg/Wilco is the same as Billy Bragg. This is just going by the Allmusic listings where those albums are listed under those individual artist's discography. (You can still list them as Cale/Red or Billy Bragg and Wilco, though, and I'll put them in the right place)

[Soundscape]

so it's a AMG standard?..a lot of the Jazz stuff especially the line can be blurred. Pat Metheny for example, there's his Trio and then him as a solo artist which is his band.

[Paul]

so it's a AMG standard?..a lot of the Jazz stuff especially the line can be blurred. Pat Metheny for example, there's his Trio and then him as a solo artist which is his band.

I can deal with things like that on an individual basis. I put the rule in place mostly to clarify things like a vote for Ozzy Osbourne not being the same thing as a vote for Black Sabbath.

[Asher Ford]

Alright, so I haven't been on the SOMB much at all this summer (watching Fatty Arbuckle shorts and CLEP testing out of Biology takes TIME people!), but I couldn't resist voting in another SOMB poll classic.

For me this list is hardly about the music at all. it's about that connection with the way the artist does things, from music on down. It's some kind of bizarre connection I tend to develop with artists. When it comes to these artists I'm completely blinded about what's good and what's not. I want it all:

1. Bob Dylan
Nobody fits my criteria better. He's the only artist I can think of that's so totally enrapturing that I'd just as well read an interview given by him as listen to any music by most any other artist. Also his career is so full and extended, half the time I think Love & Theft is better than Highway 61, and that blows my mind.

2. John Prine
He's a total addiction for me. If I'm happy, I want to hear Prine, if I'm sad, Prine, if I'm lonely or with friends or wanna jump around my room or sleep for hours, Prine is calling.

3. Sam Cooke
Probably the only "voice" I would say I'm in love with. It wouldn't matter if his songs were the worst ever written, I could listen all day. Luckily the songs are brilliant too so...

4. Van Morrison
Just read some Lester Bangs writing on this guy. He completely nails the feeling Van gives you. That life and death and all the world is encompassed in every moment, and we haven't got anything to grasp at but straws.

5. The Beatles
Along with Bob, it seems so pointless to put them on the top of any list. I'd have tried to put em lower but Abbey Road still melts right through me every time. Oh and there are not 6 greater albums than the White Album in the history of music. So there.


6. The Velvet Underground
7. Hank Williams
8. The Rolling Stones
9. The Ramones
10. Lou Reed
11. Elvis Costello
12. The Clash
13. The Stooges
14. The Flaming Lips
15. The Mekons
16. The Talking Heads
17. Neil Young
18. The Band
19. Led Zeppelin
20. The White Stripes
21. Randy Newman
22. Dwight Yoakam
23. The Everly Brothers
24. The Who
25. The Jackson 5
26. Akron/Family
27. The Magnetic Fields
28. Prince
29. Wilco
30. Green Day
31. The Supremes
32. David Bowie
33. The Beach Boys
34. They Might Be Giants
35. Nico
36. Belle & Sebastian
37. Elvis Presley
38. Frank Zappa
39. Andrew Bird
40. Lucinda Williams
41. Modest Mouse
42. Beck
43. Tom Waits
44. R.E.M.
45. Weird Al Yankovic
46. The Zombies
47. Randy Travis
48. The Byrds
49. Creedence Clearwater Revival
50. Dusty Springfield


Wanted to throw King Khan/Mark Sultan on here, been listening to them constantly. Couldn't figure out how best to do it though.

[RabbiSchmoiley]

well, i suppose this is another way of introducing myself...

1. Underworld
2. Autechre
3. Radiohead
4. Aphex Twin
5. Sigur Ros
6. Bjork
7. Daft Punk
8. Clark (aka Chris Clark)
9. Beck
10. Boards Of Canada
11. Mum
12. Mogwai
13. Chemical Brothers (though thats been a steady decline since 2001)
14. Godspeed You Black Emperor
15. Squarepusher
16. Polmo Polpo
17. Animal Collective
18. John Wiese
19. Portishead
20. Explosions in the Sky
21. Air
22. TV on the Radio
23. Matthew Dear (and all his names)
24. Mr. Oizo
25. Death in Vegas
26. Matmos
27. Manitoba/Caribou
[b]28. M83[b/]
29. White Stripes
30.Nine Inch Nails

Honestly, such an impressive list... nice to have you here!!

[MattDrufke]

Paul, is there blurbing for this?

[fazeem]

1 the Verve 2 the Clash 3 the Stone Roses 4 Radiohead 5 the Beatles 6 Jane's Addiction 7 UNKLE/James Lavelle 8 South 9 Travis 10 Doves 11 Joy Division 12 U2 13 Underworld 14 Supergrass 15 Pink Floyd 16 the Chemical Brothers 17 Kings of Leon 18 Fugazi 19 Dr. Dre 20 Dead Prez 21 Rage Against the Machine 22 the Charlatans 23 Bob Marley 24 The Grateful Dead 25 Sonic Youth 26 Public Enemy 27 A Tribe Called Quest 28 Various Production 29 Echo and the Bunnymen 30 New Order 31 Super Furry Animals 32 Neil Young 33 the Strokes 34 Smashing Pumpkins 35 the Smiths 36 Tricky 37 the Shins 38 M.I.A. 39 Ghostface Killah 40 RZA 41 Del tha Funkee Homosapian 42 Richard Ashcroft 43 Primal Scream 44 Porno for Pyros 45 Portishead 46 Pixies 47 Ride 48 Oasis 49 Midlake 50 Modest Mouse

[Paul]

Paul, is there blurbing for this?

I want to. After the poll ends, I'll see who else is interested.

[Rez]

well, i suppose this is another way of introducing myself...
(list)

Honestly, such an impressive list... nice to have you here!!

why thank you (both)...

[elcorazon]

Paul, is there blurbing for this?

I want to. After the poll ends, I'll see who else is interested.

I still think blurbers should be required to up mixes of the artist. In order to get it done in a reasonable amount of time and to get more people to check out the mixes, I suggest they be 9 tracks each... or at a maximum under 1 hour.