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[velocity]

9. King's X
10. dredg
11. Yes
14. Led Zeppelin
15. The Beatles
18. Jimi Hendrix
20. Pat Metheny
29. Between the Buried and Me
34. The Who
36. Opeth
37. The Police
39. Jerry Goodman and Jan Hammer (Like Children)
41. Coheed and Cambria
47. Liquid Tension Experiment
48. Weather Report

Brother!

[Johnny's Shack]

wamp wamp wamp.... here's my friggin list. it's really hard to weigh favorites. it becomes increasingly more arbitrary.


01. el guincho
01. feist
01. bonnie 'prince' billi
01. polaris
01. some obscure artist from the newgrass thread
01. weezer

02. the beatles [a matter of quality over quantity gives weezer a slight edge]
03. radiohead
04. jay-z
05. herbie hancock
06. brian eno
07. miles davis
08. thelonious monk
09. the rolling stones
10. bob dylan [i've never listened to a dylan album released after [i]blood on the tracks[/i]]
11. talking heads
12. r.e.m.
13. the smashing pumpkins [machina I and zeitgeist suck ass; adore is quite good. these guys still tear shit up live]
14. built to spill
15. modest mouse [LCW > M&A; lyrics on the new album are terrible]
16. bill evans
17. stars of the lid
18. can
19. the velvet underground [was it the music or the sunglasses and leather? did you know they used to torment nico?]
20. pixies
21. pink floyd [a few tiers below weezer, but they gave a good effort]
22. the beach boys [too many shitty albums to be any higher]

23. wilco
24. aphex twin
25. the zombies
26. animal collective
27. marvin gaye
28. yo la tengo [translation: "i have it"]
29. pavement
30. the strokes
31. charles mingus
32. michael jackson [my first favorite artist]
33. broken social scene [these guys are a lot better together than solo. selfish pricks.]
34. the notorious b.i.g.
35. beastie boys [the mix-up is a chill driving cd]
36. the cure
37. caribou/handsome dick manitoba [the quality of up in flames defies description]
38. spoon [new song at pitchfork was killer]
39. the walkmen
40. the police
41. belle & sebastian [dear catastrophe waitress is their second best album]
42. the who [the story of tommy is retarded]
43. fleetwood mac
44. kanye west
45. sonic youth
46. blink-182 [still trying to get my hands on that buddha vinyl]

47. simon & garfunkel
48. nick drake
49. bjork
50. outkast [aka 'kast]


honorable mention - 51. the stooges (sorry hard-rock. i've never been a big fan)
obligatory made-up band - 52. amy saunders & the anvil sisters

others who just missed the cut: queen, neil young, bruce springsteen, deerhoof, ben folds, joy division
artists who never had a chance: ll cool j, metric, neon neon

band i've listened to the most that isn't on the list: dave matthews band

[WP64]

23 hours, 43 minutes left. I like how this deadline comes close to the trade deadline in the MLB. I am excited to see the winner of this I avoided looking at too many peoples list so it would be more of a surprise. When will the final list come out?

[Johnny's Shack]

whoever writes that Beatles blurb - it better be fucking original and it better be good!

[Paul]

When will the final list come out?

I'll try and get it up as soon as I can. I am about half way through tabbing it, but I've found a quicker way to take care of it so hopefully I can fly through the rest of it after I'm at Lollapalooza all weekend. Most likely I'll have the results ready in about a week and then I can assign out blurbs, give everyone about a week to take care of those, and then start posting the results.

[Agrimorfee]

whoever writes that Beatles blurb - it better be fucking original and it better be good!

Might as well use Richie Unterberger's AMG blurb, kind of says it all.
http://www.allmusicg...hifrxqw5ldse~T1

[Hewletts Daughter]

i haven't been keeping up, but Paul, I will blurb anything you need blurbed, whether I'm familiar with it or not. I also call dibs on the Reel Big Fish blurb that will clearly be necessary.

[The Curse Of Millhaven]

1. Swans 2. Angels Of Light 3. Michael Gira 4. The Cure 5. Depeche Mode 6. Foetus 7. The Velvet Underground 8. Lou Reed 9. David Bowie 10. Carter USM WWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[undo]

1. Swans
2. Angels Of Light
3. Michael Gira
4. The Cure
5. Depeche Mode
6. Foetus
7. The Velvet Underground
8. Lou Reed
9. David Bowie
10. Carter USM

WWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was sure that the Human League and Throbbing Gristle would be your #1 and #2.

[Badger]

1. Swans
2. Angels Of Light
3. Michael Gira
4. The Cure
5. Depeche Mode
6. Foetus
7. The Velvet Underground
8. Lou Reed
9. David Bowie
10. Carter USM

WWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Carter? Whither Fall group?

[Duff.]

• PJ Harvey.
• New Pornographers.
• Wu-Tang Clan.
• Rainer Maria.
• Elliot Smith.
• Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her.
• New Order.
• Ramones.
• Kanye West.
• Sleater-Kinney.
• Daft Punk.
• Led Zeppelin.
• The Clash.
• Alkaline Trio.
• Elvis Costello.
• Ted Leo.
• Outkast.
• Fiona Apple.
• The Strokes.
• The Pixies.
• Radiohead.
• Face2Face.
• Michael Jackson.
• Common.
• Rilo Kiley.
• Smoking Popes.
• Aaliyah.
• The Get Up Kids.
• Liz Phair.
• Missy Elliot.
• Roni Size.
• Lucero.
• Fugazi.
• White Stripes.
• The Cure.
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
• Depeche Mode.
• Beck.
• Cat Power.
• Ladytron.
• Joy Division.
• Bikini Kill.
• Breeders.
• Neko Case.
• Replacements.
• David Bowie.
• TV on the Radio.
• Mates of State.
• Madonna.
• XTC.

[yancy]

Figured my 20,000th post (ugh, gross) should be something more substantial than a caustic one-liner. Here goes. 01. Prong 02. Weezer 03. Mr. Bungle 04. Marvelous 3 05. Aphex Twin 06. Faith No More 07. Ween 08. Extreme 09. Newcleus 10. The Ark 11. Radiohead 12. Living Colour 13. Butch Walker 14. Broken Social Scene 15. Chromeo 16. Red Hot Chili Peppers 17. Fishbone 18. They Might Be Giants 19. Office 20. LCD Soundsystem 21. Out Hud 22. Sahara Hotnights 23. Daft Punk 24. Alphabeat 25. Beach Boys 26. Nine Inch Nails 27. Spacehog 28. Pulp 29. Secret Chiefs 3 30. Kiss 31. Estradasphere 32. Donnas 33. Run DMC 34. M83 35. Cardigans 36. Ozma 37. Johnny Cash 38. Feist 39. Bowling For Soup 40. Pantera 41. LL Cool J 42. Zebrahead 43. Rocket From The Crypt 44. Ministry 45. Diamond Nights 46. Hives 47. The Rapture 48. Nada Surf 49. American Hi-Fi 50. Poison 51. Bob Dylan (juuust missed the cut)

[M_Rots]

• PJ Harvey.
• New Pornographers.
• Wu-Tang Clan.
• Rainer Maria.
• Elliot Smith.
• Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her.
• New Order.
• Ramones.
• Kanye West.
• Sleater-Kinney.
• Daft Punk.
• Led Zeppelin.
• The Clash.
• Alkaline Trio.
• Elvis Costello.
• Ted Leo.
• Outkast.
• Fiona Apple.
• The Strokes.
• The Pixies.
• Radiohead.
• Face2Face.
• Michael Jackson.
• Common.
• Rilo Kiley.
• Smoking Popes.
• Aaliyah.
• The Get Up Kids.
• Liz Phair.
• Missy Elliot.
• Roni Size.
• Lucero.
• Fugazi.
• White Stripes.
• The Cure.
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
• Depeche Mode.
• Beck.
• Cat Power.
• Ladytron.
• Joy Division.
• Bikini Kill.
• Breeders.
• Neko Case.
• Replacements.
• David Bowie.
• TV on the Radio.
• Mates of State.
• Madonna.
• XTC.

Glad I looked at Wikipedia before I replied, otherwise I'd have accused you of inserting your own band's name, as I'd never heard of Seagull Screaming... before. Still, I really like your list.

[yancy]

Shit, I forgot Anthrax. Oh well.

[Duff.]

50. Poison
51. Bob Dylan (juuust missed the cut)

Heh, nice.

Glad I looked at Wikipedia before I replied, otherwise I'd have accused you of inserting your own band's name, as I'd never heard of Seagull Screaming... before. Still, I really like your list.

Hey, thanks. Probably a bit self-indulgent to put a band with no official US release (I'm aware of) in my top ten, but damn Japanese power pop can be awesome.

[Hewletts Daughter]

24. Alphabeat

rly?

42. Zebrahead

this is awesome for dozens of reasons

02. Weezer
07. Ween
10. The Ark
14. Broken Social Scene
20. LCD Soundsystem
21. Out Hud
22. Sahara Hotnights
23. Daft Punk
26. Nine Inch Nails
28. Pulp
34. M83
46. Hives

naturally, all good picks

of course, i like your list very much

Whaddya think- Grandaddy top 40? It has a chance.

i'd be happy as a clam if that were the case. many seem to be acknowledging their greatness, so yeah, why not. outside shot of it, but still a shot none the less.

[scarymuppet]

prob stuff i would have wanted to put on that i forgot, but oh well. 01 Prince 02 The Who 03 David Bowie 04 Sufjan Stevens 05 ABBA 06 Brian Eno 07 The Kinks 08 Jens Lekman 09 The Clash 10 Belle & Sebastian 11 Neutral Milk Hotel 12 Cheap Trick 13 The Rolling Stones 14 The Velvet Underground 15 Electric Light Orchestra 16 Pixies 17 Dexys Midnight Runners 18 The Beach Boys 19 The Magnetic Fields 20 Wilco 21 Kanye West 22 Mott the Hoople 23 Television Personalities 24 The Buzzcocks 25 New Order 26 Donovan 27 The Wedding Present 28 Morrissey 29 Danielson Famile 30 Ghostface Killah 31 The Hold Steady 32 Pavement 33 The Smiths 34 Billy Bragg 35 Half-Handed Cloud 36 The Beatles 37 The Ramones 38 The Apples in Stereo 39 Sam & Dave 40 The Decemberists 41 Girl Talk 42 Lambchop 43 The High Llamas 44 Pulp 45 James Brown 46 Meat Loaf 47 Stevie Wonder 48 OutKast 49 Daft Punk 50 Alphabeat I'd blurb and/or mix

[williamtell]

1.husker du 2.the replacements 3.burning witch 4.crowbar 5.velvet underground 6.eno 7.can 8.the stooges 9.disco inferno 10.immortal 11.big star 12.whitehouse 13.sparks 14.afghan whigs 15.thin lizzy 16.charles mingus 17.eyehategod 18.captain beefheart 19.jesus lizard 20.scott walker

[scarymuppet]

oh fuck, husker du. oh well.

[Ennui]

Figured my 20,000th post (ugh, gross) should be something more substantial than a caustic one-liner. Here goes.

01. Prong
02. Weezer
03. Mr. Bungle
04. Marvelous 3
05. Aphex Twin
06. Faith No More
07. Ween
08. Extreme
09. Newcleus
10. The Ark
11. Radiohead
12. Living Colour
13. Butch Walker
14. Broken Social Scene
15. Chromeo
16. Red Hot Chili Peppers
17. Fishbone
18. They Might Be Giants
19. Office
20. LCD Soundsystem
21. Out Hud
22. Sahara Hotnights
23. Daft Punk
24. Alphabeat
25. Beach Boys
26. Nine Inch Nails
27. Spacehog
28. Pulp
29. Secret Chiefs 3
30. Kiss
31. Estradasphere
32. Donnas
33. Run DMC
34. M83
35. Cardigans
36. Ozma
37. Johnny Cash
38. Feist
39. Bowling For Soup
40. Pantera
41. LL Cool J
42. Zebrahead
43. Rocket From The Crypt
44. Ministry
45. Diamond Nights
46. Hives
47. The Rapture
48. Nada Surf
49. American Hi-Fi
50. Poison
51. Bob Dylan (juuust missed the cut)

congrats yancy.