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[Saskadelphia]

"One of the best shows I've ever seen was the Hanoi Rocks show I saw at the El Mocambo in Toronto mere days before the death of Razzle. Michael Monroe had a broken leg and Andy McCoy was right wasted, but boy oh boy, were they a powerful live band." - Gbro

Lucky bastid. This band was so close to greatness. Thanks, Vince Neil.

[Paul]

Be Getting Over In The Big Sky Country

#251.




Chris Whitley

SOMBies Say:

"he could do no wrong in my book" - velocity

[Paul]

Well, Since My Baby Left Me
I Found A New Place To Dwell

#250.




Elvis Presley

SOMBies Say:

"The best use of a leather suit until Eddie Murphy's 'Delirious'" - Campaigner (re: Elvis '68 Comeback Special)

[RadioHitchcock]

#255.

Insert Your Favorite Band Here That Didn't Make The List!


(sorry, I missed something when I was finishing the spreadsheet, so there is no official #255)

so what was #301 that would have made it?

[Paul]

so what was #301 that would have made it?

Rilo Kiley

[Rob Gordon]

Elvis at 250. I get it though. He didn't make my top 50. I still contend that if you have a band and you don't have a little Elvis vibe in it. Your sunk.

[Ent]

#255.

Insert Your Favorite Band Here That Didn't Make The List!


(sorry, I missed something when I was finishing the spreadsheet, so there is no official #255)

Any way to go back and fix this at a later time?

EDIT: Nevermind, other people are already addressing it.

[Ent]

Recap so far,... 250. Elvis Presley 251. Chris Whitley 252. Hanoi Rocks 253. Marillion 254. Patty Griffin 255. ???? 256. Pretty Girls Make Graves 257. Steve Reich 258. The Sword 259. The Misfits 260. ABBA 261. Fiona Apple 262. Howlin' Wolf 263. The Orb 264. Jay Reatard 265. Ricardo Villalobos 266. Todd Rundgren 267. James Brown 268. At The Drive-In 269. LCD Soundsystem 270. Red House Painters 271. Death Cab For Cutie 272. The Jayhawks 273. The Tragically Hip 274. Gillian Welch 275. Sparklehorse 276. Patti Smith 277. Opeth 278. Sufjan Stevens 279. Unrest 280. Paul Simon 281. Frank Sinatra 282. Genesis 283. Mötley Crüe 284. Nine Inch Nails 285. Primal Scream 286. The Wrens 287. DJ Shadow 288. Phil Spector 289. The Specials 290. Low 291. Eminem 292. Joe Strummer/Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros 293. The Byrds 294. Counting Crows 295. Gram Parsons 296. Slowdive 297. Faust 298. Foo Fighters 299. Interpol 300. Doves 301. Rilo Kiley

[Paper Tiger]

Really interesting so far, enjoying the format a lot. Its a little late, but here is a little story about me and Low. Alan Sparhawk (sp?) used to work where I'm trying to get a job (my friend says he likes to come and hang out at random and chitchat). I'm going to do something terribly embarrassing if I do get a job there and see him, I'm so excited and can't wait. Another anecdote about Steve Reich: A music teacher at my schools response to being asked what he thought about Reich: "You're like what, 18? 19? Now is the time in your life to be listening to Steve Reich! Go! Now! LISTEN!! It will be meaningless later!" To offer some encouragement: Can't wait to see the rest, keep up the good work!

[Freddie Freelance]

I'm just an asshole from El Paso

#255.



Kinky Friedman


"We Jews believe it was SANTA CLAUS that killed Jesus Christ" from They Ain't Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore by Kinky Friedman - Dead Billy

I'm going to buy the Kinky Action figure, has "a repertoire of 25 [of] Kinky's famous sayings!" - Freddie Freelance

done

[RoBKoZ]

#256.
Pretty Girls Make Graves

SOMBies Say:

"This band loved to turn it up loud." - Red Lobster

"i'll get by as long as there is a final chicago show and i can get one last fix & one more photo op...but maybe just me and andrea only though...the other girl didn't seem too interested

" - RoBKoZ

i'm happy w/ #256...and there was a final chicago show...and i got one last photo op, but you all prob already knew that

[velocity]

Be Getting Over In The Big Sky Country

#251.


Chris Whitley

Who else voted for him besides me?!

[54cermak]

I may not have agreed with all the placements, but this list made sense given the sensibilities of the board. That is, until #258, since then every pick has just been completely bizarre.

[Agrimorfee]

#250.Elvis

Wow.

[Bob Loblaw]

This thread came at the perfect moment. I haven't had a reason to constantly refresh the SOMB in a while. I'm shocked and embarassed to admit how many of the bands I either haven't heard or haven't even heard OF. Sparklehorse is one of those bands that I've always meant to check out and never did, so I DL'ed some of their stuff last night and it's rad as hell. Keep it comin, Paul. Epic thread.

[norton]

This thread came at the perfect moment. I haven't had a reason to constantly refresh the SOMB in a while. I'm shocked and embarassed to admit how many of the bands I either haven't heard or haven't even heard OF. Sparklehorse is one of those bands that I've always meant to check out and never did, so I DL'ed some of their stuff last night and it's rad as hell.

Keep it comin, Paul. Epic thread.

Sounds like another vote from Bob. Move them up to #255!

[Drinky]

Well, I'm just glad somebody voted for guys like Elvis, Howlin' Wolf, and James Brown. Makes the list look better, even if they are low.

[Bob Loblaw]

This thread came at the perfect moment. I haven't had a reason to constantly refresh the SOMB in a while. I'm shocked and embarassed to admit how many of the bands I either haven't heard or haven't even heard OF. Sparklehorse is one of those bands that I've always meant to check out and never did, so I DL'ed some of their stuff last night and it's rad as hell.

Keep it comin, Paul. Epic thread.

Sounds like another vote from Bob. Move them up to #255!

Eh, I'm not sure they're urban enough to warrant that high a placement.

[elcorazon]

Be Getting Over In The Big Sky Country

#251.


Chris Whitley

Who else voted for him besides me?!

maybe no one. I can't recall seeing any other votes for Patty Griffin besides my own, so I kinda suspect this is the part of the list where those artists with only 1 vote but a #1 vote wound up - 200 is a lot of points, y'know. Did you vote Whitley #1?

great job so far Paul. Way to go!

[Bruegel]

I'm near the entrance

#255.




T-Pain

SOMBies Say:

"T-Pain 'I'm Sprung' - beginning of autotune madness in hip hop" - Pink/Madrox?

"did you guys know T-Pain is only 22? that fucked me up" - The Good Dr Bill