Sorry for causing you problems dude. I bet MC Escher looked like a token rapper.

Good work on the list sir

I think Mitchell said it was his favorite Radiohead song ever.

I tend to agree with that about 2 days a week.

Nice try.

hey paul

why is the subtitle of this thread the mats when they were not #1 and some bullshit was

So surprising that R.E.M. would place in the top ten on an alternative music message board. Crazy!

Bang up job, Paul. Looking forward to reading all the blurbs in the next few days.

Top 5? It kinda is. Though maybe I just avoid the REM thread so I have no idea.

Thanks Paul.

I'd be curious to see where R.E.M. ranks on other polls of this sort...my guess is top 10 on most...and a good 50 spots ahead of Weezer.

REM have always been a band that simmers away with popularity on this board, without much explicit fanboydom.

Most of those high votes are from usernames I don't recognise though, so must be big with the lurkers.

Good to see Smashing Pumpkins have lost some of their luster on this board though - replaced by Weezer as the out of place nineties icon. I'm ok with that, at least Weezer fans have a sense of humour.

Beatles #1 strikes me as odd on a list of "favourites" though. They're far too omnipresent for me to think of them in those terms. Saying you like the Beatles is kind of like saying you like food, or somesuch

Anyway, kudos to SOMB for Bowie being so high

The reason "Hey You" was cut from the film was Roger felt the movie was getting really TOO bleak. It mainly consists of Bob Geldof and the wife of the movie sitting in a white room, separated, followed by some freaky images that ended up in the movie near the end, followed by lots of footage of skinheads rioting (again, also seen in the movie briefly). You can see it all on the DVD releasein the Bonus material--the master film I guess was in disrepair when they salvaged it, so the scratches and B/W celluloid make it look like some uber-industrial/heavy metal rock video. Well worth a look, though.

Why no Animals live during this period? Probably the Waters-angst, no doubt there. Possibly also for the time factor. And it was probably more fun to play than other pieces.

The only official live release, post Ummagumma/pre-DSoT, is "Is There Anybody Out There?", which is performances of the live Wall show. Interesting for big fans, but not essential. I would rather invest in a video bootleg so you can see the Wall itself being stacked piece by piece in part 1, then destroyed by the end of The Trial.

Good choices in your mix (note the title correction I gave)...I would have popped in "Biding My Time", "The Final Cut", and "Wots Uh the Deal" as other quality tracks.

I will check out those "tributes" later. From one major Floyd freak to another---Good job, Soundscape!

No Pavement Ist Rad here? I am shocked.

There were few REM #1's from people I've never heard of, it matters not they'd be in the top ten in most boards I'd assume.

Acc Music Poll has

40. PJ Harvey
39. Simon & Garfunkel
38. Steely Dan
37. The Smashing Pumpkins
36. Elliott Smith
35. Wilco
34. Johnny Cash
33. Arcade Fire
32. Jimi Hendrix
31. Belle and Sebastian
30. Björk
29. The Cure
28. Nick Drake
27. Miles Davis
26. Led Zeppelin
25. Tom Waits
24. Blur
23. Beck
22. Nirvana
21. Talking Heads
20. Pink Floyd
19. Elvis Costello
18. The Kinks
17. The Smiths
16. Pixies
15. The Clash
14. Stevie Wonder
13. U2
12. Bruce Springsteen
11. The Who
10. Prince
09. The Beach Boys
08. The Velvet Underground
07. Neil Young
06. David Bowie
05. R.E.M.
04. The Rolling Stones
03. Radiohead
02. Bob Dylan
01. The Beatles

The site itself

40 Sly and the Family Stone
39 Otis Redding
38 Michael Jackson
37 Sex Pistols
36 Creedence Clearwater Revival
35 Beck
34 Beastie Boys
33 The Kinks
32 James Brown
31 Miles Davis
30 The Doors
29 Public Enemy
28 The Byrds
27 The Smiths
26 Talking Heads
25 Aretha Franklin
24 Van Morrison
23 Elvis Costello
22 Bob Marley and The Wailers
21 Pink Floyd
20 Stevie Wonder
19 Radiohead
18 Nirvana
17 Neil Young
16 The Clash
15 U2
14 Marvin Gaye
13 R.E.M.
12 The Velvet Underground
11 The Beach Boys
10 Jimi Hendrix
9 Elvis Presley
8 The Who
7 Prince
6 Bruce Springsteen
5 Led Zeppelin
4 David Bowie
3 Bob Dylan
2 The Rolling Stones
1 The Beatles


AtEase April 07 poll


40. Aphex Twin
39. U2
38. Mogwai
37. The Cure
36. Pavement
35. Animal Collective
34. The Fall
33. Beck
32. Modest Mouse
31. Charles Mingus
30. Depeche Mode
29. Pixies
28. Flaming Lips
27. The Rolling Stones
26. Scott Walker
25. Nirvana
24. Pulp
23. My Bloody Valentine
22. Blur
21. Pink Floyd
20. REM
19. Arcade Fire
18. Wilco
17. Beach Boys
16. Brian Eno
15. Miles Davis
14. Joy Division
13. Belle & Sebastian
12. Sonic Youth
11. Elliott Smith
10. Bjork
9. Can
8. The Smiths
7. Neil Young
6. Sigur Ros
5. The Velvet Underground
4. David Bowie
3. Bob Dylan
2. The Beatles
1. Radiohead


NME 2002 Writers

40 Eminem
39 Blondie
38 Bob Dylan
37 Frank Sinatra
36 Primal Scream
35 Shane Macgowan
34 Iggy Pop
33 Pixies
32 Roxy Music
31 Manic Street Preachers
30 The Specials
29 The Jesus And Mary Chain
28 T Rex
27 Beastie Boys
26 Dexys Midnight Runners
25 Frankie Goes To Hollywood
24 REM
23 Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground
22 Prodigy
21 The Fall
20 Bob Marley
19 The Verve
18 The Rolling Stones
17 The Strokes
16 Blur
15 Joy Division
14 Elvis Presley
13 Nirvana
12 The Clash
11 Shun Ryder And Bez
10 Public Enemy
9 U2
8 Paul Weller /Jam
7 Radiohead
6 Oasis
5 Sex Pistols
4 David Bowie
3 The Stone Roses
2 The Beatles
1 The Smiths


Rolling Stone 2004

40 - Simon & Garfunkel
39 - David Bowie
38 - John Lennon
37 - Roy Orbison
36 - Madonna
35 - Michael Jackson
34 - Neil Young
33 - Everly Brothers
32 - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
31 - Johnny Cash
30 - The Clash
29 - The Who
28 - Prince
27 - Nirvana
26 - Ramones
25 - Fats Domino
24 - Jerry Lee Lewis
23 - Bruce Springsteen
22 - U2
21 - Otis Redding
20 - Bo Diddley
19 - Velvet Underground
18 - Marvin Gaye
17 - Muddy Waters
16 - Sam Cooke
15 - Stevie Wonder
14 - Led Zeppelin
13 - Buddy Holly
12 - Beach Boys
11 - Bob Marley
10 - Ray Charles
09 - Aretha Franklin
08 - Little Richard
07 - James Brown
06 - Jimi Hendrix
05 - Chuck Berry
04 - Rolling Stones
03 - Elvis Presley
02 - Bob Dylan
01 - The Beatles

Hey, I had them at number ten.

They're still rad. A little high on our list, though. Cool, I guess.

No,no,no,no...THANK YOU!

All you blurb writers (except one, and we know who that is) should be writers for a living.

Everyone should be grateful I didn't rank The Residents #1.

I had a hard time coming up with something new to say about Tom Waits, I can't imagine how daunting Mitch's blurb must have been. In retrospect, it would have been nice to see people blurb their #1s that didn't make the top 40, rather than the artists who've already had reams written about them. But Paul already had an unenviable job, no need to make it worse.

My initial reaction was 'fuck'. After sitting down and thinking about it a little more my reaction was more 'shit'.

Thanks for the props on though everyone. As mentioned before, we could easily collate a book on our blurbs these past five years.

Great list, guys! Fantastic job, Paul!

way to go Paul. I really enjoyed this list immensely. Loved the quotes and the blurbs. I'd like to see more of both.

My top 8 made the final tally - 6 of them in the top 55 - pleasing... 32 of my top 50 made the list... also pretty satisfying... 15 of my top 50 were in the somb's top 50.

I'll start the omissions part of the discussion.

really surprised The Jam didn't make the final 300. Also surprised no Lucinda Williams or Richard (with or without Linda) Thompson. Less surprised, but equally disappointed Zevon missed out.

Great stuff to all involved. Interesting results. I need to go back to see where my 12 picks ended up. Still making my way through some of the blurbs, but I've really been enjoying the different approaches people took.

Paul, thanks so much for pulling this whole thing together. I can't even imagine the amount of work that went into it. If there were SOMB awards, you'd be getting the top one this year.

Since I've read this, I cannot believe there isn't a rapper with that name. It would be amazing!

Props to Paul.
Props to some of the blurbers. I'm going to have to save the in a Word file or something because I didn't read the vast majority just now. I have a feeling there's going to be some good stuff though.
List itself was as expected.

1st great Job Paul

2nd anyone complaining they didn't get to blurb an artist do it now. So far the blurbs have been awesome, I know I would love to read more.

3rd Fuck the Beatles

4th I know on the board as it is now I will get killed for this but without REM you all wouldn't have these half assed Weezer and Wilco Records to slobber all over.

Chronic Town
Murmur
Reckoning
Fables
LRP
Document
ATFP
New Adventures in HiFi
TALK ABOUT UNFUCKWITHABLE

ooooooooooooooooooh yes there is. been a point of contention fer years. I agree with whitepony to a certain degree but they just stop being all that for me by 1989..

edit- Great Job Paul.. I'd take Chicago as a #1 just for giggles..

you gonna plug the full list? Just wondering where all the single votes ended up? Like my lucky #7...or 19 or 20, etc

was the irony in those 2 statements back to back intentional, I wonder.

I'll give you one to swap it out with (or add to it, I guess) within the week. And in any case, I didn't mean to derail the Paul lovefest. Stellar job, and a great read all around. Thanks for all the hard work, Paul.

Genius run-on! (I know I'm late on this)

Totally agree. Great work, MV!

GREAT blurb, Elemeno! And New Adventures is just great, though often unrecognized!

Elco, loved the blurb, which actually validated why i love the kinks so much!

Excellent job, Paul; thorough, exhaustive, enjoyable, and, sometimes, surprising. I could launch into a typical geezer-esque tirade about the criminally low placements of some really important artists ( Ike Turner, whom I have decided is the Inventor of Rock and Roll, did not even place), but at the end o' the day, it's a list of Favorites, not the people we think are historically important; as in, I never listen to Ike Turner much anyway. On the other hand, I have a feeling that a list of "Most Important" artists would not differ significantly, and the migraine-producing, microchipmunk drum fills of New Order would still be up there with the vulcanization of rubber. C'est la vie. It's a fun list. Glad to see there wasn't an "I hate my parents" Beatles backlash; they really are the best goddam band ever, even though they stole everything they knew from REM, but, honestly, if I was sixteen, I'd probably hate them, too, and substitute one of those pointless indie bands that crowd the top 50, so what the fuque.

Also---the choice of both quote and picture, I think, are top-notch.

How the hell did you not blurb, CR?

1. I didn't ask to.

2. I wasn't asked.

3. I think you are supposed to write good things about the artist, and I would rather trash than treasure. Shittiest bands ever? (Styx and Chicago duke it out for number one)
In the words of Leonard Cohen, I'm your man.

Amen. Sweet Jesus, rock and roll!

i didnt know about the "fake number ones" bit, so when i saw vampire weekend, there was about 5 seconds of blown fuses and tremendous confusion before i lol'd

working backwards i'm really surprised to see underworld place as high as it did. usually for big, sitewide lists (not like i go roving for them, but usually) if it doesnt make it by 150 i just assume i'm alone again. i did like the quotes though, as karl's lyrics tend to do that to people.

to the two who reacted to it, vurt being one of them and the only person i really *know* on this board, yes, you should get to know underworld better. second tougest is my favorite album of theirs, but i'd recommend either beaucoup fish if you want to start with the odd platter of ideas with some wonderful results or dubnobass if you're wondering what makes them such a classic. second toughest is a bit of a nut to crack, as they never made anything that sounded like born slippy before or after born slippy.

top 5 blurbs

1. Undo
2. Duff
3. Midnite_Vulture
4. Good Dr. Bill
5. Madrox

Cannot argue with that, except I would throw in Sausage's blurb.

norton and duff were the top 2.

Thanks, elc. But there was duff's, and then there were the rest of ours.

But I'm glad I almost made you cry.

was going to put myself at #5 but didnt want to come off as vain

i also enjoyed westermats blurb very much as well as a couple others

There hasn't been a day since it was posted where I haven't thought about Undo's blurb and burst out laughing.

they'd be #1 on a lot of forums..Paul should have at least put them in at 302 or something.

Done that too (back in my horrid pre-med days). And "Let It Be" was always something to hear before an especially stressful exam. Just calmed the nerves, put everything at ease.

Outstanding work, Paul. Take a bow!