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Your top 20 favourite bands/groups/artists
Just interested to know what people's top 20 bands, groups and individual artists are.
Don't post anyone obvious (such as The Rolling Stones, Queen, U2 etc) unless you regularly enjoy their music and definitely view them as being in your ideal "top 20". These do not have to be in any specific order if you wish. I'll start... Blur Radiohead Jay-Z The Verve Gorillaz Common (formerly "Common Sense") Duran Duran Simple Minds Joy Division Frederic Mercier Daft Punk Steely Dan Isaac Hayes U2 The Doors Pete Rock & CL Smooth 9th Wonder DJ Premier Gary Numan Kasabian |
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It'd be difficult to pick one static 20, but I'll try my best:
Kate Bush (pretty much everything she's ever done I like, even The Red Shoes )The Smiths The Cure (nearly everything post-Bloodflowers is quite dire, though) Cerys Matthews (her and Catatonia were my first love in music and will always hold a special place in my heart) Catatonia Kirsty MacColl (underrated, I'll never understand how she managed to pass so many people by) David Bowie Stone Roses Carole King Cocteau Twins Fleetwood Mac Echo and The Bunnymen R.E.M. Morrissey Pink Floyd Cranberries Joy Division Siouxsie and The Banshees (to an extent, the records I like I like a lot but some of it is a bit rubbish I think) Bjork (same with her, but I see the records I'm not quite into yet not 'rubbish' as such, but more like "I'll give it another listen soon and see if it's grown on me") Depeche Mode |
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Ooof, a toughie, but I'll have a go...
The Libertines The Beatles Oasis Joy Division Bob Dylan Joni Mitchell Ryan Adams Carole King The Smiths Roxy Music The Velvet Underground The Rolling Stones Michael Jackson David Bowie The Strokes Pixies Nirvana Blur Radiohead Blondie |
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in no particular order:
Paramore The Saturdays Pixie Lott Christina Aguilera Britney Spears Green Day Ashlee Simpson (she's a guilty pleasure, reminds me of being about 13) ![]() Katy Perry Lady GaGa She & Him Blink 182 Bon Iver Muse Fall Out Boy New Found Glory Eliza Doolittle No Doubt Gwen Stefani Rihanna P!nk That was difficult. Had to take some off of my list |
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Tough one but here goes (in no particular order):
Roisin Murphy Little Boots Lady Gaga The Saturdays Katy Perry Sugababes Pussycat Dolls Pixie Lott Shakira Kylie Minogue Sophie Ellis Bextor Britney Spears Abba Can't really think of any more right now...
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too hard to pick 20, but these are my favs
Radiohead Bloc Party Interpol Joy Division The Beatles Nirvana Muse nice to see some nods for Joy Division.. great band |
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This will be mostly impossible and subject to change, within the hour, but anyway....
Venetian Snares Squarepusher Kool Keith Sublime Ed Rush & Optical Bong Ra Shitmat Nirvana Luke Vibert Aphex Twin Gangstarr Godley & Creme Tech Itch Nina Simone NoFX Mochipet Alec Empire Kate Bush Smashing Pumpkins Las Ketchup I may have made up the last one. |
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AC/DC
Aerosmith Ash Beastie Boys Blur Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine Cure Dropkick Murphies Green Day Guns n Roses Hanoi Rocks JimBob Kiss The Lightening Seeds Manic Street Preachers Motley Crue Muse Neds Automic Dustbin Poison The Wonder Stuff |
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Mariah Carey
Oasis Jill Scott Keyshia Cole Alicia Keys Erykah Badu Corinne Bailey Rae Amerie Amy Winehouse Christina Aguilera John Legend Robin Thicke Alexandra Burke Mary J Blige Laura Izibor |
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20 eh? This could be fairly random:
The Pogues Yazoo The Jesus and Mary Chain Frightened Rabbit The Twilight Singers Jimmy Eat World Depeche Mode Pixies The Afghan Whigs The National Radiohead Arcade Fire Stars Death Cab for Cutie Sigur Ros Deus Mogwai Minuteman Explosions in the Sky Bloc Party (I've tended only to go for artists who I've liked consistently over a few albums, which generally means they're older/more established.) |
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Michael Jackson
Janet Jackson Britney Spears Usher Beyonce Justin Timberlake Jennifer Lopez Celine Dion Mariah Carey Whitney Houston Shania Twain Enrique Iglesias Akon T.I. Take That Kylie Minogue Nelly Craig David Rihanna Shakira |
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The Beatles
The Kinks Paul McCartney Wings George Harrison Supertramp The Who Led Zeppelin MGMT Blur Bob Dylan John Lennon Electric Light Orchestra Arctic Monkeys Pink Floyd The Eagles Coldplay The Moody Blues Badfinger Genesis |
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Placebo
Bloc Party Silversun Pickups White Rose Movement (gone but not forgotten) The National Bjork The Cure Radiohead Skunk Anansie Muse Interpol TV on the Radio New Order Joy Divison Editors Elbow Massive Attack Portishead Sneaker Pimps Sigur Ros and as a childhood memory A-ha Probably miscounted and can't check as my phone won't scroll up. |
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The Smiths
Morrissey Pixies The Cure Radiohead The Killers James The Cranberries David Bowie Pet Shop Boys Echo and The Bunnymen Joy Division New Order R.E.M. Leonard Cohen MGMT Sex Pistols The Cribs Muse The Pains of Being Pure at Heart |
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This is really tough. I had to cut about fifteen from my list. But (roughly in order) mine are:
1. Girls Aloud 2. Sugababes 3. Pet Shop Boys 4. Annie 5. Frank (they only released one album before splitting, but it was basically the perfect pop album) 6. Alesha Dixon 7. Robyn 8. Alphabeat 9. The Saturdays 10. Rachel Stevens (in my defence Come And Get It was one of the best pop albums of the last decade) 11. Britney Spears 12. Little Boots 13. Gabriella Cilmi 14. Mini Viva 15. M.I.A. 16. Goldfrapp 17. David Guetta 18. Private 19. Margaret Berger 20. Leona Lewis |
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This will probably a really random list. Alphabetical order obviously, not in order of preference...
AC/DC Arctic Monkeys The Beatles Beyonce Frank Sinatra Il Divo Lady Gaga Leona Lewis Lynyrd Skynyrd Marvin Gaye Mary J Blige Michael Buble Michael Jackson Muse Oasis Ray Charles Red Hot Chili Peppers Stevie Wonder The Three Tenors Whitney Houston |
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Oasis
The Stone Roses The Smiths The Libertines Kasabian The Jam Green Day Arctic Monkeys Lady Gaga The Kinks The Beatles Amy Winehouse The Clash Laura Marling The Killers REM Stereophonics Girls Aloud Manic Street Preachers Paloma Faith |
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Not in any particular order:
[list][*]Skunk Anansie[*]Bjork[*]Bat For Lashes[*]Goldfrapp[*]M.I.A.[*]Yeah Yeah Yeahs[*]Sigur Rós[*]The Prodigy[*]CSS[*]Peaches[*]Massive Attack[*]Ladyhawke[*]Maximo Park[*]MGMT[*]Klaxons[*]Gossip[*]Skin (solo from Skunk Anansie)[*]Snow Patrol[*]theSTART[*]The White Stripes[/list] |
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my top 20-
1-MADONNA 2-Marvin Gaye 3-Sly & The Family Stone 4-Fleetwood Mac 5-Gwen Stefani/No Doubt! 6-Kate Bush 7-Florence & The Machine 8-Britney Spears 9-Christina Aguilera 10-Lou Reed/The Velvet Underground 11-Rihanna 12-Annie Lennox/Eurythmics 13-The Rolling Stones 14-Kelis 15-Damon Albarn(Blur,GORILLAZ!) 16-Robyn 17-Janet Jackson 18-The Prodigy 19-Michael Jackson 20-Led Zeppelin my ALL TIME favorites forever PERIOD! all mean something significant to me in one way or another or several ways and really influence me
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Should have really put Michael Jackson in my own list, but thought it would be too obvious a choice. However, his contributions to music were huge and will never be forgotten, so he should definitely be on my list.
And yes, a lot of love for Joy Division, rightly so!
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The Doors
Nick Drake ABBA Kate Bush Prince Simple Minds ('79-'87) The Teardrop Explodes/Julian Cope Echo & The Bunnymen ('80-'87) U2 Thomas Dolby The Blow Monkeys Ozric Tentacles Throwing Muses The House Of Love William Orbit Mark Lanegan/Screaming Trees FSOL/Amorphous Androgynous Miss Kittin Crystal Stilts Lady Gaga Narrowing it down to just 20 was tricky. It was pretty tough omitting the following: Goldfrapp Brian Eno Kraftwerk Duran Duran Japan Beck Donna Summer REM The Smiths Nirvana Mazzy Star Arcade Fire Devendra Banhart Bjork The Stone Roses The Orb Perry Farrell |
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1. David Bowie
2. The Smiths 3. Morrissey 4. Queen 5.The Cure 6. Blondie 7. Radiohead 8. Joy Division 9. The Who 10. New Order 11. Pet Shop Boys 12. Annie Lennox 13. Human League 14. Kate Bush 15. Ultravox 16. Sigur Ros 17. Tears For Fears 18. The Jam 19. Placebo 20. Depeche Mode I could happily listen to nothing else but these artists. |
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20 of my favourites, off the top of my head, in no particular order.
Madness Fear Factory Levellers Sex Pistols Blur Beatles Metallica Pixies Grendel Suicide Commando Rudimentary Peni Pendulum Radiohead Travis Anaal Nathrakh Bathory Against Me Rage Against The Machine Marina and The Diamonds The Weakerthans |
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Not 20 and in no particular order...
Brand New Arctic Monkeys Placebo hellogoodbye Good Charlotte Weezer The Distillers Nirvana The Beatles Paramore Hole Jack Off Jill Blink 182 The Smiths Rancid |
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Bob Dylan
Johnny Cash The Beatles Bruce Springsteen Buddy Holly Fleetwood Mac Jimi Hendrix Kate Bush Linda Ronstadt Neil Young The Rolling Stones The Carpenters Howlin' Wolf Crystal Gayle Joni Mitchell Olivia Newton-John ABBA Frank Sinatra Billie Holiday Pat Benatar |
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