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NME: Aaliyah is more influential than The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Madonna & Prince. |
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NME: Aaliyah is more influential than The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Madonna & Prince.
The 100 Most Influential Artists, according to NME:
100. Deerhunter 99. The Cure 98. Yeah Yeah Yeahs 97. Iceage 96. Country Teasers 95. Dirty Projectors 94. Richard Hawley 93. Black Lips 92. St. Vincent 91. Foals 90. Flying Lotus 89. Simple Minds 88. Oneohtrix Point Never 87. Billy Bragg 86. The Triffids 85. Black Flag 84. Nine Inch Nails 83. The Jesus and Mary Chain 82. Massive Attack 81. Animal Collective 80. Dusty Springfield 79. Suicide 78. Stevie Wonder 77. Best Coast 76. Vampire Weekend 75. The Wedding Present 74. Slint 73. Wu-Tang Clan 72. Grimes 71. Rilo Kiley 70. Pharrell 69. Nick Lowe 68. The National 67. Jay Z 66. The Slits 65. Diplo 64. The Zombies 63. Talk Talk 62. The Stooges 61. DJ Shadow 60. DJ Rashad 59. Chic 58. Black Sabbath 57. James Blake 56. Happy Mondays 55. The Chills 54. Aphex Twin 53. The Fall 52. Nas 51. Television 50. Sufjan Stevens 49. Death From Above 1979 48. Bat For Lashes 47. The Cars 46. Wiley 45. T Rex 44. Bikini Kill 43. New Order 42. PJ Harvey 41. Led Zeppelin 40. Tame Impala 39. Brian Jonestown Massacre 38. Dr. Dre 37. Kraftwerk 36. My Bloody Valentine 35. TV on the Radio 34. Depeche Mode 33. The Knife 32. Pavement 31. Bjork 30. Bon Iver 29. Bruce Springsteen 28. Beck 27. The Stone Roses 26. Fleetwood Mac 25. Nirvana 24. Queens of the Stone Age 23. Burial 22. Sonic Youth 21. Hole 20. Prince 19. Neutral Milk Hotel 18. Aaliyah 17. Blur 16. The Velvet Underground 15. Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers 14. The Clash 13. Joy Division 12. The Breeders 11. The Smiths 10. The xx 09. Nick Cave 08. Kate Bush 07. The Gun Gun Club 06. The Flaming Lips 05. The Strokes 04. The White Stripes 03. Kanye West 02. David Bowie 01. Radiohead What do you think of it? |
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I presume this was a readers vote? I can't believe any music journalist would put that out.
There is so much wrong with this list we could be here for hours, but I love The National - but more influential than Pink Floyd, The Who, The Beatles, The Stones, The Doors. Haha. |
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I presume this was a readers vote? I can't believe any music journalist would put that out.
There is so much wrong with this list we could be here for hours, but I love The National - but more influential than Pink Floyd, The Who, The Beatles, The Stones, The Doors. Haha. Radiohead, for example, would be far more relevant to a 16 - 20 year old today than, for example, Pink Floyd although the Floyd were an influence on Radiohead. |
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Jesus what a garbage list. This must have been reader voted? No way a self-respecting journalist would put that out, then again this is NME we're talking about.
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Influential to who exactly? And how did they work it out?
The NME is a joke now anyway, it's become a parody of itself. |
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Radiohead, for example, would be far more relevant to a 16 - 20 year old today than, for example, Pink Floyd although the Floyd were an influence on Radiohead. |
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There are actually a couple of artists on that list that I haven't heard of. Not suggesting that means they aren't influential, but for example Country Teasers have never appeared on my radar. Are they really in the top 100 most influential artists in the world ever?
More suspiciously, Flaming Lips (who I have seen live) at #6? Great band, incredible live act but have they ever influenced anyone? |
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Influential to who? How do you measure influentiality? Number of people who count them as an inspiration?
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Influential to who? How do you measure influentiality? Number of people who count them as an inspiration?
But they're not on the list, which suggests that being influential is not necessarily the main qualification. |
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I've been going to The Great Escape in Brighton for the last 9 years and I can tell you Guitar bands are down each year, this year they had Stormzy headlining. So if this reflected the modern youth influence then there should be far more grime, urban, hip-hop acts.
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Neutral Milk Hotel are more influential than Nirvana.
Is there even such a band, or did they make the name up for a laugh?
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Neutral Milk Hotel are more influential than Nirvana.
Is there even such a band, or did they make the name up for a laugh?
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Neutral Milk Hotel are more influential than Nirvana.
Is there even such a band, or did they make the name up for a laugh?Actually, check out this from Neutral Milk Hotel: https://youtu.be/hD6_QXwKesU It totally sounds like so many of the modern "indie" bands yet it's from 1998. |
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The Great Escape means nothing to me but certainly Download never seem to have many problems finding young guitar bands. The problem most young bands have is finding places to gig.
Also looking at the Download line-up hardly any of the acts near the top of the list are modern - Maiden, Sabbath, Rammstein, Korn, Deftones, Megadeth, Nightwish, Disturbed. Even the smaller stages are being headlined by Janes Addiction, Pennywise, Saxon, Napalm Death, NoFX....etc! The fact there is barely a band form post 2000 near the top of the order says a lot. Quote:
According to Wikipedia they influenced Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Beirut, Franz Ferdinand, Bright Eyes and The Decemberists. So quite influential. But surely Arcade Fire were more influential because they took that folk-anthem style into the mainstream and paved the way for every "indie" band that got in the charts with a big chorus and banjos? Yet Arcade Fire aren't on the list.
Actually, check out this from Neutral Milk Hotel: https://youtu.be/hD6_QXwKesU It totally sounds like so many of the modern "indie" bands yet it's from 1998. |
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That's mainly because Download is a Rock/Metal festival only. The Great Escape in more a showcase for up and coming acts or showcases for bands from other countries. It used to be dominated by guitar bands a few years ago, not so anymore.
Also looking at the Download line-up hardly any of the acts near the top of the list are modern - Maiden, Sabbath, Rammstein, Korn, Deftones, Megadeth, Nightwish, Disturbed. Even the smaller stages are being headlined by Janes Addiction, Pennywise, Saxon, Napalm Death, NoFX....etc! The fact there is barely a band form post 2000 near the top of the order says a lot. Think of Neutral Milk Hotel as the 90's version of The Velvet Underground (60's), Television (70's) and The Pixies (80's) in that the fact the released music that didn't really get discovered properly till a decade of so later. I hope you are joking!That Milk thingy sounds just like a chart song from the 1980s, but I'm still trying to think what it was. |
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Novelist Adam Foulds takes over the airwaves of BBC Radio 3 to explain his passion for Neutral Milk Hotel: https://youtu.be/K9gpR6Thrq4
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I was a big fan of Aaliyah's and she definitely influenced quite a few modern female artists whether directly or indirectly. But putting her above Madonna and Michael Jackson strikes me as trying to be controversial for the same of it.
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There are actually a couple of artists on that list that I haven't heard of. Not suggesting that means they aren't influential, but for example Country Teasers have never appeared on my radar. Are they really in the top 100 most influential artists in the world ever?
More suspiciously, Flaming Lips (who I have seen live) at #6? Great band, incredible live act but have they ever influenced anyone? |
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Radiohead are such a hipster band. Most people say they like them because they think it's cool, if you know what I'm saying. Like those ***** who wear those a ramones T- Shirts, who have never even heard a song of theirs. Just like Kate Bush fans, when they say she's underrated, when in actually she's massively overrated by her fans.
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Who cares what NME thinks? Take these lists with a grain of salt.
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They have Wiley but no Tupac or Biggie?
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I take anything printed in NME with a tablespoon of salt.
I remember when I was at Stockport College and one of my mates had bought the latest issue of NME (so around 2002-2003 time it was) and whilst we were in the IT room, I browsed through the magazine and thought it was all a load of bollards. ![]() My interest in NME plummeted from that day onwards. |
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in what parallel universe are Depeche Mode more influential than Kraftwerk?? When I pick the NME up at a tube station I'm always faintly embarrassed by it. How it's fallen since its 80s heyday.
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Isn't the whole point of this contrarian list to get everyone annoyed and clicking on the NME website.
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Isn't the whole point of this contrarian list to get everyone annoyed and clicking on the NME website.
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Is there even such a band, or did they make the name up for a laugh?
I hope you are joking!