Not interested in what many people consider the 'most important/groundbreaking/significant' dont want pretention or coolness to feature, Not interested if theres some wank in it, just be truthful -who are your top 10 favs? (il kick it off in no particular order)
1. The Smiths
2. The Strokes
3. Radiohead
4. Fugazi
5. Blink 182 (early stuff)
6. The Jam
7. Arcade Fire
8. Blur
9. The cure
10. Interpol
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not in any order...
-The Cure
-Marillion
-Dream Theater
-Rush
-Arcade Fire
-Within Temptation
-Riverside
-Porcupine Tree
-Metallica
-Megadeth
-Anathema
thats 11..
so remove Riverside.
I will save this link for the next time we get asked this
Velvet underground - lou reed
David Bowie
The Pixies
The Sex Pistols
The Clash
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Aphex Twin
The Smiths
Blur
Suede
in no order
Silver Jews
Guided By Voices
Radiohead
Pixies
Weezer
Neil Young
Pink Floyd
Beulah
Bruce Springsteen
Fugazi
Fugazi
Unwound
Love
Sleater-Kinney
Oval
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Rodan
Indian Summer
Wire
Bedhead
.
1. Throbbing Gristle
2. Lightning Bolt
3. The Birthday Party
4. Faith No More
5. Fugazi
6. Speedranch
7. John Fahey
8. Gang Of Four
9. Tears For Fears
10. Boredoms
Something like that anyway. Can we have 20?
I lie normally
1 cocteau twins
2 beatles
3 joydivision
4 buzzcocks
5 cure
6 smiths
7 stranglers
8 kinks
9 radiohead
10 new model army
11 killing joke
Probably...
Belle & Sebastian
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Suede
Hefner
Elliott Smith
After these 5 it gets harder.
The Divine Comedy
The Smiths
REM
Leonard Cohen
The 10th could be one of several. Perhaps I'll say Pulp.
well im liking how this has shaped out so far
so yeah lets 20 it up (as long as it stays un-trendy) il add my next 10
11. dinosaur jr
12. weezer
13. lightning seeds
14. pixies
15. nofx
16. MBV
17. capdown
18. Bright eyes
19. jimmy eat world
20. clap your hands say yeah
Apparently...
Pulp
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
The Wedding Present
Serge Gainsbourg
Billy Bragg
Bob Dylan
The Smiths
Tindersticks
Leonard Cohen
Honorary Position for whoever I'm listening to at the moment: Artery
Possibly
Chumbawamba
Sunny Day Real Estate
Inspiral Carpets
Blur
The National
The Smiths
Suede
REM
Mudhoney
Kinky Machine
AAAAAGGGHHHH
I missed the sodding Thermals.
Fuck's sake.
Fullerov
Ryan Adams
The Smashing Pumpkins
Bob Dylan
Brand New
Bright Eyes
Elliott Smith
Afghan Whigs
The Replacements
The Mountain Goats
Modest Mouse
fook
the smiths
sonic youth
arcade fire
bright eyes
oasis
joanna newsom
songs:ohia
the shins
ryan adams
the beatles
take out
ryan adams and put in sleater-kinney
Mine might be:
The National
The Shins
Belle & Sebastian
REM
The Wrens
Yo La Tengo
The Jam
Blur
Pixies
Husker Du
Pisstrough. I forgot The Smiths
Twatfarm.
Yeah well YOU forgot The Thermals
you dumbstick.
its fun not to lie
isn't it?
Hmmm a top 15
Bright Eyes
Tilly & The Wall
Rilo Kiley
Modest Mouse
My Latest Novel
Guillemots
Brendan Benson
The Shins
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Ben Kweller
Frou Frou
Death Can for Cutie
The Postal Service
Our Lady Peace (earlier stuff)
Beerjacket
no order really...
1. Joy Division
2. The Smiths
3. Mastodon
4. The Stranglers
5. Pulp
6. Weezer
7. Tapes 'n Tapes
8. Maximo Park
9. The Dresden Dolls
10. The Stone Roses
... possibly...
That list actually makes me want to set up a home with you.
last.fm says...
1 Elliott Smith
2 Les Savy Fav
3 Pavement
4 Pixies
5 Guided by Voices
6 Beulah
7 The Thermals
8 The Mountain Goats
9 Modest Mouse
10 Built to Spill
11 The Wrens
12 Mission of Burma
13 Cloud Cult
14 The Replacements
15 Wolf Parade
16 Sunset Rubdown
17 mclusky
18 Neutral Milk Hotel
19 Okkervil River
20 Andrew Bird
which is mostly fair, although The Mountain Goats are mainly only in there because of the size of their discography. Life Without Buildings are probably more deserving of their place.
erm - this is artists who I've heard a lot of, over time...
1. The Divine Comedy
2. The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
3. Magnetic Fields
4. SFA
5. The Mountain Goats
6. Hidden Cameras
7. Jeremy Warmsley
8. Tilly and the Wall
9. Grandaddy
10. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
instinctively I'd say
Pavement
Elliott Smith
Fugazi
Nirvana
Smashing Pumpkins
Les Savy Fav
Sonic Youth
Animal Collective
Neutral Milk Hotel
The Pixies
But Cap'n Jazz, Weezer, Joy Division, Bright Eyes and Radiohead need to be in there somewhere.
Finally someone has mentioned
The Magnetic Fields. 9 different projects of Stephen Merritt would probably fill my list.
And Bis.
Radiohead
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Don Caballero
Owls
Lift to Experience
Joan of Arc
Grandaddy
Elbow
Storm&Stress
TV on the Radio
thats the problem with this lil 'ol thread
its just made me already regret my initial list
I will change my mind in 5 mins but in no order:
Les Savy Fav
The Pixies
Artbrut
Mclusky
Gang of Four
The Kills
The Fall
Elastica
Pulp
Blur
I'd have liked
that list better if you'd manaeged
to make every line slightly
smaller than the last
every time. You
almost succ
eeded.
Unl
uc
k y
Alwasy gonna change but:
The National
Broken Social Scene
Radiohead
Fleetwood Mac
Four Tet
Low
Battles
Vessels
Bloc Party
The Twilight Sad
probably something like this:
Wilco
Yo La Tengo
Jimmy Eat World
Brand New
The Wrens
Okkervil River
The Mountain Goats
REM
Smashing Pumpkins
The Shins
last.fm says
1 Brand New
2 Jimmy Eat World
3 REM
4 Okkervil River
5 The Hold Steady
6 The Mountain Goats
7 The Shins
8 The National
9 The Get Up Kids
10 Bright Eyes
A bit different then, although last.fm only represents the last year for me, and also favours artists with big back catalogues. I definitely wouldn't include Bright Eyes in my top 10 any more.
10 you say...
In no order:
Godspeed
Fugazi
Six By Seven
Dark Star
Spiritualized
Low
Neutral Milk Hotel
Kyuss
Sufjan Stevens
My Bloody Valentine
Not in any order
The Gun Club
X Velvet Underground
Pixies
Dandy Warhols
Ramones
Nirvana
Patrick Wolf
The Kills
The White Stripes
Bright Eyes
That's supposed to be
- X
- Velvet Underground
Stupid one letter band name
'Truthfully'?
1. Glassjaw
2. The Smiths
3. Bright Eyes
4. Every Time I Die
5. mewithoutYou
6. Brand New
7. Ryan Adams
8. Youthmovies
9. Meet Me In St Louis
10. Circa Survive
That's probably right, although maybe not in that exact order. Truthful enough?
Shit this is hard...
...but in no particular order.
Explosions In The Sky
Tim Hecker
Six Organs Of Admittance
Boris
Deerhunter
GY!BE
Animal Collective
Fennesz
Boards Of Canada
Grails
I think. Maybe.
eerwuuaar
Blur
Super Furry Animals
Elbow
The Kinks
Mogwai
Radiohead
The Beatles
Tom Waits
Wilco
Four Tet
I'd Say...
-The Super Furry Animals
-The Red Hot Chili Peppers (Pre By the Way, Minus One Hot Minute)
-Jeff Buckley
-Rufus Wainwright
-The Smiths
-Muse
-Kings of Leon
-Radiohead
-The Flaming Lips
-Willy Mason
That is so difficult to decde
okay
I already wanna change mine
this is shit
Like anyone gives 2 shites
in no order
Sonic Youth
Pixies
Pavement
Talking Heads
Velvet Underground
Radiohead
Belle and Sebastian
The National
Built to Spill
Les Savy Fav
hmmm
Radiohead
The Verve
Can
Broken Social Scene
Sigur Ros
Do Make Say Think
Led Zeppelin
volcano!
Cinematic Orchestra
Pink Floyd
Probably only the top half would get in every time I did this - it changes all the time!
maybe?
The Clash
Joy Division
Test Icicles
The Libertines
Weezer
Beatles
Blondie
Biffy
White Stripes
The Strokes
Subject to change though
off the top of my head, and probably wrong
Tom Waits
The Stooges
Lucinda Williams
Dead Kennedys
Mclusky
Qotsa
TV On The Radio
Pavement
Sonic Youth
Pixies
This is fun!
The Beach Boys
Elvis Costello
The Ramones
The Pixies
The Wildhearts
Pavement
Weezer
Fugazi
Smashing Pumpkins
Rocket From The Crypt
I'm feeling the love after writing that list!
i think it's
Super Furry Animals
Bearsuit
Misty's Big Adventure
Broken Family Band
Melt Banana
Chris T-T
Fleeing New York
Lightning Bolt
Regina Spektor
Tracy Is Hot & The Clap
Provisional List
The Flaming Lips
Idlewild
65daysofstatic
Daft Punk
Yourcodenameis:milo
Hundred Reasons
Mogwai
Aphex Twin
Bis
Radiohead
Somrthing like
Ryan Adams
Mogwai
Pavement
Sonic Youth
Built to Spill
The Smiths
Modest Mouse
Lemonheads
Shellac
Ride
hmmm
The Smiths
Morrissey
Graham Coxon
Cocteau Twins
Joy Division
New Order
Aphex Twin
Boards Of Canada
Squarepusher
Idlewild
I genuinly couldnt choose
bands have meant different things to me at different times
though ill say
tom waits
elliott smith
John frusciante
The smiths
radiohead
venetian snares
joy division
at the drive in/the mars volta
daniel johnston
jimi hendrix
(no order)
can you remember
what yours would have been, say, five years ago?
TOP5 without a doubt :
the Cure
Low
Catchers
Taxi Girl
Lush
After that, it's a bit more difficult :
Drugstore
Joy Division
Siouxsie
Marion
Gorky's Zygotic Mincy
or maybe
the Delgados
J & M Chain
Whipping Boy
Curve
Throwing Muses
Bands I have enjoyed the most
Joy Division
Cabaret Voltaire
The Undertones
Young Marble Giants
Muslimgauze
The Cure
Anne Clark
70 Gwen Party
Buzzcocks
Einstellung
i can only think of 8 off the top of my head
mogwai
radiohead
nirvana
sonic youth
magik markers
the edmund fitzgerald
slint
gospeed you! black emperor
no one seems to have gone for anything "not cool" though...
Truthfully (oh oh!)
1. Turin Brakes
2. Radiohead
3. Tom Vek
4. Placebo
5. Arcade Fire
6. The Smiths
7. Nirvana
8. Editors
9. Enigma
10. Kate Bush
No laughing now!
Most probably
Isis
Les Savy Fav
eL-P
Glassjaw
mewithoutyou
65daysofstatic
Pelican
MIA
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
Godspeed
For me, it'd have to be...
1. SFA
2. Mogwai
3. XTC
4. British Sea Power
5. Pulp
6. Pavement
7. Radiohead
8. Sebadoh
9. Wire
10. Guided By Voices
Ask me again tomorrow, and expect a different list (although SFA will still be #1)