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[Red Ships of Scalla-Festa]

favorite bands

nope, nothing original here. i just want you to tell me your favorite bands. dont say, oh it changes from day to day. yes that may be, but tell me your very favorites. period (.). (blood? no.) this list should include u2 if they make your list.

heaar's myn

1. radiohead

2. sigur ros

3. smashing pumpkins

4. beck

5. autechre

6. future sound of london

7. pink floyd

8. pearl jam

9. the verve

10. aphex twin/wilco ( )

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im so mainstream it hurts. i look forward to seeing your favorites.

 

[Salome]

1. U2
2. R.E.M.
3. The Beach Boys
4. Will Oldham / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy / Palace Music / Palace Brothers
5. Aphex Twin
6. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
7. Miles Davis
8. AC/DC
9. Nick Cave
10. Tindersticks / Gram Parsons

 

[u2popmofo]

No particular order:

U2
Radiohead
The Clash
The Cure
The Smiths
AFI
Idlewild
Rage Against the Machine
Weezer
Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
REM

 

[HelloAngel]

1. U2
2. The White Stripes
3. Coldplay
4. The Strokes
5. BRMC
6. Depeche Mode
7. PJ Harvey
8. Billy Joel
9. Leonard Cohen
10. Interpol

 

[pax]

Let's see.

EDIT:
1.) (as it is the reason I am here and deathy said I had to) U2

the rest are probably in no particular order.

1.) Tori Amos
2.) PJ Harvey
3.) R.E.M.
4.) Pearl Jam
5.) Coldplay
6.) Ryan Adams
7.) the White Stripes
8.) 10,000 Maniacs/Natalie Merchant
9.) David Gray
10.) John Mayer
11.) the Smiths/Morrissey
12.) Ben Harper
13.) Jeff Buckley
14.) Dave Matthews Band
15.) Alanis Morrissette

 

[Elvis Presley]

1. Radiohead
2. U2
3. Sigur Ros
4. Wilco
5. REM
6. Interpol
7. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
8. Bjork
9. Seal
10. Natalie Merchant........Boards of Canada........David Gray......Ben Harper..........

damn this isnt fair, oh well, at least the top 5 are solid

 

[Basstrap]

my favorite bands in the world are as follows:

Elliott Smith
Radiohead
Flaming Lips
Sigur Ros
Postal Service
Grandaddy
Manitoba
Wilco
Broken Social Scene
Mogwai

oooh...soo many more

 

[Basstrap]

I really need to get more into boards of canada...I love what I've heard

what's best to get?

Music has the right...
Geogaddi

 

[elevatedmole]

I'll do my top five..

1: U2
2: Beck
3: Radiohead
4: The Flaming Lips
5: Coldplay

 

[Elvis Presley]

I really need to get more into boards of canada...I love what I've heard

what's best to get?

Music has the right...
Geogaddi

both my good man, get both.......I prefer music has the right to children myself.....

 

[Red Ships of Scalla-Festa]

geogaddi is very good from what ive heard, basstrap. i need to get that.

aside from radiohead, i need to get geogaddi, the isness (FSOL), amber (autechre), and an aphex twin cd - prolly selected ambience vol. 1.

and i forgot to mention rem in my list. thats regrettable.

 

[Red Ships of Scalla-Festa]

oh and paxy, dont assume that you can just leave u2 off. put u2 in if you like them the most or whatever.

 

[Basstrap]

I should have mentioned Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen, Pink floyd

but I was thinking bands still on the go/alive

 

[Flaming Friar Sr]

1. rolling stones and u2
3. lou reed / velvet underground
thereafter i cant rank the following:
pixies
neil young
radiohead
coldplay
bob dylan
iggy pop / stooges
r.e.m.
maybe: flaming lips, just getting into them

hey deathbear: how high on your list is u2? i knew you wanted somebody to ask; im also dead curious though.

 

[DiGi]

other than U2 the following make the list for sure

Idlewild
Doves
Coldplay
Radiohead
DMB

other than that i have no idea how to narrow it down to 4 or 5 others

 

[Red Ships of Scalla-Festa]

hey deathbear: how high on your list is u2?

i havent listened to a u2 song in months. if their new album is to my liking, and somehow helps me get interested in their back catalogue again, id say they could become top ten material.

bottom line is im tired of them. their music just doesnt interest me anymore as ive listened to them to death.

ive been thinking radiohead could follow suit one day. i just dont know. overkill is a terrible thing.

 

[ti-hua]

Top 5:

1. U2
2. Curve
3. Catherine Wheel
4. The Blue Nile
5. The Beatles

 

[Jack In The Box]

I have responded this question N times + 1

1. U2
2. Moby
3. Bj?rk
4. Super Furry Animals
5. Queen
and with no specific order, another 5
Smashing Pumpkins
Rolling Stones
The Police
Coldplay
The Doors

and many, many more

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

My top three bands:

U2
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Rolling Stones (I'm really getting into their music more and more)

Other artists/bands I like:

Beatles
Doors
AC/DC
Led Zeppelin
Neil Young
Simon & Garfunkel
Alanis Morissette
Aerosmith
Queen
Police
Bob Dylan

Yeah. Lot of older artists in my list.

Angela

 

[Mrs. Vedder]

I haven't listened to U2 at all this year! Oh this is bad!

My top 3:

Pearl Jam
U2
R.E.M

 

[adamswildhoney]

Top 5:

U2
Coldplay
Janis Joplin
Bob Marley/Johnny Cash
The Clash

 

[meegannie]

No order:

U2
Starsailor
Idlewild
Doves
Elbow
Ed Harcourt
Tom McRae
The Delgados
Mojave 3
Seafood

 

[zonelistener]

No particular order after number 1:

U2
Stone Roses
Love and Rockets/Bauhaus
Coldplay
Donovan
Ride
Travis

Others are emerging, and demerging (is that a word).

 

[meegannie]

My all-time favourite band:

The E9 Rudde Boys

 

[pax]

I fixed it, deathy.

 

[SkeeK]

I have too much music to listen to one band enough to think of them as a favourite

and it changes every day

SUCKAH!

but uhhh.

U2, REM, Radiohead, Amon Tobin, Outkast, Lamb, Massive Attack, Underworld, Royksopp

EDIT: Oh how how how could I forget?? Amon Tobin!! I replaced Spoon with him.

 

[HeartlandGirl]

1. U2

2. Placebo

3. Coldplay

4. Radiohead

5. Oasis

That's a pretty solid top five that's unlikely to change any time soon. I've also left off solo artists who are not "bands."

 

[Red Ships of Scalla-Festa]

im sorry, but you can definately mention artists if you wish.

 

[Bono's shades]

1. U2
2. Bruce Springsteen

After that, in no particular order:

The Beatles
R.E.M.
The Police
Simon and Garfunkel
Pink Floyd
The Doors
The Pretenders
Elvis Costello
Roy Orbison
Chris Isaak
INXS
Marvin Gaye
Jeff Buckley
Prince
Crowded House
Talking Heads
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

 

[~LadyLemon~]

*U2
*The Clash
*The Beatles
*Neil Young
*Weezer
*The White Stripes
*Led Zeppelin
*The Who
*Le Tigre
*Garbage
*Wilco
*The Stones