Who are your top ten favorite bands?

[The Sad Punk]

Just bands, as opposed to solo artists/orchestras? That narrows it down a lot for me.

Husker Du
Big Black
Kitchens of Distinction
Pixies
U2
Slowdive
Beach Boys
Ride
My Bloody Valentine
Joy Division

No real order, other than Husker Du being number one.

Enjoying the Catherine Wheel respect going on in the thread.

 

[lazarus]

I don't think we'd have enough fans to start a whole thread, but curious to see your rankings, LM:

1. Countdown to Ecstasy
2. Aja
3. Katy Lied
4. The Royal Scam
5. Pretzel Logic
6. Everything Must Go
6. Can't Buy a Thrill
8. Two Against Nature
9. Gaucho

Gaucho has a few of my favorite SD songs (Hey 19, Babylon Sisters, Third World Man), but it's too short, I DESPISE Glamour Profession, and after Aja it's just too anticlimactic.

 

[LemonMelon]

Hmm...let's see...

1. Aja
2. The Nightfly
3. Katy Lied
4. Royal Scam
5. Gaucho
6. Morph The Cat
7. Two Against Nature
8. Pretzel Logic
9. Countdown To Ecstacy
10. Can't Buy A Thrill
11. Kamakiriad
12. Everything Must Go
13. 11 Tracks of Whack

I haven't heard some of these in a while, but I remember hearing Katy Lied last spring and being blown away once more. SD are so great. My dad is a big fan and his favorite is Royal Scam.

 

[Zoobaby14]

U2
INXS
Icehouse
Midnight Oil
Australian Crawl
Acid Eyeliner (band who dont have a record deal yet.)
New Order
My Chemical Romance
David Bowie
Another Day Down (another band that doesnt have a record deal)

 

[Lancemc]

I'd love to hear Lance critique the production quality of Aja.

I don't know if there's a better-produced album. Ever. Considering the year it came out, it should sound way more dated than it actually does.

I actually haven't heard it.

I might though, because of your recommendation.

 

[LemonMelon]

I actually haven't heard it.

I might though, because of your recommendation.

Do it. It's better than In Rainbows, believe it or not.

 

[lazarus]

It's definitely not for everyone, but if you can appreciate the jazz/rock fusion and the lyrics, you might like it.

But hey, if it's good enough for MF Doom & De La Soul to sample, you should appreciate it.

And that drum work on Aja...immortal.

 

[indra]

These are my favourites now as opposed to my historical faves. If I haven't listened to a band in a couple (or more) years it's not on here even if it is a huge part of my musical history. Hence U2, REM, et al aren't listed.

Only the first one is set, the rest are pretty fluid. I realised how many solo artists I listen to now when I was trying to come up with favourite bands. A couple of these are duos rather than full bands, but in these cases the two musicians played just about all the instruments with only relatively few extra musicians.

1. The Church (also love Steve Kilbey's solo work)
2. Catherine Wheel (and I quite like Rob's solo cd. And he is one of the most accessible -- and nicest -- musicians I have ever seen. (and very funny to boot ) )
3. Gersey
4. Wilco
5. Jack Frost
6. Porcupine Tree
7. Art of Fighting
8. Noctorum
9. The Go-Betweens (mostly Grant McLennan's songs, although some of Robert Forster's are growing on me. I love Grant's solo work also)
10. Remy Zero

 

[LemonMelon]

And that drum work on Aja...immortal.

Bernard Purdie on Home At Last...

 

[lazarus]

Yeah, but I'm talking Steve Gadd on the title track.

 

[LemonMelon]

Yeah, but I'm talking Steve Gadd on the title track.

Oh definitely.

I'm sure you're incredibly familiar with the Aja classic albums special, but I must say that I recommend it to everyone. Great footage all around. You can find it on youtube, actually.

 

[greenlight7-11]

1. R.E.M.
2. Nine Inch Nails
3. Pearl Jam
4. U2
5. Depeche Mode
6. Morrissey
7. The Cure
8. The Smiths
9. The Jesus And Mary Chain
10. Echo And The Bunnymen

 

[lazarus]

Oh definitely.

I'm sure you're incredibly familiar with the Aja classic albums special, but I must say that I recommend it to everyone. Great footage all around. You can find it on youtube, actually.

My favorite part is when they play all the rejected solos for Peg. It's insane that they spend so much time on a part that essentially amounts to, what, like 10-15 seconds?

Also, Purdie demonstrating the "Purdie Shuffle". That guy's just a genius.

Shouldn't forget Rick Marotta thought, he's a great drummer too.

And Chuck Rainey secretly playing the slap bass part he was told not to.

 

[LemonMelon]

My favorite part is when they play all the rejected solos for Peg. It's insane that they spend so much time on a part that essentially amounts to, what, like 10-15 seconds?

Yeah, I remember that. I really liked the guitar tone they had going there. The finished solo was definitely the best, but the others were quite interesting.

 

[gump]

1. U2
2. The Beatles
3. Wilco
4. Radiohead
5. Flaming Lips
6. Arcade Fire
7. REM
8. Tori Amos
9. Beck
10. Bruce Springsteen

 

[intedomine]

1. U2
2. Travis
3. The Stone Roses
4. The Beatles
5. Oasis
6. The Smiths
7. Motor Ace
8. Radiohead
9. Kaiser Chiefs
10. Live

 

[Saracene]

Excluding solo artists:

1. U2
2. Muse
3. Nick Cave & Bad Seeds
4. Pink Floyd
5. Sleater-Kinney
6. White Stripes
7. Dead Can Dance
8. The Clash
9. Pixies
10. The Beatles

 

[U2isthebest]

1.U2
2. The Beatles
3. Coldplay
4. The Doors
5. The Rolling Stones
6. The Who
7. Arcade Fire
8. Keane
9. Fleetwood Mac
10. Snow Patrol


1. Madonna
2. Elton John
3. Michael Jackson (through "Dangerous")
4. John Mayer
5. Johnny Cash
6. Sarah McLachlan
7. Bob Dylan
8. Justin Timberlake
9.Reba McEntire
10. Elvis Presley

 

[rushu2]

1. Rush
2. Porcupine Tree
3. U2
4. Public Image Ltd.
5. Mission of Burma
6. Opeth
7. King Crimson
8. Interpol
9. Kate Bush
10. Iggy and the Stooges

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

1. U2
2. Radiohead
3. Coldplay
4. Travis
5. Air
6. Iron & Wine
7. Doves
8. The Arcade Fire
9. Ryan Adams
10. REM

 

[Salome]

just bands:

01. U2
02. R.E.M.
03. The Beach Boys
04. AC/DC
05. Tindersticks
06. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
07. Fleetwoord Mac
08. The Mothers of Invention
09. Mr. Hudson & The library
10. Pet Shop Boys

 

[U2inUtah]

1. Midnight Oil
2. R.E.M.
3. U2
4. Arcade Fire
5. Duran Duran
6. RHCP
7. Depeche Mode
8. Muse
9. Dave Matthews Band
10. Toad The Wet Sprocket

and a few others...
INXS, Bloc Party, Alphaville, TV on the Radio, Icehouse, Erasure

 

[Rafiennes]

the ranking usually changes

1. U2
2. Oasis
3. The Beatles
4. Travis
5. Josh Rouse
6. Michael Penn
7. Catherine Wheel
8. Coldplay
9. Depeche Mode
10.Echo (yeah...I put my own band in there! Why not? We rock!!!)

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

It's your list, put whoever you want .

No particular order, and a couple of the bands in here are ones I'm just getting into, but since I really like what I've been hearing thus far, they qualify:

1. U2
2. Crowded House
3. Split Enz
4. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
5. Franz Ferdinand
6. Oingo Boingo
7. Muse
8. Blur
9. Fountains Of Wayne
10. The Feeling

Angela

 

[Salome]

just bands:

01. U2
02. R.E.M.
03. The Beach Boys
04. AC/DC
05. Tindersticks
06. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
07. Fleetwoord Mac
08. The Mothers of Invention
09. Mr. Hudson & The library
10. Pet Shop Boys

I realise that Talk Talk and Talking Heads probably should have been in this list

 

[cdisantis83]

1. Pink Floyd
2. U2
3. Led Zeppelin
4. The Who
5. Elton John
6-10, in no particular order
Rolling Stones
The Beatles
Bruce Springsteen
Radiohead
Oasis

 

[Warchild26]

1. Smashing Pumpkins
2. Bush
3. U2
4. Coldplay
5. The Cure
6. Rascal Flatts
7. Pink Floyd
8. The Cranberries
9. The Smiths
10. Depeche Mode

 

[BVS]

In no order:

u2
REM (pre Berryless)
Ryan Adams
Grant Lee Buffalo
Radiohead
Johnny Cash
James
Jeff Buckley
Pearl Jam
Tori Amos

 

[madonna's child]

1. U2
2. The Beatles
3. Bruce Springsteen
4. Tori Amos
5. The Police
6. Foo Fighters
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Nirvana
9. Radiohead
10. Pearl Jam

 

[intedomine]

I love the love for Travis....