Where do u2 rank in your list??

[gman]

Heres a question for ya. We are all obviously here because we like/have liked u2. I realise there are likely to be people who like u2, but have other acts ahead of them in the pecking order.
So, am thinking, are u2 yer No1, if not, where do they rank in your list?

For the record, U2 are my No1 faves by some distance.....followed some way behind by James in 2nd place

Hows about you?

 

[Screwtape2]

6th

1. Kate Bush
2. Todd Rundgren
3. The Police
4. Tori Amos
5. The Cure
6. U2

There are parts of U2's work that rank ahead of any artist but there is so much that I don't like that came out in this last decade. There isn't weakness like that in any of the artists I like above U2.

 

[theFly51]

1. U2
2. The Doors
3. Guns n' Roses

 

[U2isthebest]

U2 and Madonna are tied for number 1 in my book!

2. The Beatles
3. Coldplay
4. The Doors
5. The Rolling Stones
6. The Who
etc...

 

[Slapnutz]

It's probably a close call but...

1. U2 (if only for AB and Zooropa)
2. The Smashing Pumpkins
3. The Rolling Stones

 

[shart1780]

U2 in no. 1 for me. If it wasn't for nostalgia factor they may move down a few slots. I just have too many memories invested in them.

1. U2
2. Peter Gabriel
3. Yes (70's only!!)
4. Blur
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers
6. Collective Soul
7. King Crimson
8. Third Eye Blind

 

[diamond]

1-Perry Como
2-Rick Springfield
3-Jonny Mathais
4-Engelbert Humperdinck
5-U2

dbs

 

[EdgeIsTooSexy]

1-U2 [no doubt]
2-Pearl Jam
3-The Police
4-The Clash
5- Echo & The Bunnymen
6- The Who
7- The Stones

 

[roy]

U2,
Joy Division,
The Beatles,
The Pixies,
Radiohead,

At the end of the 90's I would have said this was a close contest but not anymore.

 

[Zoots]

At the end of the 90's I would have said this was a close contest but not anymore.

It's the exact opposite for me. During the 90s I was way more crazy about them and U2 was far and away the top band in my life. Now they're still in my Top 5 but it's not so black and white anymore. The Beatles, U2, Pearl Jam, REM, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Tori Amos are all up there but don't ask me who is #1.

 

[2861U2]

U2 is first, but it's veeeery close.

Well, while I'm at it, here's my top 10. Haven't done this in a while.

1) U2
2) Relient K
3) FFH
4) Casting Crowns
5) Matchbox Twenty
6) David Crowder
7) Chris Tomlin
8) Rich Mullins
9) Sugarland
10) Third Day

 

[cdisantis83]

1. Pink Floyd
2. U2
3. Led Zeppelin
4. The Who
5. Varies daily

 

[65980]

Top Seven (and then some)

1) The Beatles
2) U2
3) Bob Dylan
4) Prince
5) The Police (and Sting before 1994)
6) The Stone Roses
7) Counting Crows

Runners-Up are The Byrds, Bob Marley, Juliana Hatfield, and maybe Sinead O'Connor. If you're into older stuff I love Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday a lot. Also Art Blakey and John Coltrane.

Damn! I forgot to put Michael Bolton on my list....

 

[pat132]

1) U2
2) Guns N' Roses
3) Metallica
4) Iron Maiden
5) Aerosmith

 

[LemonMelon]

3rd, behind the Beatles and Zeppelin.

 

[dr. zooeuss]

Hmm,

this is tough

1. U2
2. Stevie Wonder
3. Midnight Oil
4. Chili Peppers
5. The Beatles


something like that... to me U2 are a clear number one, the others can shift around alot, i like variety ie jazz hiphop folk soul electronica techno but for me an act must have staying power to be a true favorite..

 

[U2Fan101]

1. U2
2. Radiohead
3. Peter Gabriel
4 .drewblack. and Dirty Muse
5. Led Zeppelin
6. Beck
7. The Beach Boys
8. Nine Inch Nails
9. The Mars Volta
10. System of a Down

 

[LMP]

U2 for me will always be at #1 because they were that first band I really fell in love with and I still enjoy most of their work, but for shits and giggles, here's the rest of the Top 10:

1. U2
2. The Beatles
3. David Bowie
4. Radiohead
5. The Flaming Lips
6. Bruce Springsteen
7. Pink Floyd
8. The Who
9. Arcade Fire
10. The Rolling Stones

 

[shaun vox]

1) U2
2) Guns N' Roses
3) Metallica
4) Iron Maiden
5) Aerosmith

you have excellent choice in music, we should hang out.

 

[Mrs. Garrison]

Madonna sucks!

 

[2orangecats]

U2
Decemberists
Sting/Police

 

[shortfuse]

U2
Oasis
Green Day
Keane (Snowed Under )
Garbage

 

[shart1780]

Madonna sucks!

Are you by any chance an Elton John fan? LOLZ!

And I also forgot to add Andrew Bird.

 

[phillyfan26]

1. U2
2. Bruce Springsteen
3. The Police
4. Franz Ferdinand
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers
6. The Who
7. Dave Matthews Band
8. David Bowie
9. Led Zeppelin
10. The Beatles

 

[EdgeIsTooSexy]

1. U2
2. Bruce Springsteen
3. The Police
4. Franz Ferdinand
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers
6. The Who
7. Dave Matthews Band
8. David Bowie
9. Led Zeppelin
10. The Beatles

nice r u seeing bruce in philly?

 

[BANZAI]

U2
Rolling Stones
Beatles
Doors
Neil Young
Beatles
Van Morrisson
Bob Marley
Bob Dylan
Pink Flloyd
Bruce Springsteen
David Bowie

I can't put them in any order. Doesnt matter what you say....these are THE BEST BANDS/ARTISTS IN THE WORLD.

 

[JCOSTER]

U2
Springsteen
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones (70's)
The Doors
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Killers

 

[phillyfan26]

nice r u seeing bruce in philly?

Nah, I'm planning on catching the rumored stadium summer tour next year. One night at Wachovia is too hard to get a hold of.

 

[silvrlvr]

Frank Sinatra (not a joke)
U2
Donald Fagen/Steely Dan

And they would be followed by
the entire Stax catalogue
the entire Motown catalogue pre-1970
As many New Orleans artists as can fit into Rock N Bowl

I guess that means I'm more into funk/soul than anything else, with a lot of classics thrown in.

 

[Liesje]

Excluding classical and foreign stuff no one else would care about....

U2
The Killers
David Gray
Indigo Girls
The Cure
Coldplay
Queen
Newsboys
etc, etc, etc....


So yeah, U2 are *still* my favorite band, however my favorite singers/vocalists are:

Elton John
Freddy Mercury
Bono
etc, etc, etc...