Your Favourite 20 Bands/artists - Rank em!

[CrashedCarDriver]

1/ Radiohead
2/ UNDERWORLD - just a SICK band
3/ The Cure
4/ The Strokes
5/ Turin Brakes - VERY promising
6/ Powderfinger
7/ U2- lost SIX places after ATYCLB, and Elevation for Tomb Raider sellout
8/ Pulp - Jarvis Cocker all the way
9/ Madonna - there for being Madonna
10/ New Order - catchy synth stuff
11/ Tori Amos
12/ Joy Division
13/ Leftfield - 2nd best techno act, besides UNDERWORLD
14/ Moby - Play is Hella good
15/ PJ Harvey
16/ Tool - HARD. but meaningful
17/ Super Furry Animals - funny name, great music
18/ White Stripes
19/ Placebo - lead singer sounds like Pet Shop Boys, but on a parallel with Radiohead
20/ Depeche Mode - from catchy synths, to mellow pop/rock



[This message has been edited by CrashedCarDriver (edited 12-22-2001).]

 

[Dane-Dane]

I can't list 20 bands I like, these are
the only ones I really care about:

1.U2
2.Clash
3.Beatles
4.Social Distortion
5.Radiohead
6.Ramones

 

[bono-vox]

1. U2

2. Queen
3. The Ramones
4. Travis
5. Roy Orbison
6. Simple Minds
7. Sex Pistols
8. Hole
9. Stiff Little Fingers
10. Bee Gees
11. (not a band) Classical Music-really like it

12. The Pogues
13. Jilted John
14. Moby
15. Meatloaf
16. Mud
17. No Doubt
18. The Cranberries
19. Elvis Costello And Presley

20. (again not a band) Opera music ain't that bad

I could have put LAODS more in so it was hard condensing my list to just 20

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[DrTeeth]

In no particular order...

1 U2
2 Rammstein
3 The Cure
4 Tindersticks
5 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
6 Smashing Pumpkins
7 Faithless
8 Cradle Of Filth
9 Tori Amos
10 PJ Harvey
11 David Bowie
12 REM
13 The Gathering
14 Elvis Costello
15 Kate Bush
16 Depeche Mode
17 System Of A Down
18 The Police/Sting
19 Tom Waits
20 Walkabouts

 

[Salome]

1. U2
2. The Beach Boys
3. Will Oldham/Bonnie 'Prince' Billy/Palace Music
4. R.E.M.
5. Jon spencer Blues Explosion
6. John Coltrane
7. AC/DC
8. Aphex Twin
9. Frank Zappa
10. Miles Davis
11. Gram Parsons
12. Los Lobos
13. Tindersticks
14. Charlie Parker
15. Frank Sinatra
16. Lee 'Scratch' Perry
17. Townes van Zandt
18. Natalie Merchant
19. Jimi Hendrix
20. Underworld

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Salome
Shake it, shake it, shake it

 

[HelloAngel]

I can't possibly rank them - but here's my Top 20, in wacked order - it changes by the day,
but always comes back to these 20:

1. U2
2. Depeche Mode
3. The Cure
4. Portishead
5. Blur
6. Placebo
7. Gorillaz
8. Massive Attack
9. Sarah Brightman
10. Jane Jensen & The Dolls
11. PJ Harvey
12. Hole
13. Leonard Cohen
14. Red Hot Chili Peppers
15. Marilyn Manson
16. Diana Krall
17. Radiohead
18. David Bowie
19. Fiona Apple
20. Billy Joel

 

[80sU2isBest]

1.ABBA
2.ASIA
3.Monkees
4.Cliff Richard
5.U2
6.The Alarm
7.The Call
8.David Meece
9.ELO
10.Enya
11.Maire Brennan (Enya's sister)
12.Alison Krauss
13.Trans-Siberian Orchestra
14.Alice Cooper (his post 1994 albums)
15.Pat Benatar
16.Extreme
18.John Wetton
19.Mad At The World
20.Daniel Amos

 

[Achtung Zooropa]

1. U2
2. The Smashing Pumpkins
3. Radiohead
4. The Smihts
5. The Cure
6. Oasis
7. Pearl Jam
8. Pink Floyd
9. Led Zeppelin
10. MUSE
11. REM
12. Garbage
13. Morrissey
14. David Bowie
15. The Beatles
16. Pete Yorn
17. Air
18. Massive Attack
19. Coldplay
20. Weezer

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"I swore to my father I'd never do hamster-style again."

"looking for the sound thats gonna drown out the world
looking for the father of my two little girls
got the swing got the sway got my straw in lemonade
looking for the face i had before the world was made." - MOFO

 

[PopFly]

U2
Pearl Jam
Radiohead
Beatles
The Who

Bruce Springsteen
The Tragically Hip
Elton John
Sarah Harmer
Barenaked Ladies

Oasis
Collective Soul
Aerosmith
Sloan
Sarah McLachlan

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Queen
R.E.M.
Bob Dylan
Passengers

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"You gotta love living, baby, 'cause dyin's a pain in the ass."-- Frank Sinatra

Adam: Look guys, I got a Springfield spoon for my spoon collection.
Edge: Oh boy, here we go...
Bono: Wow, how many is that now Adam?
Adam: Nine. If I didn't have my spoons, I'd go insane.
Bono: Can I see it?
*adam gives bono the spoon, bono throws it away*
Adam: My spoon!

 

[Zoomerang96]

1. u2
2. radiohead (by a hair below u2)

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it should be noted these are by my far favorite groups, in case you didnt know...

3. smashing pumpkins
4. pink floyd
5. rem
6. filter
7. err, im running low, i guess tool
8.

the rest is just not the best

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-death bear

 

[Angel]

1. U2
2. Smashing Pumpkins
3. Coldplay
4. Frank Sinatra
5. Travis

In no particular order...

6. REM
7. Sarah Mclaughlin
8. PJ Harvey
9. The Police
10. David Gray
11. Bjork
12. INXS
13. Peter Gabriel
14. Radiohead
15. The Beatles
16. The Cranberries
17. Pink Floyd
18. Miles Davis
19. Chet Baker
20. George Michael hee hee hee


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"An Angel in Devil's shoes..."

 

[barlowdog]

I'm only numbering these so I can keep track. In no real order except for #1

1. U2
2. The Smiths
3. Radiohead
4. Sebadoh
5. Buffalo Tom
6. Juliana Hatfield/Blake Babies
7. Archers of Loaf
8. Pixies
9. R.E.M.
10. The Replacements
11. Bjork
12. Ramones
13. Knapsack
14. Prince
15. Pete Yorn
16. At the Drive-in
17. Prince
18. Fugazi
19. Nirvana
20. Dashboard Confessional

And an honorable mention to The Rolling Stones even though I haven't listened to them much lately.

 

[baker6621]

My faves:

-U2
-REM
-Stereophonics
-Oasis
-Bush
-Springsteen
-Paul Oakenfold
-Paul Van Dyk
-Sting


The first three are the ones I really love though, "obsessed" ones.

 

[IvanClaytonJnr]

U2
Rolling Stones
Beatles
Queen
Radiohead
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Metallica
Guns'n'Roses
PJ Harvey
Velvet Underground/Lou Reed
David Bowie
The Doors
Pink Floyd
Elvis Presley
Prodigy
Dust aka Chemical brothers Brothers
Genesis
Vangelis
Classic
Jazz
Garbage
Nirvana
Gorillaz
MDH band

 

[pub crawler]

No particular order?

1. U2
2. Johnny Cash
3. Oscar Peterson
4. Bob Wills
5. Led Zeppelin
6. English Beat
7. Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry
8. The Police
9. Blondie
10. The Cure
11. Madonna
12. Queen
13. The Beatles
14. The Beach Boys
15. Supertramp
16. Frank Sinatra
17. Louis Prima
18. Mora?s Modern Rhythmists
19. John Lennon
20. Techno similar to that used in the opening sequence of ?Blade? but I have no idea who the artist was.

 

[zooropamanda]

Not really in order apart from no 1

1U2
2The Verve
3Smashing Pumpkins
4Radiohead
5The Living End
6Powderfinger
7Blur
8Travis
9Pulp
10The Cranberries
11The Stone Roses
12REM
13Gorillaz
14INXS
15Garbage
16Pearl Jam
17Chilli Peppers
18Jamiroquai
19Oasis
20Superjesus


Bjork, Jeff Buckley,Richard AShcroft, Chris Isaak, Frank,Tim Buckley, etc all fave artists too, but they arent bands.


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[ericb]

1. Bruce Springsteen
2. U2
3. Bon Jovi
4. Bryan Adams
5. Madonna
6. Billy Joel
7. Janet Jackson
8. No Doubt
9. John Mellencamp
10.Aerosmith
11.Goo Goo Dolls
12.Pat Benatar
13.Melissa Etheridge
14.Elton John
15.Sting
16.Sheryl Crow
17.Destiny's Child
18.The Wallflowers
19.The Pretenders
20.Garbage

 

[bono_man]

20 is way to much for my feeble mind to process at the moment, I will just do my best....

U2
Radiohead
Coldplay
REM
Oasis
Live
The Beatles
The Police
Powderfinger
The Chilis
Pearl Jam
Nirvana
Travis
Moby
George Michael
Phil Collins (no sniggering please)
The Smashing Pumkys
The Cure
The Living End
The Verve
Richard Ashcroft

Ok...that may have been more...Im so hungover.

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"we're free to fly the crimsom sky...the sun won't melt our wings tonight..."

 

[zooropamanda]

you stole my list!
apart from that george michael comment...

did he say pumpky????

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[Dustybot]

1.U2
2.Radiohead
3.Billy Joel
4.Bruce Springsteen
5.R.E.M.
6.The Beatles
7.John Mellencamp
8.Savage Garden
9.The Wallflowers
10.Coldplay
11.Don Henley
12.Green Day
13.Red Hot Chilli Peppers
14.Pearl Jam
15.Moby
16.Aerosmith
17.Nirvana
18.Dave Matthews Band
19.Eric Clapton
20.Bob Dylan

 

[Angel]

Originally posted by zooropamanda:
you stole my list!
apart from that george michael comment...

did he say pumpky????

He did Amanda he did... sheesh, but George Michael rocks!! haha My Jonny boy!

 

[lazyboy]

1: U2
2: Beck
3: Chemical Brothers
4: Supergrass
5: Air
6: Primal Scream
7: Ash
8: Red Hot Chilli Peppers
9: Asian Dub Foundation
10: Mercury Rev
11: Flaming Lips
12: Prodigy
13: REM
14: Radiohead
15: Blur
16: Pulp
17: Jeff Buckley
18: Cornelius
19: Underworld
20: Incubus

 

[unforgettableFOXfire]

these are not ranked, but my favorites;


Metallica
Our Lady Peace
U2 (see, if this was ranked, theyd be #1)
Barenaked Ladies
Barstool Prophets
AC/DC
Kid Rock
Less Than Jake
Powderfinger
Disturbed
Soul Asylum
System of a down
Matthew Good Band
Joydrop
Uncle Kracker

 

[Kieran McConville]

In no particular order...

1. U2
2. Radiohead
3. Jeff Buckley
4. Van Morrison (late 60's/early 70's model)
5. Something for Kate
6. REM
7. Bjork
8. PJ Harvey
9. Tori Amos (at times)
10. Powderfinger
11. Beth Orton (Trailer park)
12. Late Crowded House/early solo Neil Finn
13. Massive Attack
14. Chemical Brothers
15. Dave Graney and his many bands
16. Late Blur (very late - 1997 onwards)
17. Augie March
18. Beck in his ambient pop moments (and other moments also)
19. And damn, I've run out of names.

 

[bono_man]

It's different for feck's sake.

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"we're free to fly the crimsom sky...the sun won't melt our wings tonight..."

 

[bullet the blue sky]

Originally posted by HelloAngel:
9. Sarah Brightman

 

[Hawkfire]

1. U2
2. Bruce Springsteen
3. Crowded House / Finn Brothers
4. Pink Floyd
5. Simple Minds
6. Peter Gabriel
7. Smashing Pumpkins
8. The Beatles
9. PJ Harvey
10. James
11. Pearl Jam
12. The Police / Sting
13. Radiohead
14. REM
15. The Smiths
16. The Replacements
17. The Who
18. The Verve
19. Def Leppard
20. Tori Amos

High Honorable Mention: The Cure, Duran Duran, 10000 Maniacs, Rolling Stones, New Order, Electronic, Split Enz, Depeche Mode, Van Halen, Pete Yorn, Doves, Aimee Mann, Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Sinead O'Conner, and others I'm sure I'm forgetting about...

 

[Flaming Friar Sr]

1 rolling stones & u2

3 velvet underground & lou reed

5 pixies
6 neil young
7 david bowie
8 pearl jam
9 bob dylan
10 iggy pop & stooges

12 r.e.m.
13 radiohead
14 bruce springsteen
15 maandverb?nd
16 miles davis
17 red hot chili peppers
18 beatles
19 replacements
20 new order

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

I can't possibly narrow it down to 20

 

[christiana]

1. U2
2. REM
3. Travis
4. The Cranberries
5. Pumpkins
6. Oasis
7. Pearl Jam
8. Garbage
9. Coldplay
10. Foo Fighters

[edit]...and I forgot radiohead

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[This message has been edited by christiana (edited 01-09-2002).]