The NME again!

[rennowba]

NME's 100 Most Influential artists. U2 were knowhere to be seen.

Radiohead number 1 and kanye west number 3.

Heres 100-51

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[Galeongirl]

U2 know what?

 

[mikal]

I am so pissed about this. So pissed that I'm taking a personal day today.


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[Salome]

So these are the artists that influenced Rihanna, One Direction and Katie Perry.
Thanks a bunch.

 

[Kieran McConville]

Mmm, well, 'influential' is not the same thing as 'worthwhile' and frankly, no, I don't know that U2 are that influential. And most of the artists who consciously namecheck them, I would run a mile from.

 

[djerdap]

Those rascals!

 

[lemonfly]

King Bono has decreed that the NME and all their readers be hung, drawn and quartered for such an unforgivable omission!

 

[purpleoscar]

Unless musicologists look at song after song and the musical influences that can be found in the patterns of notes how can they really make a list like this? These lists are to change constantly and is just advertising for the consumer base to find more music to listen to.

This is no different for the album and song lists or for that matter, movie lists. This is hardly worth getting angry about.

 

[Jacobite]

U2 probably haven't been particularly 'influential', but it is difficult to take seriously a list that puts Radiohead at number 1 and Kanye West at number 3.

 

[Jacobite]

King Bono has decreed that the NME and all their readers be hung, drawn and quartered for such an unforgivable omission!

All two dozen of them? NME is the last of the weekly music mags. There were once three or four of them. I do not think it is much longer for this earth however.

 

[last unicorn]

NME lists cannot be taken seriously. They are so much up their own ass it's almost funny. Even NME readers are constantly commenting on how ridiculous and annoying these lists are. If I want to read something U2-related, I turn to other music magazines. NME is just a massive manifestation of the general UK aversion against U2.

 

[BVS]

How does one measure "influential"?

The irony really comes in when you look back at the 90s and you have interviews where Radiohead speak of u2's influence on them.


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[Jacobite]

NME is just a massive manifestation of the general UK aversion against U2.

Depends on the editor. IIRC they had an editor circa 2004/2005 who was a U2 fan.

 

[djerdap]

How does one measure "influential"?

The irony really comes in when you look back at the 90s and you have interviews where Radiohead speak of u2's influence on them.

How about a link for this?

 

[rennowba]

How about a link for this?

I had a radiohead book once,one of these unofficial bio books and it did bring u2 up a fair bit

Didnt thom yorke and bono work together on jubilee 2000? (Completey off topic i know)

 

[Vlad n U 2]

I'm just surprised the Arctic Monkeys didn't go #1 on this list.

 

[LemonMelon]

You can't influence anyone if you're too chickenshit to release music.

Radiohead #1? Ha, I wish.

And I can honestly say that I have no idea who Country Teasers are. I'm fairly certain that U2 have had a bigger impact, but perhaps I'm mistaken.

 

[nielsgov]

Radiohead #1? Ha, I wish.

I think that's pretty fair actually. At least if you're talking about modern bands. They're the most well respected band out there and countless artists mention them as an influence in interviews and such.

U2 should of course be on there but who cares. I even stumbled upon this article of a few years back. There's probably outrage about this in an older thread.
It's Depressing, But True - U2 Are The Most Influential Band Of The Last 25 Years | NME.COM

 

[rennowba]

http://www.nme.com/photos/nme-s-100-most-influential-artists-50-1/346061

50-1

 

[LemonMelon]

Hahaha this list is fucking rich. The Modern Lovers more influential than the Velvet Underground, a band they doesn't their entire career worshipping? Most of Jonathan Richman's songs are just some variation on Sister Ray.

And Tame Impala over Led Zeppelin is hilarious for similar reasons.

 

[LemonMelon]

I think that's pretty fair actually. At least if you're talking about modern bands. They're the most well respected band out there and countless artists mention them as an influence in interviews and such.

People namecheck them to sound knowledgeable, but I don't hear much Radiohead out there in the mainstream, or even pseudo-alternative, which is about as far as NME's reach typically extends. Certainly, plenty of IDM artists owe their careers to Kid A, but I would say more NME guitar rock is influenced by Gang of Four than Radiohead.

It's the same thing with U2. Bands namecheck them all the time, but how many of them really sound like U2?

 

[Peterrrrr]

Mmm, well, 'influential' is not the same thing as 'worthwhile' and frankly, no, I don't know that U2 are that influential. And most of the artists who consciously namecheck them, I would run a mile from.

Coldplay, Keane, Killers, Snow Patrol... These are not small artists either...

 

[purpleoscar]

Big influences should be people who influenced Elvis and the Beatles. Basically whoever invented rock band setups in the first place. Then as you go down the list chronologically any major changes in that setup that influenced newer bands.

Radiohead is too young for #1. I can hear Pink Floyd and The Beatles with their music. Krautrock as well:

Flea - Positively Charged: Thom Yorke's 20 Biggest Influences | SPIN

Radiohead's Music Influences, From Fleetwood Mac to Thomas Pynchon | Rolling Stone

 

[Jacobite]

There are some great bands on their list but Simple Minds? I can't imagine how anyone could think they were more influential than U2. Who did Simple Minds influence exactly?

 

[Jacobite]

Coldplay, Keane, Killers, Snow Patrol... These are not small artists either...

True but he did say:

Originally Posted by Kieran McConville
And most of the artists who consciously namecheck them, I would run a mile from.

 

[Cactus Annie]

I am too old to read the NME

 

[BigMacPhisto]

I think that's pretty fair actually. At least if you're talking about modern bands. They're the most well respected band out there and countless artists mention them as an influence in interviews and such.

Radiohead's definitely the most influential act since Nirvana. And if we're just focusing on modern acts, Kanye wouldn't be too far behind and could arguably already have the strongest discography in rap history.

Radiohead more influential than U2? Maybe. More important in the history of rock? Not at the moment, but possibly down the road. Think how The Velvet Underground can now rank in the Top 5 of many Greatest Artists In Rock History list nowadays without batting an eye...would not surprise me at all if Radiohead's importance continued to grow in the future.

 

[jimmmm]

I am too old to read the NME

Anyone over the age of 2 is too old to read that pile of sh*te, I wouldn't wipe my ar*e with that crap!!!!!
& if I were U2 I'd be bloody grateful the window licking readers & writers of that garbage didn't like me!!!!!

 

[bazza]

Commercial fools.

 

[pop marter]

The NME's lists should generally be avoided, even their own readers take issue with them. However the NME have always had a bit of an anti U2 thing going on. I don't like the general 'too cool for school' attitude of the publication.