Interference's? Top 50 Artists - Results

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Well, here we are friends. I am all mathed out, so I hope you enjoy. (The Numbers to the left are how many points they received) From 50-1:

50) The Velvet Underground
49) The Police
47) Suede
47) Johnny Cash
46) Neil Young
43) Spoon
43) Joy Division
43) The Doors
41) Genesis
41) Elvis Costello & The Attractions


40) Nirvana
39) Kate Bush
37) Oasis
37) Nick Drake
34) The Strokes
34) Red Hot Chili Peppers
34) Arcade Fire
32) Split Enz
32) The Flaming Lips
31) The Smiths


30) Arctic Monkeys
29) Porcupine Tree
27) Wilco
27) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
26) Blur
25) Beck
24) The Cure
22) The National
22) The Kinks
21) The Clash


20) Elbow
19) Crowded House
18) Tori Amos
17) The Beach Boys
16) The Killers
15) Coldplay
14) The White Stripes
13) David Bowie
12) Bruce Springsteen
11) Pearl Jam


10) Muse
9) The Rolling Stones
8) The Who
7) Bob Dylan
6) Pink Floyd
5) R.E.M.
4) Radiohead
3) Led Zeppelin (1760 points)


2) The Beatles (4185 points)

1) U2 (5235 points)


Shock and friggin' Awe!

I'll post the individual lists in the mornin'.
 
Muse at #10 makes me hurl. Other than that, I like the top 10, even though it's very much the typical sacred cows of rock, really.
 
Was it Tori herself? I wouldn't put it past her to have multiple Interference alters.

Or it could have been the ghost of Zoots.
 
We definitely needed a bigger sample size, but this was interesting.

I don't want my name posted here when you display the individual lists, but I didn't specify my user name when I sent the email. r____ harmon@gmail.com is me.


I have albums in my library from 36 bands on this list, so the quality isn't too awful. I generally admire most of the other 14.
 
Wow, surprising results to say the least. Though I think it is easy to tell who submitted lists based on some of the artists that appeared. It is interesting to see so many fairly young artists. Personally, I banned all mainly 2000's artists from my list to not overrate the recent. I am curious to see what everyone else's approach to artists from this decade was.

Coldplay at #15 is a bit of an embarrassment. I like them but...come on now. Not one of B&C's better moments.
 
Beatles not being on my list helped they not getting the 1st place. Awesome. :wink:
Sad to not see Doves on this though, and Primal Scream :(; Oasis and Suede are way too low, meh. The top 5 is :drool: at least, apart from The Beatles. (I like them, but no so much.)
 
I don't want my name posted here when you display the individual lists, but I didn't specify my user name when I sent the email. r____ harmon@gmail.com is me.

Not sure how this will work. Considering no one else cares, everyone will know the anonymous one is yours.

Having Coldplay, RHCP and Muse as your top 3 artists of all time is nothing to be embarrassed about, honest.
 
No, I meant my real name so I'm not Googled to this forum. That's all. The list manager can list mine under BigMacPhisto....it's just that I had never told them I was BigMacPhisto when I submitted the e-mail.
 
I was going to post yours as ????? as it was cause I didn't know who you were. I never would've used the real name :).
 
Lisztomania

Screwtape:
1. Kate Bush
(Best album: The Dreaming) (Best song: The Dreaming)
2. Todd Rundgren
(Best album: Liars) (Best song: God Said)
3. Pink Floyd
(Best album: Animals) (Best song: Set Controls To The Heart of The Sun)
4. U2
(Best album: The Joshua Tree) (Best song: Walk To The Water)
5. The Police
(Best album: Synchronicity) (Best song: King of Pain)
6. David Bowie
(Best album: Ziggy Stardust) (Best song: I’m Deranged)
7. Miles Davis
(Best album: Bitches Brew) (Best song: Miles Runs Down The Voodoo)
8. Tori Amos
(Best album: Little Earthquakes) (Best song: Cruel)
9. Genesis
(Best album: Lamb Lies Down on Broadway) (Best song: The Lamia)
10. Led Zeppelin
(Best album: Houses of The Holy) (Best song: Kashmir)
11. Utopia
(Best album: Ra) (Best song: Communion With The Sun)
12. The Cure
(Best album: Disintegration) (Best song: Charlotte Sometimes)
13. The Beatles
(Best album: Sgt. Peppers) (Best song: I Am The Walrus)
14. The Smiths
(Best album: Meat Is Murder) (Best song: Well I Wonder)
15. Siouxsie & The Banshees
(Best album: Juju) (Best song: Painted Bird)
16. Peter Gabriel
(Best album: Security) (Best song: San Jacinto)
17. Return To Forever
(Best album: Romantic Warrior) (Best song: Vulcan Worlds)
18. Focus
(Best album: Hamburger Concerto) (Best song: Questions! Answers? Answers! Questions!)
19. The Who
(Best album: Who’s Next) (Best song: The Song Is Over)
20. Yes
(Best album: The Yes Album) (Best song: Starship Trooper)
21. Sting
(Best album: …Nothing Like The Sun) (Best song: Children’s Crusade)
22. Renaissance
(Best album: Ashes Are Burning) (Best song: Can You Understand)
23. Prince
(Best album: Purple Rain) (Best song: Sign O’ The Times)
24. Talking Heads
(Best album: Remain In Light) (Best song: The Great Curve)
25. Porcupine Tree
(Best album: The Sky Moves Sideways) (Best song: Stop Swimming)


Saracene:
1. PJ Harvey
2. U2
3. Muse
4. Pink Floyd
5. Nick Cave & Bad Seeds
6. Kate Bush
7. Tori Amos
8. Dead Can Dance
9. Mark Lanegan
10. The Beatles
11. Sleater-Kinney
12. The White Stripes
13. Bjork
14. Pixies
15. The Clash
16. The Doors
17. Beck
18. Elbow
19. The Flaming Lips
20. Goldfrapp
21. Sonic Youth
22. Doves
23. Tom Waits
24. Nick Drake
25. Joy Division

Patske:
1 U2
2 Bob Dylan
3 The Smiths
4 The Beatles
5 radiohead
6 REM
7 Wilco
8 joy Division
9 The Velvet Underground
10 Led Zeppelin
11 Nick Drake
12 Suede
13 The Stone Roses
14 Sigur ros
15 Elbow
16 Portishead
17 Nick Cave
18 Morrissey
19 Bruce Springsteen
20 Arcade Fire
21 The Doors
22 Pixies
23 The Triffids
24 the National
25 Wham

GirlsAloudFan:
1. Taylor Swift
2. The Beatles
3. R.E.M.
4. Bruce Springsteen
5. Pearl Jam
6. U2
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Bob Dylan
9. Radiohead
10. Girls Aloud
11. The Who
12. The Clash
13. The Strokes
14. Guns N' Roses
15. 2Pac
16. Led Zeppelin
17. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
18. Pavement
19. Blur
20. The Ramones
21. Arctic Monkeys
22. Madonna
23. Wu-Tang Clan
24. The White Stripes
25. Johnny Cash

Hardyharhar:
Led Zeppelin - II
Genesis w/Peter - Foxtrot
Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
Beatles - Sgt Pepper
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
Pink Floyd - DSOTM
Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Armed Forces
Dead Kennedy's - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Devo - Are We Not Men? We Are Devo!
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
The Who - Who's Next
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Pogues - Rum Sodomy & the Lash
Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining
Yes - The Yes Album
Vangelis - Heaven & Hell
White Stripes - Elephant
Radiohead - The Bends
Roxy Music - 1st
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
Split Enz - Corroboree
Ten Years After - A Space in Time
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It

namkcuR:
1. U2
2. The Beatles
3. Radiohead
4. Michael Jackson
5. Led Zeppelin
6. Red Hot Chili Peppers
7. ABBA
8. Simon & Garfunkel
9. David Bowie
10. Pink Floyd
11. Muse
12. Billy Joel
13. Elton John
14. The Doors
15. Metallica
16. Queen
17. Nirvana
18. Depeche Mode
19. Stevie Wonder
20. The Who
21. Bob Dylan
22. R.E.M.
23. Tori Amos
24. Guns'N'Roses
25. Pearl Jam

Axver:
1. Porcupine Tree (Best album: Stupid Dream; best song: Piano Lessons)
2. Crowded House (Best album: Together Alone; best song: Recurring Dream)
3. Agalloch (Best album: Pale Folklore; best song: In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion)
4. Pure Reason Revolution (Best album: The Dark Third; best song: Deus Ex Machina)
5. Russian Circles (Best album: Station; best song: Verses)
6. Alcest (Best album: Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde; best song: Tir Nan Og)
7. The Chills (Best album: Submarine Bells; best song: Effloresce and Deliquesce)
8. Anathema (Best album: Judgement; best song: Fragile Dreams)
9. U2 (Best album: The Unforgettable Fire; best song: A Sort Of Homecoming)
10. Split Enz (Best album: Frenzy; best song: Hermit McDermitt)
11. The Shadows (Best single: Shadoogie)
12. Blackfield (Best album: Blackfield II; best song: Epidemic)
13. Ride (Best album: Nowhere; best song: Leave Them All Behind)
14. The Verve (Best album: A Storm In Heaven; best song: Space And Time)
15. Orphaned Land (Best album: Mabool; best song: Ornaments Of Gold)
16. Pink Floyd (Best album: Animals; best song: Summer '68)
17. God Is An Astronaut (Best album: All Is Violent, All Is Bright; best song: Suicide By Star)
18. Joy Division (Best album: Unknown Pleasures; best song: New Dawn Fades)
19. Straitjacket Fits (Best album: Hail; best song: She Speeds)
20. The Bats (Best album: Daddy's Highway; best song: North By North)
21, REM (Best album: Fables Of The Reconstruction; best song: Feeling Gravity's Pull)
22, Muse (Best album: Origin Of Symmetry; best song: Dead Star)
23. Opeth (Best album: Still Life; best song: The Apostle In Triumph)
24. Able Tasmans (Best album: Hey Spinner; best song: School Is No Good For You)
25. The Cure (Best album: Faith; best song: Cold)
 
Screwtape:
18. Focus
(Best album: Hamburger Concerto) (Best song: Questions! Answers? Answers! Questions!)

It's always nice to see fellow Interferencers listing Dutchie bands (even though I'm indifferent to Focus). :)

Patske:
<snip 25 foreign bands/artists>

What??? No Belgian artists, Patske? :tsk:
And you do include Wham! :sigh:


;)
 
In all honesty, I am surprised to see no Death Cab For Cutie or Band of Horses appear in the top 50 master list or not on many people's personal top 25. Such great bands. Definitely worthly of those spots.
 
bono_man2002:
01.U2
02.Tori Amos
03.Bruce Springsteen
04.Green Day
05.Crowded House
06.Matchbox Twenty
07.The White Stripes
08.Porcupine Tree
09.Muse
10.Split Enz
11.The Rolling Stones
12.Arctic Monkeys
13.Pearl Jam
14.Regina Spektor
15.Coldplay
16.INXS
17.Franz Ferdinand
18.Placebo
19.Paramore
20.Metric
21.The Beatles
22.Them Crooked Vultures
23.The Killers
24.Radiohead
25.Rage Against The Machine

BigMacPhisto:
1. Beatles
2. U2
3. R.E.M.
4. Beach Boys
5. Belle & Sebastian
6. Pearl Jam
7. Smashing Pumpkins
8. Ronettes
9. Replacements
10. John Lennon
11. Nick Drake
12. Bob Dylan
13. Blondie
14. Rolling Stones
15. Marvin Gaye
16. Led Zeppelin
17. Pink Floyd
18. Clash
19. Galaxie 500
20. Robyn Hitchcock
21. Elton John
22. Hüsker Dü
23. Velvet Underground
24. The Clientele
25. Dinosaur Jr.

CuteIrishBono:
1. U2
2. Arcade Fire
3. Wilco
4. Radiohead
5. The Beatles
6. David Bowie
7. The Who
8. Coldplay
9. The White Stripes
10. Death Cab For Cutie
11. Band of Horses
12. The Beach Boys
13. Spoon
14. Frighten Rabbit
15. Elbow
16. Surfer Blood
17. The Shins
18. REM
19. The Red Hot Chili Peppers
20. The Smashing Pumpkins
21. Pearl Jam
22. Tears For Fears
23. The Auteurs
24. Blur
25. The Wallflowers

Joey788:
1. U2
2. Radiohead
3. Nine Inch Nails
4. The Beatles
5. Muse
6. St. Vincent
7. Metallica
8. Beck
9. The Killers
10. Coldplay
11. Gorillaz
12. Depeche Mode
13. Jimi Hendrix
14. TV On The Radio
15. The Police
16. Nirvana
17. Metric
18. The Who
19. Red Hot Chili Peppers
20. Silversun Pickups21. The National
22. Arcade Fire
23. Elbow
24. The Clash
25. She & Him

Popmartijn:
1. U2 (album: Achtung Baby) (song: I Will Follow)
2. Urban Dance Squad (album: Mental Floss For The Globe) (song: Demagogue)
3. Elvis Costello (album: Imperial Bedroom) (song: I Want You)
4. Bob Dylan (album: Highway 61 Revisited) (song: Tangled Up In Blue)
5. Johan (album: Pergola) (song: Everybody Knows)
6. Tröckener Kecks (album: >TK) (song: Met Hart En Ziel)
7. Pearl Jam (album: Ten) (song: Better Man)
8. Prince (album: Around The World In A Day) (song: The Cross)
9. The Beatles (album: Rubber Soul) (song: Eight Days A Week)
10. Johnny Cash (album: American Recordings) (song: Man In Black)
11. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (album: The Boatman's Call) (song: There
She Goes, My Beautiful World)
12. Voicst (album: A Tale Of Two Devils) (song: Whatever You Want From Life)
13. Bettie Serveert (album: Dust Bunnies) (song: Palomine)
14. Claw Boys Claw (album: Nipple) (song: Superkid)
15. Talk Talk (album: The Colour Of Spring) (song: Such A Shame)
16. Ella Fitzgerald (album: Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook) (song:
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive)
17. R.E.M. (album: Automatic For The People) (song: Leave)
18. dEUS (album: Worst Case Scenario) (song: Theme From Turnpike)
19. Emmylou Harris (album: Red Dirt Girl) (song: Orphan Girl)
20. Doe Maar (album: Skunk) (song: Belle Hélène)
21. The Jimi Hendrix Experience (album: Electric Ladyland) (song: Little
Wing)
22. The Rolling Stones (album: Let It Bleed) (song: Tumbling Dice)
23. Willie Nelson (album: Teatro) (song: Night Life)
24. Crowded House (album: Together Alone) (song: There Goes God)
25. Roosbeef (album: Ze Willen Wel Je Hond Aaien Maar Niet Met Je
Praten) (song: Te Heet Gewassen)

DiscothequeLP:
1. U2
2. Oasis
3. Phoenix
4. Arctic Monkeys
5. The Killers
6. The Last Shadow Puppets
7. Voxtrot
8. The Ramones
9. The Strokes
10. The Beach Boys
11. The Beatles
12. Muse
13. Steely Dan
14. Led Zeppelin
15. Pat Metheny
16. Coldplay
17. Michael Jackson
18. Julian Casablancas
19. Weather Report
20. Bob Marley
21. Johnny Cash
22. The Kinks
23. The Smiths
24. The Clash
25. The Cure

Heathcliff:
#1) U2 - Best album: Achtung Baby / Best Songs: Levitate and Elevation
#2) Oasis - Best album: Be Here Now / Best Songs: All Around the World and Go, Let It Out
#3) Delays - Best album: Faded Seaside Glamour / Best songs: One More Lie In and Long Time Coming
#4) Doves - Best album: Lost Souls / Best songs: Words and Andalucia
#5) R.E.M. - Best albums: Around the Sun and Automatic for the People / Best songs: Drive and Crush With Eyeliner
#6) Led Zeppelin - Best album: In Through the Out Door / Best song: Immigrant Song
#7) Suede - Best album: Dog Man Star / Best song: Still Life
#8) Primal Scream - Best albums: Give Out But Don't Give Up and XTRMNTR / Best song: Loaded
#9) Radiohead - Best albums: OK Computer and In Rainbows / Best song: The Tourist
#10) Kasabian - Best album: West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum / Best songs: Empire, L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever) and Secret Alphabets
#11) Coldplay - Best albums: Viva La Vida and Death or All His Friends and X&Y / Best song: Fix You
#12) Aerosmith - Best album: Pump / Best song: Deuces Are Wild
#13) Blur - Best album: The Great Escape / Best song: Tender
#14) The Rolling Stones Best album: Exile on Main St. / Best songs: Paint It, Black and Loving Cup
#15) Lady Gaga - Best album: The Fame / Best song: I Like It Rough
#16) Goldfrapp - Best album: Supernature / Best song: Ride a White Horse (Single Version)
#17) Nirvana - Best album: In Utero / Best song: Heart-Shaped Box
#18) Bruce Springsteen Best albums: Nebraska and Born In the U.S.A. / Best songs: Glory Days and My Father's House
#19) Elbow - Best album: The Seldom Seen Kid / Best song: One Day Like This
#20) The White Stripes Best albums: Elephant and Get Behind Me Satan / Best song: Hand Springs
#21) James - Best album: Millionaires / Best song: We're Going to Miss You
#22) The Dandy Warhols Best album: Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia / Best song: Every Day Should Be a Holiday
#23) The Crimea - Best album: Tragedy Rocks [2005 Version] / Best song: Opposite Ends
#24) The Veils Best album: The Runaway Found / Best song: More Heat Than Light
#25) The Killers Best album: Day & Age / Best song: All These Things I've Done

The Tourist:
01. Starflyer 59
02. The Beatles
03. The Beach Boys
04. Led Zeppelin
05. Fleet Foxes
06. The Flaming Lips
07. U2
08. The Zombies
09. The Mamas and the Papas
10. The Who
11. The National
12. Radiohead
13. Pearl Jam
14. Queen
15. The Supremes
16. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
17. Creedence Clearwater Revival
18. The Kinks
19. Spoon
20. Gosling
21. My Morning Jacket
22. The Strokes
23. Mute Math
24. Phoenix
25. Ours

LemonMelon:
1. The Beatles
Best album: Abbey Road
Best song: Strawberry Fields Forever

2. Led Zeppelin
Best album: Houses of the Holy
Best song: Black Dog

3. U2
Best album: Zooropa
Best song: Zooropa

4. Beck
Best album: Sea Change
Best song: Debra

5. Pink Floyd
Best album: Animals
Best song: Wish You Were Here

6. Radiohead
Best album: OK Computer
Best song: Black Star

7. David Bowie
Best album: Station To Station
Best song: Golden Years

8. Big Star
Best album: #1 Record
Best song: Back of A Car

9. Bruce Springsteen
Best album: Born To Run
Best song: Born To Run

10. Neil Young
Best album: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Best song: Tell Me Why

11. R.E.M.
Best album: Automatic For The People
Best song: Suspicion

12. Blur
Best album: Parklife
Best song: Beetlebum

13. The Kinks
Best album: The Village Green Preservation Society
Best song: Victoria

14. Steely Dan
Best album: Aja
Best song: Black Cow

15. Tom Waits
Best album: Swordfishtrombones
Best song: Please Call Me, Baby16. Joni Mitchell
Best album: Court And Spark
Best song: Help Me

17. Bob Dylan
Best album: Highway 61 Revisited
Best song: Shelter From The Storm

18. The Flaming Lips
Best album: Transmissions From The Satellite Heart
Best song: Do You Realize??

19. Randy Newman
Best album: Sail Away
Best song: Marie

20. Spoon
Best album: Girls Can Tell
Best song: Everything Hits At Once21. Outkast
Best album: Aquemini
Best song: SpottieOttieDopaliscious

22. Pulp
Best album: Different Class
Best song: Babies

23. Wilco
Best album: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Best song: I'm Always In Love

24. The Byrds
Best album: The Notorious Byrd Brothers
Best song: I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better

25. The Velvet Underground
Best album: The Velvet Underground
Best song: Rock And Roll

bono_212:
1.) U2 - Album: The Unforgettable Fire; Song - "The Unforgettable Fire
2.) Bruce Springsteen - Album: Born in the U.S.A.; Song - "I'm on Fire"
3.) The Cure - Album: Disintegration; Song - "Just Like Heaven"
4.) The Killers - Album: Hot Fuss; Song - "Read My Mind"
5.) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Album: Full Moon Fever; Song - "Insider"
6.) Peter Gabriel - Album: Security; Song - "Games Without Frontiers"
7.) The National - Album: Boxer; Song - "Abel"
8.) David Bowie - Album: Low; Song - "Heroes"
9.) Dave Matthews Band - Album: Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King; Song - "Crash Into Me"
10.) The Rolling Stones - Album: Beggars Banquet; Song - "Gimme Shelter"
11.) Meat Loaf - Album: Bat Out of Hell; Song - "I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)"
12.) Our Lady Peace - Album: Spiritual Machines; Song - "Angels/Losing/Sleep"
13.) R.E.M. - Album: Automatic For the People; Song - "Find the River"
14.) Crowded House - Album: Together Alone; Song - "Private Universe"
15.) Pink Floyd - Album: The Wall; Song - "Comfortably Numb"
16.) Bob Dylan - Album: Highway 61 Revisited - "Shelter From the Storm"
17.) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Album: N/A; Song - "Who'll Stop the Rain"
18.) Bloc Party - Album: Silent Alarm; Song - "This Modern Love"
19.) The Who - Album: Who's Next; Song - "Baba O'Riley"
20.) The Mountain Goats - Album: The Sunset Tree; Song - "Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod"
21.) Lou Reed - Album: Transformer; Song - "Walk on the Wild Side"
22.) The Beatles - Album: Abbey Road; Song - "We Can Work It Out"
23.) Kelly Clarkson - Album: Breakaway; Song - "Since U Been Gone"
24.) Gordon Lightfoot - Album: N/A; Song - "If You Could Read My Mind"
25.) Muse - Album: Black Holes and Revelations; Song - "Maps of the Problematique"

*My list is not in the exact order it was in on the official sheet. I foolishly entered it into excel, never saved it, and then deleted it, so I reconstructed it to the best of my ability. Just in case someone were to do the math and discover that some numbers are a tad skewed. And for that matter, U2 and the Beatles are missing points from the inclusion of my list, as I forgot to add mine into the database initially. All this would've done was pushed them further into 1st/2nd place.*
 
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