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VH1 Names the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time
VH1 ^ | 9-7-10

Posted on 09/07/2010 8:44:12 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache

100 Alicia Keys 99 Hall & Oates 98 Depeche Mode 97 Pretenders 96 Journey 95 OutKast 94 Mariah Carey 93 Pearl Jam 92 LL Cool J 91 Green Day 90 Elvis Costello 89 Beastie Boys 88 Bee Gees 87 George Michael 86 N.W.A. 85 The Band 84 Curtis Mayfield 83 Earth, Wind and Fire 82 Steely Dan 81 ABBA 80 Mary J. Blige 79 Eminem 78 Judas Priest 77 Lynyrd Skynyrd 76 Run-D.M.C. 75 Rush 74 The Cure 73 Van Morrison 72 Janis Joplin 71 R.E.M. 70 Def Leppard 69 Tupac Shakur 68 Otis Redding 67 Coldplay 66 Justin Timberlake 65 The Doors 64 Talking Heads 63 Notorious B.I.G. 62 Genesis 61 Cream 60 Whitney Houston 59 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 58 Cheap Trick 57 Iggy & The Stooges 56 KISS 55 Peter Gabriel 54 Public Enemy 53 Little Richard 52 Beyoncé 51 Billy Joel 50 Sade 49 Parliament-Funkadelic 48 Rage Against The Machine 47 Jay-Z 46 Ramones 45 Al Green 44 Joni Mitchell 43 Ray Charles 42 Metallica 41 Van Halen 40 The Police 39 The Kinks 38 Sly & The Family Stone 37 Fleetwood Mac 36 Paul McCartney 35 Johnny Cash 34 Tina Turner 33 Guns N’ Roses 32 Black Sabbath 31 John Lennon 30 Aerosmith 29 Radiohead 28 Elton John 27 Aretha Franklin 26 Neil Young 24 The Velvet Underground 25 Chuck Berry 23 AC/DC 22 The Clash 21 Bruce Springsteen 20 Marvin Gaye 19 U2 18 Pink Floyd 17 Queen 16 Madonna 15 The Beach Boys 14 Nirvana 13 The Who 12 David Bowie 11 Bob Marley 10 Stevie Wonder 09 James Brown 08 Elvis Presley 07 Prince 06 Jimi Hendrix 05 Rolling Stones 04 Led Zeppelin 03 Michael Jackson 02 Bob Dylan 01 The Beatles


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: music; topten
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1 posted on 09/07/2010 8:44:13 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
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Bob Dylan? I’d rather gouge my eyes out than go to a Dylan concert. Madonna ahead of Pink Floyd? Puh-leaze.


2 posted on 09/07/2010 8:47:08 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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A lot of good ones. Some, like Alicia Keys are great artists but they are far too young and it is far too soon to judge them in this category. Also, unlike several of the other young artists/bands, she didn’t break through any musical barriers or achieve any major milestones (like Mariah beating the Beatles number of gold records).

I’m not saying she isn’t a great artist.. it is just too soon for her to be on this list.


3 posted on 09/07/2010 8:47:33 PM PDT by mnehring
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Boo Yeah!

The Beastie Boys! Man everyone knows that song “Cookie Puss”! /s


4 posted on 09/07/2010 8:47:40 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions $1 Halfbaked 50c)
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Where's Frank Sinatra?
5 posted on 09/07/2010 8:47:40 PM PDT by oldbrowser (Barack the Bungler must step down.)
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“All Time” to them is about fifty years.


6 posted on 09/07/2010 8:47:49 PM PDT by reg45
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Wow, Depeche Mode? Really? lol


7 posted on 09/07/2010 8:48:52 PM PDT by constitutiongirl ("Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal."---Leo Tolstoy)
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What a crappy list!


8 posted on 09/07/2010 8:48:59 PM PDT by HospiceNurse
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No ELO?


9 posted on 09/07/2010 8:49:28 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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"I’m not saying she isn’t a great artist.. it is just too soon for her to be on this list."

I think she had her first number one twenty-years ago this year. Just saying. I don't really care for her music, but this isn't her first rodeo.

10 posted on 09/07/2010 8:50:03 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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"Where's Frank Sinatra?"

Totally eclipsed by Tupak Shakur...

11 posted on 09/07/2010 8:50:31 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions $1 Halfbaked 50c)
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That’s what I was wondering. At least the Beastie Boys made it.*eyes rolling*


12 posted on 09/07/2010 8:50:31 PM PDT by constitutiongirl ("Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal."---Leo Tolstoy)
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They’ve been playing since 80 and they are still selling out stadiums and have the same energy they did in the 80s. Plus, they don’t play the, we are retired, no we aren’t, yes we are game.. they just keep doing concerts like they are still 18.

We’ve been to at least 7 of their concerts.. never disappointed.


13 posted on 09/07/2010 8:50:39 PM PDT by mnehring
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WTF!!!!
Prince at number 7.


14 posted on 09/07/2010 8:50:45 PM PDT by moehoward
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No Alice Cooper?

Useless list.


15 posted on 09/07/2010 8:50:51 PM PDT by Salamander (I'm everything I pretend to be.)
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I’d think Elvis should rate before that fruitcake Prince and that drip Bob Dylan and that idiot Michael Jackson. Come on. It’s Elvis! And I’m not the biggest Elvis fan either.


16 posted on 09/07/2010 8:50:51 PM PDT by FrdmLvr ( VIVA la SB 1070!)
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Wait a minute, wait a minute. There must be a technical glitch here or something. I cannot find "Creedence Clearwater Revival" in here anywhere, much less in the top ten, where you would expect to find it. And I tried "CCR," too.

And no "Moody Blues," either, in the top 100. But there's a lot of folks I've never heard any songs of, though.

17 posted on 09/07/2010 8:51:09 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson
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Prince #7?....blech.


18 posted on 09/07/2010 8:51:24 PM PDT by oust the louse (When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both.)
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They’ve got Tupak Shukar, but NOT Dave Matthews. I don’t think so.


19 posted on 09/07/2010 8:51:26 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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Or Ella Fitzgerald, or Louis Armstrong, or Duke Ellington, or ....


20 posted on 09/07/2010 8:51:49 PM PDT by reg45
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