"Yo Frantzie I'm gonna let you finish , but Beyonce is one of the greatest artists of all time!"
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
Talking Heads, Roy Orbison, B.B. King, and Stevie Ray Vaughn should all be here.
TOP 10 ARTISTS WHO HAVE O PLACE ON THAT LIST:
10 OutKast
09 Tupac Shakur
08 Notorious B.I.G.
07 Run-D.M.C.
06 Jay-Z
05 Radiohead
04 Rage Against The Machine
03 Public Enemy N
02 Iggy & The Stooges
01 N.W.A.
TOP 10 MISSING ARTISTS:
10 Dire Straits
09 Neil Diamond
08 Boston
07 Kenny Loggins
06 ELO
05 The Cars
04 Paul Simon (+ Garfunkel)
03 Phil Collins
02 Eagles
01 Seal
Honorable Mentions: Rod Stewart, Duran Duran, Supertramp, ZZTop, James Taylor, Steve Winwood, Carpenters
DM always turned out high quality songs and videos. I wish Allan Wilder had not left.
Well you know who was also possibly even more influential and was omitted - Kraftwerk. To synth bands and hip hop ripping up pieces of their songs.
They were the best concert I saw in my life and I saw a few including Bowie and Depeche Mode. DM was ruined by screaming girls. It was like being next to a jet engine. I also saw Madness which was the most fun concert.
I notice The Kinks at only #39. What a travesty. Everyone ripped them off/influenced by them: The Jam, Pretenders, Blur, Oasis and others.
No.
Iggy and the Stooges belong there.
There you go. Yet another oversight in a long list of oversights.
In a fair world, XTC would be on the list.
Agreed. I am glad they reunited before the guitarist died. Iggy though needs to put a shirt on. LOL!
Beyonce on this list. Give me a break.
What about Chicago, especially the period when they had Terry Kath.
Now you’re talking!
I saw Frank ONCE.
It changed mylife.
Crowded House?
INXS?
Iggy is as old as dirt now LoL
I thought the same thing.
Beyonce?
Ain’t even a name, much less a decades-long, world class talent...
"Yo Frantzie I'm gonna let you finish , but Beyonce is one of the greatest artists of all time!"
If you say so, from Everyday on back to Remember Two Things they were fantastic.
No.
Any fair barometer of historical placement would have to be songs or albums which chart on the Top 40, and that leaves the Stooges out.
Yeah but Andy Patridge leftist lyrics after a while got to me. He was a major Labour party idiot like Paul Weller (The Jam) and a lot of others. A big Reagan basher. Ditto The Heaven 17.
The final XTC straw was No Thugs in Our House which was about those mean old whites in the UK supposedly beating up Islamics. Largely fiction.
Dear God - largely an athiest ode was also fairly annoying. Great lyricist if he would “shut up and sing.”
I missed out on seeing Zappa Plays Zappa.
Imagine seeing Zappa playing with Adrian Belew or Steve Vai, guitar heaven.
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