Your Top 10 Bands/Artist

[Penny Lane]

1. Sonic Youthand the rest...in no particular order this week.
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wow, had no idea...i love SY...they don't get much mention around here..

They were/are and always be the band I slobber over myself to listen to. Heard Daydream Nation in high school and it was a game changer.

Daydream Nation and (surprisingly) Rather Ripped are my favorites. DN is a very important album..

[Flying Rabbit]

Daydream Nation and (surprisingly) Rather Ripped are my favorites. DN is a very important album..

The thing is, that album, really changed how I listened and perceived music. It ushered into my world a avalanche of albums. It was my gateway drug into a mess of music, personalities, scenes--not to mention other cultural things like films, books, etc.

It kinda saddens me a little bit to think back to that time, because I'm not sure I pour over records like I did then. My mind was so fertile. Now, I can appreciate an album but doesn't change my entire worldview like that album did. Most things aren't as new and exciting as that record was at that time.

[Bill in CT]

I'll exclude DBT and make 2 lists.

still active:
Neil Young (my favorite)
Pearl Jam
Voivod
Bob Dylan
Widespread Panic
George Jones
Prince
Ennio Morricone
Bruce Springsteen
Opeth
My Morning Jacket
The Rolling Stones
Parliament-Funkadelic
Black Sabbath
Richard Thompson

no longer active:
Can
Townes Van Zandt
Grateful Dead
The Replacements
Husker Du
Led Zeppelin
Gram Parsons
Joy Division
Uncle Tupelo
Amon Duul II
Sonic Youth
Lynyrd Skynyrd
R.E.M.
The Kinks
The Who (I don't consider "The Two" to be The Who anymore)

[ruthy2705]

No particular order.
DBT
Springsteen
Van Halen with DLR
Aerosmith
Lynyrd Skynard
AC/DC
G n R
Led Zeppelin
The Black Crowes
ZZ Top

[Steve French]

top ten you say?

OTOH (no order these are tied for 1st)

Uncle Tupelo
Whiskeytown
The Clash
The Ramones
Velvet Underground
sex Pistols
DBT
Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin
Motorhead





note: results may vary on any given day.

[Zip City]

All-Time:

Pink Floyd
Beatles
Beastie Boys
Radiohead
Reverend Horton Heat
Metallica
Johnny Cash
Bad Examples/Ralph Covert
DBT


Current:

DBT
The Decemberists
Avett Brothers
MMJ
Black Keys
Ray LaMontagne
Neutral Milk Hotel
Uncle Tupelo
Son Volt


I only did 9 of each.

[fistfightsandtears]

DBT
Lucero
Otis Gibbs
Led Zeppelin
Waylon & Willie
Jason Isbell and 400 Unit
Nirvana
Townes Van Zandt
Todd Snyder
James Mcmurtry

This to could change by the day but lately this my daily rotation

[Frog Man]

1. Pearl Jam
2. Neil Young
3. DBT
4. Tool
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers
6.Jason Isbell/400 Unit
7. Nirvana
8. The Band
9. Blind Melon
10. Centro-Matic

[Steve French]

All-Time:

Pink Floyd
Beatles
Beastie Boys
Radiohead
Reverend Horton Heat
Metallica
Johnny Cash
Bad Examples/Ralph Covert
DBT


Current:

DBT
The Decemberists
Avett Brothers
MMJ
Black Keys
Ray LaMontagne
Neutral Milk Hotel
Uncle Tupelo
Son Volt


I only did 9 of each.

anarchist!

thats a good way of dealing with the "of all time vs my current favourites" though, I must admit

in my list its all noisy stuff, but I also like the angsty singer/songwriter stuff too.

[bovine knievel]

INPO

Tom Petty
Van Morrison
DBT
Stones
Muddy Waters
Doug Sahm
The Band
Led Zep
Cash
Garcia

[dime in the gutter]

shakey
stones
beatles
dylan
dbt
dexateens
ccr
willie
cash
buddy holly
uncle tupelo


chuck prophet and jason molina with a bullet.

[cortez the killer]

shakey
stones
beatles
dylan
dbt
dexateens
ccr
willie
cash
buddy holly
uncle tupelo

RVZ rollin' in his grave?

[dime in the gutter]

shakey
stones
beatles
dylan
dbt
dexateens
ccr
willie
cash
buddy holly
uncle tupelo

RVZ rollin' in his grave?

figured one dead dude from a plane crash was enough for today's list....rvz knows i love him.....but now they do that jvz thing.

[cortez the killer]

Old School
Neil Young
The Rolling Stones
Bruce Springsteen
Waylon Jennings
Led Zeppelin
Johnny Cash
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Guy Clark
The Beatles
Jerry Jeff Walker

New(er) School
Jay Farrar (Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, Solo, Etc.)
Drive-By Truckers
Jason Molina (Songs: Ohia, Magnolia Electric Co., Etc.)
The National
Will Johnson (Centro-matic, South San Gabriel, Solo, Etc.)
Wilco
The Black Keys
James McMurtry
Cary Huson (Blue Mountain, The Hilltops, Solo, Etc.)
The Weight

[Flying Rabbit]

Lotta PJ love on this board.

[tinnitus photography]

Lotta PJ love on this board.

i love PJ (Harvey)

[Duke Silver]

Lotta PJ love on this board.

if we're talking about pearl jam, there definitely was a time they would've been my #1 with a bullet, but i've cooled on them in the last five years or so. i still pull out their records about once a year when i need to hit the musical reset button.

[dime in the gutter]

Cary Huson (Blue Mountain, The Hilltops, Solo, Etc.)

cool to see this on your list.

[oxfordcrowe]

1. The Black Crowes (Hands down the best live show(s) I have seen — out of 15 shows I've had one dud and it was in my hometown. Huge fan — hence the name Oxfordcrowe. Finally got to meet Chris Robinson when he played with the Brotherhood here in Oxford last winter.)
2. DBT (Caught on to these guys late and have been kicking myself ever since. They (Patterson a couple of solo shows as well) played Oxford several times before I got into them. Such a shame that I missed out.)
3. The Rolling Stones (I always enjoyed certain songs, but it wasn't until I bought Exile until I realized how good all-around they were, plenty of non-radio hits that are insanely good.)
4. The Band (Grew more into them because of the Crowes. I would hear the Crowes do a song, really like it, and then find out that is was a Band cover. Saw Levon a couple of years ago in Memphis and it was a great show.)
5. Hayes Carll (I just started listening to him, and like DBT, I'm kicking myself for not starting sooner.)
6. Lucero (Old or new, with or without horns, I dig em.)
7. Blue Mountain (Solid band that plays a lot in Oxford, really glad I get to see them as much as I do. Always a good show.)
8. Robert Earl Keen (One of the best story tellers in the music business.)
9. The Alabama Shakes (They're new to the scene, but I can't quit listening to them. Archive.org and the archivist app has been very, very good to feed the sounds of this band.)
10. Ryan Bingham (Really no explanation with this guy. I've always dug him since a friend recommended him to me.)

HM: Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, Ryan Adams/Whiskeytown, Shooter Jennings, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Steve Earle, Jason Isbell, Ray Charles, James McMurtry, Alejandro Escovedo, Bruce Springsteen, Reckless Kelly, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Band of Heathens, Old 97s.

It was a hell of a lot easier to do HM choices than the top 10. I struggled to come up with No. 10, because out of the HM, I could go without listening to those artists/bands for a while, but I felt like a top 10 was something you couldn't/wouldn't go without.
As I've gotten older, I'm leaning more toward the alt-county/outlaw country stuff and that's pretty much what the HM is loaded with. I hardly ever listen to Zeppelin anymore and that was all I listened to shortly after high school. Never been into the Beatles, The Who or Pink Floyd as much as some, but I do like some of their songs.

[3milelake]

Nasty Exercise:

Older:
01. The Band
02. Stones
03. Neil Young
04. Led Zeppelin
05. The Beatles
06. The Who
07. Jerry Jeff Walker
08. Waylon Jennings
09. Doug Sahm
10. AC DC

Newer:
01. Jay Farrar (& all associated projects)
02. Drive By Truckers
03. The Weight
04. The Bottle Rockets
05. Chuck Prophet
06. Blue Mountain (Cary Hudson side projects)
07. Bo Bedingfield & The Wydelles (only 15 total songs, but I can't deny my love)
08. Red Star Belgrade (best band no one will ever know)
09. Blitzen Trapper
10. The Black Keys

[scotto]

Ten spur-of-the-moment favorites in alphabetical order:
The Band
Billy Bragg
The Clash
Drive-By Truckers
Bob Dylan
Jonathan Richman/The Modern Lovers
Rolling Stones
Television
Tom Waits
Neil Young

[hurls]

New around these parts, seems like a good place to jump in

Current:
DBT
old 97's
Todd snider
The National
TV on the Radio
Spoon
Arcade Fire
Blake Mills (blew me away opening for/accompanying Lucinda)
The Wrens
Hold Steady

Gone but not forgotten:
Rolling Stones
The Go-betweens
The Clash
Big Star
Replacements (not so much PW solo, though I try)
Nirvana
Pogues
Husker Du

[JimmerDette]

1) Drive By Truckers

2) Avett Brothers

3) The Low Anthem

4) The Felice Brothers

5) Wilco

6) Blitzen Trapper

7) Jason Isbell

8) Trampled By Turtles

9) Jay Farrar/Son Volt

10) MMJ

[linkous]

David Bowie too faggy for you lot then?

[beagle001]

Currently
1. Lucero
2. Glossary
3. Two Cow Garage
4. Slobberbone
5. American Aquarium
6. Doc Dailey and Magnolia Devil
7. Austin Lucas
8. Tim Barry
9. The Gaslight Anthem
10. Alejandro Escovedo

All-time is insanely hard

[Kudzu Guillotine]

R.E.M.
Beatles
Replacements
Grateful Dead
Whiskeytown
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Led Zeppelin
Waylon Jennings
Little Feat
Bob Marley & the Wailers

Rolling Stones
Neil Young
Allman Brothers Band
Bob Dylan
Wilco
Megafaun
The Gourds
John Prine
Guy Clark
Ryan Adams

[RolanK]

David Bowie too faggy for you lot then?

Nope!

Stones
Bowie
DBT
Dylan (Who?)
Zeppelin
The Smiths
Motorpsycho

That's only 7...but then there are hundreds of bands and artist I really love as well, but I guess not to the extent, and not with the same impact, as those listed above . I guess I am more an albums guy than a band/artist guy.

Ziggy Stardust was my first vinyl. I was 10. I have most of his albums. His greatest talent is how he selects great musicians for his backing bands. My favourite albums are the ones with Alomar, Davis & Murray.

[linkous]

David Bowie too faggy for you lot then?

Nope!

Stones
Bowie
DBT
Dylan (Who?)
Zeppelin
The Smiths
Motorpsycho

Thats why I said "you lot". Only one person in 2 pages worth of posts mentioned Bowie !

[cortez the killer]

David Bowie too faggy for you lot then?

I can't speak for everyone, but his exclusion from my incredibly limited list has zero to do with his desire to sniff pickles. I noticed he missed your list, too. Oh wait...

[beantownbubba]

David Bowie too faggy for you lot then?

I was going to ignore this but the thing about message board posts is that they're just THERE, and one keeps seeing them.

This is absurd.