Your current favourite top twenty artists/bands

[Lofty.]

By request, and in no particular order - I tried for ten, could have been a hundred , twenty it is:

1. Elvis Costello

2. Dr Feelgood

3. Rory Gallagher/Taste

4. Lou Reed/Velvets

5. Miles Davis (plus various collaborators)

6. Patti Smith

7. Joy Division

8. Georgie Fame

9. David Bowie

10. Rolling Stones

11 Bob Dylan

12 Bob Marley/Wailers/Peter Tosh

13 Stevie Wonder

14 Temptations

15 Isaac Hayes

16 Talking Heads

17 The Jam/Style Council/Weller

18 Siouxsie & The Banshees

19 Ray Charles

20 Santana

 

[Nibs]

Thanks Big Figure.

This is tougher than I thought. I always used to just list my top 10 or 20 favourite songs but that would include songs by artists who weren't necessarily a favourite artist, but produced a great record (like The Tams - Hey Girl don't bother me or Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi). But I'll give it a go of listing 20 artists / bands who are my favourites and probably most prevalent on my ipod along with my favourirte record from said artist. In no particular order (with the exception of No.1).

20. The Clash -  White Riot

19. Neil Young -  Old Man

18. Oasis -  Talk Tonight

17. Billy Bragg -  Milkman of Human Kindness

16. Elvis Costello -  Radio Radio

15. The Redskins -  The Power is Yours

14. The Style Council -  Shout to the Top

13. The Beatles -  Fool on the Hill

12. Blur -  Parklife

11. The Action -  In my Lonely Room

10. The Rifles -  Repeated Offender

9. Kula Shaker -  Tattva

8. The Stranglers -  Nice 'n' Sleazy

7. The Kinks -  You Really Got Me

6.The Undertones -  Jimmy Jimmy

5.Paul Weller -  Wild Wood

4. The Who -  My Generation

3. Artic Monkeys -  Scummy Man (When the sun goes down)

2. The Small Faces -  Whatcha Gonna Do About It.

1. The Jam -  Down in the Tubestation (At Midnight)

No doubt missed something out and I'll kick myself later.....................! 

 

[Lofty.]

I found it nigh on impossible, even with "current" as a limiting factor. Even so, I can't believe I missed out The Who, The Kinks, Small Faces, The Pretty Things and God only knows how many more. A top twenty artists/bands was difficult, twenty songs would be impossible.

I'm currently listening to the UK Subs by the way, Sensitive Boy that I am.

 

[PloKoon13]

Would you mind recommending me a Rory Gallagher album mate? I've got Top Priority but I have a hankering for something he's done which is a little more bluesy.

 

[PloKoon13]

Also, the last time I posted a list of my favourite musical artists on here, there was a petition to have me kicked off the forum.

 

[Lofty.]

Would you mind recommending me a Rory Gallagher album mate? I've got Top Priority but I have a hankering for something he's done which is a little more bluesy.

I think most of his albums were a mixture of bluesy and not so bluesy material; like Deuce, for instance, which includes the not so bluesy. "I'm Not Awake Yet", along with "Should Have Learned My Lesson", and so on.

A good place to start would be with a couple of classic lve albums, Live In Europe and Irish Tour.  From "Live In Europe":





(And Van Morrison. How the f**k did I forget Van Morrison?)

 

[BlueBeard]

Plokkers, as BF says, best to start with "Irish Tour '74" and "Live In Europe" and besides, they're also my favourite Rory albums anyway. The Irish Tour DVD is awesome!

Another album that's right up there is "Blueprint" which includes the classics 'Daughter Of The Evergades' and 'Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son'.

Generally speaking, his earlier albums are the blusiest.

 

[moi]

Also, the last time I posted a list of my favourite musical artists on here, there was a petition to have me kicked off the forum.

I'll fight tooth and nail to keep you here!!  

I'm still too exhausted from the effort of compiling the last list!!  When BF makes a contribution to Musical Connections, I'll write my list for him - can't say fairer than that!

 

[Soulo]

Even though my music taste is in a whole different dimension to most of you, I am compelled to complete a list of my top 20 favourite artists off the top of my head, it might not be of any significance here but I'll do it anyway..

20. Bon Iver

19. Kid Cudi

18. Daft Punk

17. Janelle Monae

16. Kendrick Lamar

15. Kanye West

14. Frank Ocean

13. Lauryn Hill

12. Fleet Foxes

11. Erykah Badu

10. The Roots

9. OutKast

8. Jay-Z

7. Pharrell Williams

6. Marvin Gaye

5. B.B King

4. Kiss

3. A Tribe Called Quest

2. The Weeknd

1. Michael Jackson

I tried to get the order right but it might differ depending on what emotions I'm feeling on any given day.

 

[Jonty]

20. Lana Del Rey

19. The White Stripes

18. The Clash

17. The Black Keys

16. Jay-Z

15. David Bowie

14. Tame Impala

13. The Killers

12. Foals

11. Queen

10. Pink Floyd

9. The Beatles

8. Oasis

7. A$AP Rocky

6. Biggie

5. Nas

4. The Strokes

3. Kanye West

2. Kendrick Lamar

1. Arctic Monkeys

 

[jezza]

I found it nigh on impossible, even with "current" as a limiting factor. Even so, I can't believe I missed out The Who, The Kinks, Small Faces, The Pretty Things and God only knows how many more. A top twenty artists/bands was difficult, twenty songs would be impossible.

I'm currently listening to the UK Subs by the way, Sensitive Boy that I am.

Hm, do like the Subs, still going apparently though Charlie Harper must have got his bus pass ages ago!

1. Thin Lizzy ( no.1 but the rest are in no particular order)

2. Foo Fighters

3. Gary Moore

4. The Clash

5. Bowie

6. Mott the Hoople

7. Joe Bonamassa

8. Bad Manners

9. G n'R

10. Antonio Vivaldi

11. Rolling Stones

12. Manic Street Preachers

13. The Jam

14. Temptations

15. AC/DC

16. Red hot chillies

17. Alice Cooper

18. Muse

19. Bob Marley

20. Motorhead

Got a bit of a soft spot for the Cockney Rejects but couldn't include them due to their WHU ties!

 

[moi]

I promised BF I would do this if he posted in Musical Connections. Which he did. So, in no particular order, because that's just too hard!

1. Bob Dylan

2. Leonard Cohen

3. The Rolling Stones

4. Van Morrison

5. Annie Lennox

6. Jeff Buckley

7. REM

8. Edith Piaf

9. Joe Bonamassa 

10. Jackson Browne

11. Thin Lizzy

12. Meatloaf

13. Billy Joel

14. David Bowie

15. Carly Simon

16. John Tams

17. Father John Misty

18. Jacques Brel

19. Charles Aznavour

20. Christy Moore

Oh dear, twenty just isn't enough!

 

[bluedave]

The order is just the order I thought of them and not an indication of preference.

1. Sonic Youth

2. Silver Jews

3. Pavement

4. Wire

5. Brian Jonestown Massacre

6. Aphex Twin

7. Beat Happening

8. Bill Callahan/Smog

9. Leonard Cohen

10. Captain Beefheart

11. Cleaners From Venus

12. Dr John

13. Happy Mondays

14. Jacobites/anything with Nikki Sudden

15. Jurassic 5

16. Love

17. My Bloody Valentine

18. Royal Trux

19. The Velvet Underground

20. The Make Up

 

[loz]

Give or take this is in order

1. The Smiths / Morrissey
2. Pink Floyd
3. Joy Division
4. David Bowie
5. Tindersticks / Stuart Staples
6. The Cure
7. The Who
8. Neil Young
9. Bob Dylan
10. Wedding Present
11. Bob Marley
12. Johnny Cash
13. Billy Bragg
14. Stone Roses
15. Velvet Underground  / Lou Reed
16. Leonard Cohen
17. Editors
18. Jeff Buckley
19. The Kinks
20. Lana Del Rey

 

[Te Dious]

Hm, do like the Subs, still going apparently though Charlie Harper must have got his bus pass ages ago!

1. Thin Lizzy ( no.1 but the rest are in no particular order)

2. Foo Fighters

3. Gary Moore

4. The Clash

5. Bowie

6. Mott the Hoople

7. Joe Bonamassa

8. Bad Manners

9. G n'R

10. Antonio Vivaldi

11. Rolling Stones

12. Manic Street Preachers

13. The Jam

14. Temptations

15. AC/DC

16. Red hot chillies

17. Alice Cooper

18. Muse

19. Bob Marley

20. Motorhead

Got a bit of a soft spot for the Cockney Rejects but couldn't include them due to their WHU ties!

The UK Subs are such a cliched cartoon version of punk. I saw them on TOTP 1979 recently i'd forgotten how bad they were. All leather jackets and safety pins it looked like the sort of piss take on punk you'd see in a Benny Hill or Two Ronnies sketch. Punk wasn't for men in there mid thirties with bouffant barnets.

 

[Gem]

Okay... Top 20, my list will differ hugely due to my age and the fact I'm a girl! In no order:

Dolly Parton

Green Day

Blink 182

The Killers

Taylor Swift

Katy Perry

Pink

The Who

Queen

Michael Jackson

Buddy Holly

ABBA

The Jam

The Beach Boys

Cher

Bob Seger

Steps (yeah and what?)

Lady Gaga

Bowling For Soup

Jimmy Eat World

 

[BlueBeard]

No particular order...

1. Pink Floyd

2. The Who

3. Kate Bush

4. James Brown

5. The Velvet Underground

6. Deep Purple (mk.2)

7. Peter Tosh

8. Johnny Cash

9. Desmond Dekker

10. Rory Gallagher

11. AC/DC (with Bon Scott)

12. The Temptations

13. Al Green

14. Fleetwood Mac

15. Gary Moore (his bluesy stuff)

16. Diana Ross & The Supremes

17. The Rolling Stones (60's & 70's only)

18. Thin Lizzy

19. Janis Joplin

20. Free

Impossible task really, that list will be different tomorrow!

 

[moi]

How could I have missed off Neil Young!!

 

[PloKoon13]

Cheers for the advice guys, I think I'll look into re-acquiring Irish Tour in the near future.

Here's my list, it was hard so I had to include some 'honourable mentions' (Sly & the Family Stone, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Israel Vibration, Scientist, Creedence Clearwater Revival and A Tribe Called Quest). Definitely worth reiterating that this is a list of favourites and not a list of who I deem as the 'best', which I imagine would look quite different.

1. Rush

2. Thin Lizzy

3. The Smiths

4. Gil Scott-Heron

5. Tiken Jah Fakoly

6. Alpha Blondy

7. Miles Davis

8. Black Uhuru

9. Bob Marley

10. The Congos

11. Pink Floyd

12. Led Zeppelin

13. Marvin Gaye

14. Dennis Brown

15. Sade

16. Salif Keita

17. Ronny Jordan

18. Pharoah Sanders

19. The Abyssinians

20. Jimi Hendrix