Music: Who are your Top Eleven Artists of all-time?

[Elvis P]

Yes, it was extremely difficult to narrow it down to eleven, but I like my list. It's in alphabetical order.

Aretha Franklin
Bob Marley and the Wailers
The Clash
David Bowie
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
Muddy Waters
Neil Young
Prince
Rolling Stones
Stevie Wonder

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[I am not exposed]

Yes, it was extremely difficult to narrow it down to eleven, but I like my list. It's in alphabetical order.

Aretha Franklin
Bob Marley and the Wailers
The Clash
David Bowie
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
Muddy Waters
Neil Young
Prince
Rolling Stones
Stevie Wonder

Are you Rolling Stone magazine?

 

[Dr Pepper]

Beatles
CCR
Daft Punk
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
Rolling Stones
Sloan
Tool
Weird Al Yankovic

All over the place, pretty much, but that's a rough draft for 11 artists I've enjoyed.

Could probably come up with a list of my top 11 artists per genre if I really wanted to, but we'll stick with this for now.

 

[Elvis P]

Are you Rolling Stone magazine?

Apparently, you've never read RS. They like:

1. The Beatles
2. Bob Dylan
3. Elvis Presley
5. Chuck Berry
7. James Brown
8. Little Richard
10. Ray Charles

 

[frisco]

In no order:
Queen
R.E.M.
Elvis Presley
Bruce Springsteen
Johnny Cash
Rick Springfield
Jackson Browne
The Doors
INXS
The Bee Gees
Journey

My Best-Carey

 

[WetcoastOrca]

I’ve got 8 so far.
Neil Young
Beatles
The Band
Bowie
Steely Dan
Aretha
Elvis
Pink Floyd

 

[Jumptheshark]

bands or artist I usually ALWAYS have on my mp3 player

ACDC
Nazareth
Def Leppard
Kinks
Garth Brooks
Billy Joel
RUSH
Green Day
Bon Jovi
The Who
Slade

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

This list goes to 11.

 

[Mike C]

Tough call. Personal favotites

Gotta put Beatles, Stones, Tragically Hip, Graham Parker, Smithereens, Kurt Vile, The Clash, Springsteen, Sinatra, Dylan, Beach Boys

Louie Armstrong at 12

 

[Mike C]

Tough call. Personal favotites

Gotta put Beatles, Stones, Tragically Hip, Graham Parker, Smithereens, Kurt Vile, The Clash, Springsteen, Sinatra, Dylan, Beach Boys

Louie Armstrong at 12

Actually 86 Bruce, insert Dire Straits

 

[reckoning]

For me the criteria was if I had to choose between owning the discography of one artist or another (assuming streaming didn't exist), the one I'd choose would get the higher spot. So it's a combination of both having great albums and a high quantity of good records.

Most of the artists on my list had some weak releases toward the end of their career, but I don't think that should detract from how good their prime stuff was. You can always just not listen to the bad albums.

1. R.E.M
2. Tori Amos
3. Bruce Springsteen
4. Rolling Stones
5. Kate Bush
6. PJ Harvey
7. Led Zeppelin
8. Prince
9. Beatles
10. U2
11. Elvis Presley

 

[Mescaleroman]

the Jam / Style Council / Paul Weller
Echo and the Bunnymen
Stiff Little Fingers
John Otway
the Stranglers
Billy Bragg
Bowie
Genesis ( Gabriel era ) / Peter Gabriel
Chris Spedding
the Clash
Guadalcanal Diary

 

[93gilmour93]

In no particular order…..

Black Sabbath/Ozzy
Soundgarden
Guns n Roses
Tool
White Zombie/Rob Zombie
Dimmu Borgir
Pearl Jam
Faith no More
Marilyn Manson
Behemoth
Pantera

I could make a list of 30 bands I love but I think this is the 11

 

[MVP of West Hollywd]

ABBA
Arcade Fire
Bruce Springsteen
Eminem
J Cole
Lady Gaga
Kesha
The Killers (+ solo Brandon Flowers)
Macklemore
Radiohead
Taylor Swift

I tried to keep it to artists that have at least 2 albums that are on permanent rotation. For example I love Joni Mitchell's Blue, Paul Simon's Graceland and Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks but the rest of their discography is albums I only listen to a few songs from each.

 

[Mike C]

the Jam / Style Council / Paul Weller
Echo and the Bunnymen
Stiff Little Fingers
John Otway
the Stranglers
Billy Bragg
Bowie
Genesis ( Gabriel era ) / Peter Gabriel
Chris Spedding
the Clash
Guadalcanal Diary

Love Weller

Stranglers--Bring on the Nubiles!

 

[Elvis P]

... For example I love Joni Mitchell's Blue, Paul Simon's Graceland and Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks but the rest of their discography is albums I only listen to a few songs from each.

I love those albums. Although you're referring to solo Simon, off topic when I became an adult I realized the singing on "Bridge over troubled water" is horrible and over the top. I know they were childhood friends but not being able to get along with the songwriter is a dumb career move.

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

So I understand that by "artists", we're talking about muscians or bands (otherwise, my favorite artists are Raoul Ruiz and Alain Robbe-Grillet).

So...

Mike Patton (and bands related)
Diamanda Galas
Frank Zappa (and bands related)
Alice Cooper
The Beatles (artists, plural, including their post-Beatles work)
John Zorn (and bands related)
Trey Spruance (and bands related)
John Frusciante
Serge Gainsbourg
Charles Mingus

I'd like to stuff my last spot with a lot of names.... Harry Nilsson, Jean Derome, Sun Ra, Fred Frith, Sonny Sharrock,...... I guess I'll go with Nina Simone.

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

the Jam / Style Council / Paul Weller
Echo and the Bunnymen
Stiff Little Fingers
John Otway
the Stranglers
Billy Bragg
Bowie
Genesis ( Gabriel era ) / Peter Gabriel
Chris Spedding
the Clash
Guadalcanal Diary

I would have loved to see this live

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

This list goes to 11.

Hey that reminds me of that line from "This is Spinal Tap."

 

[TheGreenTBer]

So I understand that by "artists", we're talking about muscians or bands (otherwise, my favorite artists are Raoul Ruiz and Alain Robbe-Grillet).

So...

Mike Patton (and bands related)
Diamanda Galas
Frank Zappa (and bands related)
Alice Cooper
The Beatles (artists, plural, including their post-Beatles work)
John Zorn (and bands related)
Trey Spruance (and bands related)
John Frusciante
Serge Gainsbourg
Charles Mingus

I'd like to stuff my last spot with a lot of names.... Harry Nilsson, Jean Derome, Sun Ra, Fred Frith, Sonny Sharrock,...... I guess I'll go with Nina Simone.

Just wait until the thread title gets changed again, this time it'll be something like "what is your favorite board game to play while eating breakfast on a Tuesday?"

 

[DaaaaB's]

In no particular order…..

Black Sabbath/Ozzy
Soundgarden
Guns n Roses
Tool
White Zombie/Rob Zombie
Dimmu Borgir
Pearl Jam
Faith no More
Marilyn Manson
Behemoth
Pantera

I could make a list of 30 bands I love but I think this is the 11

Easily the best list in this thread.

 

[Aladyyn]

also doing alphabetical order because why not

Blaze of Perdition
Converge
Deströyer 666
Dreamcatcher
Iron Maiden
Megadeth
Mütiilation
Obscure Sphinx
Sigh
Laura Stevenson
Streetlight Manifesto

 

[kihei]

I don't think that bands should count as artists. So....

1/2 Lennon and McCartney
3 David Bowie
4 Jimi Hendrix
5/6 Yorke and Greenwood
7/8 Jagger and Richards
9 Brian Wilson
10 Neil Young
11 tie Bob Dylan,Carole King

 

[kihei]

More interesting and harder:

1 Bach
2.Michelangelo
3 Shakespeare
4 Sophocles
5 Mozart
6 Van Gogh
7 Beethoven
8 Homer
9 Doestoevsky
10 Rembrandt
11 Monet or Wagner

HM: Dante, Milton and Euripides

 

[Shareefruck]

1. Velvet Underground
2. Brian Eno
3. Can
4. Captain Beefheart
5. John Coltrane
6. Autechre
7. Miles Davis
8. Augustus Pablo
9. Neu!/Harmonia
10. Talk Talk
11. Joy Division