Music: Your Top 13 Desert Island Artists

Say Hey Kid

NY was his town & it always would be
Dec 10, 2007
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In alphabetical order:

James Brown
Stevie Wonder
Aretha Franklin
Ray Charles
Marvin Gaye
Little Richard
Jimi Hendrix
Prince
Muddy Waters
Howlin Wolf
John Lee Hooker
Little Walter
Bob Marley
 
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Chili

En boca cerrada no entran moscas
Jun 10, 2004
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Al Stewart
Bruce Cockburn
David Bowie
Diana Krall
Don Henley
Garland Jeffreys
Gordon Lightfoot
Jimi Hendrix
John Lee Hooker
Neil Young
Sarah McLachlan
Sheryl Crowe
Sting
Van Morrison

Edit: Somehow left off Mark Knopfler, who would replace one of the above
 
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kihei

McEnroe: The older I get, the better I used to be.
Jun 14, 2006
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David Bowie
Neil Young
Thom Yorke
Bryan Ferry

Miles Davis
Bill Evans
John Coltrane
Pat Metheny

Djavan
Seu Jorge
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Vieux Farka Toure
Buddy Guy
Glenn Gould
 
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Gordon Lightfoot

Hey Dotcom. Nice to meet you.
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Feb 3, 2009
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You get to bring their whole discography?

1. The Fall
2. Gordon Lightfoot
3. Unwound
4. Laura Nyro
5. Echo and the Bunnymen (only if I can include Salk their bootlegs from 1980-1985)
6. Neko Case
7. Melvins
8. John Coltrane (I get all his live stuff too, obviously)
9. LCD Soundsystem (gotta have some upbeat dance music)
10. Ramones
11. Thelonious Monk
12. Polvo
13. The Dentists
14. The Olivia Tremor Control
 
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davemess

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Apr 9, 2003
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Scotland
Richard Thompson
Jason Isbell
Brandi Carlile
Bob Dylan
Neil Young
Jackson Browne
Warren Zevon
Pink Floyd
Dawes
Bruce Springsteen
Tom Petty
Leonard Cohen
Johnny Cash
Marillion
 

Shareefruck

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Apr 2, 2005
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Wouldn't be any different from just regular favorites/top artists list for me.

1. The Velvet Underground
2. Brian Eno
3. Captain Beefheart
4. Can
5. John Coltrane
6. Augustus Pablo
7. Robert Wyatt
8. Miles Davis
9. Joy Division
10. The Beatles
11. Bill Evans
12. Jon Hassell
13. Richard D. James
14. Fela Kuti
 
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frisco

Some people claim that there's a woman to blame...
Sep 14, 2017
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(no order):
Cash
Springsteen
REM
Queen
Bee Gees
Jackson Browne
Hall And Oates
Presley
Sinatra
The Doors
Journey
Springfield
Jimmy Buffett
Abba

My Best-Carey
 

OzzyFan

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Sep 17, 2012
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I've been wavering on some choices for a few days, but I'll throw up my list as it currently sits, in no specific order...

-Ozzy Osbourne
-Bob Marley
-Johnny Cash
-The Beatles
-Buddy Guy
-Johnny Winter
-Nat King Cole
-Vince Guaraldi
-Metallica
-John Mayer
-Al Di Meola
-Celine Dion (don't shoot me, :) )
-Owl City (personally find this music infectiously fun/funny/relaxing/mood enhancing)
-Plug in a classical "artist" here, not sure how flexible this option is, we could go by musician only (aka Gould as an above example), we could go by conductor (which would widen that library), or by composer (which would open the flood gates, lol)
 

WetcoastOrca

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Jun 3, 2011
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Vancouver, BC
In no order:
Bowie
Van Morrison
Neil Young
Dusty Springfield
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Marvin Gaye
Kate Bush
Love
Bee Gees
Sly and the Family Stone
Phil Spector Wall of Sound era
Eagles
Aretha Franklin
 

montreal

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Mar 21, 2002
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some of the bands would change depending on my mood at the time I'm asked.


1. Jerry Garcia Band
2. The Grateful Dead
3. Pink Floyd
4. Phish
5. Bob Marley
6. The Doors
7. Johnny Cash
8. Tom Waits
9. The Beatles
10. Nick Drake
11. Jeff Buckley
12. Pearl Jam
13. Widespread Panic
14. My Morning Jacket

others like Tom Petty, Leon Redbone, the Civil Wars, Classic Yes, Neil Young, Alice in Chains, Beethoven, Radiohead (ok computer)
 

Pranzo Oltranzista

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Oct 18, 2017
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I'll give it a go, not with my top 14 bands/artists, but being smart (anyway, Diamanda Galas would scare the fish away).

Alice Cooper - first choice easy
The Beatles - can't do without them
The Kinks - not the same consistency but top-end they were amazing

I think these three would fill the need for classic rock n' roll and bring on some fun and accessible experimentation

John Zorn - that's like what? 200 000 albums of every moods and tones, and some more complex experimentation in case I ever feel like an intellectual on that island

Otis Redding - with the live albums
Ray Charles

Otis hits all the right moods, Ray has enough material to comfort my soul's cravings for some time.

Jacques Brel
Renaud


French mood and great lyrics

Suicidal Tendencies
Slayer


For darker/rougher days

Electric Light Orchestra - some pick me up lighter mood will be needed
Funkadelic - some lighter mood too, but also some great and rich songs

Eminem

Learning to sing Rap God or Gozilla might get me through the rougher parts of the solitary boredom

I leave my 14th spot open because I need to remember what a female voice sounds like, but I can't think of anybody right now. :)


edit: oh crap, just saw Tom Waits in montreal's list.... really tempted to go all male... or Leonard Cohen...
 

Telecaster

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Aug 18, 2005
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It's tough.. but probably: (no order)

Metallica
Weezer
Pantera
Paradise Lost
Opeth
Alice In Chains
Guns n Roses
Agalloch
Scorpions
Iron Maiden
Faith No More
Bad Religion
Katatonia
Therapy?
 

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