[scattered]

Mine:

The Jam
The Replacements
Tom Waits
Elvis Costello
The New Pornographers

[Doofy]

Like I could name just five...

Rush.
AC/DC.
Rainbow.
Sisters of Mercy.
Scorpions.
Michael Schenker Group.
Kamelot.
Dio.
Heart.
Dokken.
Dire Straits.
Accept.

[Dakar]

I don't think I can qualify that, as I listen to so much, so I'll just list 5, based on the number of mp3s I have for each band.

Honorable Mention:
Cake (32 songs)
Green Day (32 songs)
U2 (31 songs)

5. Garbage (36 songs)
4. The Chemical Brothers (37 songs)
3. The Beastie Boys (68 songs)
2. The Beatles (103 songs)
1. Oasis (271 songs)

Of course, some bands have deeper collections to pull from...
And if we included solo artist, my bottom 3 would probably look completely different.

Btw, Elvis Costello is not a band. Unless you meant Top 5 artists.

[Dakar]

Just work already edit

[jedi2187]

Not in any particular order
-The Beatles
-Sky Cries Mary
-Cream
-Elastica
-New Monkees (no, that's not a typo)

[TurboMac]

Not in Order:

Maroon 5 (Old)
Korn
311
3 Doors Down
Beck

Honorable:

Prince
Aaliyah
50 Cent
Pink Flloyd
Led Zepplin
Beatles

I like all kinds of GOOD music.

[Dakar]

Originally Posted by TurboMac

Not in Order:

Maroon 5 (Old)
Korn
311
3 Doors Down
Beck

Honorable:

Prince
Aaliyah
50 Cent
Pink Flloyd
Led Zepplin
Beatles

I like all kinds of GOOD music.

That's a nice ecclectic mix.

Edit: Double kudos, no country.

[His Dudeness]

Queen
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Korn
Queen
Queen

[TurboMac]

I have not listened to the Chemical Bros. for a couple of years. Are the latest releases any good? I have shyed away from Techno since I got out of the scene, but there are times that I want to get that feeling I get from listening to it. And going to parties of course.

Originally Posted by Dakar

I don't think I can qualify that, as I listen to so much, so I'll just list 5, based on the number of mp3s I have for each band.

Honorable Mention:
Cake (32 songs)
Green Day (32 songs)
U2 (31 songs)

5. Garbage (36 songs)
4. The Chemical Brothers (37 songs)
3. The Beastie Boys (68 songs)
2. The Beatles (103 songs)
1. Oasis (271 songs)

Of course, some bands have deeper collections to pull from...
And if we included solo artist, my bottom 3 would probably look completely different.

Btw, Elvis Costello is not a band. Unless you meant Top 5 artists.

[residentEvil]

No order:

The Independents
'fits (old and new)
Ramones
Johnny Cash
80s Hair Bands

[Shaddim]

tool
APC
Rush
Queensrÿche
Monster Magnet

[Paco500]

Hmmmm.... 5 is tough.

If by bands we are including solo artists:

(not in order)

Peter Gabriel
Lucinda Williams
U2 (loved them in the 80's- lost respect in the 90's, found religion again in the last few years)
Annie Lennox/Eurythmics
The Clash
Talking Heads

ok, so that was 6- sue me.

New music I'm linking but have no idea if they will hold up over time:

Imogen Heap
The Be Good Tanyas
The Shins

[Dakar]

Originally Posted by TurboMac

I have not listened to the Chemical Bros. for a couple of years. Are the latest releases any good? I have shyed away from Techno since I got out of the scene, but there are times that I want to get that feeling I get from listening to it. And going to parties of course.

My 36 Chemical Brothers song really doesn't include much from Come with Us (sub-par) and I haven't quite gotten around to picking up the latest one.

I wish they'd keep doing 1 collaboration song with Noel Gallagher each album.

[macroy]

In the order they come to me.....

Van Halen (DLR days)
Led Zeppelin
311
Metallica
U2 (before Joshua Tree)

[Big Mac]

Nirvana
Linkin Park
Stone Temple Pilots
Sound Garden
Alice in Chains
Bush
Korn
The Doors
Steely Dan

[scattered]

Originally Posted by Dakar

Btw, Elvis Costello is not a band. Unless you meant Top 5 artists.

Elvis Costello & the Attractions is. But I meant band or artist.

[Dakar]

Originally Posted by scattered

Elvis Costello & the Attractions is. But I meant band or artist.

Hmmm... time for my list of solo artists... quantified, again, of course.

[Dakar]

Top 5 based on the number of mp3s I have for each artist.


Composers - Movies/TV
David Arnold (22)
Dennis McCarthy (37)

Composers - Video Game
Jespyr Kyd (27)
Yuzo Koshiro (48)
Graeme Norgate (60+ songs)
Grant Kirkhope (60+ songs)
Koji Kondo (88)

VG Music Remixers
djpretzel (20)
McVaffe (27)

The Rest
Seal (31)
Rob Dougan (32)
Madonna (47)
Moby (83)

[demibob]

queen
beatles
killers
green day
U2

[OSX Abuser]

Billy Nayer
The Rain Makers
Dead Kennedys
Depeche Mode
Dr Demento
El Queso Allstars
Frank Zappa
Mojo Nixon
Molotov
Occupant
Enturbulator 009

[Lateralus]

The Smashing Pumpkins
Tool
Oomph!
In Extremo
Megaherz

[Dakar]

Originally Posted by scattered

The Jam

Have you heard Noel Gallagher cover To Be Someone?

[Agasthya]

Nine Inch Nails
'Pumpkins
Pearl Jam
Beatles
Nirvana

[scattered]

Originally Posted by Dakar

Have you heard Noel Gallagher cover To Be Someone?

No, I haven't. I'm not big on Oasis outside of one album.

If you ask me, Blur totally kicked their ass

[skalie]

Johnny Cash
Social Distortion

Damn I only have two.

[Dakar]

Originally Posted by scattered

No, I haven't. I'm not big on Oasis outside of one album.

If you ask me, Blur totally kicked their ass

Yeah, Oasis tends to generate a lot of hate, and not too much is undeserved.

If you can, check it out. There's a live performance from the Maple Leafs Garden, Toronto (1.15.98), one in Chicago, Illinois (11.7.98), and, of course, his track on Fire & Skill: A Tribute to the Jam (The best one).

The funny thing is during one of the live performances he actually forgets on of the lines. The audience gets a huge kick out if.

Anyway Noel's voice is way better than Liam's. It's acoustic, though, and therefore a radical departure from the style of The Jam (I about sh*t myself when I listened to the original track I d/led from the iTMS), so that may turn you off.

Edit: I enjoyed Blur's self-titled album immensely, though I've never sampled any of their other ventures.

[scattered]

Originally Posted by Dakar

Yeah, Oasis tends to generate a lot of hate, and not too much is undeserved.

If you can, check it out. There's a live performance from the Maple Leafs Garden, Toronto (1.15.98), one in Chicago, Illinois (11.7.98), and, of course, his track on Fire & Skill: A Tribute to the Jam (The best one).

The funny thing is during one of the live performances he actually forgets on of the lines. The audience gets a huge kick out if.

Anyway Noel's voice is way better than Liam's. It's acoustic, though, and therefore a radical departure from the style of The Jam (I about sh*t myself when I listened to the original track I d/led from the iTMS), so that may turn you off.

Edit: I enjoyed Blur's self-titled album immensely, though I've never sampled any of their other ventures.

I don't hate them, they just never got me that interested. And Noel does have a better voice, from what I've heard.

With Blur I recommed the Parklife CD, but they have piles of great songs all over the place. Some of their later experimental stuff (like 13) turns me off, and their last album was awful.

I think there's a (decent) Jam compilation iTMS, if you're interested, although I highly recommend seeking out All Mod Cons, Setting Sons or Sound Affects.

[Dakar]

Originally Posted by scattered

I highly recommend seeking out All Mod Cons, Setting Sons or Sound Affects.

I'll write it down.

All this talk, I had listen to all the renditions of the song I have...

[LegendaryPinkOx]

If I had to say only five:

Tear Garden
Legendary Pink Dots
King Crimson
Pink Floyd
Mr. Bungle

But wait... theres more!

Parliament Funkadelic
ohgr
cEvin Key
Einstürzende Neubauten
Faith No More
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
KMFDM
Paco de Lucia
Gypy Kings

That just about takes care of my most listened too.

[Dakar]

P-Funk!

I still remember my first run-in with Bootsy... He was in a Color Me Bad video.

[Y3a]

Style Council
Dzihan & Kamien
Beanfield
Harry Nilsson
Guess Who
Louie Jordan
Tower of Power

[Mr. Blur]

Peter Hammill/Van der Graaf Generator
Azure Ray
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Stranglers
ELP

[nredman]

Lifehouse
Linkin Park
Chevelle
System of a Down
Frank Sinatra

[badidea]

1) Muse
2) Kings Of Convenience
3) Feist
4) Franz Ferdinand
5) 2Raumwohnung

[paul w]

Wow, how can people have a top 5? That's silly. Nevertheless, in no praticular order, some of my longtime faves:

1) Supergrass
2) Steel Pulse
3) Rino Gaetano
4) Bonga
5) Tom Waits

[demibob]

i forgot muse
my top five bands are now
muse
queen
killers
beatles
green day
in that order

[badidea]

Originally Posted by demibob

i forgot muse

shame on you!

[deej5871]

(Not in any order)

Green Day
Fall Out Boy
The Iry (*cough* click the sig *cough*)
James Blunt (Not a band, but oh well)
Oasis

Honorable Mention:
Tenacious D
The Doors (Used to listen to all the time, but then I overplayed them to myself; I hate it when I do that)

[MrForgetable]

Bands:
Jupiter Sunrise
Ken Oak Band
Apocalyptica
Franz Ferdinand
Mae

Artists:
Idina Menzel
Norah Jones
Jack Johnson
Michael Bublé
Mariah Carey

all for different reasons and in no particular order. depends on my mood.

[finboy]

Originally Posted by jedi2187

-New Monkees (no, that's not a typo)

I thought I was the only person with that album.

[SpaceMonkey]

Yeah, 5 is hard. The only way I was able to do it was by limiting myself to artists who are still producing new material:

The New Pornographers
Foo Fighters
Queens Of The Stone Age
David Mead
Hubcap (local alt. country band)

[spauldingg]

Originally Posted by Dakar

I don't think I can qualify that, as I listen to so much, so I'll just list 5, based on the number of mp3s I have for each band.

Honorable Mention:
Cake (32 songs)
Green Day (32 songs)
U2 (31 songs)

5. Garbage (36 songs)
4. The Chemical Brothers (37 songs)
3. The Beastie Boys (68 songs)
2. The Beatles (103 songs)
1. Oasis (271 songs)

Of course, some bands have deeper collections to pull from...
And if we included solo artist, my bottom 3 would probably look completely different.

Btw, Elvis Costello is not a band. Unless you meant Top 5 artists.

Geez, did you steal my iTunes library?

(except replace Oasis with Beck, and add Rainmakers and Vapors.)

[medicineman]

Originally Posted by scattered

Mine:

The Jam
The Replacements
Tom Waits
Elvis Costello
The New Pornographers

Glenn Miller
Benny Goodman
Louis Prima
Jimmy Dorsey
Artie Shaw

(but only if you like real music)

[alphamatrix]

Bands:
1.) Moloko
2.) Moonraker
3.) Metric
4.) Bloc Party
5.) The (Internationall) Noise Conspiracy
6.) Rilo Kiley
7.) Propagandhi

Artists:
1.) Roisin Murphy
2.) Alice Russell
3.) Sia Fuller
4.) Matthew Herbert
5.) Emily Haines

Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/user/alphamatrix/
MusicMobs: http://www.musicmobs.com/user/alphamatrix

[ironknee]

1) Beatles
2) Dylan
3) Springsteen

[ironknee]

1) Beatles
2) Dylan
3) Springsteen

[kmkkid]

Hmmm

1. Korn
2. Our Lady Peace
3. Mindless Self Indulgence
4. Bush
5. Hard one, but I guess Three Days Grace (wish they'd release a new album!)

[lavar78]

Including groups and artists:

1. Crowded House (#1 by far - 5 superb albums filled completely with songs I really like)
2. Stevie Wonder
3. Marvin Gaye
4. Michael Jackson
5. The Isley Brothers

Honorable Mention: Ella Fitzgerald, Prince, The Beatles, Aretha Franklin, Notorious B.I.G., Public Enemy, Black Star (Talib Kweli & Mos Def)

I didn't include Neil Finn solo or the Finn Brothers since Crowded House is already #1.

[teknopimp]

1. Green Velvet
2. Frankie Bones
3. Dieselboy
4. Goldie
5. Moby

[chris v]

XTC
Porcupine Tree
Beatles
Jellyfish
Jesus Lizard