List your top 5 favorite bands/artists

[Barbarian]

Frank Sinatra
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Tchaikovsky
The Manhattan Transfer
Van Halen

This is in honor of my avatar (Tuco).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLgJ7pk0X-s&playnext_from=TL&videos=fdf2Pl6vifg

 

[PhotonWrangler]

Frank Sinatra
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Tchaikovsky
The Manhattan Transfer
Van Halen

Wow, I forgot about Manhattan Transfer. They were good.

 

[carrot]

Rather than actually thinking about it, I'll just list my top 15 from Last.FM

AC/DC
Reel Big Fish
Ramones
The Faint
Captain Jack
Nightwish
They Might Be Giants
Buzzcocks
The Who
Darude
Guns N Roses
Cascada
Ra Ra Riot
Daft Punk
Blondie

 

[Barbarian]

Wow, I forgot about Manhattan Transfer. They were good.

They're still kicking, but they are near the end.

http://tmtfanclub.com/bio.html

 

[LuxLuthor]

You should listen to more of that album, SCORE. With the orchestra playing along, that was one hell of an performance.

I forgot DT from my list. I tried to enjoy that version you mention several times, but there is a horrible off tune set of strings playing backup that is not just subtle, and which pulls my attention away from the music and ruins the whole experience. It's unforgiveable that they didn't do instrument tuning before starting.

 

[kramer5150]

I forgot DT from my list. I tried to enjoy that version you mention several times, but there is a horrible off tune set of strings playing backup that is not just subtle, and which pulls my attention away from the music and ruins the whole experience. It's unforgiveable that they didn't do instrument tuning before starting.

youre not the only one... Score is almost un-listenable IMHO. Portnoys snare tones sound really thin and artificial. Compared to the Budokan and live scenes from new york recordings.

Yes the alternate tuned strings are like nails on a chalkboard for me too.

 

[chmsam]

1. Frank Zappa
2. Richard Thompson
3. Dave Alvin
4. Lennon/McCartney (the earlier stuff)
5. Joey Ramone

Also:
John Coltrane
Miles Davis
Jeff Beck (new album comes out 4/13)
Colorblind James band
Los Straightjackets
the Ventures
the Bobby Fuller Four
Doug Sahm
Thelonius Monk
Charles Mingus
Taj Mahal
Townes Van Zandt
Johnny Cash
Billie Holiday
The Rolling Stones (especially the early stuff)
Fleetwood Mac (but only the Peter Green or Jeremy Spencer stuff)
Toots & The Maytals
Brian Wilson
Sinatra from the 50's and early 60's
McCoy Tyner
T Bone Burnett
John Prine
Bob Wills
Bill Frisell
Buck Owens
Dwight Yoakam
Peter Case
X
Los Lobos
The Flaming Groovies
The Paladins
Living Colour
Soul Asylum
Jimmy Cliff
Wynton Marsalis (the classical stuff as much as the jazz)
The Rev. Horton Heat
Junior Brown
Little Richard
Chuck Berry
Jerry Lee Lewis
Uncle Tupelo
Dusty Springfield
New Math
Elvis Costello
the thinner, younger Elvis
Wes Montgomery
Earl Hooker
John Lee Hooker
Elmore James
Mountain
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
The Yardbirds
ZZ Top
Jorma Kaukonen
The Clash
The Jam
The Byrds
Leo Kottke



How come nobody mentioned James Brown!?!
or Les Paul!?!
or Willie Nelson!?!

and worst of all no one has yet mentioned Hank Williams!!!

 

[LEDninja]

Linda Scott,
Toni Tennille,
Karen Carpenter,
Jann Arden,
Diana Krall.

 

[mudman cj]

chmsam - nice list! :thumbsup:
+1 for Jeff Beck. I love his older stuff!

 

[RAGE CAGE]

Changes alot but I'll give one...........
And Rage Cage, you may appreciate The Isaacs Live in Norway.

You were right- top notch!
I checked out some of the artists mentioned in this thread- some real gems that I have never heard of and really enjoyed- THe Isaacs, Dream Theatre, Liquid Tension Experiment- they all have some AMAZING work that it was a pleasure to listen to. This was a great thread!:twothumbs

 

[Databyter]

Wow, hard to chose because my taste is so wide.

I really want to narrow it down to 5 bands for each style.

And, do they have to be bands? How bout composers or solo artists heh.

But for purposes of the Thread.

Pick any 5

http://members.cox.net/databyter/My%20MP3%27s.txt

Most of this I like, some I just encoded for friends and kept a copy to check out. Every once in a while I go through and cull out the crap but it's mostly good tunes in here, at least for me.

95% of those are encoded at 320 KBPS (minimum compression - maximum quality for MP3 files).

I'm actually always looking and listening for recommendations for good music, I'm going to be looking through this thread a bit closer when I get a chance to see if I can find some samples of good stuff I'm not familiar with.

 

[mrartillery]

Databyter, couldn't help but noticing the Chris Isaak in your list. :thumbsup: He's one of the artists that most people would never assume that i would like but I do! He has a very unique style and sound that's unmistakable, not to mention he has made some excellent songs! Glad to see someone put him on their list

 

[Databyter]

Databyter, couldn't help but noticing the Chris Isaak in your list. :thumbsup: He's one of the artists that most people would never assume that i would like but I do! He has a very unique style and sound that's unmistakable, not to mention he has made some excellent songs! Glad to see someone put him on their list

Yea, I was watching some movie, and "wicked Game" came on (in the movie soundtrack).

I thought it was an "oldie" from way back due to the style but I looked up the soundtrack info and found Chris Isaak. I didn't realize he was a mainstream guy for a while, I must have been out of town that week, heh, but I listen to him now.

We actually share alot of bands, When I was trying to pick just 5 My list was looking alot like yours, but, it was just too hard.

Now 500 I can do.

 

[bullfrog]

1. Metallica
2. Opeth
3. Tool
4. Sublime
   
5. Alice in Chains

Others that are pretty close:

Dark Tranquility
Amorphis
In Flames
Loreena McKennet
Blues Traveler
Pink Floyd
Pantera

 

[Tempest UK]

Alice in Chains

Phew, I was wondering if anyone would mention Alice. Well, bullfrog wins the thread :thumbsup:

My top five, but only No. 1 is a firm fixture, the others aren't in any particular order:

1. Alice in Chains
2. Megadeth
3. Metallica
4. Jerry Cantrell
5. Mad Season

Regards,
Tempest

 

[aurum]

1. Beatles
2. Simon&Garfunkel
3. CCR
4. The Kinks
5. Smokie
6. hermans Hermits...

favorite songs:
The Move - tonight
Hermans Hermits - Sunshine Girl
Hermans Hermits - No milk today
Beatles - help
Beachboys - Surf in USA
Simon&Garfunkel - El Condor pasa
Simon&Garfunkel - Cecilia
Simon&Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson
Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy
Olivia Newton John - Banks of the Ohio
Patrick Hernandez - Born To Be Alive
Barcley James Harvest - Live is for living
Albert Hamond - Down by the river
CCR - Lodi
Budgie - Young Girl
Status Quo - The Wanderer
Status Quo - Paper Plane
The Kinks - Death of a clown
Bonney M - Rivers of Babylon

 

[Riddick]

Bob Dylan (the undisputed greatest American songwriter)

Dropkick Murphys

Grateful Dead

Jimmy Buffett

The Beatles

Green Day

The Rolling Stones


honorable mentions

U2
Rancid
The Band
Neil Young
REM
The Who
Johnny Cash
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

And the band I used to work for 35 yrs ago The New Riders of the Purple Sage

 

[kaichu dento]

Jimi Hendrix
Doors
Steve Vai
Moody Blues
Yes
Rush
Steely Dan
Southern All Stars


Oops, I went over!

 

[22hornet]

at the risk of standing alone :candle:

Randy Newman
Johnny Cash
George Gershwin
Lady Gaga
Rolling Stones

 

[Radiophile]

ZZ Top
SRV
Aerosmith
Queen
Zeppelin

I'll listen to anything from Vladimir Horowitz to Flatt and Scruggs as long as it's good.