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In no particular order, and subject to be revised tomorrow morning!

 

1. David Bowie

2. The Who

3. The Jam/Paul Weller

4. Superchunk

5. Johnny Cash

6. Wilco

7. Neko Case

8. Sarah Coleman (www.ladytownlady.com)

9. Iris DeMent

10. The Carpenters

11. Maria McKee/Lone Justice

12. Blondie

13. Sparklehorse

14. The Clash

15. The Beatles

16. Visqueen

17. The Minutemen

18. Elliott Smith

19. Gram Parsons (people please, there's no "h" in his first name)

20. Blake Babies

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Alright, I'll take a stab at this. In no particular order:

 

1. Elvis Costello

2. Neil Young

3. Wilco

4. Bruce Springsteen

5. The Velvet Underground/Lou Reed/John Cale

6. Weezer

7. Ryan Adams

8. R.E.M.

9. John Coltrane

10. Frank Sinatra

11. The Strokes

12. U2

13. Radiohead

14. Death Cab For Cutie

15. Beastie Boys

16. Jay-Z

17. New Pornographers

18. Sondre Lerche

19. Burt Bacharach

20. Jim O'Rourke

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for fun, purely what last.fm reports on me since i signed up just over a year ago:

 

01 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

02 Eels

03 The Decemberists

04 Rilo Kiley

05 Andrew Bird

06 The Shins

07 Bright Eyes

08 Band of Horses

09 Brakes

10 Okkervil River

11 Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins

12 The Hold Steady

13 The Thermals

14 The Elected

15 Ed Harcourt

16 M. Ward

17 OX

18 Cloud Cult

19 Sufjan Stevens

20 Ben Kweller

21 Bob Dylan

22 Damien Rice

23 Guster

24 Of Montreal

25 The Cure

 

lets be friends, minus guster

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19. Gram Parsons (people please, there's no "h" in his first name)

 

I think you'll find that most folks around here don't have trouble with the spelling on that one...we all have excellent taste! Nice list. :thumbup

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1. The Band

2. Wilco

3. Curtis Mayfield

4. Can

5. Ani DiFranco

6. Kenny Burrell

7. John Coltrane

8. Elvis Costello

9. Rush

10. Billy Joel

11. Sam Prekop

12. Otis Redding

13. Elliott Smith

14.

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My favs:

 

01. The Beatles

02. Bob Dylan

03. The Rolling Stones

04. Neil Young

05. David Bowie

06. The Velvet Underground

07. Van Morrison

08. R.E.M.

09. Wilco

10. The Clash

11. Radiohead

12. Nirvana

13. The Band

14. Led Zeppelin

15. Elvis Costello

16. Bruce Springsteen

17. Sonic Youth

18. Gram Parsons

19. Stevie Wonder

20. Jimi Hendrix

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Wilco

Radiohead

Sigur Ros

Bob Dylan

Neil Young

Tom Waits

The Band

Feist

Cat Power

Joanna Newsom

Dave Matthew's Band

Joseph Arthur

Ani Difranco

Andrew Bird

Broken Social Scene

Jim O'Rourke

Iron & Wine

The Beatles

Bob Marley

Beck

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1) The Beatles

2) Bob Dylan

3) Neil Young

4) Wilco

5) Bob Marley

6) Eric Clapton/Cream

7) Jimi Hendrix

8) Led Zeppelin

9) Pink Floyd

10) Grateful Dead

11) Phish

12) Keller Williams

13) Matisyahu

14) Radiohead

15) Sublime

16) Smashing Pumpkins

17) Tom Petty

18) R.E.M.

19) RHCP

20) Uncle Tupelo

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Wilco

Old 97's/Rhett Miller

The Beatles

Neil Young

Elliott Smith

Jon Brion

Ben Folds

Flickerstick

Rufus Wainwright

Sondre Lerche

Flickerstick

Son Volt/Jay Farrar

Dinosaur Jr.

Andres Segovia

Beethoven

Mozart

M. Ward

Pixies

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20 is tough, so many more, so many fewer brain cells

 

Wilco

Stereolab

Yo La Tengo

The Decemberists

The Jayhawks

Son Volt

Uncle Tupelo

REM

Sonic Youth

The Flaming Lips

Peter Gabriel

Genesis

Rush

Phish

Grateful Dead

Neil Young

Yes

The Beatles

Charlatans UK

The Whiles

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In No Order

 

Wilco

Uncle Tupelo

My Morning Jacket

Grateful Dead

The Beatles

Otis Redding

Billy Joel

Beastie Boys

Willie Nelson

Cash

Pink Floyd

Whiskeytown

Blind Melon

Black Crowes

Son Volt

Gram Parsons

Neko Case

Steve Earle

Phish

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In no particular order:

 

1. The Clash

2. Wilco

3. The Beatles

4. Frank Sinatra

5. Dead Kennedys

6. Neil Young

7. Bob Dylan

8. Belle & Sebastian

9. Django Reinhardt

10. Led Zeppelin

11. Grateful Dead

12. Bruce Springsteen

13. Woody Guthrie

14. Jo

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All time favorites..........IN ORDER! :pirate

 

The Beatles

The Kinks

Jimi Hendrix

Led Zeppelin

The Rolling Stones

The White Stripes

The Pretenders

Elvis Costello

Beck

Prince

Frank Zappa

Pink Floyd

Neil Young

Bob Dylan

Buddy Holly

The Ramones

Jeff Beck

Johnny Cash

Roy Orbison

The Who

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Wilco

R.E.M.

Okkervil River

the Decemberists

the Weakerthans

the Shins

Ryan Adams

Beulah

Death Cab For Cutie

Of Montreal

Daryll-Ann

Johan

Josh Rouse

Neutral Milk Hotel

Eels

the Apples in Stereo

Ron Sexsmith

Spinvis

the Postal Service

Oasis

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1. the Beatles

2. Wilco

3. Elvis Costello

4. the Clash

5. the Beach Boys

6. Bob Dylan

7. Neil Young

8. Bruce Springsteen

9. Iron & Wine

10. Andrew Bird

11. Van Morrison

12. Marvin Gaye

13. Talking Heads

14. the Police

15. Sigur Ros

16. Rusted Root

17. Sufjan Stevens

18. Final Fantasy

19. Beirut

20. the Flaming Lips

 

Not in any true order, but some.

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1. The Beatles

2. Radiohead

3. Wilco

 

4. Talking Heads

5. The Who

6. The Flaming Lips

7. U2

8. My Morning Jacket

9. Belle and Sebastian

10. The Clash

11. The New Pornographers

12. Paul Simon (and Simon & Garfunkel)

13. The Police

14. The Shins

15. Paul McCartney

16. The National

17. Gomez

18. Arcade Fire

19. Califone

20. Weird Al :stunned

 

The break in between the top 3 and the rest is intentional.

 

Didn't quite make it but i still love: Bowie, Coldplay, Fleetwood Mac, Harry Nilsson, Pixies, R.E.M.

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Wilco

Uncle Tupelo

Golden Smog

Loose Fur

Whiskeytown

The Jayhawks

Neil Young

Tom Petty

Bob Dylan

Bruce Springsteen

The Who

The Clash

Joe Strummer/Mescaleros

Rolling Stones (younger version)

U2

Elvis Costello

Nirvana

Radiohead

Led Zeppelin

Wilco

 

B)

 

I really think we're the only two Nirvana fans on this whole board. Hahah.

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