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I had some recent shifts but still think my top 30 hasn't changed much in the last decade...here goes my top 30.

 

1. R.E.M.

2. Wilco

3. Radiohead

4. The Cure

5. Blur

6. Beck

7. Bruce Springsteen/E Street

8. The Jayhawks

9. Elliott Smith

10. The Charlatans UK

11. Sigur Ros

12. The Walkmen

13. They Might be Giants

14. Guster

15. Belle & Sebastian

16. Son Volt

17. Ash

18. Ben Folds/Ben Folds Five

19. Cracker

20. Toad The Wet Sprocket

21. Phish

22. Medeski, Martin and Wood

23. Morphine

24. The Decemberists

25. Elbow

26. Depeche Mode

27. The Soundtrack of Our Lives

28. Bjork

29. Flaming Lips

30. Del Amitri

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in order, as requested:
 

1 blue oyster cult

2 mogwai

3 black sabbath

4 neil young

5 sonic youth

6 guided by voices

7 pavement

8 robyn hitchcock

9 verlaines

10 thinking fellers union local 282

11 six organs of admittance (can i include comets on fire too?)

12 electric wizard

13 dungen

14 chameleons

15 the damned

16 stooges

17 neko case

18 bill direen

19 nick cave

20 wilco

21 the clean

22 felt

23 the clash

24 delgados

25 sun city girls

26 pink floyd

27 smog

28 boards of canada

29 silver jews

30 tar

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Yup, no particular order:

  • The Kinks
  • The Beatles
  • Tom Zé
  • Yo La Tengo
  • Beach Boys
  • Shrimp Boat
  • Nick Lowe/Brinsley Schwarz
  • Guided By Voices
  • Uncle Tupelo
  • Meat Puppets
  • XTC
  • Brian Eno
  • ©
  • Wire
  • Television
  • Big Star
  • Jonathan Richman
  • Prince
  • Smokey Robinson
  • Gram Parsons
  • The Byrds
  • Wilco
  • Jenny Lewis
  • Super Furry Animals
  • Stereolab
  • Blur
  • The Move
  • Neutral Milk Hotel
  • The Replacements
  • Cate Le Bon
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#1 - grateful dead

 

#2-#30, no particular order"

 

allmans

jeff beck

black sabbath

bowie

cream 

dire straits

deep purple

bob dylan

emerson, lake & palmer

genesis

hendrix

king crimson

the mighty zeppelin

the pink floyd

pretenders

lou reed

rolling stones

roxy music

rush

santana

src

traffic

srv

uncle tupelo

the who

wilco

yes

neil young

zappa

 

honorable mention: clash, doors, beatles, judas priest, byrds

 

I didn't even get into Jazz, that's a whole 'nother thing.

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  1. John Coltrane

  2. Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention

  3. Grateful Dead

  4. Bob Dylan

  5. The Beatles

  6. Bruce Cockburn

  7. Pink Floyd

  8. Joni Mitchell

  9. Miles Davis

  10. The Rolling Stones

  11. Phil Ochs

  12. Warren Zevon

  13. Wilco

  14. Yes

  15. Jimi Hendrix

  16. Muddy Waters

  17. Steely Dan

  18. Elton John

  19. Talking Heads

  20. Billie Holiday

  21. The Who

  22. Howlin’ Wolf

  23. Gong

  24. Simon & Garfunkel

  25. Bob Marley & The Wailers

  26. Jefferson Airplane

  27. Brian Eno

  28. Roxy Music

  29. Janis Joplin

  30. King Crimson

Hey, it's the oldies channel!  :lol



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I have a shockingly high amount of white dudes with guitars in my list.

Yup. Me too.

But then, I AM a white guy with a guitar so, I guess if you look at it that way, it's not too surprising.

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In no particular order:

 

1. Wilco

2. Guided By Voices

3. Pavement/Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

4. Yo La Tengo

5. Neil Young

6. Morphine

7. Drive-By Truckers

8. R.E.M.

9. Mountain Goats

10. The Who

11. Rolling Stones

12. Pixies

13. Bob Dylan

14. Robyn Hitchcock

15. Elliot Smith

16. Waco Brothers

17. Radiohead

18. Richard Thompson

19. Alejandro Escovedo

20. Beulah

21. Galaxie 500

22. White Stripes/Jack White

23. Lou Reed/Velvet Underground

24. Social Distortion

25. Parquet Courts

26. Spoon

27. Steve Earle

28. Superchunk

29. Talking Heads

30. Sparklehorse 

 

That was hard to do!!

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Didn't bother to put it in order, it was hard enough leaving off so many important ones.

 

The Beatles

Harry Nilsson

Big Star

Curtis Mayfield

The Kinks

The Replacements

Sly & The Family Stone

Television

Funkadelic

The Rolling Stones

The Who

Bob Dylan

Wilco

Prince

Joni Mitchell

Drive-By Truckers

The Beach Boys

Aretha Franklin

David Bowie

Jimi Hendrix

Neil Young

Scott Walker

Lee Hazlewood

Warren Zevon

Leonard Cohen

Miles Davis

Marvin Gaye

The National

T. Rex

J.S. Bach

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Wilco

Old 97s

David Bowie

Velvet Underground

Richard Thompson

Beatles

Rolling Stones

Talking Heads

Steely Dan

Alejandro Escovedo

Bob Mould/Sugar

Husker Du

Replacements

Pixies

Iggy/Stooges

Lyle Lovett

Jason Isbell

Jayhawks

Grateful Dead

The Police

Neil Young

The Band

R.E.M.

U2

Lou Reed

Ben Folds Five

Big Star

Prince

Bob Dylan

Jonathan Richman

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Guess I will give it a go. In no particular order (but in a general order from most to less most)

 

Wilco

Bob Dylan

The Band

Johnny Cash

Kanye West

The Beatles

Grateful Dead

Frank Zappa

Dinosaur Jr

Pavement

Beck

Willie Nelson

The Replacements

Hank Williams (the first, don't care for the kids)

Phil Ochs

Louis Armstrong

Charlie Parker

Townes Van Zandt

Silver Jews

The Beach Boys

Daniel Johnston

Minor Threat

Woody Guthrie

Nas

The Velvet Underground

Lou Reed

Uncle Tupelo

Warren Zevon

My Morning Jacket

Son Volt

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Off the cuff & INPO:

 

Neil Young

The Rolling Stones

Bruce Springsteen

Son Volt

Drive-By Truckers

The Kinks

The National

Wilco

Led Zeppelin

The Beatles

The Band

Waylon Jennings

Johnny Cash

Silver Jews

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Centro-Matic

Pink Floyd

Jason Molina

Guy Clark

Big Star

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Natural Child

Kris Kristofferson

Dinosaur Jr.

Afghan Whigs

James McMurtry

Steely Dan

The Clash

Bob Dylan

The Weight

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My three biggest list crossovers so far are GtrPlyr (9), uncool2pillow (8), and BobDylan'sBeard (8).

 

A good handful of yours that didn't make my list, could easily have made it too: Springsteen (really should be on my list), The Band, Silver Jews, Cash, Kristofferson...

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Come on, people, you got to put it in order. That's why it's called the "impossible" list! :lol

Fine, coddammit!

 

  1. Bob Mould/Sugar
  2. David Bowie
  3. Replacements
  4. Husker Du
  5. Iggy/Stooges
  6. Velvet Underground
  7. Wilco
  8. Beatles
  9. Neil Young
  10. Richard Thompson
  11. Jason Isbell
  12. Lyle Lovett
  13. Talking Heads
  14. Lou Reed
  15. Big Star
  16. Old 97s
  17. Jonathan Richman
  18. Rolling Stones
  19. Jayhawks
  20. Prince
  21. U2
  22. R.E.M.
  23. Steely Dan
  24. Alejandro Escovedo
  25. Pixies
  26. Grateful Dead
  27. The Band
  28. The Police
  29. Ben Folds Five
  30. Bob Dylan

Springsteen probably belongs in here somewhere.

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1. The Beatles

2. Los Lobos

3. Grateful Dead

4. The Kinks

5. The Pogues

6. U2

7. Queens of the Stone Age

8. Waco Brothers

9. The Clash

10. CCR

11. Gram Parsons

12. Blur

13. Talking Heads

14. X

15. Rolling Stones

16. Faces

17. Bowie

18. Pavement

19. Wilco

20. Gorillaz

21. Zappa

22. Dusty Springfield

23. The Doors

24. Zeppelin

25. Radiohead

26. Neko Case

27. Bob Marley

28. XTC

29. Captain Beefheart

30. Moby Grape

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1a. The Who (Classic rock/started before my time)

1b. Pearl Jam (Modern orck/contemporary to me getting into music)
3. Soul Asylum

4. Wilco

5. Old 97s

6. Mark Lanegan

7. Mazzy Star

8. Richard Thompson

9. Los Lobos

10. Ben Kweller

11. Neko Case

12. The Damnwells

13. Drive-By Truckers (might be higher on this list but I am just getting into them recently)

14. Joseph Arthur

15. The Spring Standards

16. Lucius

17. Trapper Schoepp and the Shades

18. Grateful Dead

19. Pink Floyd

19. Gordon Lightfoot

20. Golden Smog

21. Dire Straits

22. Mark Knopfler

23. Tom Petty (solo, w/ Heartbreakers)

24. Uncle Tupelo

25. John Mellencamp

26. Kathleen Edwards

27. Whiskeytown

28. Gin Blossoms

29. The Jayhawks

30. Nirvana

 

1-17 is pretty much the rotation I've bands I've seen live. The rest really could be in any order.

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