RedCafe's Top 100 Bands & Artists Ever - Submission/Discussion Thread

[Mrs Smoker]

For your consideration...

 

[okLaptop1]

The Beatles - 1 - 15 Points
Dire Straits - 2 - 14 Points
Radiohead - 3 - 13 Points
Norah Jones - 4 - 12 Points
Arctic Monkeys - 5 - 11 Points
Kanye West - 6 - 10 Points
Justin Timberlake - 7 - 9 Points
Paul Simon - 8 - 8 Points
Girls Aloud - 9 - 7 Points
Phoenix - 10 - 6 Points
Led Zeppelin - 11 - 5 Points
The Killers - 12 - 4 Points
KT Tunstall - 13 - 3 Points
OutKast - 14 - 2 Points
Michael Jackson - 15 - 1 Points
The White Stripes - 16 - 1 Points
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - 17 - 1 Points
Muse - 18 - 1 Points
John Mayer - 19 - 1 Points
ABBA - 20 - 1 Points

This list is more my personal favourites as opposed to artists I would objectively consider the best (although The Beatles would top both lists). Coldplay would be in there if the rest of their back catalog were as good as A Rush Of Blood To The Head and Viva La Vida. Same goes for Lupe Fiasco with Food & Liquor and The Cool. Bon Iver, Chvrches, Frank Ocean, and Lorde have a good chance of being in my future list if the quality of their material doesn't drop throughout their career.

 

[Mrs Smoker]

Johann Bach - 1 - 15 points

Don't think he's eligible.

 

[Invictus]

Don't think he's eligible.

Why not ?

 

[Mrs Smoker]

Artist or band have to have an album released, so, I guess that makes all the classical composers ineligible.

 

[quackattack]

Dr Dre 20-1 point

Top 20 Artists/bands, not medical personel please.

 

[Invictus]

Artist or band have to have an album released, so, I guess that makes all the classical composers ineligible.

 

[Mrs Smoker]

Well, of course, but that's an anthology or compilation, not an album.

Maybe it's enough for Duffy, thou!

 

[Invictus]

Yup. I guess you're right in the technical sense.

But if we can have a freaking Velociraptor (or was it a T Rex ?) in the Top 50 women list, the surely Bach can be accommodated.

 

[Bole Top]

Johnny Cash - 1 - 15 Points
Pink Floyd - 2 - 14 Points
Leonard Cohen - 3 - 13 Points
Cocteau Twins - 4 - 12 Points
Massive Attack - 5 - 11 Points
Bjork - 6 - 10 Points
Frank Sinatra - 7 - 9 Points
Tom Waits - 8 - 8 Points
Dead Can Dance - 9 - 7 Points
Enigma - 10 - 6 Points
The Doors - 11 - 5 Points
Fear Factory - 12 - 4 Points
U2 - 13 - 3 Points
Radiohead - 14 - 2 Points
The Smiths - 15 - 1 Points
Coil - 16 - 1 Points
Swans - 17 - 1 Points
Joy Division - 18 - 1 Points
Steve Roach - 19 - 1 Points
Shpongle - 20 - 1 Points

 

[R.N7]

Not enough Tom Waits so far.

 

[Archie Leach]

Not enough Tom Waits so far.

And way too much ABBA.

 

[Duffy]

And way too much ABBA.

Stop slagging ABBA. They're legends.

 

[Lynk]

Personal favourites as opposed to objective:

The Beatles - 1 - 15 Points
Arctic Monkeys - 2 - 13 Points
Bob Dylan - 3 - 13 Points
Jimi Hendrix - 4 - 12 Points
Robert Johnson - 5 - 11 Points
The Clash - 6 - 10 Points
Death Grips - 7 - 9 Points
The Misfits - 8 - 8 Points
Operation Ivy - 9 - 7 Points
The Libertines - 10 - 6 Points
St. Vincent - 11 - 5 Points
The Pogues - 12 - 4 Points
Dead Kennedys - 13 - 3 Points
Eminem - 14 - 2 Points
The Doors - 15 - 1 Points
The Ramones - 16 - 1 Points
Black Sabbath - 17 - 1 Points
Blind Blake - 18 - 1 Points
The Dubliners - 19 - 1 Points
Nirvana - 20 - 1 Points

 

[Archie Leach]

Stop slagging ABBA. They're legends.

They're a dark mirror for the soul.

 

[okLaptop1]

Arctic Monkeys have a shot at the top 10 it seems, wouldn't have expected that.

 

[Cornell]

Arctic Monkeys always seemed pretty middle of the road to me. Wouldn't have thought anything they'd done thus far had been enough to exclaim them superior to some of the greats.

 

[R.N7]

 

[Silva]

Bob Dylan - 1 - 15 Points
Frank Zappa - 2 - 14 Points
Kate Bush - 3 - 13 Points
Simon & Garfunkel - 4 - 12 Points
Scott Walker - 5 - 11 Points
Velvet Underground - 6 - 10 Points
The Smiths - 7 - 9 Points
Tom Waits - 8 - 8 Points
Bjork - 9 - 7 Points
Neutral Milk Hotel - 10 - 6 Points
Radiohead - 11 - 5 Points
Joy Division - 12 - 4 Points
Talking Heads - 13 - 3 Points
Nick Cave - 14 - 2 Points
Neil Young - 15 - 1 Points
PJ Harvey - 16 - 1 Points
Pete Seger - 17 - 1 Points
Patti Smith - 18 - 1 Points
Moldy Peaches - 19 - 1 Points
Fleet Foxes - 20 - 1 Points

 

[Flamingo Purple]

Arctic Monkeys always seemed pretty middle of the road to me. Wouldn't have thought anything they'd done thus far had been enough to exclaim them superior to some of the greats.

The thing with the Arctic Monkeys is that they are the beacon of light for Rock/Indie fans amongst today's music.

 

[OnlyTwoDaSilvas]

Fugazi - 1 - 15 Points
Beastie Boys - 2 - 14 Points
Descendents - 3 - 13 Points
They Might Be Giants - 4 - 12 Points
Deftones - 5 - 11 Points
RKL - 6 - 10 Points
Swans - 7 - 9 Points
Karate - 8 - 8 Points
The Clash - 9 - 7 Points
Bad Brains - 10 - 6 Points
Red House Painters - 11 - 5 Points
The Minutemen - 12 - 4 Points
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - 13 - 3 Points
Black Flag - 14 - 2 Points
Weezer - 15 - 1 Points
At The Drive-In - 16 - 1 Points
Nirvana - 17 - 1 Points
Propagandhi - 18 - 1 Points
Immortal Technique - 19 - 1 Points
The Melvins - 20 - 1 Points

 

[sullydnl]

Arctic Monkeys always seemed pretty middle of the road to me. Wouldn't have thought anything they'd done thus far had been enough to exclaim them superior to some of the greats.

If it's about people's favourites then it makes sense to me. If you're a certain age then Arctic Monkeys are one of the big bands of your generation. I was around sixteen when their first album came out and, as Flamingo said, they were a bit of a beacon of light.

 

[JustAFan]

Vote for who you want feck what all the snobs think

 

[Archie Leach]

The thing with the Arctic Monkeys is that they are the beacon of light for Rock/Indie fans amongst today's music.

Vote for who you want feck what all the snobs think

Spoon are a better meat and potatoes rock band than AM but don't have the rabid British music press behind them.

 

[okLaptop1]

The Beatles - 1 - 15 Points
Dire Straits - 2 - 14 Points
Radiohead - 3 - 13 Points
Norah Jones - 4 - 12 Points
Arctic Monkeys - 5 - 11 Points
Kanye West - 6 - 10 Points
Justin Timberlake - 7 - 9 Points
Paul Simon - 8 - 8 Points
Girls Aloud - 9 - 7 Points
Phoenix - 10 - 6 Points
Led Zeppelin - 11 - 5 Points
The Killers - 12 - 4 Points
KT Tunstall - 13 - 3 Points
OutKast - 14 - 2 Points
Michael Jackson - 15 - 1 Points
The White Stripes - 16 - 1 Points
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - 17 - 1 Points
Muse - 18 - 1 Points
John Mayer - 19 - 1 Points
ABBA - 20 - 1 Points

This list is more my personal favourites as opposed to artists I would objectively consider the best (although The Beatles would top both lists). Coldplay would be in there if the rest of their back catalog were as good as A Rush Of Blood To The Head and Viva La Vida. Same goes for Lupe Fiasco with Food & Liquor and The Cool. Bon Iver, Chvrches, Frank Ocean, and Lorde have a good chance of being in my future list if the quality of their material doesn't drop throughout their career.

Considering putting Eminem in here. Technically he's a brilliant rapper, and I loved a lot of his stuff til about 2002, but I don't think I've liked a new song of his in the past decade.

 

[jem]

The Beatles - 1 - 15 Points
The Rolling Stones - 2 - 14 Points
David Bowie - 3 - 13 Points
Neil Young - 4 - 12 Points
Pink Floyd - 5 - 11 Points
The Who - 6 - 10 Points
Led Zeppelin - 7 - 9 Points
Joni Mitchell - 8 - 8 Points
Radiohead - 9 - 7 Points
Roxy Music - 10 - 6 Points
The Clash - 11 - 5 Points
The Beastie Boys - 12 - 4 Points
Jimi Hendrix - 13 - 3 Points
Elvis Costello - 14 - 2 Points
The Doors - 15 - 1 Points
Bob Dylan - 16 - 1 Points
Beck - 17 - 1 Points
Ween - 18 - 1 Points
AC/DC - 19 - 1 Points
Rheostatics - 20 - 1 Points

 

[.Rossi]

This is going to be the most controversial poll to ever exist on the Cafe.
It's all about taste at the end of the day. There is no right or wrong answer.

From my perspective, I am fabulously offended that The Arctic Monkeys look like they are going to be in the top 10 or 8.

But yet, Jimi Hendrix and Rory Gallagher, arguably the two best guitarists that ever existed are no where even near the top 50 or 60.....But Joy Division are.

Madness....And Michael Jackson will be nowhere near the top 10!!

I half expected the Stone Roses to be number one on here

 

[AllezLesDiables]

Led Zeppelin-1-15 points
The Beatles-2-14 points
Pink Floyd -3-13 points
Grateful Dead-4-12 points
The Who-5-11 points
Duke Ellington-6-10 points
Frank Sinatra-7-9 points
Duran Duran-8-8 points
The Minutemen-9-7 points
Sex Pistols-10- 6 points
Fishbone-11-5 points
Dead Kennedys-12-4 points
Radiohead-13-3 points
Beastie Boys-14-2 points
Tribe Called Quest-15-1 point
Bob Marley-16-1 point
Red Hot Chili Peppers-17-1 point
Shirley Bassey-18-1 point
Joy Division-19-1 point
Django Reinhardt-20-1 point

 

[ATXRedDevil]

Led Zeppelin - 1 - 15 points
My morning jacket - 2 - 14 points
The Beatles - 3 - 13 points
The Rolling Stones - 4 - 12 points
Metallica - 5 - 11 points
Radiohead - 6 - 10 points
Daft punk - 7 - 9 points
Pink Floyd - 8 - 8 points
Red hot chili peppers - 9 - 7 points
Iron maiden - 10 - 6 points
Disclosure - 11 - 5 points
The eagles - 12 - 4 points
Acdc - 13 - 3 points
Pearl jam - 14 - 2 points
Michael Jackson - 15 - 1 point
Tool - 16 - 1 point
Credence Clearwater revival - 17 - 1 point
Van halen - 18 - 1 point
Oasis - 19 - 1 point
Crystal castles - 20 - 1 point

 

[Zen]

Pavement - 1 - 15 Points
The Velvet Underground - 2 - 14 Points
David Bowie - 3 - 13 Points
Radiohead - 4 - 12 Points
Public Enemy - 5 - 11 Points
New Order - 6 - 10 Points
The Replacements - 7 - 9 Points
OutKast - 8 - 8 Points
Bob Marley - 9 - 7 Points
Herbie Hancock - 10 - 6 Points
Elvis Costello - 11 - 5 Points
Metallica - 12 - 4 Points
The Cure - 13 - 3 Points
Blur - 14 - 2 Points
Marvin Gaye - 15 - 1 Points
The Clash - 16 - 1 Points
Arcade Fire - 17 - 1 Points
Kanye West - 18 - 1 Points
LCD Soundsystem - 19 - 1 Points
Arctic Monkeys - 20 - 1 Points

 

[Mrs Smoker]

This is going to be the most controversial poll to ever exist on the Cafe.
It's all about taste at the end of the day. There is no right or wrong answer.

From my perspective, I am fabulously offended that The Arctic Monkeys look like they are going to be in the top 10 or 8.

But yet, Jimi Hendrix and Rory Gallagher, arguably the two best guitarists that ever existed are no where even near the top 50 or 60.....But Joy Division are.

Madness....And Michael Jackson will be nowhere near the top 10!!

I half expected the Stone Roses to be number one on here

Cafe is generally pretty "boring" in its taste. You won't get bad things in top 50, but plenty of incurious and unimaginative picks. Guess the same thing would happen on plenty of non-music related sites doing their polls.

 

[jem]

Cafe is generally pretty "boring" in its taste. You won't get bad things in top 50, but plenty of incurious and unimaginative picks. Guess the same thing would happen on plenty of non-music related sites doing their polls.

But what is an unimaginative pick? I'm guessing rating the Beatles #1 would be, but for me (and millions of others,) it's the opinion we have. I don't see the point in making obscure choices just to be imaginative. All that being said, it's really hard to make this list. I had to omit Scott Walker, Nick Cave, Tindersticks, The Cars, The Jam and The Smiths. That wasn't easy to do.

 

[JP77]

Michael Jackson - 1 - 15 Points
Madonna - 2 - 14 Points
Elvis Presley - 3 - 13 Points
Snoop Dogg - 4 - 12 Points
Linkin Park - 5 - 11 Points
Coldplay - 6 - 10 Points
Joan Jett - 7 - 9 Points
Paramore - 8 - 8 Points
Nirvana - 9 - 7 Points
Loretta Lynn - 10 - 6 Points
2Pac - 11 - 5 Points
Kendrick Lamar - 12 - 4 Points
Evanescence - 13 - 3 Points
The White Stripes - 14 - 2 Points
Bob Marley - 15 - 1 Points
Foo Fighters - 16 - 1 Points
Ice Cube - 17 - 1 Points
Dr Dre - 18 - 1 Points
Frank Sinatra - 19 - 1 Points
Charlie Wilson (and The Gap Band) - 20 - 1 Points

 

[JP77]

Sadly couldn't find a way to get Alison Brie onto this list

 

[Silva]

Sadly couldn't find a way to get Alison Brie onto this list

 

[JP77]

Yeah, Duffy fecked it all up by saying they had to have released a full album to qualify

 

[Duffy]

Our Alison can grace any list she likes.

 

[bleedred]

The Beatles - 1 - 15 Points
Pink Floyd - 2 - 14 Points
Led Zeppelin - 3 - 13 Points
Jimmi Hendrix (Experience) - 4 - 12 Points
The Rolling Stones- 5 - 11 Points
Micheal Jackson - 6 - 10 Points
King Elvis - 7 - 9 Points
AC/DC - 8 - 8 Points
The Who - 9 - 7 Points
Bruce Springsteen- 10 - 6 Points
Deep purple - 11 - 5 Points
Nirvana - 12 - 4 Points
The Kinks- 13 - 3 Points
The Beachboys- 14 - 2 Points
Bee Gees - 15 - 1 Points
Queen- 16 - 1 Points
Eric Clapton - 17 - 1 Points
Black Sabbath- 18 - 1 Points
Iron Maiden - 19 - 1 Points
CSNY - 20 - 1 Points


Honourable mentions : Jeff beck (Yardbirds), The Eagles, Elton John, David Bowie, CCR,Johnny Cash, ABBA

 

[Vooon]

Bob Dylan - 1 - 15 Points
Sigur Ros - 2 - 14 Points
Chuck Berry - 3 - 13 Points
The Smiths - 4 - 12 Points
Serge Gainsbourg - 5 - 11 Points
The Velvet Underground - 6 - 10 Points
The Beatles - 7 - 9 Points
Serge Gainsbourg - 8 - 8 Points
The Beach Boys - 9 - 7 Points
Johnny Cash - 10 - 6 Points
The Rolling Stones - 11 - 5 Points
Jimi Hendrix - 12 - 4 Points
The Kinks - 13 - 3 Points
Calexico - 14 - 2 Points
Cat Power - 15 - 1 Points
Neil Young - 16 - 1 Points
Led Zeppelin - 17 - 1 Points
The Jesus and Mary Chain - 18 - 1 Points
Joy Division - 19 - 1 Points
Cornelis Vreeswijk - 20 - 1 Points

 

[Vato]

Bob Dylan - 1 - 15 Points
Sigur Ros - 2 - 14 Points
Chuck Berry - 3 - 13 Points
The Smiths - 4 - 12 Points
Serge Gainsbourg - 5 - 11 Points
The Velvet Underground - 6 - 10 Points
The Beatles - 7 - 9 Points
Serge Gainsbourg - 8 - 8 Points
The Beach Boys - 9 - 7 Points
Johnny Cash - 10 - 6 Points
The Rolling Stones - 11 - 5 Points
Jimi Hendrix - 12 - 4 Points
The Kinks - 13 - 3 Points
Calexico - 14 - 2 Points
Cat Power - 15 - 1 Points
Neil Young - 16 - 1 Points
Led Zeppelin - 17 - 1 Points
The Jesus and Mary Chain - 18 - 1 Points
Joy Division - 19 - 1 Points
Cornelis Vreeswijk - 20 - 1 Points

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