Your Ten Favorite Musical Groups

[mvd]

Meaning there must be 3 or more members. Mine are:

Beatles
CCR
The Corrs
Letters To Cleo
Fleetwood Mac
Moody Blues
Bangles
Dixie Chicks
U2
R.E.M.

I won't go further because there are too many others that I love.

[a_random_joel]

1. Mine

Not necessarily in order.

Beatles
Pink Floyd
Bob Marley & Wailers
Led Zeppelin
Duran Duran
Cocteau Twins
The Smiths
U2
The Police
Depeche Mode

Bonus current fav:
Thievery Corporation

[a_random_joel]

64. My second 10 favs

David Bowie(I know he's not a "band", but)
Tears for Fears
Bauhaus(including incarnations Love and Rockets and Tones On Tail)
The Doors
New Order/Joy Division
Peter Gabriel(see Bowie)
Nine Inch Nails
Moby(see Bowie)
Portishead
Beastie Boys

Bonus "these lists are too damn hard to keep within limits" fav:
Janes Addiction

[SmileyBoy]

2. My number one is System of a Down...

...and here's my complete list, after some DEEP thought and evaluation.

1. System of a Down
2. Soundgarden
3. Nirvana
4. Belvedere
5. Incubus
6. Thursday
7. Filter
8. Seven Mary Three
9. Bender
10.Radiohead

[DODI]

3. Here's mine

1. Beatles
2. Pink Floydd
3. Chicago (up to 1975)
4. BOC
5 Allman Brothers
6. The Who
7. Steely Dan
8. Dire Straits
9. Little Feat
10.Talking Heads

How old am I?

[SmileyBoy]

8. A Million. Naw, just kidding.

40-45 years old?????

[Richardo]

34. About as old as I am, DODI....my list would be very similar to yours...

1. Beatles
2. Steely Dan
3. Chicago (up to 1975) (good qualifier - I'd say "Terry Kath")
4. Police
5 Dire Straits
6. Little Feat
7. Talking Heads
8. Blood, Sweat and Tears
9. Earth, Wind and Fire
10.Tower of Power

[GumboYaYa]

35. Tower of Power, good choice.

IMO Rocco Prestia is among the top two or three bass players ever and that horn section is unbeatable.

[Richardo]

37. Used to see them live in the 70s --- horns were TIGHT!

The only ones close were EW&F. :thumbsup:

[BeatleBoot]

4. Only 10? For Summer '03 here they are....

Kraftwerk
Yerba Buena
String Cheese
White Stripes
The Orb
Sex Pistols
Replacements (Paul Westerberg)
The Stooges (Iggy Pop)
Husker Du (Bob Mould)
Ramones



On edit: White Stripes has only two members - I never was good at following rules...I'll substitute 'em with...

Social Distortion

[quispquake]

5. My happy list...

Beatles
Butthole Surfers
Kraftwerk
Stooges
Roxy Music (Early)
Cows
Cramps
Talking Heads
Amon Tobin
Hawkwind

Bonus Current Fave (Saw someone else do this, and made sense!!!)
Comets on Fire

[Kenneth ken]

6. in no particular order

a - The Beatles
b - Pretenders
c - Tower of Power
d - The Jam
e - The Bangles
f - Lynyrd Skynyrd
g - Bob Marley & The Wailers
h - The Meters
i - The Clash
j - Faces


This was tough; I just learned I tend to favor non-bands; i.e. Joni Mitchell; Jeff Beck; etc rather than groups

[mvd]

9. Tough for me, too

My 10 are at least my favs at the moment.

[Kenneth ken]

11. favs at the moment -

yep. all my music listings fall into that category.

I think if I paid attention to about 100 of these threads, and my replies to them over the course of about 8-10 months, I could probably get a better gauge of what really is my favorite.

I know Joni, Jeff Beck, and Pretenders pretty much always get in there somewhere, if possible. Most everything else is subject to change. Gee - they all have at least 20 years worth of history, and continue to release music; that probably is a factor, ya think?


:hi:

[PurityOfEssence]

27. ...if you're really hip, the passing years will show...

love that band...

[Kenneth ken]

28. They're climbing "my" charts

I've been aware of them since the early 70s; but didn't start really listening to them until a couple years ago. Clearly should have been grouped with my secondary 'long career base groups post, but because they're kind of "new" to me, they're not quite as deeply embedded in my brain.

I kinda vampired away from anything that sounded remotely like it might have been exposed to disco in the mid-70s, and ToP got caught in the fallout.

[Interrobang]

7. Judging by my CD collection, they're probably...

The Dead Kennedys
The Insane Clown Posse
Einsturzende Neubauten
The Bloodhound Gang
Nine Inch Nails
KMFDM (aka Kein Mitleid Fur Die Mehrheit)
Lard
REM
TISM (aka This Is Serious, Mum)
The Wild Simoan Gangsta Tribe (aka WSGT)

Just for the viggerish, numbers 11-20 would probably be:

Inchtaboktables
Feeling B
The Beastie Boys
They Might Be Giants
Lords of Acid
L7
The Groovie Ghoulies
The Ramones
Kraftwerk
GWAR

[PittPoliSci]

19. impressive lists!

however, i always thought KMFDM stood for "kill mother fucking depeche mode"

oh well...i like depeche mode too.

[a_random_joel]

58. Not true

KMFDM stands for Keine Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid, which is a badly constructed German sentence which can be loosely translated to "No Pity for the Majority".

[Maccagirl]

10. Mine are:

Beatles
Rolling Stones
CCR
The Police
The Byrds
The Ramones
The Pretenders
The Who
U2
Springsteen and the E Street Band


Yes, I'm an old fart when it comes to music.

[BeatleBoot]

12. No One Is An...

Old Fart when It Comes To Music...

So sez me...

Rock on'

[Maccagirl]

13. I LOVE your username!

They were simply the best.

[nuxvomica]

14. Easy peasy

• The Beatles
  
• The Police
  
• Nirvana
  
• Fleetwood Mac
  
• The Moody Blues
  
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
  
• The Monkees
  
• Queen
  
• The Travelling Wilburys
  
• Peter, Paul & Mary
  

[mvd]

17. Great list!

So glad to see someone mention Peter, Paul and Mary and the Monkees.

[Forkboy]

15. good question

NoMeansNo
Ministry
Ed Hall
Bad Religion
The Melvins
Cop Shoot Cop
Dead Kennedys/Lard/Jello
The Didjits
Alice Donut
The Minutemen

current favs are different

Pig Destroyer
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Lamb
Pungeant Stench
Pong (formerly Ed Hall)
Metallica (yep,I actually like it!)
Some Kind Of Hate
Hot Molly (formerly Tad)
The Ex
Agorophobic Nosebleed

Now there's some music to play for the in-laws! :)

[muchacho]

38. Lamb

Not to quibble, but Lamb only has two members.

And are damn amazing. Might I suggest Kosheen and Goldfrepp if your a Lamb fan.

[elcondor]

16. My 10

1. The Beatles

2. U2

3. CCR

4. The Police

5. Kingston Trip

6. Fleetwood Mac

7. The Bee Gees

8. Traveling Wilburys

9. Santana (Okay, I get mixed messages on this: Santana (the albums from the '70's were a band, right?)

10. Journey (No guff, please, I know they're an arena band--but I like some of their stuff. Not the most deep lyrics, just a guilty pleasure . . .)

[ForrestGump]

18. Three or more members?

Hmmm.

The Beatles (but of course....I include Wings as a subset)
The Beach Boys
Creedence

Huh. I don't really get excited about too many bands, I guess, at least not as much as solo performers. Most of the rest I can think of I liked mainly for one or two songs. And then there's the most excellent Village People....

Oh...wait a minute....here are some more:

Three Dog Night
Little River Band
The Eagles
Spinal Tap!!!!!!!!!!

And the rest is stuff like Fleetwood Mac, Cheap Trick, The Moody Blues, U2, Cold Chisel, The Temptations, The Drifters, Cream, The Doors, The Band, Hot Chocolate, Bee Gees, Abba (hey, I was a kid in the '70s), etc, and I can't pick and choose among 'em.

[Peachhead22]

21. It changes from time to time, but...

Gov't Mule
Allman Brothers Band
Pink Floyd
Rush
Frank Zappa
Blues Traveler
Kansas
Jethro Tull
Dave Matthews Band
Lyrnyrd Skynyrd (the old stuff)

[PittPoliSci]

20. best ten ever.

In this order:

1. Ramones
2. Darkest Hour
3. GWAR
4. The Queers
5. The Beatles
6. Dead Kennedys
7. Dave Brockie Experience (another fine GWAR product)
8. In Flames
9. Iron Maiden
10. Mindless Self Indulgence

[jobycom]

22. CCR, Dire Straights, Fleetwood Mac, Nirvana, GnR, Abba (yeah? sue me!)

Pink Floyd, Lynard Skynard, Kiss, Sugar Ray.

On edit: Dump Kiss, add Jethro Tull.

Off the top of my head. No particular order. Probably would shuffle some of them on any given night. Probably misspelled some, too.

[Cointelpro_Papers]

23. Bad Religion, Nirvana, The Doors, Anti-flag, old Metallica

Korn, Led Zepplin,...

[ButterflyBlood]

24. list

1-You and I
2-Blink 182
3-Jimmy Eat World
4-Planes Mistaken For Stars
5-Grade
6-J Church
7-Twelve Hour Turn
8-Lifetime
9-Cadillac Blindside
10-Fugazi

[PurityOfEssence]

25. Oooh, tough one

The Beatles
Steely Dan
10cc
Jethro Tull
The Tubes
Depeche Mode
The Offspring
The Eurythmics
Frank Zappa
Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band

[Kenneth ken]

29. ooh you have to drop the Dan

3 person minimum, ya know.

but hey, it opens a spot for ToP if ya want!

[BurtWorm]

26. As of 1:52 a.m. ET, 7-17-03

in no particular order:

Sex Pistols
Pere Ubu
The Lyres
Talking Heads
Gang of Four
Joy Division
The Hangmen
The Standells
Flamin Groovies
The Beatles


And I could probably list a few more that could replace any of the above including

Parliament/Funkadelic
B-52s
Velvet Underground
The Clash
Buzzcocks
Patti Smith Group
The Rolling Stones
The Kinks
Mission of Burma
PiL

[XNASA]

51. Burt, I've decided to let you in the club.

Sioux, smiths fan (who has a new nick that I can't remember)yourself and I have, far and away, the best taste of any DU'ers when it comes to modern pop/rock music.

For what it's worth. <chuckle, chuckle>

However, if you should decide to align yourself with us, it means that you must defend each and any member of said club, when it comes to matters of rocking out.

It all for one and one for all. What say you? :)

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

30. It's hard to pick just ten, SO...

Golden Earring
Led Zeppelin
Queen
Pink Floyd
Tangerine Dream
Uriah Heep
Yes
Focus
Chicago
Zebra

Continuing down to the next 10:

The Who
Toad The Wet Sprocket
The Allman Brothers Band
The Doobie Bros.
Ambrosia
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
The Three Dog Night
Deep Purple
The Eagles
The Temptations

All in no particular order, and this is NOT a complete list of my musical passions by any means. It is also subject to change at a moment's notice...

[Spirochete]

31. Just Ten?

The Beatles
The Doors
CCR
Beach Boys
Blue Oyster Cult
Hermans Hermits
Ten Years After
The Gin Blossoms
The Alan Parsons Project
Frank Zappa

[MissMillie]

32. Here are mine

In no particular order

Moody Blues
U2
Grey Eyed Glances
Beatles
Yes
Led Zeppellin
Coldplay
Electric Light Orchestra
Talking Heads
Pink Floyd

[StrongBad]

33. Here is my list

1) Beatles
2) Phish
3) Radiohead
4) Weezer
5) Pink Floyd
6) Led Zeppelin
7) Tool
8) Fountains of Wayne
9) CCR
10) Bob Marley & the Wailers

[LynneSin]

36. My 10 - starting with Led Zeppelin

1. Led Zeppelin
   
2. Led Zeppelin
   
3. Led Zeppelin
   
4. Led Zeppelin
   
5. Led Zeppelin
   
6. Led Zeppelin
   
7. Led Zeppelin
   
8. Led Zeppelin
   
9. Led Zeppelin
   
10. Led Zeppelin
    

Any questions?

[muchacho]

39. So...

you like your Ledded?

Must be pretty psyched abou the new release, eh?

[muchacho]

40. Where to start..

with over 700 CDs I have a diverse pallet.

But here goes:

Rush
Primus
Radiohead
REM
Soul Coughing
Morphine
Talk Talk
The Pixies
Portishead
Throwing Muses

pitch hitter- Tool

and for groups/individuals w/less than 3:

Aphex Twin
Kruder and Dorphmeister
Frank Zappa
Tom Waits
Jim White
Richard Thompson
Amon Tobin
y-ziq
Miles Davis
Ween

[commander bunnypants]

41. of cource THE WHO

Beatles
Yes
Greatful Dead
ELP
CCR
The Clash
Pink Floyd
X
Stravinsky


DEMMAN

[GumboYaYa]

42. Here's my top ten excluding jazz players:

1. The Meters
2. The Neville Brothers
3. Galactic
4. Robert Randolph & Family
5. The Beatles
6. Tower of Power
7. Sly and the Family Stone
8. The Grateful Dead
9. ELP
10. Led Zeppelin

[Richardo]

66. Sly!

:thumbsup:

[ProfessorGAC]

43. I'll Add To & Delete From Your List. . .

Adds:
The Talking Heads
The Fixx
Utopia
King Crimson
The Police
Yes
Zeppelin

Deletes:
Bangles
Chicks
Moody Blues
REM

I don't dislike any of those 4, but they never did a whole lot for me either.
The Professor

[playahata1]

44. Let's see....

Bob Marley and the Wailers
Sweet Honey in the Rock
The Rolling Stones
Earth, Wind, and Fire
Parliament-Funkadelic
Commodores
The O'Jays
TLC
Living Colour
Lynyrd Skynyrd

[GumboYaYa]

45. Marley & the Wailers for sure.

I can't believe I forgot them.

[RandomKoolzip]

46. Top ten

Guided by Voices
The Wrens
The Minutemen
76% Uncertain
The Beatles
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Husker Du
Mission of Burma
Zappa's band circa late1981-summer 82
Ben Folds Five

[vi5]

47. A 33 year old semi-former-punks list....

1)Husker Du
2)Black Flag
3)Fugazi
4)U2
5)Big Black
6)Janes Addiction
7)Uncle Tupelo
8)X
9)Joy Division
10)The Smiths/Morissey

[playahata1]

48. Next 10....

Queen
U2
The Staples Singers
Led Zeppelin
Chic
The Bee Gees (for better or worse; RIP Maurice.)
Beatles (after 1965)
Wings
Fleetwood Mac
AC/DC

[XNASA]

49. Radiohead

XTC
The Flaming Lips
The Clash
The Talking Heads
Roxy Music
The Who
Joy Division
The Beach Boys
(but only the stuff from around Pet Sounds thru Surf's Up)
Japan

[SiouxJ]

50. In no particular order

The Waterboys
U2
XTC
Utopia
Cowboy Junkies
REM
Squeeze
Pretenders
Queen
Jayhawks (just at the moment, #10 tends to change with my mood but 1-9 are pretty much established)

on edit - I did not mean this as a reply to you XNASA, though you have excellent taste in favorite bands ;-) . Roxy Music!!! Yes! I thought about putting them in as #10.

[XNASA]

52. I thought hard about the Waterboys as well.

Though they're more of a house favorite. Mrs. XNASA really likes them a lot. Same goes for Squeeze and the early Utopia stuff. And REM, and U2. It's so hard to pick just 10.

Did you see my post to BurtWorm? I've invited him to be as cool as you and smiths_fan (what's his new name?) and I are.

[SiouxJ]

53. I had missed it but yes! I think BurtWorm

definitely belongs in the club ;-) . Patti Smith Group!!!! Yes, he has most excellent taste! I've been noticing his taste all along actually.

BTW, Mrs. XNASA has excellent taste as well (well, duh, she chose you ;-) ). If you want to make huge points, uh, "Trumpets" by the Waterboys is on of my choices for all time sexiest songs ;-) .

[SiouxJ]

54. Oh, and The Professor and Mac56

they have similar taste too. What is Smiths_fan going by now? I was gonna ask him if he ever heard the Pretenders version of "Every Day is Like Sunday." I recently came across it in my collection and I've been kinda stuck on it.

[XNASA]

56. The Professor has excellent taste in many things.

I don't go along with his "Fixx"ation, but there ya go. Probably has more to do with the fact that we played on a couple of bills with them back in the day and they were rather, um, aloof. As it were.

smiths_fan is now "Fenris"

Oh yes, and Mac56 too. How could I forget.

[SiouxJ]

57. I was late to get into the Fixx

I didn't care for the albums that were massive hits (I remember working in a CD store and selling the hell out of Reach the Beach and not really getting it). I got into them with "Calm Animals." Even went to see them at a small club in San Diego on that tour. I really enjoyed them live.

[mac56]

62. Thanks for the props, guys!

Hope my list lives up to it.

Beatles
R.E.M.
XTC
Utopia
Squeeze
Rockpile
Graham Parker & The Rumour
Big Star
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Spongetones

[SiouxJ]

65. Hold up!

I have to switch the Jayhawks out with Elvis. Thanks. How could I forget Elvis??!!

Rockpile!!! Yeah!! I wore out my copy of "Seconds of Pleasure." :D

:loveya:

[XNASA]

67. Great list, but that's no surprise.

It was difficult for me to leave off EC (I even had a dog that I named Declan), but I guess I see him as a solo artist for the most part. Imperial Bedroom is the pinnacle of songwriting.

And though I was once a huge Utopia fan, I guess that some of their later work soured me a bit. Not that they still weren't better than 99% of the bands, at the time.

[muchacho]

69. Big Star

Wow, with the amazing Tim Buckley.

Spawner of the amazingly gifted, and tragically drowned Jeff Buckley.

[mvd]

60. Same with me

My tenth group could be The Jayhawks or The Beach Boys or The Stones or Pearl Jam or Abba or Blondie or The Police or Stone Temple Pilots, or more - but I was in the mood for The Moody Blues right now. :)

Hi, SiouxJ! :hi:

[SiouxJ]

63. I'll go along with

ABBA, Blondie, The Police, or STP for sure! I like MB's a lot too though I wouldn't pick them as a favorite. I've seen them live many times. They are great outside with a full orchestra.

:hi: Matt!

[Parche]

55. favorite

Pink Floyd
Genesis
U-2
Beatles
Def Lepard
Alice In Chains
Paul McCartney (Wings)
Tears For Fears
Fleetwood Mac

[lastliberalintexas]

59. You can tell my age by looking at this list

Yes, I am a child of the 80s. :-) In no particular order-

U2
Til Tuesday
The Cure
REM
The Smiths
Violent Femmes
Depeche Mode
Ramones
The Clash
Coldplay

Saw Marley and The Wailers mentioned, but I think of them more as a backup band- same as Buffet and the Coral Reefers, IMO. It was really Marley's show.

Glad to see Gin Blossoms and Toad mentioned too. They weren't around nearly long enough. :-(

[SEAburb]

61. check , check, one, two! is this thing on

1. Tool
2. The Beatles
3. Pink Floyd
4. Pearl Jam
5. Jimi Hendrix Experience
6. Sea Level
7. Rollins Band
8. Fleetwood Mac /w Peter Green
9. U2
10. Rush

[muchacho]

70. Saaalesmennnn

cool, another Rushhead.

That last tour (VT) was phenominal.

[Kazak]

68. Mine...

Stereolab
Tortoise
The Flaming Lips
Broadcast
Pram
Komeda
The Sea & Cake
Praxis
Naked City
Mothers of Invention