What Is Top Favorite Music Artist?

[Mistral]

Toad the Wet Sprocket

Yes! Not many people seem to be aware of them, but their music really touches me. I feel that "Before You Were Born" could've been written for me, and it often moves me to tears.

Yet, I bet nine of ten people have heard and can recognize "Fall Down." It's just one of those things.

The Sprocket is a staple on my mp3 player, however.

Is that the one that ends "and slowly grow old..." ?

 

[judge alba]

Alice Cooper
david bowie
ozzy Osbourne
doro
Debbie harry
Bob marley
Queen
iron maiden
Meatloaf
Metallica
Madness
S- express

 

[Turd Ferguson]

Yes! Not many people seem to be aware of them, but their music really touches me. I feel that "Before You Were Born" could've been written for me, and it often moves me to tears.

Yet, I bet nine of ten people have heard and can recognize "Fall Down." It's just one of those things.

The Sprocket is a staple on my mp3 player, however.

Is that the one that ends "and slowly grow old..." ?

That one is Walk on the Ocean

 

[HappyDayRiot]

1. System of a Down/Serj Tankian
2. Nine Inch Nails
3. Depeche Mode
4. Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson
5. Cult of Luna
6. Radiohead
7. Muse
8. Faith No More/Peeping Tom/Tomahawk
9. Massive Attack
10. The Mars Volta
11. Girls Aloud

Other current favourites:
Thrice
Converge
Grizzly Bear
Arctic Monkeys
The Knife/Fever Ray
Soulsavers (ft Mike Patton and Mark Lanegan among others)
Elbow
Poison the Well

 

[Vasquez Rocks]

Prince
John Frusciante
The Cure
Pink Floyd
Radiohead
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Pearl Jam
The Mars Volta
The Bicycle Thief
Heart
Audioslave
Soundgarden
Pedestrian
Josh Rouse
Hall & Oates
No Doubt
Tony Toni Toné
Beastie Boys
Kool & the Gang
Sade

 

[Holdfast]

Based on what music I have on my computer, my top 10 artists, in order, would appear to be:

Elton John
Madonna
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
Queen
ABBA
Dire Straits
Guns n Roses
AC/DC
Michael Jackson
Kylie Minogue

(OK that's 11, but there were ties in the ranking...)

 

[Andrew_Kearley]

My favourite by a long way:
The Fall

also (no particular order):
The Smiths
Joy Division
David Bowie
Roxy Music
Talking Heads/David Byrne
Miles Davis
Funkadelic
Roxy Music
The Cure
Siouxsie and the Banshees
The Sisters of Mercy
Dexys Midnight Runners
Adam and the Ants
The Jam
Pink Floyd
Van Morrison
Kate Bush
X-Ray Spex

 

[Starbreaker]

CSNY
Steve Miller Band
Norah Jones
Frank Sinatra
Yes
Jack Johnson

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

Groups:
Pink Floyd
King Crimson/Robert Fripp
Joy Division
The Who
Tool
Mahavishnu Orchestra
The Residents
This Mortal Coil
Jethro Tull

Solo males:
Frank Zappa
Warren Zevon
Steve Vai
Buckethead
Richard Thompson
Stan Ridgeway
Adrian Belew


Solo Females:
Kate Bush
Danielle Dax
Liz Phair
Tori Amos
Patricia Barber

Jazz:
Joe Pass
Wes Montgomery
Al DiMeola
Cecil Taylor
John Coltrane
Art Tatum

 

[Tyre]

Radiohead/Thom Yorke
Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson
The Pogues
R.E.M.
Social Distortion/Mike Ness
PJ Harvey
Nine Inch Nails
U2
The Replacements
Pavement
Bob Dylan
Pearl Jam
Nirvana
The Who
The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
My Bloody Valentine
Sonic Youth
Joy Division/New Order
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Bruce Springsteen
The Clash
Dropkick Murphys
Pixies
The Kinks
Depeche Mode
The Velvet Underground
David Bowie
The Dresden Dolls/Amanda Palmer
X
Soundgarden
Bad Religion
The Waterboys
Neil Young
The Cure
Led Zeppelin
Dead Kennedys
Portishead
Jimi Hendrix
The Gaslight Anthem
Interpol

And more

 

[mimic]

My list goes something like:

Simon & Garfunkel
Pink Floyd
The Who
CCR
Fleetwood Mac
The Killers
Radiohead
Muse
Springsteen

 

[The Nth Doctor]

In order:

Pink Floyd
The Beatles
Sarah McLachlan
Simon & Garfunkel
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Moby
Natalie Merchant
Radiohead
Keren Ann
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La La Band
Beth Orton
Tangerine Dream
Muse
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Fischerspooner

 

[mrcoaster]

The Beatles.

There ya go. There can be only one answer. The Global Beatles Holiday is almost upon us, too.

09/09/09

 

[The Nth Doctor]

I'll be sure to listen to The Beatles on that day.

 

[Timby]

My God ... it brings tears of joy to my face to see multiple mentions of Nick Cave.

 

[Too Much Fun]

Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Impossibles
Lagwagon
The Queers
NOFX
Less Than Jake
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
The Unlovables
Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer
Bomb the Music Industry!
The Spazzys
Hi-Standard
No Use For A Name
Propagandhi
The Descendents
The Manges
Puffy (aka Puffy Amiyumi)
The Living End
Metric
Reel Big Fish
Screeching Weasel
The Mr. T Experience
Ozma

There are tons more, but those are probably the ones I've heard and loved the most music by.

 

[Ward Fowler]

Two words: Pink Floyd. That is all.

 

[Urgent Sky]

Toad the Wet Sprocket

Yes! Not many people seem to be aware of them, but their music really touches me. I feel that "Before You Were Born" could've been written for me, and it often moves me to tears.

I like that song too. I wrote an e-mail to Glenn Phillips once and he was pretty nice. Toad was a good band.

 

[barnaclelapse]

My God ... it brings tears of joy to my face to see multiple mentions of Nick Cave.

Me too, obviously.

 

[C.E. Evans]

My current top all-time 20 (out of possible hundreds):

1. U2
2. Level 42
3. Tears For Fears
4. Dave Matthews Band
5. The Police (later Sting)
6. Curve
7. Depeche Mode
8. Alien Ant Farm
9. Duran Duran
10. Faith No More
11. Seal
12. Living Colour
13. Hall & Oates
14. En Vogue
15. Bill Withers
16. Jonatha Brooke
17. Shawn Colvin
18. Prince
19. Creed
20. Paul McCartney