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| Erebus |
Posted - 06/06/2006 : 10:30:02
I thought I remembered this being mentioned here back in March, but I couldn't find it. Anyway, back then Paste announced an online poll. Here is the ballot they offered:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/Users/30428492/Surveys/85181777331/60EBFE47-A170-4986-92A8-2745DD630B9F.asp?U=85181777331&DO_NOT_COPY_THIS_LINK
The results are listed below, which I guess have just come out in Paste's June deadtree issue. Couldn't find the results at Paste's site http://www.pastemagazine.com/ , but the list was posted over at Liz Phair's site. I think the list is what Paste published but cannot personally confirm that.
Mr. Thompson at number 66, which is somewhat surprising for any number of reasons, but especially because Thompson/Black/Francis was not included on the original ballot. So Frank made the list by write-in votes alone, which I think is impressive. Of course these lists are always only so much bullshit, saying more about the host publication's readership then anything else, but usually interesting anyway. I would like to have seen Liz and Kristin Hersh also make the list, but am pleased to see Pollard, Escovedo, Sam Phillips, and others on here.
1. Bob Dylan
2. Neil Young
3. Bruce Springsteen
4. Waits/Brennan
5. Paul McCartney
6. Leonard Cohen
7. Brian Wilson
8. Elvis Costello
9. Joni Mitchell
10. Prince
11. Randy Newman
12. Jagger/Richards
13. Paul Simon
14. Stevie Wonder
15. Willie Nelson
16. David Bowie
17. Holland/Dozier/Holland
18. U2
19. Patty Griffin
20. Van Morrison
21. Lou Reed
22. Lucinda Williams
23. John/Taupin
24. Jeff Tweedy
25. Chuck Berry
26. R.E.M.
27. Radiohead
28. Robbie Robertson
29. Tom Petty
30. John Prine
31. Carole King
32. Leiber/Stoller
33. Pete Townshend
34. John Fogerty
35. Steve Earle
36. Beck
37. Smokey Robinson
38. Kris Kristofferson
39. Led Zeppelin
40. Bacharach/David
41. Ray Davies
42. Loretta Lynn
43. Ryan Adams
44. Al Green
45. Jackson Browne
46. David Byrne
47. Sufjan Stevens
48. Welch/Rawlings
49. Cat Stevens
50. Public Enemy
51. Penn/Oldham
52. Paul Westerberg
53. James Taylor
54. Aimee Mann
55. Dolly Parton
56. James Brown
57. Morrissey
58. Sly Stone
59. Jack White
60. Jimmy Webb
61. John Hiatt
62. Sting
63. Richard Thompson
64. Andy Partridge
65. Bill Mallonee
66. Charles Thompson
67. Conor Oberst
68. Allen Toussaint
69. Merle Haggard
70. Alex Chilton
71. Vic Chesnutt
72. Michael Jackson
73. Julie Miller
74. Over the Rhine
75. Ron Sexsmith
76. Will Oldham
77. Bruce Cockburn
78. Robert Pollard
79. Stephen Malkmus
80. Pink Floyd
81. The Flaming Lips
82. John Darnielle
83. Fleetwood Mac
84. They Might Be Giants
85. David Bazan
86. Sam Beam
87. Lyle Lovett
88. Parliament
89. Victoria Williams
90. Nick Cave
91. Drive-By Truckers
92. Alejandro Escovedo
93. Joseph Arthur
94. Sam Phillips
95. Patti Smith
96. Jimmy Cliff
97. Josh Ritter
98. Jay Farrar
99. Outkast
100. T. Bone Burnett
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| pixiestu |
Posted - 06/08/2006 : 05:41:52
...and so he sould be.
"The arc of triumph" |
| vilainde |
Posted - 06/07/2006 : 23:31:46
The same poll done by the NME would probably have Noel Gallagher as #1.
Denis
I love Guitar Wolf from the Erath! |
| TheScooper |
Posted - 06/07/2006 : 15:42:24
the list is crapalicious. they put U2 and Ryan Adams in front of Paul Westerberg and Frank? Give a break.
as a side note, no, I don't find Sufjan Stevens boring either--if you've only heard one or two albums I'd check out some more of his stuff, he employs many different sounds. That being said, he shouldn't be listed above Westy or Frank either. |
| jose |
Posted - 06/07/2006 : 14:48:28
But he's alive in our Hearts !
I said Pretty Please ! |
| darwin |
Posted - 06/07/2006 : 09:43:53
YOU CAN'T BE DEAD!!! |
| jose |
Posted - 06/07/2006 : 09:12:40
Kurt Cobain ?
I said Pretty Please ! |
| Thomas |
Posted - 06/07/2006 : 07:06:22
I too was surprised when I saw McCartney and no Lennon attached to the front. quote:
Originally posted by ScottP
Oh hey! Is John Lennon missing from this list? If so, this is a joke list.
Ryan Adams, Bowie, Davies, Townshend, Byrne, Carole King- indeed.
Lists like these are created to stir. But where the heck are The Doors?!?
"Our Love is Rice and Beans and Horses Lard" |
| Erebus |
Posted - 06/06/2006 : 13:44:08
quote:
Originally posted by floop
am i the only person who thinks Sufjan Stevens is boring?
Haven't checked out any of his albums but I did download a 2005 show that I liked a lot. There is probably an "Illinois" in my future.
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| darwin |
Posted - 06/06/2006 : 12:38:44
quote:
Originally posted by ScottP
Oh hey! Is John Lennon missing from this list? If so, this is a joke list.
Ryan Adams, Bowie, Davies, Townshend, Byrne, Carole King- indeed.
Lists like these are created to stir. But where the heck are The Doors?!?
It's the best living songwriters.
I'm not as big a U2 basher as others, but 18 is too high. And David Byrne is way too low. |
| manintheshack |
Posted - 06/06/2006 : 12:21:22
Come on guys, just be happy that he beat Michael Jackson ;)
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| ScottP |
Posted - 06/06/2006 : 11:47:14
Oh hey! Is John Lennon missing from this list? If so, this is a joke list.
Ryan Adams, Bowie, Davies, Townshend, Byrne, Carole King- indeed.
Lists like these are created to stir. But where the heck are The Doors?!? |
| floop |
Posted - 06/06/2006 : 11:43:02
am i the only person who thinks Sufjan Stevens is boring?
"I don't have any money to buy new clothes and if they paid me to get some I'd probably buy more hoodies." - Mark Wainfur |
| ScottP |
Posted - 06/06/2006 : 11:34:57
Maybe listing him by his real name covers his entire catalog. But, yeah. Not common knowledge. Should be Black Francis/Frank Black.
Maybe we'll see him use his real name before it's all over. |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 06/06/2006 : 10:49:08
I wonder why he'd be listed as Charles Thompson when they have band names and stage names for others...
While I don't agree with the numbering system, that is a solid list of names.
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