The 20 Greatest Bands/Solo Artists of All Time

[Nat Couty]

1) The Smiths

2) The Beatles

3) Morrissey

4) Elvis

5) The Cure

6) Depeche Mode

7) U2

8] Bowie

9) Joy Division

10) The Clash

11) Madonna

12) Buddy Holly & The Crickets

13) New Order

14) T. Rex

15) The Doors

16) The Ramones

17) Kraftwerk

18) The Pet Shop Boys

19) Nirvana

20) Sade

[Baz]

1) The Smiths

2) Morrissey

3) Beatles

4) REM

5) David Bowie

6) U2

7) Radiohead

The Jam

9) Nirvana

10) Elvis Presley

11) Pearl Jam

12) Oasis

13) Neil Young

14) Stone Roses

15) Joy Division

16) Bob Dylan

17) Pink Floyd

18) Velvet Underground

19) Clash

20) Magazine

[Patrick McCann]

[Patrick McCann]

> 1) The Smiths

> 2) The Beatles

> 3) Morrissey

> 4) Elvis

> 5) The Cure

> 6) Depeche Mode

> 7) U2

> 8] Bowie

> 9) Joy Division

> 10) The Clash

> 11) Madonna

> 12) Buddy Holly & The Crickets

> 13) New Order

> 14) T. Rex

> 15) The Doors

> 16) The Ramones

> 17) Kraftwerk

> 18) The Pet Shop Boys

> 19) Nirvana

> 20) Sade

PML!!!!!Haven't laughed so much in years. Just what I needed on a Saturday morning. My hangover's gone!! Thanks for that.
Any chance of doing that every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday morning? That would be great. Thanks again.
(My pants are soaking, but I don't care.)

[watfordtakeabow]

[Jethro Troll]

#20 Sade - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

[Ruffian]

[Nat Couty]

Excellent selections, especially:

REM

PEARL JAM

THE JAM

[Baz]

> Excellent selections, especially:

> REM

> PEARL JAM

> THE JAM

Thank you! We have similiar lists but I cannot condone you liking Sade! Please tell me you miss-typed 'Suede'?

[Nat Couty]

Jezebel wasn't born with a silver spoon in her mouth
She probably had less than every one of us
But when she knew how to walk she knew
how to bring the house down
Can't blame her for her beauty
She wins with her hands down

Jezebel, what a belle
Looks like a princess in her new dress
How did you get that?
Do you really want to know she said
It would seem she's on her way
It's more, more than just a dream
She put on her stockings and shoes
had nothing to lose - she said it was worth it

Reach for the top
and the sun is gonna shine
Every winter was a war she said
I want to get what's mine

Jezebel, Jezebel
won't try to deny where she came from
You can see it in her pride
and the raven in her eyes
Try show her a better way
she'll say you don't know what you've been missing
and by the time she blinks you know she won't be listening

Reach for the top she said
and the sun is gonna shine
Every winter was a war she said
I want to get what's mine

by SADE

[Baz]

Yep, thats the best way to listen to Sade, just read the lyrics in silence!

[Shadowplay]

Influence, talent or personal preference?

[John Porter]

My personal preferences.

But I must say leaving out REM was criminal.

Therefore, I am dropping....The Ramones, and re-ordering, such that REM is part of the top 10. That was a gaffe on my part.

The reason Pearl Jam did not make it is that after their debut album "TEN" which I consider to be among the greatest debut albums in the history of rock & roll, I was not that impressed, really, I mean it.

Other Great First Albums Include:

The Smiths, Eponymous

Morrissey, Viva Hate

Counting Crows, August & Everything After (yes they went to shit after this)

The Cranberries, Everybody else is doing it so why can't we?

Lenny Kravitz, Let Love Rule

Sade, Diamond Life

The Cure, Three Imaginary Boys

Seal, Eponymous

The Beatles, Please Please Me (and I have to curse here, fucking brilliant!!)

Guns N Roses, Appetite for Destruction

The Sex Pistols, Never Mind The Bollocks

REM, Murmur

Elvis Presley, The Sun Studio Recordings

Madonna, Eponymous

The House of Love, Eponymous

The Clash (UK Version)

*****WHAT ALBUMS DO OTHERS THINK OF AS GREAT DEBUT ALBUMS?*****

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[david]

> Thank you! We have similiar lists but I cannot condone you liking Sade!
> Please tell me you miss-typed 'Suede'?

Suede are perhaps even worse than sade (bar their first album, which was top)