Top 25

[kotori]

NPR's Talk of the Nation Listeners' Top 25 Most Influential Bands of All Time

1. The Beatles
2. The Rolling Stones
3. Led Zeppelin
4. U2
5. Pink Floyd
6. The Velvet Underground
7. The Ramones
8. Nirvana
9. The Doors
10. Grateful Dead
11. CSNY/Neil Young
12. Bob Dylan/The Band
13. Jimi Hendrix
14. The Who
15. Beach Boys
16. The Clash
17. The Sex Pistols
18. Eric Clapton
19. Elvis Presley
20. Metallica
21. Parliament
22. REM
23. Black Sabbath
24. The Byrds
25. Iggy Pop and the Stooges

Agree?

 

[Andreina]

Where are the Backstreet Boys? Where is N'Sync? Where is Britney? And who the heck are The Velvet Underground and The Beatles?


just kidding....

I think that the list is very good, I'm especially and happily surprised that The Velvet Underground made it.... love 'em.

 

[kotori]

it was most "influential" so unless you count how Britney's influenced people of buy Pepsi, the jury's still out.

 

[lobito]

What about all the "old" rock-n-rollers, and R & B musicians before that influenced them?

Alot of those bands in MY opinion are WAY over rated, but that's just me.

I do realize that it's about BANDS, but that surprises me even for NPR, unless they got that list from Rolling Stone magazine.

 

[Andreina]

just to clear my name: I'm not at all a fan of the Backstreet Boys, N'Sync, Britney or any other artifical music group/solo act.

 

[kotori]

I do realize that it's about BANDS, but that surprises me even for NPR, unless they got that list from Rolling Stone magazine.

It was an e-mail poll from listeners. They interviewed the editor of Spin who apparently just published a top 50 List. There's no accounting for taste.

 

[Guest]

on a side note

This letter published in the irish times today:


  U2 AT THE SUPER BOWL


Sir, - I wish to express my utter dismay at U2's decision to perform at Sunday's Superbowl in New Orleans. The Superbowl is the ultimate display of Americana and this year's event was the most ferverently patriotic yet. Given the current political climate, with Bush as self-appointed moral dictator of the world, just stopping short of declaring war on Iran, Iraq, North Korea and any other country that refuses to fall into step with American foreign policy, it amounts to blatant populism on the part of U2. It's not as if they need either the money or the publicity, so why did they do it?

Further, the refusal of the Bush administration to grant POW status to prisoners seized in Afghanistan and the fact that it is now promising the biggest defence budget since the Cold War era shows that the US "war on terrorism" is not just about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, but is part of an overall plan to maintain American global economic and political hegemony at all costs.

U2's performance at the Superbowl is an endorsement of current US policies. I would have expected better. - Yours, etc.,

DEARBHLA KELLY, Lakeshore Drive, Chicago, USA.




and I would expect better from an irish person living in Chicago!

AMERICA! Love it or LEAVE IT!!!

 

[Guest]

on a side note

This letter published in the irish times today:


  U2 AT THE SUPER BOWL


Sir, - I wish to express my utter dismay at U2's decision to perform at Sunday's Superbowl in New Orleans. The Superbowl is the ultimate display of Americana and this year's event was the most ferverently patriotic yet. Given the current political climate, with Bush as self-appointed moral dictator of the world, just stopping short of declaring war on Iran, Iraq, North Korea and any other country that refuses to fall into step with American foreign policy, it amounts to blatant populism on the part of U2. It's not as if they need either the money or the publicity, so why did they do it?

Further, the refusal of the Bush administration to grant POW status to prisoners seized in Afghanistan and the fact that it is now promising the biggest defence budget since the Cold War era shows that the US "war on terrorism" is not just about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, but is part of an overall plan to maintain American global economic and political hegemony at all costs.

U2's performance at the Superbowl is an endorsement of current US policies. I would have expected better. - Yours, etc.,

DEARBHLA KELLY, Lakeshore Drive, Chicago, USA.




and I would expect better from an irish person living in Chicago!

AMERICA! Love it or LEAVE IT!!!

 

[Massive Grooves]

just to clear my name: I'm not at all a fan of the Backstreet Boys, N'Sync, Britney or any other artifical music group/solo act.

I'm not sure I'm going to buy that statement. You've probably got some CDs tucked away in a shoebox that you pull out when you think nobody is around.

 

[Guest]

sorry for pressing the button twice

 

[tigerjen]

A good substantial list......the Beatles will always be #1
on that type of list

 

[SilverVeil]

What about all the "old" rock-n-rollers, and R & B musicians before that influenced them?

Alot of those bands in MY opinion are WAY over rated, but that's just me.

I do realize that it's about BANDS, but that surprises me even for NPR, unless they got that list from Rolling Stone magazine.

I kind of agree with you on this one lobito. A lot of these bands are over rated IMO. There have been so many great bands that broke ground in the past. But since they had to limit it to 25, maybe that's why the others are not mentioned. But even so .... some of the 25 here should be further down the list I think.

 

[modest mouse]

Any list that doesnt include Sonic Youth is instantly dismissed, completely.



The SPIN list (1-25), with explanations

 

[TigerClaw]

NPR's Talk of the Nation Listeners' Top 25 Most Influential Bands of All Time

If they are going to include Elvis Presley as a band then they open the door for those that I have added. I question the validity of list such as this. It seems more of a popularity contest rather then the most influential of all time. How many bands/singers do I not know about from earlier periods of our history. What about bands in Europe, etc?

Definitely Top 25
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1. The Beatles
19. Elvis Presley
Bing Crosby
Frank Sinatra

Contenders
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Tony Bennett
Andy Williams
Burl Ives
Herb Alpert and the Tiajuna Brass Band
2. The Rolling Stones
3. Led Zeppelin
9. The Doors
10. Grateful Dead
11. CSNY/Neil Young
12. Bob Dylan/The Band
13. Jimi Hendrix
14. The Who
15. Beach Boys
16. The Clash
23. Black Sabbath
24. The Byrds
25. Iggy Pop and the Stooges - ??


Disagree
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4. U2
5. Pink Floyd
6. The Velvet Underground
7. The Ramones
8. Nirvana
17. The Sex Pistols = How did this one ever make the list ???
18. Eric Clapton
20. Metallica
21. Parliament
22. REM



Agree?