Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sex Pistols
Beach Boys
Bob Dylan
REM

RStone - to clarify

"I'm not saying they're bad--I'm just saying I don't "get" the huge appeal of certain artists-"

so for instance--i'm not crazy about U2--but i get why they're big--it's emotional, thoughtful, pretty catchy, smart--I just don't don't like it much--but I "get" why millions of others do

However, Dave Matthews--I have NO FREAKING CLUE why so many people go crazy for this mush--I don't "get" it

that better?

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RStone - to clarify

"I'm not saying they're bad--I'm just saying I don't "get" the huge appeal of certain artists-"

so for instance--i'm not crazy about U2--but i get why they're big--it's emotional, thoughtful, pretty catchy, smart--I just don't don't like it much--but I "get" why millions of others do

However, Dave Matthews--I have NO FREAKING CLUE why so many people go crazy for this mush--I don't "get" it

that better?

Yeah, I pretty much knew what you were getting at HB but I was thinking some were just listing artists they didn't like, that was why I highlighted Elvis as an example. Whether people actually like him or not most would agree he was a cultural icon and brought about a degree of change, same with The Beatles and Sex Pistols... and I'm 100% with you on Dave Matthews tho' he's no big fish over in the UK.

RStone--gotcha--and I think you're right about some of the entries here--also, i'm not a huge Peter Gabriel fan--but i get why he's big-why his act works for so many

but Coldplay? I have no clue--totally escapes me



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Marco Borsato
Milk ink (or something like that)

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RStone--gotcha--and I think you're right about some of the entries here--also, i'm not a huge Peter Gabriel fan--but i get why he's big-why his act works for so many

but Coldplay? I hve no clue--totally escapes me

hbwriter,not to end in another linguistic seminar,but your original thread
contains "certain artists" - I had to think about ,whether my list contains "artists"
or not - I´m not sure ,Tokio Hotel...artists ?
Have to think about it.

short--i should have specified "musical" artists--you are right

Bjork
Beck
Genesis
Madonna (what's up with that?)
Sex Pistols

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RStone - to clarify

"I'm not saying they're bad--I'm just saying I don't "get" the huge appeal of certain artists-"

so for instance--i'm not crazy about U2--but i get why they're big--it's emotional, thoughtful, pretty catchy, smart--I just don't don't like it much--but I "get" why millions of others do

However, Dave Matthews--I have NO FREAKING CLUE why so many people go crazy for this mush--I don't "get" it

that better?

Yeah, I pretty much knew what you were getting at HB but I was thinking some were just listing artists they didn't like, that was why I highlighted Elvis as an example. Whether people actually like him or not most would agree he was a cultural icon and brought about a degree of change, same with The Beatles and Sex Pistols... and I'm 100% with you on Dave Matthews tho' he's no big fish over in the UK.

I was the one who mentioned Elvis. I know he is the single most important figure in the history of rock and roll. What I don't "get" is how he managed to be elevated to this lofty position by millions and millions of people who feel he deserves to be there. Personally, I don't care for him, and I don't "get" why so many people do.

Someone else I don't get would be Frank Sinatra.

Queen
Rush
Sex Pistols
Smashing Pumpkins
Red Hot Chili Peppers

bruce springsteen
bon jovi
nirvana
hanna montana
john mayer
him
iron maiden
thin lizzy
journey
velvet underground
creed

11??

Aerosmith
Elton John - especially post '72
Bon Jovi (ok, the 80-s I understand, but what's with the continued popularity?)
Coldplay
Creed

Sting
Bono
Springsteen
Mellencamp
Phil Collins

Axl Rose
Queen w/ Paul Rodgers






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Rod Stewart.
Aerosmith.
The Eagles.
Michael Jackson.
Mariah Carey.

I'm waiting for someone to mention Elvis and The Beatles.

1) Dave Mathews (What else can be said?)

2) Coldplay (why does every single song have to be super-duper emotional? Is that a rule?)

3) Belle and Sebastian (seems like forgotten Romper Room outtakes to me. Twee)

4) Bon Jovi (why were they the only hair metal / power ballad poser band to survive grunge?)

5) Madonna (a disco tart survives into late middle age? Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?)

1. Helen Reddy
2. Jimmy Buffett
3. REO Speedwagon
4. Neil Diamond (except for the earliest hits in the 60s)
5. KC and the Sunshine Band

All MTV "singers", "groups" and the rest of MTV "singing things"
RAP music and BoomBoom Disco Music
Phil Collins
Celine Dion, Shakira and all fashion magazine beauty models
Death Metal, Trash Metal, Sinfonic Metal, Stinky Metal, Heavy Metal, Hardcore Metal, Yogi Bear Metal, and all sorts of Metal.

U2
Springsteen
U2
Prince
U2

Dylan- I loved much of his work through to blood on the tracks, but i really don't understand all the praise he gets from his last few. I just think its horrible sounding and I have to say the three times I have gone to see him have been three of the worst concerts I have ever seen (and not just me, i don't think I have heard more muttering about a show being shit from an audience ever).

He is rightly regarded as one of the most important writers in music history but I think the critics are ignoring their ears when heaping the praise on later day Dylan.

I see a whole lotta people speaking my language about Dave Matthews Band. Their name is a lie. They aren't a band. They're a bunch of soloists, all of them playing their instruments instead of the song. They wouldn't know taste if it drove up to them in a truck. Just my opinion.

the beach boys
steely dan
springsteen
dave matthews band
the eagles

I Love Led Zeppelin when no one is singing. Never figured out how to enjoy Robert Plant's screeching.

I totally agree with ALL RAPPERS, especially Kayne West. Then I will have to add the following:
Ryan Adams, Rush, Justin Timberlake, Jack White, Yoko Ono, Coldplay, Grateful Dead, Black Eyed Peas, and L Skynnard.

I must say I too am boycotting this saturation airplay for Helen Reddy, which is supassed only by the omnipresent Anne Murray. I AM INVICIBLE!

Dave Mathews Band
Bon Jovi
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Journey
Rush

1. Elton John
2. Garth Brooks (a huge artist in the States)
3. CSN both as a group and individuals
4. U2
5. The Eagles
I would also add Phil Spector - mad maybe, but not a genius. Very limited CV when you compare his work to other producers, George Martin, to name but one.

U2
U2
Oasis
Oasis
Bob Marley