The Top Five Top Five Thread

[Roses in the Hospital]

In the spirit of trivial but entertaining 'best of' discussions in the Music forum, I've decided to open this thread which quite possibly could be the definative example. Use it as you will...

Top Five Bands:
1. Pink Floyd
2. Manic Street Preachers
3. The Beatles
4. The Rolling Stones
5. Queen

Top Five Albums:
1. Appetite for Destruction - Guns N Roses
2. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
3. The Bends - Radiohead
4. Never Mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols
5. Abbey Road - The Beatles

EDIT Shit. The Holy Bible should be somewhere there too...

Top Five Song-Writers
1. John Lennon
2. Roger Waters
3. Richey and Nicky Manic
4. Morrisey
5. Leonard Cohen

Top Five Guitarists (replace with your chosen instrument/area of interest if necessary):
1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Eric Clapton
3. David Gilmour
4. Stevie Ray Vaughn
5. Slash

Top Five 'Moments' in rock:
1. The "Oh Yeah, everythin's gonna be alright..." that begins Muddy Water's Hoochie Coochie Man.
2. Roger Daltrey's second scream in Won't Get Fooled Again
3. Seague from Polythene Pam to She Came in Through the Bathroom Window on Abbey Road
4. 'that note' in the outro to Radohead's the Bends
5. Intro riff of Sweet Child of Mine

[1936]

BANDS

1- Funeral for a friend
2- The used
3- System of a down
4- Rage against the machine
5- Audioslave

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

top five musicians/groups:
Jimi Hendrix
Bob Dylan
The Clash
Muddy Waters
Cream

top five albums:
Fathers and Sons by Muddy Waters
Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie
Tommy by the Who
Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Marquee Moon by Television

top five songwriters:
Robert Johnson
Bob Dylan
John Lennon
David Bowie
Pete Townshend

top five guitarists:
Jimi Hendrix
BB King
Jimmy Page
Wes Montgomery
Eric Clapton

[Don't Change Your Name]

Good choices Roses and RZ...

This are mine:

TOP 5 BANDS/SOLO ARTISTS:
1. The Beatles
2. Pink Floyd
3. The Who
4. King Crimson
5. Bob Dylan (Hendrix could have been #5 but Dylan's a better songwriter)

TOP 5 ALBUMS:
1. Abbey Road (Beatles)
2. Revolver (Beatles)
3. Animals (Pink Floyd)
4. Red (King Crimson)
5. Are You Experienced? (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
"BONUS": 6. Blonde On Blonde (Bob Dylan)

TOP 5 LIVE ALBUMS:
1. Live At Leeds (The Who)
2. Absent Lovers (King Crimson)
3. Made In Japan (Deep Purple)
4. Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 (The Who)
5. BBC Sessions (Led Zeppelin)

TOP 5 SONGWRITERS (in no particular order but "approximate"):
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Pete Townshend
Bob Dylan
Ian Anderson (not sure about him, most of his songs are weak actually)
(don't forget Roger Waters, Jagger/Richards, Zappa, Harrison, Ray Davies, Bowie, etc.)

TOP 5 GUITARISTS:
1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Jimmy Page
3. Robert Fripp
4. Pete Townshend
5. Dave Gilmour (many "generic" solos for a higher place)
(nonorable mention for Eric Clapton)

TOP 5 BASSISTS:
1. John Entwistle
2. Paul McCartney
3. John Paul Jones
4. Chris Squire
5. Sting

TOP 5 MOMENTS:
- The final section of "Won&#39;t Get Fooled Again" ("YEAAAAAHHH&#33;&#33;&#33;" <dangerous guitar notes> "meet the new boss, same as the old boss&#33;" <amazing end with guitar>)
- the "one sweet dream..." section on "You Never Give Me Your Money"
- the last minutes of "Starless" (from 4:30 on)
- the latin jam of "Can&#39;t You Hear Me Knockin&#39;"
- the initial crescendo of "Dogs" including the solo after the "put the knife in..." bit

oh, shit&#33; there&#39;s a lot to put here, including the choruses of "Life On Mars?", "Starman", "Dance The Night Away", the first 2 sections of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", the "gotta love you baby, here I come again&#33;" + the following riff of "Dazed And Confused", the whole "She Said She Said", "No Expectations", "Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands", "Baba O&#39;Reilly", "Red", "Echoes", "Train In Vain", "The Punk And The Godfather", the "Mirrors" jam in "21st Century Schizoid Man", the first half + the final solo/riff of "Sheep", the live versions of "Sleepless", "Heaven And Hell" (Live At Leeds) and "We&#39;re Not Gonna Take It" (Isle Of Wight), the chorus to "Naked Eye", the guitar solo of "Stairway To Heaven", "We Used To Know", "Heartbreaker", "Aqualung" and "Red House", the AMAZING eternal chord of "Can You See Me", Hendrix making his guitar "talk", the "how I wish, how I wish you were here" line at you know which song, the intro to "Money" and "Roundabout", the initial riff of "Interestellar Overdrive", the "hindu" instruments at "Love You To", the intro to "Gimme Shelter", the final part of "Exit Music (For A Film)", the guitar on "Something", Lennon&#39;s section of "A Day In The Life", the final part of "Rock And Roll"...........

Now that took me too long...and still I left out lots of stuff.

[Livetrueordie]

1.Sublime
2.Incubus
3.The Used
4.(hed) PE
5.Northstar

[celtopunk]

Paul McCartney is a wanker and I can&#39;t think of more than one good song that he wrote post Beatles. And let&#39;s not even talk about the "sir" part. Accepting a knighthood has got to be one of the most un-rock n roll things that a person could ever do.

He makes my top 5 pieces of shit list along with Bono and some other assholes.


Now top 5 bands/albums/etc. That&#39;s really fucking hard to do and subject to change.

Bands:
1) The Clash
2) The Pogues
3) X
4) Dead Kennedys
5) Like I said really fucking hard, I&#39;d like to throw the Who in there perhaps, Chumbawamba too.

[Don't Change Your Name]

Originally posted by [email protected] 24 2005, 03:29 AM
Paul McCartney is a wanker and I can&#39;t think of more than one good song that he wrote post Beatles. And let&#39;s not even talk about the "sir" part. Accepting a knighthood has got to be one of the most un-rock n roll things that a person could ever do.

He makes my top 5 pieces of shit list along with Bono and some other assholes.
Hi stuff with the Beatles was really good, and he was a pretty good bassist. His solo carreer doesn&#39;t impress me though.

I agree: Bono sucks. This forum needs a "I hate Bono" thread.

[Invader Zim]

Bands/Artists: -

1. Pink Floyd
2. Manic Street Preachers
3. The Levellers
4. Tool
5. The Smiths

Albums: -

1. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
2. Generation Terrorists - Manic Street Preachers
3. Final Straw - Snow Patrol
4. Levelling the Land - The Levellers
5. Opiate - Tool (not really an album, an EP)

Songs: -

1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (both parts): - Pink Floyd (Wish You Were Here)
2. This Charming Man: - The Smiths (The Smiths)
3. Another Mans Cause: - The Levellers (Levelling the Land)
4. Motorcycle Empiness: - Manic Street Preachers (Generation Terrorists)
5. Zombie: - The Cranberries (No Need To Argue)

[October Revolution]

Top Five Bands
1.The Beatles
2.Radiohead
3.The Clash
4.The Smiths
5.The Libertines :P

Albums.
1.The Bends
2.Revolver
3.The Queen is Dead
4.London Calling
5.Ziggy Stardust

Songs.
1.This Charming Man
2.Life on Mars
3.A Day in the Life
4.London Calling
5.There is a Light that never goes out.

I havn&#39;t put the band names but if you don&#39;t know they you will be first against the wall. :ph34r:

[SgtPepper369]

All of these are off the top of my head and in no particular order.

BANDS:
-The Who
-The Clash
-Public Enemy
-The Band
-Toots and the Maytals

ARTISTS:
-Marley
-Dylan
-Costello
-Bowie
-Springsteen

FRONTMEN:
-Springsteen
-Suggs
-Bo Diddley
-Chuck Berry
-Strummer

GUITARISTS:
-Pete Townshend
-Django Reinhardt
-Eric Clapton
-Ernest Ranglin
-BB King

ALBUMS:
-The White Album- The Beatles
-Quadrophenia- The Who
-It Takes an Nation Of Millions to Hold Us Back- Public Enemy
-London Calling- The Clash
-Armed Forces- Elvis Costello

PERFORMERS (GUITAR):
-Chuck Berry
-Pete Townshend
-Angus Young
-Robert Randolph
-Steve Vai

EARLY ROCK:
-Chuck Berry
-Little Richard
-Fats Domino
-Ray Charles
-Buddy Holly

SONGS:
-"Redemption Song"- Bob Marley
-"I Shall Be Released"- Bob Dylan
-"Fortunate Son"- Creedence Clearwater Revival
-"This Land is Your Land (Uncut Version)"- Woody Guthrie
-"Radio Radio"- Elvis Costello

SONGWRITERS:
-Elvis Costello
-Bob Dylan
-Pete Townshend
-Bob Marley
-Woody Guthrie

ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS:
-Nebraska Bruce Springsteen
-Acoustic John Lennon
-Unplugged Eric Clapton
-King of The Delta Blues Singers Robert Johnson
-Buddy Holly&#39;s apartment tapes (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1496872)

JAZZ ARTISTS:
-Herbie Hancock
-Thelonious Monk
-Duke Elington
-Miles Davis
-John Coltrane

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS:
-Gershwin
-Betoven
-Mozart
-Brahms
-Bach

INSTRUMENTAL SONGS:
-"Frankenstein" Edgar Winter
-"Chameleon" Herbie Hancock
-"In a Sentimental Mood" Duke Ellington
-"So What" Miles Davis
-"Rhapsody In Blue" George Gershwin

DRUMMERS:
-Keith Moon
-Art Blakey
-?estlove
-Ginger Baker
-John Bonham

EMCEES:
-Chuck D
-Rakim
-Common
-Talib Kweli
-KRS One

HIP-HOP SONGS:
-"Rebel Without A Pause" Public Enemy
-"Pump Up The Volume" Eric B. and Rakim
-"Bring The Noise" Public Enemy
-"Definition" Mos Def and Talib Kweli
-"Concrete Schoolyard" Jurrasic 5

VOCALISTS:
-Jimmy Cliff
-Toots Hibbert
-Roger Daltrey
-Ben Harper
-David Bowie

that&#39;s enough for now

[codyvo]

Bands
1-The Band
2-Bob Dylan
3-The Who
4-Beatles
5-Muddy Waters

Bassists
1-Andrew Harkin (look up the prodigals)
2-John Entwhistle
3-Rick Danko
4-Paul McCartney
5-John Paul Jones

Songs
1-Subterranean Homesick Blues (Bob Dylan)
2-Redemption Songs (Bob Marley)
3-My Generation (The Who)
4-The Weight (The Band)
5-Tie Sittin on the Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding) Fortunate Son (Creedance Clearwater Revival) If 6 Was 9 (Jimi Hendrix)

Guitarists
1-Jimi Hendrix
2-Eric Clapton
3-Freddy Mercury (If he was the guitarists for Queen, not sure)
4-Jimmy Page
5-Jeff Beck (He isn&#39;t Beck)

Songwriters
1-Bob Dylan
2-Bob Marley
3-Lennon/McCartney
4-Pete Townshend
5-John Fogerty

[che's long lost daughter]

Top five musical artist:

1. The Beatles
2. Travis
3. Rage Against the Machine
4. Rufus Wainwright
5. Devendra Banhart

[Roses in the Hospital]

Freddy Mercury (If he was the guitarists for Queen, not sure)

You&#39;re thinking of Brian May. Although Freddie did play rhythm on &#39;Crazy Little Thing Called Love&#39; both on stage and in the studio. Maybe he did on some other songs too, I&#39;m not sure...

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

Great choices, Sgt. Pepper&#33; Except for Springsteen, all of those artists rock&#33;

Robert Randolph is cool, although a strange choice...

Good choices for best songs. Radio Radio is a strange choice also. That&#39;s one of my least favorities from that album. Good, but not as good as a lot of other Costello.

[SgtPepper369]

Robert Randolph does a damn good live show, althogh If I was thinking I would have put the phish guitarists on the list instead because of their antics, another good choice for that category would have been Sonic Youth. As for Costello, I needed to put a song on that list and "Radio Radio" was the first that popped into my head, seeing as it&#39;s the theme song for my radio show.

[Inti]

Top Five Songs:

America - Tiro de Gracia
Peruvian Cocaine - Immortal Technique
Cigarrito - Victor Jara
Hasta Siempre Comandante - Carlos Puebla
America Latina Libre - Ska P

[Ramshaw is all]

Top 5 Bands (do they have to play instruments?)
1)Snow Patrol
2)Travis
3)McFly
4)Razorlight
5)Liberty X

sorry, i dont have the energy to continue this further

[Ramshaw is all]

Paul McCartney is a wanker and I can&#39;t think of more than one good song that he wrote post Beatles. And let&#39;s not even talk about the "sir" part. Accepting a knighthood has got to be one of the most un-rock n roll things that a person could ever do.

Come on, fair enough he didnt write many good songs after the beatles, apart from Maybe I&#39;m Amazed and Live and Let Die. But he must have personally written at least 200 songs (I&#39;m thinking its probably more than that) while he was in The Beatles. As i skim through the albums in my head its very rare that I find a bad song, beatles albums are, mostly, packed with awesome songs, there are no fillers.

[Invader Zim]

Originally posted by Ramshaw is [email protected] 1 2005, 10:35 AM
Top 5 Bands (do they have to play instruments?)
1)Snow Patrol
2)Travis
3)McFly
4)Razorlight
5)Liberty X

sorry, i dont have the energy to continue this further
Liberty X, McFly, Travis (better than the other two, but still)? Is this some kind of sick April fool?

[Roses in the Hospital]

Liberty X, McFly, Travis (better than the other two, but still)? Is this some kind of sick April fool?

Calm yourself Enigma. I&#39;m fairly sure it is...

[celtopunk]

Originally posted by Ramshaw is [email protected] 1 2005, 09:44 AM

Paul McCartney is a wanker and I can&#39;t think of more than one good song that he wrote post Beatles. And let&#39;s not even talk about the "sir" part. Accepting a knighthood has got to be one of the most un-rock n roll things that a person could ever do.

Come on, fair enough he didnt write many good songs after the beatles, apart from Maybe I&#39;m Amazed and Live and Let Die. But he must have personally written at least 200 songs (I&#39;m thinking its probably more than that) while he was in The Beatles. As i skim through the albums in my head its very rare that I find a bad song, beatles albums are, mostly, packed with awesome songs, there are no fillers.
He tarnishes the legacy of the Beatles with every song he writes and every breath he takes.

[seraphim]

TOP 5 DJ&#39;S

1. Tiesto
2. Meat Katie
3. Tony Vegas
4. Carl Cox
5. Seraphim

[Roses in the Hospital]

He tarnishes the legacy of the Beatles with every song he writes and every breath he takes.

How exactly?
Paul McCarney could be revealed as a transvestite and John Lennon as a peadophile and it still wouldn&#39;t distract from the fact that that collection of songs is the most perfect back catalogue in rock...

Lawyers please take note, I wasn&#39;t implying that either of those examples were true, it was only for the purpose of demonstration...

[dark fairy]

i&#39;ll try to keep it at 5
led zeppelin
tool
the doors
the who
a perfect circle


others
rolling stones
system of a down
rage against the machine
the cure
black sabbath
the eagles
hendrix

[DarthBob]

No order at all here ;)

Top Five Bands:
Pink Floyd
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Tool
Rage Against the Machine
Johan Sebastian Bach

Top Five Albums:
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Lateralus - Tool
Live at Woodstock - Jimi Hendrix
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Tommy - The Who

Top Five Song-Writers
John Lennon
JS Bach
Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen
Syd Barrent

Top Five Guitarists:
Jimi Hendrix
Eric Clapton
Jimmy Page
Robert Johnson
Ritchie Blackmore