"Flashback: The Lesson's 100 Greatest Artists of All-Time" Tue Nov-27-12 07:57 PM by Nick Has a Problem..
Do we still agree with this list? Any changes you would make? Surprised The Stooges didn't make the cut. Original post linked below list.
1 Beatles 2 Stevie Wonder 3 Michael Jackson 4 Prince 5 James Brown 6 Marvin Gaye 7 Jimi Hendrix 8 Bob Marley 9 Rolling Stones 10 Bob Dylan 11 Parliament Funkadelic 12 Sly and the Family Stone 13 Miles Davis 14 Chuck Berry 15 Led Zeppelin 16 Isley Brothers 17 Aretha Franklin 18 EW&F 19 Sam Cooke 20 Neil Young 21 Curtis Mayfield 22 Al Green 23 Outkast 24 David Bowie 25 John Coltrane 26 A Tribe Called Quest 27 Radiohead 28 Sade 29 The Roots 30 Nas 31 Rick James 32 Joni Mitchell 33 Ray Charles 34 Wu-Tang Clan 35 Nirvana 36 Public Enemy 37 The Beach Boys 38 Aphex Twin 39 Gang Starr 40 pixies 41 Bruce Springsteen 42 Jay-Z 43 Tom Waits 44 Duke Ellington 45 Maze Feat. Frankie Beverly 46 Nina Simone 47 NWA 48 El-P 49 Elton John 50 Hank Williams 51 Barry White 52 David Axelrod 53 Johnny Cash 54 notorious b.i.g. 55 Rufus Feat Chaka Khan 56 Bjork 57 Cameo 58 Kanye West 59 Muddy Waters 60 The Ramones 61 Heatwave 62 Lee Perry 63 Serge Gainsbourg 64 Vladislav Delay 65 Woody Guthrie 66 4 Hero 67 De La Soul 68 Frank Zappa 69 Pete Seeger/The Weavers 70 RUN DMC 71 Elvis Costello 72 Juan Atkins 73 Mobb Deep 74 Nine Inch Nails 75 Pink Floyd 76 R.Kelly 77 The Smiths 78 Townes Van Zandt 79 Basic Channel 80 Laura Nyro 81 Louis Armstrong 82 Kool and the Gang 83 Lionel Richie 84 Massive Attack 85 Peer Raben 86 Van Morrison 87 Black Sabbath 88 Leadbelly 89 Nicola Conte 90 Raphael Saadiq 91 The Kinks 92 Brian Eno 93 Eric B and Rakim 94 Jamiroquai 95 Wes Montgomery 96 2Pac 97 Autechre 98 Doom 99 Fairport Convention/Richard (& Linda) Thompson/Sandy Denny 100 George Benson
>some of the outliers > >like > 50 or 60 > >might not have had as many votes, and just been on the list by >mere mention on a list or 2
and I can easily see where my picks/placements had that exact effect!
Still, it was a cool idea and in the end a pretty revealing list came out of it, showing that at the heart of it the Lesson's got (or had, anyway) pretty good and very eclectic taste.
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