Who are your five favourite music artists of all time?

1).Springsteen 2).ACDC 3) Nirvanna 4).Beatles 5).Neil Young

1).Bruce Springsteen 2).ACDC 3).Nirvanna 4).Beatles 5).

Sorry-I'm a rookie!

ludwig van, brian wilson, dylan, phillip glass and poor ol joe strummer...genius in all...though none have pretty voices...especially poor luddie...

The Eagles, Trans-siberian Orchestra, Terry Clark, and for some odd reason (I think mainly because of Lance Bass) Nsync :)

i can play five different types of woodwinds instruments, just about any percussion instrument (including the piano) and three types of brass...i suck at strings...too complicated

anyway, here they are
alto sax,
bari sax,
tenor sax,
clarinet,
bass clarinet,
trumpet,
baritone,
and tuba... and I am currently taking lessons for the bassoon, and flute...so on the contrary, i do have talent in music, and really as for the taste i love classical, actually anything but rap..rap is not a type of music...it is a disgrace

Bare Naked Ladies, Alanis Morisett, Elton John, Paquita La Del Barrio, Elvis Uh, those are kind of random, but I do like them all. I don't know if I really have any true favorites

U2,Peter Frampton, Barry White, Eric Clapton,Bruce Springsteen

Linda Eder, Anthony Warlow, Adam Pascal, Sarah Brightman, and Josh Groban

2pac
biggie
missy
sean paul
dmx
and i areally like pod

1. Cheap Trick
2. Bruce Springsteen and the E-street Band
3. Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
4. Journey
5. Queen

Nine Inch Nails, Korn, Sugar Cult, Linkin Park, and Smashing Pumpkins.

just curious .. why is Britney Spears in your top 5?

I absolutely agree with your list!

my five favorite music artists of all time.... well, i have a lot more than 5, but i guess i can only do 5, so, here it goes

1. Eminem
2. R.Kelly
3. 50 cent
4. Lil' Kim
5. Aaliyah

Led Zeppelin
Offspring
Les Claypool
2 Skinnee J's
The Clash

Just 5?? Yeesh... Do the answers have to be artists or can they be bands as well? I'll just go with bands...

1. The Smashing Pumpkins
2. Marilyn Manson
3. Nine Inch Nails
4. David Bowie
5. Garbage

Barbra Streisand always is 1st! I'd have to think of the other 4. I'm not a "music" maniac.

too hard a question

Tool
John Mclaughlin (Shakti, The Mahavishnu Orchestra)
Tori Amos
Spiral Architect
The Kronos Quartet
Miles Davis
Tom Waits
Dead Can Dance
Nevermore

I can count , I just couldnt stop!

Well, I must reply to myself, for I was a moron when I wrote my first one.

1) Linkin Park

2) Deftones

3) Papa Roach

4) Sum 41

5) NoFX

The list would gone on and on and on and on and on and on and on and would still be full of great bands such as the above.

Martina McBride
Olivia Newton-John
Linda Ronstadt
Carole King
James Taylor

Jim Croche, Judy Garland, The Carpenters, Patsy Cline, John Denver

George Strait , Joe Nicholas , Dixie Chicks ,
Keith Whitley , Martina McBride

1. Garth Brooks
2. Ted Nugent
3. Me on Karaoke night.

louis armstrong, violet burning, u2, elvis costello, elvis not costello, annie lennox, joni mitchell, Bill Mallonee and the Vigilantes of Love

Garth. How can ya beat Garth? You can't.

I HATE THIS SURVEY, I HATE IT, I HATE IT, I HATE IT, I HATE IT. IT'S ALWAYS ON MY WHAT'S NEW LIST. *ALWAYS!!!!!* GRRRRRRRRRR.

*rates it good*

Bloody succesful survey....

I forgot to mention John McLaughlin.

No Doubt
Coldplay
311
Green Day
Smashing Pumpkins

#5 Madonna
#4 Mariah Carey
#3 Pink
#2 Cher
#1 Cyndi Lauper

1 New Kids on the Block
2 Milli Vanilli
3 Yanni
4 Britney Spears
5 Eminem

Matalica
Korn
Creed
Good Charlotte
Eminem

Glenn Miller Orchestra; The Beatles; Elvis; Frank Sinatra; The Mills Brothers

SUBLIME
Red Hot Chile Peppers
Nirvana
Bush
Meatloaf

Dr.Dre
Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Busta Rhymes, Nelly, DMX
Eminem, Juvenile, P Diddy, Ludacris
50 cent
2Pac
Ashanti, Trina

Sublime, Lil' Kim, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Nirvana

you're cool, you must smoke pot

1.m.c hammer
2.rick james
3. dexy's midnight runners
4. queen
5. m.c hammer
go Hammer, It's Hammertime. , Stop....Hammertime , U can't touch this

U2, Garth Brooks, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, AC/DC, and last but not least Beethoven. Little bit of everything.

50 cent
aaliyah
deborah cox
whitney houston
b2k

James Taylor! yay!

5 "Modern" artists (w/in my lifetime)
Depeche Mode
The Cure
Nirvana
Korn
Marilyn Manson
Tom Petty (I know I know, it's 6)

"Classic" Artists
Jimi Hendrix
Cream
John Lennon
Led Zepplin
Pink Floyd

Kristal_Rose, I agree whole heartedly, what defines a musician? This changes with every generation.

I however failed to list Trent Reznor, he's a musical genius, he played every instrument in the studio when he produced his earlier albums and had to hire other musicians just so that he could tour. He has meaningful lyrics and you can relate to them (depending on the person). What in the world is wrong w/ Sinatra? Open your mind a bit, there's not just what you consider to be 'music.' out there in the world. Don't forget we are discussing music ARTISTS. Arlo Guthrie could captivate an audience w/ 20 minutes of ramblings and STILL have a message to it (Alice's Restaraunt). Jimi Hendrix played a right handed guitar upside down, and was a great lyricist (try listening to something other than the 'popular songs') such as 'The Wind Cries Mary' 'Castles Made of Sand' etc. No, he wasn't always tripped out. blah blah blah, i'm rambling.

My bro finally got me to listen to Yngwie Malstreem. He was a metal virtuoso in I think Rainbow or Alabaster. Anyhow, the guy simply flies in rapic classical melodies, bending each note on the way with expressive precision. He'd probably be playing the hollywood bowl if he hadn't landed in the wrong genre for that. It's one more reminder to myself that so much depends on marketing, something I am reluctant to touch.
I do think their are 'excellent' and 'popular' musicians in any new genre. The former is from the skill of expression, the latter can merely be expressing a popular contemporory sentiment or marketing. Madonna started out as popular and learned the media of audio/video texture expression as she went along. I don't know it was her or her producers who chose to tie into into biology sounds like heart-beats. I imagine many musicians do that naturally without being aware of it. My last work recorded piece was based on EEG's. It was someething I planned to do later with equipment but accidentally found myself doing through string technique.
The good stuff of many musicians gets buried. I prefer Hearts mandolin/dulcimer rennaissance bluegrass over the the 80's electro-pop where most 'music' has been stripped out.
As my ear improves, I find out just how bad much of the stuff I loved 20 years ago was. Some of it stands the test of time, other stuff was simply too simple and repetitive, lacking any exquisite depth, but probably aligned with my concept of a fantasy date at the time and could be heard while working on cars. I recently got into Bach, and what that took was not asking the music to relate to anything in my life, or a view of the world I appreciate, and letting the music be entirely it's own universe instead. I was meditating on dance of the hours and realised it's grüngestalts mirror it's carrier melody, and then the two converge to be the same thing, like the the minutes hand catching up with the hour hand at midnight. I don't think many veteran composers who have had a lifetime to figure out stuff like this intersect with the popular 20 something crowd much, although many big rock old-timers move into producing. I suspect they pass on studio craft and marketing more than much else though.

pink
garth brooks
tlc
black eyed peas
christina agularia

Spice girls, Devine, Korn, Usher, Boyz II Men

Dead Milkmen
Violent Femmes
Aerosmith
Heart
Lunachix

In no particular order.

robbie williams

ooh 5 ?

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that should do it

Jimmy Hendrix, John Lennon, Dido, Eminem, and Dusty Springfield.

Robbie is great. What is your favourite song of his?

Mine is FEEL

Come and hold my hand
I wanna contact the living
Not sure I understand
This role I’ve been given

I sit and talk to God
And he just laughs at my plans
My head speaks a language
I don’t understand

I just want to feel real love
Feel the home that I live in
‘Cause I got too much life
Running through my veins
Going to waste

I don’t want to die
But I ain’t keen on living either
Before I fall in love
I’m preparing to leave her
I scare myself to death
That’s why I keep on running
Before I’ve arrived
I can see myself coming

I just want to feel real love
Feel the home that I live in
‘Cause I got too much life
Running through my veins
Going to waste
And I need to feel real love
And a life ever after
I cannot give it up

I just want to feel real love
Feel the home that I live in
I got too much love
Running through my veins
To go to waste

I just wanna feel real love
In a life ever after
There’s a hole in my soul
You can see it in my face
It’s a real big place

Come and hold my hand
I want to contact the living
Not sure I understand
This role I’ve been given
Not sure I understand
Not sure I understand
Not sure I understand
Not sure I understand

Great song

Thanks

Do you like it then?

I love it! I love Robbie!!!

Jackson Browne, Al Stewart, Moody Blues, CSN&Y, Richard Searles

volitare is pretty awsome.disturbed,korn,adema,pretty much all rock bands

i'm pretty talented at music too.i've the viola for 4 years and i'm good at it

MaRiLyN mAnSoN
sLiPkNoT
nInE iNcH nAiLs
CoLd
InSaNe ClOwN pOsSe

Captain Beefheart

Luther Vandross
Bob Marley
Isley Brothers
Earth Wind and Fire
Frank Sinatra

Mary J. Blige, Elvis Presley, Al Greene, Tina Turner, Faith Evans

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kokolown
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jzzy
heathert

Hmmmm, not exactly regular SC users.

Looks to me like someone is trying to keep this survey active for as long as possible!!

I have seen them around in other surveys, and I think 'favorite music' just automatically serves as an all encompassing general survey for people to start with. It probably also shows up in search engines whenever someone tries to find downloads from their favorite band.
I'm disapointed that the 'would you let your kindergartner wear a dress' survey finally bit the dust, not that it was an outstanding survey, but just because it had been a unique representative part of SC's quirky line of examination for so long.

I agree, though I do not do this myself, I have thought of it, and I am sure that that it actually does go on. I'm saying that it is in fact going on here though. Hmm.

Personally, I don't think surveys should ever be retired. Why have several surveys all about the same subject. New surveys are rarely improvements. It makes more sense to scroll through a survey than dig up several old surveys to see what people say on a subject. Well, I did think up one reason - to allow new users an opportunity to create surveys.

only 5??? damn....
AC/DC
aerosmith
nirvana
quiet riot
ozzy

Does this survey get the record for longevity? Like a couple of other die-hards, I wonder what keeps these few old surveys active...
Favorite artist...hm...difficult to pin down to one.

By no means, this only a 2001. The survey 'Would you let your kindergartner wear a dress to school on the first day' lasted much longer. As I said above, I think this one draws an audience from web searchers seeking music.

Ah, good surmising, probably very true! Hey, we could drum up some business for Bill this way--by creating surveys in which the subjects have definitive Internet followings! I'm off to create one now. I'm figuring something like this: "Do you think, 'Come see my pics through my Webcam--I've been naughty, naughty' is inviting enough to have a good turnout for my bowling tourney this weekend?" That should draw a thing or two...

Seriously, about a fourth of my web research (which occurs nearly every other day) lists my site and SC from comments I have made. Apparently a lot of my vocabulary and interests are fairly unique. My favorite though was the time I searched for 'God' and my home-page showed up first in the search listing.
I think the only thing you'll draw here are people looking up 'tourney'. It's like my use of 'orery'.

I always get a lot of SC stuff too, but i thought it was because Google uses your cookies to find out what sites are likely to interest you most. Also, I think Bill stopped SC getting submitted to search engines about a year ago...

Oh, I use a rare search engine, but the same notion occurred to me. The pages that appear are usually old ones, now that i think about it.

Beatles, Van Halen, Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Stones

Hendrix: Father of Blues-based Metal--who doesn't love him?

Ray Vaughan: Blues riffs like no other--you could respect him by learning how to spell his name, ya joker!

Van Halen--Classic straight-through hard rock, even still bearable in transition

Beatles: Historic with an amazing history

Stones: Respectable, die-hard men; except their music never turned me on--at all; ironically, there is this one song they do that has always been about my most favorite tune, though..."You cayan't alwees git whut cha wo-u-oont..."--great friggin' tune!

So I was typing too fast and missed the "a", joker yourself.

What does "even still bearable in transition" supposed to mean?

My choices are only a few of what I love, I've been around a lot longer than most of you. I was in grade school when the Beatles hit. You're free to comment I guess but I didn't ask for a commentary on my music choices. Let's see, I also like Johnny Mathis, Iron Butterfly, Vanilla Fudge, Guess Who, Foreigner, Prince, Led Zeppelin and Doris Day. What review do you have on those, Mr. Music?

Johnny Mathis - what a vibrato
Iron Butterfly - one of the "unsung" forefathers of true heavy rock
Vanilla Fudge - a bit bubble-gummy
Guess Who - "These eyes...cry every ni-hight! Fooor you..." LOVE THEM!
Foreigner - Graham: one of the best voices in rock - ever; just wish his band wanted to rock as much as he
Prince - ... (I refuse--not in this company)
Led Zepplin - only one behind Hendrix in fathering HM, but in a blues class of their own
Doris Day - "Que Sera Ser-Vomito!"

Meaning: "even still bearable in transition" = they could still be digested, even while they were with Hagar.

(And I don't believe your typo excuse for a minate. I think you just made the same spalling errar that evaryone alse does with his namea.)

I'll bet you liked "Yesterday and Today", "Cream", "the Dead"...?

My five most favorite music artists of all time are:

1. E. L. O
2. Kenny Dale
3. Jim Reeves
4. The Cars
5. Neil Diamond

Yes, Cream, used to play a lot of it. Never heard of Yesterday and Today, did not like the Dead at all.
I have likes in many areas of music. I also like Smokin' Joe Kubek, William Clarke (blues harmonica), pretty much any British Invasion group from the 60's.

Have you ever noticed that Shania Twain is really, really HOT!?

Scatman? Slim Whitman? And--lest we forget--Samantha's evil "twin" cousin, Sabrina, who played the guitar and her original song called "Iffen, Iffen, Iffen"...?

Ooh, that'd be a rerun worth catching. I am so luck I don't have a nostalgia channel. I'd never get anything done then.

No, haven't listened to Scatman or Whitman or Sabrina. I prefer more modern heavily guitar-oriented blues over the old stuff.

The Monkees then.

In a comment somewhere else, you mentioned how I must watch reruns of Rhoda and other shows. Where is that? I read through it a couple of times...I don't recognize a single show you're talking about in all that. Do you remember where it was?

Funny, a few of the Monkees songs weren't that bad. I was a young teen when the Monkees show was on. Watched it all the time.
What about Zora Young?

The 1930's

misfits, danzig, korn, system of a down, dead kennedys and led zeppelin

1. ABBA
2. Roxette
3. Ace Of Base
4. Cher
5. Madonna

Ah, many favorites amongst transgendered folk. What gender are you?

Shania isn't transgendered is she?

My favorites are DMX, Run DMC, Dixie Chicks, CCR and Shania Twain

Anita Baker, Eryka Badu, Clark Sisters, James Brown, Marvin Gaye

1. REM 2. Red Hot Chilli Peppers 3. Robbie Williams 4. No Doubt 5. Adam Ant

Elvis Presley
The Beach Boys
The Statler Brothers
George Strait
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

5. JImi Hendrix
4. Blue Oyster Cult
3. Grateful Dead
2. Kottonmouth Kings
1. Led Zeppelin

'Tiajuana taxi' & 'the Flea' rule.