TOP TEN BANDS

1. The Beatles
2. New Order
3. Pet Shop Boys
4. Joy Divsion
5. The Sex Pistols
6. Kraftwerk
7. The Fall
8. Run DMC
9. The Kinks
10. The Beach Boys
11. The Beastie Boys

1 - Joy Division 2 - New Order 3 - Jesus and Mary Chain 4 - Velvet Underground 5 - The Clash 6 - Portishead 7 - David Bowie 8 - The Cure 9 - Pixies 10 - Manic Street Preachers

Dammit... I forgot the Beasties. I'm going to edit my last post...

Well, well.

The 3rd place fight keeps busting on! Currently, this is the ranking:

1- New Order (209 pts) - only band mentioned by everybody 2- Joy Division (152) 3- The Smiths . The Clash (39 both) - raised to menace 5- The Cure . Pet Shop Boys (35 both) - last great jumping! 7- Depeche Mode (34) - slowing down 8- Electronic (33) 9- The Stone Roses - is it stopped? . Echo & The Bunnymen (27 both) 11- Velvet Underground (26) - here comes the EPI! 12- The Fall (24) 13- The Beatles (21) 14- Kraftwerk (20) - such a tour de force! 15- U2 (19) - other great stopping 16- Happy Mondays . Radiohead (17 both) - shall it surprise? 18- Sex Pistols (14) 19- Pink Floyd . David Bowie (13 both) - both slowly as dinossaurs

I should have been voted myself to Bauhaus, but now it's gone... it's a fantastic band, as much as Sisters Of Mercy in their early age. By the way, where are their fans? Them both has no mention at all. Keep on voting, this play is getting funnier time over time. :D

Thank you all

1-new order 2-joy division 3-the cure 4-cocteau twins 5-kraftwerk 6-jesus& mary chin 7-japan 8-front242 9-david bowie 10-sundays

Originally posted by Renato Pinto Well, well.The 3rd place fight keeps busting on!Currently, this is the ranking:1- New Order (209 pts) - only band mentioned by everybody2- Joy Division (152)3- The Smiths. The Clash (39 both) - raised to menace5- The Cure. Pet Shop Boys (35 both) - last great jumping!7- Depeche Mode (34) - slowing down8- Electronic (33)9- The Stone Roses - is it stopped?. Echo & The Bunnymen (27 both)11- Velvet Underground (26) - here comes the EPI!12- The Fall (24)13- The Beatles (21)14- Kraftwerk (20) - such a tour de force!15- U2 (19) - other great stopping16- Happy Mondays. Radiohead (17 both) - shall it surprise?18- Sex Pistols (14)19- Pink Floyd. David Bowie (13 both) - both slowly as dinossaursI should have been voted myself to Bauhaus, but now it's gone... it's a fantastic band, as much as Sisters Of Mercy in their early age. By the way, where are their fans? Them both has no mention at all.Keep on voting, this play is getting funnier time over time. :DThank you all

What, massive attack not in the top 20? Nor Nirvana?

The only Bahaus song I can remember is Bela Lugusi's Dead. That was a good 'un, but everything else...can't remember a thing.

1.NO 2.JD 3.Echo and the Bunnymen 4.The Psychedelic Furs 5.The Clash 6.The Jesus and Mary Chain 7.Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 8.The Pogues 9.The Velvet Underground 10.The Doors

Originally posted by 404 error

What, massive attack not in the top 20? Nor Nirvana?

The only Bahaus song I can remember is Bela Lugusi's Dead. That was a good 'un, but everything else...can't remember a thing.

Sorry, Massive Attack has currently 7 points, as well as Triumph, Tears For Fears, St. Etiènne, Sétima Legião, Ramones, The Delgados, Cocteau Twins, The Doors (!), A Certain Ratio (!!) and Charles Mingus (!!!). All of them share the 42th place of 114 bands/artists mentioned. And Nirvana was remembered by none. After your post: 1- New Order (219), 2- Joy Division (161), 3- Cure (43), 4- Clash and Smiths (39), 6- Pet Shop Boys (35), 7- Depeche Mode (34), 8- Electronic (33), 9- Echo & Bunnymen and Stone Roses (27), 11- Velvet Underground and Kraftwerk (26), 13- Fall (24), 14- Beatles (21), 15- U2 (19).

Bauhaus has a lot of good songs, as "Double Dare", "Passion Of Lovers", "Hair Of The Dog" and "Swing The Heartache", but no one's more famous than "Bela Lugosi Is Dead" and "Ziggy Stardust", which ones are still fully "audible" on a commercial radio. Search for their 1979-1983 double compilation and there you can find out all Bauhaus' best songs. ;)

1. Joy Division
2. The Jesus & Mary Chain
3. New Order
4. The Cure
5. Skinny Puppy
6. Cocteau Twins
7. Slowdive
8. The Smiths
9. Depeche Mode
10. Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark
11. Front 242 (sorry - i had to mention them)

Originally posted by Renato Pinto > Originally posted by 404 error> > What, massive attack not in the top 20? Nor Nirvana?> > The only Bahaus song I can remember is Bela Lugusi's Dead. That was a good 'un, but everything else...can't remember a thing.

Sorry, Massive Attack has currently 7 points, as well as Triumph, Tears For Fears, St. Etiènne, Sétima Legião, Ramones, The Delgados, Cocteau Twins, The Doors (!), A Certain Ratio (!!) and Charles Mingus (!!!). All of them share the 42th place of 114 bands/artists mentioned. And Nirvana was remembered by none. After your post: 1- New Order (219), 2- Joy Division (161), 3- Cure (43), 4- Clash and Smiths (39), 6- Pet Shop Boys (35), 7- Depeche Mode (34), 8- Electronic (33), 9- Echo & Bunnymen and Stone Roses (27), 11- Velvet Underground and Kraftwerk (26), 13- Fall (24), 14- Beatles (21), 15- U2 (19).

Bauhaus has a lot of good songs, as "Double Dare", "Passion Of Lovers", "Hair Of The Dog" and "Swing The Heartache", but no one's more famous than "Bela Lugosi Is Dead" and "Ziggy Stardust", which ones are still fully "audible" on a commercial radio. Search for their 1979-1983 double compilation and there you can find out all Bauhaus' best songs. ;)

i absolutely LOVE The Passion Of Lovers.

Originally posted by 242sumner 1-new order2-joy division3-the cure4-cocteau twins5-kraftwerk6-jesus& mary chin7-japan8-front2429-david bowie10-sundays

yay! a big 242 fan. aren't they brilliant? shiver.

I love Bauhaus, but I prefer either Love & Rockets or Peter Murphy solo offerings. Renato, have you heard Daniel Ash's latest album? It's great!

1- new order 2- the sound 3- joy division 4- echo & the bunnymen 5- yello 6- tc matic 7- pj harvey 8- patti smith 9- nick cave 10- breeders

Originally posted by Positone 1- new order2- the sound3- joy division4- echo & the bunnymen5- yello6- tc matic7- pj harvey8- patti smith9- nick cave10- breeders

Are tc matic still around ?! Haven't heard from our flamboyant flemish friend for a while. He must be even older than Barney. Doubt if any one outside the benelux has ever heard of them .... Que Pasa

My top ten reads as follows:

1. New Order/Joy Division
2. Robert Plant (solo)
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Public Image Limited
5. Electronic
6. The Cure
7. Siouxsie and the Banshees
8. David Bowie
9. Thin Lizzy
10. Deep Purple

Spot the influence of a big brother !

Originally posted by Ben Aspinall 1. Depeche Mode2. New Order3. Joy Division4. U25. The Cure6. Echo and the Bunnymen7. Idlewild8. Radiohead9. Interpol10. Get Up Kids

See, someone else has DM before New Order just like i do. :D

1 New Order 2 Joy Division 3 The Smiths 4 The Stone Roses 5 The Orb 6 Shed 7 7 The Wendys 8 Happy Modays 9 Pulp 10 Orbital

At this moment, all these bands/artists have achieved 20 points or more:

1- New Order (266), 2- Joy Division (206), 3- Cure (55), 4- Smiths (50), 5- Clash (45), 6- Echo & Bunnymen (42), 7- Electronic (39), 8- Depeche Mode (36), 9- Pet Shop Boys (35), 10- Stone Roses (34), 11- Jesus & Mary Chain (30), 12- Velvet Underground (28), 13- Kraftwerk (26), 14- Fall (24), 15- Beatles (21), 16- Happy Mondays (20).

I wish to note 2 great jumpings: Echo & Bunnymen (from 9th to 6th, going to threaten Clash's position) and Jesus And Mary Chain (15 points received since last ranking and raising upon 7 positions). Such a sensational bands, both of them deserve to be at the top, as well as Bauhaus, but it has any a miserable point. By the way, it makes me want to listen again to Bauhaus' "Mask", to Echo's "Porcupine" and to J&MC's "Psychocandy". Wonderful songs, tearing guitars, loveable moods and classical recordings. Excuse me, now I gotta do this! Thank you all

1 New order 2 Joy Division 3 Pet shop boys 4 Depeche mode 5 The smiths 6 The cure 7 Electronic 8 U2 9 Oasis 10 INXS

Originally posted by JE SUIS EGG I love Bauhaus, but I prefer either Love & Rockets or Peter Murphy solo offerings.Renato, have you heard Daniel Ash's latest album?It's great!

Sorry, I haven't. I heard (or read) good reviews about it, and, so, I will search for this. From Love & Rockets I got their "Sweet FA", too much acoustic for my taste. But it's okay, anyway. I prefer rather Peter Murphy solo, or better Bauhaus, obviously. Any former member in solo recording couldn't repeat the strenght of a "Kick In The Eye" or the swinging balance of an "In Fear Of Fear". That guys (together) rule (or ruled)...

Originally posted by Renato Pinto At this moment, all these bands/artists have achieved 20 points or more:1- New Order (266), 2- Joy Division (206), 3- Cure (55), 4- Smiths (50), 5- Clash (45), 6- Echo & Bunnymen (42), 7- Electronic (39), 8- Depeche Mode (36), 9- Pet Shop Boys (35), 10- Stone Roses (34), 11- Jesus & Mary Chain (30), 12- Velvet Underground (28), 13- Kraftwerk (26), 14- Fall (24), 15- Beatles (21), 16- Happy Mondays (20).I wish to note 2 great jumpings: Echo & Bunnymen (from 9th to 6th, going to threaten Clash's position) and Jesus And Mary Chain (15 points received since last ranking and raising upon 7 positions). Such a sensational bands, both of them deserve to be at the top, as well as Bauhaus, but it has any a miserable point.By the way, it makes me want to listen again to Bauhaus' "Mask", to Echo's "Porcupine" and to J&MC's "Psychocandy". Wonderful songs, tearing guitars, loveable moods and classical recordings. Excuse me, now I gotta do this!Thank you all

Oh yeah, I forgot JAMC. Shoulda put them in my list somewhere. Still suprised at the lack of support for Nirvana, even though I didn't list them myself (they'd have been number 11 or something).

Originally posted by Ger > Originally posted by Positone> 1- new order> 2- the sound> 3- joy division> 4- echo & the bunnymen> 5- yello> 6- tc matic> 7- pj harvey> 8- patti smith> 9- nick cave> 10- breeders> > >

Are tc matic still around ?! Haven't heard from our flamboyant flemish friend for a while. He must be even older than Barney. Doubt if any one outside the benelux has ever heard of them .... Que Pasa

No but Arno Hintjens still lives as far as I know (website www.arno.be; all with macromedia flash and oriented towrads the french speaking community as far as I remember). He has been knighted so that makes it a kind of interesting; how many musicians have been anyway? Plus how many singers are there that manage to come up with songs that have lyrics in 3 different languages. Arno could really make you dance if you experienced one of his concerts as I did in '82. There was also a Dutch band "The Div" playing in the same style, in Dutch. You ever heard of them?. Also great music.

1. New Order
2. Badly drawn boy
3. The The 4 The Smiths
4. Joy Division
5. Stone Roses
6. Talking Heads
7. Air
8. Massive Attack
9. the Doors

1. Joy Division / New Order
2. Placebo
3. Durutti Column
4. Stone Roses
5. 808 State
6. Tracy Chapman
7. Suzanne Vega
8. Eric B
9. Pet Shop Boys
10. Oasis

New Order Joy Division U2 Depeche MOde Silencers Noir Desir Cure Art of Noise Bel Canto Electronic

Are tc matic still around ?! Haven't heard from our flamboyant flemish friend for a while. He must be even older than Barney. Doubt if any one outside the benelux has ever heard of them .... Que Pasa

No but Arno Hintjens still lives as far as I know (website www.arno.be; all with macromedia flash and oriented towrads the french speaking community as far as I remember). He has been knighted so that makes it a kind of interesting; how many musicians have been anyway? Plus how many singers are there that manage to come up with songs that have lyrics in 3 different languages. Arno could really make you dance if you experienced one of his concerts as I did in '82. There was also a Dutch band "The Div" playing in the same style, in Dutch. You ever heard of them?. Also great music.

Never heard of The Div, but I'll be checking it out. Ta.

long time lurker..first time poster..i love lists..

1.New Order/Joy Division 2.Kraftwerk 3.Wire 4.Can 5.The Clash 6.The Smiths 7.Faust 8.Public Enemy 9.The Jam 10.Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd

so is anyone still keeping score?

I need to know if the Cure are keeping ahead from middle rankers like DM and PSB!

And how come nobody likes Nirvana?

[no cockney rhyming slang in this post, honest]

Originally posted by 404 error so is anyone still keeping score?I need to know if the Cure are keeping ahead from middle rankers like DM and PSB!And how come nobody likes Nirvana?[no cockney rhyming slang in this post, honest]

Yes, I am! Give me just a few minutes to post current rank, ok?

I apologise for my delay...

Here goes the list:

1- New Order (314), 2- Joy Division (248), 3- Smiths (68), 4- Cure (64), 5- Clash (51), 6- Depeche Mode (50), 7- Stone Roses (46), 8- Pet Shop Boys (45), 9- Electronic (44), 10- Echo & Bunnymen (42), 11- Kraftwerk (35), 12- Jesus & Mary Chain and U2 (30), 14- Velvet Underground (28), 15- The Fall (24).

Notes: big fight between Smiths and The Clash (2nd and 3rd places). DM's great increasing of points. Stone Roses' great jumping (from 10th to 7th). Echo's sad fall (from 6th to 10th).

So, I think Nirvana was fully forgotten or it is in everybody's 10th to 20th best bands list (as in my case).

Thank you all

Don't know what the list is supposed to be really, because if I write what I think might be "the greatest bands" then my list wouldn't be my own list of favorite bands, and vice versa. And "the greatest bands" would be silly, IMHO.

So mine, best as I can tell as of now:

Tied for first: Joy Division/New Order (don't make me separate them) & Neil Young

After that: REM Sonic Youth Throwing Muses/Kristin Hersh The Smiths Cat Power

and it descends into a free for all with Smog Husker Du & offshoots Birthday Party/Nick Cave Modest Mouse Silkworm/Joel Phelps etc etc etc. and I don't know whether to count by how many records I have (the Smog, Nick Cave, Husker Du etc sections are huge) or how often I get the one really great record out (Gang of Four's Entertainment!)

And a note about Bauhaus: in high school I would have included them in a top ten for sure. Great singles band, patchy albums, great reunion tour. It's true, the 79-83 compilation is almost all you need but Mask is great too. A very funny band.