TOP TEN BANDS

1. JD/NO
2. The Cure
3. Echo & The Bunnymen
4. Swell
5. The Auteurs/Baader Meinhoff
6. Miossec
7. Murat
8. Theatre of Hate
9. Velvet Underground
10. Kraftwerk 10.Mogwaï

Originally posted by Alyssa 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.(...)...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.

Ei, Alyssa What a mess! :D Let's make it clear: when I purposed this subject, I meant you can build your list anyhow, as long we all consider many factors to create our top ten: how many times we want to listen to, how many records we got of them, how much interested we are about them, and added to this, there is the factor "how STILL we are". So, we can never stand a permanent list of our top ten; in my case, I guess each list survives unchangeable for each 6-7 months. After this, surely two or three names will raise up or fall down. By the way, can you please (re) organise your list, just for the table Thank you

About Bauhaus, I never seen them live, they'd never been here in Brazil, unfortunately. You're right when you say their best album is "Mask". What a great reunion of songs: "Hollow Hills", "Hair Of The Dog" and "In Fear Of Fear" (this one I prefer the BBC version). Bauhaus were really fantastic. I hope they don't come back no more!

Sorry guys, here's another list that's probably going to get lambasted:

1 Radiohead 2 Magazine/Anything involving Howard Devoto 3 New Order/Joy Division 4 Elvis Costello 5 Bjork 6 Cyndi Lauper (Esp. 80s albums, but really all her stuff) 7 The Smiths 8 Kraftwerk 9 Sigur Ros 10 Beatles (As an afterthought? No, it can't be...)

This was too hard. I would have added so many more 80s/new wave bands like XTC and Depeche Mode but NO is really the best of the bunch.

Originally posted by Lady 21 Sorry guys, here's another list that's probably going to get lambasted:1 Radiohead2 Magazine/Anything involving Howard Devoto 3 New Order/Joy Division4 Elvis Costello5 Bjork6 Cyndi Lauper (Esp. 80s albums, but really all her stuff)7 The Smiths8 Kraftwerk9 Sigur Ros10 Beatles (As an afterthought? No, it can't be...)This was too hard. I would have added so many more 80s/new wave bands like XTC and Depeche Mode but NO is really the best of the bunch.

Why would one wish to lambast such a fine list?

Though for some reason I've always been irritated by Elvis Costello, but can't quite explain why. He just seems to have an over-inflated reputation amongst the US college crowd. He's OK, but not _that_ good.

What Sigur Ros stuff do you reckon is good? I only have the () album.

Originally posted by 404 error > Originally posted by Lady 21> Sorry guys, here's another list that's probably going to get lambasted:> > 1 Radiohead> 2 Magazine/Anything involving Howard Devoto > 3 New Order/Joy Division> 4 Elvis Costello> 5 Bjork> 6 Cyndi Lauper (Esp. 80s albums, but really all her stuff)> 7 The Smiths> 8 Kraftwerk> 9 Sigur Ros> 10 Beatles (As an afterthought? No, it can't be...)> > This was too hard. I would have added so many more 80s/new wave bands like XTC and Depeche Mode but NO is really the best of the bunch.

Why would one wish to lambast such a fine list?

Though for some reason I've always been irritated by Elvis Costello, but can't quite explain why. He just seems to have an over-inflated reputation amongst the US college crowd. He's OK, but not _that_ good.

What Sigur Ros stuff do you reckon is good? I only have the () album.

Thanks!

I just meant that some might be critical of the lack of NO being at number 1. I noticed a whole conversation about that earlier in the thread. I guess NO is close enough to the top, though!

I think the first Sigur Ros CD, Agaetis Byrjun, is the better of the two. The whole album is undescribably good. It has to be heard to be believed!

If you like (), you'll love AB. I think the first half of () is excellent, but it starts to run out of steam after the 35 second pause separating the halves.

BTW, have you heard Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello? Considered classic by many! :P

I'll probably get that Sigur album, I do like (), though I think you are right that the first part is better.

Not putting NO at number 1 is only unacceptable if one puts Depeche Mode ahead of them. Putting the workmanlike, spiritually shallow pop DM ahead of the masters is...words fail me....

I never try to sort my favorite bands which I think would be like wanting to know who is my best friend then who is second etc. It's a bit strange and there are so many ways to make such a list ! Anyway let's try, just for the fun to talk about bands such as "trisomie 21"... (which I don't know if it's one of my ten favorite bands but at the moment I want to buy their records)

01 - New order 02 - Joy division 03 - Joe satriani 04 - Jimmy eat world 05 - Depeche mode 06 - Lenny kravitz 07 - Cocteau twins 08 - Art of noise 09 - Korn 10 - Trisomie 21

Ditto.

far out who dug out this thread? I don't think I was a member when this was current. can't be arsed to find out if I answered it.

Ronald Kirsch wrote: far out who dug out this thread? I don't think I was a member when this was current. can't be arsed to find out if I answered it.

It's funny, if you go the first page of the forum, you'll see all these posts from 2002 - and it is funny to read what people thought about the future, what they hoped for, what they were afraid of back then. And here we are.

Far, far too many to squeeze into a top 10.

1.NO,/JD.ACR. 4.Echo & the Bunnymen. 4.Doves. 5.Electronic. 6.Kraftwerk. 7.Northside. 8.Happymondays. 9.Twentyfourhours. 10.Cabaret Voltaire

1. goes without saying
2. The Orb
3. Orbital
4. Propaganda
5. Aphex twin
6. Art of Noise
7. Barry Gray (no, honestly)
8. Primus
9. Happy Mondays
10. Frank Zappa (tho my knowledge is limited, and I certainly dislike his 80's guitar hero shite.)

1. Radiohead
2. Pet Shop Boys
3. New Order/Joy Division
4. The Smiths
5. Blur/Gorillaz
6. Basement Jaxx
7. Stone Roses
8. U2
9. Doves
10. Ash

1. New Order/Joy Division
2. The Doves
3. Happy Mondays
4. Talking Heads
5. Stone Roses
6. Electronic
7. Squeeze
8. Echo and the Bunnymen
9. The Smiths
10. The Verve

this is hard.

they always change

1. New Order
2. Smiths
3. Rem
4. Killing Joke
5. Echo & the Bunnymen
6. Go-betweens.

aaah fuck it. can't be arsed

New Order Kraftwerk Plaid Orbital and then in no particular order...

Underworld, UNKLE, Cabaret Voltaire, 808 State,PiL, Ladytron, Goldfrapp, Colourbox, Telex, Paul Van Dyk (do djs count?), Depeche Mode (perhaps) and early Human League...

1. NO
2. JD
3. Smiths
4. The Doors
5. The Chameleons
6. Stone Roses/ Ian Brown
7. The The
8. Talking Heads
9. Charlatans
10. Pixies

Mentions for Velvet Underground, Electronic, Wedding Present, Waterboys, Paul Weller, Death in Vegas - and I could go on....

1. NO
2. JD
3. Smiths
4. The Doors
5. The Chameleons
6. Stone Roses/ Ian Brown
7. The The
8. Talking Heads
9. Charlatans
10. Pixies

Mentions for Velvet Underground, Electronic, Wedding Present, Waterboys, Paul Weller, Death in Vegas - and I could go on....

1. John Otway
2. System 7
3. David Rovics
4. Gong
5. New Order - live only
6. Kraftwerk
7. Eat Static
8. Talking Heads
9. Hawkwind

cant be arsed

1. New Order
2. Depeche Mode
3. The Smiths
4. Pet Shop Boys
5. Interpol
6. U2
7. Ladytron
8. The Chameleons
9. Kraftwerk
10. Orbital

Always feel guilty about missing someone off..Joy Division,Electronic,Other Two,Saint Etienne,OMD,Human League,Dubstar,Erasure..that's better.

1. Joy Division 2. New Order 3. The Triffids 4. The Fall 5. Cabaret Voltaire 6. The Clash 7. The Mekons 8. Gram Parsons 9. The Church 10. R.E.M.

That's what I wrote back then. Top five have not changed at all, Mekons would now be 6, followed by The Chemical Bros., R.E.M. (still, despite the recent lackluster past), The Velvets and Talking Heads.

Missy Jem wrote:

1. New Order/Joy Division
2. The Doves
3. Happy Mondays
4. Talking Heads
5. Stone Roses
6. Electronic
7. Squeeze
8. Echo and the Bunnymen
9. The Smiths
10. The Verve

squeeze?? what mad thought went thru thru yer noggin to bring them up.

john kershaw wrote:

Missy Jem wrote:

1. New Order/Joy Division
2. The Doves
3. Happy Mondays
4. Talking Heads
5. Stone Roses
6. Electronic
7. Squeeze
8. Echo and the Bunnymen
9. The Smiths
10. The Verve

squeeze?? what mad thought went thru thru yer noggin to bring them up.

Ah love Squeeze, me i do!

I meant to put Talking Heads in. Do you not like Squeeze? Up the Junction and all that? Summat wrong with you lad.