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Top Twenty Bands on Lastfm

keyser_sozekeyser_soze London, England Posts: 205
edited September 2008 in Other Music
Alright basically.... according to lastfm who are your favourite bands!!!!

that is all

1-20 favourite bands

i'll start

1. Pearl Jam
2. Nine Inch Nails
3. Cult of Luna
4. Neil Young
5. Sigur ros
6. Isis
7. R.E.M.
8. Opeth
9. Radiohead
10. The Black Dahlia Murder
11. The Cure
12. Eddie Vedder
13. Sonic Youth
14. Bruce Springsteen
15. Tom Waits
16. Explosions in the Sky
17. Soundgarden
18. Pink Floyd
19. Mastodon
20. Creedence Clearwater Revival



These lists always surprise me.... some notable ones missing from my top twenty which i love such as

Tool
Deftones
Pumpkins
A Perfect Circle
Kyuss
Zeppelin
Gojira
Baroness
Kings of Leon

I guess we'll call them the honourable mentions
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    1) Tupac Shakur
    2) Johann Sebastian Bach
    3) John Coltrane
    4) Sam Cooke
    5) Cat Power
    6) Red House Painters
    7) Sun Kil Moon
    8) J Dilla
    9) Guiseppe Verde
    10) Minor Threat
    11) The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
    12) Fryderyk Chopin
    13) Gang Starr
    14) Giacomo Puccini
    15) Erik Satie
    16) The Replacements
    17) Glenn Gould
    18) Autechre
    19) The Birds Are Spies, They Report To The Trees
    20) The Pogues


    That's correct. No PEARL JAM :D Have barely listened to them since I got last.fm
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • CM1847CM1847 Posts: 577
    1) The National (1,665 plays)
    2) Pixies
    3) Spoon
    4) Ted Leo and the Phamacists
    5) Radiohead
    6) Pearl Jam
    7) TV on the Radio
    8) The White Stripes
    9) The Shins
    10) The Beatles
    11) Beck
    12) Cat Power
    13) The Hold Steady
    14) The New Pornographers
    15) Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    16) The Arcade Fire
    17) Queens of the Stone Age
    17) The Flaming Lips
    19) Broken Social Scene
    20) The Dismemberment Plan (632 plays)

    About 75% of my Pearl Jam plays were from around the avacado release, I've really not listened to them a whole lot since, but I went all out for a month or so.
  • Gonzo1977Gonzo1977 Posts: 1,696
    1) Pearl Jam
    2) Queens of the Stone Age
    3) Dr. Dog
    4) Neil Young
    5) Bob Dylan
    6) The Black Keys
    7) Lou Reed
    8) Eddie Vedder
    9) The Desert Sessions
    10) The Ramones
    11) The Misfits
    12) Bruce Springsteen
    13) Tom Waits
    14) Kyuss
    15) Sly And The Family Stone
    16) My Morning Jacket
    17) Richard Hell
    18) The Minutemen
    19) Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
    20) The Groundhogs
  • mr bunglemr bungle Posts: 1,369
    OK, I'll TRY.. Besides PJ, not nec. in order.
    1. Pearl Jam
    2. U2
    3. The Beatles
    4. Pink Floyd
    5. Led Zeppelin
    6. The Who
    7. Tool
    8. Radiohead
    9. Faith No More
    10. Sunny Day Real Estate
    11. Seaweed
    12. Metallica
    13. Queen
    14. Sublime
    15. Paul Mccartney
    16. Neil Young
    17. Shudder To Think
    18. Alice In Chains
    19. Guns N Roses
    20. Bruce Springsteen

    Jesus Christ that was impossible, my brain hurts
  • Blind MelonBlind Melon Posts: 911
    1 Incubus
    2 Sigur Rós
    3 Radiohead
    4 Guster
    5 Modest Mouse
    6 Linkin Park
    7 Foo Fighters
    8 Eels
    9 Coldplay
    10 Bruce Springsteen
    11 Death Cab for Cutie
    12 Beck
    13 Moby
    14 Dave Matthews Band
    15 The Album Leaf
    16 Pearl Jam
    17 Blink-182
    18 Gomez
    19 Ben Kenney
    20 Ryan Adams

    I'm actually surprised by this, I haven't looked at it in a while. Kinda stopped listening to Radiohead in the mean time, but the others are pretty accurate.
    If I could, think I would give in.
  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    1. Pearl Jam
    2. Neil Young
    3. Drive-By Truckers
    4. Bob Dylan
    5. Tom Waits
    6. Iron & Wine
    7. Flaming Lips
    8. Grateful Dead
    9. Bjork
    10. Lucinda Williams
    11. Eddie Vedder
    11. Cat Power (tied at 577 plays)
    13. Pogues
    14. Kathleen Edwards
    15. Radiohead
    16. My Morning Jacket
    17. R.E.M.
    18. Beatles
    19. Sigur Ros
    20. Calexico


    It's more fun to look at the bottom 10 on last.fm
    Mutantes Feat. Rita Lee
    Hold Steady (just started listening)
    John Mellencamp
    Vienna Boys Chior (WTF?)
    Dido, Faithless, and Buena Vista Social Club
    The Young Rascals
    Aquila Rose & Idana Valdez
    Boris Karloff, the MGM Studio & Chorus
    The Presidents of the U.S.A.
    Tom Verlaine & The Million Dollar Bashers
    Jimmy Durante


    (Ok I added 11 just to get Jimmy Durante on the list).
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  • Matt LukinMatt Lukin Posts: 647
    1) Pearl Jam
    2) Pavement
    3) Elliott Smith
    4) The Smiths
    5) J Dilla
    6) Minus the Bear
    7) Girl Talk
    8) Sonic Youth
    9) Fugazi
    10) Radiohead
    11) The Mountain Goats
    12) The Hold Steady
    13) Mission of Burma
    14) Arcade Fire
    15) Madvillain
    16) The National
    17) Queens of the Stone Age
    18) Spoon
    19) Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
    20) Bright Eyes
    The car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel
    And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Matt Lukin wrote:
    1) Pearl Jam
    2) Pavement
    3) Elliott Smith
    4) The Smiths
    5) J Dilla
    6) Minus the Bear
    7) Girl Talk
    8) Sonic Youth
    9) Fugazi
    10) Radiohead
    11) The Mountain Goats
    12) The Hold Steady
    13) Mission of Burma
    14) Arcade Fire
    15) Madvillain
    16) The National
    17) Queens of the Stone Age
    18) Spoon
    19) Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
    20) Bright Eyes
    Matt, your signature is amazing.

    F#A# (Infinity) is a masterpiece.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    These lists are always difficult, but I'll give it a shot:

    1. The Tragically Hip (greatest rock band in the world. Sorry Pearl Jam)
    2. Tom Waits
    3. Pearl Jam
    4. Wilco
    5. The Constantines
    6. Wintersleep
    7. Drive-By Truckers
    8. R.E.M.
    9. The Weakerthans
    10. Bruce Springsteen
    11. The National
    12. Joe Strummer/The Clash
    13. U2
    14. The Hold Steady
    15. Cuff the Duke
    16. Matt Mays & El Torpedo
    17. Radiohead
    18. Kathleen Edwards
    19. Ron Hawkins/Lowest of the Low
    20. Neko Case
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • AndySlashAndySlash Posts: 3,263
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    1) Tupac Shakur
    2) Johann Sebastian Bach
    3) John Coltrane
    4) Sam Cooke
    5) Cat Power
    6) Red House Painters
    7) Sun Kil Moon
    8) J Dilla
    9) Guiseppe Verde
    10) Minor Threat
    11) The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
    12) Fryderyk Chopin
    13) Gang Starr
    14) Giacomo Puccini
    15) Erik Satie
    16) The Replacements
    17) Glenn Gould
    18) Autechre
    19) The Birds Are Spies, They Report To The Trees
    20) The Pogues


    That's correct. No PEARL JAM :D Have barely listened to them since I got last.fm


    well that's certainly a unique list.
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    AndySlash wrote:
    well that's certainly a unique list.
    It gets more "unique" amongst the lower plays :o:D
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Matt LukinMatt Lukin Posts: 647
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Matt, your signature is amazing.

    F#A# (Infinity) is a masterpiece.

    My favorite GY!BE album, although I think Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada is their best recording.
    The car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel
    And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
  • MattyJoeMattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    1. Pearl Jam
    2. Kings Of Leon
    3. Pixies
    4. Led Zeppelin
    5. Soundgarden
    6. The Strokes
    7. The Raconteurs
    8. Red Hot Chili Peppers
    9. The Mars Volta
    10. Eddie Vedder
    11. Tool
    12. Metallica
    13. Radiohead
    14. Nirvana
    15. Muse
    16. Fugazi
    17. Iron Maiden
    18. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
    19. Coheed And Cambria
    20. Joy Division
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  • IGotShit76IGotShit76 Posts: 768
    1/ Pearl Jam
    2/ Pink Floyd
    3/ The John Butler Trio
    4/ Eddie Vedder
    5/ Alice in Chains
    6/ Queens of the Stone Age
    7/ Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
    8/ Jack Johnson
    9/ Bob Dylan
    10/ Radiohead
    11/ Interpol
    12/ Ben Harper
    13/ The Smashing Pumpkins
    14/ Red Hot Chili Peppers
    15/ Kings of Leon
    16/ The Black Keys
    17/ The White Stripes
    18/ Foo Fighters
    19/ Metallica
    20/ Mad Season
  • soclosesoclose Posts: 628
    Son Volt
    Wilco
    Uncle Tupelo
    Jay Farrar
    Gillian Welch
    Drive-by Truckers
    Kathleen Edwards
    Neko Case
    Califone
    The National
    The Jayhawks
    Josh Ritter
    Ryan Adams
    Whiskeytown
    Pearl Jam
    Jeff Tweedy
    The Arcade Fire
    REM
    Golden Smog
    Sonic Youth

    I think my top 10 for the last 3 months is more representative of my current taste:

    Son Volt
    Neko Case
    Magnolia Electric Co.
    Wilco
    The Flying Burrito Brothers
    The Band
    Blue Mountain
    Sun Kil Moon
    Feist
    The Avett Brothers
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Matt Lukin wrote:
    My favorite GY!BE album, although I think Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada is their best recording.
    I'm an ardent Skinny Fists lover but all of their releases are astonishing. A band that inspires praise in me like no other. I have a Slow Riot tattoo :p
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Matt LukinMatt Lukin Posts: 647
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I'm an ardent Skinny Fists lover but all of their releases are astonishing. A band that inspires praise in me like no other. I have a Slow Riot tattoo :p
    Funny, I always thought the Skinny Fists cover would make a cool tatoo. But yeah, all their work is tremendous. Blows all other post-rock out of the water.
    The car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel
    And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Matt Lukin wrote:
    Funny, I always thought the Skinny Fists cover would make a cool tatoo. But yeah, all their work is tremendous. Blows all other post-rock out of the water.
    I like both designs but the Slow Riot cover can be appropriated to mean whatever the individual wants really, which I like. The hebrew itself is a bible passage and I'm an atheist but I have my own understanding of it, plus there's the GY!BE connection :) In retrospect though, the Skinny Fists cover might have garnered less questions from people about the meaning :D

    Now I notice you're a Fugazi fan. I definitely wouldn't mind getting a tattoo that was somehow related to an Ian MacKaye project. I'm a huge fan of Minor Threat and Fugazi.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Matt LukinMatt Lukin Posts: 647
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I like both designs but the Slow Riot cover can be appropriated to mean whatever the individual wants really, which I like. The hebrew itself is a bible passage and I'm an atheist but I have my own understanding of it, plus there's the GY!BE connection :) In retrospect though, the Skinny Fists cover might have garnered less questions from people about the meaning :D

    Now I notice you're a Fugazi fan. I definitely wouldn't mind getting a tattoo that was somehow related to an Ian MacKaye project. I'm a huge fan of Minor Threat and Fugazi.
    I just think the Skinny Fists cover looks cool.

    But seriously, that's what I like about the Slow Riot cover, the ambiguity of it. I'm an atheist too, so I see where you're coming from on taking your own meaning from it.

    A Dischord tatoo or something similar would be cool. Not sure what to do for Fugazi, but the Minor Threat logo always looked nice.

    My problem with getting a band tatoo is that I'm effectively saying this band means more to me than all the others I listen to, and I'm not ready to make that kind of distinction.
    The car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel
    And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Matt Lukin wrote:
    I just think the Skinny Fists cover looks cool.

    But seriously, that's what I like about the Slow Riot cover, the ambiguity of it. I'm an atheist too, so I see where you're coming from on taking your own meaning from it.

    A Dischord tatoo or something similar would be cool. Not sure what to do for Fugazi, but the Minor Threat logo always looked nice.

    My problem with getting a band tatoo is that I'm effectively saying this band means more to me than all the others I listen to, and I'm not ready to make that kind of distinction.
    Yeah I know what you mean but for me it was kind of like, I have my own understanding of the meaning of it and as far as it representing a band goes, I like the fact that in 20 years time I can look back and think "remember when they were the most important music in the world to me?" even if I no longer listen to them or whatever. I guess it's different to having an explicit band name or logo or whatever tattooed on you, since it's obvious what it is saying. For me, it doesn't just represent the band, it represents a period of my music listening when I really got deeply into music, as a teenager and it became my passion. It just seemed like the best symbol for that :)
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Matt LukinMatt Lukin Posts: 647
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Yeah I know what you mean but for me it was kind of like, I have my own understanding of the meaning of it and as far as it representing a band goes, I like the fact that in 20 years time I can look back and think "remember when they were the most important music in the world to me?" even if I no longer listen to them or whatever. I guess it's different to having an explicit band name or logo or whatever tattooed on you, since it's obvious what it is saying. For me, it doesn't just represent the band, it represents a period of my music listening when I really got deeply into music, as a teenager and it became my passion. It just seemed like the best symbol for that :)

    I agree with that, the idea that it has a deeper meaning than "This is my favorite band." I can see how that would apply to GY!BE and Fugazi, among others. It's much more emotionaland personal with bands like that, or whomever a person may like.

    This means I should probably bite the bullet and get that tattoo of Morrissey on my chest. How I would describe it to people, I have no idea.
    The car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel
    And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
  • wardenwarden Posts: 99
    1 Soundgarden
    2 Alice In Chains
    3 Pearl Jam
    4 RATM
    5 Temple of the Dog
    6 Led Zeppelin
    7 Jimi Hendrix
    8 Beatles
    9 Johnny Cash
    10 Mad Season
    11 White Stripes
    12 Rush
    13 Stone Temple Pilots
    14 Tool
    15 Velvet Revolver
    16 Wolfmother
    17 Shooter Jennings
    18 Raconteurs
    19 Metallica
    20 Smashing Pumpkins
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Matt Lukin wrote:
    I agree with that, the idea that it has a deeper meaning than "This is my favorite band." I can see how that would apply to GY!BE and Fugazi, among others. It's much more emotionaland personal with bands like that, or whomever a person may like.

    This means I should probably bite the bullet and get that tattoo of Morrissey on my chest. How I would describe it to people, I have no idea.
    :D My brother is a massive Morrissey fan and I've always said he should get a tattoo of him on his chest, just because it would one-up all the other obsessive fans out there :p
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • JellyrollsJellyrolls Posts: 523
    My Morning Jacket
    Neko Case
    The Black Keys
    Wilco
    Screaming Trees
    Drive-By Truckers
    Arctic Monkeys
    Radiohead
    Pearl Jam
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    Nirvana
    Amos Lee
    Beck
    The New Pornographers
    Lil' Wayne
    Ryan Adams
    The Clash
    Ben Kweller
    Sigur Rós
    Modest Mouse
    The Smashing Pumpkins
  • Matt LukinMatt Lukin Posts: 647
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    :D My brother is a massive Morrissey fan and I've always said he should get a tattoo of him on his chest, just because it would one-up all the other obsessive fans out there :p

    I'm not sure even that would top some of those obsessive fans.
    The car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel
    And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    1. Pearl Jam
    2. Eels
    3. Queens of the Stone Age
    4. The Shins
    5. The Beatles
    6. Red Hot Chili Peppers
    7. Elliott Smith
    8. Beastie Boys
    9. Radiohead
    10. The Dandy Warhols
    11. The Doors
    12. Wilco
    13. Pink Floyd
    14. Modest Mouse
    15. Tragically Hip
    16. Pixies
    17. Led Zeppelin
    18. Kyuss
    19. Rage Against The Machine
    20. Death From Above 1979
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  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    1 The Decemberists
    2 Death Cab for Cutie
    3 The New Pornographers
    4 Rheostatics
    5 The National
    6 Sarah Harmer
    7 Hayden
    8 Interpol
    9 Basia Bulat
    10 The Beatles
    11 Bloc Party
    12 Sloan
    13 Broken Social Scene
    14 Stars
    15 Beirut
    16 Feist
    17 Radiohead
    18 Okkervil River
    19 The Shins
    20 Tegan and Sara
    20 Sonic Youth

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