VH1 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time
 

What do yall think of dis list i think it kinda sucks tho IDK if they followed the title do they mean "Artist" like individual people in the band or the band its self has a whole ???? anywho i think they did a mixture of both if u watched the show

feel free to post a list of your own tho that would take time if your going to throw the title " OF ALL TIME" around and lookin at this list they pretty much left the rest of the world-non america/music genres out and the 60's on down out LOL



100 Alicia Keys
99 Hall & Oates
98 Depeche Mode
97 Pretenders
96 Journey
95 OutKast
94 Mariah Carey
93 Pearl Jam
92 LL Cool J
91 Green Day
90 Elvis Costello
89 Beastie Boys
88 Bee Gees
87 George Michael
86 N.W.A.
85 The Band
84 Curtis Mayfield
83 Earth, Wind and Fire
82 Steely Dan
81 ABBA
80 Mary J. Blige
79 Eminem
78 Judas Priest
77 Lynyrd Skynyrd
76 Run-D.M.C.
75 Rush
74 The Cure
73 Van Morrison
72 Janis Joplin
71 R.E.M.
70 Def Leppard
69 Tupac Shakur
68 Otis Redding
67 Coldplay
66 Justin Timberlake
65 The Doors
64 Talking Heads
63 Notorious B.I.G.
62 Genesis
61 Cream
60 Whitney Houston
59 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
58 Cheap Trick
57 Iggy & The Stooges
56 KISS
55 Peter Gabriel
54 Public Enemy
53 Little Richard
52 Beyoncé
51 Billy Joel
50 Sade
49 Parliament-Funkadelic
48 Rage Against The Machine
47 Jay-Z
46 Ramones
45 Al Green
44 Joni Mitchell
43 Ray Charles
42 Metallica
41 Van Halen
40 The Police
39 The Kinks
38 Sly & The Family Stone
37 Fleetwood Mac
36 Paul McCartney
35 Johnny Cash
34 Tina Turner
33 Guns N’ Roses
32 Black Sabbath
31 John Lennon
30 Aerosmith
29 Radiohead
28 Elton John
27 Aretha Franklin
26 Neil Young
25 Chuck Berry
24 The Velvet Underground
23 AC/DC
22 The Clash
21 Bruce Springsteen
20 Marvin Gaye
19 U2
18 Pink Floyd
17 Queen
16 Madonna
15 The Beach Boys
14 Nirvana
13 The Who
12 David Bowie
11 Bob Marley
10 Stevie Wonder
09 James Brown
08 Elvis Presley
07 Prince
06 Jimi Hendrix
05 Bob Dylan
04 Rolling Stones
03 Led Zeppelin
02 Michael Jackson
01 The Beatles

The list is pretty woeful, but it's got all the obvious mainstream ones in there.

Yet another list compiled by people who only listen to music in their car or pop on to do the washing up.

Could not give 2 shits.

I've never heard any of these artists.
Which albums should I start with?

Green Day - American Idiot. It's a masterpiece of underground nihilism.

Status Quo should be higher

Shampoo should be higher

I'm past that stage in music fandom where lists like this outrage me.

2 Unlimited should have been higher.

Because they're shit?

I disagree. I like this list. I mean the Beatles are the ones who improved music big time. The Beatles will always remain the band that people can enjoy this list. I mean Nirvana is not the greatest rock band but they made a huge impact with their grunge music.

Piss off, I'm already trolling this thread.

You're not needed

He's trolling the thread because there's really nothing else to do. It's a VH1 list, I called 8 out of the 10 for the top 10 before even clicking on the thread link.

But if you really have some desire to know why Alice in Chains was left off the list it's because they already filled the list with their two token metal bands.

It's because lists like this are really biased.

u know we should try and make a MUsic banter 100 greatest artist of ALL TIME to counter this filth !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think because AIC must of pissed off VH1 some how

i did notice there was aloootttt of RNB and Funk and American Rock on this list

MEtal ,RAP, indie ,electronic and others totally got ****ted on

Jay Z is the highest ranked rapper... Nuff said.

most of this list makes me want to punch a wall.
then punch a baby.
then punch a wall made of babies.

I don't think the list woeful, but what is woeful is the way they do these lists. I mean if they stated why each band was worthy of its place, then it would be far more interesting to comment on.

This post makes me want to rip heads off puppies. Learn to spell and use grammar before I ban you for sucking at English.

:laughing: :love:


Thread closed because it blows. A monkey on crack could come up with a better list.

Thread opened because I was enjoying myself in here.

I'm sure they had some big VH1 special where celebrity has-beens make small talk about how each artist made an impact on their personal life. :thumb:

I'm with Pedestrian, seen enough greatest artists lists to not be bothered by this one. Also, as long as threads are made and the lists discussed, VH1 will keep churning them out. So you're better off ignoring it then biting the bait.

Is anyone supportive of having one official thread for all of these outrage threads on mainstream music lists?

Nahhh

We need some joke threads in the music forum.

It always seems these lists just think "Quick, we need a reggae artist! Bob Marley!" "What about something modern for the kids?" "Sure, we'll stick some Beyonce on there!".
Absolutely dire.

It looks to me like someone trying their best to name 100 artists, and running out of ideas pretty early on. I mean, they have the Beatles and John Lennon on the same list. That precious extra space could have gone to one of hundreds of other merit worthy people, yet they chose to heap yet more glory on the same person.

And I really don't get the fuss over these lists: are they trying to tell us which bands we should check out? Everyone has probably been bored to death by most of the bands here, so a conclusive guide to artists everyone has already heard of is a shit idea, patronising and very condescending, and I'm glad people are trolling this :thumb:

I agree with whoever said on the first page: "I couldn't give two shits". In fact I couldn't give a single shit about which 100 artists they've heard of and think are cool. I don't even care if they are good, I've been there and heard them already.

Lots of my favourite artists are on this list, so I'm glad its been kept open.

True, but I don't even care to be honest. We've all heard of them anyway, and the sort of person ho hasn't is unlikely to be interested.
A lot of my favourite artists are up there, but when I saw Coldplay up there with Judas Priest, I lost faith in their judgement.

Definitely a very stupid list

Coldplay let any list down.

grammar SUCKS :yeah:

It's essentially the presence of bands with such uninspired, forgettable and pathetic songwriting and unambitious instrumentation that shows that making songs that appeal to everyone is considered a criterion for being a "great" artist.

I won't stop saying that until my furious Coldplay review gets over 1000 views.

It is for me what makes lists like these so irritating.

Everyone knows that Eminem and Beyonce are better than The Band :laughing:

There's really no need to get angry over a list like this.
It was created for people who watch VH1, did you expect there to be underground artists on there or something?

The list was made to appeal to their demographic, who genuinely do rate people like Michael Jackson as 'the greatest artists of all time'

I think MJ belongs quite a bit further down on the list.

im telling u we should make a 100 list but none of us would agree on anything. Maybe like submit artist and have like the higher ups go over all the ideas, and make a list out of that LOL


WOuld

Esquivel
Frank Zappa
or
KORN

make the list :P ????

Let's do it. Has it been done before? We all can vote and the ranking will be based on who receives the most votes.

Yeah, with BlastingGas on this. I'm sure we could all submit our lists of top artists, the votes can be counted and a compilation created of the highest voted artists.
Anybody up for doing the counting? :laughing:

some one with more cred tho should start it in another thread tho LOL

Really!!! Mentioning Frank Zappa and Korn in the same context.

That's the question. Someone had to count the musicbanter awards voting, though. Maybe it could be divided into multiple threads, each thread with a poll. Categorize each thread by genre of music, or by date. Maybe just have a pool of artists to choose from.


Flabbergasting, isn't it?