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Joe Shlabotnik

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6. how about something a little less onerous,
Wed Feb 4, 2015, 12:22 AM
Feb 2015

and keep it at 20 or 25, so others can create and compare their own lists. And define what criteria you use to rate the artists. (Just a suggestion)

It's not bad, but it defininately needs reworking. KMOD Feb 2015 #1
It's not my top 50... Dpm12 Feb 2015 #2
Oh, I know. KMOD Feb 2015 #5
Metallica and Black Sabbath cwydro Feb 2015 #51
I can't stand rap or hip-hop. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2015 #3
I oughtta make my own top 50 list; N/T Dpm12 Feb 2015 #4
how about something a little less onerous, Joe Shlabotnik Feb 2015 #6
Unless we're discussing record sales, lists like this are completely subjective opinions. nt MrScorpio Feb 2015 #7
Yep. I gave up bashing other people's taste in music a long time ago. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2015 #56
My Top 10 KMOD Feb 2015 #8
Sexist sexist sexist.............. mrmpa Feb 2015 #21
No Joni Mitchell? Kinks? Arcade Fire? Pixies? Steely Dan? issues with that list! NRaleighLiberal Feb 2015 #9
Kinks are 36; N/T Dpm12 Feb 2015 #15
They should be a lot higher than that Art_from_Ark Feb 2015 #18
Seriously to put Taylor Swift on there before Joni Mitchell? LynneSin Feb 2015 #76
Seriously to put Taylor Swift on there before Joni Mitchell? LynneSin Feb 2015 #76
I'm just grateful the Steve Miller Band didn't make the list. Archae Feb 2015 #10
We would like to know why begin_within Feb 2015 #11
Of anyone you complained about, Dpm12 Feb 2015 #13
Eminem deserves to be in the top 50? KMOD Feb 2015 #14
Have you ever heard anything by Eminem? Dpm12 Feb 2015 #16
LOL KMOD Feb 2015 #17
Here's what Elton John had to say about Eminem: Dpm12 Feb 2015 #19
That's A Reason For Me To Dismiss Eminem ProfessorGAC Feb 2015 #71
Uh, you forgot Neil Diamond. hamsterjill Feb 2015 #28
Barbra had him dropped from the list begin_within Feb 2015 #34
Hey, she cheated on him with Barry Gibb!!! hamsterjill Feb 2015 #36
That dime-store floozie. begin_within Feb 2015 #45
Van Morrison. vanlassie Feb 2015 #12
Yep. A-Schwarzenegger Feb 2015 #47
High Five. vanlassie Feb 2015 #48
Just for you... A-Schwarzenegger Feb 2015 #49
Seriously. Anyone who gave the world "Into the Mystic"... WorseBeforeBetter Feb 2015 #59
Exactamundo. Sheesh! vanlassie Feb 2015 #63
what no Perry Como or Captain Beefheart ? olddots Feb 2015 #20
Elvis should be first. Exhibit A Feb 2015 #22
You spelled "Johnny Cash" wrong! Dpm12 Feb 2015 #64
LOL! n/t Exhibit A Feb 2015 #68
How could they leave out Les Paul? kentauros Feb 2015 #23
Yep. All Les did was invent the solid-body electric guitar hifiguy Feb 2015 #39
As pointed out further downthread kentauros Feb 2015 #40
Madonna is a greater artist than Bessie Smith or Ella Fitzgerald? Please sarge43 Feb 2015 #24
^^^THIS^^^ Tom Ripley Feb 2015 #26
Motherfuck, where is that motherfucker Miles Davis? Tom Ripley Feb 2015 #25
Artie Shaw. He could make Stonehenge dance. nt sarge43 Feb 2015 #27
No Janis or Stevie? WTF????? hobbit709 Feb 2015 #29
they should've stopped after #40 NightWatcher Feb 2015 #30
Anyone notice anything strange about this list? Mr.Bill Feb 2015 #31
Yeah, it's clearly a post-50s pop music list cemaphonic Feb 2015 #32
Jazz must be totally alien to them, as is blues Tom Ripley Feb 2015 #37
Good point. hifiguy Feb 2015 #41
No Ray Charles or Buddy Rich? No Zappa? No Priest? jmowreader Feb 2015 #33
I think he just tuned in classic rock, oldies, and Hot 100 stations and wrote down the first 50 Tom Ripley Feb 2015 #38
that list isn't correct Enrique Feb 2015 #35
THE GRATEFUL DEAD? ghostsinthemachine Feb 2015 #42
They were definitely unique cyberswede Feb 2015 #44
Yeah Warren DeMontague Feb 2015 #53
They are, and remain, the TITANS of American music. ghostsinthemachine Feb 2015 #58
Dave Matthews puts me to sleep- but everything else you wrote, I agree 100%! Warren DeMontague Feb 2015 #61
Rufus Harley Jazz Bag piper olddots Feb 2015 #43
Rename: The 50 Greatest Pop/Rock Anglophone Musical Artists Since 1950 ... kwassa Feb 2015 #46
My top 10 Dpm12 Feb 2015 #50
Dylan and Johnny Cash were unique entertainers. lpbk2713 Feb 2015 #52
Johnny Cash was a great singer Dpm12 Feb 2015 #54
The fucking BEASTIE BOYS made the list?! Are you fucking kidding me?! Arugula Latte Feb 2015 #55
Oh boy what a lame list! Taylor Swift, but no Smiths? Clearly, influence is not one of their Coventina Feb 2015 #57
I know... I'm laughing that Taylor Swift, and even Beyonce, beat out Morrissey. WorseBeforeBetter Feb 2015 #60
OK - here's my (entirely subjective) Top 10, 80s & beyond list Coventina Feb 2015 #62
Best artists on the list... Dpm12 Feb 2015 #65
Where's Kanye? Blue_In_AK Feb 2015 #66
Marvin Gaye? Ray Charles? Blue_In_AK Feb 2015 #67
How did this guy not make list? Dpm12 Feb 2015 #69
I always wonder why some foreign bands never make yuiyoshida Feb 2015 #70
can I name my top 10.000 list ? olddots Feb 2015 #72
Nope. HughBeaumont Feb 2015 #73
No list of greatest artists ever can be complete without... Dpm12 Feb 2015 #74
This message was self-deleted by its author olddots Feb 2015 #75
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