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11. We would like to know why

Wed Feb 4, 2015, 12:55 AM

Feb 2015

Jay-Z and Beyonce, Taylor Swift, NWA, Eminem, Pearl Jam and U2 made the list but we didn't. Was there some kind of sign-up deadline? Was there a fee involved? Did anyone even try calling us?

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Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens, James Taylor, Crosby, Stills and ,Nash, the Eagles, Santana, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Heart, Cream, Yes, Genesis, Linda Ronstadt, the Carpenters, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, Jefferson Airplane, Steely Dan, Moody Blues, Peter, Paul and Mary, Mamas and the Papas, Frank Zappa, Roxy Music, Sly and the Family Stone, Vince Guaraldi, Allman Brothers, Queen, the Byrds, the Clash, Velvet Underground, Prince, Janis Joplin, Miles Davis, Grateful Dead, Ike & Tina Turner, Aerosmith, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, Hoagy Carmichael, Cole Porter, Glenn Miller, George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Franz Lizst, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven.

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50 Greatest Musical Artists [View all] Dpm12 Feb 2015 OP

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

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