Blue Moon Top 100 Bands Artists - Full List of Artists (pg 287)

[RobMCFC]

Quiz: assuming Bowie, Beatles, Stones, Smiths, Oasis and Pink Floyd are the last six, what percentage of our top 100 are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

a) Less than 30 pct
b) 30-39 pct
c) 40-49 pct
d) 50-59 pct
e) 60-69 pct
f) More than 70 pct

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tend to recognise those artists who have made a significant contribution to music - you know, maybe those who have made more than 10 albums over a 25-year or more career.

So on this basis most of our Top 100 list don’t qualify, and I’m going a). At least I hope that’s the answer.

 

[urban genie]

Quiz: assuming Bowie, Beatles, Stones, Smiths, Oasis and Pink Floyd are the last six, what percentage of our top 100 are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

a) Less than 30 pct
b) 30-39 pct
c) 40-49 pct
d) 50-59 pct
e) 60-69 pct
f) More than 70 pct

4 are in it, the smiths were snubbed the same year as kraftwek, and Liam Galagher when asked said he wasn't arsed so don't bother.

All these things are like the ballon d'Or and michelin stars, load of old bollocks.

 

[hilts]

1. New Order
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
836,409,821,026. Radiohead
836,409,821,027. Dexy’s Midnight Runners

:)

Bollocks that, I had radiohead at 836,409,821,025

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

4 are in it, the smiths were snubbed the same year as kraftwek, and Liam Galagher when asked said he wasn't arsed so don't bother.

All these things are like the ballon d'Or and michelin stars, load of old bollocks.

Oh, I agree. Just thought it would be interesting to guess at.

 

[PinkFinal]

Surely Elvis Costello isn't one of the remaining acts ?

 

[hilts]

I will be shocked if The Faith Tones don't make top 3


View attachment 33802

So that's where the bangles got their look. Fit as fuck.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Quiz: assuming Bowie, Beatles, Stones, Smiths, Oasis and Pink Floyd are the last six, what percentage of our top 100 are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

a) Less than 30 pct
b) 30-39 pct
c) 40-49 pct
d) 50-59 pct
e) 60-69 pct
f) More than 70 pct

The answer is E -- 53% of our top 100 are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

This assumes our top 6 are Bowie, Beatles, Stones and Pink Floyd (all in) and The Smiths and Oasis (not in).

My ten favo(u)rite artists IN the RnR HoF but who DIDN'T make our list:

Roxy Music (who I voted for)
Aerosmith
Beastie Boys
Public Enemy
The Cars
Peter Gabriel (solo)
Steve Miller
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
The Police
The Pretenders

I should point out something. IMO the one most deserving person in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame above all others as an individual who is not there is Brian Eno. While he's in as a member of Roxy Music, he isn't on his own. Between playing, composing and producing, Eno has been involved in a staggering 3,700 albums over a 50 year career, and has worked with roughly three dozen members of the HoF (either their bands or solo). He coined the term ambient, and popularized the genre. He produced some of the best-loved, most influential records ever made. He's a no-brainer and it chaps me that far, far lesser contributors to rock music have made it and he hasn't.

Sorry to harp on about the HoF -- it doesn't mean anything to me; it's just a repository for the widely-acknowledged "great artists" so that's why I'm bringing it up.

 

[Bill Walker]

Bollocks that, I had radiohead at 836,409,821,025

I'm a child of the 60s 70s, none of these newer bands making the top 10 do anything for me. They all sound completely derivative of what went before.

In fact the only song Ive heard by any band since the 70s that pricked my ears up was Paranoid Android. I thought that wasnt derivative, I thought it was original with a fresh new sound. Excellent song.

Apologies if your favourite band is Oasis, New Order, Stone Roses etc but thats how I feel.

 

[hilts]

I'm a child of the 60s 70s, none of these newer bands making the top 10 do anything for me. They all sound completely derivative of what went before.

In fact the only song Ive heard by any band since the 70s that pricked my ears up was Paranoid Android. I thought that wasnt derivative, I thought it was original with a fresh new sound. Excellent song.

Apologies if your favourite band is Oasis, New Order, Stone Roses etc but thats how I feel.

I like a few of Radioheads songs it was just a joke, in fact some of them I think are in the fucking great category. I would say modern music has ran out of steam. We have entered a cultural wasteland in music and films as well tbh. I’m looking further back on things I may have missed because nothing new is around.

We live in an era of modern R&B and superhero movies.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

I like a few of Radioheads songs it was just a joke, in fact some of them I think are in the fucking great category. I would say modern music has ran out of steam. We have entered a cultural wasteland in music and films as well tbh. I’m looking further back on things I may have missed because nothing new is around.

We live in an era of modern R&B and superhero movies.

I like a few too, I just think they are the most overrated band in the history of popular music, and by a country mile. It's not fucking close.