Which of these are in your top 10 favorite music acts of all time ?

None of the above for me.

If we're asking strictly about favorite 'rock' acts, I'd rank the Beach Boys, Byrds, Television/Voidoids, Love, VU/Reed, Big Star, Verve, Spiritualized, MC5 and especially Van Morrison (surely he counts if Neil does) above anybody on the OP's list with the possible exception of Neil. If we expand outward to include pop/R&B/country acts, they'd be crowded out some more. And if you include jazz acts, I doubt there's anybody on the OP's list that cracks my top 50, Beatles included.

 

From the list - The Beatles, The Rolling Stones (Brian Jones era) and The Who - up to Tommy

 

left off 5...

 

Beatles, Stones, Who, Led Zepp & Dylan?

 

you're a funny guy...

 

R.E.M.
The Rolling Stones
U2
Wilco
The Beatles
Dwight Yoakam
Radiohead
Blur
Led Zeppelin
Depeche Mode

 

From the list, Beatles, Stones, Bowie, Hendrix, Pink Floyd and Neil Young, though the last 3 are borderline; definitely top 20, however (as are a few others here).

 

Queen
Beatles
Beach Boys
Black Sabbath/Ozzy
ZZ Top
Motley Crue
Hank Williams Jr
Van Halen/DLR
Prince

 

Top tens can be very difficult. I normally think in terms of bands, male singers and female singers.

My best try today would be:

Bands - Beatles, Blur, Pink Floyd, Doors, Moody Blues, Cream, Bee Gees, Zero 7..........
Male singers - John Lennon, David Bowie, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Elvis Presley, Bob Marley
Female singers - Stevie Nicks, Kate Bush, Melanie, Joni Mitchell, Shirley Bassey, Janis Joplin, Aretha Franklin......
Can't quite categorise - Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa.........

 

Bob Dylan
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Grateful Dead
Bob Marley
Neil Young (with and without Crazy Horse)
The Clash
Van Morrison
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Al Green

Bubbling just past the top ten: Elvis, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Aretha, The Who, The Band, Bruce Springsteen, Prince, The Go-Betweens, The Smiths, R.E.M., The Beach Boys, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Dusty Springfield, Bobbie Gentry, Radiohead, George Jones, U2, Talking Heads, Led Zeppelin, Roy Orbison

p.s. Something about the framework of this poll doesn't give enough elbow room for music by African-American artists — blues, R&B, soul, funk, hip-hop.... IMO

 

1. The Rolling Stones
2. The Who
3. The Kinks
4. Bob Dylan
5. Jimi Hendrix
6. Jerry Lee Lewis
7. Howlin' Wolf
8. Otis Redding
9. Elvis Presley
10. Robert Johnson

Just behind these are Cream, CCR, Led Zeppelin, Muddy Waters, Elmore James and more recently The Allman Brothers Band...

 

beatles
bowie (1970-1977)
dylan (1963-1970)
jefferson airplane
doors
neil young
kate bush
kinks (1965-1973)
iggy and the stooges
rolling stones (1964-1972)

 

in your coffee??

 

I don't drink coffee

 

good ...too much caffeine is unhealthy

 

None from that list.

VdGG
Chameleons
Porcupine Tree
Echo and the Bunnymen
Magazine
Cure
Black Swan Lane
King Crimson
Steve Hillage
Jethro Tull

 

Pink Floyd would make my top 20 and Hendrix might.

 

Beatles, Bowie, and Elvis Presley. None in my top 2, though. That's if we are only considering rock artists - Numerous Blues Artists would populate my top 10. Van Halen and Steely Dan are close, probably top 20. Stones, Stevie Wonder and Hendrix are top 30, probably. A few others there are top 75.

 

Elvis, Dylan, Stones, Beatles, Who.

 

Hats off to the OP for such an ambitious thread.

You're bound to put off fans of _________ for omitting them/him/her.

Myself, I am perplexed why Topo Gigio was not listed....

 

Kinks
VU
Waits
Stones
Sonic Youth
Can
Stooges
Swans
Kraftwerk
Rem

 

I can't believe how lowly regarded Nirvana is here.

 

Beatles/Stones/Who/Zeppelin/Floyd/Dylan/Neil Young/Steely Dan/McCartney/Lennon from the list. As far as my actual top ten goes (on most days) since I include the solo stuff in with "Beatles" anyway replace solo McCartney/Lennon with The Band and Genesis.

 

I don't think of things in a top ten frame of mind. I checked the Beatles and PF anyway.

 

From the list a big fat zero