Minneapolis indie station The Current's top 893 artists

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    The Current is one of the few radio stations I pay attention to (alongside a few local stations like WFPK and WXOX). Last month their website took top 10's from fans all over the globe to compile the ultimate artist countdown. Given that the station is from Minneapolis, Prince's placing at #2 might seem higher than average given it's his hometown and square one (even though to me, #2 is pretty accurate for where I'd rank him) and there's some real surprises on the list, legends who fall in the 600s while artists on their second album rank twice as high, but a nice snapshot of what NPR music listeners would rank amongst their favorite all time artists in 2017. Love to hear some discussion about this
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    1. : The Beatles
    I Want to Hold Your Hand & Hey Jude
    2. : Prince
    When You Were Mine & Purple Rain
    3. : Bob Dylan
    Like a Rolling Stone & Rainy Day Woman 12 and 35
    4. : David Bowie
    Suffragette City & Let's Dance
    5. : Led Zeppelin
    Over the Hills and Far Away & Ramble On
    6. : Rolling Stones
    Get Off of My Cloud
    7. : Nirvana
    Smells Like Teen Spirit
    8. : Radiohead
    Creep
    9. : Johnny Cash
    Ring Of Fire
    10. : Pink Floyd
    Arnold Layne
    11. : The Clash
    London Calling
    12. : Michael Jackson
    Rock With You
    13. : U2
    I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
    14. : R.E.M.
    It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
    15. : Jimi Hendrix
    Fire
    16. : The Replacements
    I Will Dare
    17. : Bruce Springsteen
    Born To Run
    18. : Neil Young
    Heart of Gold
    19. : Aretha Franklin
    Respect
    20. : Queen
    Bohemian Rhapsody
    21. : Elvis Presley
    Jailhouse Rock
    22. : Chuck Berry
    Johnny B. Goode
    23. : Miles Davis
    Blue In Green
    24. : Pearl Jam
    Even Flow
    25. : Stevie Wonder
    Sir Duke
    26. : Beastie Boys
    Sabotage
    27. : Bob Marley
    No Woman, No Cry
    28. : Talking Heads
    Psycho Killer
    29. : Wilco
    Casino Queen
    30. : The Smiths
    How Soon is Now?
    31. : Beck
    Devil's Haircut
    32. : Joni Mitchell
    Chelsea Morning
    33. : The Cure
    Friday I'm In Love
    34. : Fleetwood Mac
    The Chain
    35. : Pixies
    Where Is My Mind
    36. : Velvet Underground
    I'm Waiting For The Man
    37. : Elvis Costello
    (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding
    38. : The Who
    The Seeker
    39. : Beach Boys
    Wouldn't It Be Nice
    40. : Ramones
    Blitzkrieg Bop
    41. : James Brown
    I Got You (I Feel Good)
    42. : Grateful Dead
    Sugar Magnolia
    43. : Madonna
    Vogue
    44. : Billie Holiday
    Strange Fruit
    45. : Tom Waits
    Big in Japan
    46. : Frank Sinatra
    Fly Me To The Moon
    47. : White Stripes
    Seven Nation Army
    48. : Simon & Garfunkel
    Mrs. Robinson
    49. : Nina Simone
    I Put a Spell on You
    50. : Van Morrison
    Brown Eyed Girl
    51. : Bjork
    Army of Me
    52. : Leonard Cohen
    Suzanne
    53. : Bon Iver
    Skinny Love
    54. : Kanye West
    Flashing Lights (feat. Dwele)
    55. : Arcade Fire
    Keep The Car Running
    56. : Ella Fitzgerald
    Something's Gotta Give
    57. : Elton John
    Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
    58. : Janis Joplin
    Me and Bobby McGee
    59. : Doors
    People Are Strange
    60. : Beyonce
    Hold Up
    61. : Jack White
    I'm Shakin'
    62. : Black Sabbath
    Paranoid
    63. : Patti Smith
    Gloria
    64. : Willie Nelson
    Whiskey River
    65. : Public Enemy
    Fight the Power
    66. : Paul Simon
    Graceland
    67. : Carole King
    I Feel The Earth Move
    68. : A Tribe Called Quest
    I Left My Wallet in El Segundo
    69. : Spoon
    I Turn My Camera On
    70. : Otis Redding
    I've Been Loving You (Too Long)
    71. : Kendrick Lamar
    These Walls
    72. : Eric Clapton
    Cocaine
    73. : Marvin Gaye
    What's Going On
    74. : Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
    Even The Losers
    75. : Foo Fighters
    Monkey Wrench
    76. : Buddy Holly
    Peggy Sue
    77. : Green Day
    Welcome to Paradise
    78. : Hank Williams
    Hey, Good Lookin'
    79. : John Coltrane
    Giant Steps
    80. : Depeche Mode
    Enjoy the Silence
    81. : John Lennon
    Imagine
    82. : Weezer
    Buddy Holly
    83. : Robert Johnson
    Sweet Home Chicago
    84. : Kinks
    You Really Got Me
    85. : Metallica
    For Whom The Bell Tolls
    86. : Lou Reed
    Walk On The Wild Side
    87. : New Order
    Bizarre Love Triangle
    88. : Red Hot Chili Peppers
    Under the Bridge
    89. : Patsy Cline
    Walkin' After Midnight
    90. : Sam Cooke
    A Change is Going to Come
    91. : Elliott Smith
    Somebody That I Used To Know
    92. : Rush
    Tom Sawyer
    93. : Nine Inch Nails
    Down In It
    94. : The Police
    Roxanne
    95. : Louis Armstrong
    Blueberry Hill
    96. : Blondie
    Heart of Glass
    97. : The Black Keys
    Lonely Boy
    98. : Adele
    Right As Rain
    99. : Oasis
    Wonderwall
    100. : Husker Du
    Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely
    101. : The Band
    The Weight
    102. : Joy Division
    Love Will Tear Us Apart
    103. : The National
    Don't Swallow The Cap
    104. : Ryan Adams
    New York, New York
    105. : Modest Mouse
    Float On
    106. : Smashing Pumpkins
    Today
    107. : Billy Joel
    Only the Good Die Young
    108. : Muddy Waters
    Mannish Boy
    109. : Iggy Pop The Stooges
    The Passenger
    110. : Atmosphere
    Shhh
    111. : Tori Amos
    Cornflake Girl
    112. : LCD Soundsystem
    Dance Yrself Clean
    113. : Decemberists
    The Crane Wife 3
    114. : The Hold Steady
    Stuck Between Stations
    115. : Brandi Carlile
    The Story
    116. : Tool
    Stinkfist
    117. : Neko Case
    John Saw That Number
    118. : Avett Brothers
    Kick Drum Heart
    119. : Ray Charles
    I've Got a Woman
    120. : Kate Bush
    Running Up That Hill
    121. : Daft Punk
    One More Time
    122. : The Sex Pistols
    God Save the Queen
    123. : Strokes
    Last Nite
    124. : Pavement
    Cut Your Hair
    125. : Shins
    New Slang
    126. : Steely Dan
    Peg
    127. : Rage Against The Machine
    Killing In The Name
    128. : Dolly Parton
    Jolene
    129. : Stevie Ray Vaughan
    Pride and Joy
    130. : B.B. King
    The Thrill Is Gone
    131. : Trampled by Turtles
    Wait So Long
    132. : Ani DiFranco
    32 Flavors
    133. : Sonic Youth
    Dirty Boots
    134. : The Eagles
    Hotel California
    135. : Death Cab For Cutie
    I Will Follow You into the Dark
    136. : Brian Eno
    Needle in The Camel's Eye
    137. : Sufjan Stevens
    Chicago
    138. : Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
    Red Right Hand
    139. : They Might Be Giants
    Birdhouse In Your Soul
    140. : Amy Winehouse
    Rehab
    141. : Outkast
    Hey Ya!
    142. : Coldplay
    Viva La Vida
    143. : Peter Gabriel
    In Your Eyes
    144. : Cloud Cult
    Everybody Here Is A Cloud
    145. : Lucinda Williams
    Are You Alright?
    146. : Etta James
    At Last
    147. : Gorillaz
    Clint Eastwood
    148. : PJ Harvey
    Down by the Water
    149. : ABBA
    Dancing Queen
    150. : Father John Misty
    Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings
    151. : Mumford and Sons
    Little Lion Man
    152. : Florence + the Machine
    Dog Days Are Over
    153. : Bob Mould
    something
    154. : 2Pac
    California Love
    155. : E.L.O.
    When I Was a Boy
    156. : Earth, Wind & Fire
    September
    157. : Chance The Rapper
    All We Got (feat. Kanye)
    158. : Nick Drake
    Pink Moon
    159. : George Clinton/Parliament
    Chocolate City
    160. : Indigo Girls
    Closer to Fine
    161. : Lauryn Hill
    Doo-Wop (That Thing)
    162. : The Allman Brothers
    Melissa
    163. : Woody Guthrie
    This Land Is Your Land
    164. : Big Star
    In the Street
    165. : Bonnie Raitt
    I Ain't Blue
    166. : Tame Impala
    Solitude is Bliss
    167. : Paul McCartney
    Band On the Run
    168. : Kraftwerk
    Radioactivity
    169. : Dave Matthews Band
    Crash Into Me
    170. : Ben Folds
    Brick
    171. : John Prine
    Sam Stone
    172. : RUN-DMC
    It's Tricky
    173. : The Bee Gees
    In My Own Time
    174. : The Jayhawks
    Blue
    175. : Belle & Sebastian
    The Stars of Track and Field
    176. : Jason Isbell
    24 Frames
    177. : Queens of the Stone Age
    Go With the Flow
    178. : Alabama Shakes
    Hang Loose
    179. : Duke Ellington
    Take the 'A' Train
    180. : Wu-Tang Clan
    Protect Ya Neck
    181. : Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
    Woodstock
    182. : Sleater-Kinney
    Start Together
    183. : Van Halen
    Jamie's Cryin'
    184. : My Morning Jacket
    One Big Holiday
    185. : The New Pornographers
    All the Old Showstoppers
    186. : Regina Spektor
    Bleeding Heart
    187. : AC/DC
    Back in Black
    188. : XTC
    Making Plans for Nigel
    189. : Devo
    Whip It
    190. : Cake
    The Distance
    191. : The Flaming Lips
    Do You Realize?
    192. : alt-J
    Tessellate
    193. : Uncle Tupelo
    Whiskey Bottle
    194. : Vampire Weekend
    Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
    195. : James Taylor
    Fire and Rain
    196. : Frank Zappa
    Peaches En Regalia
    197. : Aimee Mann
    Humpty Dumpty
    198. : Guided By Voices
    Hold On Hope
    199. : Jeff Buckley
    Hallelujah
    200. : Conor Oberst
    You Are Your Mother's Child
    201. : Duran Duran
    Girls on Film
    202. : N.W.A
    Express Yourself
    203. : Liz Phair
    Polyester Bride
    204. : Creedence Clearwater Revival
    Fortunate Son
    205. : Guns N' Roses
    Welcome to the Jungle
    206. : Sting
    Shadows in the Rain
    207. : Fiona Apple
    Better Version of Me
    208. : Dessa
    Dixon's Girl4
    209. : Jam
    Town Called Malice
    210. : Fleet Foxes
    White Winter Hymnal
    211. : The Pretenders
    Stop Your Sobbin'
    212. : Journey
    Don't Stop Believin'
    213. : Whitney Houston
    I Will Always Love You
    214. : Morrissey
    Suedehead
    215. : Al Green
    Tired of Being Alone
    216. : Frank Ocean
    Thinkin Bout You
    217. : Arctic Monkeys
    Do I Wanna Know?
    218. : My Bloody Valentine
    When You Sleep
    219. : Dawes
    All Your Favorite Bands
    220. : George Harrison
    My Sweet Lord
    221. : Sigur Ros
    Gobbledigook
    222. : Neutral Milk Hotel
    The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. One
    223. : Tegan & Sara
    Walking With a Ghost
    224. : Fugazi
    Waiting Room
    225. : Lucius
    Turn it Around
    226. : Alice In Chains
    Man in the Box
    227. : Jenny Lewis
    Play/Pause
    228. : Loretta Lynn
    Coal Miner's Daughter
    229. : Courtney Barnett
    Three Packs a Day
    230. : Thelonious Monk
    Round Midnight
    231. : Santana
    Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen
    232. : Eminem
    The Real Slim Shady
    233. : Lana Del Rey
    Love
    234. : Ween
    Voodoo Lady
    235. : Sly & The Family Stone
    Everyday People
    236. : Soundgarden
    Black Hole Sun
    237. : The Killers
    Mr. Brightside
    238. : Aerosmith
    Dream On
    239. : Hippo Campus
    Way It Goes
    240. : The Cars
    Just What I Needed
    241. : Roxy Music
    Love is the Drug
    242. : Portishead
    Glory Box
    243. : Muse
    Uprising
    244. : Diana Ross & The Supremes
    Someday We'll Be Together
    245. : Cat Stevens
    Wild World
    246. : Joan Jett
    Bad Reputation
    247. : Andrew Bird
    Tenuousness
    248. : Dr. Dre
    Still D.R.E.
    249. : Howlin' Wolf
    Smoke Stack Lightning
    250. : Phish
    Heavy Things
    251. : Dead Kennedys
    California Uber Alles
    252. : David Byrne
    Dance on Vaseline
    253. : Jackson Browne
    Running On Empty
    254. : Low
    Plastic Cup
    255. : Alanis Morissette
    You Oughta Know
    256. : Violent Femmes
    Blister in the Sun
    257. : Polica
    Lay Your Cards Out
    258. : Notorious B.I.G.
    Hypnotize
    259. : Ludwig Van Beethoven
    Fur Elise
    260. : Drive-By Truckers
    Carl Perkins Cadillac
    261. : Doomtree
    Little Mercy
    262. : Janet Jackson
    Rhythm Nation
    263. : Yes
    Owner of a Lonely Heart
    264. : Television
    See No Evil
    265. : Gram Parsons
    Love Hurts
    266. : Janelle Monae
    Tightrope
    267. : Magnetic Fields
    The Book of Love
    268. : B-52s
    Rock Lobster
    269. : Joan Baez
    Diamonds and Rust
    270. : Minutemen
    Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing
    271. : Frank Turner
    Recovery
    272. : Richard Thompson
    1952 Vincent Black Lightning
    273. : Heart
    Barracuda
    274. : Emmylou Harris
    Wrecking Ball
    275. : Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
    I Learned the Hard Way
    276. : Roy Orbison
    Oh Pretty Woman
    277. : Jane's Addiction
    Jane Says
    278. : Iron & Wine
    Walking Far From Home
    279. : Johann Sebastian Bach
    Orchestral Suite No. 2 Badinerie
    280. : Lady Gaga
    Born This Way
    281. : Merle Haggard
    The Bottle Let Me Down
    282. : Slayer
    Raining Blood
    283. : Jay Z
    Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
    284. : Brian Wilson
    Love and Mercy
    285. : Missy Elliott
    The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
    286. : Iron Maiden
    Run to the Hills
    287. : Pogues
    A Pair of Brown Eyes
    288. : King Crimson
    21st Century Schizoid Man
    289. : Jeremy Messersmith
    Miracles
    290. : Hall & Oates
    Maneater
    291. : Animal Collective
    My Girls
    292. : First Aid Kit
    Waitress Song
    293. : John Denver
    Rocky Mountain High
    294. : Moody Blues
    Nights in White Satin
    295. : Warren Zevon
    Werewolves of London
    296. : Bad Religion
    21st Century (Digital Boy)
    297. : Cage The Elephant
    Trouble
    298. : Tina Turner
    What's Love Got to Do With It?
    299. : X
    Johnny Hit and Run Paulene
    300. : Funkadelic
    Hit It and Quit It
    301. : Yo La Tengo
    Mr. Tough
    302. : Lizzo
    Good As Hell
    303. : Lumineers
    Ho Hey
    304. : Genesis
    The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
    305. : Steve Earle
    Lungs
    306. : Blur
    Girls and Boys
    307. : Townes Van Zandt
    If I Needed You
    308. : Moby
    Natural Blues
    309. : Aphex Twin
    Girl/Boy
    310. : Massive Attack
    Teardrop
    311. : Suburbs
    Love is the Law
    312. : INXS
    Don't Change
    313. : Annie Lennox
    Walking On Broken Glass
    314. : Charlie Parker
    Parker's Mood
    315. : Pete Seeger
    Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
    316. : Temptations
    Ain't Too Proud to Beg
    317. : Dire Straits
    Money for Nothing
    318. : Waylon Jennings
    Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?
    319. : Glass Animals
    Gooey
    320. : Roots
    The Next Movement
    321. : St. Vincent
    Cruel
    322. : Smokey Robinson
    The Tracks of My Tears
    323. : Tragically Hip
    New Orleans is Sinking
    324. : Mavis Staples
    High Note
    325. : Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
    The Message
    326. : Stevie Nicks
    Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
    327. : Mason Jennings
    Fighter Girl
    328. : Head & the Heart
    All We Ever Knew
    329. : Bill Withers
    Ain't No Sunshine
    330. : Paul Westerberg
    Dyslexic Heart
    331. : Garbage
    Special
    332. : Feist
    1234
    333. : Barbra Streisand
    Happy Days Are Here Again
    334. : Counting Crows
    Mr. Jones
    335. : Dwight Yoakam
    Streets of Bakersfield
    336. : Soul Asylum
    Somebody to Shove
    337. : Neil Diamond
    Sweet Caroline
    338. : The Monkees
    Last Train to Clarksville
    339. : Nick Lowe
    (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding
    340. : T. Rex
    Life's a Gas
    341. : Cocteau Twins
    Heaven or Las Vegas
    342. : Lyle Lovett
    If I Had A Boat
    343. : Babes in Toyland
    He's My Thing
    344. : Motorhead
    Ace of Spades
    345. : Soul Coughing
    Super Bon Bon
    346. : John Lee Hooker
    One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
    347. : Ray LaMontagne
    Trouble
    348. : Curtis Mayfield
    Superfly
    349. : Of Monsters And Men
    Little Talks
    350. : Wolfgang Amadeus MozarT
    Turkish Rondo
    351. : Bessie Smith
    Nobody Loves You When You're Down and Out
    352. : Dave Brubeck
    Take Five
    353. : Social Distortion
    Ball and Chain
    354. : Band of Horses
    Is There a Ghost
    355. : Psychedelic Furs
    Heaven
    356. : Nas
    Where Are They Now?
    357. : Fela Anikulapo Kuti
    Zombie
    358. : The Stone Roses
    I Wanna Be Adored
    359. : The Faces
    Ooh La La
    360. : Gary Numan
    Cars
    361. : De La Soul
    Me, Myself, and I
    362. : Lorde
    Royals
    363. : Erykah Badu
    Drama
    364. : Little Richard
    Good Golly, Miss Molly
    365. : Echo & The Bunnymen
    The Killing Moon
    366. : Garth Brooks
    If Tomorrow Never Comes
    367. : Chicago
    25 or 6 to 4
    368. : Tears for Fears
    Head Over Heels
    369. : Beach House
    Zebra
    370. : Gillian Welch
    The Way It Will Be
    371. : Linda Ronstadt
    You're No Good
    372. : Sturgill Simpson
    Brace for Impact (Live a Little)
    373. : MF Doom
    Rhymes Like Dimes
    374. : George Michael
    Freedom
    375. : Rancid
    Time Bomb
    376. : Everly Brothers
    All I Have To Do Is Dream
    377. : Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    Maps
    378. : Semisonic
    Closing Time
    379. : D'Angelo
    Sugah Daddy
    380. : Cheap Trick
    Surrender
    381. : Todd Rundgren
    I Saw the Light
    382. : Rilo Kiley
    Portions for Foxes
    383. : Gary Clark Jr.
    Ain't Messin' 'Round
    384. : Sade
    Smooth Operator
    385. : Lead Belly
    Where Did You Sleep Last Night
    386. : Cream
    I Feel Free
    387. : Jack Johnson
    Flake
    388. : Sister Rosetta Tharpe
    Down By The Riverside
    390. : Faith No More
    Epic
    391. : George Gershwin
    Kickin' The Clouds Away
    392. : Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
    I Need Never Get Old
    393. : Old 97's
    Good with God (feat. Brandi Carlile)
    394. : Supertramp
    Take The Long Way Home
    395. : Billy Bragg
    A New England
    396. : Silversun Pickups
    Lazy Eye
    397. : Run The Jewels
    Legend Has It
    398. : Weird Al Yankovic
    Eat It
    399. : CHVRCHES
    Clearest Blue
    400. : Eurythmics
    Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
    401. : Black Flag
    Rise Above
    402. : TV On The Radio
    Wolf Like Me
    403. : Morphine
    Buena
    404. : Metric
    Help, I'm Alive
    405. : Kings of Leon
    Sex on Fire
    406. : Charles Bradley
    Ain't It a Sin
    407. : Eddie Vedder
    Hard Sun
    408. : Bikini Kill
    False Start
    409. : Cyndi Lauper
    Girls Just Want to Have Fun
    410. : Sublime
    Santeria
    411. : Blink-182
    All The Small Things
    412. : Cowboy Junkies
    Sweet Jane
    413. : Melvins
    It's Shoved
    414. : Chic
    Good Times
    415. : Charles Mingus
    Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
    416. : Boston
    More Than a Feeling
    417. : Nilsson
    One
    418. : Booker T. & the M.G.'s
    Green Onions
    419. : Sugar
    If I Can't Change Your Mind
    420. : Siouxsie & The Banshees
    Kiss Them For Me
    421. : Deep Purple
    Highway Star
    422. : Jackson 5
    I Want You Back
    423. : Bruno Mars
    Locked Out of Heaven
    424. : Dixie Chicks
    Not Ready to Make Nice
    425. : Pet Shop Boys
    West End Girls
    426. : Phantogram
    You Don't Get Me High Anymore
    427. : Haley Bonar
    Kismet Kill
    428. : Barenaked Ladies
    One Week
    429. : John Hiatt
    Have a Little Faith in Me
    430. : Grimes
    Flesh Without Blood
    431. : Joanna Newsom
    81
    432. : John Mellencamp
    Hurts So Good
    433. : Norah Jones
    Don't Know Why
    434. : Taylor Swift
    Shake It Off
    435. : Fats Domino
    Ain't That a Shame
    436. : OK Go
    A Million Ways
    437. : Patty Griffin
    Heavenly Day
    438. : Wire
    Three Girl Rhumba
    439. : Bo Diddley
    I'm a Man
    440. : No Doubt
    Just A Girl
    441. : Pulp
    Common People
    442. : Caroline Smith
    Magazine
    443. : Sarah McLachlan
    Ice Cream
    444. : Byrds
    Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
    445. : Robyn Hitchcock
    Balloon Man
    446. : Dinosaur Jr.
    Feel The Pain
    447. : The Jesus & Mary Chain
    Just Like Honey
    448. : Isaac Hayes
    Walk On By
    449. : XX
    Say Something Loving
    450. : Lynyrd Skynyrd
    Sweet Home Alabama
    451. : Trip Shakespeare
    Toolmaster
    452. : Jethro Tull
    Aqualung
    453. : Weakerthans
    Plea from a Cat Named Virtue
    454. : Buddy Guy
    Money
    455. : Crowded House
    Don't Dream It's Over
    456. : Gogol Bordello
    Pala Tute
    457. : Nat King Cole
    (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
    458. : NOFX
    Leave It Alone
    459. : Specials
    A Message to You, Rudy
    460. : Alison Krauss
    Down To The River To Pray
    461. : Son Volt
    Drown
    462. : Brother Ali
    Own Light (What Hearts Are For)
    463. : 10,000 Maniacs
    These Are the Days
    464. : The Zombies
    Time Of The Season
    465. : Paul Weller
    Changingman
    466. : Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
    Roadrunner
    467. : English Beat
    Mirror In The Bathroom
    468. : Kiss
    Rock And Roll All Night
    469. : Joe Strummer
    Redemption Song
    470. : Chemical Brothers
    Block Rockin' Beats
    471. : Built To Spill
    Center Of The Universe
    472. : Can
    She Brings The Rain
    473. : The Damned
    New Rose
    474. : Hozier
    Take Me To Church
    475. : Stereolab
    Ping Pong
    476. : Shakey Graves
    Dearly Depaarted
    477. : Django Reinhardt
    Nuages
    478. : Flogging Molly
    Drunken Lullabies
    479. : Incubus
    Drive
    480. : Bauhaus
    She's in Parties
    481. : Carter Family
    Can The Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye)
    482. : Drake
    Find Your Love
    483. : Gordon Lightfoot
    Sundown
    484. : Little Feat
    Willin' (Live)
    485. : Sia
    Breathe Me
    486. : Styx
    Lady
    487. : Tracy Chapman
    Fast Car
    488. : The Kills
    Doing It To Death
    489. : Rufus Wainwright
    Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk
    490. : Snoop Dogg
    Murder Was The Case
    491. : Rod Stewart
    Maggie May
    492. : Dan Wilson
    Free Life
    493. : Bad Brains
    I Against I
    494. : Billy Idol
    Dancing With Myself
    495. : Joe Jackson
    Steppin' Out
    496. : Laurie Anderson
    Big Science
    497. : The Sugarhill Gang
    Rapper's Delight
    498. : The Go-Go's
    We Got the Beat
    499. : Robert Plant
    Rainbow
    500. : BORNS
    American Money
    501. : Matthew Sweet
    Sick of Myself
    502. : Oingo Boingo
    Weird Science
    503. : Stars
    The Night Starts Here
    504. : Gang of Four
    Damaged Goods
    505. : Interpol
    Obstacle 1
    506. : Dean Martin
    You're Nobody 'till Somebody Loves You
    507. : Jerry Garcia
    Sugaree
    508. : Ozzy Osbourne
    Party with The Animals
    509. : Carly Simon
    I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
    510. : The Staves
    Mexico
    511. : Captain Beefheart
    Diddy Wah Diddy
    512. : Fountains Of Wayne
    Radiation Vibe
    513. : Charlie Parr
    Remember Me If I Forget
    514. : Godspeed You! Black Emperor
    Their Helicopters Sing
    515. : The Waterboys
    The Whole of the Moon
    516. : Jimmy Eat World
    Lucky Denver Mint
    517. : Bill Monroe
    Uncle Pen
    518. : Los Lobos
    Kiko and the Lavender Moon
    519. : The Tallest Man On Earth
    1904
    520. : The Dandy Warhols
    We Used To Be Friends
    521. : Ingrid Michaelson
    The Way I Am
    522. : GWAR
    Sick of You
    523. : John Mayer
    No Such Thing
    524. : Misfits
    20 Eyes
    525. : Bon Jovi
    Livin' On a Prayer
    526. : Explosions in the Sky
    Trembling Hands
    527. : Guster
    Amsterdam
    528. : John Williams
    Princess Leia's Theme
    529. : Mac Demarco
    My Old Man
    530. : Philip Glass
    Floe
    531. : Talk Talk
    Talk Talk
    532. : George Jones
    He Stopped Loving Her Today
    533. : Punch Brothers
    Movement and Location
    534. : Feelies
    Crazy Rhythms
    535. : Air
    Sexy Boy
    536. : Cat Power
    The Greatest
    537. : Animals
    We Gotta Get Out of This Place
    538. : MC5
    Back in the USA
    539. : The Postal Service
    Such Great Heights
    540. : Cold War Kids
    Love is Mystical
    541. : Eels
    Prizefighter
    542. : The Mamas & the Papas
    I Saw Her Again
    543. : Squeeze
    Black Coffee in Bed
    544. : Joan Armatrading
    Into the Blues
    545. : The Afghan Whigs
    Gentlemen
    546. : Dr. John
    Revolution
    547. : Love
    A House Is Not a Motel
    548. : Luna
    Tiger Lily
    549. : Bryan Ferry
    Slave to Love
    550. : Pat Benatar
    Hit Me With Your Best Shot
    551. : Fugees
    No Woman No Cry
    552. : The Yardbirds
    Heart Full of Soul
    553. : Jefferson Airplane
    Somebody to Love
    554. : Laura Marling
    Gurdjieff's Daughter
    555. : Broken Social Scene
    Halfway Home
    556. : Elbow
    Mirrorball
    557. : Blind Melon
    No Rain
    558. : The Fall
    Couldn't Get Ahead
    559. : Bob Seger
    Old Time Rock and Roll
    560. : Grizzly Bear
    Two Weeks
    561. : Barry White
    I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby
    562. : Alice Cooper
    School's Out
    563. : Of Montreal
    Wraith Pinned to the Mist (And Other Games)
    564. : Count Basie
    Jumpin at the Woodside
    565. : Sharon Van Etten
    One Day
    566. : Frightened Rabbit
    Get Out
    567. : Justin Timberlake
    Suit and Tie (Feat. Jay-Z)
    568. : Benny Goodman
    Stompin' at the Savoy
    569. : The Offspring
    Come Out and Play
    570. : Dead Can Dance
    The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove
    571. : Lenny Kravitz
    Let Love Rule
    572. : Greg Brown
    Arkansas
    573. : Amanda Palmer
    The Killing Type
    574. : Childish Gambino
    Redbone
    575. : P.O.S
    Lanes
    576. : Alicia Keys
    Fallin
    577. : Jimmy Buffett
    Margaritaville
    578. : Bill Evans Trio
    Blue in Green
    579. : Bing Crosby
    I'll Be Seeing You
    580. : Def Leppard
    Pour Some Sugar On Me
    581. : Lucero
    The Devil and Maggie Chascarillo
    582. : Okkervil River
    Plus Ones
    583. : Marilyn Manson
    Tainted Love
    584. : The Cult
    She Sells Sanctuary
    585. : Willie Dixon
    Walking the Blues
    586. : Glen Hansard
    Winning Streak
    587. : Josh Ritter
    Where the Night Goes
    588. : System of a Down
    Chop Suey!
    589. : Herbie Hancock
    Cantaloupe Island
    590. : Toots & the Maytals
    Pressure Drop
    591. : The Time
    Jungle Love
    592. : Hole
    Violet
    593. : Boys II Men
    I'll Make Love to You
    594. : Thin Lizzy
    The Boys Are Back in Town
    595. : Graham Parker
    Local Girls
    596. : Ben Harper
    Ground On Down
    597. : Superchunk
    Driveway to Driveway
    598. : Boards of Canada
    Reach for the Dead
    599. : Gaslight Anthem
    The '59 Sound
    600. : Avalanches
    Frontier Psychiatrist
    601. : Fishbone
    Party at Ground Zero
    602. : Sinead O' Connor
    Nothing Compares 2 U
    603. : Sloan
    Everything You've Done Wrong
    604. : Thom Yorke
    A Brain in a Bottle
    605. : Traffic
    Dear Mr. Fantasy
    606. : Camper Van Beethoven
    Take The Skinheads Bowling
    607. : Primus
    Jerry Was A Racecar Driver
    608. : Lee "Scratch" Perry
    Lee Perry Upsetting Dub
    609. : Walk The Moon
    Tightrope
    610. : Sunny Day Real Estate
    In Circles
    611. : Dead Milkmen
    Punk Rock Girl
    612. : J Dilla
    Song played: "Love (feat. Pharoahe Monch)"
    613. : Meters
    Cissy Strut
    614. : Brian Jonestown Massacre
    Going To Hell
    615. : Motion City Soundtrack
    Lose Control
    616. : Pink
    Get the Party Started
    617. : Chris Isaak
    Wicked Game
    618. : Dan Auerbach
    Shine On Me
    619. : Britney Spears
    Toxic
    620. : Against Me!
    Black Me Out
    621. : Dashboard Confessional
    Screaming Infidelities
    622. : Odetta
    Cotton Fields
    623. : James
    Say Something
    624. : Leo Kottke
    Vaseline Machine Gun
    625. : Quincy Jones
    Just Once
    626. : Glen Campbell
    Wichita Lineman
    627. : Operation Ivy
    Sound System
    628. : Suzanne Vega
    Tom's Diner (DNA mix)
    629. : The Residents
    Smelly Tongues
    630. : Tweedy
    Summer Noon
    631. : The Wombats
    Moving To New York
    632. : The The
    This Is The Day
    633. : Passion Pit
    The Reeling
    634. : Rickie Lee Jones
    Satellites
    635. : Temples
    Strange or Be Forgotten
    636. : Yeasayer
    Ambling Alp
    637. : War On Drugs
    Thinking Of A Place Part 1
    638. : Titus Andronicus
    A More Perfect Union
    639. : Frank Black
    Los Angeles
    640. : Minor Threat
    Screaming At A Wall
    641. : Houndmouth
    Say It
    642. : Portugal. The Man
    Feel It Still
    643. : Leon Bridges
    Better Man
    644. : DJ Shadow
    Building Steam with a Grain of Salt
    645. : New York Dolls
    Personality Crisis
    646. : Buzzcocks
    Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)
    647. : G Love and the Special Sauce
    Cold Beverage
    648. : Public Image Limited
    Public Image
    649. : The Flying Burrito Brothers
    Older Guys
    650. : Digable Planets
    Where I'm From
    651. : Carpenters
    Superstar
    652. : Sparklehorse
    Heart Of Darkness
    653. : Phoenix
    J-Boy
    654. : Jimmy Cliff
    You Can Get It If You Really Want
    655. : Slowdive
    Sugar For The Pill
    656. : Mayer Hawthorne
    The Walk
    657. : Madness
    One Step Beyond
    658. : Cher
    Believe
    659. : Kurt Vile
    Pretty Pimpin
    660. : Broken Bells
    The High Road
    661. : Stiff Little Fingers
    Alternative Ulster
    662. : L7
    Pretend We're Dead
    663. : Midnight Oil
    The Dead Heart
    664. : Descendents
    Good Good Things
    665. : Sneaker Pimps
    Spin Spin Sugar
    666. : Thievery Corporation
    Depth Of My Soul
    667. : Deftones
    Digital Bath
    668. : Dead Man Winter
    Am I Breaking Down
    669. : Japandroids
    The House That Heaven Built
    670. : The Church
    Under The Milky Way
    671. : Michael Franti and Spearhead
    Yell Fire
    672. : Shawn Colvin
    Let It Slide
    673. : Joe Cocker
    Feeling Alright
    674. : Mos Def
    Ghetto Rock
    675. : Damon Albarn
    Everyday Robots
    676. : Jawbreaker
    Fireman
    677. : Future Islands
    Seasons (Waiting On You)
    678. : Mazzy Star
    Fade Into You
    679. : Steve Miller Band
    The Joker
    680. : Jeff Beck
    Freeway Jam
    681. : M. Ward
    Confession
    682. : The Travelling Wilburys
    Handle With Care
    683. : Thundercat
    Show You The Way feat. Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins
    684. : Lifter Puller
    To Live And Die In LBI
    685. : Damien Rice
    9 Crimes
    686. : James Blake
    Limit To Your Love
    687. : Lissie
    Hero
    688. : Robyn
    Call Your Girlfriend
    689. : Sylvan Esso
    Die Young
    690. : Har Mar Superstar
    Restless Leg
    691. : Kate and Anna McGarrigle
    Heart Like A Wheel
    692. : Peter, Paul and Mary
    If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song)
    693. : Hoodoo Gurus
    I Want You Back
    694. : Mick Jagger
    God Gave Me Everything
    695. : Sheryl Crow
    If It Makes You Happy
    696. : Catfish & the Bottlemen
    7
    697. : Chet Baker
    My Funny Valentine
    698. : Ry Cooder
    Kool-Aid
    699. : Big Mama Thornton
    Hound Dog
    700. : David Bazan
    Please Baby Please
    701. : America
    Sister Golden Hair
    702. : Everything But The Girl
    Missing
    703. : Edith Piaf
    La Vie En Rose
    704. : Joseph
    SOS (Overboard)
    705. : Sisters Of Mercy
    This Corrosion
    706. : Chaka Khan
    I Feel For You
    707. : My Chemical Romance
    Helena (So Long And Goodnight)
    708. : fIREHOSE
    Brave Captain
    709. : Jain
    Makeba
    710. : fun.
    We Are Young feat. Janelle Monae
    711. : Ike Reilly
    Born On Fire
    712. : Lake Street Dive
    Bad Self Portraits
    713. : David Gray
    Babylon
    714. : Bad Bad Hats
    Shame
    715. : Taj Mahal
    Fishin' Blues
    716. : Nanci Griffith
    Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness
    717. : Murder By Death
    Strange Eyes
    718. : JD McPherson
    North Side Gal
    719. : Flying Lotus
    Never Catch Me feat. Kendrick Lamar
    720. : Eartha Kitt
    C'est Si Bon (It's So Good)
    721. : TLC
    Waterfalls
    722. : Jake Bugg
    Two Fingers
    723. : Calexico
    Two Silver Trees
    724. : Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes
    40 Day Dream
    725. : Donna Summer
    I Feel Love
    726. : M.I.A.
    Paper Planes
    727. : Peter Tosh
    Don't Look Back
    728. : Syd Barrett
    Octopus
    729. : Rick James
    Super Freak
    730. : Thomas Dolby
    She Blinded Me With Science
    731. : Koerner, Ray & Glover
    Ramblin' Blues
    732. : Teenage Fanclub
    Sparky's Dream
    733. : The Smithereens
    A Girl Like You
    734. : Fitz & The Tantrums
    MoneyGrabber
    735. : The Breeders
    Cannonball
    736. : The Cramps
    Human Fly
    737. : Margo Price
    Hurtin' (On The Bottle)
    738. : Hot Chip
    Boy From School
    739. : Iron Butterfly
    In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
    740. : KRS One
    MCs Act Like They Don't Know
    741. : Refused
    New Noise
    742. : Buffalo Springfield
    Mr. Soul
    743. : Stone Temple Pilots
    Plush
    744. : Alex Chilton
    Free Again
    745. : Fatboy Slim
    The Rockafeller Skank
    746. : Donovan
    Hurdy Gurdy Man
    747. : Gil Scott-Heron
    The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
    748. : Franz Ferdinand
    Take Me Out
    749. : Galaxie 500
    Flowers
    750. : Joe Henry
    Civilians
    751. : Supergrass
    Alright
    752. : Ride
    Vapour Trail
    753. : Mike Doughty
    Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well
    754. : Badfinger
    Baby Blue
    755. : Beirut
    Elephant Gun
    756. : M83
    Reunion
    757. : Judas Priest
    Breaking the Law
    758. : Roger Waters
    Smell the Roses
    759. : Ministry
    Everyday is Halloween
    760. : Caetano Veloso
    Tropicalia
    761. : Big Audio Dynamite
    Rush
    762. : Sparks
    Beat the Clock
    763. : The Cranberries
    Dreams
    764. : Sarah Vaughan
    The Nearness of You
    765. : Black Crowes
    Twice as Hard
    766. : Guess Who
    American Woman
    767. : Jack Garratt
    Worry
    768. : Spiritualized
    Soul on Fire
    769. : Benjamin Booker
    Witness
    770. : Buena Vista Social Club
    Chan Chan
    771. : Flight Of The Conchords
    The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)
    772. : The Isley Brothers
    That Lady
    773. : Ornette Coleman
    Lonely Woman
    774. : Nada Surf
    Popular
    775. : Mary J Blige
    Be Happy
    776. : Rodriguez
    I Wonder
    777. : Les Paul
    Guitar Boogie
    778. : Mark Lanegan
    The Gravedigger's Song
    779. : Stranglers
    Always the Sun
    780. : tUnE-yArDs
    Bizness
    781. : Charlie Christian
    Seven Come Eleven
    782. : Erasure
    A Little Respect
    783. : Blue Oyster Cult
    (Don't Fear) The Reaper
    784. : Grandaddy
    Way We Won't
    785. : John Legend
    Darkness and Light
    786. : Steve Reich
    Music for 18 Musicians V. Section 3b
    787. : Car Seat Headrest
    Drunk Drivers
    788. : Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    Beat the Devil's Tattoo
    789. : The Go-Betweens
    Cattle and Cane
    790. : Kimya Dawson
    Tire Swing
    791. : Michael Kiwanuka
    Home Again
    792. : Ty Segall
    Break a Guitar
    793. : Cracker
    Low
    794. : Bad Plus
    Smells Like Teen Spirit
    795. : DeVotchKa
    Queen of the Surface Streets
    796. : Gear Daddies
    Color of Her Eyes
    797. : Raconteurs
    Steady As She Goes
    798. : Keith Richards
    Take It So Hard
    799. : Brand New
    Sowing Season (Yeah)
    800. : Rusted Root
    Send Me On My Way
    801. : Huey Lewis And The News
    The Power of Love
    802. : Toad the Wet Sprocket
    Fall Down
    803. : Crosby Stills & Nash
    Wooden Ships
    804. : 1975
    Love Me
    805. : ZZ Top
    Tush
    806. : Laura Nyro
    Stoned Soul Picnic
    807. : Eyedea & Abilities
    Now
    808. : Dirtbombs
    Ever Lovin Man
    809. : Japan
    Ghosts
    810. : Housemartins
    Happy Hour
    811. : Buffalo Tom
    Taillights Fade
    812. : Imogen Heap
    Hide And Seek
    813. : Goldfrapp
    Ooh La La
    814. : Lindsey Buckingham
    Trouble
    815. : Jim Croce
    Time In A Bottle
    816. : Phil Collins
    In the Air Tonight
    817. : Shovels & Rope
    The Devil Is All Around
    818. : Professor Longhair
    Tipitina
    819. : Nickel Creek
    When In Rome
    820. : Dillinger Four
    Fuzzy Pink Hand Cuffs
    821. : Black Angels
    Young Men Dead
    822. : Frankie Valli
    Can't Take My Eyes Off You
    823. : Mighty Mighty Bosstones
    The Impression That I Get
    824. : Lord Huron
    Fool For Love
    825. : Tony Bennett
    Fly Me To The Moon
    826. : Civil Wars
    Dust to Dust
    827. : Desmond Dekker
    Israelites
    828. : Go! Team
    Ladyflash
    829. : Cole Porter
    Night and Day
    830. : Kansas
    Dust in the Wind
    831. : Scott Joplin
    Maple Leaf Rag
    832. : Chastity Brown
    Wake Up
    833. : Mississippi John Hurt
    John Henry
    834. : Jaques Brel
    Ne me quitte pas
    835. : Ravi Shankar
    Rupak Tal
    836. : Kid Cudi
    Soundtrack 2 My Life
    837. : Old Crow Medicine Show
    Wagon Wheel
    838. : Lloyd Cole & the Commotions
    Perfect Skin
    839. : Communist Daughter
    Not The Kid
    840. : Son House
    My Black Mama (Part 1)
    841. : Kaiser Chiefs
    I Predict A Riot
    842. : Destroyer
    Painter in Your Pocket
    843. : Valerie June
    Shakedown
    844. : Live
    Lightning Crashes
    845. : Citizen Cope
    Son's Gonna Rise
    846. : REO Speedwagon
    Keep On Loving You
    847. : Third Eye Blind
    How's It Going to Be
    848. : John Fahey
    Dance of the Inhabitants of the Palace of King Philip XIV of Spain
    849. : Burt Bacharach
    What The World Needs Now Is Love
    850. : Mother Love Bone
    Stardog Champion
    851. : Bonnie "Prince" Billy
    I Came To Hear The Music
    852. : Judy Garland
    Dear. Mr. Gable, You Made Me Love You
    853. : Skinny Puppy
    Worlock
    854. : Josh Rouse
    Dressed Up Like Nebraska
    855. : Bela Fleck
    What'cha Gonna Do
    856. : Ali Farka Toure
    All Aoudy
    857. : Anderson .Paak
    Room in Here feat. The Game and Sonyae Elise
    858. : Cactus Blossoms
    Spotlight Kisses
    859. : War
    Low Rider
    860. : Hawkwind
    Silver Machine
    861. : Dusty Springfield
    Son Of A Preacher Man
    862. : Joao Gilberto
    Chega De Saudade
    863. : Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
    Me and Mia
    864. : Justin Townes Earle
    Look the Other Way
    865. : The Walkmen
    The Rat
    866. : Kris Kristofferson
    Me and Bobby McGee
    867. : Pere Ubu
    Final Solution
    868. : Wilson Pickett
    Mustang Sally
    869. : J Roddy Walston and The Business
    Heavy Bells
    870. : Jose Gonzalez
    Down the Line
    871. : Buckwheat Zydeco
    My Feet Can't Fail Me Now
    872. : Human League
    Don't You Want Me
    873. : Delta Spirit
    Trashcan
    874. : John Mayall
    Crawling Up a Hill
    875. : Fiery Furnaces
    Restorative Beer
    876. : Fratellis
    Chelsea Dagger
    877. : Gomez
    See the World
    878. : Ice Cube
    It Was a Good Day
    879. : Deer Tick
    The Dream's In the Ditch
    880. : Pete Townshend
    Let My Love Open the Door
    881. : Rollins Band
    Disconnect
    882. : Donny Hathaway
    The Ghetto, Pt. 1
    883. : Kamasi Washington
    Final Thought
    884. : Best Coast
    Boyfriend
    885. : Gnarls Barkley
    Crazy
    886. : Jimmy Reed
    Baby What You Want Me to Do
    887. : Sugarcubes
    Hit
    888. : Sonny Knight and The Lakers
    Juicy Lucy
    889. : Soft Boys
    I Wanna Destroy You
    890. : Lin-Manuel Miranda
    It's Quiet Uptown
    891. : Wanda Jackson
    Rock Your Baby
    892. : Serge Gainsbourg
    Bonnie and Clyde
    893. : Jerry Lee Lewis
    Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On
     
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  2. samurai

    samurai Step right up! See the glory, of the royal scam.

    Location:
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    Wow, Back, Mozart and Beethoven made the list.
     
  3. Jackson

    Jackson Senior Member

    Location:
    MA, USA
    All of a sudden all those RS lists don't look so bad.
     
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  4. Bowieboy

    Bowieboy Forum Resident Thread Starter

    Location:
    Louisville
    I dunno... there is a bit of a slant to modern indie rock artists (but that is the bread and butter of the format) but for the most part, the top 20 is hard to argue except maybe Replacements who get a boost for being from the hometown as the station. At least it's more diverse than a RS list which would be perpetually stuck in 1967 except for the token U2/Radiohead/Jackson/Nirvana/Bruce (and something like Kanye or Beyonce to show they're "really edgy and now").
     
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  5. mlew

    mlew Pub Rocker

    Good jumping off point to discover artists you're not familiar with.
    Broad based and fairly representative of pop music of last 60 years or so.
    Thanks for posting.
     
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  6. mlew

    mlew Pub Rocker

    I think it's good to have young, contemporary artists in the mix but I'd replace old fart acts such
    as REO and Supertramp with my favorite " old fart"artists such as Southside Johnny, Mink/Willy DeVille,
    Robert Palmer and Brinsley Schwarz.
    But I think these lists should help you discover artists that you're not familiar with.
    I like the suggested song(s) to help you get into the artist's body of work.
     
  7. marc with a c

    marc with a c Forum Resident

    Location:
    Orlando, FL
    I think that the only list I wouldn't take issue with would be one I'd make myself.

    This list furthers that opinion.
     
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  8. Synthfreek

    Synthfreek I’m a ray of sunshine & bastion of positivity

    Are you absolutely kidding me? Just skimming through it I see a ton of great and varied artists like Steve Reich, Pavement, Animal Collective, Hawkwind, Skinny Puppy and Ali Farka Toure.
     
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  9. Dillydipper

    Dillydipper Space-Age luddite

    Location:
    Central PA
    I've seen a few "Top 500" countdowns in my years that are really just a radio station's playlist, arranged in an order that looks credible, with a few adjustments made so a listener isn't more than 6 minutes away from a well-known warhorse of a song, there are clasics stuck in there that the target demographic might expect even if that song isn't one the station plays, and they keep a separation of ballads, female singers or "polarizing" titles. When I look at this list, I see a lot of things snuck-in where they probably don't belong statistically-speaking, yet it's just enough variety of well-known songs and left-fielders to make your average music fan who thinks of himself as "eclectic" (or at least, owns more than one tote bag), to go "awwright!". So, good job on this one; it takes a talent to "massage" a playlist in this wayand make it sound arbitrary, and not made-up.

    Also, it's easy enough for the casual, non-NPR-y listener to relate to if they were, say, at a BBQ, listening to the host's radio (where the last thing you want is for somebody trying to lead a revolt: "Wah-h-h-h, I don't know what a Brinsley Schwartz is, why can't we listen to the Classic Rock station..they have such a variety, they even play BOTH Santana songs!").

    This is good weekend programming: enough quirky to satisfy the faithful, accessible enough to keep a more traditional listener intrigued, and not so hard to execute that it sounds like the DJ's are overthinking or overworking on a holiday weekend. My compliments to the chef.
     
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  10. Jackson

    Jackson Senior Member

    Location:
    MA, USA
    I'm absolutely not kidding you, these lists all suck. The inclusion of a few fairly obscure names you happen to like doesn't make it any better than all those other lists, just longer and more pretentious
     
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  11. DeeThomaz

    DeeThomaz Senior Member

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    My wife is a charter member of this station.
     
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  12. Synthfreek

    Synthfreek I’m a ray of sunshine & bastion of positivity

    They're not obscure, they're good.
     
  13. Jackson

    Jackson Senior Member

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    I don't think the two are mutually exclusive. They may be good, but being included on the list doesn't make them any better, or less obscure. It just makes you fell better.:)
     
  14. samurai

    samurai Step right up! See the glory, of the royal scam.

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    Makes my powdered wig tingle!
     
  15. mlew

    mlew Pub Rocker

    I believe the list was compiled by eliciting listener voting on artists.
    It's Not a critic's or radio programmer list. The suggested songs might
    be the choice of the radio station which I think was a good idea.
    I think it's great that it is all over the place because that's what a good
    Music collection should be, one that would represent the last 60 years of pop music.
     
  16. ARK

    ARK Forum Miscreant

    Location:
    Charlton, MA, USA
    Good mix of new and old. I get tired of the lists that don't have anything from the past 25 years.

    To go even further, check out acclaimedmusic.net. They rank 1,000+ artists.
     
  17. Bowieboy

    Bowieboy Forum Resident Thread Starter

    Location:
    Louisville
    exactly, some forget this was taken from thousands of ballots from listeners, and not one programmers' personal "you know, Slayer is just slightly better than Jay-Z, but just not quite as good as Merle Haggard" bias.
     
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  18. clairehuxtable

    clairehuxtable Forum Resident

    Location:
    Toronto, Canada
    hmmm...just glanced at the top 10 and scrolled through the rest quickly, but prince & bowie in the top 4 is pretty accurate, imo...but james brown at 41 is sacrilegious
     
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