The Syndicate

Metalmarsh89 wrote:Dream Theater

MovingPictures07 wrote:Holy crap, this is tough. And subject to change. But let me try...

1. Rush
2. Henry Cow
3. Kraftwerk
4. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
5. Dream Theater
6. Animal Collective
7. Boards of Canada
8. King Crimson
9. The Mars Volta
10. Ozric Tentacles / Sigur Ros / Talk Talk / Frank Zappa...


For some reason, it becomes MUCH tougher right around #10. I really can't narrow that one down.

Wow, this was almost exactly 4 years ago now. I will have to mull over this and see what I would say now.

MovingPictures07 wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:Holy crap, this is tough. And subject to change. But let me try...

1. Rush
2. Henry Cow
3. Kraftwerk
4. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
5. Dream Theater
6. Animal Collective
7. Boards of Canada
8. King Crimson
9. The Mars Volta
10. Ozric Tentacles / Sigur Ros / Talk Talk / Frank Zappa...


For some reason, it becomes MUCH tougher right around #10. I really can't narrow that one down.

Wow, this was almost exactly 4 years ago now. I will have to mull over this and see what I would say now.

Maybe cut out Dream Theater like all the cool kids are doing. I have to look over mine as well.

My new list:

Rush
Talking Heads
Brian Eno
David Bowie
Talk Talk
Sigur Ros
A Tribe Called Quest
Crowded House
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Fishmans

Henry Cow
Kraftwerk
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Dream Theater
Animal Collective
Boards of Canada
King Crimson
Ozric Tentacles
The Mars Volta
Frank Zappa

It's a bit weird since I didn't give a firm top 10 last time (instead a four-way tie for #10), so I included all 13 in my analysis. Talk Talk and Sigur Ros only "stayed" because they were previously part of the #10 tie, other than that, it pretty much is only Rush that's stayed constant.

I'd still likely include a portion of these knockout dead reds in my top 20, but it's clear that my tastes have shifted at least somewhat in the past 4 years.

thellama73 wrote:Maybe cut out Dream Theater like all the cool kids are doing. I have to look over mine as well.

Lol, I caught this in linki. I still love Dream Theater, but they've fallen pretty mightily. I'm pretty sure they'd not even make my top 20 or 25 these days. Guess that makes me a cool kid.

thellama73 wrote:1. Jethro Tull
2. Queen
3. Rush
4. King Crimson
5. The Kinks
6. Be Bop Deluxe/Bill Nelson
7. Oingo Boingo
8. The Beach Boys
9. Captain Beefheart
10. Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler

I would add Brian Eno, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds to the above list, and combine Be Bop Deluxe and Dire Straights with their frontman's solo works, if that's allowed.

Honorable mention to Comus, Coil, and anything ever written by Jim Steinman.

The order has changed a lot too. I don't listen to Tull nearly as much these days.

thellama73 wrote:

thellama73 wrote:1. Jethro Tull
2. Queen
3. Rush
4. King Crimson
5. The Kinks
6. Be Bop Deluxe/Bill Nelson
7. Oingo Boingo
8. The Beach Boys
9. Captain Beefheart
10. Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler

I would add Brian Eno, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds to the above list, and combine Be Bop Deluxe and Dire Straights with their frontman's solo works, if that's allowed.

Honorable mention to Comus, Coil, and anything ever written by Jim Steinman.

The order has changed a lot too. I don't listen to Tull nearly as much these days.

Yeah, I don't even know how to rank mine other than #1 Rush. Not sure how I managed to rank mine four years ago.

Oh, now MP is into NZ music as well.

Golden wrote:Oh, now MP is into NZ music as well.

Crowded House is amazing, what can I say.

Golden wrote:Oh, now MP is into NZ music as well.

Me too. I always liked Rolf Harris.

thellama73 wrote:

Golden wrote:Oh, now MP is into NZ music as well.

Me too. I always liked Rolf Harris.

Oh, you and Epi, peas in a pod.

Golden wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

Golden wrote:Oh, now MP is into NZ music as well.

Me too. I always liked Rolf Harris.

Oh, you and Epi, peas in a pod.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

MovingPictures07 wrote:

thellama73 wrote:Maybe cut out Dream Theater like all the cool kids are doing. I have to look over mine as well.

Lol, I caught this in linki. I still love Dream Theater, but they've fallen pretty mightily. I'm pretty sure they'd not even make my top 20 or 25 these days. Guess that makes me a cool kid.

Somewhere in the world, JaggedJimmyJay smiles to himself as he adds a cube of sugar to his coffee. And he mutters to no one in particular, "All I can do is set it right."

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:

thellama73 wrote:Maybe cut out Dream Theater like all the cool kids are doing. I have to look over mine as well.

Lol, I caught this in linki. I still love Dream Theater, but they've fallen pretty mightily. I'm pretty sure they'd not even make my top 20 or 25 these days. Guess that makes me a cool kid.

Somewhere in the world, JaggedJimmyJay smiles to himself as he adds a cube of sugar to his coffee. And he mutters to no one in particular, "All I can do is set it right."

I'm gonna put Dream Theater in my top 10 now.

I understand the drop, though. They are inconsistent.

Golden wrote:I'm gonna put Dream Theater in my top 10 now.

I understand the drop, though. They are inconsistent.

Yeah, that's exactly what it is. I still love a few of their albums, but I've drifted away on the rest of their stuff.

Not a single person that has replied to this thread included Bon Jovi in their lists - one of the most successful bands of all time. I honestly don't know what is wrong with you people...

Glorfindel wrote:Not a single person that has replied to this thread included Bon Jovi in their lists - one of the most successful bands of all time. I honestly don't know what is wrong with you people...

Get out.

Epignosis wrote:

Glorfindel wrote:Not a single person that has replied to this thread included Bon Jovi in their lists - one of the most successful bands of all time. I honestly don't know what is wrong with you people...

Get out.

MovingPictures07 wrote:

Epignosis wrote:

Glorfindel wrote:Not a single person that has replied to this thread included Bon Jovi in their lists - one of the most successful bands of all time. I honestly don't know what is wrong with you people...

Get out.

If I take the term "band" literally and exclude solo musicians:

1a. Crowded House
1b. The National
3. Radiohead
4. Belle and Sebastian
5. Pink Floyd
6. A Tribe Called Quest
7. Sigur Rós
8. Camel
9. Pulp
10. XTC

In no particular order:

1. Beatles
2. Bon Jovi
3. Queen
4. The Eagles
5. Genesis
6. Dire Straits
7. The Who
8. U2
9. Pink Floyd
10. Rolling Stones

Glorf has the closer list to mine. I'm so traditional.

Actually, I realised I can do this:

1) John Williams with the London Symphony Orchestra
2) Nikolaus Harnoncourt with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
3) Arthur Fiedler with the Boston Pops
4) Michael Giacchino and the Hollywood Studio Symphony
5) Neeme Jarvi with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
6) Vernon Handley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
7) Georg Solti with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
8) Pietari Inkinen with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
9) Herbert von Karajan with the Berlin Philharmonic
10) Michael Tilson Thomas with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Golden wrote:Actually, I realised I can do this:

1) John Williams with the London Symphony Orchestra
2) Nikolaus Harnoncourt with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
3) Arthur Fiedler with the Boston Pops
4) Michael Giacchino and the Hollywood Studio Symphony
5) Neeme Jarvi with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
6) Vernon Handley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
7) Georg Solti with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
8) Pietari Inkinen with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
9) Herbert von Karajan with the Berlin Philharmonic
10) Michael Tilson Thomas with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Who?

How the fuck did I leave Depeche Mode out of this?

It's tough because I want to fit 15+ bands into 10 spots, but having just marathoned Depeche Mode's discography, that was clearly a major oversight on my part when I updated this. I'd have to boot either Crowded House or The Jesus and Mary Chain for them, just not sure which.