Alphabet Game: Favorite Artists A-Z

[andyd1010]

Some people expressed interest in this and started posting these lists in the "One Per Year" thread, so I figured I'd make a new thread.

These lists were posted earlier:

Post by drewcannon3 » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:17 am
I'm up for the alphabet game:

Arcade Fire
The Beatles
Charli XCX
Dave Matthews Band
Elvis Costello
Free Energy
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
The Hold Steady
Iron & Wine
Jay-Z
Kanye West
Luna
Marvin Gaye
New Order
Oasis
Pavement
Queen
Radiohead
Spoon
The Tallest Man on Earth
U2
The Velvet Underground
Waxahatchee
The xx
Yo la Tengo
The Zombies
2Pac



by Henry » Sun Sep 14, 2014 11:30 am
I'm ready for the alphabet game (with my all-time ranking in parenthesis):

Allman Brothers (16)
Beatles (3)
Chicago (29)
Dylan, Bob (22)
Eagles (34)
Fleetwood Mac (27)
Gaye, Marvin (14)
Hendrix, Jimi (13)
Isley Brothers (126)
Jackson, Michael (18) 
King, Carole (32)
Led Zeppelin (12)
Madonna (33)
Nirvana (167)
Oasis (91)
Pink Floyd (8)
Queen (24)
Rundgren, Todd (1)
Steely Dan (2)
Taylor, James (40)
Utopia (19)
Van Halen (121)
Who (5)
Yes (10)
ZZ Top (247)

[StevieFan13]

Worth a shot.

ABBA
Billy Joel
The Clash
David Bowie
Eminem
Fleet Foxes
Green Day
Husker Du
Imelda May
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
The Kinks
LCD Soundsystem
M.I.A.
Nirvana
Oasis
Parliament-Funkadelic/Pixies (tie)
Queen
R.E.M.
Stevie Wonder/The Smiths (tie)
Taylor Swift
U2
The Velvet Underground
Weezer
XTC
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Zombies

[andyd1010]

Here's mine:

Arcade Fire
The Beatles
Coldplay
Bob Dylan
Eminem
Foo Fighters
Green Day
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Incubus
Elton John
The Kinks
Led Zeppelin
Muse
The National
Oasis
Pink Floyd
Queen
The Rolling Stones
Bruce Springsteen
Thrice
U2
Vampire Weekend
Weezer
The xx
Neil Young
The Zombies

[BleuPanda]

I'm going to do last names.
Arcade Fire
David Bowie
Leonard Cohen
Bob Dylan
Brian Eno
Funkadelic/Parliament
Grimes
Jimi Hendrix
Chris Isaak (about 200 spots lower than the next lowest...)
Joy Division
Kraftwerk
LCD Soundsystem
Bob Marley
Nirvana
OutKast
Pixies
Queens of the Stone Age
Radiohead
Bruce Springsteen
Talking Heads
U2
The Velvet Underground
Kanye West
The xx
Neil Young
John Zorn

[jamieW]

This sounded like fun. I'm doing first names, since that's how they're arranged in my spreadsheet...

Arcade Fire
Beatles, The
Cure, The
David Bowie
Elvis Presley
Fleetwood Mac
Garbage
Hooverphonic
Igor Stravinsky
Jacques Brel
Kanye West
Leonard Cohen
Madonna
New Order
Olivia Newton-John
Pink Floyd
Queen
Rebecca St. James
Sarah McLachlan
Tom Waits
U2
Violent Femmes
Within Temptation
XX, The
Yes
Zombies, The

[ordinaryperson]

Aphex Twin
Beatles, The
Cars, The
Death Grips
Eurythmics
Foo Fighters
Grimes
The Human League
INXS
Joy Division
Kraftwerk
Led Zeppelin
Madonna
Nine Inch Nails
Oneohtrix Point Never
Pink Floyd
Queen
Radiohead
Smiths, The
Talking Heads
U2
Vektroid
Who, The
XX, The
Yes
Zappa, Frank

Edit: Changed Deltron 3030 to Death Grips

[babydoll]

Tried this game and it was way too hard.

I've never really heard any music from artists that started with a U with the exception of U2 and I don't even like them that much.

[bonnielaurel]

ABBA
Björk
Costello, Elvis
Dylan, Bob
Ellington, Duke
Franklin, Aretha
Gaye, Marvin
Houston, Whitney
Iglesias, Julio
Jackson, Michael
Keys, Alicia
Lavigne, Avril
Madonna
Netrebko, Anna
Ocean, Billy
Presley, Elvis
Queen
Rolling Stones, The
Sinatra, Frank
Turner, Tina
U2
Velvet Underground, The
Warwick, Dionne
XTC
Young, Neil
Zappa, Frank

[prosecutorgodot]

A-Z artists that I have been into recently. Some letters are really hard!

Air (French band)
Buena Vista Social Club
Childish Gambino
Dead Kennedys
Eminem
Four Tet
Ghost
Hole
Icona Pop
Joni Mitchell
Kero Kero Bonito
Lorde
MGMT
Noriyuki Iwadare
Ondatropica
Portishead
Quincy Jones (cheating here)
Rage Against the Machine
Smokey Robinson
Tim Rice, Bjorn Ulvaeus, and Benny Andersson
U2
Vince Staples
White Stripes, The
Xiu Xiu
YG
Zayn

[luvulongTIM]

Apples in Stereo
Belle & Sebastian
Cocteau Twins
Divine Comedy
Elastica
Flaming Lips
Guided by Voices
Housemartins
Inspiral Carpets
Jesus & Mary Chain
Kitchens of Distinction
Lush
Manic Street Preachers
Nine Inch Nails
Sinead O' Connor
Primitives
Queen
Ride
Sleater-Kinney
Trashcan Sinatras
U2
Vampire Weekend
Wonder Stuff
X-Ray Spex
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Zutons

[Listyguy]

I went by last names, because if I went by first names I'd have to screw over the Beatles. ? means I didn't place them in my top 100 artists last year so I'm guessing

Aerosmith
Beatles
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Dylan, Bob
Eeagles ?
Fleetwood Mac
Game Theory
Hendrix, Jimi
Iron Butterfly? (Billy Idol? Iron Maiden? I have no idea)
Johnson, Robert
King Crimson
Led Zeppelin
Marley, Bob
Nirvana
Oasis
Pink Floyd
Queen
Rolling Stones
Springsteen, Bruce
Traveling Wilburys
U2
Van Halen
Wonder, Stevie
xx
Young, Neil
ZZ Top