How a year on this forum has affected my tastes

[andyd1010]

I've been on the forum for a year now, and the first thing I did a year ago was submit a list of my favorite artists. Since then the various discussions, games, tournaments, and polls have opened me up to a lot of new music and made me notice new things about some of the music I was already familiar with. Here's what I would submit if that poll were today, and how it differs from last year's list.


Rank | Artist | Change
1 | The Beatles | 0
2 | Arcade Fire | 2
3 | The Rolling Stones | -1
4 | Radiohead | 4
5 | Bruce Springsteen | 7
6 | Thrice | -3
7 | Muse | -2
8 | U2 | -1
9 | David Bowie | 7
10 | Weezer | -4
11 | Bob Dylan | 6
12 | Led Zeppelin | 2
13 | The National | 78
14 | Avenged Sevenfold | -4
15 | Coldplay | -2
16 | Kanye West | 6
17 | Pink Floyd | 2
18 | Simon & Garfunkel | 0
19 | Elvis Costello | 12
20 | Foo Fighters | -9
21 | The Beach Boys | -6
22 | Vampire Weekend | 13
23 | Green Day | 20
24 | Eminem | -4
25 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 0
26 | Oasis | 3
27 | Blink-182 | -18
28 | Florence and the Machine | 0
29 | Elvis Presley | -8
30 | Van Morrison | 27
31 | Audioslave | -7
32 | Nirvana | 1
33 | Pearl Jam | -3
34 | The Black Keys | 2
35 | The Strokes | 3
36 | The Kinks | 3
37 | The Who | -14
38 | Sufjan Stevens | NEW
39 | Aretha Franklin | 5
40 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1
41 | Queen | -15
42 | Bob Marley & the Wailers | -10
43 | Tool | -9
44 | Lana Del Rey | 34
45 | Fleetwood Mac | 0
46 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | -19
47 | Spoon | 46
48 | LCD Soundsystem | NEW
49 | Elton John | -2
50 | Sam Cooke | -1
51 | Ray Charles | 11
52 | Leonard Cohen | NEW
53 | Elliott Smith | 31
54 | Eagles | -14
55 | Arctic Monkeys | -5
56 | Beach House | 19
57 | Otis Redding | 28
58 | Neil Young | NEW
59 | Soundgarden | -1
60 | Beyoncé | NEW
61 | Pixies | -5
62 | Blur | -14
63 | The White Stripes | -12
64 | Johnny Cash | -5
65 | Frank Ocean | NEW
66 | Marvin Gaye | -3
67 | Stevie Wonder | -21
68 | John Lennon | -16
69 | Roy Orbison | -16
70 | Jay-Z | -9
71 | Belle and Sebastian | NEW
72 | Tame Impala | 9
73 | Kings of Leon | NEW
74 | Blondie | -1
75 | The Byrds | 8
76 | The Band | NEW
77 | The Zombies | NEW
78 | Adele | -23
79 | Phoenix | -13
80 | Finch | -43
81 | A Perfect Circle | -27
82 | Aerosmith | -18
83 | The Killers | -23
84 | First Aid Kit | NEW
85 | The Drifters | -15
86 | AC/DC | 14
87 | Grizzly Bear | 11
88 | MGMT | NEW
89 | The Police | -20
90 | Incubus | -23
91 | Brand New | -3
92 | Silversun Pickups | -21
93 | The Doors | NEW
94 | Paul Simon | NEW
95 | Guns N' Roses | -13
96 | Michael Jackson | -17
97 | Beck | -2
98 | Daft Punk | -6
99 | Chuck Berry | -34
100 | Father John Misty | NEW

[prosecutorgodot]

Cool list of new entries! The one that stuck out to me as the most interesting was First Aid Kit. They have some fantastic singles but no great albums in my opinion.

[John]

Stay Gold is a fantastic album! Really looking forward to their new one.

Andy, I think you need some Gram Parsons in your life!

[andyd1010]

Cool list of new entries! The one that stuck out to me as the most interesting was First Aid Kit. They have some fantastic singles but no great albums in my opinion.

Thanks. The Lion's Roar and Stay Gold will both make my top 500. There are definitely singles that stand out, especially Emmylou, but I like most of the songs. I love their harmonies.

[andyd1010]

Stay Gold is a fantastic album! Really looking forward to their new one.

Andy, I think you need some Gram Parsons in your life!

I like most of what I've heard from Gram Parsons (solo, with The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers), but while it was all pleasant, it didn't blow me away. Maybe I should revisit some of it.