R.S.-The Next 50 Most Influential

[joenamherst]

In the Rolling Stone scheduled to come out today. A continuation of the 50 Most Influential Musicians.....number 51 to 100. Here's a few surprising ones, Beatles related or ones that I like:
52. Allman Brothers Band
53. Clapton
63. Phil Spector
66. Cream
69. Carl Perkins
84 James Taylor
89. Yardbirds
91. Ricky Nelson
93. Booker T and The MG's
98. Roxy Music
The complete list is online at rollingstone.com

[FPSHOT]

Allman Brothers Band...okay tell me the story...the link..

[Sgt.McCartney]

Allman Brothers Band...okay tell me the story...the link..

Here's the link to the story: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/7235505

Hey, Cream is on there. Very cool.

[DizzymissLizzy909]

I'm surprised Clapton isn't in the first 50! :thinker:

[luvsthebeatles]

Cream and Clapton are on there :teeth1:

[Pepperland Kamer]

Still no Pink Floyd.. :(

[FPSHOT]

Here's the link to the story: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/7235505

Thanks sarge :smile1:

[ChrisG134]

Still no Pink Floyd.. :(

They are probably in the top 50.This is only from 51 to 100.

[beatlemad]

I'm pretty certain Pink Floyd would be quite high in the top 50.

[joenamherst]

Here's a refresher of the first 50 Immortals:
1. Beatles......Of Course
2. Dylan
3. Elvis
4. R. Stones
5.Chuck Berry
6. Hendrix
7. James Brown
8. Little Richard
9. Aretha
10. Brother Ray
11. Bob Marley
12. Beach Boys
13. Buddy Holly
14. Led Zep
15. Stevie Wonder
16. Sam Cooke
17. Muddy Waters
18. Marvin Gaye
19. Velvet Underground
20. Bo Diddley
21. Otis Redding
22. Springsteen
23. U2
24. Jerry Lee Lewis
25. Fats Domino
26. Nirvana ????
27. Ramons ????
28. Prince
29. Who
30. Clash
31. Johnny Cash
32. Everly Brothers
33. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
34. Neil Young
35. Michael Jackson
36. Madonna
37. Roy Orbison
38. Lennon
39. Bowie
40. Simon and Garfunkel
41. Doors
42. Van Morrison
43. Sly and the Family Stone
44. Pubic Enemy ????
45. Byrds
46. Janis
47 Patti Smith
48. Run DMC ????
49. Elton John
50. The Band
The ones that I 100% DISAGREE with are marked with ????. Can you believe that Nivana, Ramones, Pubic Enemy and Run DMC made the list and Pink Floyd did not?

[luvsthebeatles]

40. Simon & Garfunkel

:smile1:

[Ailurophile]

26. Nirvana ????
27. Ramones ????
44. Pubic Enemy ????
48. Run DMC ????

The ones that I 100% DISAGREE with are marked with ????. Can you believe that Nivana, Ramones, Pubic Enemy and Run DMC made the list and Pink Floyd did not?


Well, it's a list of the most influential artists, not necessarily the best or the most creative. Perhaps the good and wise powers of Rolling Stone Magazine did not feel that Pink Floyd influenced anything. The Ramones were one of the bands that created the punk movement, and, as far as I understand it, Public Enemy and Run-D.M.C. were responsible for cementing hip-hop's place in the pop-culture firmament of the 1980s and 1990s. Nirvana is a bit more iffy, because the grunge movement wasn't nearly as widespread or pervasive as hip-hop or punk culture. However, many other bands on the list I find to be of doubtful influentiality (which is of course a perfectly legal word! ;P). I mean, Buddy Holly, The Velvet Underground, Little Richard, Bo Diddley and Smokey Robinson are probably far more influential than Jimi Hendrix. Simon and Garfunkel, U2, Prince, Neil Young, The Clash, Patti Smith, The Doors, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Elton John, and The Band weren't very influential at all. And where are The Sex Pistols?!?! They were one of the most revolutionary bands of all time and their influence still reverberates today. They were equally if not more crucial than the Ramones and (also left out) Richard Hell and the Voidoids and Radio Birdman to the creation and flourishing of punk. The Clash, well, I'm not going to judge them musically, but they aren't as important from an historical standpoint. The Who's inclusion is a bit shaky, but arguable--however, The Kinks and The Yardbirds deserve to be there too, and higher up. I think this list is inherently flawed because it focuses solely on the mainstream and is skewed towards an American perspective.

[Pepperland Kamer]

Like Ailurophile said, Public Enemy,Run D.M.C,Nirvana the Ramones etc, deserve to be there, they represent their respective genres just as much as Elvis and the Beatles define rock and roll, however I disagree that Jimi Hendrix is less influential then some of the artists listed. All in all its not a bad list, however the Floyd deserve to be there somewhere

[Fly]

I think the list sucks. My opinion though.

[Rellevart]

As you all know, I think lists are stupid and useless, but I'd really like to read the assessment of the Kinks by Peter Buck and Elvis Costello by Liz Phair. Interesting combinations there where I like both artists.

[Hari's Chick]

The ones that I 100% DISAGREE with are marked with ????. Can you believe that Nivana, Ramones, Pubic Enemy and Run DMC made the list and Pink Floyd did not?

I think lots of people were very into Nirvana, but still... Pink Floyd should have been in the top 15 or 20! Also, Johnny Cash should have been much higher up the list. Van Morrison is on it, but not the Grateful Dead???

[Hari's Chick]

Simon and Garfunkel, U2, Prince, Neil Young, The Clash, Patti Smith, The Doors, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Elton John, and The Band weren't very influential at all.

I dunno...Elton was super influential in the 70's, and in the 80's U2. The Doors were very influential as well, imo.

Also, Neil Young they call the Grandfather of Grunge, so he definitely deserves to be in the list. :smile1:

[Pepperland Kamer]

I think lots of people were very into Nirvana, but still... Pink Floyd should have been in the top 15 or 20! Also, Johnny Cash should have been much higher up the list. Van Morrison is on it, but not the Grateful Dead???

Grateful Dead #55- If you get a chance to look at the magazine, the illustration for the dead is really cool (as well as the Frank Zappa one) and I'm sure would make a really cool poster for any deadhead :D

[Pepperland Kamer]

Now that I think about it, another group that should have been in there somewhere-Queen!! Every band with a frontman in the last 25 years must have been influenced in some way by The legendary Freddie Mercury!!