top 5's.

[mank!]

top 5 songs of all time, top 5 bands/artists/musicians and top 5 albums of all time.

have fun

 

[Mobius]

Ohh, tricky...

Songs

1. Morrissey - Suedehead
2. Belle & Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane
3. The Jam - Down in a Tube Station at Midnight
4. Kirsty MacColl & The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
5. The Divine Comedy - Songs of Love

Bands

The Jam, The Smiths, Belle & Sebastian, Pixies, Bob Dylan.

Albums

Morrissey - Bona Drag
The Jam - All Mod Cons
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Suede - Coming Up
Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

 

[mank!]

i've given it some thought and having sliced a mole off whilst shaving, these are my answers.

songs
1. pavement - major leagues
2. the jam - that's entertainment
3. billy bragg - to have and have not
4. the smiths - how soon is now?
5. nick drake - from the morning

bands
1. pavement
2. the jam
3. the smiths
4. billy bragg
5. nick drake

albums
1. nick drake - pink moon
2. count me out - 110
3. the wedding present - seamonsters
4. massive attack - blue lines
5. pavement - terror twilight

i'm gonna add a new category, top 5 albums you're currently enjoying. sorry.

albums 2
1. sworn in - sworn in
2. the suicide file - self-titled
3. the long blondes - someone to drive you home
4. black cougar shock unit - s/t
5. minor threat - minor threat

 

[Skyler]

Songs

1. Hybrid - Finished Symphony (9:37)
2. Nightwish - Ghost Love Score (10:02)
3. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys (13:37)
4. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris (4:49)
5. Euphoria - Eternal Summer (6:30)

Artists

1. V.A.G.A.B.O.N.D. (aka Euphoria/Dreadhed/Nazareth)
2. Helloween
3. The Prodigy
4. Luna C (aka too many to list!)
5. DJ Force & The Evolution (aka Force & Styles)

Albums

1. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys I & II
2. The Prodigy - Fat Of The Land
3. Next Generation Records - The Collection Vol. 2
4. Nightwish - Once
5. Helloween - The Time Of The Oath

Recent Albums

1. Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage
2. Within Temptation - Mother Earth
3. Mindless Self Indulgence - You'll Rebel To Anything
4. Hardcore Heaven 4
5. Dragonforce - Sonic Firestorm

Many difficult choices in creating those lists, very hard to make a top 5 songs but I think those five are accurate and well, I'd listen to each of them 500 times on the trot and not tire of them.

Each of the artists I picked are outstanding in their area and practically unrivaled in their sheer talent and creativity, not to mention originality.

For the Albums, I'm not a huge Album purchaser, but that list is again full of Albums I'd happily leave on and not get tired of ever. The recent ones was a struggle to fill the 5th spot as the top 4 are the only albums I've enjoyed in recent months, aside from older albums. Ended up going with Sonic Firestorm because I've listened to it just as often as Inhuman Rampage if I'm in a DF mood.

Will be interesting to see what everyone else posts, almost wish we could link mp3's to the top 5 songs purely to get a real experience of the best.

 

[Trem]

songs
1. U2 - Bad
2. Pearl Jam - Indifference
3. Counting Crows - Anna Begins
4. Jeff Buckley - Grace
5. Radiohead - Creep

bands
1. Pearl Jam
2. Counting Crows
3. Jeff Buckley
4. Tool
5. Incubus

albums
1. Pearl Jam - Ten
2. Jeff Buckley - Grace
3. Counting Crows - August and Everything After
4. Tool - Aenima
5. Radiohead - OK Computer


albums 2
1. Tool - 10'000 Days
2. James - Laid
3. Then Jerico - Big Area
4. Hell is for Heroes - Neon Handshake
5. Deftones - SNW

 

[throdgrain]

How can you say what is your favourite of all time? It changes all the time, and so it should.

If I was to say the best, most enjoyable songs,for me in the last few months it would be -

Holiday In Cambodia - Dead Kennedys
Boogie No More - Molly Hatchet
The Sensual World - Kate Bush
Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
Dirty Women - Black Sabbath
Epitath For The Hippies - Inner City Unit

Theres 6 there, and I dont care Inner City Unit belongs in the best songs of all time list, but ther rest, well, those are the songs Ive enjoyed most lately. Are they "the best songs evah" ? Who knows, but to do a list of cliches would be a waste of effort typing in my honest opinion.

As far as best albums ever goes, a bit similar, but as they are albums its easier I suppose.

Mr Universe - Ian Gillan
Live In New York - Frank Zappa
Space Ritual - Hawkwind
Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin
Zietgiest - The Levellers

Honarary mention has to go to Weasels Ripped My Flesh by Frank Zappa, if only for the best title ever without a doubt

 

[Frizz]

Top 5 Songs:

1: Rob Dougan - Speed Me Towards Death (Gives me goosebumps everytime the operatic backing vocals kick in)
2: Zero 7 - Distractions
3: Sting - If I Ever Lose My Faith I You
4: Coldplay - God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
5: The Beatles - Free As A Bird

Top 5 Artists/Bands/Whatever:

1: Oasis
2: Hybrid
3: Jimi Hendrix
4: Nirvana
5: Jamiroquai

Top 5 Albums:

1: Wider Angle - Hybrid
2: Furious Angels + Instrumentals - Ron Dougan
3: Simple Things - Zero 7
4: What's The Story Morning Glory - Oasis
5: Urban Hymns - The Verve

It has to be said, that a top 5 is very restricting, so take my lists with a pinch of salt.

 

[Gat_Decor]

Thread Hi-Jack incoming...

Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull

 

[Bodhi]

VERY difficult to sort out 5 of each imo, so these are in no particular order.

Songs

1. Pink Floyd - Echoes. Oh yes.
2. Doves - Pounding. There's just something about this one, a song I will NEVER get tired of listening to.
3. N*E*R*D - Lapdance. The album version clearly.
4. The Wildhearts - 29 x the Pain. Show me a happier song and I'll show you airborne pork chops.
5. Faith No More - Crack Hitler. Schitzophrenia perfected.

Honourable mentions to Muse - New Born, Massive Attack - Karmacoma, U2 - Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, Prodigy - No Good (Start the Dance), Rocket From the Crypt - On a Rope, Reel Big Fish - Beer and Blind Melon - No Rain.

Bands

1. Faith No More
2. Massive Attack
3. Pink Floyd
4. The Prodigy
5. Muse

For the dance heads a new category, Top 5 tunes

1. Pendulum - Another Planet. Got me into DnB.
2. Mauro Picotto - Komodo. Sexual.
3. John B - Up All Night. Also sexual.
4. Fugess - Ready or Not (DJ Zinc remix)
5. Shy FX - Everyday

I'll do more another time, cba tbh thxu pls.

 

[Hawkwind]

Top 5 songs right now:

Over the wall – Echo & the Bunneymen
Pretty vacant – Sex Pistols or Open Up – Leftfield feat John Lydon
Love will tear us apart - Joy Division
Ziggy Stardust – Bauhaus or Fall Down – Toad the Wet Sprocket
She Sells Sanctuary – 12” Howling mix - The Cult


Albums

Never Mind the Bollocks – Sex Pistols
New Radicals – Maybe you’ve been brainwashed too
Radiohead - The Bends
Nirvanah – Unplugged
Editors – The Backroom

 

[throdgrain]

Thread Hi-Jack incoming...

I was transfixed for several minutes

 

[yaruar]

top 5 songs of all time

Soundgarden - Drawing Flies
Temple of the dog - Say Hello to Heaven
The Pixies - Debaser
Skid Row - 18 and Life
Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay

top 5 bands/artists/musicians

The Ramones
Dead Kennedys
Motley Crue
Ani DiFranco
The Breeders

top 5 albums of all time.

Ramones - Rocket To Russia
Temple of the dog - Temple of the dog
The Who - Quadrophenia
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki - Symphony Number 3

Although I could easily add an extra 5 to every category

 

[anattic]

Mmmm... five per category just isn't enough...

songs
Elvis Costello/Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding
Radiohead - Pyramid Song
Peter Gabriel - Mercy Street
Joe Strummer - Ramshackle Day Parade
New Order - True Faith

bands
The Clash/Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
Peter Gabriel
Elbow
Massive Attack
Radiohead

albums
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Elbow - Leaders of the Free World
Jeff Wayne - The War of the Worlds
Nina Simone - Feeling Good ('98 best-of)
The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland

albums (current)
Breed77 - Cultura
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus
New Order - Technique
Pure Reason Revolution - Cautionary Tales for the Brave (mini-album)

Favorite piece of music (which doesn't really fit anywhere else): Spem in Alium - Thomas Tallis

 

[Trem]

bands
Elbow
albums
Elbow - Leaders of the Free World

Good call.

 

[mank!]

Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding

oh god yes.

 

[Doomy]

Albums:

Rocket from The Tombs - The Day the Earth Met the Rocket from the Tombs
Big Black - Rich Mans Eight Track Cassette
Velvet Underground - White Light White Heat
The Testors - Complete Recordings 1976-79
Joy Division - Heart And Soul (just because it has most the songs)

Songs:

Bauhaus - Third Uncle
Big Black - Kerosene
Pixies - Into the White
Velvet Underground - Sister Ray
Rocket From The Tombs - Aint It Fun

This changes a lot but id say theres a certain trend there hehe.

 

[Doomy]

Best song of the minute ever.

 

[throdgrain]

Cant help but commend your Velvet Underground choices, though for me Sweet Jane always makes me happy.

 

[Doomy]

Cant help but commend your Velvet Underground choices, though for me Sweet Jane always makes me happy.

Loaded was a class album full of potential pop masterpieces, I prefer them at their nastiest hence WLWH. Was what we listened to in Prague as it felt sleazy enough

 

[`mongoose]

Top 5 Songs of all time
1. Gene - Olympian
2. David Bowie - Heroes
3. U2 - All I want is You
4. Rage Against the Machine - Bullet in the Head
5. Johnny Cash - Hurt

Bands/Artists
1. David Bowie
2. U2
3. Rage Against the Machine
4. The Cure
5. Divine Comedy

Top 5 Albums
1. Gene - Olympian
2. Madeleine Peyroux - Careless Love
3. Black Crowes - Shake you money maker
4. U2 - Joshua Tree
5. The Automatic - Not Accepted Anywhere

I'm shit at these cos I always forget albums/bands that I love and can never really remember them all for these things.

Those are pretty much staples tho - other albums / artists come and go but I usually always rely on the above stuff to chill out to

M

 

[Damini]

Best bands/artists

1) Pearl Jam
2) Blind Melon
3) Morphine
4) RATM
5) Couldn't bring myself to commit to just one, so rotate Dave Matthews Band, Nirvana, SOAD, Queens of the stone age, The Big here...

Top Albums:

1) Nico by Blind Melon
2) Vs by Pearl Jam
3) Maxinquaye by Tricky
4) Good by Morphine
5) Dummy by Portishead

 

[throdgrain]

Loaded was a class album full of potential pop masterpieces, I prefer them at their nastiest hence WLWH. Was what we listened to in Prague as it felt sleazy enough

The nico album for sleazy too, Heroin is so accurate its scary

 

[DaGaffer]

Albums - All Time

Stone Roses - Stone Roses
Nirvana - Nevermind
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
U2 - The Joshua Tree

Songs - All Time

The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
New Order - Regret
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Albums - Recent (last year-ish)

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever I Say I am...
Razorlight - Razorlight
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Editors - The Back Room
Hard-Fi - Stars of CCTV