10 artists you couldn't bear to lose...

And a resounding da-diddly-qua-qua to that!

Pink floyd

Whitesnake

Deep purple

Rainbow

Happy mondays

Elvis

The creedence

Julian cope

The kinks

Neil young


These top lists are too dam small you always feel guilty for leaving stuff out

Clare Newsome:

And a resounding da-diddly-qua-qua to that!

Quite so. And keep your feet off the upholstery, Ronnie... 

There are'nt any for me. in fact, contrary so 'n' so that i am, im waiting for R.E.M. to call it a day, as, lets face it, theyre getting a bit "painting by numbers" now, and theyve hinted heavily at some kind of big ol' boxed set when they split.

EDIT - but having read th OP, i see ive missed the point. Theres lots. R.E.M. in fact, chief among them, id say.

here goes,in no particular order.

red hot chilli peppers

stone roses

paul weller+ the jam

oasis

kings of leon

the doors

the zutons

madness

jools holland+rythem and blues orchestra

kaiser chiefs

can`t live without.............

clan of xymox

mylene farmer

sade

bryan ferry / roxy music

alison moyet

 groove armada

mike oldfield

blondie

sisters of mercy

kate bush

ok here goes:

beatles

depeche mode

foo fighters

inxs

linkin park

midnight oil

p.o.d

red hot chili peppers

stereophonics

feeder

i think that will do for now .

The Smiths

Alkaline Trio

Acda en de Munnik

Sonic Youth

The Libertines

Fall Out Boy

Mozart

Beethoven

Miles Davis

Pixies

In no specific order.

Apparat

Natalie Merchant

Max Richter

Autechre

Aereogramme

Radiohead

Cinematic Orchestra

Ella Fitzgerald

Trentemoller

Sigur Rosÿ

Real hard to stick to 10 only, but here is my best guess from different genres:

Jacques Brel
Miles Davis
Debussy
Massive Attack
Radiohead
Boards of Canada
Edith Piaf
dEus
Norah Jones
Hiromi Uehara

Frankly, the list would be different tomorrow...

Cheers,
Bernard

In no particular order and like most subject to constant change

REM

Ron Sexsmith

Son Volt

Echo & the Bunnymen

Go-Betweens

Morrisey

Neil Young

Teenage Fanclub

Wilco

Kevin McDermott

for me it's

Prem Joshua

DJ Cheb I Sabbah

Deva Premal

Krishna Das

Manish Vyas

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Nawang Khechog

Jagjit Singh

Shastro

Robert Miles

thanks

On the popular music side I'd currently say:

Dream Theater
Strawbs
Tom Waits
Queen (the early albums and the current +Paul Rodgers stuff, but not the last couple of albums with Freddie)
Barclay James Harvest
Maestoso
Metallica
Fairport Convention
Brian Wilson (the new album is superb)
Neil Diamond

Genesis
Johnny Cash
Motorhead
Rush
Aimee Mann
David Bowie
Elton John
Joni Mitchell
Bruce Springsteen
Beth Rowley (one for the future, if her next few albums match up to the quality of the voice).


I've left out Elvis as we've already "lost" him. OK, a technicality I grant you...

This week, after listening to loads of stuff on my new system, my list is a little different...

Neil Young
Nat King Cole
Joni Mitchell
Free/Bad Company/Paul Rodgers/Queen + Paul Rodgers
Crosby Stills Nash/Crosby Stills Nash & Young/Stills Young Band/Crosby & Nash
Johnny Cash
Strawbs
Barclay James Harvest/BJH featuring Les Holroyd/John Lees' BJH
Richard Thompson/Richard & Linda Thompson
Ralph McTell (who I saw live last week for the fourth time!)
Louis Armstrong
Ella Fitzgerald
Oscar Peterson
The Alan Parsons Project
Fairport Convention
Neil Diamond
Mary Black
Fleetwood Mac
The Moody Blues
Queen

OK, so its cheating. 20 choices instead of 10, and there are still plenty its broken my heart to leave out. I've not even started on my favourite composers either!!!!