Name your favorite music artist in each of these categories

[mvd]

For me:

Favorite overall - The Beatles
Favorite band - The Beatles
Favorite male solo artist - Elvis Presley
Favorite female solo artist - this one is hard, and could easily change; today I'll go with a newer one - Michelle Branch
Favorite duo - Simon And Garfunkel

[Squeech]

1. Great music

Favorite overall - Frank Zappa
Favorite band - Henry Cow (followed closely by Hatfield and the North)
Favorite male solo artist - Robert Wyatt (just because RandomKoolZip posted "Shipbuilding" on YouTube)
Favorite female solo artist - Joni Mitchell
Favorite duo - Fripp & Eno

Asbestos BVD's have been donned. Fire away!

[mvd]

2. Joni would be up there for me, too

:hi:

[FredStembottom]

36. Wheeeeee! H. Cow and HATN!!!

2 long time, major, never tire of them faves of ,mine as well!
But.....never often mentioned anywhere......anytime.......


:woohoo:

[ohiosmith]

3. .

Favorite overall - The Beatles
Favorite band - Pink Floyd
Favorite male solo artist - Neil Young
Favorite female solo artist - Carol King
Favorite duo - Everly Brothers

[Broken_Hero]

4. Here I go...

Favorite overall - Metallica

Favorite band - Metallica

Favorite male solo artist - Bryan Adams, or Trent Reznor, its a tie..

Favorite female solo artist - easy, hands down Sarah Mclachlan...

Favorite duo - hmm, hard one...I am rather partial to Ozzy/Lita Ford, but the music I heard from Amy Lee and Seether, i think, it was Seether, sounded phenomenal....

[mvd]

5. Sarah is great!

Some days, she would be my #1 female artist..

[Broken_Hero]

10. Yeah, when i first heard her music way back in 1995

she became my favorite...Stevie Nicks gives her a run for her money at times, when i'm in the Stevie mood, but more often than not, anytime i hear sarah's voice, it soothes, me, and i get on a sarah kick....:)

[flvegan]

6. Mine:

Favorite overall - the Beastie Boys
Favorite band - Rise Against (I don't really consider the BBoys a "band")
Favorite male solo artist - Frank Sinatra
Favorite female solo artist - Bif Naked/Avril Lavigne/Alanis (3-way tie)
Favorite duo - Eminem/Dre (though they were both solo artists, as well)

[taterguy]

7. current answer (changes constantly)

Favorite overall: Ben Folds Five
Favorite band: The Replacements
Favorite male solo artist: Alternates between Randy Newman, Warren Zevon and Tommy Womack
Favorite female solo artist: Catie Curtis
Favorite duo: Flat Duo Jets

[ghostsofgiants]

8. Let's see...

Favorite overall: The Mars Volta
Favorite band: The Mars Volta
Favorite male solo artist: Dennis Lyxzen under the name of The Lost Patrol, or John Frusciante
Favorite female solo artist: Stephanie Pakrul
Favorite duo: Idiot Pilot

[flvegan]

55. One thing I can always count on...

Any primate1 answer to a thread like this will lead me to ask, at least in part, "who the fuck are these people?" which then causes me to look them up. Usually good stuff, though. Gotta give credit.

[ghostsofgiants]

57. Haha, I do what I can.

[WoodyTobiasJr]

9. Mine

Favorite overall - The Smiths
Favorite band - The Smiths
Favorite male solo artist - Morrissey
Favorite female solo artist - Morrissey
Favorite duo - Morrissey & Marr/ Rourke * Joyce

[DanCa]

11. Here you go

Favorite overall - Bruce Springsteen
Favorite band - Tie right now between The Seeger Seesions band or the Siegel Schwall Band
Favorite male solo artist - John Lee Hooker
Favorite female solo artist - Joan Jett
Favorite duo - Do Jake and Elwood Blues Count?

[tinfoil tiaras]

12. Here's Me

I may have more than 1 for each, cause I just can't choose!

Favorite overall - R.E.M.
Favorite band - R.E.M., Rilo Kiley or The Shins
Favorite male solo artist - Neil Young
Favorite female solo artist - Jenny Lewis
Favorite duo - ...uh, i don't know...

[Ariana Celeste]

13. Okay...

My faves change pretty regularly... but today...

Favorite overall - Alice in Chains
Favorite band - Alice in Chains
Favorite male solo artist - Bob Dylan
Favorite female solo artist - Janis Joplin
Favorite duo - Does VNV Nation count? That's just 2 guys.

[Tikki]

14. Here, here....

Overall: - X
Band: - Ramones
Solo Male: - Marvin Gaye
Solo Female: - Dusty Springfield
Duo: - Shirley and Lee


Tikki

[bicentennial_baby]

15. OK

1) Tool
2) Tool
3) Stevie Wonder
4) Aretha Franklin
5) Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

[Rabrrrrrr]

16. Egads!

Favorite overall - Frank Zappa
Favorite band - Pink Floyd
Favorite male solo artist - Frank Zappa
Favorite female solo artist - Laurie Anderson (Kate Bush a close second)
Favorite duo - Fripp and Eno

[femmocrat]

17. Hard to narrow down, but...

Favorite overall - Dixie Chicks right now
Favorite band - The Doors
Favorite male solo artist - Jim Morrison
Favorite female solo artist - Norah Jones (is she ever going to record another album?)
Favorite duo - Righteous Brothers

[mvd]

22. Dixie Chicks would certainly make my top 5 groups right now

Have been a fave ever since Wide Open Spaces came out.

[saltpoint]

18. Really good question.

overall - Joni Mitchell
band - The Who
male artist - Jackson Browne
female artist - Emmylou Harris
duo - Simon & Garfunkel

[mvd]

21. Thanks!

Good list too, IMO. :hi:

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

19. my list

Favorite overall - U2
Favorite band - 1.U2, 2. R.E.M.(not counting the stuff after Bill Berry left-I pretend it doesn't exist), 3. The Cure
Favorite male solo artist - 1.Robyn Hitchcock, 2. Neil Young, 3.Lou Reed
Favorite female solo artist - 1.Patti Smith, 2.Carla Bozulich, 3. Mary Timony
Favorite duo -drawing a blank here-does Lennon/McCartney count? (with no disrespect to george, who i prefer to paul)

[tinfoil tiaras]

31. Some of the post Bill stuff is good

But yeah, you're right, most of it isn't. I hear the next album is gonna have WAY more guitar and Mills backing vocals (THANK GOD) than the last few albums have had. New Adventures in Hi Fi has to be my favorite 90's R.E.M. album (the last Bill album)...

[mvd]

32. New R.E.M. is pretty, but they are capable of more

Glad to hear more guitar is coming. While I find their latest albums solid, the sound was also getting tiring.

[tinfoil tiaras]

33. I agree...the same mellow sound was getting really annoying

There was some good stuff on Reveal (Imitation of Life) but most of it sounded like Up. And Around the Sun sounded like Up but with political lyrics....

I'm so pumped for the next album....eee

[mvd]

34. Do you know when the next album will be out?

I'm a big fan and am also very anxious. :hi:

[tinfoil tiaras]

35. This is what I've heard so far about the new album

http://murmurs.com/?q=story/r_e_m_to_resume_operations_in_autumn

I guess that means they're gonna START on the new album in the autumn, which means it might be done by next spring or summer? But I don't know.


I'm the biggest R.E.M. fan 'round these parts. I'm actually quite famous for it...:)

[mvd]

39. Thanks!

I was hoping sooner, but I bet it will be worth the wait. Have a good night!

[nuxvomica]

20. same as your'n but with two changes

Favorite male solo artist -- Neil Young.
Favorite female solo artist -- Judy Collins.

[outofbounds]

23. That is hard to pin down.

Favorite overall Tool
Favorite band Megadeth
Favorite male solo artist Ozzy
Favorite female solo artist Stevie Nicks
Favorite duo Tom Petty Stevie Nicks


Subject to Change!

[FredStembottom]

37. Megadeth - excellent musicians!

Really a cut above so many in their "genre".

[outofbounds]

43. For hard rock/ metal

They have a "groove" I mean you can dance to it or at least want to. Mustain was an arrogant pr*ck for a long time but he is extremely under rated in my book.:bounce:

[FredStembottom]

46. Metal....if that's the right category (people always nit-pick),

ain't my fave music but I am always up for well-played, inventive music from any category - and these guys stand alone!

[outofbounds]

48. I agree as well

James Taylor, Commodores, Marvin Gaye, Zapp Band (remember them?) Love the Synth Vocals. Poco These are what I listen to when I want to relax and let time pass. But Hard Rock/Metal, when I'm working and trying to keep a pace so to speak. :toast:

[baldguy]

24. Always changing, but based on whats in my collection:

Favorite overall - Eric Clapton
Favorite band - Dire Straits/Pretenders (tie)
Favorite male solo artist - Eric Clapton
Favorite female solo artist - Natalie Merchant/Aimaa Mann/Janis Joplin (tie)
Favorite duo - Blues Brothers

[grannylib]

25. I love these questions!

Favorite overall - Crowded House
Favorite band - Tie between Crowded House and Pink Floyd
Favorite male solo artist - Neil Finn
Favorite female solo artist - Bonnie Raitt
Favorite duo - Imaginary Duo - my dream team would be Clapton and Raitt. Why the hell have they not recorded together???

[KamaAina]

26. Yow! Are we having fun yet?

Overall: Starland Vocal Band
Band: Air Supply
Male soloist: Barry Manilow
Female soloist: Charlene
Duo: Buckner & Garcia

Signed,
The creepy guy with the rug who's at KamaAina's desk while he's in the bathroom :-)

[RFKHumphreyObama]

27. For me

Favorite overall: Don McLean
Favorite Band: Chicago
Favorite male solo artist: Don McClean
Favorite female solo artist: Tossup between Emmylou Harris, Cristy Lane and Joan Baez
Favorite duo: KC & Jojo

[mvd]

49. Hi, SD1981!

Good to see you - Emmylou is certainly one of my all time favs. I love Joan Baez, too. And your choice of Don McLean is a unique one. :hi:

[enigmatic]

28. .

Favorite overall - Uncle Tupelo
Favorite band - Uncle Tupelo
Favorite male solo artist - Fred Eaglesmith
Favorite female solo artist - Maria McKee
Favorite duo - Peter Hosapple/Chris Stamey

[Initech]

29. OK my turn:

Favorite overall - Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention
Favorite band - Funkadelic
Favorite male solo artist - Les Claypool
Favorite female solo artist - Hard to say, my music collection is solely lacking in this category
Favorite duo - The White Stripes

[hiro]

30. Mine

Favorite overall- Smash Mouth
Favorite band- Dave's True Story
Favorite male solo artist- Slim Gaillard
Favorite female solo artist- Kawasumi Ayako
Favorite duo- Slim Gaillard and Slam Stewart

[FredStembottom]

38. Matzoball-o-rooney! Gifiltefish-a-vooti!

(put-ti, put-ti)

[Bella Pisces]

40. Michelle Branch is a good choice, mvd.

She has one of the prettiest songs on her Hotel Paper album, "It's You". It has this sorta spare, simple, melody that couples perfectly with the sweetness of the lyrics. What's your favorite song of hers?

Favorite --

Overall: Shakira (her spanish-speaking and her english-speaking music)
Band: AC/DC
Male: Van Morrison
Female: Fiona Apple
Duo: Turin Brakes

[mvd]

50. Favorite song by her? That's hard

I think The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper are both masterpieces - right now, I'd pick "Goodbye To You." It has more of those sweet lyrics and beautiful arrangements.

[Duncan Grant]

41. The "Girlfriend is Better" list:

Favorite overall - Talking Heads
Favorite band - Talking Heads
Favorite male solo artist - Neil Young/Chuck Berry
Favorite female solo artist - Joni Mitchell
Favorite duo - The Indigo Girls (They offer the most insightful lyrics and glorious harmonies -- music for your brain and your heart.)

Favorite 'guilty pleasure': ELO - I got this weird fascination for Jeff Lynne. I know, I know...

[last_texas_dem]

42. Here are mine

Favorite artist: The Beatles

Favorite band: The Beatles (I'm tempted to say someone different for one of the two, just because, having listened to the Beatles to death for most of my life so far I don't listen to them as much as I used to. However, I really can't say there's any other band that beats them for my all-time favorite, even if I don't listen to them as much as I used to.)

Favorite male solo artist: I'm gonna go with Neil Young, even though I haven't heard a number of his albums. I almost put Paul McCartney, but decided not to because a good chunk of my favorites are actually Wings songs, so they're, at least technically, group songs.

Favorite female solo artist: Bobbie Gentry is prolly my favorite all-time, although I'm a big Michelle fan, too. From what I've heard of it, I like her new Wreckers stuff, too, but I haven't heard the album.

Favorite duo: Simon and Garfunkel or Hall and Oates; I can't really choose because I like different things about the two. Simon and Garfunkel did five near-perfect albums together that I've played to death and still love. Hall and Oates have a more inconsistent career but some of their albums, like Abandoned Luncheonette, Along the Red Ledge, Whole Oats and their self-titled album from '75, are some of my all-time favorites.

[mvd]

51. I highly recommend The Wreckers' Stand Still, Look Pretty

It's very close in quality to Michelle's solo albums. If you like "Leave The Pieces," co-written by another good artist (Jennifer Hanson - she can get quite rocky,) you should enjoy the whole thing. The CD has a nice mix of Michelle's pop and folk roots with country influences. That said, I'd love to see another Michelle solo CD.

[HughBeaumont]

44. Yeah -

Favorite overall - Tie between Black Sabbath and Rush
Favorite band - Tie between Mr Bungle and Black Sabbath
Favorite male solo artist - Frank Sinatra
Favorite female solo artist - Lisa Gerrard & Enya
Favorite duo - Ween and Barnes & Barnes (I'd say Run DMC but they were really a trio)

[Deep13]

45. hmmmm

Favorite overall - those records with a lot of different performers on them.
Favorite band - The Who
Favorite male solo artist - Don't know. Mostly like bands or female singers. Maybe John Lennon or Leonard Cohen.
Favorite female solo artist - Sarah Brightman
Favorite duo - Butthead and Cher

[querelle]

47. Here You Go......

Favorite overall - Joan Armatrading
Favorite band - Benny Goodman's Orchestra
Favorite male solo artist - Frank Sinatra
Favorite female solo artist - Joan Armatrading
Favorite duo - Walter Becker & Donald Fagen (Steely Dan)

Q

[Ramsey]

52. Ramsey's picks

Overall- David Bowie
Band - U2
Male solo artist - Peter Gabriel or Peter Murphy (I already gave DB best overall)
Female solo artist - Loreena McKennitt
Duo - WHAM!! Um, just kidding (although Careless Whisper rocks!). Let's go with Dead Can Dance.

[HuskerDU]

53. Mine:

Fav overall- The Minutemen
Fav band- New York Dolls
Fav male solo- Bob Dylan
Fav female solo- Iris Dement
Fav duo- The Secondmen (Mike Watt and George Hurley of Minutemen)

[Ramsey]

54. You didn't pick HuskerDu??

:shrug:

[HuskerDU]

56. No, but they would be in the top 10.

Husker Du was my second pick for a screen name. D Boon, my first pick, was already taken. (and by a quality Duer too!)

[khashka]

58. I'll play...

Fave overall - Pink Floyd
Fave band - Scissor Sisters ( but that can change at any momemt)

Male solo??????? Huh? OK Jimmy Somerville.

Female solo - KaTe, Tori or Bessie Smith. It's a toss up.

Duo... KaTe and Peter Gabriel.



Khash.

[tigereye]

59. yikes - tough calls - maybe favorites in the sense that they

made a really big impression on me in the years when music was my main obsession


fave overall - probably the Velvet Underground, if truth be told
fave band - The Ramones
fave female band - early Scrawl
fave male solo - Warren Zevon
fave female solo - Patti Smith, then Suzanne Vega
fave duo - Timbuk 3