Rolling Stones Immortals List

[TheOriginalOrangeGoblin 0]

Yah I don't wanna buy the magazine but I'm curious as to the order of the top 50. So if anyone has the magazine or knows the list could they post it please.

[Hank Kingsley 0]

1. The Beatles

2. Bob Dylan

3. Elvis Presley

4. The Rolling Stones

5. Chuck Berry

6. Jimi Hendrix

7. James Brown

8. Little Richard

9. Aretha Franklin

10. Ray Charles

11. Bob Marley

12. The Beach Boys

13. Buddy Holly

14. Led Zeppelin

15. Stevie Wonder

16. Sam Cooke

17. Muddy Waters

18. Marvin Gaye

19. The Velvet Underground

20. Bo Diddley

21. Otis Redding

22. U2

23. Bruce Springsteen

24. Jerry Lee Lewis

25. Fats Domino

26. The Ramones

27. Nirvana

28. Prince

29. The Who

30. The Clash

31. Johnny Cash

32. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

33. The Everly Brothers

34. Neil Young

35. Michael Jackson

36. Madonna

37. Ray Orbison

38. John Lennon

39. David Bowie

40. Simon and Garfunkel

41. The Doors

42. Van Morrison

43. Sly and the Family Stone

44. Public Enemy

45. The Byrds

46. Janis Joplin

47. Patti Smith

48. Run DMC

49. Elton John

50. The Band

[Youth N Asia 0]

For the 100th time...FUCK NIRVANA! Them being that high and REM no where to be found is crap.

[Hank Kingsley 0]

51. Howlin' Wolf

52. The Allman Brothers Band

53. Eric Clapton

54. Dr. Dre

55. The Grateful Dead

56. Parliament/Funkadelic

57. Aerosmith

58. The Sex Pistols

59. Louis Jordan

60. Joni Mitchell

61. Tina Turner

62. Etta James

63. Phil Spector

64. The Kinks

65. Al Green

66. Cream

67. The Temptations

68. Jackie Wilson

69. Carl Perkins

70. The Police

71. Frank Zappa

72. AC/DC

73. Radiohead

74. Hank Williams

75. The Eagles

76. The Shirelles

77. Beastie Boys

78. The Stooges

79. The Four Tops

80. Elvis Costello

81. The Drifters

82. Eminem

83. NWA

84. James Taylor

85. Black Sabbath

86. Tupac Shakur

87. Gram Parsons

88. Miles Davis

89. The Yardbirds

90. Carlos Santana

91. Ricky Nelson

92. Guns 'n' Roses

93. Booker T. and the MG's

94. Nine Inch Nails

95. Lynyrd Skynyrd

96. Martha and the Vandellas

97. Roxy Music

98. Diana Ross and the Supremes

99. Curtis Mayfield

100. Lee "Scratch" Perry

[Guest PlatinumBoy]

Is this in order of importance? If so Hank Williams is so, so, so too low. Hell one could argue, if it wasn't for Hank, there would be no Johnny Cash--and with no Cash, things would be quite different for the singer/songwriter crowd of your Dylans and such.

 

Editted to say... of course Hank did have a very, very short career. He doesn't have a huge ammount of work, but was significant. I'm also suprised to see Skynyrd on here. Sabbath also is too low.

[TheOriginalOrangeGoblin 0]

Thanks.

[Myxamatosis 0]

Even though they're my personal gods, Radiohead has no business being on any "immortal's" list that doesn't contain R.E.M. or the Pixies.

[Gary Floyd 0]

Well of course the list sucks; it's from Rolling Stone

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

These people can't be Immortals -- Eazy E has been dead for quite some time...

[razazteca 0]

Well of course the list sucks; it's from Rolling Stone

It has to be better than whatever SPIN and BLENDER can think of.

[The Czech Republic 0]

AC/DC > Miles Davis, maaaaaan

[Si82 0]

Nice to see Lee "Scratch" Perry get a mention.

 

He should have been higher though.

[Use Your Illusion 0]

Michael Jackson > U2

[The Czech Republic 0]

#46 Janis Joplin > #71 Frank Zappa

#48 Run DMC > #70 The Police

All 100 of them > The Smiths

 

What are the criteria for this list, anyway?

[lomasmoney 0]

Michael Jackson> Nirvana... enough said

[Special K 0]

This seems to have no criteria. Is it influential bands? Or popular bands?

If it's influential why are U2 and springsteen so high?

If it's popular why is the Velvet Underground so high?

 

It seems maybe to be a list of bands which will be remembered. Which is totally arbitrary, and makes this list weird, because while people KNOW who Prince is, I don't think many people listen to him anymore (I do) while Miles Davis is an icon who will be remembered forever. Nine Inch Nails? I liked them when I was 13-14, but come ON! Their heyday was ONE ALBUM. And if it's Rock Icons, The Doors should be much higher, because take 'em or leave 'em, Morrisson's going to have a devoted following for a long time.

 

Which is just a wordy way of saying, what the hell is up with this list?

[The Czech Republic 0]

The Band is more immortal than Carlos Santana. Yeah I cannot fucking figure out this list.

[Hank Kingsley 0]

This is what the magazine says:

 

"An expert panel of musicians, industry figures, and critics, selected by the editors of Rolling Stone, was asked to pick, in order of preference, the twenty most significant artists of rock's first fifty years. The votes were tabulated according to a weighted point system overseen by the accounting firm Ernst & Young."

[The Czech Republic 0]

The Smiths should have been on there. Really.

[PLAGIARISM! 0]

Ban top 100 lists in this folder.

[Guest TheLastBoyscout]

ELVIS COSTELLO NUMBER 80?

 

THIS DOES NOT COMPUTE!

 

Dammit, he's better than half the people in front of him.

[B. Brian Brunzell 0]

Is anyone on this board actually old enough to remember the days when Rolling Stone was a credible mag?

[Hank Kingsley 0]

The writeups on the "Immortals" themselves are good reads, actually, since they're by other artists. Of note, Kanye West writes about Dre, Elton John on Eminem, and Little Steven on Eric Clapton.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

Ban top 100 lists in this folder.

I support this proposal.

[TheOriginalOrangeGoblin 0]

So much wrong with this list, although the top 10 isn't that bad really.

 

Guns N Roses is WAY too low.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

The writeups on the "Immortals" themselves are good reads, actually, since they're by other artists. Of note, Kanye West writes about Dre, Elton John on Eminem, and Little Steven on Eric Clapton.

This is usually my thought on these lists. If you are willing to overlook the rankings, they can be enjoyable reads.

 

That said, I find it odd that Pink Floyd is nowhere to be found on this list.

[The Czech Republic 0]

So much wrong with this list, although the top 10 isn't that bad really.

 

Guns N Roses is WAY too low.

Let's not kid ourselves.

[Youth N Asia 0]

While I like GNR, they're pretty high for a band with 3 1/2 good albums.

[iggymcfly 0]

I know someone who had the magazine, and got pissed off that Metallica wasn't on the list, and promptly threw it away. Just my little anecdote. I do think Michael Jackson should definitely be higher than Sam Cooke though. Do people even remember him now?

[Hogan Made Wrestling 0]

That said, I find it odd that Pink Floyd is nowhere to be found on this list.

"Odd" is a pretty big understatement. Pink Floyd's absence from the list basically makes it worthless on that fact alone. Hell, I'm as big a fan of Radiohead as anyone, but for them to be ahead of Pink Floyd on such a list is laughable.