As mentioned before, BB season is STILL too far away. So in the meantime, we entertain ourselves with meaningless threads. So here's another one.
Name five of your favorite singers/groups.
Here's mine -- although the limit of 5 causes my angst.
Bonnie Raitt
Beatles
James Taylor
Elton John
Neville Brothers
OY, so many more. Can't wait to see responses.
Groups:
Poison
Bon Jovi
Cheap Trick
Def Leppard
Van Halen
Aerosmith
People:
Richard Marx
Billy Joel
Sir Elton John
Whitney Houston (the earlier years)
Madonna (the late early years and the earlu middle years)
Groups:
U2
REM
Uncle Tupelo/Son Volt/Wilco
Dave Matthews Band (before the crap they have put out recently)
Singers:
Pete Yorn
Patty Griffin
Elliot Smith
Group:
Doors
Doobie Brothers
Moody Blues
The Band
Beatles
Chicago
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Marshall Tucker Band
Steely Dan
Temptations
Earth, Wind & Fire
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Kansas
Mountain
Singers:
James Taylor
Elvis Presley
Burton Cummings (of the Guess Who)
Steve Perry (Journey)
Jimmy Buffett
Karen Carpenter
Matthew Ward (Christian singer)
Michael W Smith (Christian singer)
Tom Mac
#1 - The Oak Ridge Boys [Where The Soul Never Dies, Angels Watching Me , Love Lifted Me with Kenny Rogers, and of course Elvira]
#2 - Diamond Rio [In God We Still Trust, Meet In The Middle]
now in no particular order
Manhattan Transfer [Java Jive]
Montgomery Gentry [Lucky Man]
Brooks & Dunn [Boot Scootin' Boogie, Believe
Big & Rich Big Time, Holy Water]
Last edited by Bluedawg; 09-13-2007 at 11:26 AM.
This one was harder. I have a number of singers i enjoy but not many groups.
#1 - Toby Keith [How Do You Like Me Now?!, Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue
In no particular order
Alan Jackson- Chattahoochee, Monday Morning Church, It's Five O' Clock Somewhere w/ Jimmy Buffett, Where Were You ]
Kenny Chesney- Living In Fast Forward]
Jason Michael Carroll [Livin' Our Love Song, I Can Sleep When I'm Dead]
Josh Turner [Long Black Train, Your Man, Me and God[bootleg video...quality poor]]
Brad Paisley-Online, Celebrity Jason Alexander and William Shatner are great sports, Mud On The Tires]
Last edited by Bluedawg; 09-13-2007 at 02:08 PM.
Flight O' the Conchords, baby!
My new heros! Those guys are geniuses!!!
-EarlJam
Bob Seger
Rare Earth
Santana
ZZ Top
Deep Purple
Fav bands
- Pink Floyd
- Led Zeppelin
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Cake
- Green Day (pre-D**kie, inclusive)
Fav singer/artist
- Eminem
- Maynard Ferguson
- Arturo Sandoval
- Bob Marley
- I don't think I have a 5th place holder here...
Can I also mention that I really dislike Bob Dylan? I just can't stand his voice.
Bruce Springsteen
Bob Dylan
Neil Young
Van Morrison
So, I like dinosaurs.
Leonard
Frank
Bruce
Ray
Carol
James
Carmen
Johnny
Dion and the Belmonts
Everley Brothers
Miles Brothers
David Ruffin and the Temps
Drifters
Stones
Pre pre-historic
U2
And then the rest. If I had to pick 4 others, I suppose:
Billy Joel
The Eagles
Passion Band
Dire Straits or CCR
Last edited by snowdenscold; 09-14-2007 at 12:43 AM.
Groups:
Moody Blues
Pink Floyd
Dire Straits
Credence CR
Who
Singers:
Al Stewart
Roy Orbison
Gordon Lightfoot
George Harrison
Englebert
Honorable Mention:
Buddy Holly
Jim Croce
Cat Stevens
Last edited by micah75; 09-14-2007 at 08:14 AM. Reason: Honorable Mention
Singer/songwriter:
Shannon McNally
Groups:
Led Zeppelin
The Allman Brothers Band
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Who
Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise
Rush
Fleetwood Mac
Nazareth
The Band
The Guess Who
Whiskeytown
Pink Floyd
Prism
The Eagles
The Stray Cats
AC/DC
Aerosmith
April Wine
Boston
Singers:
Robert Plant
Allison Krause (with or without Union Station)
Travis Tritt
Ryan Adams
Alan Jackson
Shania
Brooks & Dunn (or should they be considered a group?)
Brad Paisley
Ozzy
Peter Frampton
Van Morrison
Warren Zevon
Jackson Browne
Beverly Mahood
Bob Seger (or should he be listed in the groups category because of the Silver Bullet Band?)
Springsteen (as with Seger, should he be listed in the groups category because of the E Street Band?)
Alright, those lists are too long already so I'll stop now (I'm bored this morning and am waaay too stoned on pain-killers to know when to stop).
I just noticed that there was a limit of five per category (as I said, I'm too stoned to notice) so here we go again:
Groups:
Led Zeppelin
The Allman Brothers Band
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Guess Who
April Wine
Singers:
Robert Plant
Alan Jackson
Jackson Browne
Bruce Springsteen
Bob Seger