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Re: NME's 100 Most Influential Artists

Graeme2 — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:57:31 GMT

Author: Graeme2

Posted: 08/14/2014 19:57

satiemaniac wrote:

be honest with me - how many teenagers do you actually know?

One. My son 🤣

Re: NME's 100 Most Influential Artists

pentapolin — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:35:34 GMT

Author: pentapolin

Posted: 08/14/2014 18:35

I agree with the following:

-David Bowie
- Kate Bush
- The Velvet Underground
- Prince
- Fleetwood Mac
- Bruce Springsteen
- Bjork
- Depeche Mode
- Led Zeppelin
- T Rex
- The Cars
- Talk Talk
- The Zombies
- Stevie Wonder
- Dusty Springfield
- The Cure

Re: NME's 100 Most Influential Artists

eyezayzay — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 15:42:41 GMT

Author: eyezayzay

Posted: 08/10/2014 19:42

RE: Aaliyah. She was one of the most influence artists of that era and was destined for great things. Listen to all three of her albums PLEASE. She would have slayed Beyonce if she was still around. I love her so much.

RE: Tame Impala. Stop being ignorant. They restarted the psychadelic rock craze and please check out all of the great stuff coming out of Perth, Australia as a result of them. Pond is one of my favorite bands of all time and it even contains members of Tame Impala.

Listen to this album and then come back to me.

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Hobo Rocket by Pond

RE: Grimes. She brought back the interesting Dream Pop style of the Cocteau Twins (she even claims that they're one of her inspirations.) I love the voice layering she does on her songs, it's actually impressive...so shut up, damn.

Re: NME's 100 Most Influential Artists

Skinny — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 12:55:52 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 08/10/2014 16:55

Whilst it's weird seeing them so high up on a list of influential artists, I don't think people are giving The xx enough credit. Since they came out there have been a whole host of artists who have been doing that hushed, late-night, indie-R'n'B crossover thing. I'm not saying all these artists necessarily listened to The xx, nor am I saying The xx are even very good, but when I hear the likes of inc., FKA Twigs, Jessy Lanza, Sean Nicolas Savage, Daughter, Banks, Rhye, Woodkid, Beacon, The Weeknd, etc., I can definitely hear The xx in their music. Whether it's a direct influence or just some sort of hive mind effect is impossible to say, but I do think that pop music is, to a certain extent, in something of a post-xx state, whereby bands creating murky, sinister, alt. R'n'B are becoming more and more visible. Not saying that qualifies them as the 10th most influential artist of all-time (it doesn't), or that this list is any good (it's not), just that The xx have been pretty influential over the past few years and to say that they haven't is unfair and unfounded.

Re: NME's 100 Most Influential Artists

Secondsoul — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 12:44:43 GMT

Author: Secondsoul

Posted: 08/10/2014 16:44

Some serious flaws with this list. Where are The Chameleons, a band who have influenced the likes of Interpol, The National, Slowdive, Editors, White Lies, The Horrors. What bands have been influenced by The XX who they have in The Top 10? London Grammar maybe, but I can't think of anyone else! The Cure and Talk Talk should at least be Top 30 well ahead of the likes of Bon Iver or Hole.

As someone in their forties who has grown up listening to music all their life, this list makes little sense to me. This is what happens when you allow a bunch of kids, who weren't even born before 1990, compile a list of the most influential artists of all-time. Fucking joke!!

Re: NME's 100 Most Influential Artists

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 12:39:06 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/10/2014 16:39

Graeme2 wrote:

All correct. Also they are wrong about the old 60s acts not being as influential with the youth. The majority of band t-shirts I see teenagers in are Beatles ones. The premise of doing an artical on the most influential acts is a good one. Loads of scope to do something creative with it. That would mean them doing some hard work though.

be honest with me - how many teenagers do you actually know?

Re: NME's 100 Most Influential Artists

Graeme2 — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 11:04:45 GMT

Author: Graeme2

Posted: 08/10/2014 15:04

meccalecca wrote:

Click bait. That's all this is. It's made to piss off anyone who reads it, or at least generate a lot of WTF's. Like the randomness is intentional. No one's gonna question the influence of Suicide, but they will question the idea of Vampire Weekend being more influential than them. Stir up the pot. NME sucks.

Re: NME's 100 Most Influential Artists

meccalecca — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 10:13:17 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 08/10/2014 14:13

sp4cetiger wrote:

That said, NME's hand-wavy description of how the list was compiled makes me suspect that they just threw something together to pander to their target demographic.

Re: NME's 100 Most Influential Artists

Anonymous — Sat, 9 Aug 2014 22:13:21 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/10/2014 02:13

Only motorik musicians are Kraftwerk; already a joke.

Especially enjoy seeing these though:

90. Flying Lotus
88. Oneohtrix Point Never
85. Black Flag
84. Nine Inch Nails
83. The Jesus and Mary Chain
82. Massive Attack
79. Suicide
76. Vampire Weekend
74. Slint
63. Talk Talk
62. The Stooges
54. Aphex Twin
43. New Order
42. PJ Harvey
39. Brian Jonestown Massacre
23. Burial
07. The Gun Club

Re: NME's 100 Most Influential Artists

Anonymous — Sat, 9 Aug 2014 19:12:05 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/09/2014 23:12

The xx in the top 10 is one of the most hilarious things I've ever seen. And I like The xx.

Re: NME's 100 Most Influential Artists

benpaco — Sat, 9 Aug 2014 19:03:36 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 08/09/2014 23:03

satiemaniac wrote:

You realize that the only recent artist you have there is Tame Impala, and they are horse manure, yeah?

Eh I like em, but aren't Sufjan and OK Go still considered recent? Like I know the rest have faded, slowed down, or changed singers, but those two I'd still call recent ... IDK ...

Re: NME's 100 Most Influential Artists

Anonymous — Sat, 9 Aug 2014 19:01:29 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/09/2014 23:01

Quote:

But how many bands today turn up to a rehearsal room plastered with posters of Ringo, neck a load of brown acid and plug in planning to write a 21st Century ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’? Far fewer, we reasoned, than want to write their own ‘Seven Nation Army’ or ‘Crystalised’. Ditto Dylan, The Stones and The Who, et al. These are acts whose influence is written in stone, the very bedrock of the form, but who aren’t necessarily directly informing the music being made today any more than Chaucer is influencing Buzzfeed. Influence is a fluid concept, so rather than simply tipping our caps to the legends (again), we set out to quantify which are the biggest influences on today’s music scene.

There's truth to this. A person who was 16 in 1967 would be 63 right now -- that not even dadrock anymore, it's granddad rock. There are still plenty of people who listen to these artists, but their influence on modern music is more indirect than it used to be.

That said, NME's hand-wavy description of how the list was compiled makes me suspect that they just threw something together to pander to their target demographic.

Re: NME's 100 Most Influential Artists

Graeme2 — Sat, 9 Aug 2014 18:46:46 GMT

Author: Graeme2

Posted: 08/09/2014 22:46

Ha ha just a joke list. What's the point unless you are going to do it properly instead of just coming up with perceived cool names and throwing them in. They probably got each writer to chuck some names in off the top of their head. Waste of time. Wouldn't expect anything else from NME now though. I think the writers forgot the remit. I can't believe they left of Daisy Chainsaw and Sultans of Ping.

Re: NME's 100 Most Influential Artists

Muslim-Bigfoot — Sat, 9 Aug 2014 18:04:48 GMT

Author: Muslim-Bigfoot

Posted: 08/09/2014 22:04

NME wrote:

With that logic, half of this list should be post-hardcore, hip-hop and death/black metal bands.

EDIT: and most of the other half should be DJs and stuff.

Re: NME's 100 Most Influential Artists

Jimmy Dread — Sat, 9 Aug 2014 17:41:04 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 08/09/2014 21:41

CubaZed wrote:

Just occurred to me that there is Massive Attack on this list but no Portishead. :-k

I think that kinda makes sense, y'know. Don't forget Massive Attack were much more part of the Bristol fabric with all their links to the graffiti scene and the Wild Bunch sound system - Portishead were a studio creation rather than part of any larger scene externally. Perhaps the same reason the (frankly loathesome) xx are on this list but yet the YMG are nowhere to be seen...

Re: NME's 100 Most Influential Artists

Anonymous — Sat, 9 Aug 2014 17:33:39 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/09/2014 21:33

Just occurred to me that there is Massive Attack on this list but no Portishead. 🤔

Re: NME's 100 Most Influential Artists

Necharsian — Sat, 9 Aug 2014 17:23:32 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 08/09/2014 21:23

Hayden wrote:

But these.. I like most of them... but who have any of them ever influenced? :-k

yeah I was wondering that too. I love the xx but don't really think of them as being influential.. I seriously don't understand the point of this list tho. it just seems like a bunch of random popular artists put into a random order.

Re: NME's 100 Most Influential Artists

Revolution909 — Sat, 9 Aug 2014 17:22:50 GMT

Author: Revolution909

Posted: 08/09/2014 21:22

What a great, refreshing list that actually has something new to say. One may have a few quibbles with an artist or a ranking or two but that would be true of any list that isn't generically safe and, ultimately, boring.

It's fantastic, bloody brilliant that electronic artists and electronic music as a genre in general, are finally being treated with the respect and appreciation they deserve.

Especially love the following:

88. Oneohtrix Point Never
82. Massive Attack
61. DJ Shadow
54. Aphex Twin
43. New Order
33. The Knife
31. Bjork
26. Fleetwood Mac
23. Burial
18. Aaliyah

Re: NME's 100 Most Influential Artists

Anonymous — Sat, 9 Aug 2014 17:09:56 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/09/2014 21:09

*blinks* Best list by a major publication I've ever seen. O_O Grimes and Bikini Kill?! Yesx10
It's like a "fuck you" to the generic list of this sort. Which is awesome, regardless of how accurate it is (though Bikini Kill is indeed super influential). Though seeing The Cure directly under Yeah Yeah Yeahs is really odd. The Cure need to be closer to the top of the list anyways.

Re: NME's 100 Most Influential Artists

AlexZangari — Sat, 9 Aug 2014 16:00:39 GMT

Author: AlexZangari

Posted: 08/09/2014 20:00

Dingerbell wrote:

No Pixies, but the Breeders?

See #28

This list makes no sense. I love it. And how could I argue with a list that has Blur in the top 20?

Honestly I don't think there would be any way to make this list right. There is no easy way of measuring influence. If you just go with the bands you know are indisputably influential you end up with a super generic list. So I can't complain about the way it turned out at all. I enjoy the inaccuracy of it more than I'd enjoy a list that made perfect, boring sense.