Top Ranked Bands -- Currently Making Music

RoundTheBend · 2011-12-13T21:44:44-05:00

Below is a list of artists that are on the Top Ranked Bands section of the website that are currently making music. I don't know every single band on the list, so if I missed one, it was because I didn't think they were worth confirming to see if they are still making music. Who's not on the list that should make up the rest of this list because bands of the past didn't make room for them? In doing this I learned what our musical culture could be like without the greats of the past. We talk about how we are sometimes stuck in the past- that we can't get passed the greats of the passed. Some Freudian theorists try to compare the Oedipus complex with art in that instead of becoming like the father, killing the father to possess the mother, it is becoming like the great artists of the past, and then "kill" them and possess the muse that they had. Interesting concept. Have these bands done that, or are they still hiding behind their "fathers?' 1. Radiohead 2. Arcade Fire 3. U2 4. Pearl Jam 5. Coldplay 6. Muse 7. R.E.M. (R.I.P. this year) 8. The Strokes 9. Metallica (doing an album with Lou Reed, believe it or not 10. The Smashing Pumpkins 11. Red Hot Chili Peppers 12. The White Stripes (didn't they break up though?) 13. Sonic Youth 14. The Flaming Lips 15. Sigur Rós 16. AC/DC (kinda, they just did a "reunion" type album) 17. Arctic Monkeys 18. Weezer 19. Green Day 20. Wilco 21. Tool 22. Beck 23. Modest Mouse 24. The National 25. Interpol 26. Portishead 27. Kanye West 28. Fleet Foxes 29. Animal Collective 30. Björk 31. Eminem 32. The Killers 33. Nine Inche Nails 34. Beastie Boys 35. Bon Iver 36. Belle & Sebastian 37. Foo Fighters 38. PJ Harvey 39. Sufjan Stevens 40. Queens of the Stone Age 41. Gorillaz 42. Kings of Leon 43. Vampire Weekend 44. Daft Punk 45. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 46. Porcupine Tree 47. Nas 48. Bloc Party 49. LCD Soundsystem (R.I.P. this year) 50. Public Enemy 51. TV on the Radio 52. Death Cab for Cutie 53. The Shins 54. Franz Ferdinand 55. MGMT 56. Bright Eyes 57. The Mars Volta 58. Jay-Z 59. Sublime (well, with Rome now) 60. Godspeed You! Black Emperor (?) 61. Air 62. Linkin Park 63. The Black Keys 64. DJ Shadow 65. Blink 182 66. Built to Spill 67. The xx 68. Guided by Voices 69. Yeah Yeah Yeahs 70. Boards of Canada 71. The Prodigy People I left off the list because I feel their time has passed and will probably make music till they die, but doesn't mean they aren't good musicians: Paul Simon, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Neil Young, Kate Bush, Brian Eno, Paul McCartney, Tori Amos, Madonna, Alanis Morrisette, Tom Petty, Dr. Dre I would add Elbow, As Tall As Lions, and Thrice to this list at first glance. Haven't really thought that much about it yet and analyzing who is there, and who isn't, but that is what this post is for.

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Xavygravy wrote:

I don't get this 'fathers' thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_complex

Replace father, with idolized artists (whether today or 500 years ago), and anyone from a budding musician to almost idolized.

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Two of my current favs not on that list are hot chip and girl talk.
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Pearl Jam!!!

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WillWill1989 wrote:

I would put PJ Harvey higher up

I would agree- that is part of the reason why I listed this- I think Foo Fighters should be higher. Dave Grohl has his finger in so many things. Their Wasting Light album was their first number 1 album (not that that matters) and shows they aren't dead yet.

I think when we take out greats like the stones, beatles, bowie, etc. all the obvious greats- it puts the rest possibly in a different light or is valued differently.

Kiki

Good idea but incredibly biased and poorly executed. And people are arguing with 'Top Ranked Bands' on BEA. Okay, you can say it should change but asking why, well people put it on their charts. The original poster is not going to change it. 😕

What are we even talking about here?

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an_outlaw wrote:

I didn't want to change anything- I just wanted a clear picture of which of those artists are still creating music. I didn't realize that taking off paul simon and lou reed would've gotten the attention instead of discussing the greats of our current time. In my opinion I think Lou Reed and Paul Simon are the greats of an earlier time period. History won't write much about them as artists in the 2000s compared to 60s/70s, etc. I guess this idea wasn't grasped very well.

What we are talking about here are musicians that are still creating music that will be recognized as music from the 2000s in the history of music. Music historians won't be categorizing the 2000s as a time of Paul Simon or Lou Reed.

If we put our history behind us and focus on just what is out there right now, who would we like to be on the list?

Got a better way of executing it? This is a discussion, so by all means let us know. You said it was a good idea, so you understand the merit. Maybe you can convey it better.

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