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Post by james on Dec 29, 2012 14:09:08 GMT -5
I happenned to look over these 2 lists:
100 greatest artists - from Rolling Stone magazine
100 greatest artists - from VH1
Only a few artists I like made the list, but these artists I like did not:
Linda Ronstadt
Maria Muldaur
Anne Murray
Bette Midler
Laura Nyro
Melanie
Rita Coolidge
David Cassidy
Partridge Family
I guess I am an old fuddy duddy!
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Post by erik on Dec 29, 2012 17:22:46 GMT -5
I do think that Linda made #21 on VH-1's 1999 "100 Best Women In Rock" list, though of course that was then.
However, you aren't alone in liking artists who are either not popular (yet, anyway) or are "unhip." I think a lot of us like artists who fall through the cracks. It's all a part of being true to oneself (IMHO).
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Post by Partridge on Dec 29, 2012 22:17:55 GMT -5
Such lists are unimportant, even if Linda Ronstadt is on them.
Any list from Rolling Stone is automatically suspect with me.
Frankly, I am always surprised when someone I like does achieve
popularity with the masses.
I just got through alphabetizing my CD collection, so it became
obvious who I have a lot of CDs by-- I guess that makes the
following folks my Top 20 favorites:
Linda Ronstadt- probably close to a hundred CDs.
Patty Loveless- entire collection
Emmylou Harris- everything through Wrecking Ball, some since
Bonnie Raitt- everything
Rosanne Cash- everything
Southern Culture on the Skids- everything
Los Straitjackets- most all
Kinky Friedman
Tiny Tim- 8 CDs + the box set
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Joan Baez
Asleep at the Wheel
Skeeter Davis
Wanda Jackson
Maria Muldaur
Johnny Cash -- getting that new box set for Christmas no doubt puts him at the top of the list for most different titles owned.
Jann Browne
Elizabeth Cook
Jackson Browne
John Mellencamp
One of these artists, Wanda Jackson, is getting a lot of accolades and attention from the critics late in life. I've liked her all my life, starting about 6 years old. To me it is strange that she is now treated like a god while someone of greater talent like Linda Ronstadt is ignored. It's like there is a complete forgiveness/ ignorance of the many many subpar albums Wanda Jackson released in her career. Though I'm a lifelong fan, her "misses" far outnumber her "targets."
Anyone else care to share their own personal list?
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 30, 2012 1:49:19 GMT -5
No Beatles Tony?
Linda Ronstadt
Beatles
Carpenters
James Taylor
Jackson Browne
Joey Heatherton
John Lennon
Barbra Streisand
Alison Krauss
Cusco
Eagles (w/Bernie Leadon)
Joni Mitchell
Billy Joel
Elton John
Cat Stevens
Led Zeppelin
CSN & Neil Young
Jann Arden
Moody Blues
Sam Cooke
Al Green
Laura Nyro
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Post by philly on Dec 30, 2012 2:19:48 GMT -5
I like your list Rob, but Linda (probably) accused you of having poor taste!  |
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 30, 2012 2:27:20 GMT -5
I like your list Rob, but Linda (probably) accused you of having poor taste! Linda will always reign supreme in my book even if she never recorded a song. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2012 9:15:54 GMT -5
I would even welcome the opportunity for Linda to criticize my taste in person!  |
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Post by Partridge on Dec 30, 2012 12:37:55 GMT -5
I've got the complete Beatles on my ipod, which I usually listen to in the car. I get a lot of complaints from friends about too much Beatles, more than too much Linda. But when I look at my CD shelves, I only have three Beatles CDs: Help Rubber Soul Revolver I gotta lot of Sam Cooke too, just not many CDs. Great singer! Loretta Lynn- probably got about 30 or more LPs, but her best early albums have never been released on CD. |
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Post by erik on Dec 30, 2012 13:53:36 GMT -5
Besides Linda, here's some else of what I've got:
Eagles (everything except for Hell Freezes Over)
Tift Merritt (all six of hers to date; best female singer so far in the 21st century [IMHO])
John Williams
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
MINORITY REPORT
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
SCHINDLER'S LIST
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
THE TERMINAL
MUNICH
LINCOLN
WAR HORSE
WAR OF THE WORLDS
JFK
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL
BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
Kathleen Edwards (all of hers to date)
Caitlin Rose (OWN SIDE NOW)
Elvis Presley
1968 NBC SPECIAL
FROM ELVIS IN MEMPHIS/BACK IN MEMPHIS [2-CD set])
As should be obvious to all, I am extremely "unhip." (LOL)
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Post by 70smusicfan on Dec 30, 2012 20:07:20 GMT -5
CD collection favorites - Seem to be a heavy SoCal leanings in the list - surprised that RonstadtFanAZ has the most varied from the 70s - How about the huge variation in 70s music. After Linda and Neil Young and the CSNY/derivatives, I have most of Little Feat, Bruce Springsteen, Chicago, YES, Led Zeppelin, ELP, Sonny Landreth (all of Beatles, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkle, and Genesis thanks to Box Sets). How about Fusion - I have all of Return to Forever, most of Weather Report, lots of Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola, Jeff Beck...The list goes on and on. A lot depends on what you can buy CDs for also. I'd love more Zappa, but they are never less than $12++.
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Post by 70smusicfan on Dec 30, 2012 20:09:57 GMT -5
Forget to mention Skeeter Davis on Hee Haw this week. It's on RFD right now, will be rebroadcast Monday AM sometime.
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Post by Partridge on Dec 30, 2012 21:03:40 GMT -5
Forget to mention Skeeter Davis on Hee Haw this week. It's on RFD right now, will be rebroadcast Monday AM sometime. My DVR is set to automatically record any program that has the word SKEETER or the word RONSTADT in its description, so that should be ready for viewing. Skeeter Davis turns up far more often than Linda Ronstadt. And I get a lot of episodes of some cartoon that has a character named Skeeter but I delete those immediately. The last Ronstadt that it recorded was also an episode of HEE HAW. |
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 31, 2012 10:31:27 GMT -5
I probably should have added Eva Cassidy to my list as like Joey, she is a real favorite but they haven't released many albums/cds. Darn, forgot BeeGees and Monkees too!
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Post by Partridge on Dec 31, 2012 11:38:45 GMT -5
Y'all have to watch that episode of Hee Haw. Pat Boone did
a most inappropriate performance of a song called "Sugar Lips."
And he was dressed Hee-Haw-ridiculous to boot. I can't believe
one of his fans hasn't uploaded it to youtube.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2012 12:09:16 GMT -5
I probably should have added Eva Cassidy to my list as like Joey, she is a real favorite but they haven't released many albums/cds. Darn, forgot BeeGees and Monkees too! Eva Cassidy did reach #1 posthumously in the UK, showing the good taste of the Brits!  |
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Post by lawrence on Dec 31, 2012 17:48:55 GMT -5
Tony,
Funny, I alphabetized my cd collection the other day too!
Some of my most popular (and some of yours, in no particular order):
LINDA RONSTADT
EMMYLOU HARRIS
CARMEN MCRAE
JONI MITCHELL
PATTY LOVELESS
HARRY NILSSON
KD LANG
GUY CLARK
MARIA MULDAUR
TEDDY THOMPSON
RICHARD THOMPSON
LINDA THOMPSON
MAURA O'CONNELL
ROSEMARY CLOONEY
WILLIE NELSON
ETTA JAMES
ELLA FITZGERALD
EVA CASSIDY
CYNDI LAUPER
ROSEANN CASH
BONNIE RAITT
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Post by lawrence on Dec 31, 2012 17:51:47 GMT -5
I should add LUCINDA WILLIAMS, LORETTA LYNN, SHELBY LYNNE and NANCI GRIFFITH.
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