Floydy's Top 200 Music Artists
I'm going for it, my latest behemoth of a music list.
After considerable thought of whether or not to go down that rocky road again, I have decided to present my favourite music artists to the forum.
As some of you saw with my previous thread (discounting the '1000 Perfect Songs' thread, which I abandoned due to lack of cohesion and interest on my part in the end), 1000 Favourite Albums, I will be beginning at No.200 and working my way up to the No.1 album.
The main problem with the top 1000 thread was that it took up so much time as I wanted to make it as interesting as possible by submitting many video links, album sleeves and lots of other info which took up far too much of my time resulting in me becoming bogged down with it and seriously concerned for my mental health!
This time I have prepared my list in advance. The list is ready on my own template and all I have to do is add some brief biographies as and when I post each entry. I will supplement each act's position with a video or two, but largely I will encourage you all to add your own posts to coincide with each one. Please comment as you wish, add your own vids and you're quite welcome to ask any questions.
There is no time limit for this list to be finalised on the forum. Some days I will post a few in succession, other days I may not have the time to post anything. It won't matter - you folks can fill in the gaps until the next one arrives.
Again though, this list is not the absolute gospel of "what should be and what is", these artists are assembled as much as possible in my own order of what are my personal favourites. This is my opinion only and whoever you think should be higher or lower is your own choice. Please discuss your views anytime. And you are fine to ask on the whereabouts of certain acts you may feel should be in my list. There is no great secrecy this time, although I can't actually let you know who is placed exactly where. The only thing which is probably not a surprise is my all-time favourite band...that is obvious isn't it?
This top 200 took me a couple of weeks to sort out as near as dammit to the order I like each act, but some are grouped together pretty roughly. And please don't dismiss, say, the No.200 act as being rubbish - my list was whittled down from an original list of over 2000 artists, so the No.200 placing is actually pretty high.
One more point: Some artists are grouped together. For instance Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry are the same post, as are The Beatles, Eagles and many other acts - their individual members releasing solo music are not listed separate entries. This will become apparent as the time comes when these acts are seen in the list.
So enough waffle, let's begin with No.200 in the next post. Enjoy