Stevie Ray Vaughan

Some of the thought processes here:

"Hmm...best musicians...Led Zeppelin was OK I guess, but Straight No Chaser just blows them out of the water."

I should silence this whole thread just to punish bad musical taste.

some please mention clapton

Thank you ssorenn. Why aren't you running this?

You are posting too frequently, please slow down.

Bob Dylan
Billy Joel
Kanye West
Sam Cooke
Lady Gaga
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Mozart
Puccini
Vivaldi
Tchaikovsky
Nirvana
Marshall Mathers
30 Seconds to Mars
The Mountain Goats
The White Stripes
The Decemberists
Big Star
Breaking Benjamin
Beethoven
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Brahms
Tool
Black Sabbath
Bob Marley
U2
The Oneders
Green Day
James Brown
The Eagles
Tupac
Frank Sinatra
Grateful Dead
The Who
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Straight No Chaser
Beethoven
Pink Floyd
Dave Matthews
Paul Simon
Bach
Frankie Valli
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Otep Shamaya
Serj Tankian
Justin Sane
Laura Jane Grace

Let's see if we can maybe break up this sausage fest a bit, too...we have a couple of ladies so far, but they're pretty underrepresented here.

Mod abuse of powers

@ssoren:

So do you want me to add Stevie Ray Vaughn or Eric Clapton?

Surprised no one's mentioned Elton or Johnny Cash yet.

Stevie, but i was hoping someone else would nominate Clapton

Sting(police)

And someone seriously needs to nominate Queen and The Rolling Stones...like, now.

I thought we'd have a hard time getting composers into this, but they're actually fairly well represented, so that's good...

But we just NEED Queen and the Stones, and I can't bump Mozart, Puccini, Zimmerman or Billy Joel from my list...I'd recommend Elton John to someone, too.

@Obi: You missed my nomination of Phil collins

This is what I have so far.

Obiwan:

Billy Joel
Bob Dylan
Mozart
Puccini

Soc Dis:

Kanye
Sam Cooke
Vivaldi
Beatles

HR:

Tchaikovsky
Led Zeppelin
David Bowie
Lady Gaga (.-.)

Cmmnd. Byron (add one):

Kurt Cobain/Nirvana
Marshall Mathers/Eminem/Slim
Shakira
*

Ghug:
The Mountain Goats
The White Stripes
The Decemberists
Big Star

Semck:

Beethoven
Paul Simon
CCR
Brahms

Yakoska (add one):

Israel Kawakawiwoole
Straight No Chaser
Pink Floyd
Beethoven (repeat)

Rojimy:

Tool
Black Sabbath
U2
Bob Marley

Ssorenn (remove one):

The Who
Grateful Dead
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Sinatra
Sting/Police

Bo:

Green Day
James Brown
The Eagles/Don Henley
Tupac

Vash:

30 Seconds to Mars
Breaking Benjamin
Phil Collins
*

PiC:

Dave Matthews Band
Cobain/Nirvana (repeat)
Frankie Valli
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Mendax:

Otep Shamaya
Serj Tankian
Justin Sane
LJ Grace

Let me get four real nominations in there:

Bruce Springsteen
Elvis
Etta James
Aretha Franklin

Yeah, and I missed someone's nominating Bowie, too...updating.

I foresee some much harder first-round decisions than in the author thread (and far more time lost to youtube).

Obiwan:

Billy Joel
Bob Dylan
Mozart
Puccini

Soc Dis:

Kanye
Sam Cooke
Vivaldi
Beatles

HR:

Tchaikovsky
Led Zeppelin
David Bowie
Lady Gaga (.-.)

Cmmnd. Byron (add one):

Kurt Cobain/Nirvana
Marshall Mathers/Eminem/Slim
Shakira
*

Ghug:
The Mountain Goats
The White Stripes
The Decemberists
Big Star

Semck:

Beethoven
Paul Simon
CCR
Brahms

Yakoska (add one):

Israel Kawakawiwoole
Straight No Chaser
Pink Floyd
Beethoven (repeat)

Rojimy:

Tool
Black Sabbath
U2
Bob Marley

Ssorenn (remove one):

The Who
Grateful Dead
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Sinatra

Bo:

Green Day
James Brown
The Eagles/Don Henley
Tupac

Vash:

30 Seconds to Mars
Breaking Benjamin
Phil Collins
*

PiC:

Dave Matthews Band
Cobain/Nirvana (repeat)
Frankie Valli
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Mendax:

Otep Shamaya
Serj Tankian
Justin Sane
LJ Grace

Bob Dylan
Billy Joel
Kanye West
Sam Cooke
Lady Gaga
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Mozart
Puccini
Vivaldi
Tchaikovsky
Nirvana
Marshall Mathers
30 Seconds to Mars
The Mountain Goats
The White Stripes
The Decemberists
Big Star
Breaking Benjamin
Beethoven
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Brahms
Tool
Black Sabbath
Bob Marley
U2
The Oneders
Green Day
James Brown
The Eagles
Tupac
Frank Sinatra
Grateful Dead
The Who
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Straight No Chaser
Beethoven
Pink Floyd
Dave Matthews
Paul Simon
Bach
Frankie Valli
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Otep Shamaya
Serj Tankian
Justin Sane
Laura Jane Grace
Bruce Springsteen
Elvis Presley
Etta James
Aretha Franklin
Phil Collins
Sting
Stevie Ray Vaughn

2WL... If you want to nominate only favorites, that's your choice. Nominating a first round out is okay by me. I like 'em better than some of the nominees up there. But you don't see me running any of those down by name, do you?

With each matchup, I feel like providing a Youtube clip of a great performance or piece would be a great addition to the process.

Alright guys, we have 54/64...so nearly there...

Come on, someone go Bonnie Tyler here, 'cause We Need a Hero...

Nominate Queen and The Rolling Stones! (Bonus points for Elton John, he should be in there too, but Queen and The Stones are just ESSENTIAL...)

+1 2WL, I was about to suggest the same thing (I think that'd especially be helpful with some of the lesser-knowns here/the opera/classical composers here.)

You want us to find a good Youtube clip of Beethoven performing his ninth?

bosox:

Yes.

Obi, we missed Ray Bradbury in the authors tourney and I think he could have won. Honestly, what we should do is have a second post from each person with four or five objections, people that just shouldn't be on here. We'd clear off the stupid ones that never have a shot no matter how good they are that way and then we could replace them with the ones we missed.

@2WL ... here you go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U7IaueOy_g

Oh when the fuck did you become a mod?

@bo_sox:

1. A great clip of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" from his 9th being performed and sung should power Beethoven into the Round of 16 at least! ;) (Though alternatively, his Moonlight Sonata might be a good, shorter choice, too.)

2. If we don't have Queen or The Rolling Stones at 64, we'll get them in somehow...I think, with as many (apologies to fans) likely one-and-done bands on this list that someone will sacrifice one or two and let Mick and Freddie into this.

Yeah see I was gonna say something in your thread but figured it wasn't worth going down that road again.