After a long time of doing nothing but listen to music, I thought I'd put something like this together. But I have done most of this based on other lists that have already been made in combination with my own opinion and the opinions of several proffessional musicians that I know. I'm also looking at how many songs each band wrote and whether they were just successful from a few songs, or in almost everything they did/do.

I think The Planets Suite by Holst deserves a place. If not all of them maybe Mars or Jupiter. Also how bout Miles Davis, John Coltrane. I would make a case for Jimi being higher than 14 too, but he is there so ill take it.

What about more modern artists? Jack White in any band he is in. Also The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Strokes.

The needlessly overrepresented amount of outdated mainstream rock classics hardly suprises me, these lists usually silently substitute "greatest" for "stuff that everyone knows, respects and cannot argue against its inclusion because it would be a sign of poor taste". That's why they always look the same no matter the author.

And noone who is serious about music can say that Justin Bieber would be included on any list thanks to his album sales. He was double platinum in the USA, hardly worth a notice in the grand scheme of things.

"I think The Planets Suite by Holst deserves a place. If not all of them maybe Mars or Jupiter."

+1

Also, Michael Jackson should be on there somewhere.

@Ulytau: Did you not read the context of me listing Justin Bieber? I have no clue what the hell he made, I was just using him as an example. Too many idiots think that what they hear on the radio is good music nowadays. And I'm not just doing some mainstream rock artists. If you enjoy some obscure crap that no one has heard of, good for you, but I put these on here because they're good. This whole feed is just me trying to say that people do not know what music is anymore.

Michael Jackson: #10
Red Hot Chili Peppers: #23
The Planets Suite: #4

Can I take a wild shot in the dark?

Johnny Cash?

The context of disregarding sales numbers as moot while listing only 6 artists from 17 who don't have an US diamond record in their discography? I mean yes, poor Bowie was only platinum at best and so pales in comparison with the rest. Also he sold approximately 140 million records in total. Sure, that's not mainstream at all.

Once again, this has nothing to sales records. If you're going to complain, at least read the other posts.

And no Johnny Cash.

Cool, that's why the list is so predictable that it looks like a job of either a bot or a music critic. It's a completely bland parade of iconic music acts. Who would've thought that an übermensch like you was so shallow...

Ulytau, I'm sorry that you're an idiot.

How blandiloquent of you to consider me your peer, King Atom. That's the spirit!

Someone let me know if ulytau keeps posting, I've muted him so ignore everything he says.

If we ignore everything he says then we really shouldn't mention to you if he keeps posting, right? Sorry, sometimes I have problems keeping up with you superior beings and your infallible logic.

If we ignore everything he says then we really shouldn't mention to you if he keeps posting, right? Sorry, sometimes I have problems keeping up with you superior beings and your infallible logic.

sorry for the double post, got to love those 500 errors.

Let me know if his stupidity persists, but ignore the statements he makes. It's common sense, or did I just make that up?

Man, I just lost the access to my favourite Epic Fail Guy on this site! Time to find some other lolcow to milk, there are plenty possible candidates with similar reputation as KA here after all.

"Let me know if his stupidity persists, but ignore the statements he makes. It's common sense, or did I just make that up?"

Here are his most recent posts. You be the judge ;-)

ulytau (478 )
6:32 AM
How blandiloquent of you to consider me your peer, King Atom. That's the spirit!

ulytau (478 )
7:48 AM
Man, I just lost the access to my favourite Epic Fail Guy on this site! Time to find some other lolcow to milk, there are plenty possible candidates with similar reputation as KA here after all.

This thread has lost it's whateverness. Here are the answers, if you don't agree, it's because you're as dumb as ulytau:

10 Greatest Songs
1. Let It Be (The Beatles)
2. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2)
3. Born To Run (Bruce Springsteen)
4. The Planet's Suite (Holst)
5. 1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky)
6. Under Pressure (Queen and David Bowie)
7. Live And Let Die (Wings)
8. Only the Good Die Young (Billy Joel)
9. The Opera Carmen (Bizet)
10. Daydream Believer (The Monkees)

25 Greatest Artists
1. The Beatles
2. U2
3. Queen
4. The Rolling Stones
5. Led Zeppelin
6. Pink Floyd
7. The Beach Boys
8. Elvis Presley
9. AC/DC
10. Michael Jackson
11. Simon & Garfunkel
12. Wings
13. Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band
14. Jimi Hendrix
15. Elton John
16. The Police
17. The Who
18. The Doors
19. Kansas
20. Bob Dylan
21. The Monkees
22. David Bowie
23. Red Hot Chili Peppers
24. The Eagles
25. Radiohead

Wings?

Wings? U2? AC/DC? Kansas? The Monkees? Red Hot Chili Peppers? The Eagles?

Come on, dude. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT. There are so many questionable choices. These are not definitive objective lists (making one is entirely impossible). These are just, like, your opinion, man.

I suppose I'm an idiot for disagreeing?

It's a very white list of artists too (with a couple of exceptions)What about Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Stevie Wonder (as a few examples). You have put a white Funk band, the Chilli Peppers, but what about the original funk music like Sly and the Family Stone or Parliament?
It is also very mainstream. Don't get me wrong these are all great artists. But it could do with a little more edge.
Are these your favorite artists? Or are there artists that you personally dig more than the ones on this list?

Here is my list of artists on that list who should be immediately removed. They are not all bad (Wings was pretty bad) but not truly GREAT influential pioneering unique artists:
1. U2
2. Wings
3. Elton John
4. Kansas
5. The Red Hot Chilli Peppers
6. The Monkees
7. The Eagles

Second greatest artist in history: U2, lol, suck my kiss.

Well, this was my hardest attempt to not be biased. What would seem to make this better would be to have a vote...
Go ahead and vote for these candidates, plus you can add your own. Just +1 anything you'd like, just nothing >1.

If this is a fair competition, the whole thing will be ruined by trolls. So I'll give a few extra to those extra spectacular ones and put in my own vote.

The Beatles +1 (3)
U2 +1 (1)
Queen +1 (1)
The Rolling Stones (0)
Led Zeppelin +1 (2)
Pink Floyd +1 (1)
The Beach Boys +1 (1)
Elvis Presley +1 (2)
AC/DC +1 (1)
Michael Jackson +1 (3)
Simon & Garfunkel +1 (1)
Wings +1 (1)
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band +1 (1)
Jimi Hendrix (0)
Elton John +1 (1)
The Police +1 (1)
The Who +1 (1)
The Doors (0)
Kansas (0)
Bob Dylan (0)
The Monkees (0)
David Bowie (0)
Red Hot Chili Peppers +1 (1)
The Eagles (0)
Radiohead (0)

Here's my list of artists that should be added.

1. Johnny Cash

Make sure you +1 them in your post, otherwise they start with no points.

While were talking seminal artists...
The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground +1