Yeah, we need to do some purging after we have 64, even if it may knock one of my nominations out. I am really torn (was sting/police nominated, I thought ssorenn took that one back) for my last one.

@bo_sox:

Nice clip...but have you heard the word?

And I guess adding to the suggestions for the last ten...

Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Ray Charles could be good picks...Ella Fitzgerald too, for another female artist.

That's okay ghug, I was going to say we should shove The Mountain Goats and White Stripes too, and I really should put your other two up but I don't have the heart to do that.

@Vash ... I think Sting was ssorenn's fifth, so if you want to use yours, he can keep his four.

not reading the whole thread

I nominate Kanye West and Jay-Z
also Iron Maiden

Kanye's already in...

So that's 2/4, President Eden...you get 2 more noms...

Maybe there's a couple awesome UK bands you might nominate...not naming any names, but you know...if you're Under Pressure or just want some Satisfaction...

Hmm... while its tempting to add Alex and Sierra just to see 2WL go apoplectic... There are so many great female musicians left off.

How about Janis Joplin

CLAPTON

1. Bob Dylan
2. Billy Joel
3. Kanye West
4. Sam Cooke
5. Lady Gaga
6. The Beatles
7. Led Zeppelin
8. Mozart
9. Puccini
10. Vivaldi
11. Tchaikovsky
12. Nirvana
13. Marshall Mathers
14. 30 Seconds to Mars
15. The Mountain Goats
16. The White Stripes
17. The Decemberists
18. Big Star
19. Breaking Benjamin
20. Beethoven
21. Creedence Clearwater Revival
22. Brahms
23. Tool
24. Black Sabbath
25. Bob Marley
26. U2
27. The Oneders
28. Green Day
29. James Brown
30. The Eagles
31. Tupac
32. Frank Sinatra
33. Grateful Dead
34. The Who
35. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
36. Straight No Chaser
37. Beethoven
38. Pink Floyd
39. Dave Matthews
40. Paul Simon
41. Bach
42. Frankie Valli
43. Red Hot Chili Peppers
44. Otep Shamaya
45. Serj Tankian
46. Justin Sane
47. Laura Jane Grace
48. Bruce Springsteen
49. Elvis Presley
50. Etta James
51. Aretha Franklin
52. Phil Collins
53. Sting
54. Stevie Ray Vaughn
55. Iron Maiden
56. Jay-Z
57. Janis Joplin

I'm surprised but not especially bothered that Kanye got in before Maiden, lol.

Uhhh throw in Black Sabbath and Metallica too. Tech N9ne if there's room b/c somehow neither got nominated. I have a handful of other good acts from rap or metal but I doubt they'd win lol

For now, I will go with a massive underdog for my final nom (though if the police are not nominate by someone else, I may switch them in). We need some foreign flavor, so I'll take The Hives (Swedish Rock band). Also, we really should purge at 64, we probably are missing some big names.

Shit I forgot Metallica completely, thanks PE. I'd put them in over Tupac but if you've got it..

Lol @ Metallica not being on there rofl

OK my last 2 noms are Metallica and Tech N9ne, especially seeing some on the list I'm no longer worried about nom'ing 9

No, Tupac stays, I got u

1. Bob Dylan
2. Billy Joel
3. Kanye West
4. Sam Cooke
5. Lady Gaga
6. The Beatles
7. Led Zeppelin
8. Mozart
9. Puccini
10. Vivaldi
11. Tchaikovsky
12. Nirvana
13. Marshall Mathers
14. 30 Seconds to Mars
15. The Mountain Goats
16. The White Stripes
17. The Decemberists
18. Big Star
19. Breaking Benjamin
20. Beethoven
21. Creedence Clearwater Revival
22. Brahms
23. Tool
24. Black Sabbath
25. Bob Marley
26. U2
27. The Oneders
28. Green Day
29. James Brown
30. The Eagles
31. Tupac
32. Frank Sinatra
33. Grateful Dead
34. The Who
35. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
36. Straight No Chaser
37. Beethoven
38. Pink Floyd
39. Dave Matthews
40. Paul Simon
41. Bach
42. Frankie Valli
43. Red Hot Chili Peppers
44. Otep Shamaya
45. Serj Tankian
46. Justin Sane
47. Laura Jane Grace
48. Bruce Springsteen
49. Elvis Presley
50. Etta James
51. Aretha Franklin
52. Phil Collins
53. Sting
54. Stevie Ray Vaughn
55. Iron Maiden
56. Jay-Z
57. Janis Joplin
58. Metallica
59. Tech N9ne
60. The Hives

The Rolling Stones...Queen...Eric Clapton...Elton John...maybe Ray Charles and Cole Porter...

Come on, be a hero, folks...get these guys in...

buddy guy, bb king

santana

Actually, switch out the hives, I do want a foreign artist, but Falco is probably better, forgot about him.

sorry to disappoint, obi.

frederic chopin
godspeed you! black emperor
the mars volta
system of a down (could be combined with serj tankian i guess)

and vash nominated falco? awesome, would've forgot about him.

I'm also tempted to say that we should probably have AT LEAST one French artist here...Lully from the classical period, or a star like Edith Piaf...

France should have at least one entry here, musical nation that it is.

Elvis, Lloyd-webber, Madonna also good picks, but I wouldn't cry if they didn't make it (Obviously, since I didn't nominate them).

1. Bob Dylan
2. Billy Joel
3. Kanye West
4. Sam Cooke
5. Lady Gaga
6. The Beatles
7. Led Zeppelin
8. Mozart
9. Puccini
10. Vivaldi
11. Tchaikovsky
12. Nirvana
13. Marshall Mathers
14. 30 Seconds to Mars
15. The Mountain Goats
16. The White Stripes
17. The Decemberists
18. Big Star
19. Breaking Benjamin
20. Beethoven
21. Creedence Clearwater Revival
22. Brahms
23. Tool
24. Black Sabbath
25. Bob Marley
26. U2
27. The Oneders
28. Green Day
29. James Brown
30. The Eagles
31. Tupac
32. Frank Sinatra
33. Grateful Dead
34. The Who
35. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
36. Straight No Chaser
37. Beethoven
38. Pink Floyd
39. Dave Matthews
40. Paul Simon
41. Bach
42. Frankie Valli
43. Red Hot Chili Peppers
44. Otep Shamaya
45. Serj Tankian
46. Justin Sane
47. Laura Jane Grace
48. Bruce Springsteen
49. Elvis Presley
50. Etta James
51. Aretha Franklin
52. Phil Collins
53. Sting
54. Stevie Ray Vaughn
55. Iron Maiden
56. Jay-Z
57. Janis Joplin
58. Metallica
59. Tech N9ne
60. Falco

OK, the 64, as it stands:

1. Bob Dylan
2. Billy Joel
3. Kanye West
4. Sam Cooke
5. Lady Gaga
6. The Beatles
7. Led Zeppelin
8. Mozart
9. Puccini
10. Vivaldi
11. Tchaikovsky
12. Nirvana
13. Marshall Mathers
14. 30 Seconds to Mars
15. The Mountain Goats
16. The White Stripes
17. The Decemberists
18. Big Star
19. Breaking Benjamin
20. Beethoven
21. Creedence Clearwater Revival
22. Brahms
23. Tool
24. Black Sabbath
25. Bob Marley
26. U2
27. The Oneders
28. Green Day
29. James Brown
30. The Eagles
31. Tupac
32. Frank Sinatra
33. Grateful Dead
34. The Who
35. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
36. Straight No Chaser
37. Beethoven
38. Pink Floyd
39. Dave Matthews
40. Paul Simon
41. Bach
42. Frankie Valli
43. Red Hot Chili Peppers
44. Otep Shamaya
45. Serj Tankian
46. Justin Sane
47. Laura Jane Grace
48. Bruce Springsteen
49. Elvis Presley
50. Etta James
51. Aretha Franklin
52. Phil Collins
53. Sting
54. Stevie Ray Vaughn
55. Iron Maiden
56. Jay-Z
57. Janis Joplin
58. Metallica
59. Tech N9ne
60. Falco
61. Chopin
62. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
63. The Mars Volta
64. System of a Down

Names we want to try to add:

The Rolling Stones
Queen
Ray Charles
Cole Porter
Madonna
Elton John
Santana
Eric Clapton

@obi: Okay, should we have be able to nominate artists for expulsion in favor of someone we may have missed?

Sure