Five For Life

Last night I went out for a few drinks with a mate in Newcastle my journey home using public transport takes about an hour so to avoid eye contact with the zombies and the walking dead, (I know it was Halloween but this is just the usual cross section of passengers heading towards Byker and Percy Main) I decided to ask Twitter a question.....

My question was “ If you could only listen to 5 artists for the rest of your life who would they be” By the time I had finishing typing my 5 the choices my timeline was beginning to light up, and 12 hours later I have had 40+ people naming over 150 different bands/artists and a request to list them!

A quick scan of the list shows it to be predominately white, male and guitar based which may be a reflection of the me and my Twitter followers but also there are some new artists to me (and therefore hopefully for you) and if they important enough to be in someones five I think they might be worth a listen.

So here we go in no particular order, (brackets denote multiple nominations)

Dave Matthews Band (2)

The Blue Nile (2)

Talk Talk (3)

Bruce Springsteen (5)

Danny &The Champions of The World/Grand Drive

Foo Fighters (4)

John Martyn (3)

Muse (3)

Kirsty McColl

Billy Bragg (2)

The Rolling Stones (4)

Sufjan Stevens

Counting Crows

Ryan Adams (2)

Primal Scream

Dangermouse

Pixies

Elgar (the only classical music choice)

Neil Young (3)

Teenage Fanclub

Wilco

Bob Dylan (2)

The Go Betweens

XTC

Jan Wobble

Big Youth

Joanna Newson (2)

Tori Amos

Ana Silvera

Roger Waters/Pink Floyd (5)

Elbow  (7)

Craig Armstrong

Regina Spektor

Nina Simone

Crowded House (2)

Underworld

Radiohead   (4)

Orbital

Josh Homme

Le Sac v Pip (2)

Damon Albarn/Blur (2)

Primus

Thelonious Monk

LCD Soundsystem

Battles

King Crimson

Led Zeppelin

Joni Mitchell

Amy Bezuarlea

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Andrew Bird

Leisure Society

Freddie Mercury/Queen

David Gray (2)

Eliza Carthy

U2

Hot Chip

Kate Rusby

Cardiacs

Joy Division

I Am Kloot (3)

The National  (4)

REM

Stevie Wonder

Kylie

The Smiths

Leonard Cohen

The Jam

David Bowie (3)

Frank Turner

Sigur Ros

Ben Folds

Richard Hawley

Dream Theater

Low

James

David Ford

Sparklehorse

Opeth   (2)

Pearl Jam (2)

Frank Zappa

Marillion

Depeche Mode  (5)

Nick Drake (2)

Prince

Super Furry Animals

Jamie T

Fuck Buttons

Rufus Wainwright

Johnny Cash  (2)

Beastie Boys (2)

The Doors

Marcus Foster

The Milk

The Shins

Soundgarden

Nitzer Ebb

The Beatles (3)

Band of Skulls

The Black Keys

Laura Marling

Bahamas

Doomtree

Faith No More

EL- P

Killing Joke

Felice Brothers

The Waterboys

Frightened Rabbits

Public Enemy

The Stone Roses

Jimi Hendrix

OMD

Metallica

New Order

Doves

The Cure

Pet Shop Boys
Artic Monkeys
Friendly Fires
Kayne West
Little Comets
Two Door Cinema Club
Al Green 
Beth Hart
Free
Kanye West
Jay Z
Nas
Fall Out Boy
Action Bronson 
Abba (3)
George Michael
Oasis
Bell & Sebastian
The Fall
Fiona Apple
Masters At Work
Dire Straits
Stiff Little Fingers 
Gomez
Supergrass
Gov't Mule
Frankie Miller
The Faces
Grandaddy/Jason Lytle
Massive Attack
Beth Orton
Tom McRae
Tricky 
Tim Minchin
Polka Dot Dot Dot
The Kinks 
Beach Boys
Biggie Smalls
2Pac
Fleetwood Mac
Beyonce