The Music World Cup/GOAT

First topic message reminder :

I'm going to put together a Music GOAT/World Cup in the coming weeks dependent upon interest on it.
Every day 4/5 random acts will be drawn together with the top two going through to the next round, eventually it will be whittled down to a final and the winner decided by you the v2 collective.

Here are my original thoughts on musical artists to take part, I have tried to make it a broad sweep of musical genres but obviously there will be ones I've missed, please feel free to add your own thoughts below so I can amend the list prior to commencing (the list is in alphabetical order):

ABBA
AC/DC
Aerosmith
Al Green
Alice in Chains
Amy Winehouse
Andy Williams
Aphex Twin
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
Aretha Franklin
B.B. King
Barbara Streisand
Barry Manilow
Barry White
Basement Jaxx
Beastie Boys
Beck
Beck
Bee Gees
Beyonce
Billy Bragg
Billy Joel
Bjork
Black Eyed Peas
Black Sabbath
Blondie
Blur
Bo Diddley
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Bon Jovi
Bruce Springsteen
Bryan Adams
Buddy Holly
Carlos Santana
Cast
Chemical Brothers
Cher
Chicago
Chuck Berry
Cliff Richard & the Shadows
Coldplay
Cream
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Curtis Mayfield
Daft Punk
David Bowie
De La Soul
Dead Kennedys
Def Leppard
Depeche Mode
Diana Ross & the Supremes
Dinosaur Jr
Dire Straits
Dolly Parton
Donna Summer
Dr Dre
Duran Duran
Dusty Springfield
Eagles
Echo & the Bunnymen
Elbow
ELO
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Elvis Presley
Eminem
Enya
Eric Clapton
Faith No More
Fat Boy Slim
Fats Domino
Fleetwood Mac
Foo Fighters
Foreigner
Frank Sinatra
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Fugees
Garth Brooks
Genesis
George Michael
Grateful Dead
Green Day
Guns n Roses
Haim
Hank Williams
Ian Brown
Iggy Pop
Inspiral Carpets
INXS
Iron Maiden
Jackie Wilson
Jam Master J
James
James Brown
Jane's Addiction
Janis Joplin
Jay Z
Jeff Buckley
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jimi Hendrix
John Lennon
John Mayer
Johnny Cash
Joni Mitchell
Joy Division
Kanye West
Kasabian
Kate Bush
Katy Perry
Kenny G
Kings of Leon
Kiss
Korn
Kraftwerk
Lady Gaga
Led Zeppelin
Leftfield
Leonard Cohen
Lionel Richie
Little Richard
Lloyd Cole
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Madness
Madonna
Manic Street Preachers
Mariah Carey
Marilyn Manson
Marvin Gaye
Massive Attack
Meat Loaf
Metallica
Michael Jackson
Miles Davis
Moby
Morrissey
Motley Crue
Muddy Waters
Muse
N.W.A.
Nas
Neil Young
New Order
Nick Drake
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
Norah Jones
Notorious BIG
Oasis
One Direction
Otis Reading
Outkast
Paul McCartney
Paul Weller
Pearl Jam
Pet Shop Boys
Pink Floyd
PJ Harvey
Police
Portishead
Prefab Sprout
Primal Scream
Prince
Prodigy
Public Enemy
Pulp
Queen
Queens of the Stone Age
R.E.M.
Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
Ray Charles
Ray Lamontagne
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rihanna
Rod Stewart
Rodriguez
Rolling Stones
Roy Orbison
Run DMC
Sade
Sam Cooke
Sex Pistols
Shania Twain
Simon & Garfunkel
Simple Minds
Sisters of Mercy
Slipknot
Sly and the Family Stone
Smashing Pumpkins
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Snoop Dogg
Sonic Youth
Soundgarden
Spandau Ballet
Stevie Wonder
Take That
Talking Heads
Taylor Swift
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
The Buzzcocks
The Byrds
The Carpenters
The Charlatans
The Clash
The Cure
The Doors
The Drifters
The Eurythemics
The Everly Brothers
The Flaming Lips
The Four Tops
The Hives
The Jam
The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Killers
The Kinks
The Libertines
The Offspring
The Pixies
The Pogues
The Ramones
The Smiths
The Stone Roses
The Streets
The Strokes
The Temptations
The Troggs
The Velvet Underground
The Verve
The White Stripes
The Who
The Yardbirds
Tina Turner
Tom Jones
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tori Amos
T-Rex
Tupac
U2
UB40
Ultravox
Van Halen
Van Morrison
Vera Lynn
Wham
Whitney Houston
Willie Nelson
Woody Guthrie
Wu-Tang Clan
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
ZZ Top

Madness should be on there due to the amount of time spent in the charts

rick_dagless wrote:Madness should be on there due to the amount of time spent in the charts

You're probably right and I hope they get in so I can vent my spleen about how terrible they are when they are up for discussion. They are the band I hate more than any other.

I went to the Superleague Grand Final a few years back at Old Trafford and they were the pre-match 'entertainment'. I nearly left before the game had even started.

Crikey Tino, any specific reason? Or just general dislike of their music?

I quite like them myself and enjoyed watching them live, in Delamere forest no less...

rick_dagless wrote:Crikey Tino, any specific reason?  Or just general dislike of their music?

I quite like them myself and enjoyed watching them live, in Delamere forest no less...

Where to start... The stupid lyrics, baggy trousers, the moronic dancing, Suggs and his stupid ugly face, Suggs and his stupid ugly face wearing sunglasses all the time. Indoors no less. People in the office singing the stupid lyrics. It's pretty much endless.

On a positive note, Delamere forest is one of my favourite places on the planet. I've seen a few bands there in the past. Who knows, you and I may well have been sitting on the hill together Ricko. I always make a point of going for a walk round the Delamere lake when I go back home. Beautiful place.

Tino wrote:On a positive note, Delamere forest is one of my favourite places on the planet. I've seen a few bands there in the past. Who knows, you and I may well have been sitting on the hill together Ricko. I always make a point of going for a walk round the Delamere lake when I go back home. Beautiful place.

I take your note on Madness!!

And yep, I heartily concur on Delamere, used to go chesnut collecting with the old man back in the day, happy memories indeed and always a pleasant place to spend time.

Also, nowadays they have off road segways and a Go Ape, which is always good fun and blend in to the scenery beautifully, I have seen a couple of bands there myself (Jools Holland being a highlight) so we may well have occupied space together! Small world Tino.

My favourite place is Bourne Woods where the start of Gladiator was filmed. Just need a dog to walk there otherwise I look a bit shifty.

sean wrote:My favourite place is Bourne Woods where the start of Gladiator was filmed. Just need a dog to walk there otherwise I look a bit shifty.

If Shah gets wind of this he will be over here with a cottaging insult before you can say "George Michaels"

rick_dagless wrote:

Tino wrote:On a positive note, Delamere forest is one of my favourite places on the planet. I've seen a few bands there in the past. Who knows, you and I may well have been sitting on the hill together Ricko. I always make a point of going for a walk round the Delamere lake when I go back home. Beautiful place.

I take your note on Madness!!

And yep, I heartily concur on Delamere, used to go chesnut collecting with the old man back in the day, happy memories indeed and always a pleasant place to spend time.

Also, nowadays they have off road segways and a Go Ape, which is always good fun and blend in to the scenery beautifully, I have seen a couple of bands there myself (Jools Holland being a highlight) so we may well have occupied space together!  Small world Tino.

Well what a small world, I saw Jools Holland there as well.

I have been chestnut collecting there a few times as a lad. Cut it fine a few times and started to walk back in the dark. Scary stuff when you're not exactly sure what part of the forest you're in. I have seen the Go Ape. I might send the kids up there next time we are oop North. I like the little cafe near the visitors centre. They do the best bacon and brie baguette I have ever eaten.

Nice little train station too and the Abbey arms just up the road does not a bad pint too!

Happy memories indeed Tino, you should schedule some time in the autumn and take the sproglets a foraging.

Anyhoo, we are at risk of derailing Hero's thread, so back on topic.

I think jools holland should be on there also thinking about it, he has done a lot of stuff, both with his band and collaborations...

I went to Delamere last year to see the Charlatans. My initial cynicism over the tournament was misplaced, it is already bringing us together.

Rowley wrote:I went to Delamere last year to see the Charlatans. My initial cynicism over the tournament was misplaced, it is already bringing us together.

It makes me happy to think you, me and Rick have trodden the same path.

Rowley wrote:I went to Delamere last year to see the Charlatans

Possibly the only good thing to come out of my home town are the Charlatans Jeff, I never did get to see them, but heard they were superb at Delamere.

Tino wrote:It makes me happy to think you, me and Rick have trodden the same path.

The winds of fate work in strange ways, and this has indeed cheered me up this misty morn!

rick_dagless wrote:
I think jools holland should be on there also thinking about it, he has done a lot of stuff, both with his band and collaborations...

He can be in the follow up bonus round for musicians/pop stars you'd be least likely to get bored of hitting.

Dead Kennedys
Sisters of Mercy
Buzzcocks

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Rowley wrote:I went to Delamere last year to see the Charlatans. My initial cynicism over the tournament was misplaced, it is already bringing us together.

It makes me happy to think you, me and Rick have trodden the same path.

Seanmichaels mum?

Rowley wrote:

rick_dagless wrote:
I think jools holland should be on there also thinking about it, he has done a lot of stuff, both with his band and collaborations...

He can be in the follow up bonus round for musicians/pop stars you'd be least likely to get bored of hitting.

Can I nominate Suggs?

Tino wrote:Can I nominate Suggs?

I nominate Kanye West...

Which, happily, is an anagram of "Sweaty Ken" this pleases me more than it should

Adam D wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Rowley wrote:I went to Delamere last year to see the Charlatans. My initial cynicism over the tournament was misplaced, it is already bringing us together.

It makes me happy to think you, me and Rick have trodden the same path.

Seanmichaels mum?

Uncouth.

rick_dagless wrote:

Rowley wrote:I went to Delamere last year to see the Charlatans

Possibly the only good thing to come out of my home town are the Charlatans Jeff, I never did get to see them, but heard they were superb at Delamere.

They were Rick, have seen them several times, they tend to be pretty good live.

Rowley wrote:

rick_dagless wrote:

Rowley wrote:I went to Delamere last year to see the Charlatans

Possibly the only good thing to come out of my home town are the Charlatans Jeff, I never did get to see them, but heard they were superb at Delamere.

They were Rick, have seen them several times, they tend to be pretty good live.

Only ever saw them at Knebworth.

Jeff wrote:They were Rick, have seen them several times, they tend to be pretty good live.

Hopefully i'll tick them off my list whilst they can still bang out a tune Jeff, I have only heard good things about their live act.

seanmichaels wrote:

Rowley wrote:

rick_dagless wrote:

Rowley wrote:I went to Delamere last year to see the Charlatans

Possibly the only good thing to come out of my home town are the Charlatans Jeff, I never did get to see them, but heard they were superb at Delamere.

They were Rick, have seen them several times, they tend to be pretty good live.

Only ever saw them at Knebworth.

You're so middle class.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

Rowley wrote:

rick_dagless wrote:

Rowley wrote:I went to Delamere last year to see the Charlatans

Possibly the only good thing to come out of my home town are the Charlatans Jeff, I never did get to see them, but heard they were superb at Delamere.

They were Rick, have seen them several times, they tend to be pretty good live.

Only ever saw them at Knebworth.

You're so middle class.

I was rock'n'roll in those days

I don't mind a derailing if it involves Delamere Forest, I was there 2 weeks ago myself with the family, cracking place.

I saw Interpol in Brixton last Thursday. I didn't hate them which is quite a feather in Interpol's collective cap as I'm brutally discerning.

I like Interpol for their dreary sound though I'd usually plump for Editors given a choice.

I've updated the OP btw with the current list of nominees.

Hero wrote:I don't mind a derailing if it involves Delamere Forest, I was there 2 weeks ago myself with the family, cracking place.

Just for a wander or did you offroad on segways and go to Go Ape?

I fell of a log into the lake at Delamere once. My idiotic brother threw my bag into the edge of the water for no particular reason.

I tried to shimmy across a fallen log to get closer and slipped on some wet moss. Landed up to my knees in water. Had to walk the rest of the way round the forest with wet trainers.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:I fell of a log into the lake at Delamere once.  My idiotic brother threw my bag into the edge of the water for no particular reason.

I tried to shimmy across a fallen log to get closer and slipped on some wet moss.  Landed up to my knees in water.  Had to walk the rest of the way round the forest with wet trainers.

That has infinitely brightened up my day.

Galted wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:I fell of a log into the lake at Delamere once.  My idiotic brother threw my bag into the edge of the water for no particular reason.

I tried to shimmy across a fallen log to get closer and slipped on some wet moss.  Landed up to my knees in water.  Had to walk the rest of the way round the forest with wet trainers.

That has infinitely brightened up my day.

That says more about your failings as a person than anything else.

I got him back though. I told his mates he had put pedigree chum on his knob and got our dog to lick it off. He was known as chum after that.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:I fell of a log into the lake at Delamere once.  My idiotic brother threw my bag into the edge of the water for no particular reason.

I tried to shimmy across a fallen log to get closer and slipped on some wet moss.  Landed up to my knees in water.  Had to walk the rest of the way round the forest with wet trainers.

That has infinitely brightened up my day.

That says more about your failings as a person than anything else.

I got him back though.  I told his mates he had put pedigree chum on his knob and got our dog to lick it off.  He was known as chum after that.

Unfortunately, I had a bit of an l-o-l at that at the same time as the angry Kiwi was having a minor rant about the smug Pole we work with.  I don't think he's too impressed.

Do you want me to get the angry Kiwi kicked out of the country Galted? He does seem to bother you quite a lot, could be my one act of kindness for the year. Not sure I can really do it, but am more than happy to try.

Cheers, Jeff, but the entertainment value he provides is priceless.

rick_dagless wrote:

Hero wrote:I don't mind a derailing if it involves Delamere Forest, I was there 2 weeks ago myself with the family, cracking place.

Just for a wander or did you offroad on segways and go to Go Ape?

We went on one of the coloured walks but went a little offroad at times and we spent about an hour building a den.

Hero wrote:we spent about an hour building a den.

Absolute best way of spending an hour...

Hero wrote:

rick_dagless wrote:

Hero wrote:I don't mind a derailing if it involves Delamere Forest, I was there 2 weeks ago myself with the family, cracking place.

Just for a wander or did you offroad on segways and go to Go Ape?

We went on one of the coloured walks but went a little offroad at times and we spent about an hour building a den.

Bit racist - the term is "black".

Paul Weller/The Jam, Morrissey/ The Smiths, Billy Bragg, Manic Street Preachers, Leonard Cohen, Lloyd Cole, Nick Drake, Prefab Sprout, Ray Lamontagne.

Cheers   

Nile Rogers...

I'm currently at 212 artists. Unless anyone puts any new artists forward before the weekend then that's the list I'm going with and it'll commence on Monday.

Can INXS be added to the list?

and James?

Inspiral Carpets?
Cast?

And Rodriguez - the singer/songwriter who makes Bob Dylan sound like Rebecca Black.

Galted wrote:And Rodriguez - the singer/songwriter who makes Bob Dylan sound like Rebecca Black.

I love Dylan's version of Friday........

The Womble wrote:

Galted wrote:And Rodriguez - the singer/songwriter who makes Bob Dylan sound like Rebecca Black.

I love Dylan's version of Friday........

   What a surreal thought.

Galted wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Galted wrote:And Rodriguez - the singer/songwriter who makes Bob Dylan sound like Rebecca Black.

I love Dylan's version of Friday........

    What a surreal thought.

   You wanna hear it now don't you?

The Womble wrote:

Galted wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Galted wrote:And Rodriguez - the singer/songwriter who makes Bob Dylan sound like Rebecca Black.

I love Dylan's version of Friday........

    What a surreal thought.

    You wanna hear it now don't you?

Too right, it's in my head and it's not very pretty.