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audiophile by david stout :: david@goqnotes.com A closer look at VHI's greatest artists Former music network VHIJIet's not kid ourselves that it's anything more than a lifestyle and reality channel at this point) polled 200 artists arid • "music experts" earlier this year to assemble a list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time." This updates their first such list, vyhich was similarly com piled in 1998. When all the votes were counted and the special four-night broadcast was complete, here's how the new rankings stood (with additional commentary by yours truly): 1. The Beatles (Repeat finish from '98 and no surprise) 2. Michael Jackson (MJ gets a massive death bump, up from #40) 3. Led Zeppelin 4. Rolling Stones (Surprisingly low showing for the Stones, previously #2) 5. Bob Dylan 6. Jimi Hendrix 7. Prince (Impressively, the highest-ranked artist—MJ notwithstanding—whose apex didn't occur in rock's golden age of the '60s and '70s) 8. Elvis Presley 9. James Brown 10. Stevie Wonder (Definitely Top 5 for me) 11. Bob Marley 12. David Bowie (The '70s bi icon slides a tad from #7) 13. The Who (The world's loudest band, features openly bisexual guitarist Pete Townshend) 14. Nirvana 15. The Beach Boys 16. Madonna (The Queen of Pop soars from #86) 17. Queen (Gay frontman Freddy Mercury is possibly more revered now, a decade and a half after his death from AIDS complica tions, than when he was singing to packed stadiums) 18. Pink Floyd 19. U2 20. Marvin Gaye 21. Bruce Springsteen 22. The Clash 23. AC/DC 24. The Velvet Underground (The leading lights of NYC's '70s omnisexual music scene bound from #74) 25. Chuck Berry 26. Neil Young 27. Aretha Franklin (Too low for the Queen of Soul) 28. Elton John (Too low for the Queen of the '70s) .29. Radiohead 30. Aerosmith 31. John Lennon 32. Black Sabbath 33. Guns N' Roses 34. Tina Turner (The greatest all-around female rocker ever should be ranked in the top 20) 35. Johnny Cash 36. Paul McCartney 37. Fleetwood Mac (Stevie Nicks and Co. slip from #22) 38. Sly & The Family Stone 39. The Kinks 40. The Police (All literate gays had a crush on Sting...or am I projecting again? Either way, this is a poor outcome for the band that previously finished #10) 41. Van Halen 42. Metallica 43. Ray Charles 44. Joni Mitchell (Strong female singer-song- writers were abundant in the'70s and here's the clear best of the bunch) 45. Al Green 46. Ramones 47. Jay-Z '48. Rage Againstthe Machine « 49. Parliament-Funkadelic 50. Sade (One of my favorite groups ever makes an auspicious debut) 51. Billy Joel 52. Beyonce (The current R&B superdiva makes a grand entrance) 53. Little Richard (Rock and roll's undisputed architect is a fey mess who remains queerer than a ^ bill — even if he no longer acknowledges it) 54. Public Enemy 55. Peter Gabriel 56. KISS 57. Iggy &the Stooges 58. Cheap Trick 59. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 60. Whitney Houston (Gays love drama and nobody's served it better than Whitney the last decade) 61. Cream see VH1 on 22 \0re Cl pel... iue /houlcl be yourrel! Dr. Margurette Straley Dr. Leland McLaughlin, Jr. services • nutritional needs • boarding rrGGOOm ^ 3055Freedom Drive.charlotte, NC2820S Animal Hospital phone:704-399-6534.Fax:704-391-0210 TIMBERFELL LODGE Tennessee’s premiere men's resort and amipstronnd.. The country’s finest paradise & hideaway men’s resort. , Please join us for one of these exciting weekend getaways. luckedjau^Wj the East Tennessee mountains. Reservations: 1'800'437-0118 2240 Van Hill Road Greeneville, TN 37745 WWW. timber fell, com be part oP the crozVest night in uptouun. every Sunday night Fru Fru nights at Lo Torre's Latin Night Club. be free, be you. be fru fru. 116 uu 5th street. charlotte 28202 limited vip tables — call nooi — 704 258 8183 doors open at 9 pm 18 and up under 21 enter before 12:00 am drink specials every Sunday, live performances every Sunday spice up your life uuith latin rithyms, house, dance and much more. Sept. 18-Oct. 1.2010 qnotes
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