O/T The Times Pop School.

[Woking88]

This week, The Times has been running a series of articles on best bands, lyrics, guitarists, voices and love songs. The listings are compiled by Bob Stanley, critic, musician and author of 'Yeah Yeah Yeah; The Story of Modern Pop'. These lists are always contentious but the following Times listings may be of interest:

20 Best Bands.

1.. The Beatles
2.. The KLF
3.. The Beach Boys
4.. Abba
5.. *** Pistols
6.. Blondie
7.. T Rex
8.. Dexys Midnight Runners
9.. Led Zeppelin
10. TLC
11. Bee Gees
12. The Shangri-Las
13. Pulp
14. Sugababes
15. The Smiths
16. The Shadows
17. Fleetwood Mac
18. Slade
19. The Monkees
20. The Supremes

20 Best Guitarists.

1.. Jimi Hendrix
2.. Hank Marvin
3.. Prince
4.. Roger McGuinn
5.. Neil Young
6.. James Burton
7.. Vini Reilly
8.. Nancy Wilson
9.. Bert Jansch
10. Jimmy Page
11. Steve Cropper
12. Kevin Shields
13. George Harrison
14. Barbara Lynn
15. John Fahey
16. Nile Rodgers
17. Les Paul
18. Johnny Marr
19. Bert Weedon
20. Kelley Deal

I'm not saying that

[Evewolf65]

Jeez most of those guitarists wouldn't get in my top 50!
and the top list The Sugababes are in there but the Eagles aren't!!! no Stones, no The Who!!!:O :O
I think I'll steer clear of passing comment on lists with such glaring omissions!:O

[tony]

I'd agree with the number one on both lists but that's just down to personal taste.

More interesting are the glaring omissions... no Rolling Stones in the top twenty groups? Dexy's above Led Zep? CRAZY!!!

Surprised Clapton doesn't feature on the guitarists list. And where's Alvin Lee?

[wolf1778]

Where the hell is Clapton on the guitarists list, and Mark Knopfler??