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For the provisional round, rank your top 5 artists from 1-5. The top 8 artists will advance to the next round. Here are the 32 artists in the next genre.... 80's Pop. Enjoy!

Adam Ant
Belinda Carlisle
Billy Idol
Bryan Adams
Crowded House
Culture Club
Don Henley
Fine Young Cannibals
George Michael
Hall & Oates
Howard Jones
Huey Lewis & The News
INXS
Lionel Richie
Madonna
Men At Work
Milli Vanilli
New Edition
New Kids on the Block
Pat Benetar
Paula Abdul
Peter Gabriel
Phil Collins
Prince
Richard Marx
Rick Springfield
Robert Palmer
Roxette
Steve Winwood
Tears For Fears
The Bangles
Whitney Houston
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1. Prince
2. Crowded House
3. Peter Gabriel
4. Madonna
5. Hall & Oates
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1. Prince
2. Madonna
3. George Michael
4. INXS
5. Peter Gabriel

Really easy top two, really hard to fill out the rest of it. INXS might not have made it if I didn't get into that reality show of theirs several years ago.
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1. Steve Winwood
2. Peter Gabriel
3. Tears for Fears
4. Prince
5. Madonna

6. Don Henley
7. Phil Collins
8. Fine Young Cannibals
9. George Michael
10. Whitney Houston
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1. Prince
2. Hall & Oates
3. Peter Gabriel
4. Madonna
5. Tears for Fears
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I'm ranking all 32. That's right, people, that's right. I only dislike the last 2.

1. Prince
2. Madonna
3. Roxette
4. George Michael
5. Billy Idol
6. The Bangles
7. INXS
8. Tears For Fears
9. Richard Marx
10. Milli Vanilli
11. Paula Abdul
12. Peter Gabriel
13. Men At Work
14. Adam Ant
15. Culture Club
16. Belinda Carlisle
17. Pat Benatar
18. Phil Collins
19. Crowded House
20. Fine Young Cannibals
21. Robert Palmer
22. Rick Springfield
23. Whitney Houston
24. Hall & Oates
25. Don Henley
26. Howard Jones
27. New Edition
28. Steve Winwood
29. Lionel Richie
30. Huey Lewis & The News
31. New Kids on the Block
32. Bryan Adams
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1.Prince
2.Tears For Fears
3.INXS
4.Crowded House
5.Madonna
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1. Prince
2. Madonna
3. Peter Gabriel
4. Hall & Oates
5. Don Henley

The top two were shoo-ins, the next three are artists that I definitely like, but aren't anywhere close to Prince or Madge.
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1. Peter Gabriel
2. Prince
3. Crowded House
4. Tears For Fears
5. Madonna
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1. Prince
2. Peter Gabriel
3. Tears for Fears
4. Robert Palmer
5. Men At Work
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1. Prince
2. Peter Gabriel
3. Steve Winwood
4. Robert Palmer
5. Don Henley
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1. Peter Gabriel
2. Crowded House
3. Phil Collins
4. Bryan Adams
5. Lionel Richie
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1. Prince
2. Madonna
3. Crowded House
4. Peter Gabriel
5. INXS
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1. Peter Gabriel
2. Prince
3. Fine Young Cannibals
4. Madonna
5. The Bangles
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1. Madonna
2. Prince
3. The Bangles
4. Hall & Oates
5. Fine Young Cannibals

Thanks!
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1. Prince
2. Madonna
3. Peter Gabriel
4. George Michael
5. Crowded House
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1. Madonna
2. Prince
3. George Michael
4. Crowded House
5. Peter Gabriel
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Moonbeam wrote:I'm ranking all 32. That's right, people, that's right. I only dislike the last 2.
Moonbeam - I'm curious... if The Beatles were added to this list, where would they rank for you? I'm guessing just above Rick Springfield(?).
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Rodelero147 wrote:1. Prince
2. Peter Gabriel
3. Steve Winwood
4. Robert Palmer
5. Don Henley
Looks like Rodelero and I may be the only voters who treasure Winwood's efforts in the 1980's.

The "Arc of a Diver" and "Back in the High Life" albums were both fantastic.

"Talking Back to the Night" was not quite as wonderful, but still at least pretty good.

"Roll With It" was a bit of a disappointment to me, still listenable - but not with enough joy or enthusiasm to warrant repeared listenings.
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Brad wrote:
Moonbeam wrote:I'm ranking all 32. That's right, people, that's right. I only dislike the last 2.
Moonbeam - I'm curious... if The Beatles were added to this list, where would they rank for you? I'm guessing just above Rick Springfield(?).
My guess is that Moonbeam would put the Beatles even lower, say just below Huey Lewis and the News.
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1. Prince
2. Hall & Oates
3. Madonna
4. Peter Gabriel
5. Crowded House
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1- Prince
2- Phil Collins
3- Pat Benetar
4- Don Henley
5- Bryan Adams (ducks head in shame)

If Whitney makes it, we know why...
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1. Prince
2. Madonna
3. Peter Gabriel
4. Crowded House
5. George Michael

Honorable Mentions:

Pat Benatar
The Bangles
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I'm in the middle of reading the recent oral history of the first ten years of MTV, so I am not chock full of anecdotes about all of these artists, and their music and videos have been running through my brain non-stop for a week.

1. Prince
2. Madonna
3. Peter Gabriel
4. Tears for Fears
5. George Michael
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RESULTS... (39) voters...

140 - Prince
80 - Madonna
78 - Peter Gabriel
41 - Tears For Fears
40 - INXS
27 - Crowded House
26 - Hall & Oates
22 - Phil Collins
____________________________
17 - Huey Lewis & The News
13 - Billy Idol
12 - Don Henley, George Michael, Steve Winwood
11 - Lionel Richie
10 - Culture Club
6 - New Edition
5 - Pat Benetar
4 - Bryan Adams, Fine Young Cannibals, Howard Jones, Rick Springfield, Robert Palmer, The Bangles
3 - Men At Work, Roxette
1 - Adam Ant
0 - Belinda Carlisle, Milli Vanilli, New Kids On The Block, Paula Abdul, Richard Marx, Whitney Houston
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Others...

Lionel Richie, Billy Idol, Don Henley, Phil Collins, Steve Winwood
Huey Lewis and the News, Billy Idol, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, INXS
Hall & Oates!!!Lionel Richie Madonna Phil Collins, Prince
1. Peter Gabriel. 2. INXS. 3. Hall And Oates. 4. Prince. 5. Bryan Adams.
Prince, INXS, Tears For Fears, Hall And Oates, Madonna
Prince, Huey Lewis, Madonna, INXS, Don Henley
New Edition, rick springfield, prince, culture club, lionel richie
Madonna,prince,inxs,Collins,hall&oates
Prince, madonna, INXS, Peter Gabriel, New Edition
1. Prince 2. Tears For Fears 3. INXS 4. Peter Gabriel 5. Billy Idol
1. Peter Garbriel 2..INXS. 3. Tears for Fears 4. Prince 5. Adam Ant.
1. Culture Club 2. Tears for Fears 3. INXS 4. Hall & Oates 5. Prince
Peter Gabriel, INXS, Tears for Fears, Phil Collins, Billy Idol.
1. Prince 2. Madonna 3. Phil Collins 4. Hall & Oates 5. Billy fuckin' Idol...Yeahhhhh
1)Huey Lewis 2 - Madonna 3 - Prince 4 - Pat Benetar 5 - Phil Collins
1. Peter Gabriel 2. Don Henley 3. Prince 4. INXS 5. Steve Winwood
1. Crowded House 2. Tears For Fears 3. Prince 4. Madonna 5. Peter Gabriel
-Tears For Fears -Howard Jones -Culture Club -Men At Work -Billy Idol
1.) Prince 2.) Madonna 3.) Huey Lewis & The News 4.) Steve Winwood 5.) INXS
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Henry wrote:
Brad wrote:
Moonbeam wrote:I'm ranking all 32. That's right, people, that's right. I only dislike the last 2.
Moonbeam - I'm curious... if The Beatles were added to this list, where would they rank for you? I'm guessing just above Rick Springfield(?).
My guess is that Moonbeam would put the Beatles even lower, say just below Huey Lewis and the News.
Ask and you shall receive! Here is a ranked list of my least favorite 150 artists of all time. This means that The Beatles would be above Bryan Adams but (well) below New Kids on the Block.
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Moonbeam wrote: Ask and you shall receive! Here is a ranked list of my least favorite 150 artists of all time. This means that The Beatles would be above Bryan Adams but (well) below New Kids on the Block.
I dislike many of the performer on your list as well.

However, as the anti-Moonbeam, please let it be known that my favorites in your least favorite list include:
Beatles
Who
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Eagles
John Lennon
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Oasis
Grateful Dead
Coldplay
Green Day
Dave Matthews Band
Sarah McLachlan
Bob Marley
Matchbox Twenty
Third Eye Blind
Paul McCartney
AC/DC (N.B. - the vocals can be annoying in large doses)
Linkin Park
Evanescence
Barbra Streisand
Smash Mouth

I wonder where listguy places these acts.
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Though I’m too late to fit into the rankings, I’m offering my list for the heck of it. I used the artist’s 80s output as my criterion so though I like Pat Benatar a bit more than it would appear, my most favored stuff is primarily 70s era so it hurts her. I’m doing this based on memory so if I’ve listed something as 80s incorrectly or NOT as 80s, that’s why.

1) Prince (Complete walk-away for me)
2) Crowded House (On the strength of the self-titled and my favourite album of theirs, TEMPLE OF LOW MEN.)
3) Madonna (Love LIKE A PRAYER, some solid singles outside of that)
4) Tears For Fears (largely thanks to SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR)
5) George Michael
6) Don Henley
7) Men At Work (BUSINESS AS USUAL is still surprisingly listenable)
8) INXS
9) Hall & Oates (the 80s most successful pop hit factory)
10) Huey Lewis & The News (no albums that stand out to me but a long run of good to great singles)
11) Howard Jones
12) Peter Gabriel
13) The Bangles
14) Rick Springfield
15) Richard Marx (would probably be higher if single “Hazard” was taken into account...)
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Henry wrote: I wonder where listguy places these acts.
Ask and you shall receive! (Deja vu?)
Let's see...I love Beatles, Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Bob Marley, and Green Day.
I like Eagles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Oasis, Paul McCartney, and AC/DC. I kinda like Coldplay.
I hate Evanescence, Linkin Park, Barbra Streisand, Smash Mouth and Sarah McLachlan.
I like Lennon on "Plastic Ono Band", and hate pretty much everything else he did post-Beatles (especially "Imagine").
As for Grateful Dead, Dave Matthews Band, Matchbox Twenty, and Third Eye Blind...I really don't know them well enough to answer.
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Listyguy wrote:
Henry wrote: I wonder where listguy places these acts.
Ask and you shall receive! (Deja vu?)
Let's see...I love Beatles, Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Bob Marley, and Green Day.
I like Eagles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Oasis, Paul McCartney, and AC/DC. I kinda like Coldplay.
I hate Evanescence, Linkin Park, Barbra Streisand, Smash Mouth and Sarah McLachlan.
I like Lennon on "Plastic Ono Band", and hate pretty much everything else he did post-Beatles (especially "Imagine").
As for Grateful Dead, Dave Matthews Band, Matchbox Twenty, and Third Eye Blind...I really don't know them well enough to answer.
In other words:
LOVE: Rock bands that started in the '60s
LIKE: Rock bands that started in the '70s or sound like bands that started in the '60s
HATE: Everything else
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Henrik wrote: In other words:
LOVE: Rock bands that started in the '60s
LIKE: Rock bands that started in the '70s or sound like bands that started in the '60s
HATE: Everything else
;)
:lol: Basically
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Where's MJ? :o :o :o
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Bruno_Antonio wrote:Where's MJ? :o :o :o

He already advanced in a separate genre.
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slick wrote:
Bruno_Antonio wrote:Where's MJ? :o :o :o

He already advanced in a separate genre.
What genre? Because he's the best in this genre, I think ...
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He was in Contemporary R&B, the results of which can be found here.
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Stephan wrote:He was in Contemporary R&B, the results of which can be found here.
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