SPIN 35 most influential artists of the last 35 years (LG #28)

[Ronk 14,762]

Where's Bob Dylan?  Should be top 5, imo.

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1 hour ago, Ronk said:

The time period is from 1985-2020.  Elvis died in 1977.  The Beatles broke up before then.

Yes, Whitney should be included.

I didn’t see that. That makes sense why they aren’t there 

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1 hour ago, Sorcerer92 said:

Dolly Parton should be on the list. Without her, the female country music scene would not be what it is today. 

Much better

[MACATL 1,544]

Any female dance diva we have had, especially Britney, doesn’t exist without Janet Jackson.  Period.  

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1 hour ago, Ronk said:

Where's Bob Dylan?  Should be top 5, imo.

Not in the last 35 years. 

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Wtf? What did Billie do? Besides this amazing emoji 

[Blastertoyo 22,728]

4 hours ago, mamo said:

 

how is billie there but not lana? 

lana was and still is the poster girl for the alt-girlies of the 10's - fight me (mask on ofc) 

 

When Billie literally inspired Lana 

[Ronk 14,762]

1 minute ago, MACATL said:

Not in the last 35 years. 

Yeah, my favorite Dylan are his songs from the 1960s.  But he has released a lot of music in the last 35 years.

Same situation for Cher.  She was huge in the 1960s but she has released a lot of music in the last 35 years.  I saw her in concert last year and she is still amazing.

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2 hours ago, Justin Woodpond said:

No Taylor Swift?

Who has she influenced? 

[Ronk 14,762]

13 minutes ago, MACATL said:

Any female dance diva we have had, especially Britney, doesn’t exist without Janet Jackson.  Period.  

Omg I have always loved Janet's dance videos.

And we should not forget Paula Abdul, who also paved the way for many with ground breaking work like "Straight Up".

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22 minutes ago, Blastertoyo said:

Who has she influenced? 

Her bank account, essentially.

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15 minutes ago, Ronk said:

Omg I have always loved Janet's dance videos.

And we should not forget Paula Abdul, who also paved the way for many with ground breaking work like "Straight Up".

True - but Janet opened the door for Paula into the pop music world.  If Janet doesn’t hire her to choreograph the Control album videos, Paula likely doesn’t get her break as a singer / performer.  

[SevenWonder 4,372]

The list is rock heavy - which I love. And for Spin, that makes sense. Rock was king when they started. Hip hop was up and coming and gaining traction, which is why there's a lot of hip hop artists on the list. As for pop (and its tangents), though huge in terms of radio and sales (Mariah, Whitney, Boyz II Men, etc.), it really wasn't part of the Spin world for roughly the first 15-20 years or so of the magazine. It was (obviously) a very different time in music than it was now. 

And it seems pretty obvious they chose to lean heavier into the first half of their existence than the second. 

So, for me, it's a very good list. For the record, Nirvana was the biggest act - pop, rock, or rap - in the world even after Cobain died for years and years (and it wasn't even close). They changed fashion, music, ideas (Cobain was pro-gay and pro-feminist at a time when that wasn't even close to fashionable) and their really hasn't been a group that's been that big the world over since (speaking only of rock).

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1 hour ago, SevenWonder said:

The list is rock heavy - which I love. And for Spin, that makes sense. Rock was king when they started. Hip hop was up and coming and gaining traction, which is why there's a lot of hip hop artists on the list. As for pop (and its tangents), though huge in terms of radio and sales (Mariah, Whitney, Boyz II Men, etc.), it really wasn't part of the Spin world for roughly the first 15-20 years or so of the magazine. It was (obviously) a very different time in music than it was now. 

And it seems pretty obvious they chose to lean heavier into the first half of their existence than the second. 

So, for me, it's a very good list. For the record, Nirvana was the biggest act - pop, rock, or rap - in the world even after Cobain died for years and years (and it wasn't even close). They changed fashion, music, ideas (Cobain was pro-gay and pro-feminist at a time when that wasn't even close to fashionable) and their really hasn't been a group that's been that big the world over since (speaking only of rock).

Gaga the metalhead:

[Oriane 21,116]

For once, I find this list well done. Of course they can't include everyone but the list makes sense.