After writing my previous post I got to thinking about what it means to have a bunch of "all-time favourite bands" and my conclusion was: bands that helped develop and define my taste in music (both listening and performing).
According to a research study that we discussed in my MBA Consumer Behaviour class, people's overall musical taste correlates most to the music that was at the top of the charts when they were around 21 years old. I turned 21 in 1997 but, given that bands often take a few years to get really big, my favourite bands should be the ones that were big during the mid- to late-'90s. As you'll see below, that's actually pretty accurate.
Here is my (updated) list of all-time favourite bands/musicians (let's just call them "artists", shall we?):
That's a pretty long and reasonably diverse list, isn't it? And I've probably missed a couple as well.
As you'll notice from the list, most of these artists were really popular in the mid- to late-'90s -- though some were on their first album while others were on their fifth. The only two new artists in there are Moby and Linking Park and the two that disbanded before the 90's -- i.e. The Police and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers -- both released best-of albums during that time.
Did I gain any new insight about myself while compiling this list? Not really. Still, it was a fun list to put together and it might tell you a thing or two about me (though I'm not entire sure what!).
According to a research study that we discussed in my MBA Consumer Behaviour class, people's overall musical taste correlates most to the music that was at the top of the charts when they were around 21 years old. I turned 21 in 1997 but, given that bands often take a few years to get really big, my favourite bands should be the ones that were big during the mid- to late-'90s. As you'll see below, that's actually pretty accurate.
Here is my (updated) list of all-time favourite bands/musicians (let's just call them "artists", shall we?):
- U2
- Dire Straits
- Peter Gabriel
- REM
- Sting
- The Police
- Collective Soul
- Toad the Wet Sprocket
- Linkin Park
- Garbage
- Pearl Jam
- Def Leppard
- Goo Goo Dolls
- Better Than Ezra
- Matchbox Twenty
- Sheryl Crow
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
- Melissa Etheridge
- The Cranberries
- Vital Signs
- A-Ha
- The Corrs
- Bryan Adams
- Madonna
- Deep Forest
- Enigma
- Moby
That's a pretty long and reasonably diverse list, isn't it? And I've probably missed a couple as well.
As you'll notice from the list, most of these artists were really popular in the mid- to late-'90s -- though some were on their first album while others were on their fifth. The only two new artists in there are Moby and Linking Park and the two that disbanded before the 90's -- i.e. The Police and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers -- both released best-of albums during that time.
Did I gain any new insight about myself while compiling this list? Not really. Still, it was a fun list to put together and it might tell you a thing or two about me (though I'm not entire sure what!).