# Your Current Top 5...?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5/58277>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 16, 2001, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5/58277 "2001-03-16T19:38:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Melpomene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/0ea827/32.png) [@Melpomene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melpomene)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5/58277/41 "2001-03-19T15:21:30Z")

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These aren’t necessarily my top 5 of all time, but it is my current playlist:

Ella Fitzgerald  
Nina Simone  
Sarah Vaughan  
Verdi’s Requiem  
Gipsy Kings

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**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5/58277/42 "2001-03-19T16:01:57Z")

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1. Mogwai
2. Red House Painters
3. Delgados
4. Bright Eyes
5. Mojave 3

All prices subject to change. Not valid in Utah.

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**Author:** ![Scarred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@Scarred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarred)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5/58277/43 "2001-03-19T16:21:11Z")

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[list=1]  
[li]Sugarplastic[/li][li]XTC[/li][li]Talking Heads[/list=1][/li]No one else seems to matter right now.

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**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5/58277/44 "2001-03-19T18:11:05Z")

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ooh top 5 of all time

1. The Clash
2. The Pixies
3. The Replacements
4. Husker Du
5. Belle & Sebastian

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**Author:** ![sliv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@sliv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sliv)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-top-5/58277/45 "2001-03-19T22:21:51Z")

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1. XTC - Far and away my most favorite.
2. The Beautiful South
3. John Wesley Harding
4. BNL
5. Beatles

Hmm, all Brits with one Canadian. My top twenty list at least has the Talking Heads, Oingo Boingo, and REM.

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