Save or destroy the discography...?

Question

A super-evolved alien species has invaded Earth. They discovered our planet after receiving a stray transmission--of The Adventures of Pluto Nash. So, of course, they loathe humanity. They have abducted you (you deserved it, going out by yourself, trying to be a hero) and you are now faced with a series of decisions. They present you with two artists/bands. You can save one's discography--future generations will be able to hear their music, etc.--but the artist/band you don't choose? Their discography is destroyed forever. Every album, single, etc. Their music will disappear from our collective memory, as if it was never recorded at all. All right?

Which would you SAVE? --
Beastie Boys or Public Enemy?
The Beatles or David Bowie?
Black Sabbath or the Clash?
Bob Dylan or Miles Davis?
Édith Piaf or Nina Simone?
Green Day or Oasis?
Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd?
New Order or U2?
Pavement or Sonic Youth?
Pixies or the Smashing Pumpkins?
The Rolling Stones or the Who?
The Strokes or Yeah Yeah Yeahs?

Answer 1

dammit im at the bottom! :p



Beastie Boys

The Beatles

Black Sabbath

Bob Dylan

Nina Simone

OASIS...wow.

Led Zeppelin (hardest decision in my life.)

i love U2, but New Order has my heart.

Sonic Youth!

must you make me suffer? Smashing Pumpkins

easy...The Rolling Stones

ehh i really cannot choose. i love both.

Answer 2

Beastie Boys

The Beatles

Black Sabbath

Bob Dylan

Édith Piaf

Green Day

Led Zeppelin

U2

Pavement

the Smashing Pumpkins

the Who

The Strokes

Answer 3

Public Enemy

David Bowie

the Clash

Bob Dylan

Édith Piaf

Green Day

Led Zeppelin

New Order

Pavement

Pixies

The Rolling Stones

The Strokes

Answer 4

Beastie Boys

The Beatles or David Bowie... can't decide :O

the Clash

Bob Dylan

Édith Piaf?

Oasis

Led Zeppelin

U2

Sonic Youth

Smashing Pumpkins

The Rolling Stones

The Strokes

Answer 5

Props to the background story.



I think the only way to do this is totally selfishly: Which do I actually listen to more of, regardless of cultural impact, yada yada yada.



Beastie Boys or Public Enemy?: Public Enemy, but it's close

The Beatles or David Bowie?: Bowie

Black Sabbath or the Clash?: The Clash

Bob Dylan or Miles Davis?: Dylan (tough, but whatev)

Édith Piaf or Nina Simone? Nina

Green Day or Oasis? Meh, but Green Day I guess

Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd? Zeppelin

New Order or U2? New Order

Pavement or Sonic Youth? Sonic Youth

Pixies or the Smashing Pumpkins? Pixies

The Rolling Stones or the Who? Stones

The Strokes or Yeah Yeah Yeahs? Strokes



It was a very cruel move to make me choose between the Beasties and PE, and Dylan and Davis, and then force me to pick Green Day and Led Zeppelin.



Chill, Colin.

Answer 6

Beastie Boys

David Bowie

Black Sabbath

Bob Dylan

Nina Simone

Green Day

Led Zeppelin

U2

Pavement

Smashing Pumpkins

The Rolling Stones (Big smile)

The Strokes

Answer 7

Beastie Boys

Beatles

Black Sabbath

Bob Dylan

Nina Simone

Green Day

Led Zeppelin

New Order

Sonic Youth

Pixies

The Who

The Strokes

Answer 8

Beastie Boys

The Beatles

Black Sabbath

Bob Dylan

Nina Simone

Green Day

Pink Floyd

U2

Sonic Youth

Smashing Pumpkins

The Who

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Answer 9

Beastie Boys

David Bowie

The Clash

Bob Dylan

Nina Simone

Oasis

Pink Floyd

U2

Sonic Youth

Smashing Pumpkins

Rolling Stones

Strokes

Answer 10

Beastie Boys

The Beatles

The Clash

Bob Dylan

Nina Simone

Oasis

Pink Floyd

New Order

Sonic Youth

Pixies

The Who

The Yeah Yeah yeahs

Answer 11

-Public Enemy (although I prefer the B-Boys, we need variety to what remains)

-The Beatles (we can restart that music revolution)

-Sabbath (athough I prefer the Clash, but there's still very similar bands and Sabbath started something new and different)

-Davis (we need some jazz. I also love jazz)

-Nina Simone?

-Oasis (goodbye Green Day teenie boppers)

-Pink Floyd (I prefer Zeppelin, but Sabbath sounds similar enough)

-U2

-Sonic Youth

-Pixies (still able to influence an alternative scene and bring out somethings similar to the Pumpkins, even though I'm not much of a Pixies fan)

-The Stones (larger discography)

-The Strokes (Yeah Yeah Yeahs! would have a female singer added to this list, but I'm too much of a hardcore fan of The Strokes. And The Strokes have a huge discograpy of solo work)

Answer 12

David Bowie

Bob Dylan

Led Zeppelin

Pink Floyd

U2

Answer 13

Beastie Boys

The Beatles

Black Sabbath

Bob Dylan

Nina Simone

Oasis

Led Zeppelin

U2

Sonic Youth

Smashing Pumpkins

The Rolling Stones

The Strokes





That Zeppelin/Floyd choice just sucked on so many levels...

Answer 14

Beastie Boys

David Bowie

The clash

Bob Dylan

....

Oasis

Pink floyd

....

Sonic Youth

Smashing pumkins

The who

The Strokes

Answer 15

Save huh?



Beastie Boys

The Beatles (toughie)

The Clash

Miles Davis

Nina Simone

Green Day

Led Zeppelin

U2

Sonic youth

Pixies

The Who

The Strokes

Answer 16

Beastie Boys

David Bowie , they'll only take David over my goddamn corpse

The Clash

Bob Dylan

Edith Piaf

Oasis

Led Zeppelin

New Order

Sonic Youth

Smashing Pumpkins

The Rolling Stones

The Strokes

Answer 17

You should write Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books.



Beastie Boys

The Beatles

The Clash

Miles Davis

Nina Simone

Oasis

Pink Floyd

New Order

Pavement

Pixies

the Who

Yeah Yeah Yeahs



Couldn't I negotiate and maybe destroy Oasis and Pink Floyd to save Sonic Youth and Dylan?

Answer 18

I love these tehe..



Which would you SAVE? --

Beastie Boys

David Bowie

Black Sabbath

Bob Dylan

Édith Piaf

Niether, the aliens can smush both

Led Zeppelin

U2

Sonic Youth?

Smashing Pumpkins?

The Rolling Stones

erm The Strokes



farewell!

Answer 19

I would save...



Beastie Boys

David Bowie

The Clash

Bob Dylan (my mum would never forgive me if I didn't)

Nina Simone

Oasis

Led Zeppelin

U2

Pavement

Pixies

The Who

The Strokes

Answer 20

Wow. This is tough :P Okay save:



Beastie Boys

The Beatles

Black Sabbath

Bob Dylan

Nina Simone

Green Day

Led Zeppelin

U2

Sonic Youth

Smashing Pumpkins

The Rolling Stones (This one was really hard :P)

The Strokes



Edit: So I just wanted to add, that I was actually getting sad doing this one because I hate the fact of destroying any music. :P I don't know, it just made me a little depressed. ):

Answer 21

Beastie Boys

The Beatles, I love Bowie a lot but this is a no brainer

The Clash

Bob Dylan

??

Green Day

Pink Floyd, but that one really killed me

U2

Sonic Youth

Pixies

The Who, but once again...killing me to say so

The Strokes

Answer 22

Beastie Boys

Beatles

Clash

Bob Dylan (to see what they weren't missing out on xD)

...

Oasis

Led Zeppelin

U2

sonic Youth

Smashing Pumpkins

The Who

The Strokes

Answer 23

Public Enemy (Sorry Beastie Boys.... I loved Paul's Boutique, but it wasn't enough)

The Beatles

the Clash

Miles Davis (it's sad to think that in this dystopian future.... people will know the Wallflowers.... but not Dylan)

Nina Simone

woof.... um... Green Day? (very sorry)

Pink Floyd

U2

Sonic Youth (this one physically hurt...)

Pixies

the Who

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Answer 24

1.Beasties

2.The Beatles

3.Black Sabbath

4.Dylan

5.Never heard either one

6.Green Day

7.Led Zeppelin(tough choice)

8.U2

9.Sonic Youth

10.Pixies

11.The Who(tough choice part 2)

12.see answer to number 5



Also please disregard any answers you get to save The Jonas Brothers,Justin Bieber,Miley Cyrus,Kesha and those like them,if anything they should be the 1st to go!

Answer 25

i will save:

beastie boys

the beatles

hmmmm, hmmmm, uh, hmmm

miles davis

nina simone

oasis

pink floyd

i need to hear more new order before answering

sonic youth

pixies

the who

the strokes



and black sabbath