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Wilbury 11:44 am UTC 03/12/07 |
| In reply to: | re: "The Worst Rock 'n' Roll Records Of All Time" - Scarecrow's_Brain 11:29 am UTC 03/12/07 |
| Heh. Yeah well I've yet to see a "the definitive list of the 100 most..." list that is worth bothering with. I don't get why making them is so popular, especially amongst otherwise refutable publications, when they are such a subjective (and boring ,and these days WAY over-done) way to incite discussion. > Even as an owner of Faster Than the Speed of Night, I used > to find the review amusing. I used the find the book > pretty entertaining, but I didn't age well. > > In the intro, the authors admit that taste in rock music > is subjective, and that they may attack some sacred cows. > (They then demonstrate this by trashing The Doors.) They > also state that they tend to concentrate on bad songs by > good artists, with an occasional bad artist thrown in. > Just for comparison, here's the rest of the list > > Singles > > 50 John Cougar "Jack And Diane" > 49 Irene Ryan "Granny's Mini-Skirt" > 48 The Everly Brothers "Ebony Eyes" > 47 Glenn Frey "The Heat Is On" > 46 Bob Segar "The Horizontal Bop" > 45 Bryan Adams "Summer of '69" > 44 Robert Hazard "Escalator Of Life" > 43 Hooters "All You Zombies" > 42 Pat Benatar "Sex As A Weapon" > 41 The Jacksons "State Of Shock" > 40 Mick Jagger and David Bowie "Dancing In The Street" > 39 Simon And Garfunkle "The Dangling Conversation" > 38 The Guess Who "American Woman" > 37 Bloodrock "D.O.A" > 36 Hurricane Smith "Oh Babe, What Would You Say?" > 35 Rod Stewart "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" > 34 Grand Funk Railroad "The Loco-Motion" > 33 Melanie "Ruby Tuesday" > 32 Melanie "Brand New Key" > 31 Eric Clapton "Wonderful Tonight" > 30 Bonnie Tyler "Faster Than The Speed Of Night" > 29 Richard Simmons "This Time" > 28 Cat Stevens "Moon Shadow" > 27 The Hollies "Stop In The Name Of Love" > 26 Phil Collins "You Can't Hurry Love" > 25 Janis Ian "At Seventeen" > 24 Barry McGuire "Eve Of Destruction" > 23 The Spokesmen "Dawn Of Correction" > 22 Huey Lewis and the News "Hip To Be Square" > 21 Eric Carmen "All By Myself" > 20 The Rolling Stones "Emotional Rescue" > 19 Herman's Hermits "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" > 18 Stephen Stills "Love The One You're With" > 17 The Knack "Good Girls Don't" > 16 The Knack "Baby Talks Dirty" > 15 Mike + The Mechanics "The Living Years" > 14 Andrew Gold "Lonely Boy" > 13 Harry Chapin "Taxi" > 12 Harry Chapin "Cat's In The Cradle" > 11 Andy Gibb and Victoria Principal "All I Have To Do Is > Dream" > 10 Richard Harris "MacArthur Park" > 09 Don McLean "American Pie" > 08 Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs "Sugar Shack" > 07 Linda Ronstadt "Back in the U.S.A." > 06 Zager and Evans "In the Year 2525 (Exordium and > Terminus) > 05 Peter, Paul, and Mary "I Dig Rock and Roll Music" > 04 Charlene "I've Never Been To Me" > 03 Charlene and Stevie Wonder "Used To Be" > 02 Think "Once You Understand" > 01 Chuck Berry "My Ding-a-Ling" > > They also have a list of Worst Albums, which includes U2 > (The Unforgettable Fire), ELP (Tarkus), Bon Jovi > (Slippery When Wet), The Moody Blues (Days Of Future > Passed), Queen (Live Killers and Queen II) and Jethro Tull > (Aqualung). > > They finish with their 4 worst artists: Paul McCartney > (squandered his talent on saccharine love songs), Duran > Duran, Phil Collins, and at #1, Billy Joel (basically, in > Billy's early career, he'd often call himself a rocker. > The author's say 'no, he isn't') > > sb | |
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