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Chicapah
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Topic: Rolling Stone's top 50 songs over 7 min Posted: December 05 2007 at 12:00 |
Just happened to notice that ten of the top 50 (as voted on by readers and editors) are by prog or prog-related artists/groups. Can't say that I agree wholeheartedly with their tune selections but glad to see prog bands listed somewhere, at least. Beatles, Black Sabbath, Doors, Iron Butterfly, King Crimson, Zep, Pink Floyd, Who, Yes and Mr. Zappa made the list. Guess they shoulda asked us for our opinion first! Or maybe they knew better...
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Rubidium
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Posted: December 05 2007 at 12:26 |
Can, Kraftwerk, and Sigur Ros also made the list.
Looks like they only wanted to have one song per artist, and that they chose "safer" songs from those artists, which leads to some...interesting selections.
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King of Loss
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Posted: December 05 2007 at 12:38 |
Wheres The Flower Kings?
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aapatsos
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Posted: December 05 2007 at 13:15 |
Oasis and Blur...
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Chicapah
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Posted: December 05 2007 at 13:47 |
[QUOTE=Rubidium]Can, Kraftwerk, and Sigur Ros also made the list. My bad. Make that 13 out of 50. Kinda surprised that Genesis or ELP didn't get on the list. I guess "Suppers Ready" is still rather obscure to the non-prog population.
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KeleCableII
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Posted: December 05 2007 at 14:25 |
nor Jethro Tull...
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Kotro
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Posted: December 05 2007 at 16:16 |
Coming from Rolling Stone, I'm surprised they actualy include prog.
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Bigger on the inside.
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sean
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Posted: December 05 2007 at 16:17 |
can't say i agree with their choices, but i've never really expected to agree with rolling stone on anything. i'm glad they at least included some prog songs, seeing as it is the genre most notorious for writing long songs.
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King Crimson776
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Posted: December 05 2007 at 17:12 |
King of Loss wrote:
Wheres The Flower Kings?
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and Spock's Beard and Transatlantic and Porcupine Tree. RS, you lose.
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Sckxyss
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Posted: December 05 2007 at 17:29 |
Kotro wrote:
Coming from Rolling Stone, I'm surprised they actualy include prog. |
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moreitsythanyou
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Posted: December 05 2007 at 17:32 |
Not the best list. The real shock for me was Oh Comely.
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<font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR]
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ClassicRocker
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Posted: December 05 2007 at 18:15 |
Kotro wrote:
Coming from Rolling Stone, I'm surprised they actually include prog. |
I'm sure the magazine was unaware they did this. They probably have ONE rebel editor, that changed some of the "actual results", because we all know that Rolling Stone is too "hip" to intentionally include prog
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King Crimson776
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Posted: December 05 2007 at 18:23 |
ClassicRocker wrote:
Kotro wrote:
Coming from Rolling Stone, I'm surprised they actually include prog. | I'm sure the magazine was unaware they did this. They probably have ONE rebel editor, that changed some of the "actual results", because we all know that Rolling Stone is too "hip" to intentionally include prog |
nah, you guys gotta realize, RS is just a media outlet, they have a bunch of different editors, and while their reviews are often anti-good music, it doesn't mean that they aren't going to be a little more objective with their top lists.
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ClassicRocker
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Posted: December 05 2007 at 18:59 |
King Crimson776 wrote:
ClassicRocker wrote:
Kotro wrote:
Coming from Rolling Stone, I'm surprised they actually include prog. | I'm sure the magazine was unaware they did this. They probably have ONE rebel editor, that changed some of the "actual results", because we all know that Rolling Stone is too "hip" to intentionally include prog |
nah, you guys gotta realize, RS is just a media outlet, they have a bunch of different editors, and while their reviews are often anti-good music, it doesn't mean that they aren't going to be a little more objective with their top lists. |
For someone who speaks "in jest" all the time, you sure don't recognize it well (By the way, you can be as objective as you want, but there is no way in hell that Justin Timberlake belongs in that list!)
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el böthy
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Posted: December 05 2007 at 19:56 |
King of Loss wrote:
Wheres The Flower Kings?
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Dreaming is cheap, eh?
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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King Crimson776
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Posted: December 05 2007 at 20:05 |
ClassicRocker wrote:
King Crimson776 wrote:
ClassicRocker wrote:
Kotro wrote:
Coming from Rolling Stone, I'm surprised they actually include prog. | I'm sure the magazine was unaware they did this. They probably have ONE rebel editor, that changed some of the "actual results", because we all know that Rolling Stone is too "hip" to intentionally include prog |
nah, you guys gotta realize, RS is just a media outlet, they have a bunch of different editors, and while their reviews are often anti-good music, it doesn't mean that they aren't going to be a little more objective with their top lists. | For someone who speaks "in jest" all the time, you sure don't recognize it well (By the way, you can be as objective as you want, but there is no way in hell that Justin Timberlake belongs in that list!) |
Oh sh*t, didn't know they put him there..., btw, I answered you seriously because though you were being sarcastic there is some truth to what you said. RS is a product of it's time, a trend, it will die with the baby boomers, prog is timeless.
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King Crimson776
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Posted: December 05 2007 at 20:06 |
el böthy wrote:
King of Loss wrote:
Wheres The Flower Kings?
| Dreaming is cheap, eh? |
Nah, RS just sucks
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Harry Hood
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Posted: December 05 2007 at 21:15 |
I'd like to see them do Top 50 songs 60 seconds or less. That'd be an interesting list.
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King Crimson776
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Posted: December 06 2007 at 01:35 |
Harry Hood wrote:
I'd like to see them do Top 50 songs 60 seconds or less. That'd be an interesting list. |
1. Napalm Death
2. Napalm Death
3. Napalm Death
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Harry Hood
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Posted: December 06 2007 at 01:40 |
King Crimson776 wrote:
Harry Hood wrote:
I'd like to see them do Top 50 songs 60 seconds or less. That'd be an interesting list. |
1. Napalm Death 2. Napalm Death 3. Napalm Death |
Also, the Residents Commercial Album, John Zorn, and Ween.
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