Yeah, Rolling Stone are experts.
Queen, Pink Floyd, Van Halen, Rush, Deep Purple (one of the inventors of heavy metal, mind you), YES, Geneisis, and R.E.M were all left out.
I don't need to tell everyone why Queen and Pink Floyd were inovative.
Van Halen REDEFINED guitar rock. They were fresh, unlike any other heavy metal or hard rock band to that point...you could dance to their music or rock out majorly to it. Eddie Van Halen was a guitar virtuoso unlike any other. And yet they're completely ignored.
Much like Queen, Van Halen is a group with one member that gets critical plaudits from US critics, but yet the group as a whole is often overlooked. Pathetic.
David Bowie ends up at 38. One of the most influential and creative artists of all time ranked under MADONNA.
For that amtter, she beat out Eric Clapton, Elton John and Cream, too.
Somehow, the most overrated band I can possibly think of (Nirvana) gets another juicy tribute for being an okay rock band of the 90's.
Note to critics; Nirvana weren't INFLUENTIAL. Led Zeppelin was influential because their music inspired other artists who also made good music, but incorporated Zep-elements into their styles.
Nirvana spawned imitators trying to make it big by ripping off their style, which sold them 10 million albums to the "alt-rock" crowd.
That doesn't make Nirvana "great."
Never mind that R.E.M. helped shaped the sound of the 80's and 90's, that they influenced groups like Sonic Youth and The Pixies.
Let an incredibly artistic rock band like R.E.M fall by the wayside while you canonize Nirvana which only spawned braindead imitators and legions of cokehead teens trying to be "alt." (despite the fact that Kurt Cobain himself often cited R.E.M. as an influence)
And don't even get me started on the most overrated artist of all time, Bob Dylan. Nice lyrics, but his music and voice were nothing special at all in my opinion.
Other glaring issues
Cream, Guns N' Roses, Black Sabbath and AC/DC below AEROSMITH and THE SEX PISTOLS?!?
Prince beats out the Who.
And omfg, another piece drooling over The Clash. The Clash are good, but they're (again) grossly overrated. Sickeningly. Much like The Doors. I really enjoy the Doors, they're pretty kick-ass, but in this list they're overrated.
And most glaringly, QUEEN didn't even make the fucking list.
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yup.
David Lee Roth was a frontman. he was no Freddie,but then again, who is?
David Lee Roth was a frontman. he was no Freddie,but then again, who is?
yup.
David Lee Roth was a frontman. he was no Freddie,but then again, who is?
When I said "one member who gets plaudits from US critics," I was actually referring to Eddie Van Halen.
Madonna. Madonna above John Lennon?!? Wow. That's disgusting. I wouldn't use that list to wipe my ass. Saying that some of those people(I hesitate to say artists) have a legacy is beyond me. Legacy of what? And since when do Public Enemy, Run DMC, Madonna, since when do any of them have anything to do with rock n' roll? Other than trying to be Aerosmith? Perhaps RS should read their own intro.
What do you expect from a magazine that puts Britney Spears, 50 Cent, and Justin Timberlake on the cover 20 times a year.
Exactly! By the way, is Rolling Stone getting even worse than they were before? I wonder what people in the Pink Floyd forums think.
Well surprisingly they remembered the Kinks and Roxy Music. No Supertramp, ELP, Jethro Tull or even YES of course...I remember when their albums were in Rolling Stone's Top 100 albums in the early '90s ironically. Even ELO's "Eldorado" used to be one of Rolling Stones Top 50 albums. And why are the Beach Boys so high up? I know they made Pet Sounds but come on....
I as a fellow Pink Floyd fan found it sick! Rolling Stone had reviewers bash Pink Floyd save maybe Kurt Loder whom gave The Wall and The Final Cut great reviews. He also gave David Gilmour's second solo disc 3 3 while he gave Waters' Pros and Cons a 1. The people now at Rolling Stone write PF off as a joke. They praise a untcay like Britney Spears whom should be shot!
I am officially an independent. Rolling Stone sucks and praises that loser Phlegminem and that flake Justa Maggotflake! All political sides are a fucking joke. I even got put on FBI watch list as those insane libs thought I was going to kill John Kerry when I said "I'll kill you" as in our country will be attacked again if you are elected! The Right Wings banned me after that scathing email and the FBI Q&A'd my behind and put me on WATCH LIST until further notice and am forever BANNED from voting for the rest of my life!
Yeah, Rolling Stone are experts.
Queen, Pink Floyd, Van Halen, Rush, Deep Purple (one of the inventors of heavy metal, mind you), YES, Geneisis, and R.E.M were all left out.
I don't need to tell everyone why Queen and Pink Floyd were inovative.
Van Halen REDEFINED guitar rock. They were fresh, unlike any other heavy metal or hard rock band to that point...you could dance to their music or rock out majorly to it. Eddie Van Halen was a guitar virtuoso unlike any other. And yet they're completely ignored.
Much like Queen, Van Halen is a group with one member that gets critical plaudits from US critics, but yet the group as a whole is often overlooked. Pathetic.
David Bowie ends up at 38. One of the most influential and creative artists of all time ranked under MADONNA.
For that amtter, she beat out Eric Clapton, Elton John and Cream, too.
Somehow, the most overrated band I can possibly think of (Nirvana) gets another juicy tribute for being an okay rock band of the 90's.
Note to critics; Nirvana weren't INFLUENTIAL. Led Zeppelin was influential because their music inspired other artists who also made good music, but incorporated Zep-elements into their styles.
Nirvana spawned imitators trying to make it big by ripping off their style, which sold them 10 million albums to the "alt-rock" crowd.
That doesn't make Nirvana "great."
Never mind that R.E.M. helped shaped the sound of the 80's and 90's, that they influenced groups like Sonic Youth and The Pixies.
Let an incredibly artistic rock band like R.E.M fall by the wayside while you canonize Nirvana which only spawned braindead imitators and legions of cokehead teens trying to be "alt." (despite the fact that Kurt Cobain himself often cited R.E.M. as an influence)
And don't even get me started on the most overrated artist of all time, Bob Dylan. Nice lyrics, but his music and voice were nothing special at all in my opinion.
Other glaring issues
Cream, Guns N' Roses, Black Sabbath and AC/DC below AEROSMITH and THE SEX PISTOLS?!?
Prince beats out the Who.
And omfg, another piece drooling over The Clash. The Clash are good, but they're (again) grossly overrated. Sickeningly. Much like The Doors. I really enjoy the Doors, they're pretty kick-ass, but in this list they're overrated.
And most glaringly, QUEEN didn't even make the fucking list.
Madonna is, to steal the name of a great band, a SUPER TRAMP! Supertramp were way better than the wap!
But then I have read that Roger once was so disgusted with Rolling Stone that he wrote them an angry letter...on an air sickness bag!
That's MY ROGER!!!!! Good for him!!!!
That's great!!! I have to totally agree with him. BTW I started a new forum with a rant of my own. Sorry, I didn't know there was one already started. Just got my RS rag today. BTW I am definitely not renewing. They make me SOOOO angry!!
What is their email so I can put in my 2 cents worth...[/QUOTE]
Arlene, write to: [email protected] Give 'em HELL!!! Let's all give 'em hell!
How the hell can you put that dumb arse dip shit Eminem on the list and not include Queen or Pink Floyd???