The Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by Blade Runner

Ya she was! I have no idea how. Sure its a good cd but I was shocked. I think that poll was an online one though, the kind just random visitors to the site go and vote for. It wasn't like a bunch of mtv editors got around and decided or something...

Yeah, your right, because the guy hosting it kept saying "Chosen by you the people!"

I think Alanis is good...but greatest CD ever?! C'mon!

And Nirvana and/or Kurt Cobain was on practically every list they had. They were chosen as the Greatest Band of all time....I like Nirvana, but I dont think I would rank them that high. Probably in the top 10, or at least 20, because they are an awesome band.

[The Germanator]

Lists in general are fairly useless...Not may people are ever going to agree on them, but that's precisely why lists are so popular. We can agree with them, we can disagree with them, and argue about them, etc...It will also fill up Rolling Stone's letter section next issue, which is good for them. I would have liked to see more albums that I liked on the list, but whatever.

[Alex]

Another nauseatingly predictable list from Rolling Stone, but, should anyone be surprised?

1. Their hip-hop/rap choices are hillarious, almost random.

2. Nevermind at #17? Didn't Nirvana get an undeserved nod in that 100 top guitarists list, too?

3. The Wall absolutely deserves a top fifty placing, if not top twenty.

4. Indie Rock? Even if you're not a fan of the genre, their damn sure should be some great bands on the list.

5. Led Zeppelin's IV was really low, this makes no sense to me at all.

Now, I understand I'm hard to please, hell, anyone is with a list of 500 bands/albums, but this is just terrible. They could've done a much better job.

I would hope that, if the entire staff were to have reviewed their list and provided their input on its oversights, there would have been fewer oversights. Its clear this was not the case and it was the doings of a "select few." (for lack of a better term)

[Stonecutter]

Originally Posted by Alex

Another nauseatingly predictable list from Rolling Stone, but, should anyone be surprised?

1. Their hip-hop/rap choices are hillarious, almost random.

2. Nevermind at #17? Didn't Nirvana get an undeserved nod in that 100 top guitarists list, too?

3. The Wall absolutely deserves a top fifty placing, if not top twenty.

4. Indie Rock? Even if you're not a fan of the genre, their damn sure should be some great bands on the list.

5. Led Zeppelin's IV was really low, this makes no sense to me at all.

Now, I understand I'm hard to please, hell, anyone is with a list of 500 bands/albums, but this is just terrible. They could've done a much better job.

I would hope that, if the entire staff were to have reviewed their list and provided their input on its oversights, there would have been fewer oversights. Its clear this was not the case and it was the doings of a "select few." (for lack of a better term)

Understand when reading this, that I am someone who owns not only two pink floyd T-Shirts, but also a Dark Side of the Moon tie, and a dozen or so floyd albums.

The Wall, while a great album, is not top 20 or top 50 material. Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here are both better albums, and I'd be tempted to say that Meddle is better aswell. There's no way you're going to put 4 albums by one band not named "the beatles" in any top whatever list.

Top 100 or 200, fine, not top 50.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Stonecutter

The Wall, while a great album, is not top 20 or top 50 material. Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here are both better albums, and I'd be tempted to say that Meddle is better aswell.

Makes sense to me. For the most part, I seem to overrate The Wall, so I expected a reply like this. I can't put my finger on it, but I just love The Wall so much more then the other albums, although I still love them all.

[TheSlyMoogle]

Did anyone catch the Howard Stern show after this list? He was flying off on all the people who created this list. He was calling them idiots. I agree. Go Howard.