Rolling Stone.... you're kidding, right?

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Because I have nothing better to do, and this thread got me looking at the bogus Rolling Stone mag top 500 Albums list, I looked to see how many of the albums I have bought over the years were on the list.  When I digitized my albums in 2019, and also burned many of my CD's to my computer, I created Excel document lists of them.  There was also a period in time when I was buying albums on cassette tape, when I did not have a record player or turntable/stereo system.

So of the ~550 albums I bought over the years on vinyl, cassette, or CD, 44 of them made Rolling Stone's list.  All are real rock albums except for 1 R&B/Soul album.

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Pulling up one of my CD books, with Jeff Beck, Zep, and others. 

There's a remastered house's of the holy CD that has a companion CD, remixed without Plant's vocals on most cuts.

It really allows you to hear the mastery of Page, as well as Jones and Bonham without the powering vocals.

Worth adding to your collections.

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On a related note, anyone remember when Jethro Tull beat out Metallica for best new heavy metal band?😂😂

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ShellyMX wrote:

On a related note, anyone remember when Jethro Tull beat out Metallica for best new heavy metal band?😂😂

I do, that was horrible 😂 the video for One is one of the greatest works of art in music history. Although not as good as Master of Puppets in my opinion, still up there in greats. 

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Dudley wrote:
I do, that was horrible 😂 the video for One is one of the greatest works of art in music history. Although not as good as...

I do, that was horrible 😂 the video for One is one of the greatest works of art in music history. Although not as good as Master of Puppets in my opinion, still up there in greats. 

Right? I think everyone, especially Lars was like WTF! 😆

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Rolling Stone magazine. They were relevant back in the 70's.Now... not at all.  I remember them having a top guitar player list.SRV and Jeff Beck weren't anywhere near...

Rolling Stone magazine. 

They were relevant back in the 70's.

Now... not at all. 

 

I remember them having a top guitar player list.

SRV and Jeff Beck weren't anywhere near the top. 

 

We have our favorites in our own collections. 

That's what matters. 

We don't need them to tell us what, or who's the best.

SEEMEFIRST wrote:
I remember a few years where the Journey guy won "guitarist of the year" over and over, it seemed. All while there were some absolute artists...

I remember a few years where the Journey guy won "guitarist of the year" over and over, it seemed. All while there were some absolute artists out there barely getting mentioned. 

Bogus drivel.

 

APLMAN99 wrote:

Are you sure that was Rolling Stone?  It doesn’t look like he’s in their top 50 now. 

No, I'm not sure.

Someone used to do guitarist of the year, I just assumed it was RS, but didn't care enough about whoever it was opinion. 

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It really is subjective, but imo most of the list is a joke. Personally I couldn’t pick what my favorite album is. It’s easy’r for me to...

It really is subjective, but imo most of the list is a joke. 
Personally I couldn’t pick what my favorite album is. It’s easy’r for me to pick bands. In no particular order….,.. Led Zepplin , Lynyrd Skynyrd, Fleetwood Mac, Robin Trower, Bad Company, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, The Beatles, The B-52s, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, Prince, Pat Benatar, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Elton John, Neil Diamond, The Who, The Guess Who, The Fixx, Duran Duran , Heart, INXS, The Cars, Audioslave, The Eagles, Van Halen, and so many more.

ToolMaker wrote:

What? No Aerosmith? You just lost me 🤣

I said “and so many more”! “Don’t taze me Bro!” 😆

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Reese95w wrote:
I just looked at the Rolling Stone top 500 list and not many of my original vinyl albums made the list.  I do have CDs of...

I just looked at the Rolling Stone top 500 list and not many of my original vinyl albums made the list.  I do have CDs of some of the albums on the list.  I did not switch over to CD's until 1987.  The first CD I ever bought was Guns N Roses Appetite for Destruction, (#62 on the list).  After I made the switch to CDs I did go back and buy some earlier records that I never had on vinyl.

taylor swift rated higher than Filmore East ??

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However, it would be intellectually dishonest to not admit she actually drives culture. She is is well past influential. I could not name a single song...

However, it would be intellectually dishonest to not admit she actually drives culture. She is is well past influential. I could not name a single song of hers but I'm definitely in a small minority.

TM

She’s definitely no Avril Lavigne!💯😂

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ShellyMX wrote:

On a related note, anyone remember when Jethro Tull beat out Metallica for best new heavy metal band?😂😂

And Tull actually accepted the award.😂

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And Tull actually accepted the award.😂

Surprised Ian didn’t has his flute with him!😂

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It really is subjective, but imo most of the list is a joke. Personally I couldn’t pick what my favorite album is. It’s easy’r for me to...

It really is subjective, but imo most of the list is a joke. 
Personally I couldn’t pick what my favorite album is. It’s easy’r for me to pick bands. In no particular order….,.. Led Zepplin , Lynyrd Skynyrd, Fleetwood Mac, Robin Trower, Bad Company, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, The Beatles, The B-52s, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, Prince, Pat Benatar, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Elton John, Neil Diamond, The Who, The Guess Who, The Fixx, Duran Duran , Heart, INXS, The Cars, Audioslave, The Eagles, Van Halen, and so many more.

ToolMaker wrote:

What? No Aerosmith? You just lost me 🤣

I said “and so many more”! “Don’t taze me Bro!” 😆

I very easily could listen to your play list. Just having a bit of fun 😁 

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Pulling up one of my CD books, with Jeff Beck, Zep, and others. There's a remastered house's of the holy CD that has a companion CD, remixed...

Pulling up one of my CD books, with Jeff Beck, Zep, and others. 

There's a remastered house's of the holy CD that has a companion CD, remixed without Plant's vocals on most cuts.

It really allows you to hear the mastery of Page, as well as Jones and Bonham without the powering vocals.

Worth adding to your collections.

Might have found one of those cuts on YouTube, maybe?

Oh wait, the song "Houses of the Holy" is actually on Physical Graffiti, never mind.

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ToolMaker wrote:

What? No Aerosmith? You just lost me 🤣

I said “and so many more”! “Don’t taze me Bro!” 😆

ToolMaker wrote:

I very easily could listen to your play list. Just having a bit of fun 😁 

I know you are TM, me too.😊

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So, I just read an article about [i]Led Zeppelin IV[/i] which revealed that it ranked 58th on Rolling Stone Magazine's 2023 list of the top 500...

So, I just read an article about Led Zeppelin IV which revealed that it ranked 58th on Rolling Stone Magazine's 2023 list of the top 500 albums of all time. 
Now, I know lists are subjective. I know this list throws a wide net - it's not "best rock albums" or "best albums by an English band," but still. 58th? Holy crap, we're talking about the preeminent album from history's mightiest band here! The one that contains not just great songs, but timeless masterpieces of actual rock & roll foundations and maybe the greatest song ever in "Stairway to Heaven." I haven't read the list, but I'm having a hard time imagining even ten better albums. WTF? 

Here, I'll try. I'm going to type out all the albums that I think could be considered better, or at least worthy of an argument. Please help me add to the list:

Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon?
The Beatles, [Pick one; I don't know. Maybe you could say Abbey Road or The White Album?]
Michael Jackson, Thriller?
The Rolling Stones, [again, pick one. Not sure any is better than LZIV.]
Led Zeppelin's own Physical Graffitti[/i]?

I mean, I'm thinking about all the albums I own, which I rank really highly, and none are comparable in terms of "best ever:" Moving Pictures, Rumours, Hotel California, Fantastic Planet, Siamese Dream... 
 

Flatliner wrote:

Love me some Siamese dream but the melancholy double album is very underrated.

I think Mellon Collie is overrated, if anything. It's still insanely good, don't get me wrong, but there has always been more buzz about that one. It's their commercial big bang! For my money though, Siamese Dream is the better record.

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Corrigan comes across as a real jerk sometimes.

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Sounds like we all lived in the golden age of rock and roll. Thankful for that. Today's music rather sucks.

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Now this is the most important. When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on side one of Led Zeppelin IV. 

Rat proceeds to put on Physical Graffiti. 

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Now this is the most important. When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on side one of Led Zeppelin IV. Rat proceeds to...

Now this is the most important. When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on side one of Led Zeppelin IV. 

Rat proceeds to put on Physical Graffiti. 

Just watched this last week👍😉

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It really is subjective, but imo most of the list is a joke. Personally I couldn’t pick what my favorite album is. It’s easy’r for me to...

It really is subjective, but imo most of the list is a joke. 
Personally I couldn’t pick what my favorite album is. It’s easy’r for me to pick bands. In no particular order….,.. Led Zepplin , Lynyrd Skynyrd, Fleetwood Mac, Robin Trower, Bad Company, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, The Beatles, The B-52s, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, Prince, Pat Benatar, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Elton John, Neil Diamond, The Who, The Guess Who, The Fixx, Duran Duran , Heart, INXS, The Cars, Audioslave, The Eagles, Van Halen, and so many more.

 "That's gold jerry that's gold!" 😂

Every band you listed on there I like and I agree It's hard to decide which one is the best. There was such good music back in the day.

Today's music is garbage!

  In fact, tomorrow i'm gonna go see a Rolling Stones Tribute band i bought tickets over a month ago and they have good reviews. They actually tour and are playing at the indian casino. 😝

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Haven't seen The List, as I haven't read RS in decades.

It's all relative : I've just come out of the Suzanne Vega gig at the Opera House, and much of her music she played - a Electric Guitarist ( who I thought was Pete Townsend when he came on the stage) , her on Aucustic,  and a lady on Cello, is near on 50 years old.

On the light rail back to Central Station, there was a group of young Girls / Women singing Queens Bohemian Rhapsody, and doing so Beautifully!

They saw the smile on my face, and I just said that was from my youth. As in, 1975.

They had No Idea it was a 51 year old song they were singing. It was quite wonderful to have a chat with them, tell them about the weekly, 1 hour on Sundays 'Pop' show,  Countdown, that my 'Generation'  hung out to see our favourite music. They were stunned by how little music was on TV, way back when. The show was mostly disappointing for we Rock and Punk fans, and I told them how we'd come to near on Hate Bohemian Rhapsody, because it was number one for, I think, months, and it just wore so thin. But, it was infinitely better than some of the tripe that was around at that time.

 

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It really is subjective, but imo most of the list is a joke. Personally I couldn’t pick what my favorite album is. It’s easy’r for me to...

It really is subjective, but imo most of the list is a joke. 
Personally I couldn’t pick what my favorite album is. It’s easy’r for me to pick bands. In no particular order….,.. Led Zepplin , Lynyrd Skynyrd, Fleetwood Mac, Robin Trower, Bad Company, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, The Beatles, The B-52s, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, Prince, Pat Benatar, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Elton John, Neil Diamond, The Who, The Guess Who, The Fixx, Duran Duran , Heart, INXS, The Cars, Audioslave, The Eagles, Van Halen, and so many more.

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 "That's gold jerry that's gold!" 😂Every band you listed on there I like and I agree It's hard to decide which one is the best. There...

 "That's gold jerry that's gold!" 😂

Every band you listed on there I like and I agree It's hard to decide which one is the best. There was such good music back in the day.

Today's music is garbage!

  In fact, tomorrow i'm gonna go see a Rolling Stones Tribute band i bought tickets over a month ago and they have good reviews. They actually tour and are playing at the indian casino. 😝

😂at the Seinfeld reference!👊🏻

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