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17 Nov 04
17 Nov 04
...of what they consider to be the 1000 greatest rock songs of all time just came out,and if what I saw as the top 20 is any indication,then their list is the biggest pile of c*** ever compiled. Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" #1? They have got to be woofin' me! "Imagine" #3?(Gag me with a spoon!) "Good Vibrations"(Beach Boys)#5? "I Want To Hold Your Hand" #16? Where is Stairway to Heaven? Freebird? Light My Fire? My Way? What a sick joke!
17 Nov 04
Originally posted by eagles54I don't know. I tried to get the whole list from Rolling Stone's website,but they didn't put it out. Saw the "top"20 in the NY Daily News.
Lowest Common Denominator nominations.
Don't let it throw you.
Hey, Iggy Pop's "Wild America" isn't on there?
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17 Nov 04
Originally posted by sundown316While I don't ever agree with Rolling Stones' lists, if they had put Freebird or Stairway to Heaven as #1, I would've written the same diatribe that you just did. Those songs make me want to vomit, especially Freebird.
...of what they consider to be the 1000 greatest rock songs of all time just came out,and if what I saw as the top 20 is any indication,then their list is the biggest pile of c*** ever compiled. Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" #1? They have got to be woofin' me! "Imagine" #3?(Gag me with a spoon!) "Good Vibrations"(Beach Boys)#5? "I Want To Hold Your Hand" #16? Where is Stairway to Heaven? Freebird? Light My Fire? My Way? What a sick joke!
I think Like A Rolling Stone is a great choice for #1 and The Beach Boys kick Led Zeppelin and Lynyrd Skynyrd's combined ass thoroughly. Not only was Zeppelin carried by their drummer but Jimmy Page is the biggest rip-off artist next to Eric Clapton!
17 Nov 04
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Originally posted by darvlayZeppelin rocks. Every band member was talented beyond belief. The Beach Boys are the biggest bunch of overrated hacks to ever grace our fair music scene. My pets make better sounds than Brian Wilson did.
While I don't ever agree with Rolling Stones' lists, if they had put Freebird or Stairway to Heaven as #1, I would've written the same diatribe that you just did. Those songs make me want to vomit, especially Freebird.
I think Like A ...[text shortened]... but Jimmy Page is the biggest rip-off artist next to Eric Clapton!
And to say that Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton are the biggest rip-off artists ever is to villify them for (a) not being black; and (b) being popular. That's low.
The Beatles should have had more songs in the Top 10, let alone Top 20. They were one of the most influential bands in history! I have nothing bad to say about Dylan.
The whole concept of listing the "1000 Greatest Rock Songs Of All Time" is ridiculous anyway. What exactly is the difference between No. 392 and No. 391? No. 11 and No. 10? And especially, No. 2 and No. 1? Not a g.d. thing, that's for sure. Some Rolling Stones editor picked his nose, flung the results at a dart board, and then checked with marketing to make sure fate had selected the most controversial and sales enhancing order possible.
Pathetic.
17 Nov 04
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Originally posted by PBE6Oh PLEASE! The only thing Robert Plant was adept at was stuffing his pants. Brian Wilson has more ingenuity, creativity AND talent in his pinky finger than Jimmy Page has in his whole cracker body.
Zeppelin rocks. Every band member was talented beyond belief. The Beach Boys are the biggest bunch of overrated hacks to ever grace our fair music scene. My pets make better sounds than Brian Wilson did.
And to say that Jimmy Page and Er ...[text shortened]... them for (a) not being black; and (b) being popular. That's low.
I can villify whoever I want for being popular because being popular does not inherently make you talented or even good. It means you are a marketable commodity and that's it.
Good thing Jimmy and Eric weren't black or you wouldn't have been able to tell the difference between them and Robert Johnson or Howlin' Wolf.
I shall not back down to you sir!
17 Nov 04
Originally posted by sundown316I thought you left the site.........
...of what they consider to be the 1000 greatest rock songs of all time just came out,and if what I saw as the top 20 is any indication,then their list is the biggest pile of c*** ever compiled. Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" #1? They have got to be woofin' me! "Imagine" #3?(Gag me with a spoon!) "Good Vibrations"(Beach Boys)#5? "I Want To Hold Your Hand" #16? Where is Stairway to Heaven? Freebird? Light My Fire? My Way? What a sick joke!
17 Nov 04
Originally posted by darvlayI can't back down from that, either.
Oh PLEASE! The only thing Robert Plant was adept at was stuffing his pants. Brian Wilson has more ingenuity, creativity AND talent in his pinky finger than Jimmy Page has in his whole cracker body.
I can villify whoever I want for being popular because being popular does not inherently make you talented or even good. It means you are a marketable com ...[text shortened]... fference between them and Robert Johnson or Howlin' Wolf.
I shall not back down to you sir!
Brian Wilson stuffed his pants, but in the nuthouse they call them "diapers", and the cucumber was post-processing. And although he spent all that creativity in his pinky penning love ballads to his stick-shift, in his defense he didn't have anything to do with f'ing "Kokomo".
Jimmy Page is a legendary guitarist and musician for good reason. Along with John Paul Jones, John Bonham and Robert Plant, he was responsible for some of the heaviest riffs, most memorable solos, beautiful songs and critically acclaimed albums in rock. Clapton I'm not a big fan of, but it's not because he's a so-called "rip-off artist".
Fess up. You hate them because they're popular and your hippie friends pumped them on the stero all your life. If Led Zeppelin was some unknown garage band from the Pasadena hardcore scene known only to you and the indie columnist at the Star, you'd be all over them. But they're not. They're a legendary band with millions in record sales, and the best criticism you can come up with is that they're rip-off artists. To be fair, they did lose that lawsuit brought by Willie Dixon. But when was the last time you heard a blind black blues player doing "The Ocean" or "D'yer Maker"? They didn't recycle blues and rock, they progressed it. Quite successfully, I might add.
And if you want to say "Pet Sounds" trumps "Sgt. Pepper", we got a lot ah cacciatore to sort out.
17 Nov 04
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Originally posted by PBE6Okay, as a compromise, I can admit to Led Zeppelin having some great songs and Jimmy Page was a good technical guitarist but Andrew, they made their money off so many of those great bluesmen and never gave a penny to them. Those men died penniless and miserable while the white-man's cracker blues goes on to sell millions of records.
I can't back down from that, either.
Brian Wilson stuffed his pants, but in the nuthouse they call them "diapers", and the cucumber was post-processing. And although he spent all that creativity in his pinky penning love ballads to his ...[text shortened]... mps "Sgt. Pepper", we got a lot ah cacciatore to sort out.
Not only are Zeppelin rip-off artists but they're also a bunch of carpet-baggers who should pay reparations for the sins they've committed!
And Sgt. Pepper's is better than Pet Sounds. You know my love for the Beatles runs true.
17 Nov 04
Although racism is still a serious problem, I have to say that the time when the only blues white people would listen to was white-cracker blues was long past by the time Zepplin came around. Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix sold enough records to chalk-faced English and American kids to demonstrate that.
And I still say Zepplin had more original riffs than B.B. King.
But I think I can live with the rest of the compromise.
17 Nov 04
Originally posted by PBE6Little Richard is black?
Although racism is still a serious problem, I have to say that the time when the only blues white people would listen to was white-cracker blues was long past by the time Zepplin came around. Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix sold enough records to chalk-faced English and American kids to demonstrate that.
And I still say Zepplin had more original riffs than B.B. King.
But I think I can live with the rest of the compromise.
18 Nov 04
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Originally posted by Faith No MoreI don't play anymore(Hold-em is my new interest),but when I saw that idiotic list,I just had to vent to someone. I can't wait to see the whole 1000-those drugged up jabrones at RS probably consider the Cowsills,the Archies,the Putrid Family, Sweet,Queen, and Bobby Goldsboro to be more influential than CCR,BTO,the Allmans,ZZ Top,SRV,the Who,Grand Funk,BS&T. As regards Dylan,"Rollin' Stone" is a great song,but best of all time-puhleeeeeeze!. It's not even Dylan's best-I think that honor goes to either "Knockin" On Heaven's Door",or "Hurricane"
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