anway all i know is before Nirvana came out i liked 80% of the stuff that was out there...after they arrived that percentage went down to like 10%

"Oh, shit, Ray's dead, we gotta put him in there!"

LightOfArt said:

I think I explained myself with the sentence that followed, smarty. What I see as great doesn't make it so to a group of people.

What is this...? This must be somebodys list, but not mine. Here's my damn list... shit

."What A Wonderful World"

"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"

"White Room"

"The Thrill is Gone"

"Mannish Boy"

"My Generation"

"Stayin' Alive"

"November Rain"

"Back in Black"

"Dazed and Confused"

you know what - on second thought, maybe i DON'T want nirvana on this wack top ten list, even though they single-handedly upped the ante for the quality of pop music when they came out and they wrote cool lyrics and perfectly summed up the way a lot of kids were feeling at the time...i just remembered, if it wasn't for nirvana, prince probably wouldn't have dressed in that dumb sleeveless flannel shirt or done that stagedive in the video for "the morning papers" - i blame prince's brief yet horribly silly flirtation with the grunge look on nirvana. SHAME.

Well, that's certainly open to debate.

minneapolisgenius said:

It deserves its placing. I remember experiencing first-hand the impact this song made. Hair-metal was made instantly obsolete and people starting looking at each other scratching their heads wondering who "Generation X" are.

I don't get the obsession about deadbeat Dylan & scatter-brained Rollingstones..

Fuck them, fuck all of them and fuck that magazine.

Where the hell is Duke Ellington? Damn, where's Lady Day and her 1st PROTEST song "Strange Fruit"? Shit, where is Miles Davis,,,,where's Satchmo,,,,and where is Bessie Smith.

Damn,,I'm really hurt

Harlepolis said:

i think they were trying to keep the songs "rock era" so as to further appeal to their demographic.

yeah, i know - it's crap!

Anxiety said:

Fuck rock & roll till its asshole get black & blue

Rock & Roll would be a lost sperm without those people. And speaking of Rock & Roll, where the fuck is Chucky Berry & Lil' Richard's names? I reall wish I could put my hands on whoever wrote that piece of shit.

Damn damn daaaaamn

Smells Like Teen Spirit? You have GOT to be fucking kidding me

How long will the critcs keep blowing Kurt Cobain's corpse?
[Edited 11/17/04 15:35pm]

RipHer2Shreds said:

i understand what RH2S is saying. there's music out there that i don't like, but i realize it has an important place in the history of pop music.

perfect example: the smiths and morrissey. hate 'em. H-A-T-E them. morrissey's voice to me is like fingernails on chalkboard, and really, i don't think the music's terribly interesting or memorable. however, i can appreciate their style and asthetic and i think morrissey's a pretty decent lyricist and i can see that they have lots of fans and that they've influenced a lot of other artists. so while i may not like them, i can't make the conclusion that i don't like them, therefore they suck. i just know i don't like to listen to them.

on the other hand, i completely freakin' ADORE the xanadu soundtrack. i think every song on that album is completely wonderful. but am i going to say it should be regarded as some all-time classic album? hell, no! i understand that it's cheese, and i love it because it's cheese, but i'd choose it over the smiths anyday!

there's a big difference between our subjective tastes and what we might opt to accept on a more objective level. i think that's what RipHer was saying.

Anxiety said:

Fuck rock & roll till its asshole get black & blue

Rock & Roll would be a lost sperm without those people. And speaking of Rock & Roll, where the fuck is Chucky Berry & Lil' Richard's names? I reall wish I could put my hands on whoever wrote that piece of shit.

Damn damn daaaaamn

JANFAN4L said:

YEAA RIIIGHTT give me a fucking break!...i dont get the love affair critics have had with Nirvana....this song SUCKS....you can't understand a fucking thing Kurt Cocaine is saying...its just a loud piece of trash that started the ball rolling for more SHIT grunge bands.....#9 greatest song of all time MY ASS
[Edited 11/18/04 6:50am]

I must be the only one that finds some justice in Dylan at the nr. one spot..
Bob Dylan forever!

sextonseven said:

Co-sign. That song was a monumental breath of fresh air during a time when pop music was in a REALLY bleak place. The success of that song opened up doors for so many bands that were just thought of at the time as "weird", and if it weren't for Nirvana's success, a bunch of the bands we think of as "pop" today would probably still be shuffled to the sidelines as "those weird alternative bands". Some of this may be due to music industry weaselry, but a lot of it had to do with the fact that Nirvana had just plain created an undeniably good pop album, and they had the world's attention.

Yeah, put Kurt on some lists. The boomer-era pop legends don't have to have ALL the fun, after all.

Anxiety said:

Fuck rock & roll till its asshole get black & blue

Mazerati said:

80% of what was out there before Nirvana was hair-metal and pop-rap.

But if you really liked music like Poison and MC Hammer then I can understand why you'd be upset.

I think he only had 2 songs on the list, once again backing up why our man is the TRUE King Of Pop.

mrdespues said:

speaking of doofs it figures you would like them

Mazerati said:

Awww, ain't it a shame.

And to think you were OH so apologetic to me last time when you spoke bad of me cause I like Nirvana.