Rolling Stone's cover story this month was about the 500 Greatest Albums of all time. I went down the list and discovered that I own a mere 55 of the 500. Now, I'm no Aaron Wallen or Dan Proctor or John Zigler here, but my music collection is fairly sizable and varied. Apparently, though, I'm just not cutting the mustard.
And that has me feeling kind of down. I mean, there's tons of albums on this list I wouldn't own if you paid me (Like #17, Nirvana's "Nevermind") and I obviously don't agree with the list 100%, but even still you'd think I'd have something more than 55. I'm missing so much, and stuff I know is good, stuff I know I'll like. The Clash, The Velvet Underground, a bunch of stuff from the Stones and Van Morrison and Jimi Hendrix and Elvis Costello...
I've been slacking. I need to get to work and get back to some serious, hard-core music buying. Time for a trip to Best Buy, maybe...
Comments (4)
don't feel down, Jason. I have a degree in music and I'd be willing to bet that I'd be able to recognize about 7 or 8 albums off of that list.
Posted by Marc | December 4, 2003 4:33 PM
Posted on December 4, 2003 16:33
Um, Jason, this is Rolling Stones that called Melissa Etheridge the Queen of Rock.
That should tell you enough.
Posted by Amanda | December 5, 2003 10:05 PM
Posted on December 5, 2003 22:05
Hey, I'm not saying that Rolling Stone is the ultimate arbiter of musical taste or anything. Far from. But they're not entirely off-base, either. I mean, look at the top ten list:
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles
2. Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys
3. Revolver, The Beatles
4. Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan
5. Rubber Soul, The Beatles
6. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye
7. Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones
8. London Calling, The Clash
9. Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan
10. The Beatles (The White Album), The Beatles
Now, I wouldn't necessarily rank these as my top ten albums, but I've got 6 of them and I do agree that they're incredible albums.
Point is, it's not that I feel the need to go buy anything on the list because Rolling Stone said it was good. It's more like they put out a list of music they think is really good. Most of the stuff on that list that I've heard I also think is really good. It's reasonable, then, to assume that I'll think a lot of the rest of it is really good. Some of it I've known for a while I'd really like, I just haven't had an excuse to get it until now.
Oh, and Marc? If I remember it right your music degree involved one class that dealt with music after 1950. Which isn't a bad thing, just not something that links in with what shows up in Rolling Stone.
Posted by Jason | December 5, 2003 11:02 PM
Posted on December 5, 2003 23:02
Of those "Top Ten" I have heard of two of them and actually listened to just one of them. However, my lack of pop musical interest is vindicated by the fact that of all the albums listed, the one I have actually listened to from start to finish is THE NUMBER ONE ALBUM OF ALL TIME. I SKIP RIGHT TO THE GOLD, BABY!
Posted by Erik (the roommate) | December 6, 2003 12:34 AM
Posted on December 6, 2003 00:34