Listing the Night Away

So during this morning's internet perusal of the intellectual kind, I mosied on through to the Rolling Stones Magazine site. I have always heard of how it has been a cornerstone in the music and printed news industry. I put it to the test. And yes, they do stand up as an informative, slightly subjective magazine.
How can you argue against a magazine that has Fall Out Boy on thier cover one week and follows that up with a cover featuring South Park?

So I clicked onto the news and turns out they perused the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame's top 200 albums. They then compared it to thier own list.


I was curious to see what the comparisons were.

Let's just say that if I were a cat, I'd be dead...

At first glance, the two lists seem to agree on one thing - The Beatles Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club is the greatest album. Ever.
Ok, I haven't listened to it personally, but being a Beatles fan in general, I'll go with them on that one.
But on closer perusal, it becomes evidently clear that the "Rock n Roll" Hall of Fame list reads more like a Billboard magazine sales list. I think that if you're going to compile a list of albums, make sure they're albums and NOT soundtracks (case in point:The Grease soundtrack at number 37 above albums like Green Day's Dookie.)
Also, for a "Rock n Roll" Hall of Fame list, why do we find Shania Twain in the top 25?? I demand an explanation. If you felt that you needed women in the top 25, I can provide a list longer than my arm who deserve that slot.

I can keep griping on and on about the list, but you check it out yourself and make up your own mind. All I can say is that its obvious who calls the shots for the lists.



Onto other lists...Kerrang magazine has released thier list and special edition magazine of top 100 icons in rock. This is obviously opening up a can of worms especially when you have youngsters with no more than a debut to thier name listed above legends such as Sid Vicious, Johnny Rotten, Jon Bon Jovi and Johnny Ramone.
But then again, you need to look at it from a young fan's point of view. Currently, the 'icons' of the past few years would be newbies eg: Pete Fall-Out-Boy Wentz, Gerard Way (I'm not complaining about his inclusion), Amy Lee and co. these are faces familiar to kids and by putting them alongside true icons such as Eddie Vedder, Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Billy Joe Armstrong, and older rockers, a fan is not alienated, but instead educated about the bands who influenced thier current icons. Good Job Kerrang.
Just one little gripe - Did you really have to include Brandon Urie? Panic! At The Disco has one album and a few singles...hardly icon material. Icons in the making...maybe..not. We'll see.

I'll give a full listing later and you can tear it apart at leisure.