blackdragon123

You may not agree with the list..........Isn't that the beauty of it? That everyone's list would be different? BUT what album grabs you the most from their top 10?

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Janszoon

Ah, just the kind of safe list I would expect from Rolling Stone:

• All rock
• All in English
• All from the US or UK
• All male
• All released in the 60s or 70s
• Almost all white

I like a decent amount of what's on it but it really doesn't get more myopic than that list. And the fact that there are only six different artists on the list is also pretty dumb.

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1 of the Ancients

Which album doesn't have all white people in the band?

Janszoon

What's Going On?

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blackdragon123

what has skin colour got to do with any part of judging whether the musicians are worthy of being included in the list?? nothing

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Janszoon

Apparently a lot based on Rolling Stone's selections.

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blackdragon123

i was unaware that every nation/creed/colour/religion had to be equally represented on a list concerned with musical skill? that's truly a pathetic complaint. All of the bands on the list are either British or American...and yet no one raises the complaint that the white peoples of most of Europe/Australia/New Zealand/Canada/South Africa etc aren't represented?

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With a half of bitter, bread and jam,
And if it pleases me, I'll put one on ya man,
When the copper fades away!' - Jethro Tull

Key

It's Rolling Stone magazine, so it doesn't really matter either way since their lists don't get taken seriously.

Janszoon

The sad thing is that once upon a time they were cool. Granted, that time was before I was born, but nevertheless it did supposedly exist.

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Lisnaholic

^ Well said, Janszoon.
Instead of giving the list a pretentious title like "greatest albums of all time", RS could´ve been more honest by calling it "our readership´s favs" or something like that.

I also agree with Rjinn about the blackness/whiteness of Beatles fans. Doesn´t seem relevant to me, though I would like to know how the Beatles music goes over with people whose skin is grey.

PS. Does anyone have statistics about how many left-handed people like the Beatles ?

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