[kj] Pitchfork's 500 Most Important Songs since 1977

[Alexander Smith]

Case in point:

This gets a mention:

Daryl Hall & John Oates – "I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)"

But Killing Joke does not?

I rest my case. It's meaningless.

Alex in NYC



On Nov 9, 2008, at 8:20 AM, Alexander Smith wrote:


>

> Ultimately, it's meaningless. Fleetingly curious reading, but  

> meaningless.

>

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

>

> On Nov 9, 2008, at 4:37 AM, Antoni Adamiak wrote:

>

>>

>> ... but who are Pitchfork ? Just some persons' opinions ... I see  

>> they have a couple of songs by The Fall ... they didn't want to  

>> offend John Peel there ... honestly these sort of lists are all  

>> very well but history gets distorted over time ... had the list  

>> been compiled in 1983, it is likely that Requiem and Pssyche would  

>> have featured, like they did in the JP Festive 50's ... any list  

>> that suggests a song from ABC deserves to be a in list of the most  

>> important 500 songs from the past 30 years need to be viewed with  

>> suspicion or contempt ... it gives someone a job I guess ...

>>

>> > Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 22:30:56 -0600

>> > From: bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net

>> > To: gathering at misera.net

>> > Subject: [kj] Pitchfork's 500 Most Important Songs since 1977

>> >

>> > ....and not *one* Killing Joke song! :)

>> >

>> > The full list is here:

>> >

>> > http://fromclosertonear.blogspot.com/2008/11/pitchfork-500-our-guide-to-greatest.html

>> >

>> >

>> > Here's some excerpts:

>> >

>> > Bad Brains – Pay to Cum

>> > Minor Threat – Minor Threat

>> > Dead Kennedys – Holiday in Cambodia

>> > Black Flag – Rise Above

>> > Wipers – Youth of America

>> > Flipper – Sex Bomb

>> > Motorhead – Ace of Spades

>> > New Order – Temptation

>> > The Jam – Town Called Malice

>> > David Bowie – Heroes

>> > Iggy Pop – The Passenger

>> > Lou Reed – Street Hassle

>> > Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express

>> > Brian Eno – 1/1

>> > The Ramones – Rockaway Beach

>> > Talking Heads – Psycho Killer

>> > Television – Marquee Moon

>> > Patti Smith – Rock n Roll Nigger

>> > The Sex Pistols – God Save the Queen

>> > The Clash – (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais

>> > Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen in Love?

>> > Vic Godard and the Subway Sect – Parallel Lines

>> > X-Ray Spex – Oh Bondage! Up Yours!

>> > The Adverts – One Chord Wonders

>> > Wire – Ex-Lion Tamer

>> > Public Image Ltd. – Public Image

>> > Gang of Four – Damaged Goods

>> > Magazine – Shot by Both Sides

>> > The Cramps – Human Fly

>> > The Misfits – Night of the Living Dead

>> > Wire – Outdoor Miner

>> > Joy Division – Disorder

>> >

>> >

>> > -Oliver

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