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

[Jim Harper]

They have many (not all, obviously!) of the right bands, but their song choices are a little oblique. 'Third Uncle' a damn good song, but I don't think it's the most important or even the best tune Bauhaus ever penned. Likewise with Television ('Venus' is and always will be [IMHO, of course] the best song from that band). Odd.

--- On Sun, 9/11/08, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

From: Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [kj] Pitchfork's 500 Most Important Songs since 1977
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <gathering at misera.net>
Date: Sunday, 9 November, 2008, 1:20 PM





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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