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Comments / Notes
Y'know that's a darn good list of albums, and I was expecting I don't know, Don Henley or Def Leppard or something. But any list with the Smiths, Mission of Burma, Adam Ant, and Public Enemy- well at least, they're trying.
Rowdy Yeats <[email protected]>
- Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 12:00:46 (PDT) | #1
Public Enemy!!! These people must be deaf...
Jack The Ripper
London - U.K. - Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 13:20:05 (PDT) | #2
oasis?! wtf?! how dare they! that's like saying britpop exploded (beatles), reigned and reached new heights (the smiths, of course) and simply degraded into crap (oasis)
how about another band? suede perhaps? gene's good...perhaps radiohead? any great band inspired by the smiths! just anything better than oasis...or verve for that matter.
state of emergency
- Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 15:22:33 (PDT) | #3
To be in the same list that Joy Division, Bauhaus, Echo & the Bunnymen and Nick Cave can be taken as a honour, but Run DMC and Public Enemy is really disgusting... What about Jesus & Mary Chain's Psychocandy? I love this album!
Charles Byron <[email protected]>
Buenos Aires - Argentina - Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 04:55:24 (PDT) | #4
well atleast the list isn't like 1st place through 20th...it's just 20 starting from 80 and ending in 89....so "17" just means that it is one of the albums that happened toward the end of that crazy decade.
Corey <[email protected]>
- Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 07:18:50 (PDT) | #5
that _is_ a pretty good list. i was pleasantly surprised to find dead kennedys on it. and i wouldn't say that being in the company of run dmc and public enemy is "disgusting." have you ever heard _it takes a nation of millions to hold us back_? it may not be your cup of tea, but it's a pretty prolific and influential album, and, at a time when the politics of punk rock seemed to be fading from view, much braver than a lot of the other stuff that came out of that decade.
Mimi <[email protected]>
Ormond Beach, FL, USA - Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 14:04:06 (PDT) | #6
It was a good list. I was happy to see that "Dolittle" by the Pixies made the list too, but "The Queen is Dead" should have been closer to the top and there should have been a place for "Viva Hate."
Joe <[email protected]>
- Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 14:20:10 (PDT) | #7
Mimi, I don't know (and don´t want to)if the album you mention is good or "vile in extreme" (more probably), but I'm sure that I could list 1.000 before even thinking about the possibility of listen to awful things like rap, hip-hop, dance music, etc. I mean, this kind of "music" says nothing to me about my life...
Charles Byron <[email protected]>
Buenos Aires - Argentina - Fri, Jul 30, 1999 at 11:41:41 (PDT) | #8
Well fair enough if that's your opinion and you aren't just copying Moz's old diatribe against dance music, but Public Enemy really are the best at rap, probably more political and punk(in attitude) than anything The Smiths ever did, of course I don't prefer them but I think they're great too.
That list was rather good though, I didn't know some of the more obscure hardcore albums which is always a good thing that they aren't just duplicating acknowledged classics, Adam and the ants was a bit weird though ;) and they chose less obvious, less celebrated albums of artists as best - eg Evol instead of Sister, Doolittle instead of Surfer Rosa, I prefer Doolittle anyway. The Queen Is Dead is not just album of the 80s but all time, that Public Enemy album was one place higher than The Queen Is Dead(at #10) in the NME all time album poll, which I think is the most realistic, but what really gets my goat is they put The Stone Roses as top album of the 80s, sure it's good but it's witless compared to Moz, and far less original musically, The Smiths certainly were students of The Byrds jingle-jangle but nowhere near to the extent of The Roses who were blatant copyists, ripping off Marr as well, it's annoying that The Stone Roses are revered more than The Smiths, you can get their posters anywhere but can't get any for The Smiths, the Manchester musical lineage - Joy Division-Smiths-Stone Roses-Oasis is devolution rather than evoloution!
John <[email protected]>
Glasgow, Scotland - Sat, Jul 31, 1999 at 07:17:42 (PDT) | #9
No, I'm not copying Morrissey, I'm just quoting him... I do detest dance music (how can someone listen to the Bee Gees or Diana Ross when there were Joy Division and Bauhaus around?) before even know who The Smiths were.
Charles Byron <[email protected]>
Buenos Aires - Argentina - Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 13:48:33 (PDT) | #10
I agree 100 % with Mr. Byron, Rap is Vile!
Jack The Ripper
London - Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 14:27:55 (PDT) | #11
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