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Old 11-29-2007, 04:06 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I more so meant the higher ranked ones when I said the predictable comment, I know I didn't put that in my post, but I meant to. But yes, I'd say the entire top 10 is predictable and I'd almost expect Rolling Stone to make the same list, though they may have put U2 in place of Joni Mitchell.

But it is fairly dead on, though I think Patti Smith deserves to be a bit higher, Sufjan needs to be lower, and I would have put Elton John in the top 15.
Alright fair enough but as someone whos had his gag reflex tested over the years by RS lists of [whatever] I'd like to refute...

heres the top ten as it is:
10. Prince
9. Joni Mitchell
8. Elvis Costello
7. Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys)
6. Leonard Cohen
5. Paul McCartney (The Beatles, Wings)
4. Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan
3. Bruce Springsteen
2. Neil Young (Buffalo Sprinfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
1. Bob Dylan

And heres what RS would probably say:

10. Paul McCartney because he's a Beatle but by placing him at 10, they blow John more.
9. Costello because he's the nerdy mans punk
8. Brain Wilson because they have to blow pet sounds
7. [some other female I can't think of but still undeserving]
6. Neil Young
5. Marvin ***e
4. Mitchell
3. Plant
2. Jagger
1. Dylan
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