Well, as I disagree with the order for the most part, there are 5 particular things I want to say.
1. # 80, Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett is no longer living, and that makes him ineligible. He also hasn't written music for Pink Floyd since '68. I love Syd Barrett, but still.
2. James Brown also not living, therefore not eligible.
3. If you're going to include Michael Jackson, you should have him share his top spot with Quincy Jones. He's the genius producer who did most of the work on his music.
4. David Bowie should be top 10. I would put him top 3, but that's just me.
5. John McCrea of Cake should be somewhere on this list. The dude writes really good lyrics with solidly likeable music. He needs a little bit mre credit in the music biz than he gets, I think.
Aside from those discrepencies, and general disagreement with the order, I think this is a pretty solid list.
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