Rolling Stone updated their list of Top-5 albums of all time

JohnnyTheFox · Sep 25, 2020

lukin2006 said:
Lost any and all use for the RRHOF for making Rush wait so long. Alex Lifeson gave the greatest induction speech EVER...it was a thing of beauty...

Neil Peart was asked his thoughts on not being inducted and simply stated "big deal, we play to sold-out shows worldwide "...that's all the vaildation he needed.

And back in the day Rolling Stone wasn't very fond of Rush.

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JohnnyTheFox · Sep 25, 2020

Runwildboys said:
Canadians and their Rush love.............Pfft.

Rush is one of the very few bands that could still sell out Arena's no matter their location. They were a niche band in the 70s but they became the hugest niche band ever.

Runwildboys · Sep 25, 2020

JohnnyTheFox said:
Rush is one of the very few bands that could still sell out Arena's no matter their location. They were a niche band in the 70s but they became the hugest niche band ever.

I can't stand them....well, Geddy Lee actually. I hate his voice, like nails on a chalkboard.

JohnnyTheFox · Sep 25, 2020

Runwildboys said:
I can't stand them....well, Geddy Lee actually. I hate his voice, like nails on a chalkboard.

That's usually the number 1 complaint when someone tells me they hate Rush, his voice.

Boom · Sep 26, 2020

Runwildboys said:
I can't stand them....well, Geddy Lee actually. I hate his voice, like nails on a chalkboard.

They have some great songs, but if you've heard one, you've heard them all.

Vtwin · Sep 26, 2020

RnR HOF is a joke. When they come knocking on my door to induct me I'm telling them to go pound sand....

CouchCoach · Sep 26, 2020

Runwildboys said:
I can't stand them....well, Geddy Lee actually. I hate his voice, like nails on a chalkboard.

Same way some feel about Corgan and Smashing Pumpkins.

The voice that irritates me the most is the Vedder voice ripoff that became the sound of Grunge.

CouchCoach · Sep 26, 2020

Boom said:
They have some great songs, but if you've heard one, you've heard them all.

That's my complaint with a lot of artists. Unless they strike a chord with me like Dire Straits, Yes and Tom Petty, then I don't want them to deviate from that sound. Yes did that with Tormato.

A lot of these artists get undue criticism for new projects because half their fans want more of the same and half want something new.

That's why I like a band like Airborne Toxic Event that will change with every new project or an artist like Sturgill Simpson that defies description.

DoctorChicken · Sep 26, 2020

All great albums but none of them are top 5 worthy to me. Granted, making a list like that is very difficult.

Runwildboys · Sep 26, 2020

CouchCoach said:
Same way some feel about Corgan and Smashing Pumpkins.

The voice that irritates me the most is the Vedder voice ripoff that became the sound of Grunge.

I'm not a fan of Corgan either.

I assume, when you talk about "Vedder voice ripoff", you mean everyone but Vedder himself?

Runwildboys · Sep 26, 2020

CouchCoach said:
That's my complaint with a lot of artists. Unless they strike a chord with me like Dire Straits, Yes and Tom Petty, then I don't want them to deviate from that sound. Yes did that with Tormato.

A lot of these artists get undue criticism for new projects because half their fans want more of the same and half want something new.

That's why I like a band like Airborne Toxic Event that will change with every new project or an artist like Sturgill Simpson that defies description.

It's something Hall and Oates should get a lot of credit for. No 2 songs of theirs sound even remotely alike. The Eagles are pretty good that way as well, mostly because they have so many different vocalists.

CouchCoach · Sep 26, 2020

Runwildboys said:
I'm not a fan of Corgan either.

I assume, when you talk about "Vedder voice ripoff", you mean everyone but Vedder himself?

Yes, him, I like as that's his sig but when the guy from Creed starts ripping on that, time for Eddie to go Tiny Tim.

CouchCoach · Sep 26, 2020

Runwildboys said:
It's something Hall and Oates should get a lot of credit for. No 2 songs of theirs sound even remotely alike. The Eagles are pretty good that way as well, mostly because they have so many different vocalists.

The Temptations wanted to make a break from "their sound" and Papa Was a Rolling Stone, Cloud Nine and Ball of Confusion resulted after they listened to producer Norman Whitfield. Whitfield credits Sly and the Family Stone with the change in soul music and the emergence of funk and picked them to make that move. The Temptations have changed vocalists throughout their career and that breathed new life into the group and a new sound was created.

Runwildboys · Sep 26, 2020

CouchCoach said:
Yes, him, I like as that's his sig but when the guy from Creed starts ripping on that, time for Eddie to go Tiny Tim.

I agree 100%, especially when it comes to Scott Stapp. STP's vocalist sounds a lot like Vedder too, but I'm not sure who was first.

Every time a new, successful sound comes along, people copy it to death. Beach Boys, Beatles, Bowie.......other stuff that doesn't start with B. I'm sure it's not all intentional, but sometimes it's just blatantly trying to piggyback on someone else's success.

CouchCoach · Sep 26, 2020

Ask me tomorrow for my top 5 and it will differ from today but when I consider the 5 most influential albums, it's hard not to consider the effect of Pet Sounds, Sgt Pepper and Saturday Night Fever and what they inspired and what followed. I would have to include the founders of Funk, James Brown, Clinton and Sly and Reggae, Marley and Tosh.

And how can the top 5 be complete without Paranoia by the band that not only started that genre but named it as well?

Sometimes, I like to just sit on the patio and listen to Sgt. Pepper, Saturday Night Fever or Paranoia and think about the others that were listening to that for the first time, the composers and musicians, and the door within their creative minds that opened. Some might scoff at Fever and Disco but that gave us Electronica, one of my preferred genres.

I like to play the desert island game but even then picking 5 would be a challenge, the only thing I know is they'd be double albums.

DoctorChicken · Sep 26, 2020

CouchCoach said:
Ask me tomorrow for my top 5 and it will differ from today but when I consider the 5 most influential albums, it's hard not to consider the effect of Pet Sounds, Sgt Pepper and Saturday Night Fever and what they inspired and what followed. I would have to include the founders of Funk, James Brown, Clinton and Sly and Reggae, Marley and Tosh.

And how can the top 5 be complete without Paranoia by the band that not only started that genre but named it as well?

Sometimes, I like to just sit on the patio and listen to Sgt. Pepper, Saturday Night Fever or Paranoia and think about the others that were listening to that for the first time, the composers and musicians, and the door within their creative minds that opened. Some might scoff at Fever and Disco but that gave us Electronica, one of my preferred genres.

I like to play the desert island game but even then picking 5 would be a challenge, the only thing I know is they'd be double albums.

I was absolutely thinking that if any Beatles album is in my top five, it’s Sgt Peppers

Funny enough, it was #1 all time on Rolling Stones 2012 list of the 500 best ever albums. I don’t know why they would demote it.

Runwildboys · Sep 26, 2020

DoctorChicken said:
I was absolutely thinking that if any Beatles album is in my top five, it’s Sgt Peppers

Funny enough, it was #1 all time on Rolling Stones 2012 list of the 500 best ever albums. I don’t know why they would demote it.

I'd have to guess the people who made the decisions back then are no longer in charge?

JohnnyTheFox · Sep 26, 2020

Boom said:
They have some great songs, but if you've heard one, you've heard them all.

You cant be serious?
Lemme guess, the only Rush songs you have heard are Tom Sawyer, Limelight and Working Man?

Whyjerry · Sep 26, 2020

1. Lateralus
2. Aenima
3. 10,000 Days
4. Fear Inoculum
5. Tie Darkside of the Moon and Physical Graffiti

Boom · Sep 27, 2020

JohnnyTheFox said:
You cant be serious?
Lemme guess, the only Rush songs you have heard are Tom Sawyer, Limelight and Working Man?

Limelight? Working Man?

Rolling Stone updated their list of Top-5 albums of all time

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