You really think Rolling Stone would put out a list like this with almost 100% cis white males on it?

*slaps you on the head like old Italian grandma*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2)#49837481)

it is Rolling Stone so of course it has to be a lot of boomer slop, and include Sly Stone for diversity... but there is no argument for FF.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2)#49837881)

oddly enough Sly Stone isn't even a Top 10 African American band from their era

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2)#49837922)

it gets boring talking about The Beatles and The Rolling Stones et al. but that doesn't detract from the reality that they are inarguably the best bands.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2)#49837886)

everyone is going to think this list is "bad" because bands they like are rated too low and vice versa.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2)#49838066)

i just don't think it's EGREGIOUSLY bad. which is why i was probing for specifics. it's a decent list for the purpose it was made for, which would never satisfy everyone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2)#49838158)

u2 at 3 way too high

GNR is a top ten by any estimate.

radiohead at 7 is silly

way too many gay bands ranked way too high (police, rem, smiths)

metalica at 25? thats just dumb.

public enemy? come on man

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2)#49838191)

deny

admit. radiohead is one of my all time favs but too niche to be this high.

deny. smiths are amazing. police are gay but super popular. rem is great but prob not in the top 50.

admit.

admit. if this list is to include hip hop then half the list should be hip hop. putting one token band in there is SPS.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2)#49838235)

in the 80s and 90s, 'Public Enemy' was the token 'rap group' that white music writers would always reference to round out these lists (having never even listened to them).

they were hardly relevant then, let alone now. no one under 50 has even heard of Public Enemy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2)#49838012)

also gonna bet bob dylan is on it and he is garbage

i remember SAD tp loved dylan

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2)#49838120)

Otherwise it would be HENDRIX JEFF BECK BOWIE PRINCE all day

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2)#49838137)

Fuck Mastodon has 2 better albums than anything Stones made

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2)#49838171)

i love beck but he's made A LOT of garbage.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2)#49838270)

This might actually be the laziest flame I have ever seen on XO.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2)#49839518)

Hissing Fauna is a millennial classic I got so much golden age fuckapp pussy to that album

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2)#49838301)

needs a 90s 'electronica' entry: Portishead

needs a shoegaze band: Ride

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2)#49838230)

somewhat surprising omission. 50% of their notoriety was entirely music press/critical hype.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2)#49838486)

All these lists are stupid to be honest. But with the state of rock and roll at the moment, it invokes feel-good nostalgia.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5859790&forum_id=2)#49839652)