On 22 September Rolling Stone published an updated list of its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, which was first published in 2003 and updated in 2012. It’s an odd mishmash of albums from popular genres (don’t look for any classical music) released from the 1950s to last year. The most notable takeaway for me was Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band falling from the number 1 spot in the past two versions of the list to number 24. I think the new number 1 is a worthy successor. There are some weird juxtapositions (number 239: Boogie Down Productions, ‘Criminal Minded’; number 238: Kraftwerk, ‘Trans Europe Express’; number 237: Willie Nelson, ‘Red Headed Stranger’) and some head-scratchers. Some great artists didn’t make the list. One individual made the list around 6 times (I didn’t bother to take an exact count, so great was my shock) when, in my opinion, they should be placed in a mental institution with the only recording equipment nearby being the security camera monitoring their isolation cell for their inevitable suicide attempts.
But that’s just my opinion.
Lists like these are semi-interesting diversions that make for barroom or online debates, and nothing more.
One final note: I didn’t learn of this until today. I guess other things are making headlines.
Stay healthy and safe.
Song of the Day
The entire Song of the Day playlist is available on YouTube.