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Item 196: Spin Magazine: The Last 20 Years

Entered by krj on Thu Jun 23 16:53:44 2005:

Spin magazine put together a list of the best albums of the last
20 years, covering Spin's lifetime.

Their top picks:

1.  Radiohead, OK COMPUTER
2.  Public Enemy, IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS...
3.  Nirvana, NEVERMIND
4.  Pavement, SLANTED AND ENCHANTED
5.  The Smiths, THE QUEEN IS DEAD
6.  Pixies, SURFER ROSA
7.  De La Soul, 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING
8.  Prince, SIGN OF THE TIMES
9.  PJ Harvey, RID OF ME
10. N.W.A., STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2005/06/20/Arts/spinlist050620.html

My main reaction to that list is that I'm old.

I once owned OK COMPUTER, but I loaned it to a friend's younger 
kids and when the CD didn't come home, I didn't worry about it.

I have PJ Harvey's RID OF ME but it never made much of an impact on
me.  I have a different Pavement CD somewhere and I'm not sure 
I've ever played it; I did like a Stephen Malkmus CD I checked out
from the library.  

When Nirvana appeared on Saturday Night Live, that was the moment 
when I started to accept that I was getting too old for rock music.
9 responses total.
#1 of 9 by happyboy on Thu Jun 23 16:57:22 2005:

would some celtic flavored rogaine popsicles help?

#2 of 9 by mcnally on Thu Jun 23 17:35:25 2005:

 I can't say their list does much for me.  I only own four of the 
 records on it and with the exception of "Nevermind", which I had
 heard most of before I bought it, they were all purchased based
 on critical buzz that upon listening I decided they failed to live
 up to.

 The Radiohead phenomenon mystifies me, frankly.  I quite like
 "The Bends" but as far as I can tell the less enjoyable they make
 their music the more it sells and the more acclaim it receives.
 I've revisited "OK Computer" several times to try to see if I'm
 missing something, but except for a few brief moments when their
 self-consciousness levels fall below the critical threshhold I
 just can't listen to it.

 And I'm interested to see that the Stone Roses' eponymous debut
 album, normally a staple of such lists, has fallen off the radar
 at last.  Unlike much of the rest of the list, it was a smash
 critical success that I actually thought deserved the acclaim --
 smart, oh-so-slightly sinister, and filled with a truckload of
 killer hooks.

 I'm not sure if it's due to age, but I think I know the feeling
 Ken's describing that popular music is leaving me behind (or perhaps
 vice versa.)  I think of it as the "meh" factor..  I just haven't
 found the attraction of so many of the highly touted acts of the
 past few years, e.g.:

     The Strokes?   meh.
     The White Stripes?  meh.
     etc..

#3 of 9 by twenex on Thu Jun 23 17:53:18 2005:

Now, TWS I DO like.

Putting any Radiohead album above NEVERMIND is just plain sacrilege, though.

#4 of 9 by happyboy on Thu Jun 23 21:31:35 2005:

nevermind is rehash early 80's husker du and radiohead
is boring.

#5 of 9 by krj on Thu Jun 23 22:18:34 2005:

Would some bluegrass flavored rogaine popsicles help?

#6 of 9 by other on Fri Jun 24 05:56:04 2005:

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#7 of 9 by other on Fri Jun 24 05:57:03 2005:

I don't own any of those albums, and I don't possess any music at all by
most of those artists...

#8 of 9 by happyboy on Fri Jun 24 08:15:35 2005:

re5: you bet!  but leave out the rogaine, dude...i'm good.

#9 of 9 by micklpkl on Fri Jun 24 14:08:37 2005:

I was rather surprised and pleased to see one of my all-time faves, The
Smiths, on the list.

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