Re: The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time : Rolling Stone

[FRANK SMITH <captcrunge@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just for the record: RS is the same magazine that,at the very least, ignored
Zep until 1975 while bending over backwards to laud the same old tired bands
and artists.

It's equivalent  to a magazine about basketball ignoring Michael Jordan for
6+ yrs.

The final straw was seeing  Britney Spears on the cover. And how many
fucking times can  Springsteen be on the cover? Does he have naked pics of
Wenner and a tranny trysting in Bankok?

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Richard Alfonso <swansong3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I respect Joe's passion on the subject but I think one should ask
> themselves when they look at this list:  what criteria is being used?  This
> is Rolling Stone we're talking about who hasn't been relevant for decades.
>  For the 10 or so years I subscribed to it they NEVER gave a major label
> artist a poor review on their latest album even when there were at least 2
> dozen I can think of that were absolute garbage.  Frankly the only music
> magazines I trust nowadays are MOJO & Record Collector.
>
> Ry Cooder's ranking is being too cute by half, but he is a hell of a
> player. Problem is he never sold enough records for most of us out there to
> realize it.  Without Robert Johnson, BB King (and also Albert & Freddie) &
> Chuck Berry and several others not mentioned inspiring Page, Jeff Beck
> (where was he in this list?), Clapton, Duane Allman, Jimi Hendrix, SRV and
> everyone else who's ever picked up an axe where would music be now?  Are you
> judging pure technique?  Are you judging songwriting?  Are you judging
> influence? Folks getting worked up over these type of polls ain't worth it.
>  I wouldn't use Rolling Stone to line a birdcage.  Do you think Jimmy is
> losing one millionth of a millisecond of sleep over this?  His greatness,
> influence and legacy are engraved in stone for all time.   I think Jan
> Wenner intentionally does a yearly diss of Zep just to get hardcore fans'
> collective knickers in a twist.  I recommend everyone take a deep breath,
> grab several adult beverages of their choice and listen to a Europe '73 show
> this evening.  It's a much more productive use of time and fun for the whole
> family...lol.
>
> Back to Lurkdom
>
> Richard
>