Brian,

I don’t see my post, it was waiting moderation , did it count or was it deleted?

Tks

After I count them, I delete them.

But not before I make copies for future reference!

I don’t see my post, it was waiting moderation , did it count or was it deleted?

Tks

1. Led Zeppelin – IV
2. The Who – Who’s Next
3. Nirvana – Nevermind
4. The Clash – London Calling
5. The Pixies – Doolittle
6. Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf
7. Alice Cooper – Killer
8. Nirvana – In Utero
9. The Beatles – The White Album
10. The Who – Live at Leeds

I’m remiss for not managing to fit in Appetite for Destruction, Ten or Led Zeppelin I, but whatever. The first three are virtually interchangeable, by the way.

Maybe after the countdown is over, but not now.

At the same time, this has got me thinking about all the great comic stories I’ve read over the years.

1. bruce springsteen – born to run
2. the who – live at leeds
3. the rolling stones – exile on main st.
4. the clash – london calling
5. the beatles – rubber soul
6. pearl jam – ten
7. bruce springsteen – darkness on the edge of town
8. the white stripes – elephant
9. the beatles – abbey road
10. talking heads – remain in light

honorable mentions – wilco yankee hotel foxtrot, oasis definitely maybe, stones beggars banquet, who’s next, u2 achtung baby, g n r appetite for destruction, radiohead the bends and ok computer, strokes this is it, prince purple rain, bowie station to station and low, television marquee moon, petty damn the torpedoes, beatles let it be

ummm… surely there’s such a thing as overrated in any field where people, you know, rate things?

Beatles- Abbey Road
Nirvana- Nevermind
Pink Floyd- Echoes
Michael Jackson- Off the Wall
Stevie Wonder- Songs in the Key of Life
Led Zeppelin- IV
Radiohead- The Bends
Chuck Berry- The Great 28
The Who- Who’s Next
Bob Dylan- Blonde on Blonde

When do we do best Super Hero Movies or TV shows?

Top TEN!!! TEN! 10! Count ‘em!!

>2. Vote for your ten favorite comic book storylines. Vote for TEN – less than ten storylines and I don’t count >your ballot.

Why even bother when they’re not going to be considered?

geoff johns ruined GL w/ blackest night, fanboys. get over it. Unless you like campy, well then fuck off anyways

i can’t believe nobody’s stood up for Michael Jackson after you wrote this:

“Overrated, to me, would apply to stuff that was hyped in its time but really wasn’t that or great or at least hasn’t endured in the same way that a Sgt. Pepper or a Dark Side of the Moon has… Anything from Nirvana or Michael Jackson would apply (in both cases, death has given that music far more credit than it deserves). Or most of Bruce Springsteen’s work over the past 20 years.”

while i think Jackson was a complete loon, “Thriller” has certainly stood the test of time as deserving the reviews it received when released. among other things, it proved the effectiveness of the music video as a sales tool and way for the artist to expand upon their work, certainly affecting how music is created and sold today.

it probably deserves a lot of credit for opening the doors to the mainstream for a new generation of African-American musicians, too. while plenty of white folks listened to performers on the Motown label in the 60′s and 70′s, the success of “Thriller” helped open the eyes of record executives to the profit potential of sharing African-American artists with a broader audience. without “Thriller,” would Public Enemy, Will Smith or N.W.A. managed the same success?

structurally, it may not be as powerful as a “Sgt. Pepper’s” (or even Jackson’s own “Bad”), but i don’t think you can say it has failed to endure – it sold at least 65 million copies worldwide before Jackson died. that’s a lot of influence.

one thing i like to point out to people who dismiss Jackson’s music is this; it’s pop. it wasn’t meant to be great, or enduring, or stand the test of time. it was meant to sell records – for a month, or a week, or a year. and it’s sold records pretty darned well for over a quarter-century. if that’s not greatness, i don’t know what is.

i’m with you on Nirvana, however; distorted mumbled whining about how much life sucks does not a musical legacy make. though they were proficient technically.

52-The Black Adam storyline.

The Flash–Blitz.

Batman: Year one.

Watchmen.

All star superman.