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From: cv@linus.UUCP (Chris J. Valas)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Finally: The top n album list
Message-ID: <583@linus.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 16:33:08 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  4 16:33:08 1985
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Reply-To: cv@linus.UUCP (Chris J. Valas)
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In article <792@masscomp.UUCP> lip@masscomp.UUCP (John Lipinski) writes:
>In article <5602@fortune.UUCP> strock@fortune.UUCP (Gregory Strockbine) writes:
>>>	>>>	The USENET top 78 album list <<<
>>>
>>>
>>>1)  Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon - 190.5
>>>2)  Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - 174
>>>3)  Pink Floyd - The Wall - 149
>>>4)  Who - Who's Next - 140
>>>5)  Beatles - Abbey Road - 132
>>>6)  Bush, Kate - The Dreaming - 108.5
>>>7)  Led Zeppelin - ZoSo (Zeppelin IV) - 107.5
>>>8)  Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album) -  116.5
>>>9)  Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 98
>>>10) Springsteen, Bruce - Born to Run - 88.5
>>>
>>	Thanks for the list of oldies (basically) top records, now how
>>about today's music. Gee, it looks as if a 70's revival is upon us.
>
>The survey  included old (60's)  and recent popular music.   If voters
>thought  that more  recent  music  was better,  they  would have  made
>different choices.   I think the  outcome of this  survey demonstrates
>the *general* degeneration of popular music after the early 70's.
>
>		- John Lipinski

No, what it demonstrates is the *general* ossification of the critical
faculties of 95% of the non-deaf public.

		- Chris Valas
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