Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!qantel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!ucla-cs!reeves From: reeves@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Finally: The top n album list Message-ID: <7006@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Sat, 5-Oct-85 19:56:52 EDT Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.7006 Posted: Sat Oct 5 19:56:52 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Oct-85 21:38:54 EDT References: <1143@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> <5602@fortune.UUCP> <792@masscomp.UUCP> Reply-To: reeves@ucla-cs.UUCP (John Reeves) Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 29 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) etc....... >>> >> 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, I think that It means that the voters stopped listening (and/or stopped hating their parents) somewhere around 1978. And that most of the degeneration has occured above your shoulders. The PMRC wants you, asswipe. John Reeves Computer Science Department UUCP: ...!{ihnp4,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!reeves A.I. Lab, 3531 Boelter Hall ARPA: reeves@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU