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From: kirsch@sjuvax.UUCP (P. Kirsch)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Finally: The top n album list
Message-ID: <2308@sjuvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 8-Oct-85 13:12:04 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  8 13:12:04 1985
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Reply-To: kirsch@sjuvax.UUCP (P. Kirsch)
Organization: St. Joseph's University, Phila. PA.
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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


Or, instead it could demonstrate once again how the general trend is for people
to latch on to certain periods in music and not really want to hear anything 
else. I think it's unfortunate but, if radio is any monitor this seems to me a 
pretty good assumption.--Let's face it, when it comes to musical tastes, most
people are reluctant to change.

-- 


Another wunnerful letter from the semi-intelligent rotting brain of:

                              Paul Kirsch
                              St. Joseph's University
                              Philadelphia, Pa

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