Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site scgvaxd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!qantel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!scgvaxd!jimmy From: jimmy@scgvaxd.UUCP (jJim Raisanen) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Finally: The top n album list Message-ID: <425@scgvaxd.UUCP> Date: Fri, 11-Oct-85 18:57:41 EDT Article-I.D.: scgvaxd.425 Posted: Fri Oct 11 18:57:41 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 15-Oct-85 11:33:41 EDT References: <1143@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> <5602@fortune.UUCP> <792@masscomp.UUCP> <583@linus.UUCP> Reply-To: jimmy@scgvaxd.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) Organization: Hughes Aircraft Co., El Segundo, CA Lines: 38 Summary: In article <583@linus.UUCP> cv@linus.UUCP (Chris J. Valas) writes: >-=- > >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 >-=- What does this last statement mean???????????? - Jim Raisanen