Rolling Stone Magazine

OK...have you ever read Rolling Stone? By "read," I mean actually go through the articles and soak up the contents...not just your typical Barnes and Noble flip-through. They have some incredibly well-written articles, but sometimes they make some outrageous claims. This is completely aside from their political views, which I find mildly amusing as well as typically aggravating.

What I am really referring to is their way of rating music; I seek out a great deal of music that Rolling Stone holds in high regard. Why not? I am always down to experience something new. Monsters of Folk, the New Black Crowes album (Before the Frost...Until the Freeze), and others have been well received by my quditory processes. However, sometimes Rolling Stone makes claims that confuse me. I just got their issue dedicated to the top music of the last decade. In it, they praise U2, Bruce Springsteen, and Radiohead as the greatest artists of the decade. I am neutral on the first two...don't really listen to them, but I have always heard good things about Radiohead, so I decided to investigate.

Among the scads of music on my hard drive that I have yet to ingest, I have 3 Radiohead albums. I listened to them, as they are all from this decade, and they were all mentioned by Rolling Stone as being amazing and that they are emblematic of some sort of beautiful resurrection in music. Well, the First, titled Kid A, was interesting and viciously original, but never in all my years would I view that album to be as symbolic and important as Rolling Stone did. I listened to the next album, Amnesiac, and I really liked it. I can safely say I "get it," but, again, I would not call it the music of change. I'm not saying I know more about music than Rolling Stone, but it is just interesting to me.

This difference of opinion is what makes music so great though. There is a type for each person on the planet ,and for those that claim not to like music...how hard did you look to find something you liked? Maybe it didn't matter...hmm...sounds like you might have the inner workings of an Emo fan. Maybe you are too stubborn or independent to be labeled by music like that...hmm, sounds like The Ramones and the rest of the punk revolution are waiting for you. Maybe you are just lazy...well, I don't have something witty to write here for that one. There's a tune for every attitude, and there's a song for every spirit. ...at least that's this guy's opinion...

Jingles to Jam:
Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong
Jimi Hendrix - Villanova Junction