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| From | ~orb <SamSmith@colorado.edu> |
| Subject | Re: Salon's "Greatest Week In Rock History" |
| Date | Sat, 20 Dec 2003 15:09:52 -0700 |
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I don't know. I see a couple keepers in that worst week list. In any
event, I would be hard pressed to explain how that week is worse than
THIS week, or any other damned week in the last couple of years....
Dale_ThisIsPop wrote:
>Yesterday's Salon had a piece by Eric Boehlert that looks back on the
>Billboard album charts for December 10, 1969 - the week he calls the
>greatest week in the history of rock. You can read the whole article at the
>link below (if you're not a subscriber you have to look at an ad first,
>which took me less than 10 seconds):
>
>http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2003/12/19/rock/index.html
>
>The whole article is worth reading, but if you just want the chart, here it
>is:
>
>BEST WEEK (12/10/69)
>No. 1, "Abbey Road," the Beatles
>No. 2, "Led Zeppelin II," Led Zeppelin
>No. 3, "Tom Jones Live in Las Vegas," Tom Jones
>No. 4, "Green River," Creedence Clearwater Revival
>No. 5, "Let It Bleed," the Rolling Stones
>No. 6, "Santana," Santana
>No. 7, "Puzzle People," the Temptations
>No. 8, "Blood Sweat & Tears," Blood Sweat & Tears
>No. 9, "Crosby, Stills & Nash," Crosby, Stills & Nash
>No. 10, "Easy Rider" soundtrack (featuring the Byrds, the Jimi Hendrix
>Experience, and Steppenwolf)
>
>And you want something to compare that two, below is Boehlert's vote for the
>worst week in rock history.
>
>WORST WEEK (9/2/89)
>No. 1 "Repeat Offender," Richard Marx
>No. 2. "Hangin' Tough," NKOTB
>No. 3. "Batman" soundtrack
>No. 4. "Forever Your Girl," Paula Abdul
>No. 5. "Girl You Know It's True," Milli Vanilli
>No. 6. "Full Moon Fever," Tom Petty
>No. 7. "Skid Row" Skid Row.
>No. 8. "The Raw and the Cooked," Fine Young Cannibals
>No. 9. "Cuts Both Ways" Gloria Estefan
>No. 10. "End of Innocence," Don Henley
>
>Sleep Cheap
>Dale
>
>np: the stunningly great Persian Rugs album Turkish Delights (featuring 3/4s
>of the Hoodoo Gurus and 60's Aussie garage Kendall James)
>
>
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