Stevie Nicks - Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers

[MissLadyLoki]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Tastemaker- that definitely sums up Jann Wenner in a nutshell. I used to be a fervant RS reader back in the 80s-90s, and I always knew that, no matter what, I always had to take RS's album reviews with a huge block of salt. And in many cases, I could use RS as a barometer for what NOT to buy. There is a definite Rolling Stone Magazine Sound that makes Jann and all of his sycophantic writers/editors collectively climax. In my opinion, the epitome of this sound is...

"Angel of Harlem" - U2

Guitar-driven retro white boy soul with undercurrents of gospel and punctuated by a horn section. This is the same kind of **** that made them go all gaga over Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Richard Thompson, Elvis, Van Morrison and the Rolling Stones. It's an automatic guarantee for getting a 5-star rave review in Rolling Stone- no matter how mediocre the material! Unfortunately for Led Zeppelin, Journey, Foreigner, Fleetwood Mac, Boston, etc., their refusal to submit to the RS sound has resulted in lukewarm to mediocre reviews.

With the exception of Journey, the funny part is they are all fantastic bands, but I noticed that music snobs tend to have the RS mentality of worshipping only the "best of the best".