The Grammys. The "Billboard" charts. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. "Rolling Stone" magazine. National Public Radio. The Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. "Q" Magazine. "Spin." "New Musical Express." MTV. VH1. ASCAP. BBC. They've all put their stamp on "definitive" lists of the best songs of all time.
They all got it wrong.
Well, not completely wrong, but they all got it a little wrong. All those lists come from some bias or viewpoint that led to inclusions and exclusions that inevitably prompt head scratching.
However, Dave's Music Database has eliminated the...
The Grammys. The "Billboard" charts. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. "Rolling Stone" magazine. National Public Radio. The Library of Congress' Nationa...
Picture a mouse on the back of a falcon soaring over a castle. Imagine that mouse practicing jousting using a squirrel as his horse or storming through the corridors of Camelot with a cat and dozens of knights chasing him. Glimpse into Merlin's cottage as the mouse rummages through the wizard's spell books to learn a magic potion. If it weren't for that mouse King Arthur would never have pulled the sword from the stone.
"Otter and Arthur and the Sword in the Stone" follows the adventures of a mouse nicknamed Otter who befriends a boy named Arthur and helps him become literature's most...
Picture a mouse on the back of a falcon soaring over a castle. Imagine that mouse practicing jousting using a squirrel as his horse or storming throug...
Ah, the music list. Music journalists love to create them and fans love to shred them. However, by aggregating hundreds of best-of lists, Dave's Music Database has stripped away subjectivity in favor of cold, hard numbers. Commentaries about the albums consolidate the views of multiple experts instead of serving up single opinions. It all makes for one definitive, inarguable best-of-all-time list. Okay, maybe not - but here's hoping you'll find value in this list, even if that's in dissecting, disagreeing, debating, or debunking it. Rock on and read on. - Dave Whitaker,...
Ah, the music list. Music journalists love to create them and fans love to shred them. However, by aggregating hundreds of best-of lists, Dave's Music...
In this sequel to 'No One Needs 21 Versions of "Purple Haze,"' Dave Whitaker trots out another collection of music-themed essays, this time as originally featured in the PopMatters.com column "Aural Fixation." He takes on the Grammys, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Glee, terrestrial radio, Tom Cruise, and the state of the music industry, often voicing a contrary opinion to the all-too-common laments of the typical music critic. Whitaker asserts that rock and roll isn't dead, that pop music matters, and that best-of lists are a good thing. To help fuel Dave's aural fixation and maintain...
In this sequel to 'No One Needs 21 Versions of "Purple Haze,"' Dave Whitaker trots out another collection of music-themed essays, this time as origina...
