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by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Thu Nov 12th, 2009 at 01:52:53 PM EST
Now what I'd really love to see is some downloader suing the RIAA over this.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Nov 12th, 2009 at 02:00:54 PM EST
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From the comments at Gawker:

So do the Alberta oil sands explain the annoying persistence of Rush?


Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Nov 12th, 2009 at 02:04:39 PM EST
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Use of the rock-n-roll sample is bad because it assumes all songs in the RS top 500 are rock songs and that they are American, take the first 10 songs:


  1. Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan

  2. Satisfaction, The Rolling Stones

  3. Imagine, John Lennon

  4. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye

  5. Respect, Aretha Franklin

  6. Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys

  7. Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry

  8. Hey Jude, The Beatles

  9. Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana

  10. What'd I Say, Ray Charles

30% British.

The list is peppered with European and Australian rock bands such as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, The Clash, U2, Sinead O'Connor, ABBA, Elton John, The Bee Gees, and so on...

Add to that non-rock songs such as:


  • Ring of Fire, Johnny Cash

  • Your Cheatin' Heart, Hank Williams

  • Jolene, Dolly Parton

Plus this RS list overlooks any song that comes out before the dawn of rock-n-roll, so the best popular songs of the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, and so forth are overlooked.

by Magnifico on Thu Nov 12th, 2009 at 02:15:34 PM EST
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