Posted by Trung
on 3/21/2012, 7:56 am, in reply to "So far so good"
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5 stars - Kate Bush
4 stars - Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and Joy Division
The rest seems about right. I just think Kate Bush she represents the melodic, poppy and yet at the same time complex and atmospheric music that seems to resonate with John. When it comes to artist that induce imagery, she seems to be the best out of the artist in the itinery. In any case, what kind of person with an art rock bias doesn't have a 5 star art rock artist (even if the Beatles and The who dabbled with art rock).
Paul McCartney as John does seems to be rather neutral in the whole Lennon/McCartney and the "favourite Beatles" debate and therefore match rating with John Lennon.
Joy Division as it is the group that represent post-punk and John mention he would love to cover a lot of post punk artist when the itinery is finish. I admit I'm just running with a single post in George's site but I think there's a certain ethereal and atmospheric nature to their music that may well appeal with John. Sparks could be a alternative due to their diversity but I don't think they have the emotional resonance to get the 4 star rating.
Although I have to say that I simply don't get Stevie wonder (Apparently I'm a ####ing white supremecist idiot) and just predicted the four star artist to match the ratings with George. He may have moved away from the George's clone label but there's still significant overlap of taste between the two.
--Previous Message--
: I know we've had some disagreements over Tom
: Waits, but on the up-side, I predicted them!
: In fact, I correctly predicted that both
: Television and Tom Waits would be 3-star
: artists, after John's latest cryptical
: outing.
: Regarding which, here's the updated
: situation:
:
: Among the bands currently on the itinerary
: these ratings will be distributed:
:
: 1-star: 7
: 2-star: 4
: 3-star: 15
: 4-star: 3
: 5-star: 1
:
: And here's my new guesses.
:
: 1-star - The Nice, Big Star, Neutral Milk
: Hotel, Pearl Jam, The Stone Roses, Jefferson
: Airplane, The Buggles
:
: 2-star - Love, Tom Petty, Peter Hammill, Van
: Halen
:
: 3-star - ABBA, Renaissance, Joy Division,
: Nirvana, George Harrison, Sly & The
: Family Stone, XTC, Steve Hackett, Pixies,
: Steely Dan, The Beach Boys, U2, Simon &
: Garfunkel, Ween, Kate Bush
:
: 4-star - Elvis Costello, Sparks, Paul
: McCartney
:
: 5-star - Stevie Wonder
:
: It's mostly the same, except for taking into
: greater consideration John's love for
: sprawling messy double albums, which
: accounts for putting Stevie Wonder as the
: 5-star (even if I still feel uneasy about,
: but hey, someone's gotta be up there), as
: well as moving up George Harrison and Elvis
: Costello a category each (and downgrading
: Van Halen and Kate Bush, the first because I
: don't know why I thought John would give
: them 3 stars in the first place, and the
: second because I love her and John's a jerk,
: ergo).
:
: I feel fairly confident about the 1 and 2
: star artists (perhaps wrongly) but the 3/4
: star ones are a real bother.
: At least I'm just about 99% sure Big Star
: will only be a 1-star, which we'll find
: about soon enough.
:
: A few notes to keep in mind, because if I
: don't mention them someone else always does:
:
: 1. Yes, John posted his Top 100 (or
: whatever) at some point, but it's
: drastically outdated.
:
: 2. Yes, Brian Wilson's Smile appeared on
: high (quite high, 40 or something I
: believe), and yes, John has stated he
: prefers it over the recently released The
: Smile Sessions .
:
: 3. No, the rating of a Brian Wilson solo
: album will not count towards the overall
: rating of The Beach Boys (which should mean
: it can't possibly be an F or E).
:
: 4. Keep in mind, getting a single F-rated
: album is not in and of itself enough for 5
: stars, you need a second album with an
: E-rating (actually it's even more
: complicated than that, and John promised to
: post the function he uses at one point, but
: never did).
:
:
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