Damn Blender

spank_thru101 · 10-14-2005, 03:44 PM

Check out this months Blender, they list their picks for the 250 best songs ever. The Pumpkins got picked for 1979 and it was listed as as song number 244 (or something close in the last 15 or 20). Blender clearly is messed up somehow, they picked Michael Jacksons Bille Jean as number 1 and somehow the Beastie Boys have like 4 or 5 songs on the list (they have written some good stuff, but not enough to get that many listed). Hell Courtney Love even got two songs placed ahead of of SP (Violet, Malibu) and on top of that Briteny Spears's Baby one more time made the top 25 (I believe, I think it was 15 or something).The people at Blender clearly has spent the last 15 years reading Rolling Stone and watching Carson Daily while smoking crack hoping that they could put out a decent album...its a shame cause all that cash that they must have spent on cable and drugs and subscriptions they could have used to buy a few decent albums, gotten a FM radio and gone to journalism school.

teh b0lly!!1 · 10-14-2005, 04:15 PM

get the fuck over yourselves already, those lists dont mean jack fucking shit

spank_thru101 · 10-14-2005, 04:18 PM

But I still have the right to complain about them.

teh b0lly!!1 · 10-14-2005, 04:20 PM

you also have the right to get the fuck off my board
kthx.

Lorenzo · 10-14-2005, 05:02 PM

1979 was more like 495 out of 500.

Dead · 10-14-2005, 05:04 PM

That's fucked up, Wanna Be Startin' Something' is obviously far better than Billie Jean!!

schaadow · 10-14-2005, 05:06 PM

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Originally posted by spank_thru101
Hell Courtney Love even got two songs placed ahead of of SP (Violet, Malibu)

didn't Billy help write Malibu?

mourninglight · 10-14-2005, 05:41 PM

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Originally posted by schaadow

didn't Billy help write Malibu?

hahaha

thats just more proof of what a joke blender is.

like, OMG Courtney Love is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much more talented than B0lly.

vbshlofbvgos · 10-14-2005, 06:06 PM

Every magazine that puts out a list like that seems to get something, if not mostly everything, terribly wrong.
But everyone would have a different list if they made one up.

Fathoms (unadored) · 10-14-2005, 06:07 PM

As far as pop songs go, Billie Jean is pretty dope!

vbshlofbvgos · 10-14-2005, 06:08 PM

Also, if they think that 1979 is the pumpkins best song, what does that say about the credibility of this list?

Cool As Ice Cream · 10-15-2005, 05:33 AM

omg i'm really mad about this and i wanna compelain!!! can i comeplane here? kthx.

D. · 10-15-2005, 05:48 AM

http://forums.netphoria.org/showthre...hlight=blender

ContraryMary · 10:57 PM

I don't know. they gave Billy credit for Malibu as well as Courts (Billy helped write the song, Courtney was brilliant in the performance - they used the word 'unhinged")

They had some great songs chosen like Bob Dylans' Not Dark yet adn the magnetic fields. then they of course picked some crappy songs like "Larger than Life" (is that the Backstreet Boys?) and Bye Bye Bye (is that NSync I think?)

Baby One More Time and Since You've Been gone both have their charm though. I can handle them being on the list.

They picked Princes' "When You Were Mine" - and I totally love Cyndi Lauper's version of that song. She doesn't change the gender so she sings "I know that you're going with another guy" - it gives a new meaning to the song. So brilliant a cover I think. But it was Prince's version and not Cyndi's that made the list. They also picked Sinead's cover of Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U and Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt so it's not like they only neglected the cover versions. they did put Cyndi's Time after Time on the list though.

I don't know I never expect Blender to be very deep and so I look at it for what it is, and they had some surprisingly good picks, actually.

It is annoying that the same people make these lists (Nirvana, whatever, Britney Spears) when they are all ready so hyped. But it's not meant to be deep.

mourninglight · 10-16-2005, 11:12 PM

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Originally posted by ContraryMary
Courtney was brilliant in the performance

brilliant? they have got to be kidding.

i'm not a big Hole/Courtney Love fan but jesus, she has done better than Malibu (if they are speaking strictly about performance of one of their songs).

damnit,i had promised myself i would ignore these magazine list-o-crap threads... OOPS

10-14-2005, 03:44 PM	#1
spank_thru101 Ownz Location: In a van down by the river Posts: 523	Damn Blender Check out this months Blender, they list their picks for the 250 best songs ever. The Pumpkins got picked for 1979 and it was listed as as song number 244 (or something close in the last 15 or 20). Blender clearly is messed up somehow, they picked Michael Jacksons Bille Jean as number 1 and somehow the Beastie Boys have like 4 or 5 songs on the list (they have written some good stuff, but not enough to get that many listed). Hell Courtney Love even got two songs placed ahead of of SP (Violet, Malibu) and on top of that Briteny Spears's Baby one more time made the top 25 (I believe, I think it was 15 or something).The people at Blender clearly has spent the last 15 years reading Rolling Stone and watching Carson Daily while smoking crack hoping that they could put out a decent album...its a shame cause all that cash that they must have spent on cable and drugs and subscriptions they could have used to buy a few decent albums, gotten a FM radio and gone to journalism school.

10-16-2005, 10:53 PM	#14
ContraryMary Pledge Posts: 70	I don't know. they gave Billy credit for Malibu as well as Courts (Billy helped write the song, Courtney was brilliant in the performance - they used the word 'unhinged") They had some great songs chosen like Bob Dylans' Not Dark yet adn the magnetic fields. then they of course picked some crappy songs like "Larger than Life" (is that the Backstreet Boys?) and Bye Bye Bye (is that NSync I think?) Baby One More Time and Since You've Been gone both have their charm though. I can handle them being on the list. They picked Princes' "When You Were Mine" - and I totally love Cyndi Lauper's version of that song. She doesn't change the gender so she sings "I know that you're going with another guy" - it gives a new meaning to the song. So brilliant a cover I think. But it was Prince's version and not Cyndi's that made the list. They also picked Sinead's cover of Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U and Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt so it's not like they only neglected the cover versions. they did put Cyndi's Time after Time on the list though. I don't know I never expect Blender to be very deep and so I look at it for what it is, and they had some surprisingly good picks, actually. It is annoying that the same people make these lists (Nirvana, whatever, Britney Spears) when they are all ready so hyped. But it's not meant to be deep. Last edited by ContraryMary : 10-16-2005 at 10:57 PM.

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10-14-2005, 04:15 PM	#2
teh b0lly!!1 Minion of Satan Location: Your soul Posts: 6,803	get the fuck over yourselves already, those lists dont mean jack fucking shit

10-14-2005, 04:18 PM	#3
spank_thru101 Ownz Location: In a van down by the river Posts: 523	But I still have the right to complain about them.

10-14-2005, 04:20 PM	#4
teh b0lly!!1 Minion of Satan Location: Your soul Posts: 6,803	you also have the right to get the fuck off my board kthx.

10-14-2005, 05:02 PM	#5
Lorenzo Demi-God Posts: 412	1979 was more like 495 out of 500.

10-14-2005, 05:04 PM	#6
Dead Deaddy is your daddy! Location: Veronica Mars played with my Wii. Posts: 39,206	That's fucked up, Wanna Be Startin' Something' is obviously far better than Billie Jean!!

10-14-2005, 06:06 PM	#9
vbshlofbvgos Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 1,586	Every magazine that puts out a list like that seems to get something, if not mostly everything, terribly wrong. But everyone would have a different list if they made one up.

10-14-2005, 06:07 PM	#10
Fathoms (unadored) Apocalyptic Poster Location: Iceland Posts: 4,664	As far as pop songs go, Billie Jean is pretty dope!

10-14-2005, 06:08 PM	#11
vbshlofbvgos Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 1,586	Also, if they think that 1979 is the pumpkins best song, what does that say about the credibility of this list?

10-15-2005, 05:33 AM	#12
Cool As Ice Cream Immortal Location: František! How's the foot of your turtle? Posts: 20,381	omg i'm really mad about this and i wanna compelain!!! can i comeplane here? kthx.

10-15-2005, 05:48 AM	#13
D. I had sex with your wife. Location: Missouri Posts: 31,143	http://forums.netphoria.org/showthre...hlight=blender