The Last Thirty-Five Years in Summary

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So Says Wikipedia

Things like this always interest me. What's missing? What's inappropriately emphasized? What's downright incorrect?

For instance, Talking Heads are mentioned like five times, in different years. They are credited for having infented Techno-Funk (???) and Little Creatures is credited as a blueprint-setter for alternative rock. There is a bizarre focus on industrial music, and Marilyn Manson is cited as being the commercial high point for the genre. Zeppelin and Sabbath are not mentioned once, but Blue Oyster Cult get brought up a couple times. Beck's Odelay is cited as being released in '95 and being metal-influenced.

The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 16 June 2005 16:52 (twenty years ago)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/hukl/bizarro.jpg

Huk-L, Thursday, 16 June 2005 16:54 (twenty years ago)

Kraftwerk?

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 16 June 2005 16:55 (twenty years ago)

shit, "voodoobilly," the importance of Ry Cooder, the fact that Chic's "Risque" hit in '77, two years before it came out...they're on it!!

edd s hurt (ddduncan), Thursday, 16 June 2005 18:01 (twenty years ago)

Damn, and up until now the prefix "Wiki" has always been synonymous with accuracy. No more, I guess.

Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 16 June 2005 18:39 (twenty years ago)

So what do they say about the LA scene?

Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 16 June 2005 18:41 (twenty years ago)

1993 = Beck?

MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 16 June 2005 18:45 (twenty years ago)

Damn, and up until now the prefix "Wiki" has always been synonymous with accuracy. No more, I guess.

lol

nothingleft (nothingleft), Thursday, 16 June 2005 19:22 (twenty years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_events

This is interesting too; one event per year, worldwide.

whenuweremine (whenuweremine), Thursday, 16 June 2005 20:10 (twenty years ago)


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