Back in October of 2010, I made a list of my top 100 favourite recording artists, then in January 2014 I revised the order of the rankings.... And now, here I am back again revising the list ( Read more... )

Another for my Song Hall of Fame... "Anthem" by Leonard Cohen

From the great poet and philosopher. Long may he live.

There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.

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Bought some inexpensive 2nd-hand CD's today at a few charity shops and a local independent music store... helped the economy. Byrds, Sex Pistols, Connie Francis, Ian Dury, Steve Miller Band, Leonard Cohen... and 1910 Fruitgum Company. That last one, I wish I hadn't bought, as I made a mistake and assumed that "Yummy Yummy Yummy" was on it, as it ( Read more... )

In the following list are the music artists that I rank in my top 100 but that this website ranks between 100 and 200 places lower than me. (see previous posts for artists in my top 100 with an even greater discrepancy with the website rankings)

Diff in rank My rank Artist196 12 Donovan ( Read more... )

Last time I made a list like this was back in 2010 and it was the top 100.  Three years ago.  Well, things can change in three years...  not TOO much, but a bit.  The artists in the top 25 are all the same but I've changed the order a little, mainly based on how many songs have been added to my favourites list in the past three years (but not ONLY ( Read more... )

For the SHoF... "Last Year's Man" by Leonard Cohen

A great poem, set to great music... by the GREAT Leonard Cohen.

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The latest additions to my useless list of newsmakers who have been inducted into my "Newsmakers Hall of Fame":

Leonard Cohen May 23

Usain Bolt Aug 25
Mick Jagger Aug 26

Neil Armstrong Sept 4
Taliban Sept 5

Jimmy Savile Oct 30

A website I look at asked people to compile their lists, so I spent some time this morning arranging it thusly  (as well as a short early influence list at the bottom):

ranking of my 100 favorite "rock" artists (Oct 26, 2010)

1 The Beatles
2 Bob Dylan
3 The Doors
4 John Lennon
5 Ramones
6 The Beach Boys
7 Leonard Cohen
8 The Kinks
9 The Clash
10 Johnny Cash
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I see that Spinner UK has a list of 15 songs "you didn't know were cover versions" which I have just looked at via AOL....  OK, let's see, many of them I DID know were cover versions, as I am not a moron.  Here's the list, with my comments in bold purple...


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