Rolling Stone Highlights 'Rock's New Economy'

Artists discussed:

Spoon
Justice
Cat Power
The White Stripes

Read Making $ When CDs Don't Sell here.

MP3: Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Ed Ward B Dark Mix)

Rolling Stone Selects '25 Best Live Albums'

Included in the bunch:

Kiss - Alive
U2 - Rattle & Hum
Daft Punk - Alive 2007
The Who - Live At Leeds
Wilco - Kicking Television
Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong

View the full list here.

MP3: Daft Punk - One More Time

Rolling Stone Readers Pick Best 'Green' Songs

In honor of tomorrow's Earth Day...

1. Black Sabbath – “Sweet Leaf”
2. Booker T. – “Green Onions”
3. Gorillaz – “O Green World”
4. Weezer – “Hash Pipe”
5. CCR – “Green River”
6. Coldplay – “Green Eyes”
7. The Kinks – “The Village Green...”
8. Sublime – “Smoke Two Joints”
9. Joni Mitchell – “Big Yellow Taxi”
10. Elvis Costello – “Green Shirt”

Read the full feature here.

MP3: Adam Green - Jessica

Rolling Stone Selects 'Best Of 2008 (So Far)'

Categories and artists below:

Best Festival Band - Radiohead
Best Producer - Dangerous Mouse
Best Songwriter - Conor Oberst
Best DJ - Flosstradamus
Best Scene - Baltimore
Best Prog Band - The Mars Volta

View the full list here.

MP3: The Mars Volta - Eriatarka

Rolling Stone Counts Down Best New Wave Bands

Do you agree with their picks?

1. Echo & The Bunnymen
2. New Order
3. Talking Heads
4. Psychedelic Furs
5. Elvis Costello
6. The Police
7. Depeche Mode
8. Duran Duran
9. The Cure
10. XTC

Read the full feature here.

MP3: Echo & The Bunnymen - Bring...

Post #4500: Rolling Stone's Top 25 Soundtracks By One Artist

Here's the upper echelon of the list:

1. Superfly: Curtis Mayfield
2. The Graduate: Simon & Garfunkel
3. Purple Rain: Prince
4. There Will Be Blood: Jonny Greenwod
5. Magnolia: Aimee Mann

View the rest of the mag's picks here.

MP3: Prince - Purple Rain

Rolling Stone Picks '25 Favorite Album Covers'

The list is as follows:

25. Prince - Purple Rain
24. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
23. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
22. The Ramones - The Ramones
21. PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
20. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
19. Blondie - Parallel Lines
18. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
17. The Beatles - The White Album
16. U2 - War
15. The Who - Who's Next?
14. Van Halen - Van Halen MCMLXXXIV
13. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
12. Radiohead - OK Computer
11. Led Zeppelin - IV
10. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
9. The Beatles - Revolver
8. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico
7. Nirvana - Nevermind
6. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
5. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
4. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
3. The Beatles - Abbey Road
2. The Clash - London Calling
1. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club

What would you have added and/or replaced?

MP3: The Beatles - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

Rock Daily Counts Down '15 Best Rock Couples'

And here they are. What'd they forget?

15. Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley
14. Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull
13. Debbie Harry and Chris Stein
12. John Doe and Exene Cervenka
11. Ike and Tine Turner
10. Sonny & Cher
9. Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks
8. Patti Scialfa and Bruce Springsteen
7. Win Butler and Regine Chassagne
6. Richard and Linda Thompson
5. Paul and Linda McCartney
4. Jack and Meg White
3. Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon
2. Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
1. John Lennon and Yoko Ono

MP3: The Arcade Fire - No Cars Go (White Session)

Rolling Stone's '20 Craziest Soundalike Songs'

I happen to disagree with quite a few of these, but nonetheless, here's the full list.

1. Jet’s “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” and Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life”
2. Fergie’s “Fergalicious” and J.J. Fad’s “Supersonic”
3. The Beatles’ “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” and Offspring’s “Why Don’t You Get a Job”
4. Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run” and Blondie’s “X Offender”
5. Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and Boston’s “More Than a Feeling”
6. Nazareth’s “Hair of the Dog” and the Beatles’ “Day Tripper”
7. The Doors’ “Roadhouse Blues” and Oasis’ “Put Yer Money Where Your Mouth Is”
8. Foo Fighters’ “Monkey Wrench” and Elton John’s “Whipping Boy”
9. Sublime’s “What I Got” and the Beatles’ “Lady Madonna”
10. Wilco’s “Walken” and Spoon’s “Don’t Make Me a Target”
11. Akon’s “Don’t Matter” and R. Kelly’s “Ignition” (Remix)
12. Billy Joel’s “Honesty” and Elton John’s “Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word”
13. Phish’s “Farmhouse” and Bob Marley’s “No Woman No Cry”
14. Elastica’s “Connection” and Wire’s “Three Girl Rhumba”
15. Bryan Adams’ “Summer of 69 and Green Day’s “Jesus of Suburbia”
16. Def Leppard’s “Pour Some Sugar on Me” and Weezer’s “Beverly Hills”
17. Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn” and The Black-Eyed Peas “Where is the Love”
18. The Kinks “Picture Book” and Green Day’s “Warning”
19. The Killers’ “When You Were Young” and Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run”
20. Pearl Jam’s “Given to Fly” and Led Zeppelin’s “Going to California”

Rolling Stone's Top 15 Worst Albums By Great Artists

The fading mag sure loves these silly lists.

Here's their Top 15 worst albums by great artists. Are they on point this time around?

1. Bob Dylan, “Down In the Groove”
2. Rolling Stones, “Dirty Work”
3. David Bowie, “Tonight"
4. Van Morrison, “Beautiful Vision”
5. The Clash, “Cut the Crap”
6. Neil Young, “Old Ways”
7. Van Halen, “Diver Down”
8. The Who, “Face Dances”
9. Elvis Costello, “Mighty Like A Rose”
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers, “One Hot Minute”
11. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “American Dream”
12. Aerosmith, “Rock in a Hard Place”
13. Lou Reed, “Mistrial”
14. Morrissey, “Kill Uncle”
15. Led Zeppelin, “Presence”

MP3: Morrissey - Sing Your Life

Rolling Stone's Top 25 'Best Songs For Reefer Gladness'

I can surely understand Pink Floyd at #1 and 'Purple Haze' in the top 5 but New Order? Who gets high to 'Blue Monday'?

If you do, we want to know. We're also curious as to who lights up at the thought of Peter Bjorn & John. That one really threw us as well. Without any further analysis, here's the list.

1. “Shine On You Crazy Diamonds, Pts. 1-5” – Pink Floyd
2. “Pack the Pipe” – The Pharcyde
3. “Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space” – Spiritualized
4. “Purple Haze” – Jimi Hendrix
5. “White Rabbit” – Jefferson Airplane
6. “Slow Ride” – Foghat
7. “Summertime” – Janis Joplin
8. “Feelin’ Alright” – Joe Cocker
9. “ Everything In Its Right Place” – Radiohead
10. “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang” – Dr. Dre
11. “Moonage Daydream” – David Bowie
12. “No Quarter” – Led Zeppelin
13. “Higher Than The Sun” – Primal Scream
14. “Roses Are Free” – Ween
15. “Spirit In the Sky” – Norman Greenbaum
16. “Young Folks” – Peter Bjorn & John
17. “El Scorcho” – Weezer
18. “It’s Good to Be King” – Tom Petty
19. “Blue Monday” – New Order
20. “1979” – Smashing Pumpkins
21. “Someone Great” – LCD Soundsystem
22. “Float On” – Modest Mouse
23. “ More Than This” – Roxy Music
24. “Candle” – Sonic Youth
25. “Summersong” – Decemberists

Puff away to this...

MP3: Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks

Rolling Stone Gets (Sort Of) Funny.

Just followed a link to a RS blurb with the following text. Cute, right? Maybe?

No big surprise, but it’s now official that Mr. Edwards will be running for president in 2008, inspiring this playlist.

“This Charming Man” - The Smiths
“This Night Has Opened My Eyes” - The Smiths
“Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before” - The Smiths
“Bigmouth Strikes Again” - The Smiths
“Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want” - The Smiths

MP3: The Smiths - This Night Has Opened My Eyes

Saddest Song Ever Written

Well, they asked and, err, some geezers responded.

Rolling Stone recently conducted a poll and here's how their readers voted for saddest song ever written:

1. The Verve - The Drugs Don’t Work
2. Robbie Williams - Angels
3. Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
4. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
5. Sinead O’Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
6. Will Young - Leave Right Now
7. Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight
8. Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
9. James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover
10. Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees

My additions would include The Smiths - Asleep, Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye & Travis - Slide Show, amongst others.

What else is this list missing? (I know it needs a LOT of help, Will Young?? James Blunt?? Come on!)

*FYI, Rolling Stone - 'Nothing Compares 2 U' was written by PRINCE and 'I Will Always Love You' was written by DOLLY PARTON. Shmucks.