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Why hasn’t Sampson posted his critique yet?


Sampson stopped reviewing songs on his website over a year ago. About 2 weeks ago he told Lew that he would get the hall of fame thing as soon as he could. Don't know what's going on with him, but I think he lost his passion for this stuff.

He did ...

Arctic Monkeys have been cited as an early example of an artist that got popular primarily through the internet and I figure that Dancefloor deserves a lions share of the credit for that as their first and breakthrough single.

That's true actually. I can see it at the top.

Also if nobody ...

I think Do I Wanna Know should still be their top song. I remember when Ryan updated their list I wasn't that sure of Dancefloor going down, but at this point it's cemented its position.

For Bad Bunny I'm surprised Yonaguni is not there, but that may be my personal bias.

I was actually going to say you guys might be underrating Emilia Perez, in one of those cases of internet discourse being greatly exaggerated. Sure, the hate is huge, and as a Spaniard you can believe I've seen the accents mocked like crazy, but most of that discourse comes from people who haven't ...

Ok if you want to define impact that way. Her influence (i.e. musical influence) is still not huge by any definition you go by. Almost all of the top 100 is more influential than her. And though I agree with suddenly using global popularity, that's also inconsistent with the rest of the list, which ...

With influence and impact as part of the criteria, that placement is still ridiculous. And only talking about popularity, that placement is very inconsistent with other top artists of the same era. Rihanna has more certified units sold and more #1 hits and is 136 spots below her. If you want to ...

Here are others that were pretty much agreed should be on the list:

Tiran Porter
Steve DiGiorgio (definitely)
Sean Malone
Tony Choy
Roger Patterson (definitely)
Jeroen Thesseling
Paul Simonon
Ray Shulman
Martin Turner
Brian Wilson
Tina Weymouth
Chris Wolstenhome
Justin Chancellor (definitely)
Dee ...

I don't think he was ever brought up. Not against him being considered, but I don't see how he is a lock. Here's the last version of the list btw:

1. James Jamerson (Funk Brothers, session man)
2. John Entwistle (The Who)
3. Larry Graham (Sly & The Family Stone)
4. Jack Bruce (Cream)
5. Chris ...

Not necessarily against it, though I'd like to hear other's opinions.

So, how about this for Dire Straits?

1. Sultans of Swing
2. Money for Nothing
3. Walk of Life
4. Brothers in Arms
5. Romeo and Juliet
6. Tunnel of Love
7. Telegraph Road
8. So Far Away
9. Private Investigations
10. Lady Writer

For Kendrick, do we want Not Like Us at #2 for a less than a year old ...

What about Lady Writer vs Calling Elvis?

Turns out there were others in the old forum I didn't post:

Tyler the Creator
1. Earfquake
2. Yonkers
3. See You Again
4. 911 / Mr Lonely
5. New Magic Wand
6. I Think
7. Wusyaname
8. Lumberjack
9. Boredom
10. Are We Still Friends?

Dire Straits (this one is a compromise as no consensus was reached ...

It would be hilarious if Emilia Perez won all 13 oscars.

They are kinda confusing, maybe to an uninitiated like me. If it's a novella, how would it be acclaimed as anything else? Or why would its acclaim as a general work of literature be different?

Yeah, great job on this and basically all of the classical section, which we sometimes forget you've done all by yourself