Comments on: Thursday Open Thread

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:23:19 +0000

hmmm……

Reba- “What If It’s You” or “For My Broken Heart”
Sara Evans- “Born To Fly”
Martina McBride- “Timeless”
Faith Hill- “Breathe”, “Cry” or “Fireflies”
Wynonna- “What The World Needs Now Is Love”
Lee Ann Womack- “I Hope You Dance” or “There’s More Where That Came From”
LeAnn Rimes- “Family” or “this woman”

course… that’s just me…..

AND maybe a Trisha Yearwood album (preferably “Jasper county”)

By: Dan M.

Dan M. — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:07:38 +0000

I agree, the TV show list was terrific. Although I don’t think “Desperate Housewives” (#56) belonged anywhere on the list, “Spongebob” (possibly the best children’s cartoon of the 25-year era) deserved much higher than #89, and they lose so many points from me for including “The Hills” over “Boy Meets World,” which has become an enormous favorite of my generation thanks to period of time where it aired on the Disney channel.

By: J.R. Journey

J.R. Journey — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:24:30 +0000

OK I found it … http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20209139,00.html

By: J.R. Journey

J.R. Journey — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:21:44 +0000

Hey Kevin, where can I see that TV list? I have to agree about The Simpsons … I’ve loved that show for as long as I can remember. Comedy Central’s South Park should be on there in the top 10 too … Got a link?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:47:42 +0000

Dan,

When I got the issue and started reading the list, I was on board until #5, which was Madonna’s self-titled debut album. The idea that Madonna’s first album was anywhere close to her best album was ridiculous, let alone that it was the fifth-best album of the past 25 years. She’s made six or seven classic albums above that one.

So once I got to the few country albums, I was already not taking the list seriously. I actually think it’s impossible to do all-genre album lists anyway. Apples and oranges.

Now their TV list, on the other hand, they absolutely nailed. Actually, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” should’ve been a bit higher than #10, but “The Simpsons” is definitely the best TV show of the last 25 years, and possibly of all-time.

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:25:10 +0000

WANTED! – The Outlaws (Jennings-Nelson-Colter-Glaser) and Willie Nelson’s RED HEADED STRANGER do not fall within EW’s 25 year parameters

I completely agree with what Dan M said above. The mainstream media normally shafts real country music while rewarding the flotsom and jetsam at the fringes of country music. This is evident in magazines like PEOPLE, EW, newspapers like the NEW YORK TIMES and THE WASHINGTON POST and organizations such as NARAS

By: Dan M.

Dan M. — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:23:38 +0000

I’d like to clarify that my two choices are what I would include from an all-genre perspective like the one the list used; my complete essential country list would be a good deal longer and include many of the choices others have cited. Although it has to be said that EW’s “all-genre” list doesn’t exactly present a fair cross-section of popular music; there’s a clear bias toward “cooler” artists, thus the overwhelming amount of indie rock present on it (not that the choices they cited from that genre aren’t strong in their own right, but…will Cat Power’s set really be regarded as one of the top 20 classics of our era in any genre of music thirty years from now?) It’s worth noting that the only country-leaning picks on their list are either a) exceptionally successful commercial (Shania and the Chicks, who sold so many albums it would be outrageous to exclude them) or b) acceptable for maintenance of hipster cred (Emmylou, Cash, Williams). It’s a shame country music is still getting this kind of shaft from mainstream media.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:06:05 +0000

Waylon & Willie

Red Headed Stranger

By: Leeann

Leeann — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:45:42 +0000

This is a tough one!

I wouldn’t even know where to begin, really. I’ll have to continue to think about it.

By: Miss Kitty

Miss Kitty — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:38:45 +0000

WANTED! – The Outlaws (Jennings-Nelson-Colter-Glaser)
Willie Nelson – Red-Headed Stranger
Dixie Chicks – Fly
Any/all of the Johnny Cash American recordings
Any/all Merle Haggard

I fully agree with the suggestions by other readers–some great listening there.