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Rolling Stone: "The List is Not about the Greatest Voices"


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1 minute ago, Rainy Devil said:

That doesn't make it any better lmao.

The list is trash and whoever made and agree to it is delusional.

They have trapped themselves in a corner.

 

If the least is about the greatest voices, then why is Celine absent (and Cher, among others)?

If the least is about the greatest "artists", then why isn't Madonna there and why is MJ so low?

 

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Posted (edited)

In that case, why are Michael, Donna etc as low as they are? Where is Madonna? Why is Celine still N/A?

 

This literally makes it worse. They should just say they screwed up and go.

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I stand with RS :clap3:

Posted
8 minutes ago, Kh-Loud said:

Donna invented popularized EROTIC SINGING; There would be no Beyonce, Janet, Madonna, Britney, Selena Gomez without Donna sUMMER. 

That is IMPACT and GENIUS, Rolling Stone!  She was also responsible for a whole new genre and modern dance music as we know today :bird: The staff at Rolling Stone seem to be quite ignorant when it comes to Music History! 

 

 

Wait, they ignored Donna too? :rip:

Posted (edited)
29 minutes ago, Avariko said:

So what exactly are the criteria for this list? :huh:

Their words:

 

In all cases, what mattered most to us was originality, influence, the depth of an artist's catalog, and the breadth of their musical legacy.

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15 minutes ago, Enrique523 said:

Greatest Singers list yet you have some Kpop girlie there and not Celine Dion? The joke really writes itself :priceless:

 

THAT TOO. If it's not about pure vocal talent then Madonna should definitively be on the list. Madonna's voice is pretty distinctive and has a lot of charisma despite not being the best technically.

Not only included, but also in the first positions of the list. Pop has been riding on her back since her debut. 

 

So, they make a list of best singers and do not include Celine. 

 

Then they say its not only about the singing abilities but about the whole package, and Madonna or Donna Summer is nowhere to be found. 

 

Make it make sense Rolling Turd. 

 

Boomers have many things to be critized for, but for music they have the best taste. After all they produced and lived through the best eras in music history. Their lists were way better than all these millenials / gen z (im millenial btw) since they started taking over those publications. 

 

I mean, this list looks like any random ARTLer personal list, not a comprehensive list coming from a group of educated real experts in music. 

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Wait Cher isn’t on it either? :deadbanana4: 

 

It went from worse to worser

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That makes Madonna's exclusion even worse :clown:

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Posted
1 minute ago, Mystic Boy said:

Wait, they ignored Donna too? :rip:

She is  like almost 30 spots below Taylor swift and WAYYYY below Rihanna 

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I refuse to give them clicks but if they only included rando k pop artists because of tokenism or some bs but left off the legend Ayumi Hamasaki then this might be one of the dumbest lists ever made 

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A joke.:toofunny3:

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Why are they backtracking? They usually stand by their lists no matter how bad they are

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5 minutes ago, johnzy13 said:

Why are they backtracking? They usually stand by their lists no matter how bad they are

cuz of backlash. spineless *****

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Their clarification doesn't change anything lol. What Is genius about the way Taylor Swift or the guy from bts sings? What do they have that Celine Dion doesn't? 

 

I can understand this argument for explaining why someone like Bob Dylan is on the list because his vocals are memorable even though he's not a great singer but that doesn't apply to the inclusions being criticised. 

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Then what does that BTS member do in there?

Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, truthteller said:

how do you sing without voices?

I think they are referring to the voice itself. Bob Dylan is a renowned lyricists but has at best, a mediocre singing voice teetering on bad. But it’s so distinctive that it’s endearing and as a result he’s one of the most successful musicians ever. So I understand what they are trying to rank. That doesn’t really excuse the glaring omission of Celine Dion. 
 

Or the inclusion of that BTS member for that matter. That was just straight up pandering. 

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1 hour ago, Sesame said:

Girl… Celine fits this description perfectly :gaycat7:

And like I said the list is flawed, Celine not being in it, let alone in the 20, is probably the biggest one.

Posted
48 minutes ago, C_Colstead said:

In that case, why are Michael, Donna etc as low as they are? Where is Madonna? Why is Celine still N/A?

 

This literally makes it worse. They should just say they screwed up and go.

Right? I just can’t at their explanation.

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I never knew people still cared this much about what Rolling Stone publishes :rip: I mean yeah its a pretty disrespectful list to certain artists and I get its cuz it (randomly) went viral but if we go online searching for this kind of stuff to be outraged then the list of publications posting all sorts of random bs would be endless :dies:

 

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Either way celine dion needed to be on that list

Posted
47 minutes ago, Kh-Loud said:

She is  like almost 30 spots below Taylor swift and WAYYYY below Rihanna 

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An unfunny joke :deadbanana4:

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Sorry Celine, can't place a white vocalist in, the top 10 is for black singers.

 

White people can't hold a note or generate a legacy

 

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Posted
3 hours ago, Riot said:

"genius is transcendent" Taylor Swift 

 

She literally pioneered a whole music genre.

whew, we love to see it!

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Who really cares about this list besides this forum, stan twitter and people who have nothing to do with their lives? :rip:

OT: they're not wrong tho. Sure it's kinda questionable some choices, but still, if people are so bothered, they should do their own list then...

Posted
2 hours ago, Gov Hooka said:

I refuse to give them clicks but if they only included rando k pop artists because of tokenism or some bs but left off the legend Ayumi Hamasaki then this might be one of the dumbest lists ever made 

Ayumi isn't on the list either?? Holy **** it's just getting worse and worse :bibliahh:

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