"preceded."

agreed on all counts except los angelEnos, which i like just fine in its original form.

they only ever play the SITA version on radio in ny. same as with the live "maybe i'm amazed" from '76, which is also incredible and, deservedly, the definitive version.

i don't need to see anyone humiliated, but i would just love to have her answer to/explain it when she's clued in.

when i was a college freshman, herman's fucking hermits were something my parents listened to that didn't yet have much relevance to me. still knew who peter noone was. i knew who fucking count basie and tommy dorsey and shit were when i was like 12, and i was born in 1972. there's no excuse. you don't have to be a…

you're kidding, right? you think it's possible for a reasonable, sane human to be a fan of nirvana but not know that kurt  is dead, or think that the band would or should record some sort of shout out video for a virginia college's homecoming? when jim morrison died, i wasn't born yet. i still know the doors couldn't…

i seem to be the only one who FAR prefers the album version of this (and i also prefer the LP versions of de la's "buddy" and mack's "flava in ya ear" to the widely paised/popular mixes).

i loathe what tricky did with it. i'm not indie, apparently, or electro, or whatever.

i think cube is just fine here, and kane is fully dope.

i do prefer green/out of time/automatic to earlier r.e.m.; the rest of your examples i agree are mostly daft. but i do have my monents, like i like the early 80s Who stuff more than the classic 60s/70s shit, and i prefer sting's first 2 records to the Police…all that said, fear of a black planet is my favorite hip-hop…

agreed on the first count, and quite possibly the second as well.

no.