Chicagoist: Picks of the 'Fork

Mucky Fingers

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:25:22 -0600

BORRRRR-ING!

igo

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:44:48 -0600

Also, Cult of Personality (Living Colour)

igo

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:36:53 -0600

Oh--my bad. Metallica is on there.

igo

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:35:04 -0600

Hmmm. No Metallica. No Bootsy Collins. No Magnetic Fields. The Alarm--68 Guns-was a huge song for us in '87. Only one TMBG--Birdhouse. I would have chosen Anna Ng.

ophmarketing

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:49:47 -0600

Two Springsteen songs on the list, and one of them is "I'm On Fire"? I'm on Fucking Fire? Really? Nothing from "Darkness on the Edge of Town"? "The River"? Anything besides "I'm On Fire"?

bunnybear

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:35:20 -0600

Some omissions by my reckoning: Styx - Come Sail Away George Clinton - Atomic Dog Tones On Tail - Go! Dream Syndicate - That's What You Always Say Nitzer Ebb - Murderous Fad Gadget - Collapsing New People Lil' Louis - French Kiss Psychic TV - Godstar Roni Size/Reprazent - Brown Paper Bag Luna - Friendly Advice They do a fair job of trying to represent much from each period, but they miss on some of their song choices as far as I'm concerned. They also miss most or all of some genres (industrial/ebm, goth, jungle, etc.)

JoeM500

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:54:05 -0600

As much as I love to argue about this kind of stuff, the list is very impressive. I'm sure it's just a typo that Front 242's "Headhunter" was omitted.

ccbayer

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:45:15 -0600

no billy idol?!

Navin

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:14:40 -0600

*their*

Navin

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:14:14 -0600

ha, 1979 is the *only* song I like by Smashing Pumpkins. I found they're rawk songs to be pretty formulaic, boring and dare I say cheesy.

PumaConcolor

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:01:25 -0600

No 'Rockit' by Herbie Hancock? For shame!

PumaConcolor

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:00:33 -0600

No "Rockit" by Herbie Hancock? For shame!

sigmacoder

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:53:18 -0600

Seriously, their 90s could use some work. Scentless Apprentice and 1979? Those are very mediocre compared to the rest of Nirvana and the Pumpkins accomplishments.

Slaphappy

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:59:50 -0600

As someone who came of age in the grunge era, I can't believe there's no Alice in Chains or Soundgarden in that list. And the Nirvana songs they chose were Teen Spirit (yawn) and... Scentless Apprentice? Really?