The Pitchfork 500
Written by hKWAP on Wednesday, 19 of November , 2008 at 5:09 pm
Pitchfork Media has just recently released what I believe is their first tangible publication. This being the book entitled “The Pitchfork 500″. This text aims to select what the Pitchfork staff believe to be “the greatest songs from punk to the present”.(1977-2007) The book is not lacking in diversity of genres, as the 500 tracks represent artists from AC/DC to Outkast and in perusing the book, you get a pretty concrete sense of the change in musical terrain across the three decades. I really appreciate how the songs are listed by era rather than in a best to worst fashion. However, I feel that the writers felt obliged to represent some bands simply because they were monumental or a phenomenon in their time and not because they had a particularly great song. Pitchfork also includes a number of songs by ultra-indie groups like likes of Animal Collective, Panda Bear and Black Dice all of whom should be recognized for their artistic vision, individuality and non conformity, but whether their individual songs should be listed alongside Killing In The Name and Paranoid Android is very questionable. Agreeably, picking 500 songs out of an era which has produced seemingly endless great music is a difficult nigh impossible task and despite my criticisms, Pitchfork did a pretty fine job. Here are my top ten favorites of the 500 chosen tracks…
Trans Europa Express-Kraftwerk-1977
Damaged Goods-Gang Of Four-1978
Where Is My Mind-The Pixies-1988
Check The Rhyme-A Tribe Called Quest-1991
Killing In The Name-Rage Against The Machine-1993
Paranoid Android-Radiohead-1997
A complete list of the 500
Category: Miscellaneous
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Comment by tron
Made Wednesday, 7 of January , 2009 at 2:10 pm
Nice selection of music. If you are into alternative electronica you should check out the transelectronic blog/site. They have some really cool stuff you may enjoy.
