Ok, so I had an idea. I love music, that's for sure. I also help to run a homeschool collective with a bunch of kids. A few of them, being teenagers, are really into music. So I thought, why don't we encourage them to write and listen to the best music in the world. Hence, this blog. How about we listen to the best music ever -- as chosen by Rolling Stone magazine -- and write about it in this blog? We can debate why a song is on the list, learn a little about the history, etc., and at the same time rock out. What do you think?
Hm. So, number 500 is Touch by the Eurythmics. Wait a minute. How in the world did they choose the best 500 albums? I'm going to find out a bit more....be back in a second.
Geesh, there's a lot of debate about these choices on line. Appears that they asked 273 music industry people of various sorts to rate their fifty best and that some important statistics firm made a point system that seemed fair to them. Come to think of it, we could also listen to the top 500 songs -- that would be cheaper and more feasible, that's for sure. Who wants to try it with us?
If we go the song route (see the list here), we start with More Than a Feeling by Boston. Ho-hum. Well, let's give it a go. I'll go visit itunes for a sample. You?
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