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The whole top 20 (which includes "Band on the Run" at #20):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/musicclub/album_countdown5.shtml

Beatles have five of the top 11 (6 if you count BOtR), btw...

I can't believe that Dark Side of The Moon missed the list and Thriller and Joshua Tree made the top three.

Reality check: Michael Jackson and U2 are better than Pink Floyd? I don't think so.

Congrats to the Beatles though. Very well deserved IMO. Perhaps Revolver and Rubber Soul should have taken better spots near the top though.

Couldn't agree more, Brian...but while we're at it: Band on the Run versus Dark Side of the Moon? What group of fourteen-year-old girls was doing the voting here?

(Not that there's anything wrong with being a fourteen-year-old girl...I just don't want one picking out the tunes for my next cross-country road trip...)

Not that these silly polls matter whatsoever, but this one has to do with favourite Chart-Topping albums in England...and Dark Side of the Moon apparently did not achieve that distinction. The article goes on to mention the Floyd album anyhow.

Sgt. Pepper also ranks #1 in bass tone! Thank you Rickenbacker, Paul, and Geoff!

Wasn't Dark Side of the Moon on the charts for something like 30 years? I think staying power should count for something.

Always find it interesting how the polls change over the years.

It's a credit to the Beatles that even though they've been gone 36 years, their popularity with all ages continues. Speaks very strongly for short, catchy songs with strong melodies. Also didn't hurt that they had good instrumentation to back them up.

17 years on the Billboard top 100 album list should say something about "Dark Side of The Moon" being somewhat of a passable album.

>>Not that these silly polls matter whatsoever<<

Except for the fact that the constant reflection on the ancients serves as a vehicle to yet again sell the same old songs to another generation (not that I don't like the same old songs but the whole problem is indicative of clueless music industry titans who've spent the last quarter century or so promoting acts which have had no catalog staying power. I'm wondering if anyone else is getting tired of seeing Aerosmith trodded out every three or so years to play Walk This Way on yet another awards show. )

Just remember, when you're reading these polls or seeing shows about them on VH1, you're not watching entertainment. You're watching an ad/infomercial.

Well said.

And once again, it's a poll about British chart-topping albums, and it appears that "Dark Side of the Moon" did not top the British charts...so there's absolutely no need to get upset about this.

Now, lunch wasn't that great today, and my 2-year-old peed on me during an F-14B fly-by on Sunday...

I flat refuse to even listen to bulk of stuff recorded much past 1970 (with strong notable exceptions, however to my basic rule!)so it makes very little difference to me who the titans trot out.

Plus, I've banned commercial TV from my home since early 2000.

I haven't missed a thing.

I think what's happened to US pop music product and radio is similar to what happened with the US auto industry in the 70s, if not earlier.

Too few companies, less competition, accountants started calling the shots not product guys, and the quality of the product went straight into the crapper.

The only reason US cars got any better was because Japan was, and is, putting them out of business.

However the entertainment industry titans don't have as much competition, and can to a certain extent, especially through radio, limit access to our market, or the masses of listeners here.

What amazes me is with the lowest common denominator hip hop being pushed on so many for so long is that any young people want to play, let alone buy, guitars. But it seems like they do. Maybe it's because they know better. I hope so.

It's almost gotten to the point where if you want to hear good new rock you have to compose and play it yourself.

Dave, It appears you take quite a stance on everything. I guess passion is good. Personally, I think you've missed a lot of good TV. But what do I know. I watched M*A*S*H all weekend and laughed like it was the first time I saw those episodes.

Hi Brian

Long story behind this.
Once I crossed the magic age of 46 I dropped all pretense of even attempting to be "politically correct."

The net positive impacts for me were immediate. My seminars went easier and sold out much quicker. My relationships with others on just about every level improved and I wound up being a lot happier.

The average American (I find) is thirsting for a just plain ordinary "tell like it is" verses constantly walking on egg shells and lying thru the teeth.

As far as commercial TV goes there are always DVD 's of everything under the sun to rent or buy to replace it these days. That way I have 100% control over the contents I wish to view on the Sony. Plain, simple , easy less stressful, complicated and aggravating.

And bloggers on the web as well as talk radio have made the major TV networks obsolete in terms of news coverage.