The punk rock will get you if the government don't get you first

There is nothing in spoken word or print with greater ability to draw you in with the horrified fascination of a bloody trainwreck than any attempt to seriously discuss or rank pop music. Matthew Yglesias dabbles on the edge of full blown insanity, substantially endorsing a Blender list of the Top 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born (if that was 1980), but pulls back by admitting:

At the intersection of mixing genres and ordinal lists, however, lies madness.

Well, that's at least a start on the road to recovery.

The most insane comment ever submitted to the old blog was appended to my Fight Songs review, and stated with absolute confidence that while FS was a decent Old 97s album, Too Far to Care was "the greatest rock album of the last 30 years." This is both a completely, ridiculously stupid thing to say and absolutely correct. Well, if were a "rock album," which I'm pretty sure it is not.

For those who like to stare into the face of shrieking mental chaos and dissolution, commentary and debate on the Blender list can be found here, here, or here. Representative quote:

This isnt funny. This makes the holocaust look like a knock knock joke. HOW IS KELIS ON THE LIST!?!?!?!

That's a keeper.

Addendum: Although the third is a close runner up, the second "here" link is really where it's at, including this fair summary of my own views:

The bands you listen to wear makeup. Shut your cock-hole.