as the fireworks are hailing over little eden tonight, i find myself contemplating what exactly this experimental concept that we know as america truly means. america, in its purest sense, seems to be forever linked in my mind to the concept of freedom. and while these words are nothing more than abstracts with countless and no doubt highly subjective meanings, i feel that we can begin to distill the essence of these things if we put our minds to it...or maybe our hearts.
so it goes that as i attempt to reconcile my thoughts on freedom and this once proud experiment in democracy, i find that they are almost inexplicably linked in my warped psyche with the history of rock and roll and its subsequent offshoots brightening up the airwaves that exist between the spaces we inhabit as the physical representations of our persons. that, to me, is freedom in its purest form. and as i begin to well up from all this love of the supposed "freedom" that "america" represents, i feel it my patriotic duty to pay some sort of tribute to the awesomeness that i occasionally take for granted.
although the relevance of top ten lists has been argued on this site, yesterday i felt compelled to colate another collection of iconic symbols in my life. it's my birthday gift to america and to freedom itself. so without furter adieu, i present to you the greatest of what freedom and rock and roll and that eternal struggle has to audibly offer. these are the sounds of beer cannes. this is the top ten recording artists of all time.
hall ond oates-make me want to do the d.a.n.c.e. 1,2,3,4,5...they are the best representation of pure fun ever put out into the zeitgeist. and they can totally sing their asses off.
the guess who-drunken buffoons who weren't afraid to be drunken buffoons. poetic.
the jesus and mary chain-because "rock and roll is supposed to be dumb" right randy albright.
bruce springsteen-because every organization, even a list, needs a fucking boss. and because he has the best singing voice ever which makes everything he does seem a little more important.
america-because it's the 4th of july and because the heat was hot and because they aren't actually american.
jim croce-is cat stevens on steroids and james taylor for cool, smart, and classy people
m.i.a.- because its supposed to be about revolution, even the silent ones in your head. and as ryan said, the pineapple express trailer makes paper planes the best song in the world.
old dirty bastard-two albums, infinite insanity. pure crazy with pop hooks. a hero.
led zeppelin-because i have ears and because you can't have a list like this without them.
new order-rose from the ashes of depression like the phoenix of ecstacy.
the stone roses-the single greatest album from front to back ever made.
the eagles-have the most good songs of anyone consistently played on the radio. they are as if creedence clearwater had grace, dignity, and vocal talent.
neil diamond-because everybody i know has a different favorite song. mine used to be cracklin rosie...now its forever in blue jeans.
oasis-because i went to high school in the mid to late nineties.
and manimal-because nathan cook is the best guitarist on the planet, joe wisner, the drummer, has as much talent as anyone i've ever seen, and because i sing my ass off like my life depended on it. we form like voltron to make rock for your cock.
airwaves are the last fortress of anarchy. they are the purest form of absolute freedom left...take them over and remember that choice is the greatest gift that existence gives us, whether the choices matter or not. choose away!
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