Several of those covers bring me back. It's amazing how things change.

I put Swordfishtrombones on in the office the other day and none of the hipster 20-somethings had a clue who Tom Waits was.

Still, after I clued them in on the name, they all quietly Wikied him and than acted like they were big fans all along.



/yeah. yeah. I know you already know. Sure.

//FYI: Bob Marley was the guy who was too fundamentalist to have a cancerous toe operated on.

Laura Dern and Lisa Bonet were, and I'm guessing Dern still is, quite fappable. Revealing covers of them are quite acceptable.

I found the cover with that Flying Tomato snowboarder kid quite disturbing.

I've been a subscriber for 30 years and still have most of them in my basement; I even have the John Lennon, Jerry Garcia and Kurt Cobain death issues framed and on my office wall - and while it clearly should be there with them, the Bob issue is not. On the bright side, it's nice to see how things have really turned around in Kosovo since Jar Jar's big debut! What...? Oh, never mind.

When was Rolling Stone ever about music? Of course Marley's death notice was an afterthought. Marley's fans and the advertiser's markets never crossed anyway.

"Immeasurable cultural impact"?

Puh-leeze.

I remember the Marilyn Manson article being very interesting. The rest of the magazine? Not so much.

I hate this POS rag. It is the most useless garbage to ever be printed. I would rather set fire to a kitten and force it to play in trafic then read an issue of this magazine.

/seriously... Duane Allman is the greatest rock guitarist of all time... DIAF
//still hoping for the day to meet who ever made that top 100 guitarist list. I want to unleash my full viking furry upon him.

kungfu jesus with a side of lime: I want to unleash my full viking furry upon him.

Viking furry?

T.M.S.: Several of those covers bring me back. It's amazing how things change.

I put Swordfishtrombones on in the office the other day and none of the hipster 20-somethings had a clue who Tom Waits was.

Still, after I clued them in on the name, they all quietly Wikied him and than acted like they were big fans all along.



/yeah. yeah. I know you already know. Sure.

//FYI: Bob Marley was the guy who was too fundamentalist to have a cancerous toe operated on.

You write that like anyone should give two shiats about Tom Waits.

Tom Waits BLOWS.

NASAM: You write that like anyone should give two shiats about Tom Waits.

Tom Waits BLOWS.

Tom says, "You still work out at the airport?"

NASAM: T.M.S.: Several of those covers bring me back. It's amazing how things change.

I put Swordfishtrombones on in the office the other day and none of the hipster 20-somethings had a clue who Tom Waits was.

Still, after I clued them in on the name, they all quietly Wikied him and than acted like they were big fans all along.



/yeah. yeah. I know you already know. Sure.

//FYI: Bob Marley was the guy who was too fundamentalist to have a cancerous toe operated on.

You write that like anyone should give two shiats about Tom Waits.

Tom Waits BLOWS.

Love him or hate him, Tom Waits is a living legend on par with Miles, Cash, and Lenon.

/20-something
//huge Tom Waits fan many years, yeah I know you know that I know etc.
///nighthawks at the diner ftw

Don Felder's disembodied floating torso

back to back with

Twenty years from now--how many artists will assemble together to do Nickelback tribute records?

How many bands will do Creed covers?

In the meantime,look at Tom Waits.
If you question his greatness and profound influence you are an ignorant mongrel.

He is very highly covered and copied.
Not just his specific songs but his style and themes as well.

craigdamage: Twenty years from now--how many artists will assemble together to do Nickelback tribute records?

How many bands will do Creed covers?

In the meantime,look at Tom Waits.
If you question his greatness and profound influence you are an ignorant mongrel.

He is very highly covered and copied.
Not just his specific songs but his style and themes as well.

this.

/glad to see someone has taste

Thanks blackeyedsusan.


I recall a great song by Laughing Hyenas titled "Black Eyed Susan"

NASAM: Tom and Iggy would like a word with you.

The beauty of quitting is, now that I quit [smoking], I can have one, 'cus I quit.

/best part of that weird movie
//Tied with Bill Murry and RZA

The teenie booper boys are out in strength today, huh? Tom Waits sucks, Duane Allman wasn't among the best guitarists when he was alive, and Rolling Stone wasn't influential musically or culturally. You kiddies are so clueless and uninformed it's kinda funny. Hard as it may be to believe, there were some consequential people and events before Kurt Cobain ate a gun.

Tom then said: If you want to drink with me, grow some hair on your balls

kungfu jesus with a side of lime:

Alright, cool guy... I'll take the bait; Allman wouldn't have been my pick either, but who would yours be? You can't just toss those couple of lines out there without backing it up with something, since you seem to have very strong feelings regarding the matter. You're making all of the little furry vikings sad.

Wookie Milson: kungfu jesus with a side of lime:

Alright, cool guy... I'll take the bait; Allman wouldn't have been my pick either, but who would yours be? You can't just toss those couple of lines out there without backing it up with something, since you seem to have very strong feelings regarding the matter. You're making all of the little furry vikings sad.

I strongly agree that he should have been on the list. And to correct myself he was number two not number one. Jimi Hendrix was number one, something I also don't agree with. My pick would be Clapton. I would have also liked to see Page higher in the list, if not just for his ability to play the guitar, but also what he brought to the studio and to sound engineering and recording. I would have never put Joan Jett on the list.

Artist that deserve a higher ranking then Allman and Hendrix include: Clapton, Rhodes, Fripp, Page, Blackmore, and Iommi . I could make a better argument if I was really concerned about you or your point, but I'm not.

/I wasnt even trying to troll
//I just hate that craptastic magazine
///viking furries... rule 34 don't fail me now...
////Bet you thought I was going to buckethead

Wookie Milson
Allman wouldn't have been my pick either, but who would yours be

thats easy... like John Mayer or something.

kungfu jesus with a side of lime:
////Bet you thought I was going to say buckethead

ftfm

T.rex: Wookie Milson
Allman wouldn't have been my pick either, but who would yours be

thats easy... like John Mayer or something.

Rolling stone did call him the New Slowhand. That was such an abomination I cant even think of a metaphor that can accurately explain the full extent of my rage.

NASAM:

Tom Waits BLOWS.

No. He coughs up phlegm.

I can't remember the list and can't find the box that the magazine lives in... Where was Les Paul on the list? He'd have been my #1.

Wookie Milson: I can't remember the list and can't find the box that the magazine lives in... Where was Les Paul on the list? He'd have been my #1.


While a great guitar player, not what one would consider a classic rock guitarist. If we are going to any genre then Satch and Buckethead can't be touched.

Joe Satriani may be the most talented person to pick up a guitar. Not the fastest or the most technical but is neigh untouchable when it comes to combining speed, technique and emotion.

/we need emotional content

If anyone doesn't know why Les Paul is the single most influential and inventive musician and guitar player of the last century, spend seven minutes watching this: Link (new window) and then get back to me.

Wookie Milson: If anyone doesn't know why Les Paul is the single most influential and inventive musician and guitar player of the last century, spend seven minutes watching this: Link (new window) and then get back to me.

Dammit... sorry, that didn't work. Search for it.

Wookie Milson: Wookie Milson: Dammit... sorry, that didn't work. Search for it.

search for: Les Paul Documentary for JVC JazzFest 2005

My least favorite RS cover was of a scantily-clad Jessica Simpson grinning like an idiot...
...just after Elliott Smith died.
Any residual respect I had for the mag evaporated when I saw that cover.

DO NOT WA... ah, screw it, everyone knows my reputation here. "Robin's perverted fangirl". Should never have started that, but that's who I was and I can't escape it.

MizzouGuy:

There isn't any necrophilia in the Palace of Wisdom.

/ain't no make believe

Millzners: NASAM: T.M.S.: Several of those covers bring me back. It's amazing how things change.

I put Swordfishtrombones on in the office the other day and none of the hipster 20-somethings had a clue who Tom Waits was.

Still, after I clued them in on the name, they all quietly Wikied him and than acted like they were big fans all along.



/yeah. yeah. I know you already know. Sure.

//FYI: Bob Marley was the guy who was too fundamentalist to have a cancerous toe operated on.

You write that like anyone should give two shiats about Tom Waits.

Tom Waits BLOWS.

Love him or hate him, Tom Waits is a living legend on par with Miles, Cash, and Lenon.

/20-something
//huge Tom Waits fan many years, yeah I know you know that I know etc.
///nighthawks at the diner ftw

Cash, Lennon and Davis were legends. Every one knows them. Waits, not so much. He's a B-grade artist, good but not legendary.

kungfu jesus with a side of lime: While a great guitar player, not what one would consider a classic rock guitarist. If we are going to any genre then Satch and Buckethead can't be touched.

Steve Vai can touch them. You like emotions in your shred guitar music? Steve is the go-to guy.

Theres some live album around that has Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, and Y. Malmsteen together...it's pretty overwhelming.

/Rolling Stone is irrelevant to modern music
//unless you are a boomer that can't admit you are old

I just about threw up when I saw that the issue after Rick Danko died had the Backstreet Boys on the cover.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nJXc0NRCmRQ&feature=related

Rick was an amazing singer, inspiring bass player (to me, at least), and a really, really cool guy.

If I were running the world, that guy would have had TWO Rolling Stone covers after he died.

Love,
-Peter