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I always feel it's a shame these kinds of lists are mainly limited to the English-speaking world. I myself have taken a liking to many Thai music (e.g. "luk thu

by wsc981 6y ago

I always feel it's a shame these kinds of lists are mainly limited to the English-speaking world. I myself have taken a liking to many Thai music (e.g. "luk thung" [0]) and this kind of music would never appear in these Rolling Stone's Greatest Albums lists. --- [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luk_thung https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luk_thung

actuator 6y ago
Every language can have its own, no? Otherwise, selecting the judges would be a herculean task.
peruvian 6y ago
I think it's fine if they're honest about it or their readership/public understand "ok, they don't actually mean the greatest albums EVER from EVERYWHERE". It's essentially impossible to consider every music from everywhere. You don't have to go all the way to Thai music. Rolling Stone has been _the_ "Anglo Saxon rock music between 1950-1980s is the only music out there" publication till recently. Until the last few years there's been almost no hip hop, almost no electronic music, jazz is relegated to some token pics, etc.
Sileni 6y ago
Sure, but those lists exist as well, and are curated by much more qualified people than the Rolling Stones editors. /block of unsubstantiated opinions/ I don't think Rolling Stones claims to be a full list of all music of all time, nor do I think their editors would claim to be experts in all music. I dare say they hardly claim to be experts. I'd imagine they'd say they were more interested in being entertaining. /going off the rails a bit/ Now that I think about it, it would honestly be pretty disgusting if they did try to make a list encompassing all of music. Either it's strictly analytical, at which point you're really asking "What's the best selling of all time", or it's saying "our opinion is a proxy for every other opinion". The hubris of that kind of project would outweigh any good it could do.
diego_moita 6y ago
Here's my personal list of great Brazilian albuns: 1) Tom Jobim: Stone Flower 2) Os Novos Baianos: Acabou chorare 3) Joao Gilberto, Stan Getz, Tom Jobim, Zimbo Trio: Getz & Gilberto 4) Chico Science & Nação Zumbi: Da Lama Ao Caos 5) Secos & Molhados: Secos & Molhados 6) Os Mutantes, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Nara Leao: Tropicalia 7) Tom Jobim & Elis Regina: Tom & Elis 8) Heitor Villa-Lobos : Bachianas Brasileiras 9) Egberto Gismonti : Sol do Meio Dia 10) Sepultura : Roots
mjgs 6y ago
I don’t know Luk Thung, but when was in Laos they play these really fun guitar + synths bands that are pretty great. On the buses, in the bars and cafes, everywhere. Very difficult to find any of the music on YouTube though, because Lao script alphabet is so different, same as for Thai, I don’t even know how to type any of the letters.

by wsc981 6y ago

actuator 6y ago

Every language can have its own, no? Otherwise, selecting the judges would be a herculean task.

peruvian 6y ago

I think it's fine if they're honest about it or their readership/public understand "ok, they don't actually mean the greatest albums EVER from EVERYWHERE". It's essentially impossible to consider every music from everywhere. You don't have to go all the way to Thai music. Rolling Stone has been _the_ "Anglo Saxon rock music between 1950-1980s is the only music out there" publication till recently. Until the last few years there's been almost no hip hop, almost no electronic music, jazz is relegated to some token pics, etc.

Sileni 6y ago

Sure, but those lists exist as well, and are curated by much more qualified people than the Rolling Stones editors. /block of unsubstantiated opinions/ I don't think Rolling Stones claims to be a full list of all music of all time, nor do I think their editors would claim to be experts in all music. I dare say they hardly claim to be experts. I'd imagine they'd say they were more interested in being entertaining. /going off the rails a bit/ Now that I think about it, it would honestly be pretty disgusting if they did try to make a list encompassing all of music. Either it's strictly analytical, at which point you're really asking "What's the best selling of all time", or it's saying "our opinion is a proxy for every other opinion". The hubris of that kind of project would outweigh any good it could do.

diego_moita 6y ago

Here's my personal list of great Brazilian albuns: 1) Tom Jobim: Stone Flower 2) Os Novos Baianos: Acabou chorare 3) Joao Gilberto, Stan Getz, Tom Jobim, Zimbo Trio: Getz & Gilberto 4) Chico Science & Nação Zumbi: Da Lama Ao Caos 5) Secos & Molhados: Secos & Molhados 6) Os Mutantes, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Nara Leao: Tropicalia 7) Tom Jobim & Elis Regina: Tom & Elis 8) Heitor Villa-Lobos : Bachianas Brasileiras 9) Egberto Gismonti : Sol do Meio Dia 10) Sepultura : Roots

mjgs 6y ago

I don’t know Luk Thung, but when was in Laos they play these really fun guitar + synths bands that are pretty great. On the buses, in the bars and cafes, everywhere. Very difficult to find any of the music on YouTube though, because Lao script alphabet is so different, same as for Thai, I don’t even know how to type any of the letters.