100 Greatest Detroit Songs

[Orang Utan]

How come the fucking Stooges got loads then?

Oops, didn't see that - they were hugely influential though
Or perhaps the compiler really likes The Stooges?

 

[Magic Sam]

One John Lee Hooker track isn't really representative is it?

Plenty run of the mill motown tracks though

Lists don't really work with music IMO

 

[g force]

The Top 20 is pretty decent but like all "Top 100" they start to put in some padding and stick to a few obv genres.

 

[ohmyliver]

Can I touch you?


Were they absolutely fucking BRILLIANT then? Don't tell me if they were crap, I couldn't stand it

No, they were were supersmashingBRILLIANT saw 'em in The Freebutt which is ace but tiny... propah it was

 

[sojourner]

Surely it's a bit pointless getting huffy because such and such a song or act was or wasn't included. ... how much fucking amazing music across a huge numer of genres has come from Detroit

But I LIKE getting all huffy - it's who I am, one big huffball

Last point - totally agree It is one absolutely magic place

 

[sojourner]

Oops, didn't see that - they were hugely influential though
Or perhaps the compiler really likes The Stooges?

More likely

 

[sojourner]

No, they were were supersmashingBRILLIANT saw 'em in The Freebutt which is ace but tiny... propah it was

*faints with envy*


I'd kill to see them

 

[Spandex]

But I LIKE getting all huffy - it's who I am, one big huffball

You're right, that was a bit of a boringly reasonable post for the music forum

tries again...

*Splutter*

How DARE they!!!111!! How could they not include a single Gerald Mitchell track on the list??? And only one Underground Resistance tune? They should have included their entire back catalogue!!! And why is 25 Miles by Edwin Starr only 'bubbling under', huh? It's better than LOADS of the tracks in the top 100!!!11! Whoever complied this list should be locked in irons and transported to Norfolk Island for the rest of their pathetic music hating lives

 

[sojourner]

You're right, that was a bit of a boringly reasonable post for the music forum

tries again...

*Splutter*

How DARE they!!!111!! How could they not include a single Gerald Mitchell track on the list??? And only one Underground Resistance tune? They should have included their entire back catalogue!!! And why is 25 Miles by Edwin Starr only 'bubbling under', huh? It's better than LOADS of the tracks in the top 100!!!11! Whoever complied this list should be locked in irons and transported to Norfolk Island for the rest of their pathetic music hating lives

 

[Detroit City]

I find it quite ironic that Europeans know more about Detroit's history of music than the actual people who live in Detroit

 

[Orang Utan]

People go mad for Detroit techno over here!
I'm on a Detroit mailing list with people from all over the world on it

 

[kained&able]

I find it quite ironic that Europeans know more about Detroit's history of music than the actual people who live in Detroit

we know more then americans about everything


dave

 

[Detroit City]

we know more then americans about everything

probably

 

[Detroit City]

People go mad for Detroit techno over here!
I'm on a Detroit mailing list with people from all over the world on it

yea, every summer they do some HUGE techno-fest in downtown that draws people from all over the world. something like 100,000 people.

 

[sojourner]

we know more then americans about everything


dave

We?

Do you mean everyone else apart from dave?

 

[Dubversion]

never in the history of U75 has a list been read so badly by so many!

"no fucking XXX."
"yes there is"

"ok, but where are YY?"

"they're there too"

etc

 

[stavros]

Disappointed no DJ Assault in the top 100, but pleased they picked his "Ass-N-Titties" as bubbling under. It's difficult with him to pick one song because they generally last under a minute.

 

[EddyBlack]

This is good.