The internet is ripping Rolling Stone magazine apart over their “100 Greatest Singers of All-Time” list because arguing over subjective topics is what the internet specializes in.
On Sunday night, the Twitter account “Classic Rock In Pics” shared a tweet with Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of the “Top 100 Singers of All-Time.
” The Twitter account asked the internet if they had any “thoughts” on the ranking, and oh boy, did they.It should be clarified that this “Greatest Singers of All-Time” list originally published in the November 27, 2008 issue of Rolling Stone. So that could explain why newer singers such as Adele, Lady Gaga, and Amy Winehouse did not make the list.
Rolling Stone says that the vocalist rankings were made by “a panel of 179 experts.” The panelists formed the list by rewarding singers who had “expressivity, surprise, soul, grain, interpretive wit [and] angle of vision.”
Even though the list was created over a decade ago, there are glaring issues with the list, and Twitter dragged Rolling Stone accordingly.
The top 10 singers are Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, John Lennon, Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan, Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder, and James Bown. Most agree that Aretha Franklin is worthy of the title of the “Best Singer of All-Time.”
— Classic Rock In Pics (@crockpics) October 20, 2019
However, music enthusiasts had big problems with Elvis Presley at #3, John Lennon at #5, and Bob Dylan at #7.
— Bakari Sellers (@Bakari_Sellers) October 21, 2019
— taylorbold. (@TaylorBold) October 21, 2019
— Dr. Andrew Greene (@AndrewGreene864) October 21, 2019
— Will Bunch 🆘 (@Will_Bunch) October 21, 2019
Many people were mad with the rankings of singers who they thought should have been higher on the list including Freddie Mercury (18), Micheal Jackson (25), Prince (30), Whitney Houston (34), Dolly Parton (73), and Mariah Carey (79).
— 𝕊𝕂𝔼ℙ𝕋𝕀ℂᴬᴸ (@SkepticOnSite) October 21, 2019
— Joe Sanders (@joesanders33) October 20, 2019
Issue a public apology and retraction @RollingStone https://t.co/4TvEm9XHNU
— Simon Curtis (@simoncurtis) October 21, 2019
— Dreamweasel (@Dreamweasel) October 21, 2019
— JIRT87 ♉🌈 (@tempesttbaggett) October 21, 2019
— Leslie Warlick (@WarlickLeslie) October 21, 2019
rolling stone is trash, and that's why this list is such a disgrace to humanity. https://t.co/JPf8zKqhSR
— m 🖤💫 (@nippysmimi) October 21, 2019
Then there were the notable artists who didn’t make the top 100 including Beyonce, Carole King, Eddie Vedder, John Fogerty, Waylon Jennings, Robert Smith, Ozzy Osbourne, Frank Sinatra, Diana Ross, Tom Petty, Paul Simon, Sting, Celine Dion, Lauren Hill, Chaka Khan, Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, Donna Summer, Kate Bush, Roger Waters, just to name a few.
— Chris Buxton (@BearsWax) October 21, 2019
— Eric Deggans at NPR (@Deggans) October 21, 2019
— El Viejo Ebro (@oldmanebro) October 21, 2019
— Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) October 21, 2019
— Samuel F. Reynolds (@sfreynolds) October 21, 2019
Harsh, but fair criticisms of Rolling Stone.
— Elias (@truthieeliasi) October 21, 2019
— Derek Wilson (@_derekwilson) October 21, 2019
— PHAROAHE MONCH (@pharoahemonch) October 21, 2019
— My Name Is James (@_JamesGtfo) October 21, 2019
— Brendel (@Brendelbored) October 21, 2019
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) October 21, 2019
— Susan Eye Miller (@SusanEyeMiller) October 20, 2019
— Mark Watson: no Halloween name till October 31 (@watsoncomedian) October 21, 2019
