Bøger af Dave Whitaker

Abba, the Beatles, the Bee Gees, Black Sabbath, Blondie, David Bowie, Carpenters, Eagles, Al Green, Billy Joel, Led Zeppelin, Dolly Parton, Pink Floyd, Queen, Kenny Rogers, the Sex Pistols, Simon & Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer, Village People, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young. All of them and more are in this handy guide to the decade which: Explores disco, glam, punk, folk rock, heavy metal, pop, country, R&B, and moreHighlights songs and albums which won awards each year from 1970 to 1979Lists the decade's biggest songs, albums, and acts, overall and in different genresSpotlights 50+ songs and 30+ albums

Ah, the music list. Music journalists love to create them and fans love to shred them. However, by aggregating hundreds of best-of lists, Dave's Music Database has stripped away subjectivity in favor of cold, hard numbers. Commentaries about the albums consolidate the views of multiple experts instead of serving up single opinions. It all makes for one definitive, inarguable best-of-all-time list. Okay, maybe not - but here's hoping you'll find value in this list, even if that's in dissecting, disagreeing, debating, or debunking it. Rock on and read on. - Dave Whitaker, DavesMusicDatabase.com

In this sequel to 'No One Needs 21 Versions of "Purple Haze,"' Dave Whitaker trots out another collection of music-themed essays, this time as originally featured in the PopMatters.com column "Aural Fixation." He takes on the Grammys, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Glee, terrestrial radio, Tom Cruise, and the state of the music industry, often voicing a contrary opinion to the all-too-common laments of the typical music critic. Whitaker asserts that rock and roll isn't dead, that pop music matters, and that best-of lists are a good thing. To help fuel Dave's aural fixation and maintain proper care and feeding of your own musical obsession, check out DavesMusicDatabase.com.

The Grammys. The Billboard charts. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Rolling Stone magazine. National Public Radio. The Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. Q Magazine. Spin. New Musical Express. MTV. VH1. ASCAP. BBC. They've all put their stamp on "definitive" lists of the best songs of all time. They all got it wrong. Well, not completely wrong, but they all got it a little wrong. All those lists come from some bias or viewpoint that led to inclusions and exclusions that inevitably prompt head scratching. However, Dave's Music Database has eliminated the dilemma. Lists from over 100 sources have been compiled into the ultimate cream-of-the-crop list which will draw criticism from none and praise from all. Well, one can dream.

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