13 Truths and a Lie About Music

Can you spot the falsehood?

The next best thing to early 70’s Rolling Stones was Johnny Thunders.

Every halfway decent Velvet Underground song sounds like a bad Dylan B-side.

Joy Division were better than New Order but Love and Rockets were better than Bauhaus.

Back in the USSR, Blackbird, Carry that Weight, The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, Dear Prudence, Get Back, Good Day Sunshine, Got to Get You Into My Life, Here Comes the Sun, Hey Jude, Lady Madonna, Let It Be, Lovely Rita, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Octopus’s Garden, Penny Lane, Rocky Raccoon, Sexy Sadie, Strawberry Fields Forever, We Can Work It Out, When I’m Sixty-Four, You Really Got a Hold on Me, and You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away, are all terrible songs.

Sammy Hagar is a good lyricist.

Combat Rock is The Clash’s best album.

Every Red Hot Chili Peppers album recorded with Rick Rubin is terrible.

Banksy is 3D, and 3D is Banksy.

The best recording Buddy Guy ever performed on was Muddy Waters-Folk Song.

The Chronic was the beginning of the end of rap.

The difference between a good band and a great band is the drummer (Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, REM, U2, Nirvana, Black Sabbath, we’re looking at you. The Who, The Beatles, and The E Street Band, we’re not looking at you.)

The Star-Spangled Banner is a lousy national anthem.

The only acceptable cover of Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) is by Angelique Kidjo.

And your guess was?