Another RS list, another outrage

This radio station I listen to just started a big stink about how Metallica only had one song (“Enter Sandman”) in Rolling Stone’s 500 Best Songs. I think RS was generous with one song well into the three hundreds.

Why must every rock station feels the need to push Metallica as if they are some legendarily awesome group? They are merely a marketing force that managed to both ruin radio and take down Napster. If you’re going to push a band from the 80s, push STP, Nirvana or Pearl Jam.

Metallica is the most overrated band in my lifetime. Their sound is derivative and sounds not unlike most other “metal” bands from the same time period. In fact, they also manage to sound strikingly…like themselves. Over and over and over again. And as many of their most popular songs are covers, I say they should personally suck Bob Seger’s dick for what they did to “Turn the Page.”

So there. I said it. Someone had to say it. So go on, flame me.

And...to make the outrage even worse? Don McLean's "American Pie" didn't even make the list. Booooo.