Uncategorized / Friday, July 25th, 2003

VH-1 has done some decent “Top” lists in the past, but their new “200 Pop Icons” list is the biggest load of crap I’ve ever seen. I don’t know who came up with this list, but they’re just insane. The other day I caught part of an episode, and Jim Morrison was ranked so close to 200 it made me sick. I turned it off right away, but now that I’m looking at their 180-161 list, I see that Morrison is at 170, AND ABBA IS 168!!!What the hell is that? It is literally making me nauseous. But oh man, now I’m watching part of it again to see if it gets better, and Led Zeppelin was ranked 132, and then Calvin Klein was ranked 131. Calvin Klein? I wouldn’t know him if he walked into my front door handing out free pairs of jeans while wearing a “Calvin” name badge. Then they show the criteria they used to come up with this garbage, and I still don’t understand it. Here’s their list that I compiled:

Criteria
Led Zeppelin
Calvin Klein
1. Do they pass the one-name test? Yes No
2. Can you dress up as them for Halloween? ehh Not really No
3. Did they blaze a trail in pop culture? Yes Maybe
4. Did they create a signature character in pop culture? No No
5. Can you quote them, or their character, in 10 seconds or less? Twice on Sunday Nope
6. Did society imitate their sense of fashion? Hairstyle? No Yes
7. Did “SNL” create a sketch satirizing them? No No
8. Did someone write a song about them? They wrote their own songs thank you. No
9. Was or is there merchandising or paraphernalia that bears their image? Tons I don’t even know his face
10. Can they be connected to Kevin Bacon? No Who cares?

After looking at it, you can see that #10 is just rediculous because who really cares about Kevin Bacon; this one alone makes me think it’s a joke. But then just look at the results. Zeppelin blows Klein away, unless having society imitate your sense of fashion is worth 80 bagillion points. Did people pay VH-1 to get higher on the list, and because Zeppelin is just too cool to care, they didn’t cough up the almighty dollar? Stupid list.

I’m currently watching: Not VH-1 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons