Whatever the algorithm or AI on Facebook happens to be, it has decided that I'm a rock music fan, especially interested in the classic rock of the twentieth century. So I get a lot of posts on my newsfeed about this genre, much of it about the Beatles. The other day I got a post on it from Forbes Magazine listing the 30 greatest rock bands of all time. Okay, let's see what they've got. Uh-oh, the Beatles were only listed at number two: sorry, this list is bogus. Still, the top band in their estimation, Led Zeppelin, happens to be my own list's runner-up to the Fab Four. Where I have the biggest problems with this list is how highly they ranked acts I dislike and then omitted some of the best ones from their list. But it's all subjective anyway...better to present a list like this as their ranking of "favorite bands" instead of "greatest bands". Forbes had Queen at #3...okay, I generally like them but not that much. R.E.M., my all-time favorite American band, wasn't even on the list...neither were Yes, Soundgarden, the Police, Beach Boys, Moody Blues, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Doobie Brothers or Pearl Jam while several groups I dislike...like Van Halen, Kiss, Oasis, the Clash, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Journey...were on it. I guess to each his or her own...here are my top ten favorite rock bands:
1 THE BEATLES
2 LED ZEPPELIN
3 R.E.M.
4 RADIOHEAD
5 THE POLICE
6 THE DOORS
7 THE WHO
8 YES
9 THE MOODY BLUES
10 PINK FLOYD
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