You didn't insult me...what I most wanted to point out was that we could argue opinions about what we like & what we dislike all day long, and it's just kind of pointless. What I think Swish has been getting at, not that I want to speak for him, but this has been going on since this piece was first printed in a UK newspaper last summer, was to generate discussion over whether the recs in question are valid choices according to the parameters laid out by the writers. We've all taken issue with various aspects of the piece over that span, but the point that some have been, at times, pretty stubborn about, is refusing to acknowledge that a record has been influential...usually for reasons given that don't amount to much more than 'I don't like it.'

I don't like the Spice Girls, but I argued that their choice was valid since they kicked off a trend that resulted in themselves, and 2, 3, maybe 4 subsequent acts that exploited how they changed music, selling hundreds of millions of albums. I don't have to like HOW they changed music, but I'm not going to say they didn't just because I have no use for teen dance pop.

No need to resurrect that week's discussion, at least not in this thread...it's in the archives if someone wants to look for it. I appreciate yr response to my post. And it's not about a white flag, I'm not looking to beat anyone into submission, but I think if a point is worth making, someone should try to make it. The Rolling Stones, whether or not anyone cares, continued to sprinkle their records with dance-oriented tracks for years, and since I've never listened to their post-Tattoo You recs as much as the ones they made prior to that one, I can't speak to most after Undercover. But even on that record was a 100%, cut-and-dried disco tune called Too Much Blood that remains one of my favorites of theirs in spite of weak lyrics.

But while some rock jumped on an anti-disco bandwagon, some chose the opposite tack, especially those with leanings towards what was then called 'new wave.' And even if I chose to dismiss the influence of Chic on the dance music that followed, including urban R&B and hip-hop, etc., just having pushed rock gods like some of the ones already mentioned to make disco records, even if it was just a fad for them, is enough for me to agree with this choice on this list.