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The list does ok until # 27, and then it just blows it. Were the songs selected per year? If so, that's the year they lost touch.
My objections:
The White Stripes - nope. They're good, just not great, and so far not world changing in any way.
Britney Spears - the Suzie Q of our times. Nope.
The Cure - Just like Heaven - this changed nothing, as far as I can tell. Nor did the Cure. I don't hate them, but they're a very singular band with a unique sound and thing, and they just change much in the way of music IMHO.
Black Flag - TV Party - nope.
In their place, let me suggest:
1) Parliament Funkadelic. "Atomic Dog", of course. Needed and missing.
2) Where's Black Sabbath? "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath?" Or "Paranoid". Or "Sweet Leaf". Launched heavy metal? Remember them? A criminal omission.
3) WHERE is MINOR THREAT?? "Bottled Violence"? "Cashing In?" Come on. Ian Mackaye almost single-headedly brings Skinhead punk to the US.
4) WHERE IS THE POLICE??? "Roxanne". Or any one of any number of their other songs. They spearhead New Wave music, and merge punk, reggae pop and jazz into rock.
