The music of Sigur Ros is enigmatic and inscrutable. It's also uniquely Icelandic. Where Have All The Protest Songs Gone Joey Ramone wasn't afraid to get political. In both significance and usefulness, Rolling Stone has long been in decline. Both lists have their problems, but VH1 s is the only one still standing after you ve analyzed the aesthetic logic.
Logic is a strange word to use here.
If you want to debate the best first baseman or president , at least you can cite statistics and facts. But everybody who loves any kind of art has idiosyncratic favorites, and for those inclined toward a certain period or genre, snubs are inevitable. Still, subjective lists can be logical if they follow rules. Not surprisingly, logical consistency is a problem for RS and MTV, who are equally comfortable promoting both Eminem and the groups horrified by his lyrics . Not so for VH1.