top ten???!?!?!

I was reading Rolling Stone magazine, the August issue, and I ran across a lot of greatness to write about.  Larry David is on the cover to begin, who is AMAZING!  Curb Your Enthusiasm is one hell of a tv show on HBO.  If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it.  You will be laughing your ass off the whole time.

One article I run across I couldn't help but giggle to myself.  Title, "For the First Time Since 2004, Record Biz Is Up."  This is pretty exciting for a lot of artists, and I feel no matter how hard times get people will always continue to buy music because this is what keeps us going.  The thing that made me laugh was when I saw the "Top 10 Albums."  I thought to myself, where the hell did everyone's music taste go?!  AWFUL!  Parents need to teach their kids a lesson or two about music because these teeny-boppers, baby-boomers choice of music BLOWS!

Top 10 Albums

1. Adele,21

    Albums sold: 2,517,000

2. Lady Gaga, Born This Way

    Albums sold: 1,540,000

3. Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More

    Albums sold: 982,000

4. Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party

    Albums sold: 763,000

5. Bruno Mars, Doo-Wops & Hooligans

    Albums sold: 686,000

6. Justin Bieber, Never Say Never: The Remixes (EP)

    Albums sold: 676,000

7. Chris Brown, F.A.M.E.

    Albums sold: 646,000 

8. Various Artists, NOW 37

    Albums sold: 637,000

9. Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday

    Albums sold: 609,000

10. Katy Perry, Teenage Dream

      Albums sold: 600,000

Herrera, Monica. Rolling Stone Magazine. Issue 1136. August 4, 2011.  Page 22. 

I will give three of those artists credit.  The rest I hear one song by them and I'm sick of it either that second or after the third time I've heard it.  Mumford & Sons is an amazing band, I will give this Top 10 list an applause just for that.  This exact same issue of Rolling Stone has a great article on Mumford & Sons as well.  Another reason to buy it.  Mumford is taking over the US, and I dig that they are from Britain and play bluegrass music!  Plus, I love that Marcus Mumford dates Carey Mulligan... they were pen pals when they were children in church... isn't that the cutest! Haha.

  

I'm shocked I don't see other bands on this list, such as, Taylor Swift or Beyonce... two more that I'm not into, haha.  I'd like to see REAL musicians on here such as Bon Iver, or Foster the People, or even Radiohead.  I will give that Adele can sing and is a beautiful person, but if I hear Rolling in the Deep one more time, I may flip.  I will also give Jason Aldean credit.  I'm not huge into country, but I don't mind his music.  He usually has a whole cd that is bearable, and most are pretty fun...none of those country songs that make you depressed listening to it.  I also live in WI, so I need to suck it up when it comes to country and represent every once in a while.