Are Entertainment Weekly writers potheads?
List-crazy Entertainment Weekly’s newest opus, “The 100 Greatest Moments in Rock,” is misconceived and dopily executed. It’s not clear whether the point is supposed to be the most important moments historically, in terms of influence, or just the ones that produced good records. And the chronological arrangement, rather than by actual rank, makes the whole thing impenetrable. Having made the decision to go chronologically, the magazine is stuck mixing up wholly musical moments with more historical ones. Thus “Little Richard records ‘Tutti-Frutti'” (37) or “‘What’s Going On’ is released” (43) contends with “John meets Paul” (12), “The Replacements sign to Sire” (91) and more mystifying things like “Green Day’s Woodstock II mud melee” (98). The frivolousness of most of the ’90s moments (“Milli Vanilli is exposed” [89], “Ginger quits the Spice Girls” [95]) nicely encapsulates what the magazine thinks is important about this decade. “Pete Townshend smashes his first guitar” is number 26; “
