Radical Ratings: 1989
Good
A
The Cure
Michael Penn
B
Stone Roses
Tone Loc
Don Henley
C
10000 Maniacs
Love & Rockets
B-52s (I'm not sure if it's inherently bland or just sounds this way after hearing it for the 10000th time)
Tom Petty
Rolling Stones
Necessary
A
Tone Loc
B
The Rolling Stones
Stone Roses (Come to think of it, RS>SR or SR>RS would have been clever)
C
Love & Rockets (A perfect example of how a good segue can save a completely unnecessary song. Funky Cold Medina > this = worth two grades up.)
The Cure (Ditto, with the Dead Poets Society clip. But really, one of the deeper tracks off of Disintegration would have been even more necessary.)
D
Tom Petty
Michael Penn
10,000 Maniacs (Sigh...I know we've only heard this once before but something as bland as this really shouldn't make more than one appearance)
Don Henley (Likewise...we haven't heard this in awhile, but it didn't really add anything to this set)
F
The B-52s