Rolling Stones list of top 100 music artist , I ?Question its logic

While I’m no fan of Rolling Stone and believe any “top” list is purely subjective, I did enjoy reading the individual narratives written by various artists. 

Rolling Stone stopped being a music magazine many decades ago; it's become a cultural, political, and news publication since then. Music is in there as part of the culture, but it's not their primary focus. Still very popular, still well-read, just not among older people who used to regard it as some kind of music bible. 

@larsman et al,
Rolling Stone has been a cultural, political, and news publication since its beginnings in the late 1960s. Their published motto: "All the news that fits" reflected the inclusion of cultural journalism as reflected in the music scene and beyond, and featured many political and social oriented journalists of each decade since.

That said, I never put any stock in their (or anyone else's) Top 100 lists. I'd have preferred a list of suggestions to check out sort of thing. I'm sure any number of people here could recommend music to expand our horizons just. as well.

@dgd  - good points, but the content of Rolling Stone that I subscribed to from '68 - '73 was probably about 90% music. When they moved from San Francisco to New York, that started to change, to where today it is closer to 90% NOT music.

'All the news that fits' was an ironically humorous take on the New York Times' 'All the news that's fit to print'. 

All true. Yes, Wenner tried to inject a little mainstream publishing vibe into RS from the beginning. They were just kids having some fun, then morphed into serious business as RS "matured."

The rise of rival music magazines may have contributed to that shift. RS straddled the line between pure music news and radical politico stuff, appearing to never commit to one extreme or the other. I haven't picked up an issue in years, so I'm not a fanboy, but RS still has a place in my heart for what it once was I suppose.
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