“I hope you have fun going through the list and listening to something that you may not have otherwise known about or something you my have forgotten about.”
In January, Adam Roussopoulos, a well-known and very active mail artist, started his project The Ultimate Mail Art Playlist. He asked the community two questions:
- “What is your favorite band?
- “What is your favorite song?
Adam collected all votes in a brochure with a nice cover [enlarge photo] with a preface that states:
“I wanted to create a worldwide playlist with the hope of being able to connect to those within the eternal network in a different way. (…) I imagined each person coming up with their own internal criteria for determining this.”
Beatles forever
The results prove the lasting importance of the Beatles. A total of six songs by the band appear on the list; five in their original versions and, of course, “With a little help from my friends” in Joe Cocker’s version.
There were two mentions of Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan (one cover), the Residents, the Rolling Stones, and Frank Zappa.
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