"Do it over, do it right"

The American music magazine Rolling Stone has made a fool of themselves (again). The magazine has presented a list of the "Top 50 Bands of All Time". The ignorant masses cheer. For example the site howtofeelgood.net (health and wellness page for those who want to keep fit and feel good) wrote: "This prestigious ranking highlights the most influential and celebrated groups in music history, honoring their lasting impact and contributions to the industry." In fact, the list is just ridiculous. I mean, placing U2 (no.3), Oasis (no.8), The Strokes (no.22), Guns N Roses (no.28) and Stone Roses (no.34) makes no sense. Halfway through, the editors seems to have become aware of that there were no black artists on the list and took affirmative action. Sly Stone and Public Enemy were included. I'm not the only one who have objections. In fact, the internet is filled with concerned people crossing over or replacing names. I haven't gone that far. Instead, I have rearranged the list in the correct order (my own list would have ended after no. 30). Finally, I have measured the similarity. Pearson correlation coefficient (rho) is a statistical method that measures the similarity or correlation between two data objects by comparing their attributes and calculating a score ranging from -1 to +1. A high score indicates high similarity, while a score near zero indicates no correlation. Pearson rho in this case is 0.18. And the conclusion? Do it over, do it right.

Disclaimer: Black Sabbath (first six albums), Deep Purple (third to ninth album), AC/DC (first three albums).