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A special congratulations to Chrissy Hynde for finishing atop the Women of the Post-Punk/Power-Pop/Nu-Wave Era Poll!
Chrissy swept the writers and the coaches surveys, to help us avoid any trophy controversy. The ranking process proved illuminating, and then not. The top twenty isn't particularly controversial. Most reasonable observers would agree that these figures deserve to be about where they are, give or take a notch or two. The next 20, most would agree, deserve to be highly ranked, but who knows where?
But somewhere after that, maybe at 50, and maybe at 250, the ranking stops looking like a ranking, so much as a list. And opening up the gate flooded the field. You let in one actress, and two dozen actresses come in after that. You think, "Yeah, I guess no-wavers are a real thing, and no-wave musicianz should be included here also," and all of a sudden, no-wave filmmakers are waving their reels and saying "What about us??!!"
As if those films weren't torturous enough the first time. And when country rockers, like Linda Rondstat and Kim Carnes, who legitimately produced nu wave music get a ticket, I suddenly get Victoria Williams' manager on the phone yelling at me. As if she did anything with Kraftwerk! You can't win!
It seemed endless, but the list stopped at 410. It could have ballooned up to 500 easy. it still could. But I learned more about these genres and the global movements they were associated with than i thought there was to possibly know.
Cogratulations as well to Gillian Gilbert for finishing, ummm, 45th!!
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