Why journalists are idiots. #881

If you ever needed proof that your average journalist is a full blown moron. You need look no further than Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Singers.

1 | Aretha Franklin by Mary J. Blige

2 | Ray Charles by Billy Joel

3 | Elvis Presley by Robert Plant

4 | Sam Cooke by Van Morrison

5 | John Lennon by Jackson Browne

6 | Marvin Gaye by Alicia Keys

7 | Bob Dylan by Bono

8 | Otis Redding by Booker T. Jones

9 | Stevie Wonder by Cee-Lo

10 | James Brown by Iggy Pop

11 | Paul McCartney

12 | Little Richard

13 | Roy Orbison

14 | Al Green

15 | Robert Plant

16 | Mick Jagger by Lenny Kravitz

17 | Tina Turner

18 | Freddie Mercury

19 | Bob Marley

20 | Smokey Robinson

Bob Dylan at #7? Huh

If Bob Dylan sang Karaoke at you're local watering hole he'd have to do it dodging beer bottles being hurled at him.

Notable ommissions. No Ann Wilson, Meatloaf or Eddie Vedder both of whom can carry a tune better than BOB DYLAN AT #7.

To rub some salt in the wound They list The Boss at #36.

Look, I love Springsteen, but part of the reason is that I know when I sing along, people can't really tell if those horrible sounds are coming from me or my car stereo.

Other notes

John Lennon and Paul McCartney weren't even the best singers in their own group.

I guarantee Luther Vandross (#54) can make any song Bono ever did (#32) sound better... even while dead.

Patsy Cline (46) behind Kurt Cobain (45)? Take the crack pipe from these guys.

This is probably one of the worst of these kinds of list that's ever been compiled.

Read it for yourself if you can stand the smell.