I can hear music

I introduce Francis Wheen, everybody. Francis wrote that book; and he also wrote this book; and this one. For this collection of his journalism he won the George Orwell prize in 2003. So, as you can see, he's a busy man. But still he found time to put in his entry for the normblog rock n roll poll. He has given me permission to post his entry here. He was somewhat fearful about what this might do for his reputation, until I reassured him by saying that a list which overlapped with my own by as many as four votes was a list in which one should have confidence. Francis Wheen's ten choices:

Bob Dylan
Richard Thompson
The Beatles
The Beach Boys
The Rolling Stones
Warren Zevon
Little Feat
Joni Mitchell
REM
Elvis Costello

Now, if you haven't entered yet, what's your excuse? You're leaving it perilously late. Things bubbled along for a while after my last appeal, but they've stopped bubbling. I still await entries from some of you who promised them but haven't followed through; and I await entries from others of you who haven't promised anything but aren't going to let me down, I just know it. The details of the poll are here. Please send in your votes. I'm counting on you.