Off Topic--The Worst Year in the History of Rock

2005 ought to go down in history as the worst year in the 50-plus year history of rock 'n' roll. I haven't heard a new album all year that has changed my life, much less changed my mind about something musically. There have been some very good albums. Here, I am primarily thinking of The Hold Steady's "Separation Sunday" and the work of Pelican and Jesu. And then there have been spectacularly bad albums such as the new Death Cab for Cutie (awful vapid lyrics with worse music). But it's been years since I have heard an album that's knocked me over the way "London Calling" did, for example. I yearn for that kind of feeling again. I hope to god it happens in 2006.