Curious about the timeline for that statement, like when did he never expect this, before he'd heard them? How could this be the case?
― Evil Juice Box Man (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:58 (ten years ago) link
Was down to Elton John before I realised for sure that the second article was a piss-take.
― Many guys will try to get your attention by giving a manly stare (bends), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 11:59 (ten years ago) link
well for the first two i think he just meant black people generally xpost
― Number None, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 12:00 (ten years ago) link
Couple of awesome lines in the Mirror riposte.
― I can still taste the Taboo in my mouth when I hear those songs (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 12:16 (ten years ago) link
http://img2.imagesbn.com/p/9781449437589_p0_v1_s260x420.JPG
― wooden shjipley (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 12:20 (ten years ago) link
"I didn't want to include "best ofs" in this list it's cheating. But if I'm honest I don't know enough about the great John to recommend a specific album."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbMSUQE36us
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 12:41 (ten years ago) link
Over my 10-year career I've worked on MTV, 4Music, and hosted the V, Homelands, iTunes and Isle of Wight music festivals. I've hosted radio shows on XFM and Capital FM, and like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music.
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/10/12/paulrobinson_wideweb__470x348,0.jpg
― My question is primarily riparian (Phil D.), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 12:41 (ten years ago) link
The original Dave Berry has a pretty good reputation, Ray Davies wrote some songs for him in the 60s, I don't think I've ever heard him though
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 12:43 (ten years ago) link
― Number None, Wednesday, October 16, 2013 12:00 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this kind of thing makes me want to side with Dave Berry tbph
― when I was Ted Croker man I couldn't picture this (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 13:58 (ten years ago) link
A response to the responsehttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/10383450/Dave-Berrys-10-best-albums-a-further-thought.html
― ۩, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 15:30 (ten years ago) link
Being the owner of a powerboat and speaking a little conversational French, I think it's safe to say that I understand a LITTLE BIT about the MUSIC INDUSTRYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXCwgHyAgAw
― Has talent, needs to figure out how to improve (staggerlee), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 18:46 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiLw45oAuD0
― Luigi Nono, le petit robot, actually (seandalai), Wednesday, 16 October 2013 20:49 (ten years ago) link
When Telegraph Men (the men's section of the Telegraph)
― ^^ post obviously honoring and supporting Qualcomm (zachlyon), Thursday, 17 October 2013 00:03 (ten years ago) link
pretty sure most of the Telegraph's the men's section of the Telegraph tbh.
― Defund Phil Collins (stevie), Thursday, 17 October 2013 09:16 (ten years ago) link
Oof, this is awful.
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 4 November 2013 16:29 (ten years ago) link
BURN IT WITH FIRE. I wish I could un-read that.
― Has talent, needs to figure out how to improve (staggerlee), Monday, 4 November 2013 16:34 (ten years ago) link
Hey, this is catchy, Lester says as he lights up, but how come there’s no clicks or hiss? Explaining how a download works to the ghost of Lester Bangs turns out to be quite difficult.
― how's life, Monday, 4 November 2013 16:39 (ten years ago) link
stfu "Lester"
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Monday, 4 November 2013 16:39 (ten years ago) link
Charles Shitter more like.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Monday, 4 November 2013 16:45 (ten years ago) link
I hope Lester's ghost haunts this guy for eternity.
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 4 November 2013 16:46 (ten years ago) link
Fuck me. At first I thought it was some kind of meta point, but it's just not, is it? It's just thick.
― I can still taste the Taboo in my mouth when I hear those songs (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 4 November 2013 16:47 (ten years ago) link
all this stupid political correctness that everyone forces on everyone else
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 4 November 2013 16:58 (ten years ago) link
CAN I GET A WITNESS PEOPLE
that was how far i got, btw
can anyone beat me?
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 4 November 2013 17:01 (ten years ago) link
This guy clearly hasn't been at this long. This just feels like the kind of trick that newbies try. Be kind, is what I'm saying; this guy could get better, or he could soon realize he has no talent for this.
― a fifth of misty beethoven (cryptosicko), Monday, 4 November 2013 17:06 (ten years ago) link
That kind of eminently reasonable attitude isn't going to bring lols when I'm bored at work, so everyone shd clown this douche imo
― In times of osterity, these Eton-educated poshboys (Bananaman Begins), Monday, 4 November 2013 17:11 (ten years ago) link
^^^
― the doleful cant of a bigot blinded by fear and hate (DJP), Monday, 4 November 2013 17:14 (ten years ago) link
I didn't make it past the first sentence
I didn't get through the whole thing either, but I kind of like using this thread to point out writing that is offensive, obnoxious, wrongheaded or journalistically incompetent. This is more just eye-roll worthy. Laughing at this kinda feels like laughing at a child's horrible painting or something. Still, carry on.
― a fifth of misty beethoven (cryptosicko), Monday, 4 November 2013 17:20 (ten years ago) link
(also, having written for PopMatters, I know for a fact that this guy didn't get paid for this, so...)
― a fifth of misty beethoven (cryptosicko), Monday, 4 November 2013 17:22 (ten years ago) link
I was enjoying that cos I thought Charles and the ghost were going to fuck at the end. then the review finished and I was like, hey come back
― too much Michu, not enough meta (DJ Mencap), Monday, 4 November 2013 17:22 (ten years ago) link
as long as there’s still someone putting out some gritty rock and roll music as a soundtrack to the times
this was my bail point btw
― when did you stop caring about (Noodle Vague), Monday, 4 November 2013 17:23 (ten years ago) link
http://images.moviepostershop.com/ghosts-cant-do-it-movie-poster-1990-1020232413.jpg
― a fifth of misty beethoven (cryptosicko), Monday, 4 November 2013 17:24 (ten years ago) link
the Strokes are his kind of band, with the black leather jackets, the guitars, the cigarettes, the girls,
there are no girls in the strokes?
― Defund Phil Collins (stevie), Monday, 4 November 2013 17:32 (ten years ago) link
also i think this dude knows lester bangs only from the speech in almost famous and has never read anything he wrote
― Defund Phil Collins (stevie), Monday, 4 November 2013 17:33 (ten years ago) link
also this
Yeah, Lester says, I get that, the past is a dead country, but man the world these days has become so boringly safe and emotionally neutral through all this stupid political correctness that everyone forces on everyone else whether you like it or not.
is some really bizarre puppetry in that the writer is forcing into Lester's mouth garbage that even dennis o'leary or dennis miller would blanche at
― Defund Phil Collins (stevie), Monday, 4 November 2013 17:34 (ten years ago) link
I would venture into guessing what type of music Lester would like in 2013 had he lived, but that's like a pube away from writing fanfic where Gene Shalit fucks a cartoon pony.
― obie stompin' moby (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 4 November 2013 17:38 (ten years ago) link
My heads says "be kind", my heart says lol.
OTM. The line about political correctness in particular suggests that he doesn't really understand a thing about Bangs' POV.
― Deafening silence (DL), Monday, 4 November 2013 17:53 (ten years ago) link
agreed. but it wouldn't be albert hammond jr.
― Defund Phil Collins (stevie), Monday, 4 November 2013 18:26 (ten years ago) link
man I get enough incompetent necrophilia fanfic from Shakespeare criticism, surely no need to make those moves in rock criticism too? oy gevalt
― the tune was space, Monday, 4 November 2013 18:30 (ten years ago) link
I can't believe I read that thing, but I am really unhappy that I watched the video for Albert's song attached to it. Gotta go cleanse now.
― grandavis, Monday, 4 November 2013 18:37 (ten years ago) link
I'm guessing he at least read LB's Jimi Hendrix 'interview', and had a great idea.
― jmm, Monday, 4 November 2013 18:42 (ten years ago) link
this is so good
― J0rdan S., Monday, 4 November 2013 18:45 (ten years ago) link
it's sort of nice that in 2013 there is still someone naive enough to write an album review with the ghost of lester bangs as the main character
― J0rdan S., Monday, 4 November 2013 18:46 (ten years ago) link
about a Strokes solo project, too!
― some dude, Monday, 4 November 2013 19:53 (ten years ago) link
http://img1.etsystatic.com/012/1/6396521/il_340x270.437584919_g6v8.jpg
― Evan, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 04:49 (ten years ago) link
http://www.regimebooks.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Charles-Pitter.jpg
haha wow
― 1staethyr, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 05:17 (ten years ago) link
― In times of osterity, these Eton-educated poshboys (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 5 November 2013 10:39 (ten years ago) link
"Gaga is an artist that creates for the sake of creation, and this is her manifesto"
http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/5778227/lady-gaga-artpop-track-by-track-review
― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 6 November 2013 13:40 (ten years ago) link
I found the original long-lost All Music Guide one-and-a-half-star review of Coldplay's Parachutes! And I thought it was Stephen Thomas Whatsisname all these years.
It is rarely a good sign when you can't tell if an album is on or not. From British indie-guitar mumbling to completely innocuous songwriting, Coldplay's Parachutes is an unhealthy sign of a musical subculture that is mired far too deep into its own anonymity. Yes, this is an album that -- aside everything else -- refuses to acknowledge it is even alive. The problem might be in the marketing aspect of the band. If Embrace was a competing label's answer to Oasis, Coldplay seems to be another label's answer to Travis. This time the response is to try and manufacture an album that is so riddled with even more indie-by-number blandness that it will be nearly impossible for any potential record buyer to be offended, because Parachutes is an album in love with the ordinary. The closest the album ever comes to anything interesting is on "Shiver" -- a wafer-thin mimicry of Ned's Atomic Dustbin that at least implies that the band can do well when they play around with usual verse-chorus-verse structures. Still, other than that, the album is bare of anything else very noteworthy. The core single "Yellow" sets up an interesting premise with rolling guitar riffs and vocal cracks, yet goes absolutely nowhere with any of it. Also, closer "Everything's Not Lost" (despite at times sounding like a Randy Newman throwaway) has a wistful atmosphere about it that feels like an epilogue to an event that never happened. Even the better songs prove that there is a large failure to peak on this album. This is a traditional case of wasted opportunity. Everything is just so determinedly middle-of-the-road, one can only picture a dotted yellow line while listening to it. -- Dean Carlson
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 7 November 2013 01:56 (ten years ago) link