OK, is this the worst piece of music writing ever?

not to put too fine a point on it

meanwhile in MN, Meagan Pittelko is writing the most heartfelt thank-you note of her life

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/lucyjones/100065085/this-gotye-and-call-me-maybe-mash-up-could-be-number-one-for-the-rest-of-the-yeardecadehistory/

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It is even said that without Graceland, there would be no hiphop

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"without Graceland, there would be no hiphop"

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At av club andy battaglia was great back in the day.

Oh, apparently the 'no hip hop' argument is made in the Under African Skies documentary, rather than just being something the telegraph blogger invented. So I suppose she is correct that 'it is (even) said'

She didn't bother to take it to task so one can presume she believed it to be true.

sometimes just reporting the words is enough

Paul Simon time-traveled to the Bronx 1971 and performed Planet Rock at the Under the Sea dance.

it is believed that "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Grandmaster Paul & Gar-Funkenstein prophetically refers to the Marley Marl/KRS-One beef of the mid-late 80s.

Little known fact but he also paved the way for bands like Operation Ivy and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones with his song Ska-Bro Fare.

it is believed that "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Grandmaster Paul & Gar-Funkenstein prophetically refers to the Marley Marl/KRS-One beef of the mid-late 80s.

― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, January 29, 2014 10:23 AM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ftw

also recorded the early diss track "A Message to Benedict Art" after his group broke up

lol @ Ska-Bro Fare

I heard he hard-sonned Papoose in a battle last year in disguise, under the moniker "50 Wayz"

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Paul Simon time-traveled to the Bronx 1971 and performed Planet Rock at the Under the Sea dance.

― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Wednesday, January 29, 2014 10:17 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Afrika! Afrika, it's Marvin. Your cousin, Marvin Bambaataa. You know that new sound you're looking for? Well, listen to this!

omg lol

set...SPIKE!

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/why-is-pop-music-stuck-on-the-same-old-song/article16557019/

why doesn't Beyonce write songs about Robbe-Grillet novels

can't believe that the guy who brought us "When it comes to selfies, James Franco could take a lesson from Lady Gaga" and "Can winter socks be both warm and dressy?" could stoop to this

In hip hop, the verses can be chanted rather than sung

*takes notes*

Five'll get you ten he's never read Alain-Grillet in his life. Otherwise he would have known that I Am Sasha Fierce is Beyonce's Les Gommes.

He also wrote this, lol: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/the-truth-about-publishing-its-full-of-hotties/article4322712/

But I have never in my whole career made a real pass at one of my colleagues or, I think, been flirtatious to the point of making someone seriously worried about my attention. Even when I was single.

Why has this guy not been arrested already?

What is wrong with songs? Absolutely nothing. Songs are great. I love songs. I sing them in the shower sometimes. They can be poignant or cheery or angry and they can have catchy and satisfying melodies. There’s nothing wrong with songs.

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All songs – all of them, every single one, that is to say 100 per cent – must have a four-four time signature.

That's Burt Bacharach put in his place then.

Songs are great. I love songs. I sing them in the shower sometimes. They can be poignant or cheery or angry and they can have catchy and satisfying melodies.

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Oh, jeez, Russell Smith. He was a promising novelist that never lived up to the promise, then became Canada's most cringeworthy columnist. He's also a jerk and a snob, but that's getting ad-hominem.

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forgot i screencapped this

https://31.media.tumblr.com/0d40d8336fd30bab7c6f86f685b0ae43/tumblr_mwsquzE5kM1qzb8z0o1_400.png

dig that up for the woody allen thread?

just a coincidence but i sincerely await the avc column title about it

Are these the 500 worst pieces of music writing ever?

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/schmidtt/rolling_stones_500_worst_reviews_of_all_time__work_in_progress_/1/

unfortunately some of them are still seared into my brain

One would assume that anyone wanting to criticise old music criticism, ripped out of its original time and context, should be able to tell the difference between verbs transitive and intransitive.

The writing about "the 500 worst pieces of music writing ever" is one of the worst pieces of music writing ever. Another lazy, entitled parasite who only wants writing that agrees with them.

http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/x3.asp?xx=1&w11=seared&w12=into&r=

What this guy really hates isn't the general standard of Rolling Stone reviews. He hates himself because if he was any good as a writer, Rolling Stone would have given him a job, and THAT'S what's rankling him.

That may be true but the notion that professional music writing functions as a meritocracy is laughable.

Even if it did, he wouldn't have got in. Does Christian Hoard owe him some money, or something?

True, it's a lousy enterprise but boy, that review of Curtis gets everything wrong. I always get a kick out of seeing clueless contemporary reviews of future classics.

This is true, but if you want bad and wrongheaded music writing, then read this.

Great on American music, clueless about European music is how I approach Bangs.

I read this book over the weekend and I see how good a job Greil Marcus did of getting LB’s genuinely great writing into the first anthology. “Great on American music”? Have a look at his article about Wet Willie.

Greil "when I said 'what is this shit' I actually meant..." Marcus.

lol @ their argument against my weeknd review. SORRY YOUR CRYBABY DRUGGO SEXIST MAKES AWFUL MUSIC THAT CAN BE DEMOLISHED SUCCINCTLY. editing: maybe abel should try it sometime

Yeah, well no one is forcing you to listen to this thing in one sitting.

Hardly think that makes a difference. A lot of his songs don't justify their length.