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Post by titchjuicy on Mar 23, 2011 13:02:51 GMT
btw I challenge you at listening to their +8 records and see how many we like. I think the onus is on you. You're the one picking bones in a thread vilifying Pitchfork for a review of a album you've never even heard. I think the Strokes album is their worst to date and not a patch on their prior albums, so I tend to agree with the Pitchfork review. You also mention Weezer above. When was the last time Weezer was any fucking good? Hell, even Steve thinks they are shit now. Fuck, they're doing insurance jingles here! In fact, Pitchfork gave Pinkerton a 10. A 10 from them is very rare. They gave the deluxe remastered Pinkerton a 10, and the extras disc a 3.5. I dont see anything wrong with that. Just for starters: Here's the forum's top 10 records from last year alone and the scores from Pitchfork: 1. Best Coast - 8.4 2. Butterfly House - 5.8 3. High Violet - 8.7 4. Kanye - 10.0 5. Plastic Beach 8.5 6. Ariel Pink 9.0 7. Ryan Adams - 6.9 8. LCD Soundsystem 9.2 9. Soft Pack 7.1 10. Arcade Fire 8.6 The fact is, despite a few definite differences, Pitchfork tends to rate the records we rate highly, high. Only one of those scores is below a 6. I consider 6 to be an average to good record. I dont agree with those scores on The Coral personally, but such is life. The Pitchfork score is from one writer. They also don't hand out 9s/10s like candy. They are definitely anal and probably take some things way too seriously, but on that same token, look at the 9s and 10s and see how many you like. Id bet you like more than you dislike at the very least. Their 10s alone, I like probably 75% of those records. Records from the likes of the Beatles, Stone Roses, Otis Redding, Dylan, etc. The problem with Pitchfork is the people who use them as the only tool to judge music. Music is subjective. If the person they have reviewing BSP (whom I love) gives them a 5.738236, I don't fucking care. On the same hand, Pitchfork is brilliant with news, and they are more often right about a record than wrong concerning this forum's taste. They are also excellent about getting artists notoriety who deserve it. They're not perfect and shouldnt be treated as such, but they're definitely a helluva tool for discovering music. There's praise and criticism to be laid at every single music review site like Pitchfork, but if you're going to talk all this mess and try to prove points at least do so with some sort of fact. great post |
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Post by ana on Mar 23, 2011 14:03:15 GMT
I fucking LOVE Machu Picchu  Anyway... MIDWEEK ALBUM CHART UPDATE SHOWS THE STROKES RETURNING 'ANGLES' ALBUM AT NUMBER TWO BEHIND ADELE'S '21' WHICH HOLDS DOWN THE TOP SPOT FOR A RECORD BREAKING 9TH WEEK. SHE RETAKES THE TOP SPOT ON THE SINGLES CHART AS WELL.  I don't think I know this Adele. Clearly she needs to be injected with AIDS. Get on it, barny. |
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Post by Benoît Assou-Ekotto on Mar 23, 2011 14:08:10 GMT
Youtube her.
As pop music go it's alright. She's not evil or anything.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2011 14:10:51 GMT
paul weller loves her lol
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Post by secondcoming on Mar 23, 2011 14:13:11 GMT
Almost as big as  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2011 14:14:03 GMT
great photo. BDI |
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Post by secondcoming on Mar 23, 2011 14:15:22 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2011 14:16:14 GMT
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Post by ana on Mar 23, 2011 14:18:24 GMT
So she's a chubbier, more boring version of Joss Stone? Next! Love those pics. Liam looks the part. |
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Post by dude on Mar 23, 2011 14:26:08 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2011 14:28:34 GMT
 > Julie from the strokes. |
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Post by dude on Mar 23, 2011 14:29:35 GMT
SUCK ON THAT ANA!
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Post by secondcoming on Mar 23, 2011 14:35:48 GMT
Oasis' Liam Gallagher has indulged in in the latest chapter in what has become an annual feature -- insulting and belittling other bands.
Speaking to live4ever in a profanity laced interview, the ex-Oasis frontman made time to talk about the Strokes, Bombay Bicycle Club and Keane.
On Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and the Strokes, Gallagher said: "They're alright, but they're not writing f---ing proper tunes, they're not writing classics -- anything that can stand the test of time like the Beatles or the Stones. The only people that were doing that was us and we will continue to do that in different ways but the scene in England, there isn't one man. They're all f---ing into careers man, they're all just like fast food, having one hit ... They go and have one f---ing hit and the next week they're in f---ing rehab. 'My F---ing Drug Problem', by Tom Chaplin [Keane lead singer] or something."
Gallagher added, "What do you want me to say? Do you want me to say I like Bloc Party? Do you want me to say I like ... I don't even know who the new bands are. Do you want me to say I like Fire Flies [Friendly Fires?]? Or Arcade [Fire]... or f---ing Bombay Bicycle [Club] -- they can f--- off with that name for a start!"
There is, however, one band Gallagher does appreciate. "I think Kasabian are great. There's enough s--- you know -- I say enough about bands. They are good band, a top band ... Kasabian are the best band in England at the moment. Until my new band comes out ... and that's the f---ing end of that."
Fuck yeah
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2011 14:38:09 GMT
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Post by secondcoming on Mar 23, 2011 14:39:17 GMT
My fucking drug problem by Fat Tom should be a massive hit as well |
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Post by grotesque on Mar 23, 2011 14:39:35 GMT
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Post by ana on Mar 23, 2011 14:42:29 GMT
Bombay Bicycle Club is a fucking shit band name, tbf |
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Post by Andy on Mar 23, 2011 14:47:30 GMT
Yeah, it's Mumbai now. Idiots.
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Post by rkrkrk on Mar 23, 2011 15:21:20 GMT
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Post by srk on Mar 23, 2011 15:27:47 GMT
": "They're alright, but they're not writing f---ing proper tunes, they're not writing classics -- anything that can stand the test of time like the Beatles or the Stones." Oh FFS...he didn't really say that, did he?  |
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I don't think I know this Adele. Clearly she needs to be injected with AIDS. Get on it, barny.
