Worst music critics

Terrapin_Station · 07-30-2016, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

For me it was them giving Obscured by Clouds 2 stars and Ummagumma a goddamn 3 and a half, even though it seemed like they gave the former a warmer review than the latter, then again they didn't actually review Ummagumma, they just gave a description without any opinion whatsoever. It's like they rate albums solely on popularity and they just don't give a f*ck if it's consistant with the review or not.

Maybe that is really what they do. The reviews are reviews and the star ratings show relative popularity/consensus opinions.

I don't know. It doesn't matter to me anyway, because it's never as if I'd make a decision about anything just because someone else likes or dislikes something.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 07-30-2016, 10:55 AM

Me

JGuy Grungeman · 07-30-2016, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by sweet_nothing

Robert Christgau, does this guy even like music? Honestly every review Ive read by him he makes the album sound like its crap yet he gives it an A. I dont think I've ever read anything by him saying something positive about an album. Fuck this guy.

Sometimes I don't even know what the heck the guy's saying.

Terrapin_Station · 07-30-2016, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by JGuy Grungeman

Sometimes I don't even know what the heck the guy's saying.

I haven't read a ton of Christgau's reviews because I don't care for him, but re what I have read, I'd say I don't know what the heck he's talking about maybe 80% of the time. He's one of the people I had in mind re "frustrated creative writing ambitions."

JGuy Grungeman · 07-30-2016, 01:44 PM

re?

Terrapin_Station · 07-30-2016, 02:40 PM

short for "with respect to"

JGuy Grungeman · 07-30-2016, 02:41 PM

Now, creative, I might argue. If by "creative" you mean inserting the song titles of the album in random-ass places, yeah.

Terrapin_Station · 07-30-2016, 03:41 PM

Um, okay.

JGuy Grungeman · 07-30-2016, 03:52 PM

Read his L7 reviews.

galt54 · Today, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

I used to say Christgau was the absolute worst, that is until I found this guy.

Only Solitaire: George Starostin's Music Reviews

This guy is a linguistics researcher and apparently one of the brightest in his field. But yeah, being smart at one subject can't prevent you from being a total retard at another. As this guy's other hobby as a music critic clearly proves.

So let's see. He rates artist's whole careers on letter grades. And thus The Beatles, Stones, Dylan and The Who are the only A grade artists in rock music history. Black Sabbath, The Residents and Pretty Things are a D, and Syd Barrett is an E. And ABBA a C. What more needs to be said?

His reviews are even worse, I won't quote them, I let you find out for yourself if you're willing to endure the blinding stupidity.

BooBoo. I am surprised that you have such a negative opinion of Starostin as a music *reviewer*. I have found Starostin to be enormously helpful in regard to finding music I like. Starostin did not just praise or diss various artists. He *reviewed* their albums. He gave *reasons* for his evaluations of the artists. You may not agree with Starostin´s tastes, BooBoo - that seems to be the reason you diss him - but he explained why his tastes/evalutations were what they were.

I like the fact that Starostin, like me, perceives a distinct melody and strong hook as being the most important attribute of a good song.

I myself to not agree all the time with Starostin. I do not evaluate the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and the Who as highly as he does. I only agree with Starostin that The Beatles are wonderful. But the best thing about Starostin´s massive site is all the background information he provides about the artists he reviews. Wading through Starostin´s site was a learning experience for me. And I thank him for it.

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Terrapin_Station Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: NYC Man Posts: 877	Um, okay.