i know that the "point" of commercial music is to generate hits but it never fails to surprise me that so many people equate an album's quality with how successful its singles are
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/music2/voice_pazz.jpg
― 誤 means 訳. 訳 means 侮辱. (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
what the
― this is funny u bitter dork (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:16 (twelve years ago) link
4 currently has three songs in the top 20 of the R&B chart so it eventually did generate hits, if not big pop crossover hits
― Whitechocolatespacecase (some dude), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:18 (twelve years ago) link
To be fair, the woman that called into Sound Opinions thought it was a bad album because there weren't any songs she could add to her workout mix.
― Girl I want to take you to a JBR (jaymc), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:25 (twelve years ago) link
it's pretty lousy by that yardstick, i suppose
― Whitechocolatespacecase (some dude), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
Thats how she started out, but then she summed up that the whole thing was a disappointment.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
yup it definitely fails on that count
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:27 (twelve years ago) link
i guess B figured that Michelle Obama-comissioned remix of "Get Me Bodied" covered her workout jam quota for the year (xpost)
― Whitechocolatespacecase (some dude), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:27 (twelve years ago) link
I could add "I Care", "Countdown", "Love On Top", "End of Time" and "Girls (Run the World)" to any hypothetical mix
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
I made a Spotify playlist of tracks receiving two mentions because I thought it might be interesting to listen to while I'm at work and figured I might as well share it here.
Around 200 of the 260 tracks matched when I loaded it up. If I get bored I might see if I can add more manually.
― fffv, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
"I Care" is pushing it (xpost)
― Whitechocolatespacecase (some dude), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
haha @ the pitchforkreviewsreviews guy:
Bon Iver, James Blake, M83, and Girls. Why aren't our heroes pissing more people off? Why are they so polite?David ShapiroBrooklyn, New York
David ShapiroBrooklyn, New York
i'm just gonna assume he thought these were gonna be the top 4
― occupy the A train (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
Mary Lou Retton could sweat into her leg warmers while jamming to "Love on Top."
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
"I Care" is the same tempo as "Countdown"!
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
Bon Iver, James Blake, M83, and Girls. Why aren't our heroes pissing more people off? Why are they so polite?
Our Hero will find adulthood a real chore.
so whoever does @Discographies apparently needs to protect their anonymity and vote under their twitter handle?
― Whitechocolatespacecase (some dude), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:34 (twelve years ago) link
"I Care", "Countdown", "End of Time" and "Girls (Run the World)" ARE on my gym mix.
― this is funny u bitter dork (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
why do we care what someone who called into "sound opinions" had to say about a beyonce album
― tyga mother (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
The only reason I brought it up was because it was the first time I was aware of the public's relative dislike of the album. I was all warm and cozy in the ilm lovefest for the album.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe David Shapiro can start a homage blog called Unsound Onions.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
it was either this or have opinions on Lana Del Rey
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
ban opinions
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
NY Times critics back when used to participate in this, but not anymore
They hardly ever filed actual ballots, but we used to be allowed to just pull their votes straight from the Times year-end page, and give the albums 10 points each. Maybe Maura isn't aware of that though.
Anyway, a question for Glenn: How do voters find out their own metalism scores? Mine should be higher than it's ever been no matter what, but I'm curious whether Gentleman's Pistols and Nazareth counted as metal.
And where do we find out which voters were most similar to us? Didn't seem to be in Glenn's ratings last night, but maybe I missed it.
Also curious why Whiney left #10-finishing Shabazz Palaces off his middlebrow rap list way up above. (Are they not considered rap, or did he just miss it? I sort of like that album, but I'm guessing it supports his thesis, either way.)
And finally, does Gunplay live in Ontario, Arizona, or Leeds? "Local" metal bands I voted from all those places each got two votes!
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
I could not agree with this more, this is such depressing logic.
― Seriously, who votes for Drake? (Nicole), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
― fffv, Wednesday, January 18, 2012 8:29 AM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
thanks for this
― mute the wife (bnw), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
oh cool! i just added.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:57 (twelve years ago) link
I always look at Br1an T's ballot for records even you folx haven't heard of.
can't even tell what wrinkleballs is trying to say here
I think you can, wrinkletongue.
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
i've heard of three of brian's twenty picks!
― scott seward, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
one of brian's picks is ilx-related too. or xucxk related. i think he used to post here. maybe. didn't he?
― scott seward, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 15:03 (twelve years ago) link
you capitalized the letters "MID" in the word "Formidable" -- i know in the brain that created "pundneb" that's considered dazzling wordplay but out here it looks like nonsense
― Whitechocolatespacecase (some dude), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
attn #64 we now officially have beef and I hope you sleep light motherfuckers
― unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3chFhCP5mQ
― Whitechocolatespacecase (some dude), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
who's the biggest "oh hey i guess they put out an album this year" artist on the list -- for me it was The Decemberists
― Whitechocolatespacecase (some dude), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
Just forgot it! :(
I love that album and #10 is a dope finish
― 誤 means 訳. 訳 means 侮辱. (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
Chuck:
https://pub.needlebase.com/actions/visualizer/V2Visualizer.do?domain=Pazz-Jop&thread=%40257603&typeId=9149585060559937602&render=List
Of your picks this year, I have Cauldron, Blood Ceremony and Vektor as metal. Sound right?
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
Joy FormidaBULLSHIT
― 誤 means 訳. 訳 means 侮辱. (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
lol
I'd like to add "that THAT, REM"
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
^ let me ghostwrite for u morbz
― 誤 means 訳. 訳 means 侮辱. (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
for me it was the foo fighters. but, in general, i try to forget they exist.
x-post
― scott seward, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
see how Brits pronounce formidable, sd, and also yr fly
#64 = #1 with me, but then I heard 3 albums last year eh
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
I think Ryan Adams for me.
― Girl I want to take you to a JBR (jaymc), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
see how Brits pronounce formidable
I actually have no idea how the band pronounces its name. (In fact, ILXor Jenny and I were just wondering about this the other day.)
<em>They hardly ever filed actual ballots, but we used to be allowed to just pull their votes straight from the Times year-end page, and give the albums 10 points each. Maybe Maura isn't aware of that though.</em>
I was not aware of this! Thanks for the heads-up.
― maura, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
wait, does steven tyler of beantown's aerosmith hate my morning jacket or wish that they had done better?
― scott seward, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
rassa frassa bb code
― maura, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
hey al glad someone threw a vote for that disciplines record
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
doesn't EVERYONE emphasize the second syllable of "formidable"? i've never heard the word pronounced any other way.
― Whitechocolatespacecase (some dude), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
high five, cad!
who in here voted for Cake?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link