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

"The Crying Game" is a fantastic record which is why they made a film about it.

Hmm yes, I admit I have not seen that film. Only Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.

ILM needs a Mike Berry thread stat, wash away the taste of laughing at the unfortunates

Maybe a big Mike Berry vs Paul Nicholas vs Dennis Waterman vs ??? poll would be the way to go, it's the ILM way

who is the ??? though

said this earlier on top, top social networking website Facebook but I doubt most people who think of themselves as 'serious music fans' could name a John Lee Hooker studio album. most canon blues artists are best served by compilations right?

Paul Nicholas in a heartbeat unless we can find a serious challenger

most canon blues artists released all their best records as singles so it has to be compilations really

David Essex too heavyweight for the 70s Britpop throwdown?

Yeah he would walk it. Was he an actor turned singer though? Thought he was the other way round.

Oh wait, Paul Nicholas was a singer first too, so that doesn't work.

Paul Shane? If we're going down the sing-your-own-show's-theme route.

most canon blues artists released all their best records as singles so it has to be compilations really

True but you would miss out on glorious stuff like Muddy Waters' Electric Mud

Paul Shane is a good call, but then I feel you'd have to add Don Estelle and Windsor Davies and that wouldn't be a fair fight.

mirror straining for the zing:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/going-out/music/move-over-dave-berry-tell-2458656

was just pondering Don Estelle.

as i often do.

On the plus side, new display names ahoy!

i think of Paul Nicholas and David Essex as proper pop artists, whilst accepting they might be perceived as being a shade kitsch

From the Mirror: Weirdly, there’s never been an album called The Very Best Of The Beatles. Probably something to do with Yoko.

No, but there's an album compiling all their No.1 singles, you complete and utter dipshit.

his byline pic is...unfortunate

Pulp Fiction - The Motion Picture Soundtrack
An education. As a 15-year-old boy living in south east London I never expected I'd be blasting Al Green, Kool & The Gang and Neil Diamond out of my stereo.

An education: Neil Diamond is not on that album.

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?

Was down to Elton John before I realised for sure that the second article was a piss-take.

well for the first two i think he just meant black people generally xpost

Couple of awesome lines in the Mirror riposte.

http://img2.imagesbn.com/p/9781449437589_p0_v1_s260x420.JPG

"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

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

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

well for the first two i think he just meant black people generally xpost

― 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

A response to the response
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/10383450/Dave-Berrys-10-best-albums-a-further-thought.html

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 INDUSTRY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXCwgHyAgAw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiLw45oAuD0

When Telegraph Men (the men's section of the Telegraph)

pretty sure most of the Telegraph's the men's section of the Telegraph tbh.

Oof, this is awful.

BURN IT WITH FIRE. I wish I could un-read that.

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.

stfu "Lester"

Charles Shitter more like.

I hope Lester's ghost haunts this guy for eternity.

Fuck me. At first I thought it was some kind of meta point, but it's just not, is it? It's just thick.

all this stupid political correctness that everyone forces on everyone else

CAN I GET A WITNESS PEOPLE

that was how far i got, btw

can anyone beat me?

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.

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

^^^

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.

(also, having written for PopMatters, I know for a fact that this guy didn't get paid for this, so...)

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