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

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there's something about how the female voice is being subtly mimicked and mocked here too, i think...some of the replies as written are i think meant to be self-deprecating to the author but come off the other way a bit.

nomar, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 21:13 (nine years ago)

this has little to do with the quality of the piece, I admit, but just the sheer arrogance of it, how women are called clingy bitches if they even so much as think about contacting an ex once or, like, go to an event in their neighborhood or whatnot

a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 22:24 (nine years ago)

(and then how something like this fits perfectly into the ironic-acceptable ex behavior overton window)

a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 22:25 (nine years ago)

Could you imagine being an adult media professional and either having or pretending someone is in your phone as "ex-bae" even jokingly

Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 22:27 (nine years ago)

point being as i said before: there are problems with this bad article, but i think you're misinterpreting it

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Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 22:30 (nine years ago)

lol i felt bad about that post. was kind of dickish

Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 22:53 (nine years ago)

if they sent the lyrics to people on tindr it coulda been ok i think

the klosterman weekend (s.clover), Tuesday, 24 January 2017 22:58 (nine years ago)

oh god

mh šŸ˜, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 01:38 (nine years ago)

http://www.avclub.com/article/ice-cube-becomes-global-media-mogul-has-good-day-249009

duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 03:00 (nine years ago)

With the seven, seven-eleven, seven-eleven, seven—even Back Door Little Joe.

smh

blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 17:45 (nine years ago)

That Complex article seems to have been taken down.

heaven parker (anagram), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 18:39 (nine years ago)

not for me

a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 19:05 (nine years ago)

(although thanks for making me send it one more click I guess)

a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 19:05 (nine years ago)

I think Father John Misty's long-winded explanation of his new album could fit on this list. http://pitchfork.com/news/71106-here-is-father-john-mistys-incredibly-long-incredibly-awesome-explanation-of-what-his-new-album-is-about/

Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 20:21 (nine years ago)

i'm not reading that. you read it. give it to mikey, he hates everything.

scott seward, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 20:46 (nine years ago)

i had to check:

"Born May 3, 1981 (age 35)"

ouch....

scott seward, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 20:49 (nine years ago)

I could barely read it, it was mindless pap

Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 20:53 (nine years ago)

fuck this guy

niels, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 21:59 (nine years ago)

shit, dude was born the week after me :/

mh šŸ˜, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 22:47 (nine years ago)

OH KIDS THESE DAYS!!

http://ritholtz.com/2017/02/weve-got-no-protest-music

Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 5 February 2017 14:41 (nine years ago)

lol, no preamble or anything. Just straight into "1. Mariah Carey".

jmm, Sunday, 5 February 2017 14:55 (nine years ago)

welcome to lefsetz land

ridiculous perm ban decision (voodoo chili), Sunday, 5 February 2017 15:21 (nine years ago)

If only there was an embraceable anthem, akin to those of NWA and Public Enemy of yesteryear. I remember during the Rodney King riots realizing everything Ice-T said was right. But now that Trump’s in office and white man power is at its zenith, I can’t point to one hip-hop song that nails it.

if only there were a song that told Donald Trump to fuck off...

ridiculous perm ban decision (voodoo chili), Sunday, 5 February 2017 15:23 (nine years ago)

Waiting for people to do the heavy lifting and send him relevant songs

mh šŸ˜, Sunday, 5 February 2017 15:41 (nine years ago)

We used to sit around and sing Beatle songs, playing the chords on our guitars. I haven’t seen a group of kids sitting around playing today’s music…ever!

niels, Sunday, 5 February 2017 16:55 (nine years ago)

lol must have never been to a fuckin' bar on a Friday night or to any dorms ever.

Neanderthal, Sunday, 5 February 2017 16:57 (nine years ago)

ugh this board is at its worst when people think it's fun to joke about shit like Alzheimer's

sheer presence, look and size (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 February 2017 17:01 (nine years ago)

If only there were some meme depicting an old man, say, yelling at a cloud or something

Wimmels, Sunday, 5 February 2017 17:11 (nine years ago)

quite the conundrum

dorsalstop, Sunday, 5 February 2017 18:12 (nine years ago)

it’s become self-referential, kinda like metal. You can’t understand today’s metal unless you listened to decades of it before.

It's a special kind of agony when Lefsetz says something you kind of agree with.

Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 5 February 2017 18:17 (nine years ago)

Stopped clock etc

sheer presence, look and size (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 February 2017 18:31 (nine years ago)

I'm missing the part where anyone joked about Alzheimer's

a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Sunday, 5 February 2017 19:04 (nine years ago)

Yeah, I missed that too. Maybe a post landed in the wrong thread by mistake?

Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 5 February 2017 19:07 (nine years ago)

I think that was supposed to be a joke? As in, don't make fun of this guy, he can't help himself, "senior moment," etc

that's how I read it anyway

Wimmels, Sunday, 5 February 2017 20:08 (nine years ago)

bingo

sheer presence, look and size (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 5 February 2017 20:49 (nine years ago)

Does this count

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQUSEiwl_zY/

Evan, Friday, 10 February 2017 21:33 (nine years ago)

i like it

removed from the rain drops and drop tops of experience (ulysses), Monday, 13 February 2017 00:58 (nine years ago)

Though the following exhibit came out in 2013, I maintain that it is the worst piece of music writing ever committed to pixels:

http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/what-if-you-dont-like-beyonces-album/

pomenitul, Monday, 13 February 2017 16:33 (nine years ago)

When I was standing in line to validate a parking ticket after American Hustle, ā€œPretty Hurtsā€ was stuck in my head, and I couldn’t get it out, even after sitting in a theater honed in on another piece of media for nearly three hours. Those are the moments that matter, and they never happen immediately. That’s how I was proven wrong.

the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 February 2017 16:37 (nine years ago)

When I was standing in line to validate a parking ticket after Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, ā€œThe Chicken Danceā€ was stuck in my head, and I couldn’t get it out, even after sitting in a theater honed in on another piece of media for nearly three hours. Those are the moments that matter, and they never happen immediately. That’s how I was proven wrong.

pomenitul, Monday, 13 February 2017 16:41 (nine years ago)

this one time at band camp

removed from the rain drops and drop tops of experience (ulysses), Monday, 13 February 2017 18:46 (nine years ago)

lol, the byline is a good kicker

maura, Monday, 13 February 2017 21:49 (nine years ago)

one month passes...

well there's this
http://louderthanwar.com/221207-2/#.WMevy6R8hts.twitter

PaulTMA, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 20:58 (nine years ago)

http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/nicki-minaj-is-out-to-prove-shes-better-than-remy-ma-a-1793221838

the klosterman weekend (s.clover), Friday, 17 March 2017 16:32 (nine years ago)

i mean, not the worst. just painfully earnest and long and sorta unreadable.

the klosterman weekend (s.clover), Friday, 17 March 2017 16:32 (nine years ago)

a good editor coulda saved it, but we don't have those anymore

the klosterman weekend (s.clover), Friday, 17 March 2017 16:33 (nine years ago)

well we do, they're just not employed to edit

mark s, Friday, 17 March 2017 16:42 (nine years ago)

I've liked a lot of Everett True's writing through the years, not such a fan now he's dismissing music on the grounds of being made by a "beardy ginge". It's almost enough to make me try listening to Ed Sheeran.

https://everetttrue.wordpress.com/2017/03/18/ed-sheeran-is-shit/

Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 19 March 2017 15:47 (nine years ago)

good music made by a beardy ginge or beardy ginges: Vivian Stanshall, Average White Band - who else?

soref, Sunday, 19 March 2017 16:07 (nine years ago)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/VanMorrisonMoondance.jpg

mark s, Sunday, 19 March 2017 16:12 (nine years ago)


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