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

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But really, the most damning indictment of his playing is the exceptional solo work David Byrne has produced since leaving the rhythmically handicapped Talking Heads.

rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 19:30 (eight years ago) link

Talking Heads are but a minor footnote to/warmup for the monumentally epoch-shattering work of Byrne's solo career.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 20:17 (eight years ago) link

And today I learned that a single percussionist is known as a "slew."

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 20:17 (eight years ago) link

the rhythm section that created "Once in a Lifetime" called rhythmically handicapped. Still, I suppose Tina Weymouth is, y'know, a woman.

Gaz upon my works ye mighty, and despair (Neil S), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 20:27 (eight years ago) link

i like neil peart as much as the next guy, but that doesn't mean he should be in every band.

tylerw, Tuesday, 29 March 2016 20:32 (eight years ago) link

Yeah, he shits on Ringo for "struggling to fill the space." Because the only good drummers are those who FILL EVERY SPACE WITH DRUMS AT ALL TIMES.

Which pretty much explains this:

the best drummer of all time (Buddy Rich)

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 20:36 (eight years ago) link

lol of course

tylerw, Tuesday, 29 March 2016 20:40 (eight years ago) link

thats cindy "blackmon" thing is pissing me the fuck off fuck music writing fuck men fuck everything jesus fucking christ!>@!@!?#!@>#!>

kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 29 March 2016 20:42 (eight years ago) link

he brilliant South American grooves on Bryne’s solo efforts

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 20:45 (eight years ago) link

Here's an example of some drumming by the writer of that piece:
https://youtu.be/orJtr738Zpc

Sorry, but when your playing is so, let's say, uncreative, you're not in a position to say shit about fuck.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 20:52 (eight years ago) link

a/b that shit with this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsfg9SRgwEw

kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 29 March 2016 22:35 (eight years ago) link

That guy's a shitty writer and his opinions about music, at least based on that one piece, are almost completely wrongheaded (not gonna get into the Ringo thing 'cause I fucking hate the Beatles, but the other bands he talks about, he's basically 180 degrees from reality). That said, I'm not a big fan of Blackman's myself. I saw her at a traditional jazz gig years ago, backing Pharoah Sanders, and she got completely lost when her solo came around, had to basically claw her way back into the tune - it was almost painful to watch/hear. And in recent years, I think she's tried way too hard to be Tony Williams, without coming anywhere close to his precision and timing.

the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 23:41 (eight years ago) link

Cindy gets a lifetime pass for "Are You Gonna Go My Way"

Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 00:01 (eight years ago) link

Not being Tony Williams is a bar that like 99% of drummers won't clear

rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 01:14 (eight years ago) link

why is whiney making us read poopmatters from 2007???

scott seward, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 01:21 (eight years ago) link

does a whiney still play drums? he was pretty rockin'!

scott seward, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 01:22 (eight years ago) link

Cindy gets a lifetime pass for "Are You Gonna Go My Way"

For miming in the video?

glandular lansbury (sic), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 03:46 (eight years ago) link

Whoa, it was Lenny all along :O

Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 04:11 (eight years ago) link

she's Rick James niece bitches

Mr. Magic's Rap Attack (m coleman), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 10:48 (eight years ago) link

tiny mix tapes is a reliable dealer

Keks + Nuss (contenderizer), Thursday, 31 March 2016 12:22 (eight years ago) link

haha, that is kinda the best bad review though. i read the whole thing anyway. at the bottom of the page i read "Yes, they're Dockers." and i actually thought that was the last line of the review. it should have been.

scott seward, Thursday, 31 March 2016 12:24 (eight years ago) link

half want to poll it

Keks + Nuss (contenderizer), Thursday, 31 March 2016 12:42 (eight years ago) link

i will miss those sorts of reviews when they die out

ogmor, Thursday, 31 March 2016 13:08 (eight years ago) link

NOW i know why whiney posted that old thing.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-drummers-of-all-time-20160331

scott seward, Thursday, 31 March 2016 19:06 (eight years ago) link

Ugh, fucking Buddy Rich again.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 31 March 2016 19:08 (eight years ago) link

does a whiney still play drums? he was pretty rockin'!

I can attest that whiney is good for the job when it's time to lay down fifteen minutes of sick ass improv

tremendous crime wave and killing wave (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 31 March 2016 19:12 (eight years ago) link

on that rolling stone list my picks would be: helmet guy, dave lombardo, drumbo, bill ward. can live without the rest.

scott seward, Thursday, 31 March 2016 19:13 (eight years ago) link

i really wish you guys could see ILX's own Tarfumes behind the kit. he does the sickest shit.

scott seward, Thursday, 31 March 2016 19:14 (eight years ago) link

Oh Tarfumes is Taylor Hawkins? Cool

rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 31 March 2016 19:19 (eight years ago) link

I was really hoping to see Vic Firth's name on that list

i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Thursday, 31 March 2016 19:19 (eight years ago) link

there is great recent footage of tarfumes playing some sort of matmos salon type thing in baltimore. i watched it twice. don't want to embarrass him and post it though.

scott seward, Thursday, 31 March 2016 19:20 (eight years ago) link

thank you, scott

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 31 March 2016 19:29 (eight years ago) link

before ilx turns into pseuds corner, let's take a look where we're headed

http://crackmagazine.net/article/music/kaitlyn-aurelia-smith-ears/

not sure what distinguishes that from the 100 or so sophomoric reviews just like it that are uploaded each day

reader, if you love him so much why don't you marry him? (DJ Mencap), Monday, 4 April 2016 20:22 (eight years ago) link

it's about a record that ilx is in danger of overrating beyond anything i've seen :D

*runs*

^ FP

Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Monday, 4 April 2016 20:56 (eight years ago) link

in danger of overrating beyond anything i've seen :D

there only like 30 posts on that thread you dork

marcos, Monday, 4 April 2016 21:10 (eight years ago) link

aside from a few unneeded adverbs there is absolutely nothing wrong with that review

(I thought the album was fine, reminded me in places of laura j martin and/or the creatures soundtrack)

a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Monday, 4 April 2016 22:40 (eight years ago) link

https://thump.vice.com/en_uk/article/hunting-for-the-cast-of-the-sexiest-music-video-of-all-time

I have nobody to blame but myself for clicking on a Thump link but this is woeful.

boxedjoy, Tuesday, 5 April 2016 09:50 (eight years ago) link

overrating things is good. if you accept the existentialist premise that we make the meaning we find in the world, overrating things is what makes life bearable.

Treeship, Tuesday, 5 April 2016 15:55 (eight years ago) link

that last message was an xp to LJ

also, lol boxedjoy. that is the worst premise for an article.

Treeship, Tuesday, 5 April 2016 15:59 (eight years ago) link

lol god forbid people actually love some music on ILM

Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 16:03 (eight years ago) link

lj is probably just annoyed it isn't more "challenging"

Mordy, Tuesday, 5 April 2016 16:04 (eight years ago) link

contrarianism can also give life meaning, to be fair

Treeship, Tuesday, 5 April 2016 16:17 (eight years ago) link

The album is good, but people are being really embarrassing on that thread

Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 5 April 2016 16:19 (eight years ago) link

what's embarrassing about the posts on that thread? i just read it, everyone just goes "yeah wow this album is good"

de l'asshole (flopson), Tuesday, 5 April 2016 16:22 (eight years ago) link

whiney himself said the album was good on that thread

k3vin k., Tuesday, 5 April 2016 16:23 (eight years ago) link

is it Destroyer-level fawning? cuz that is scary stuff. regular fandom and WOW! shouldn't be a problem. i'm gonna go check it out! BrB.............

scott seward, Tuesday, 5 April 2016 16:24 (eight years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcSXbvzW91U

Treeship, Tuesday, 5 April 2016 16:26 (eight years ago) link


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