https://www.adforum.com/creative-work/ad/player/45449/melt-with-you/ritz
― "the fgti incident?" (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 31 October 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link
So that automatic p4k radio pop-up player thing is fucking annoying.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 17:10 (six years ago) link
Tru
― Moodles, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 18:33 (six years ago) link
yeah they've done that before, it went away after a day or two though, that shit better not be permanent
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 18:38 (six years ago) link
hate it
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 18:38 (six years ago) link
would be better if they auto-played a video with sound at the same time, which they also do on occasion
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 18:52 (six years ago) link
Did they ever do another episode of that video series where an artist listens to songs that mention them by name? I loved the one with Michael Bolton.
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 4 November 2017 13:16 (six years ago) link
Watch Seth Rogen Recite Leonard Cohen’s “Field Commander Cohen”
now why tf would i want to do that?
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 23:15 (six years ago) link
*seth rogan laugh*
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 7 November 2017 23:20 (six years ago) link
"For a decade, almost everyone agreed on Taylor Swift."
Pretty good explanation for waiting until 2017 to review one of her albums.
― President Keyes, Monday, 13 November 2017 14:47 (six years ago) link
swish!
― flappy bird, Monday, 13 November 2017 17:47 (six years ago) link
most of these aren't bad but man there are so many things that could/should have been taking up the BSS slot
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-year-in-protest-music-2017/
― Simon H., Tuesday, 21 November 2017 03:23 (six years ago) link
How are they so naive as to put that Jay-Z song with the anti-Semitic line in there? Like I know that there's a lot of other critical stuff going on in that song but that line really ought to invalidate its place here
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 03:30 (six years ago) link
What are they doing, really, when time and again they endeavor to reinvent themselves, if not trying to remain fashionable — or, more precisely, to stave off obsolescence?
and here i thought pitch4k worshiped the ground radiohead walks on
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 4 December 2017 12:57 (six years ago) link
If you're feeling a sort of wistful, 19th-century melancholy right now may I suggest perusing an in-progress snapshot of the sort of people who will ask Pitchfork questions about their year-end list on Reddit:
http://web.archive.org/web/20171212211338/https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/7jds7r/were_the_editors_of_pitchfork_we_just_finished/
― You're all losing so many points on your progress bars (Champiness), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 21:22 (six years ago) link
questions should come in the format of post-game interviews with the winning team
after an epic year of writing, features, and great music, you've just delivered your long-awaited list of best songs and albums. what was going through your mind as the list went live?
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 21:31 (six years ago) link
p4k has been around basically 2 decades and half the questions are still "how do you come up with the rating" "why was this rated 8.4 but it scored higher than that which was rated 9.0"
― marcos, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 21:38 (six years ago) link
Were it a '100 Most Important/Influential/Timely/Impactful Songs of 2017' list, I'd be all in on Bodak Yellow at #1. But as many have said, the list is the 100 BEST songs. I know ranking music is inherently subjective, but did Pitchfork really conclude that it was the absolute highest quality song that was released?
yes
― Cat Person (Putting Out Fire) (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 21:41 (six years ago) link
we polled everyone on the planet who could hear, 40% of deaf people and four space aliens; apparently "bodak yellow" is definitively the best short form composition of the year in ever conceivable genre
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 21:44 (six years ago) link
manthonyfantano 3 points 6 minutes ago How does it feel to live with the duality of presenting yourself as cultural mavens who care about the social issues of our time while you actually curate and manipulate any form of relevant youth culture in order to sell very expensive ad space and create synergy for the PR campaigns of your parent companies?
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 21:45 (six years ago) link
the "R" in reddit stands for "RYM"
― Cat Person (Putting Out Fire) (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 21:46 (six years ago) link
I thought it was pretty obvious that it would be end up as their #1. Not really a huge upset imo.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 02:02 (six years ago) link
i mean bodak yellow clearly isn't great but the whole point of, say, reading pitchfork or even liking music is participating in this willful charade of forced 'this is good and makes me happy'-ness so... who cares
― sleepingbag, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 02:05 (six years ago) link
Why the fuck did they do this again? They already did an AMA once and it was a disaster. I understand p4k not wanting to answer most of these questions, why open yourself to inevitable criticism and easy dunking that only reaffirms enmity towards the site?
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 03:17 (six years ago) link
I'm guessing because Condé Nast owns Reddit and someone on staff had to run the gauntlet of red pills, MRAs and paedos
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 04:46 (six years ago) link
millennial males gonna millennial male
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 04:49 (six years ago) link
it’s not direct ownership. https://www.recode.net/2017/7/31/16037126/reddit-funding-200-million-valuation-steve-huffman-alexis-ohanianbut reddit is where the eyeballs are. platforms are key, even if they host the_donald and other incel gathering spots
― maura, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 05:17 (six years ago) link
I wasn't referring to reddit really, more "why would they open up a free forum for questions that they know they won't answer?" i mean the lack of a comments section on p4k is one of its defining features. I get the ownership thing, still an awkward position to be in.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 05:27 (six years ago) link
yeah and also everyone is in “get as many new eyeballs in as possible” panic
― maura, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 05:51 (six years ago) link
The web site is now leading with Doug Jones winning the Alabama Senate race.
― skip, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 05:56 (six years ago) link
lmao holy shit
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 05:59 (six years ago) link
Pitchfork's Cat Person Corner featuring Yusuf Islam
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 06:06 (six years ago) link
Doug Jones Defeats Roy Moore in Alabama Senate Election, Walks Off to “Teach Me How to Dougie”: WatchThat actually, seriously happened
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 06:22 (six years ago) link
that headline is so great in so many ways
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 07:43 (six years ago) link
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, December 13, 2017 6:06 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lmao
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 13 December 2017 08:42 (six years ago) link
Lol I saw someone make the same joke on Twitter and literally did a spit take
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 13 December 2017 18:00 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/JxH4860.png
― marcos, Monday, 18 December 2017 16:14 (six years ago) link
too low
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 18 December 2017 16:32 (six years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/news/pitchfork-review-scale-now-zero-to-one-hundred-thousand/
― Karl Malone, Monday, 18 December 2017 16:33 (six years ago) link
what kind of revisionist softserve-ass bitchmade opinion is "the first rage against the machine album isn't good, ACTUALLY?"
go listen to king krule, crybabies
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 18 December 2017 16:42 (six years ago) link
http://memegenerator.net/img/images/600x600/17100071/nintendo-thumbs-up-kid.jpg
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 18 December 2017 16:46 (six years ago) link
i dont know who king krule is
― marcos, Monday, 18 December 2017 16:47 (six years ago) link
http://cloud-3.steamusercontent.com/ugc/442856328487727448/6C1CD860D33A88D84045326F873C01A36F7BA777/
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 18 December 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link
^that's king krule^
― Karl Malone, Monday, 18 December 2017 16:51 (six years ago) link
how is hate for RATM revisionist? People laughed at them from day 1.
― President Keyes, Monday, 18 December 2017 16:53 (six years ago) link
uh
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 18 December 2017 16:55 (six years ago) link
softserve-ass bitchmade
this sounds like my scene tbh
admittedly, i've barely listened to any rage against the machine. i think i grabbed Battle of LA in the napster days, and i heard Guerilla Radio on the Tony Hawk soundtrack a million times. but that's it. so a few weeks ago i listened to 'killing in the name of' because that's the one that ragers always bring up. i gave it a fair shot and listened to it on headphones at a very high volume. killing in the name of sounds like a local jamband that doesn't jam, at least to me. it's bad. bad enough to make me never want to hear them again, especially if this is supposed to represent the band at their peak.
i guess this is my fault for thinking of them as a loud intense band. but if they're not good at that, what are they good at? am i supposed to be blown away by zack de la rocha's lessons?
anyway whiney i'll do you a favor: i'll stfu and listen to the rest of the album, and if i hate it i won't say anything.
― Karl Malone, Monday, 18 December 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
Yeah, seriously, RATM were a joke from the moment I first heard them. "Fuck you I won't do what you tell me - I'm going to my room!"
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 18 December 2017 17:02 (six years ago) link
xpost aw
Yeah, I don't think there's a bad song on that album
― mag gerwig! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 18 December 2017 17:05 (six years ago) link
everyone take their silliness to the controp thread, rage rules. Yes, zach de la rocha was extremely lazy and only wrote two or three lines max for a song. But killer riffs? they make up for a lot
― flappy bird, Monday, 18 December 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link