pitchfork is dumb (#34985859340293849494 in a series.)

I don't think their popularity/readership has declined significantly much at all in the CN years. BNM still a coveted goal, has material gains for artists, etc.

― flappy bird, Monday, December 3, 2018 1:56 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

eh, I'm not so sure about that second part

it's probably lessened somewhat, but ask a publicist if it's important or not

pitchfork is an improbably good website for the internet in 2018. like i know we clown it for the craft beer native advertising and clickbaitey news items, but it publishes multiple long-form pieces about Drake every day. and they're often good

― flopson, Monday, December 3, 2018 2:42 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Sure but what if you want to hear news about musicians besides Drake?

" lol "

flopson otm

Sure but what if you want to hear news about musicians besides Drake?

― Evan, Monday, December 3, 2018

Someone isn't reading the site 😈

Haven't read the review(s) yet but no way in hell Number of the Beast is better than Piece of Mind, that's some straight poser talk

The review's not bad, but I'm gonna draw a line: Iron Maiden are one of the greatest live bands I've ever seen (I've seen them five times), but they don't have a single front-to-back great album. Not one.

Hmmm. I want to argue but I think I have to agree. Even their best albums are like 1/3 filler. They're the Tom Petty of metal.

Somebody on Twitter offered Powerslave, but that album is two of their best songs up front and two more of their best at the end, with four basically useless filler tracks in a row in between.

they don't have a single front-to-back great album. Not one.

― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, December 4, 2018 7:40 AM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

seventh son comes perilously close imo

but also i don't 100 percent disagree

The run from "Losfer Words" to "Back in the Village" easily disqualifies Powerslave

If you eliminate "The Trooper," most of side 2 of Piece of Mind is kinda meh in retrospect

I was going to suggest Seventh Son, which maybe comes closest to a front-to-back classic, but "The Prophecy" and "Only The Good Die Young" are pretty weak iirc

I feel a poll coming on

I'm weird but I love the shit out of Somewhere in Time

no way in hell Number of the Beast is better than Piece of Mind, that's some straight poser talk

anybody who doesn't co-sign this is suspect

xp I like Somewhere In Time too but I wonder how much of that has to do with nostalgia. I think it was the first CD I ever owned and I listened to the shit out of it. It's definitely their corniest record, though

it was def my first exposure to them

i ended up doing a report on Alexander the Great because it and used a quote from the song at the beginning lol

It's definitely their corniest record, though

Maiden is fundamentally a corny band so perhaps this means it's their best

Totally agree on the studio records, and would also nominate Seventh Son as the closest.

Live After Death is pretty much flawless, like.

anybody who doesn't co-sign this is suspect

― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, December 4, 2018 8:35 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i completely agree but piece of mind was my first maiden record so i thought i might be biased

I actually prefer Killers to Number of the Beast. The production on the latter is bum.

***long sigh***

I wish I could listen to bands like Iron Maiden and not laugh uncontrollably.

(i understand this makes me a horrible person)

no, what makes you a horrible person is your lack of allegiance to Satan

otm. Satan's pretty cool.

wtf, I heart satan?

Iron Maiden definitely have a front-to-back great album, it's called The Final Frontier.

Hmmm. I want to argue but I think I have to agree. Even their best albums are like 1/3 filler. They're the Tom Petty of metal.

Piece of Mind was the album that clicked first for me, for better or for worse. It was when I first heard "Quest for Fire" and sort of did a double take when I realized it was indeed a hilariously literal tale of cavemen hunter gatherers battling each other and dinosaurs. That's when I recognized the band was super silly and lovably so for it. It's also the Iron Maiden song I play for people who think Maiden is some scary metal band and not a goofy prog vehicle with ott vocals, and also for people who are big Tenacious D fans who don't recognize what Jack Black is aping.

I'd like to be the Tom Petty of ambient music.

Tom Petty at low volume in the background is probably very comforting.

he's pretty clear on the fact that he won't back down, however

See?

It's not a bad gig!

i'm free
free falling
*airy ambient beat subtly fades in*

So, you're sayin' you wanna collab on sumthin`, Z?

i want to be the iron maiden of ambient music

So, what? Like, the Tom Petty of ambient (which will now be known as TPoA going forward), but with, like, more ridiculous everything?

i'm free
free falling
*airy ambient beat subtly fades in*

Surely this is already a vaporwave track

https://oct.co/essays/ariana-grande-tattoo-artist-mira-miriah-beer
Beyond parody

One of the questions in this article on Pitchfork's Anheuser-Busch InBev-sponsored beer vertical about Ariana Grande's tattoo artist collaborating on a beer with Wicked Weed is "Would you call yourself a feminist?"

Whiney and Champiness performing heroics by clicking on the absolute dregs of P4K to keep this thread stocked up.

Whiney post = essence of Williamsburg in 2018

Alexa, what is neoliberalism

Pitchfork's Anheuser-Busch InBev-sponsored beer vertical

almost an underrated aero username here

it's hilarious to me that Budweiser has snatched up all these craft breweries across the country and they sponsor a section of Pitchfork's website while at the same time they run commercials on TV about how fancy beers are for sissy boys. amazing.

gotta work both sides

So for anyone who misses talking about Greta Van Fleet on this thread, here's an interview with the guy who wrote the p4k takedown review:
http://www.switchedonpop.com/97-greta-van-fleet/

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 [Greta Van Fleet takedown review]. what was going through your mind as the [review] went live?

― Karl Malone, Tuesday, December 12, 2017 4:31 PM (eleven months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Z, if you ever need any proof of your own brilliance, please click the "Bookmark" link next to the above message and reference as needed.

I don't usually complain about Pitchfork scores, but that 6ix9ine album has too high of a score for an album with nothing redeeming about it.

Taking Sides:

Tekashi 6ix9ine v. Greta Van Fleet

oh cool now they're just straight up promoting their own products (re: Slowdive reissue)

HOW DARE THEY

Vinyl, Me Please is one of the absolute corniest ventures going and I can’t imagine how or why P4k would agree to this since they steady either only do cool stuff (ie that museum thing, Primavera, etc) or sponsored stuff where someone presumably throws a giant bag of cash at them