#musiccriticism — Public Fediverse posts
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20 Years Later: Little Brother, “The Minstrel Show” https://longreads.com/2025/09/11/little-brother-minstrel-show-20/ #HanifAbdurraqib, #Hip-hop, #Music, #MusicCriticism, #NorthCarolina, #Rap
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20 Years Later: Little Brother, “The Minstrel Show” https://longreads.com/2025/09/11/little-brother-minstrel-show-20/ #HanifAbdurraqib, #Hip-hop, #Music, #MusicCriticism, #NorthCarolina, #Rap
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20 Years Later: Little Brother, “The Minstrel Show” https://longreads.com/2025/09/11/little-brother-minstrel-show-20/ #HanifAbdurraqib, #Hip-hop, #Music, #MusicCriticism, #NorthCarolina, #Rap
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20 Years Later: Little Brother, “The Minstrel Show” https://longreads.com/2025/09/11/little-brother-minstrel-show-20/ #HanifAbdurraqib, #Hip-hop, #Music, #MusicCriticism, #NorthCarolina, #Rap
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20 Years Later: Little Brother, “The Minstrel Show” https://longreads.com/2025/09/11/little-brother-minstrel-show-20/ #HanifAbdurraqib, #Hip-hop, #Music, #MusicCriticism, #NorthCarolina, #Rap
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Jadakiss asks questions like they’re a moral position. Dave Mustaine answers questions with symbols, paranoia, and fire. One mistakes interrogation for insight. The other mistakes insight for prophecy. Only one error leaves something to think about.
#MusicCriticism #HipHop #HeavyMetal #Lyrics #CulturalCritique #Jadakiss #Megadeth #WashingtonIsNext #Why #WhatIf
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/the-epistemology-of-inquiry-and-assertion-a-comparative-analysis-of-lyrical-narratives-in-jadakiss-and-megadeth/ -
Jadakiss asks questions like they’re a moral position. Dave Mustaine answers questions with symbols, paranoia, and fire. One mistakes interrogation for insight. The other mistakes insight for prophecy. Only one error leaves something to think about.
#MusicCriticism #HipHop #HeavyMetal #Lyrics #CulturalCritique #Jadakiss #Megadeth #WashingtonIsNext #Why #WhatIf
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/the-epistemology-of-inquiry-and-assertion-a-comparative-analysis-of-lyrical-narratives-in-jadakiss-and-megadeth/ -
Jadakiss asks questions like they’re a moral position. Dave Mustaine answers questions with symbols, paranoia, and fire. One mistakes interrogation for insight. The other mistakes insight for prophecy. Only one error leaves something to think about.
#MusicCriticism #HipHop #HeavyMetal #Lyrics #CulturalCritique #Jadakiss #Megadeth #WashingtonIsNext #Why #WhatIf
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/the-epistemology-of-inquiry-and-assertion-a-comparative-analysis-of-lyrical-narratives-in-jadakiss-and-megadeth/ -
Jadakiss asks questions like they’re a moral position. Dave Mustaine answers questions with symbols, paranoia, and fire. One mistakes interrogation for insight. The other mistakes insight for prophecy. Only one error leaves something to think about.
#MusicCriticism #HipHop #HeavyMetal #Lyrics #CulturalCritique #Jadakiss #Megadeth #WashingtonIsNext #Why #WhatIf
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/the-epistemology-of-inquiry-and-assertion-a-comparative-analysis-of-lyrical-narratives-in-jadakiss-and-megadeth/ -
Jadakiss asks questions like they’re a moral position. Dave Mustaine answers questions with symbols, paranoia, and fire. One mistakes interrogation for insight. The other mistakes insight for prophecy. Only one error leaves something to think about.
#MusicCriticism #HipHop #HeavyMetal #Lyrics #CulturalCritique #Jadakiss #Megadeth #WashingtonIsNext #Why #WhatIf
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/the-epistemology-of-inquiry-and-assertion-a-comparative-analysis-of-lyrical-narratives-in-jadakiss-and-megadeth/ -
Nostalgia, irony, catchy hooks. But listen closer and the seams show: empathy swapped for spectacle, irony laundering sexism, specificity replaced by buzzwords. From Crash Test Dummies to Katy Perry, Paula Cole to KRS-One, this is about how storytelling either earns its weirdness or wastes it.
#MusicCriticism #PopCulture #SongAnalysis #CulturalCritique #Narrative #Music #HipHop #90sMusic #PopMusic #CriticalListening
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/the-persistence-of-the-thematic-echo-intertextual-decay-and-narrative-transformation-in-contemporary-popular-music/ -
Nostalgia, irony, catchy hooks. But listen closer and the seams show: empathy swapped for spectacle, irony laundering sexism, specificity replaced by buzzwords. From Crash Test Dummies to Katy Perry, Paula Cole to KRS-One, this is about how storytelling either earns its weirdness or wastes it.
#MusicCriticism #PopCulture #SongAnalysis #CulturalCritique #Narrative #Music #HipHop #90sMusic #PopMusic #CriticalListening
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/the-persistence-of-the-thematic-echo-intertextual-decay-and-narrative-transformation-in-contemporary-popular-music/ -
Nostalgia, irony, catchy hooks. But listen closer and the seams show: empathy swapped for spectacle, irony laundering sexism, specificity replaced by buzzwords. From Crash Test Dummies to Katy Perry, Paula Cole to KRS-One, this is about how storytelling either earns its weirdness or wastes it.
#MusicCriticism #PopCulture #SongAnalysis #CulturalCritique #Narrative #Music #HipHop #90sMusic #PopMusic #CriticalListening
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/the-persistence-of-the-thematic-echo-intertextual-decay-and-narrative-transformation-in-contemporary-popular-music/ -
Nostalgia, irony, catchy hooks. But listen closer and the seams show: empathy swapped for spectacle, irony laundering sexism, specificity replaced by buzzwords. From Crash Test Dummies to Katy Perry, Paula Cole to KRS-One, this is about how storytelling either earns its weirdness or wastes it.
#MusicCriticism #PopCulture #SongAnalysis #CulturalCritique #Narrative #Music #HipHop #90sMusic #PopMusic #CriticalListening
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/the-persistence-of-the-thematic-echo-intertextual-decay-and-narrative-transformation-in-contemporary-popular-music/ -
Nostalgia, irony, catchy hooks. But listen closer and the seams show: empathy swapped for spectacle, irony laundering sexism, specificity replaced by buzzwords. From Crash Test Dummies to Katy Perry, Paula Cole to KRS-One, this is about how storytelling either earns its weirdness or wastes it.
#MusicCriticism #PopCulture #SongAnalysis #CulturalCritique #Narrative #Music #HipHop #90sMusic #PopMusic #CriticalListening
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/the-persistence-of-the-thematic-echo-intertextual-decay-and-narrative-transformation-in-contemporary-popular-music/ -
Self-awareness isn’t substance. Preemptive confession isn’t courage. When artists narrate their flaws instead of transforming them, irony becomes insulation and influence becomes an excuse. Eminem rejected the spotlight because it burned. Everyone else keeps pretending the heat is imaginary.
#AsherRoth #McKennaGrace #Eminem #MusicCriticism #PopCulture #Essay #Authenticity #Influence #Identity #PostIrony #CulturalCritique #Art #Ego #Catharsis
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/the-architecture-of-preemptive-self-criticism-lyrical-defensiveness-and-the-pastiche-of-authenticity-in-modern-pop-culture/ -
Self-awareness isn’t substance. Preemptive confession isn’t courage. When artists narrate their flaws instead of transforming them, irony becomes insulation and influence becomes an excuse. Eminem rejected the spotlight because it burned. Everyone else keeps pretending the heat is imaginary.
#AsherRoth #McKennaGrace #Eminem #MusicCriticism #PopCulture #Essay #Authenticity #Influence #Identity #PostIrony #CulturalCritique #Art #Ego #Catharsis
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/the-architecture-of-preemptive-self-criticism-lyrical-defensiveness-and-the-pastiche-of-authenticity-in-modern-pop-culture/ -
Self-awareness isn’t substance. Preemptive confession isn’t courage. When artists narrate their flaws instead of transforming them, irony becomes insulation and influence becomes an excuse. Eminem rejected the spotlight because it burned. Everyone else keeps pretending the heat is imaginary.
#AsherRoth #McKennaGrace #Eminem #MusicCriticism #PopCulture #Essay #Authenticity #Influence #Identity #PostIrony #CulturalCritique #Art #Ego #Catharsis
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/the-architecture-of-preemptive-self-criticism-lyrical-defensiveness-and-the-pastiche-of-authenticity-in-modern-pop-culture/ -
Masturbation isn’t the problem. Tone is. From Ozzy’s joyless dick jokes, to Flyleaf’s weaponized shame, to Demi Lovato turning blasphemy into flirtation—three songs, one awkward cultural anxiety. When desire gets treated as either slapstick or sin, art shrinks. Thought is the missing ingredient.
#MusicCriticism #Analysis #Lyrics #OzzyOsbourne #BlackSabbath #Flyleaf #DemiLovato #Sex #Art #Religion #Pop #Music #Song #Rock
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/the-semiotics-of-transgression-a-comparative-analysis-of-sexual-taboo-theological-interpretation-and-masculine-agency-in-contemporary-rock-and-heavy-metal/ -
Masturbation isn’t the problem. Tone is. From Ozzy’s joyless dick jokes, to Flyleaf’s weaponized shame, to Demi Lovato turning blasphemy into flirtation—three songs, one awkward cultural anxiety. When desire gets treated as either slapstick or sin, art shrinks. Thought is the missing ingredient.
#MusicCriticism #Analysis #Lyrics #OzzyOsbourne #BlackSabbath #Flyleaf #DemiLovato #Sex #Art #Religion #Pop #Music #Song #Rock
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/the-semiotics-of-transgression-a-comparative-analysis-of-sexual-taboo-theological-interpretation-and-masculine-agency-in-contemporary-rock-and-heavy-metal/ -
Submarines in rock lyrics should involve pressure, danger, or at least a working metaphor. Papa Roach’s “Periscope” peers at intimacy from a safe distance; Cradle of Filth’s “You Are My Nautilus” name-drops itself into a literary shipwreck. Depth is not the same as profundity. Dive accordingly.
#MusicCriticism #Rock #Metal #PapaRoach #CradleOfFilth #Lyrics #Metaphor #NuMetal #ExtremeMetal
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/the-semiotics-of-submersion-metaphorical-discontinuity-and-the-crisis-of-aesthetic-gravity-in-contemporary-heavy-music/ -
Submarines in rock lyrics should involve pressure, danger, or at least a working metaphor. Papa Roach’s “Periscope” peers at intimacy from a safe distance; Cradle of Filth’s “You Are My Nautilus” name-drops itself into a literary shipwreck. Depth is not the same as profundity. Dive accordingly.
#MusicCriticism #Rock #Metal #PapaRoach #CradleOfFilth #Lyrics #Metaphor #NuMetal #ExtremeMetal
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/the-semiotics-of-submersion-metaphorical-discontinuity-and-the-crisis-of-aesthetic-gravity-in-contemporary-heavy-music/ -
Submarines in rock lyrics should involve pressure, danger, or at least a working metaphor. Papa Roach’s “Periscope” peers at intimacy from a safe distance; Cradle of Filth’s “You Are My Nautilus” name-drops itself into a literary shipwreck. Depth is not the same as profundity. Dive accordingly.
#MusicCriticism #Rock #Metal #PapaRoach #CradleOfFilth #Lyrics #Metaphor #NuMetal #ExtremeMetal
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/the-semiotics-of-submersion-metaphorical-discontinuity-and-the-crisis-of-aesthetic-gravity-in-contemporary-heavy-music/ -
Submarines in rock lyrics should involve pressure, danger, or at least a working metaphor. Papa Roach’s “Periscope” peers at intimacy from a safe distance; Cradle of Filth’s “You Are My Nautilus” name-drops itself into a literary shipwreck. Depth is not the same as profundity. Dive accordingly.
#MusicCriticism #Rock #Metal #PapaRoach #CradleOfFilth #Lyrics #Metaphor #NuMetal #ExtremeMetal
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/the-semiotics-of-submersion-metaphorical-discontinuity-and-the-crisis-of-aesthetic-gravity-in-contemporary-heavy-music/ -
What do Zach Bryan, Gavin Adcock, and Jesse Welles have in common? They're all cowards.
Welcome to the age of Coward Country.
https://rainbowrodeomag.com/coward-country/
#CountryMusic #Americana #AltCountry #MusicCriticism #MusicJournalism
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In a world where the answer to the question “What do Led Zeppelin and Warrant have in common?” is “They both have songs where pastry stands in for the female genitalia,” the high-concept ambiguity of Annihilator’s “Knight Jumps Queen” is a welcome breath of fresh air.
#Annihilator #KnightJumpsQueen #MetalAnalysis #RockWriting #MusicCriticism #MusicWriting #HeavyMetal #CulturalAnalysis #RockCriticism
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/the-erotic-endgame-annihilators-knight-jumps-queen/ -
In a world where the answer to the question “What do Led Zeppelin and Warrant have in common?” is “They both have songs where pastry stands in for the female genitalia,” the high-concept ambiguity of Annihilator’s “Knight Jumps Queen” is a welcome breath of fresh air.
#Annihilator #KnightJumpsQueen #MetalAnalysis #RockWriting #MusicCriticism #MusicWriting #HeavyMetal #CulturalAnalysis #RockCriticism
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/the-erotic-endgame-annihilators-knight-jumps-queen/ -
In a world where the answer to the question “What do Led Zeppelin and Warrant have in common?” is “They both have songs where pastry stands in for the female genitalia,” the high-concept ambiguity of Annihilator’s “Knight Jumps Queen” is a welcome breath of fresh air.
#Annihilator #KnightJumpsQueen #MetalAnalysis #RockWriting #MusicCriticism #MusicWriting #HeavyMetal #CulturalAnalysis #RockCriticism
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/the-erotic-endgame-annihilators-knight-jumps-queen/ -
In a world where the answer to the question “What do Led Zeppelin and Warrant have in common?” is “They both have songs where pastry stands in for the female genitalia,” the high-concept ambiguity of Annihilator’s “Knight Jumps Queen” is a welcome breath of fresh air.
#Annihilator #KnightJumpsQueen #MetalAnalysis #RockWriting #MusicCriticism #MusicWriting #HeavyMetal #CulturalAnalysis #RockCriticism
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/the-erotic-endgame-annihilators-knight-jumps-queen/ -
In a world where the answer to the question “What do Led Zeppelin and Warrant have in common?” is “They both have songs where pastry stands in for the female genitalia,” the high-concept ambiguity of Annihilator’s “Knight Jumps Queen” is a welcome breath of fresh air.
#Annihilator #KnightJumpsQueen #MetalAnalysis #RockWriting #MusicCriticism #MusicWriting #HeavyMetal #CulturalAnalysis #RockCriticism
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/the-erotic-endgame-annihilators-knight-jumps-queen/ -
When Judas Priest wrote “Brain Dead,” they must have thought, “Well, our new lead singer is already ripping off our old lead singer, so we might as well halfheartedly rip another band off while we’re at it.”
#JudasPriest #Metallica #HeavyMetal #MusicCriticism #RockHistory #MusicEssay #SongAnalysis #Neuroscience #PhilosophyOfMusic #90sMetal #Borges #MusicWriting #CulturalCritique
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/judas-priests-brain-dead/ -
"In 2018, the social-science blog “Data Colada” looked at Metacritic, a review aggregator, and found that more than four out of five albums released that year had received an average rating of at least seventy points out of a hundred—on the site, albums that score sixty-one or above are colored green, for “good.” Even today, music reviews on Metacritic are almost always green, unlike reviews of films, which are more likely to be yellow, for “mixed/average,” or red, for “bad.” The music site Pitchfork, which was once known for its scabrous reviews, hasn’t handed down a perfectly contemptuous score—0.0 out of 10—since 2007 (for “This Is Next,” an inoffensive indie-rock compilation). And, in 2022, decades too late for poor Andrew Ridgeley, Rolling Stone abolished its famous five-star system and installed a milder replacement: a pair of merit badges, “Instant Classic” and “Hear This.”
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Even relatively negative reviews tended to be strikingly solicitous. “Solar Power,” the 2021 album by the New Zealand singer Lorde, was so dull that even many of her fans seemed to view it as a disappointment, but it earned a polite three and a half stars from Rolling Stone. Some of the most cutting commentary came from Lorde herself, who later suggested that the album was a wrong turn—an attempt to be chill and “wafty” when, in fact, she excels at intensity. “I was just like, actually, I don’t think this is me,” she recalled in a recent interview. And, although there are plenty of people who can’t stand Taylor Swift, none of them seem to be employed as critics, who virtually all agreed that her most recent album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” was pretty good (Metacritic: 76). Once upon a time, music critics were known for being crankier than the average listener. Swift once castigated a writer who’d had the temerity to castigate her, singing, “Why you gotta be so mean?” How did music critics become so nice?"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09/01/how-music-criticism-lost-its-edge
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One song begs Jesus for forgiveness after jerking off. The other moans His name. This is what happens when shame becomes a kink and orgasms become a sacrament. Flyleaf’s “The Kind” and Demi Lovato’s “Heaven” aren’t companions—but they sure do make one hell of a confessional.
#DemiLovato #Flyleaf #ChristianRock #PurityCulture #SexualityAndReligion #HolyFvck #EvangelicalGuilt #FeministPop #MusicCriticism #BlasphemyIsHot #ShameIsABore
https://songreading.wordpress.com/2025/02/01/heaven/ -
Tech N9ne read one bad review and made a song about it. Kendrick helped. Critics praised it. “Fragile” is just “Get in the Ring” with sad piano.
#TechN9ne #Fragile #KendrickLamar #MusicCriticism #EmoRap #CryMore
https://songreading.wordpress.com/2025/07/30/sensitive-about-my-shit-tech-n9ne-axl-rose-and-the-art-of-the-musical-tantrum/ -
Malevolent Creation ended a 1995 song with a racial slur—and the label released it, the scene shrugged, and critics turned a blind eye to cowardice disguised as provocation and etymological gaslighting.
#DeathMetal #MetalCommunity #MusicCriticism #Antiracism #ExtremeMetal #RacismInMusic #HeavyMetalHistory #CulturalCritique
https://songreading.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/they-breed-malevolent-creations-monument-to-racism/ -
Ashley Tisdale’s “Me Without You” is less a love song than a hostage situation set to a power-pop beat. If you’ve ever mistaken codependency for romance, this one’s for you.
#Feminism #PopMusic #AshleyTisdale #Codependency #MusicCriticism #PopCultureAnalysis #ToxicRelationships #MediaPsychology #AttachmentTheory #SongLyrics #CulturalCritique
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When your anti-masturbation anthem ends up stroking your ego more than anything else…
In “The Kind,” Lacey Sturm trades nuance for self-righteousness, giving us a sanctimonious sermon disguised as a rock song.
#MusicCriticism #LaceySturm #Flyleaf #ChristianRock #MasturbationMyths #BibleStudy #ReligiousCritique #RockMusic #HotTakes #TheKind #MusicReview #SexualityAndReligion #CriticalCommentary #TheologyNerd #Satire
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The Acacia Strain’s “Inverted Person” wants you to believe paradise was ruined… by people wearing cell phone holsters. Because nothing says apocalyptic metalcore like a Boomer meme from 2008.
#Metalcore #TheAcaciaStrain #InvertedPerson #MetalCritique #MetalcoreHumor #AccidentalParody #MusicCommentary #MetalMeme #MetalCommunity #HeavyMusic #MusicCriticism #IronicMetal #HardcoreHumor #MetalcoreAnalysis
https://songreading.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/the-acacia-strains-inverted-person-the-apocalypse-wears-a-cell-phone-holster/ -
🎶 When does a love song stop being romantic and start sounding manipulative? Girl in Red’s “You Stupid Bitch” walks that thin line — and trips over it. A critique of toxic affection, casual misogyny, and how identity politics can’t excuse bad behavior. 💔
#MusicCriticism #GirlInRed #ToxicLoveSongs #SongAnalysis #PopCultureCritique #IndiePop #MusicEssay #GenderDynamics #CriticalThinking #QueerRepresentation
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In Atlantis, Bridgit Mendler compares lost love to a sunken city, blending dreamy melancholy with lyrical contradiction. It doesn’t always work, but the ambition is real.
#PopCriticism #LyricAnalysis #Atlantis #BridgitMendler #PopMusicAnalysis #LyricBreakdown #IndiePop #MITtoMusic #FeministPop #MusicCriticism #LostLoveSongs #RosyRetrospection
https://songreading.wordpress.com/2024/11/04/atlantis/ -
‘Don’t give a fuck if I cut my arm, bleeding’ — Papa Roach’s Last Resort is one of the most famous nu-metal songs, but do its lyrics hold up? A critical look at suicide, syntax, and self-pity.
#MusicCriticism #NuMetal #PapaRoach #LastResort #MentalHealthInMusic #LyricAnalysis #2000sRock #AltMetal #SuicideInPopCulture
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📊 Study reveals music critics suffer from "conformity-itis" when panning second albums! Turns out the infamous "sophomore slump" exists mainly in critics' minds, while fans consistently rate albums fairly. Looks like the only ones in a slump are the critics themselves! #MusicCriticism
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The ep by Jonathan fire eater: tremble under boom lights.
Is spider-web guitars and drums that are a few decibels louder than most albums. Organs arranged to simulate circuit breaking for sustained amounts of time with vocals chanted (or rapped?) more than sang.
lyrics seem to be the descendants of the French symbolist.
Standout tracks: The Beautician and The Search for Cherry Red.
Did it invent the trend of post-punk revival in the 00s... Possibly?
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Strangely artful for an album that's main appeal the efficiency of its attack.
The sound is the first thing I was obsessed with the tone of the guitar the delay of the vocals, etc.
I didnt think you could have a song groove like just one fix or jesus built my hotrod with the simplicity of the chord progressions and tempos chosen...but i was wrong. These are catchy as any pop song they just have different ways of getting an earworm in your head.
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If an album normally included on the greatest LP's of all time type lists can be underrated it is this one.
Not as good as exile (but what is?)
Can't you hear me knocking one hell of a groove and might be their best song.
The country ballads wild horses, sister morphine and dead flowers are strangely emotive and ironic all at once.
The song I got the blues I haven't seen mentioned as a standout stones track and damn if that ain't a mistake.
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Steven Hyden is my favorite currently working music critic, if not the best. Pretty sure shakedown is split on Radiohead, but this is a great read, and for those in the pro-Radiohead camp, a great push to revisit some incredible records. #MusicCriticism
#radiohead #stevenhydenhttps://uproxx.com/indie/every-radiohead-album-plus-solo-records-and-side-projects-ranked/
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At the end of 1973, Joni "Mitchell fired her opening shot. 'Raised on Robbery' was released as the lead single to Court and Spark. 'Robbery' is a rollicking homage to ’50s rock and roll. It’s what it might sound like if Ella Fitzgerald did uppers and covered “Johnny B. Goode.” —KC Hoard for The Walrus
https://thewalrus.ca/joni-mitchell-best-album/
#Longreads #EditorsPicks #Music #MusicCriticism #CourtAndSpark #JoniMitchell
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This review says as much about the writer as it does about #EdSheeran's new album.
It's really very mean-spirited!
You can criticise the music without being quite so harsh!
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LOL, 4 years #Critics of the #MusicIndustry have been labeled #Rockists and Elitists 4 complaining about the decline in the quality of lamestream Music quality for decades, especially in #PopMusic, but we were right and something had to give.
BTW, you can loathe #Poptimism not because you hate Pop Music, but because you care about it.
#MusicCriticism #Poptimist
https://web.archive.org/web/20230802192125/https://www.billboard.com/pro/record-labels-adjust-expectations-pop-stars/ -
LOL, 4 years #Critics of the #MusicIndustry have been labeled #Rockists and Elitists 4 complaining about the decline in the quality of lamestream Music quality for decades, especially in #PopMusic, but we were right and something had to give.
BTW, you can loathe #Poptimism not because you hate Pop Music, but because you care about it.
#MusicCriticism #Poptimist
https://web.archive.org/web/20230802192125/https://www.billboard.com/pro/record-labels-adjust-expectations-pop-stars/