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..big pain in the ass. Who are these fuckers anyway? What makes their opinions hover over others? Is it Seniority? Have they been listening to the latest and greatest since they were sperm specs? The sad thing is that people clench to these reviews and base all of their dishonest taste around these PFM yuck-faces. Gross yo |
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..fuck, sorry.. *Media |
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Pitchfork Mania worked for me. |
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Yeah, sounds like a 80's cheese flick |
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lol, I'd watch it. :D getting back on topic, I've been to pitchfork a few times in the past but never made a habit of going there. I'd rather listen to samples and make up my own mind than go solely by "professional" reviews. |
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Excellent, that's the way to be. I will give credit to PFM for giving a raving review for RDJ album, but that was in '96 so who knows what they'd be thinking of it now...fucking fucks |
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pitchfork is awesome..too bad they mostly review boring music. |
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start your own music review site! |
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i visit pitchforkmedia daily, but i almost never read their reviews, and i don't care about the scores. i just read the news section to keep updated on new releases and such. |
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pitchfork is very hit and miss their reviews are usually shite |
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i admit, i care about what they think. i'm a sad, sad human being |
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...although their review of Ae's Untilted was one of the stupidest I ever read |
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Don't forget that they raved over Tha Carter III. |
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yeah, what the hell? It seems they are snobs about everything other than bad hip hop like this. |
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You're quite right. At the end of the day it is just an opinion. An opinion you don't have to agree with and an opinion you don't have to read. I like pitchfork, and even if I don't agree with their reviews I am still grateful to be informed of the artist/band in the first place ...by listening to the artists/groups Myspace or Juno samples I get to make my own opinion. I make an effort to have a quick listen to samples of the stuff they've slated too. Same as with Xltronic. When people recommend or slate stuff here I'll still check it out which I wouldn't have done if the artist(s) hadn't been mentioned in the first place. Vice is similar and I like Vice too. If it wasn't for Vice UK I'd never of heard of stuff like Legowelt and Alden Tyrell and shit. |
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I listen to the stuff that's been panned out of curiosity. |
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The review staff at Pitchfork is populated with bullshit artists and egoists who are often genuinely knowledgeable about the music they review. They project themselves as the kind of people who use their tastes in music to bolster their own self-images, and for this reason they attract a shallow, fashion-obsessed group of people. They've written a number of the worst reviews I've ever read. Reviews that pat themselves on the back for having been into this or that band in high school (Poster Children). Reviews that call an album a rip-off of a seminal artist because that seminal artist was briefly sampled in homage in one track even though the whole recording bears no resemblance to the artist sampled (Tomita sampled in a Casino Versus Japan track). Reviews that praise 2nd rate has-beens because of a perceived significance to a "scene" (Screeching Weasel b-sides etc comp). Reviews that assume a pretentious literary stance or gimmick (Autechre) and reviews that have no substance but just attempt to mock (Mum and Jet). Despite the obnoxious, adolescent knowitallism, however, the site is useful for music news. And at least their tastes are eclectic. It can be a useful and interesting resource for new music, or interesting/obscure reissues. And one day, I will swear off giving my opinion on the internet. Can't come soon enough... |
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drukqs 5.5 |
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