I was just reading some of my old answers, and I realized I'm pretty mean (especially to Yes when it comes to 90125 and Radiohead with Pablo Honey) and I can get pretty critical and unforgiving when it comes to bands.
You?
2007-12-27 09:41:15 · 25 answers · asked by meep meep 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
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2007-12-27 10:00:43 · update #1
Yes Montag, we all know ;0D
2007-12-27 16:10:11 · update #2
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2007-12-27 19:10:24 · update #3
One thing you won't hear me say, when asked to name favorite songs, is "everything [insert artist's name here] ever recorded." That's mindless devotion, not serious critiquing. Yes, I'm a tough music critic. However, if we're expected to pay $15-$18 for a CD that is comprised of one or two good (not "great" or "outstanding," just "good") songs and eight to ten pieces of junk being passed off as music, then I want someone with a keen ear to tell me that instead of a teenybopper-type review ("Oh, this is GREAT").
At least I'm not typical of people my age (mid-40s): "Oh, there hasn't been any good music in 20 years." I only say that about country music.
2007-12-27 09:58:42 · answer #1 · answered by DoneWithThisPlace 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
For starters, I can't blame you on 90125, that was a big departure in sound from their earlier releases.
Pablo Honey as two songs I really like on it. The rest of the album is definitely average stuff you wouldn't expect from Radiohead.
I have been disappointed a few times by bands being really edge on a private label then, commercializing their music once they signed with a major label.
Grandaddy, one of my favorites, went from music way ahead of their time to having just 1 or 2 good songs on that last two albums.
Wilco had to go to a complete different label to release "Yankee Foxtrot Hotel" because they held to their standards. I could see some other bands folding under the pressure.
2007-12-27 10:04:30 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Bernstein 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've been told that I'm very tough on the bands I like. Shakedown Street and Go To Heaven for the Grateful Dead. The ConstuKction Of Light for King Crimson and Far From Home from Traffic. I like a lot of these songs live but the studio albums that they came from are below par to be sure. TCOL is painful to listen to with the band trying to channel Tool.
2007-12-27 16:54:07 · answer #3 · answered by Grateful Jerry 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some of us mellow with age, some of us don't. Every time I really feel like gettin' down, the thought that I would just sound like so many others on Y!A makes me change course. That and getting my answer yanked by the tack squad. If I absolutely have to vent, the challenge for me is to come in through the side door: use my vocabulary and kill them with a polite thrust. Some simply don't merit an answer.
2007-12-28 07:10:03 · answer #4 · answered by the buffster 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm pretty critical when it comes to new bands, because I expect much more crap in new music.. I'm a little bit more open minded and less critical with Classic Rock, because even when I don't like a Classic Rock song, I can still feel (most of the time) that the artists who played it were talented.
2007-12-27 09:52:13 · answer #5 · answered by hedZy ♀ The Dancing Banana 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I'm an arrogant elitist!!! I am open minded, and I look for new things, but the bar is set very high. Re:90125--if it didn't say "Yes" on it, it would be a pretty good album... It doesn't compare to, say, "Close to the Edge" but still damn good...
As much as I like Todd Rundgren, you have to wade through some crap to get to the good stuff. Same with Zappa and some others. So, yeah, I'm pretty picky.
2007-12-28 02:54:31 · answer #6 · answered by Sax Player 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I can be pretty tough in my opinions, especially when first hearing new music by my favourite artists. If I don't like something by them, I'm probably harsher than I would be on an artist that's completely new to me.
For example, much as I love my Top 6 bands / artists :~
Led Zeppelin ; Fleetwood Mac ; Jethro Tull ; Blackmore's Night ; Stevie Nicks ; Mike Oldfield
not one of them has put out a flawless catelogue, and I'd be among the first to comment on it.
2007-12-28 02:18:17 · answer #7 · answered by Lady Silver Rose * Wolf 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I really don't know. I /can/ be quite harsh - but that's mostly with bands that I actually like. [It'll begin to make sense, lol].
If I like a band, I expect them to make music that I actually enjoy, so if they produce something that's not up to their usual standards, it bothers me a lot and I become very critical.
Unless it's brought up, I just ignore bands that I dislike for the most part. I see no great need to be /overly/ critical of them if I never liked them in the first place. Sure, I'll point out their weaknesses and maybe be quite unpleasant about them but I don't [usually] dwell on it.
2007-12-27 10:09:04 · answer #8 · answered by Cinny [1334♀] 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I pride myself on being open-minded and not prejudiced. I'm a rocker but I also love all other genres if it's quality. If there's a nice melody line in there somewhere and some sincerity, I will probably like it. I don't hate.
Music I will not tolerate is songs that glorify violence, drugs, misogyny or satanism. I can do stupid though, I can get stupid with the best of 'em.
2007-12-27 09:58:51 · answer #9 · answered by chinmusic851 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am a super lenient music critic. That's why I listen to bands like Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance.
Ha!
2007-12-27 15:23:50 · answer #10 · answered by Montag 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋