tragabigzanda wrote:I don't even hate Pitchfork -- I actually find a few great albums from them each year! I just like poking fun at them because they take themselves way too seriously for the quality of content they deliver.
The problem is that so many people look to them for some semblance of validation of their own opinions on music. They think it’s a personal affront if Pitchfolk gives a review that doesn’t match their view of an album. Everything that Pitchfork is today is based on the stock people put in it.
Re: Taylor Swift
Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 4:43 pm
by epilogue
Chris_H_2 wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:I don't even hate Pitchfork -- I actually find a few great albums from them each year! I just like poking fun at them because they take themselves way too seriously for the quality of content they deliver.
The problem is that so many people look to them for some semblance of validation of their own opinions on music. They think it’s a personal affront if Pitchfolk gives a review that doesn’t match their view of an album. Everything that Pitchfork is today is based on the stock people put in it.
From the thread Jorge posted on the previous page:
Re: Taylor Swift
Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 5:10 pm
by Jorge
Chris_H_2 wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:I don't even hate Pitchfork -- I actually find a few great albums from them each year! I just like poking fun at them because they take themselves way too seriously for the quality of content they deliver.
The problem is that so many people look to them for some semblance of validation of their own opinions on music. They think it’s a personal affront if Pitchfolk gives a review that doesn’t match their view of an album. Everything that Pitchfork is today is based on the stock people put in it.
Yup. Love em or hate em, they still carry a tremendous cultural cachet, which also can result in situations like these
Re: Taylor Swift
Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 5:11 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Taylor Swift
Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 5:13 pm
by Jorge
tragabigzanda wrote:But the biggest evidence I've seen of their superiority complex is their complete and ongoing lack of discourse with their readership: No LTE section, no message board, no open comments.
In this respect, they were just ahead of the curve; very few sites do comment sections anymore
Re: Taylor Swift
Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 5:16 pm
by Jorge
Also: good riddance
Re: Taylor Swift
Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 6:15 pm
by epilogue
Team Jorge
Re: Taylor Swift
Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 8:21 pm
by Kevin Davis
tragabigzanda wrote:But the biggest evidence I've seen of their superiority complex is their complete and ongoing lack of discourse with their readership: No LTE section, no message board, no open comments. In opting to disallow ANY opinion that may counter their editorial content, they've positioned themselves as being the arbiters of musical taste, when both the quality of their writing, and their subjective ratings, very often don't back that up.
Having my common sense mistaken for a superiority complex is a price I'd be willing to pay if it meant not opening up my website to the kind of toxic, nutjob ranting posted over the last few pages here.
I agree 100% with bidding good riddance to online comment sections. What a failed experiment.
Re: Taylor Swift
Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 8:27 pm
by epilogue
Kevin Davis wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:But the biggest evidence I've seen of their superiority complex is their complete and ongoing lack of discourse with their readership: No LTE section, no message board, no open comments. In opting to disallow ANY opinion that may counter their editorial content, they've positioned themselves as being the arbiters of musical taste, when both the quality of their writing, and their subjective ratings, very often don't back that up.
Having my common sense mistaken for a superiority complex is a price I'd be willing to pay if it meant not opening up my website to the kind of toxic, nutjob ranting posted over the last few pages here.
I agree 100% with bidding good riddance to online comment sections. What a failed experiment.
Preach!
Re: Taylor Swift
Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 8:27 pm
by Norah
hear, hear
Re: Taylor Swift
Posted: Tue July 28, 2020 9:01 pm
by Strat
tragabigzanda wrote:The funniest part about this for me is that I think James Blake and the The National are both WAY more boring than Taylor Swift. Like, I’d give her career output to date a 6/10, and those other guys a 2/10. Not even gonna bother trying this new one.
eat my ass
Re: Taylor Swift
Posted: Wed July 29, 2020 5:13 am
by Superblood Wolfmoon
Uh, guys, the whole internet is one big comment section.
Re: Taylor Swift
Posted: Wed July 29, 2020 1:27 pm
by VinylGuy
Im loving this one with each new listen.
Re: Taylor Swift
Posted: Wed July 29, 2020 5:15 pm
by Chris_H_2
my initial rankings:
1. august
2. betty
3. last great american dynasty
4. exile
5. epiphany
6. mirrorball
7. invisible string
8. cardigan
9. mad woman
10. my tears riccochet
11. this is me trying
12. the 1
13. seven (this should've been cut)
14. peace
15. illicit affairs (this should've been cut)
16. hoax (this should've been cut)
Re: Taylor Swift
Posted: Wed July 29, 2020 7:31 pm
by Stickman
Swifties....they tire me out.
Re: Taylor Swift
Posted: Wed July 29, 2020 8:07 pm
by Norah
Chris_H_2 wrote:my initial rankings:
1. august
2. betty
3. last great american dynasty
4. exile
5. epiphany
6. mirrorball
7. invisible string
8. cardigan
9. mad woman
10. my tears riccochet
11. this is me trying
12. the 1
13. seven (this should've been cut)
14. peace
15. illicit affairs (this should've been cut)
16. hoax (this should've been cut)
I haven't tried to rank them yet but I really like illicit affairs.
Re: Taylor Swift
Posted: Wed July 29, 2020 8:35 pm
by Chris_H_2
i should've mentioned that any song i think should've been cut is more of a reflection of the album being about 2-3 songs too long and the specific songs being (to me at least) the easiest to eliminate. they're not bad songs by any means.
Re: Taylor Swift
Posted: Thu July 30, 2020 1:56 pm
by VinylGuy
Stickman wrote:Swifties....they tire me out.
This is how i imagine Dime and Gritty Joe with every SW release
