Comments on: Parsing The Pop: The Ones That Got Away

By: prolixrush

prolixrush — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:24:15 +0000

Don't know what happened with that f'd-up comment above...just said I was surprised the Stills album didn't get at least one vote based on the kinda bitchin' flowers-on-fire cover art alone.

By: prolixrush

prolixrush — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:09:10 +0000

What ever happened to The Stills? When Without Feathers came out in May, it was blowing up th..., at least?

By: drjimmy11

drjimmy11 — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:35:38 +0000

memo to Matisyahu:

G-d, you suck!

By: switchthai

switchthai — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:50:00 +0000

matisyahu’s not doing that badly, really – he just played 3 sold out nights at hammerstein. i think he’ll have a solid touring career – youth was a crappy record but his live shows have a lot more to offer.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:11:14 +0000

Really? I thought Matisyahu actually WAS paul barman with a beard.

By: afriedman

afriedman — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:46:03 +0000

dont get me wrong, “port of miami” was awesome and memorable, but being catchy doesn’t make it one of the best albums of the year.

By: We Don't Live in the 60s

We Don't Live in the 60s — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:02:54 +0000

Got to admit that I find it pretty scary that Paris Hilton’s trainwreck of an album came in as high as it did (119 in ranking). In contrast the Dirty Pretty Things album “Waterloo to Anywhere” involved a real band and showed up 100 spots lower on the list. Guess there’s something to be said for name recognition. Carl and co. just don’t get the press over here that Paris does.

By: lucasg

lucasg — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 02:08:33 +0000

matisyahu is certainly no paul barman.

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 11:32:46 +0000

I've rarely seen such a short half-life on a novelty/emerging act like Matisyahu. What was it, two months? Three? This time last year, he was going to be one of 2006's most exciting new acts. But it was a classic case of a disconnect between magazine editors/feature writers and actual rock critics. First wave of hype was all the former bunch ("He keeps kosher!" "Toasts on Thursday, fasts on Friday!") and then the critics came in on the second wave with, "Oh, by the way, this guy is a poseur, and the album sucks," and it was over. (See, editors: this is why critics still matter.)

"King Without a Crown" is actually a pretty respectable single - the one instance where his persona meshed with a good melody - and in a weaker year for tracks I might've placed it at #10. But 2006 was a pretty good singles year, and c'mon, "King" wasn't that good. Actually, I thought the Live at Stubbs version that got some radio play was better than Sony's tricked-out studio version. And actually, the fact that there were two albums might account for why the Jackin' crowd said "feh" to the whole enterprise.

By: Hyman Decent

Hyman Decent — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 10:12:18 +0000

I wonder why the Donnas' album didn't get any votes. Oh wait, it's because they didn't put out an album in spite of their claim that "part[ing] ways" with Atlantic wouldn't impact their next album.