Comments on: “Entertainment Weekly” Decides To Celebrate The Holiday Season By Writing About Music

By: bcapirigi

bcapirigi — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:38:57 +0000

@bess marvin, girl detective: A Town With No Cheer was one of my favorite tracks of the year. Also, that 'five worst singles' list just made my gonads shrivel. James Taylor singing Hound Dog?!

By: unperson

unperson — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:41:34 +0000

Hey, another list claiming to represent the contemporary pop music zeitgeist that has absolutely no metal or hard rock on it! Awesome! (Oh, wait, Chinese Democracy was one of the five worst albums of the year. Never mind.)

By: bess marvin, girl detective

bess marvin, girl detective — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:50:18 +0000

I know I’ll get flagged for this but I like the choruses on “Buzzin” and “Hollywood” as Scarlett’s “falling down” with bowie.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:28:04 +0000

@Rob Murphy: Cool. I feel like people write the band off in part because of the Wentz Factor. Animal Collective and Of Montreal get all weird and experimental and get praised for it, and tons of bands use Beatles influences, but Panic does it and they get automatically dissed, whereas I find them to be kind of charming.

Granted, I have my own prejudices about bands based solely on looks/interviews, and not music, but I get lame and take offense in some situations.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:44:06 +0000

What about Dylan showing up on this list? Does it count as a new release if its a collection of uncollected et ceteras?

EW seems to be ok with it, but they shoulda vetoed it on the grounds that Stay Positive isn't nearly as good.

By: Lucas Jensen

Lucas Jensen — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:04:12 +0000

@ChrisWillman: Haha! Pow!

By: Rob Murphy

Rob Murphy — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:41:40 +0000

@Maura Johnston: @Varina: I put Pretty. Odd. on my "Best of '08" list (which I already "leaked" to Maura but haven't posted elsewhere yet for various reasons) at #10, and yeah, I love the sound they put together on that record. Does not deserve to be on that "Worst" list. Also, great cover art.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:23:58 +0000

@Maura Johnston: Seriously! I'm listening to "Pretty Odd" a lot lately, and it's growing on me, in an adorable, "young 20-somethings try to be The Beatles, with a little early Queen" kind of way.

Nice to see love for Robyn, Hercules&LA, and a diss for Duffy, as well as the final confirmation that I'm going to have to check out that Bon Iver record once and for all.

By: Nunya B

Nunya B — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:16:53 +0000

@Maura Johnston: The Halo/Diva combo A-side will rule the first half of 09, make no mistake about it, but at the same time I love "B'Day" so much more because it was so damn wacky (and… fierce?). The album features a song sung to her vagina! What's not to love??

And while I don't really care about Fleet Foxes, I do remember "White Winter Hymnal" being released as a single over in Europe (I think on Bella Union), so I guess it counts.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:11:30 +0000

@Chris Molanphy: While I agree this one isn't nearly as good as B'Day, I think her ballad singing has gotten much better. "Halo" and "Disappear" especially are awesome.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:02:44 +0000

Wait, for “Chinese Democracy” to be Google bait, wouldn’t there have to be someone Googling it?

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:02:43 +0000

@Chris Molanphy: oh, i don't know. 'halo' is pretty great. and i suspect 'diva' will be somewhat inescapable over the coming months.

By: AquaLung

AquaLung — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:47:29 +0000

Kudos for the Shwayze diss.

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:42:54 +0000

@Rob Murphy: @Lucas Jensen: @Nicolars: Basically, once those two awesome singles (I've decided I like them both about equally) run their course, the album's more or less dead. Which makes it the anti-B'Day, which got better the longer they promoted it.

By: Rob Murphy

Rob Murphy — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:39:44 +0000

I think I meant “google bait” or something like that, but I think everyone got that. I love the thought of some editor saying “we’re not getting enough page views! more mentions of ‘Scarlett Johansson’, ‘Chinese Democracy’, ‘Mamma Mia!’, and ‘Pussycat Dolls’!”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:36:32 +0000

I figured there might be at least two or three people who agree with me about “Love in the Club”, might as well be these two.

By: Nicolars

Nicolars — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:35:26 +0000

@Lucas Jensen: I consider myself a Beyonce fan but it was a big disappointment.

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:28:26 +0000

@Rob Murphy: panic at the disco so does not deserve to be on there, and especially not in a 'more worst than the pussycat dolls' context.

By: silkyjumbo

silkyjumbo — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:24:08 +0000

@whoneedslight: ha - i just revisited that breeders record to see if it makes the cut. i love you, kim & kelley, but i gotta be honest - it just didn't get much burn this year.

By: Rob Murphy

Rob Murphy — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:23:24 +0000

Also, LOLZ on Willman’s total link-bait “Worst” list.