<![CDATA[Say It Loud: It's The Worst Music Article Of The Year! - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Say It Loud: It's The Worst Music Article Of The Year! - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:43:43 EST Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:43:43 EST http://idolator.com/tunes/newspapers/say-it-loud-its-the-worst-music-article-of-the-year-227012.php <![CDATA[Say It Loud: It's The Worst Music Article Of The Year!]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/newspapers/say-it-loud-its-the-worst-music-article-of-the-year-227012.php#c818608 This is the third time today I've wanted to beat someone to death with a Talking Heads record.

sparkletone

]]> 33:227012:c818608 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:43:43 EST <![CDATA[Say It Loud: It's The Worst Music Article Of The Year!]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/newspapers/say-it-loud-its-the-worst-music-article-of-the-year-227012.php#c818561 The Mothership needs to abduct this guy and funk him tha hell up. Someone call the Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad!

deusdiabolus

]]> 33:227012:c818561 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:10:42 EST <![CDATA[Say It Loud: It's The Worst Music Article Of The Year!]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/newspapers/say-it-loud-its-the-worst-music-article-of-the-year-227012.php#c816723 God, what was Harris thinking?! He couldn't have ever thought this was a halfway decent idea, especially right now. I'd almost feel sorry for him if I didn't find his so offensive.

KeBove

]]> 33:227012:c816723 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:15:21 EST <![CDATA[Say It Loud: It's The Worst Music Article Of The Year!]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/newspapers/say-it-loud-its-the-worst-music-article-of-the-year-227012.php#c816699 As the wordsmiths of Extreme once wrote, "If you don't like what you see here, get the FUNK out."

Ahem.

lafin78

]]> 33:227012:c816699 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:10:55 EST <![CDATA[Say It Loud: It's The Worst Music Article Of The Year!]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/newspapers/say-it-loud-its-the-worst-music-article-of-the-year-227012.php#c816653 This guy is the same writer who wrote that drivel on Britpop. Does he really think there would be a "Manchester Sound" without Funky Drummer, and the funk it "spawned". Douchebag.

gildar

]]> 33:227012:c816653 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:01:27 EST <![CDATA[Say It Loud: It's The Worst Music Article Of The Year!]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/newspapers/say-it-loud-its-the-worst-music-article-of-the-year-227012.php#c816378 Boo-urns.

cerulgalactus

]]> 33:227012:c816378 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:19:56 EST <![CDATA[Say It Loud: It's The Worst Music Article Of The Year!]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/newspapers/say-it-loud-its-the-worst-music-article-of-the-year-227012.php#c816162 ...It's as if all you need to write for the Guardian are some sprawling generalizations and a few iffy anecdotes.

You've just outlined the template for nearly everything Chuck Klosterman has ever published.

JDTZR

]]> 33:227012:c816162 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:47:20 EST <![CDATA[Say It Loud: It's The Worst Music Article Of The Year!]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/newspapers/say-it-loud-its-the-worst-music-article-of-the-year-227012.php#c815857 Well, yeah, not the greatest of articles, but John Harris did write The Last Party (published as Britpop! in the US) an excellent book about britpop, its roots, effects on society and place in history. One of my favorite books of music criticism (though that's surely affected by my somewhat misplaced nostalgia for the era).

Kattullus

]]> 33:227012:c815857 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:58:45 EST <![CDATA[Say It Loud: It's The Worst Music Article Of The Year!]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/newspapers/say-it-loud-its-the-worst-music-article-of-the-year-227012.php#c815770 One could argue that funk, like most of the works of Iggy Pop, suffers from a tendency to repetition at high speed over the course of fairly long songs. Repetition at speed is fine for minute-and-a-half punk songs; fast and long songs are fine when there's a good deal of variety... you get where I'm going with this. If you're really high, or dancing or getting rutty or doing the dishes, I guess you don't notice.

kerlkoenig

]]> 33:227012:c815770 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:45:41 EST <![CDATA[Say It Loud: It's The Worst Music Article Of The Year!]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/newspapers/say-it-loud-its-the-worst-music-article-of-the-year-227012.php#c815712 There's a reasonable think-piece concept buried here - something about how Brown needn't be blamed for what he spawned (even I will admit that a 45-minute single-song funk workout can be tiresome), or a snarky homage to those old Spy magazine "Admit It! It Sucks" columns (especially if it acknowledged the fact that plenty of white folk don't "get" funk and probably don't want to).

But as it stands, this is just a confession to monumental out-of-touchness.

In the man's own immortal words, "Please, Please, Please."

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:227012:c815712 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:35:52 EST <![CDATA[Say It Loud: It's The Worst Music Article Of The Year!]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/newspapers/say-it-loud-its-the-worst-music-article-of-the-year-227012.php#c815581 Say what you will about funk, but please, lay off the slap bass.

Bob Loblaw

]]> 33:227012:c815581 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:20:12 EST <![CDATA[Say It Loud: It's The Worst Music Article Of The Year!]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/newspapers/say-it-loud-its-the-worst-music-article-of-the-year-227012.php#c815505 Funk him.

Darth Funk

]]> 33:227012:c815505 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:10:32 EST <![CDATA[Say It Loud: It's The Worst Music Article Of The Year!]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/newspapers/say-it-loud-its-the-worst-music-article-of-the-year-227012.php#c815405 You can adapt this as follows:

I have a friend who saw Bruce Springsteen in Hartford, CT in 1975 - a six-hour performance, he says, that amounted to an experiment involving the limits of human endurance.

Who says a funk band can't play (as long as a) rock (band)?

mike a

]]> 33:227012:c815405 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:54:54 EST <![CDATA[Say It Loud: It's The Worst Music Article Of The Year!]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/newspapers/say-it-loud-its-the-worst-music-article-of-the-year-227012.php#c815396 did everything have to be so long? (I have a friend who saw Funkadelic in Manchester in 1975 - a six-hour performance, he says, that amounted to an experiment involving the limits of human endurance.)

What, were the exit doors blocked?

mike a

]]> 33:227012:c815396 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:53:11 EST <![CDATA[Say It Loud: It's The Worst Music Article Of The Year!]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/newspapers/say-it-loud-its-the-worst-music-article-of-the-year-227012.php#c815395 Hey this guy's right about JB. He's barely more significant than Ja Rule's hypeman's hypeman. But talkin shit on Tower of Power and thumbscrews! What other band backed Elton John, Huey Lewis AND Michael Bolton? And what other kind of hardware accessory needs not a driver with which to screw it? Try to answer those questions two and you'll come up with nothing but your own navel lint. Yeah fuck that guy. He sucks worse than James Brown.

Furman P. Slothra

]]> 33:227012:c815395 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:52:59 EST <![CDATA[Say It Loud: It's The Worst Music Article Of The Year!]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/newspapers/say-it-loud-its-the-worst-music-article-of-the-year-227012.php#c815125 Somebody needs to break that dude's kneecaps...

BawstonSean

]]> 33:227012:c815125 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:18:50 EST <![CDATA[Say It Loud: It's The Worst Music Article Of The Year!]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/newspapers/say-it-loud-its-the-worst-music-article-of-the-year-227012.php#c815121 wow, it's like one of those reviews that says "i'm probably not the right person to be writing this" only it's longer and snootier, and there's no disclaimer.

p.s. tower of power rule!

iantenna

]]> 33:227012:c815121 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:18:44 EST <![CDATA[Say It Loud: It's The Worst Music Article Of The Year!]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/newspapers/say-it-loud-its-the-worst-music-article-of-the-year-227012.php#c815112 My favorite comment on this, via ILM: "...I don't think funk caused the massive nationwide agricultural/rural economic decline of the mid 1970s."

Ned Raggett

]]> 33:227012:c815112 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:17:31 EST <![CDATA[Say It Loud: It's The Worst Music Article Of The Year!]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/newspapers/say-it-loud-its-the-worst-music-article-of-the-year-227012.php#c815110 British music obits seem to be unique in their idiocy.

I remember John Entwistle's- I wonder if it was by the same author. The guy claimed the crowning achievement of Entwistle's career was he "had a nice bass break on My Generation" - in other words the guy was so clueless about the music of The Who, rock music, and music in general, that he was unable to even hear the bass guitar, let alone understand its importance, except when he heard it in a solo.

He then went on to make the completely untrue claim that Entwistle was an "awful" singer, based on the one (and apparently only) Who concert he had ever seen. (Of course this concert took place post-2000, when Entwistle was old and near death.)

drjimmy11

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