<![CDATA[Parsing The Pop: The Ones That Got Away - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Parsing The Pop: The Ones That Got Away - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:24:15 EST Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:24:15 EST http://idolator.com/tunes/jackin.-pop/parsing-the-pop-the-ones-that-got-away-227053.php <![CDATA[Parsing The Pop: The Ones That Got Away]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/jackin.-pop/parsing-the-pop-the-ones-that-got-away-227053.php#c838465 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.

prolixrush

]]> 33:227053:c838465 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:24:15 EST <![CDATA[Parsing The Pop: The Ones That Got Away]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/jackin.-pop/parsing-the-pop-the-ones-that-got-away-227053.php#c838441 What ever happened to The Stills? When Without Feathers came out in May, it was blowing up th..., at least?

prolixrush

]]> 33:227053:c838441 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:09:10 EST <![CDATA[Parsing The Pop: The Ones That Got Away]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/jackin.-pop/parsing-the-pop-the-ones-that-got-away-227053.php#c838352 memo to Matisyahu:

G-d, you suck!

drjimmy11

]]> 33:227053:c838352 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:35:38 EST <![CDATA[Parsing The Pop: The Ones That Got Away]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/jackin.-pop/parsing-the-pop-the-ones-that-got-away-227053.php#c838204 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.

switchthai

]]> 33:227053:c838204 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:50:00 EST <![CDATA[Parsing The Pop: The Ones That Got Away]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/jackin.-pop/parsing-the-pop-the-ones-that-got-away-227053.php#c819929 Really? I thought Matisyahu actually WAS paul barman with a beard.

Jay

]]> 33:227053:c819929 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:11:14 EST <![CDATA[Parsing The Pop: The Ones That Got Away]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/jackin.-pop/parsing-the-pop-the-ones-that-got-away-227053.php#c819344 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.

afriedman

]]> 33:227053:c819344 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:46:03 EST <![CDATA[Parsing The Pop: The Ones That Got Away]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/jackin.-pop/parsing-the-pop-the-ones-that-got-away-227053.php#c818917 matisyahu is certainly no paul barman.

lucasg

]]> 33:227053:c818917 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:08:33 EST <![CDATA[Parsing The Pop: The Ones That Got Away]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/jackin.-pop/parsing-the-pop-the-ones-that-got-away-227053.php#c817806 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.

We Don't Live in the 60s

]]> 33:227053:c817806 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:02:54 EST <![CDATA[Parsing The Pop: The Ones That Got Away]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/jackin.-pop/parsing-the-pop-the-ones-that-got-away-227053.php#c816804 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.

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:227053:c816804 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:32:46 EST <![CDATA[Parsing The Pop: The Ones That Got Away]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/jackin.-pop/parsing-the-pop-the-ones-that-got-away-227053.php#c816329 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.

Hyman Decent

]]> 33:227053:c816329 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:12:18 EST <![CDATA[Parsing The Pop: The Ones That Got Away]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/jackin.-pop/parsing-the-pop-the-ones-that-got-away-227053.php#c816013 The problem is that while Matisyahu makes good press, virtually no one actually listens to him. Back to the Hillel circuit, probably.

mike a

]]> 33:227053:c816013 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:25:59 EST <![CDATA[Parsing The Pop: The Ones That Got Away]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/jackin.-pop/parsing-the-pop-the-ones-that-got-away-227053.php#c815991 I've never heard any Rascal Flatts other than a couple songs that had videos, but oh lordie, those were terrible. If the rest of the album is similar I find it hard to believe that it's not the most unlistenable album of the year.

Hamm Beerger

]]> 33:227053:c815991 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 16:22:01 EST <![CDATA[Parsing The Pop: The Ones That Got Away]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/jackin.-pop/parsing-the-pop-the-ones-that-got-away-227053.php#c815980 I enjoyed the below albums to varying degrees, and they weren't on the list at all. Some of them are really marginal, but I was especially surprised about the absence of Stereolab, Robert Pollard, Mouse on Mars and Eric Matthews, who all had strong critical support at one time or another.

I *think* these were all 2006 releases....

Les Claypool/Of Whales and Woe
Cracker/Greenland (worst Cracker album ever, though)
The Wedding Present/Search for Paradise (perhaps passed over for being a compilation)
The M's/Future Women (one of my favorite unexpected discoveries of the year...crunchycatchy Elephant 6-style pop)
Adrian Belew/Side Three
Nick Cave/The Proposition (soundtrack)
Tanya Donelly/This Hungry Life
Great Lakes/Diamond Times
Eric Matthews/Foundation Sounds
The Minders/It's a Bright Guilty World
Mosquitos/Mosquitos III
Mouse on Mars/Varcharz
Mudhoney/Under a Billion Suns
Robert Pollard/Normal Happiness
Portastatic/Who Loves the Sun (soundtrack)
Stereolab/Fab Four Suture
David Sylvian/Blemish
Tom Verlaine/Around
The Vines/Vision Valley

Ebbywebby

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