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Post by sickmouthy on May 29, 2009 7:13:18 GMT
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Post by dumbnoteclectic on May 29, 2009 10:54:03 GMT
Coming from the site that reviewed "The Magic Potion"...
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Post by horrorshock666 on May 29, 2009 11:07:05 GMT
What was that!? I can't understand why someone would get paid for writing something as rubbish as that, and i cant yet decide if 'For now, he's a little too much of a good thing' is meant to be a compliment or an insult. I am a little tired though...
What a knob! I feel quite insulted by that, is being a flamboyant male who likes 'celtic folk' meant to be a bad thing? And why the hell would i pity someone who went through a rough patch and has come out on top again?
Blah...
EDIT: Oh gosh! He looks like Napoleon Dynamite! haha... made my day that.
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Post by jay on May 29, 2009 11:07:28 GMT
pw_official Changing my name to "please use a thesaurus or a brain to find another word for flamboyant patrick wolf"17 minutes ago from web
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Post by Rhiflect on May 29, 2009 11:12:52 GMT
lmao. Well done Patrick  |
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Post by jadeface on May 29, 2009 12:25:30 GMT
Everything that this guy has typed is a total lie. The whole thing is based on his own speculations, aha that's so ridiculous.
But I wondered what his twitter update was about. Now I know, and understand.
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Post by cmj on May 29, 2009 12:32:02 GMT
I think that's a fair review.
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Post by jadeface on May 29, 2009 12:35:40 GMT
He's not even reviewing anything though, just bunching together some words and 'quotes'.
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snorlaxio
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Post by snorlaxio on May 29, 2009 12:46:03 GMT
Less of an album review, more of a twatty journalist's opinion on Patrick Wolf.
Completely ridiculous and hardly worthy of being called a 'review'.
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Post by cmj on May 29, 2009 13:19:28 GMT
Just because he didn't really like the album doesn't mean he's a "twatty journalist".
Christ...
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Post by liam9976 on May 29, 2009 14:02:49 GMT
So true, so true. I'm a huge Patrick fan but can't you accept that maybe some people won't like the album?
"The whole thing is based on his own speculations" - isn't that kind of the whole point of a review?!
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Post by Lemon Bloody Cola on May 29, 2009 14:12:37 GMT
You guys need to remember that "a good critic is one you agree with." There's many ways to go about approaching an album review. If the review had been as brief and vague but praised the album to the hills, would you be complaining?
God stop acting like such FANS, haha I jest I jest, don't kill me.
The album has got lukewarm reviews pretty much everywhere, that could be something to do with the pigfucking hack conspiracy of the redundant music press against Patrick, or it could just be that the record is.. a little subpar?
YOU DECIDE.
PS. Patrick "hardly Leonard Bloody Cohen" Wolf has a nerve to attack anyone else for their wordsmithery
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Post by jadeface on May 29, 2009 14:21:05 GMT
Okay, I literally give up talking on here.
I couldn't care less if he didn't like the album, OF COURSE people aren't going to like it.
But he just grabbed a few things that Patrick said ages ago and threw it in like it was relevant.
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Post by Lemon Bloody Cola on May 29, 2009 14:25:42 GMT
An artists public persona and actions are part of the context that like it or not partly informs people's perceptions of their music.
Subjectively I see the point of music journalism as being about "context", and while I don't think that was a great review or anything, that's what that guy was trying to do.
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Post by sickmouthy on May 29, 2009 15:41:26 GMT
Consider who this review is written for, people.
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Post by sickmouthy on May 29, 2009 15:46:45 GMT
Also, for a 3-star review, it's damn site better than this appalling travesty of weak-thinking:
From The Sunday Times
May 24, 2009
Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest
Mark Edwards
Is there a word for an album that you know is excellent, but that you really don’t want to listen to? “Challenging” doesn’t quite do it, because Veckatimest features some lovely tunes — but, my God, is it hard work.
“Demanding” — that’s it. Veckatimest is really demanding. This is not an album you can have on in the background.
This is an album whose twists and turns, and painstaking arrangements (later Beach Boys meet Mercury Rev, in a room with no synths and a sign on the wall reading “No Dancing”), demand that you sit very quietly and pay attention.
There may even be a test at the end. If you’re prepared to put in the work, then you’ll find moments such as the furious climax of Fine for Now and the spectral choir of Cheerleader to be very special indeed.
Warp WARPCD182
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Post by Radio_Dance on May 29, 2009 19:49:20 GMT
agrees with 'jade face'.
what was the point. okay give it three stars if you want, but why exactly?
did I just completely miss that?
Oh wait, of course not, because why when writing a review of something would you actually talk about the album !? Im sorry is that such a hard thing?
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Post by cmj on May 30, 2009 10:16:26 GMT
He did talk about the album...in the actual paper all albums bar one get that little bit of a review so to split it 50/50 between talking about the artist who readers may not be familiar with and the album is fair enough.
And on the subject of that Veckatimest review - it's more hard work than most albums, but my God is it worth it.
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Post by snorlaxio on May 30, 2009 12:17:38 GMT
Just because he didn't really like the album doesn't mean he's a "twatty journalist". Christ... It's not the fact that he didn't LIKE it. It's the fact that he hardly even wrote about the damn album. How does that constitute a 'review' of the album? Personally, I don't think the album is that amazing myself (not bad), but it really grinds my gears when I read reviews where barely anything is written about the music in question. Probably entirely why I avoid music reviews in newspapers in the first place. He did talk about the album...in the actual paper all albums bar one get that little bit of a review so to split it 50/50 between talking about the artist who readers may not be familiar with and the album is fair enough. He wrote, what, half a sentence about the album? Seems hardly worth it. People who read these reviews are trying to get an insight into an artist/album/whatever, and all they have to go on it are some inane ramblings about his personal life, 3 stars and half a sentence? Really, what relevance does Patrick announcing his retirement, or a quote from another publication have to the album he's reviewing? Give me a break. RE: Sickmouthy; It's a damn sight better a review than the Guardian one :/ EDIT: Here's an example of a review by the same guy that is somewhat decent. More emphasis on the music, less about the artist. That's what I personally, like to see. |
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Post by nerdmissile on May 30, 2009 12:36:05 GMT
Sickmouthy, I don't see what's so awful about that Veckatimest review. It's a little bland, but not the worst I've seen, by far. Especially considering the amount of people calling them the "new Fleet Foxes." And once again, someone insulting someone's writing skills by making a travesty of the word "travesty". (That's not a jibe: that's just an example of how hard it is to please anyone when you write.)
Was wondering if I should post my review, but I've been sort of scared out of it.
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