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Pitchfork's Top 50

Well it has happened again, Pitchfork and I have made our top of for the year and had no shared releases. I almost added Sonic Youth's "Rather Ripped" which made Pitchfork's but cut it out at the last moment. The pretentious indie wankers over at Pitchfork had some good music selected but then there was some I just shook my head over. I have a number of the cds listed and some of them were very good but they didn't impress me enough to include them. If I would have made mine 50 albums then there might have been a few more. I do love poking fun at Pitchfork, if something sells more than 100 copies they trash it. Reading them reminds me that although I am a pretentious indie wanker to my friends, they are still light years ahead of me. Take a moment and see how many releases you have or have heard of below....

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/40007/Staff_List_Top_50_Albums_of_2006/page_1

Posted by mardenhill 12/31/2006 02:26:00 PM  

6 Comments:

  1. Barbara Bruederlin said...
    You know that all is still right with the world if Pitchfork continues to play the pretentious card. My list is considerably more accessible (and I only have a top 20).

    I'd love to see your own list though, and looking forward to sharing space with you on the Record Room.
    Jenna said...
    They may be pretentious indie wankers but they named a Justin Fucking Timberlake tune the top song of the year. How do you suppose they justify (no pun intended) that shit?
    mardenhill said...
    They get away with it by being pretentious. they write the rules for the indie rock community and if they think that Justin Timberlake is now "Cool" then with a stroke of a pen he is now cool. once in a while its ok to go out of your comfort zone and embrace something that is popular. on the surface it shows that you are not better than everyone else but in their mind they know they are just mocking pop culture.

    the pretentious indie community was all into Ace Of Bass last year, it was cool to like crap from the 90s. problem is, the indie kids were too young to really understand how bad it was the 1st time let alone the 2nd time around. these indie wankers need someone like LCD soundsystem to give them something to dance to, which is not really dance music anyways. they want to shake their booty but those trucker hats, skinny ties and backpacks make it hard to do so.
    Shay said...
    Why so angry about it? If they are pretentious a**holes, don't read the site. I personally find Randy's Pitchfork rants very entertaining though... and pretentious people are kinda entertaining too... its a win win situation.
    Will said...
    I guess I'll be the Pitchfork supporter up in here, though I have plenty an issue with them - namely not hiring me as a critic. I actually think their list is pretty good, many of those titles being in my collection, and a few on my list.

    I dislike the amount of power they have ... it really is amazing to see how much effect they have on what's popular in indie communities. It has been interesting to see that, with the rise of blogs, Pitchfork is not always in line with the indie community.

    I actually really like Justin Timberlake and would say he's cool now because he's making better music with better producers. I think over the past few years, pop music has gotten significantly better - thanks mostly to Timbaland and the Neptunes - and Pitchfork has really been at the front of recognizing that.

    Oh, and I love LCD Soundsystem.

    Sorry for the long comment and I am way glad you've joined us over at the Record Room.
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