Shut Up, Dude: This Week’s Best And Worst Comments

Shut Up, Dude: This Week’s Best And Worst Comments

Bonnaroooo. I’ve already booked my plane tickets and am looking forward to seeing “Weird Al” for the first time. Maybe of some of you are too. The Tennessee fest’s lineup reveal was our most popular post in a week that also brought a new tune from Phoenix, reviews of Atoms For Peace and Nick Cave, beefs between Moz and Staples Center and Patrick Carney and Justin Bieber fans, and anniversary celebrations of the Postal Service’s Give Up and Radiohead’s Pablo Honey. We picked Moz’s 10 best songs (and cat photos) and ranked Björk’s discography. Plus, Billy Corgan was in a furniture commercial. Hopefully you enjoyed some of those stories. Relive the best and worst responses to them below.

THIS WEEK’S 10 HIGHEST RATED COMMENTS

#9 Tom Breihan | Feb 20th Score:24

Yes.

Posted in: Give Up Turns 10
#8

Alex Sobel | Feb 17th Score:24

Now all of those times that I reflexively check Stereogum on the weekends won’t be pointless!

Posted in: Hi! I Am The New Weekend Editor
#7

Jarrod Grimm | Feb 18th Score:26

I can only imagine if the Keys hadn’t won anything Carney would have denounced the Grammy’s as some big label backpatting festival. But since they won “Grammy’s are for music”. Wasn’t this the same guy who blasted Nickelback last year or so? Talk about easy targets. Get over yourself Pat

Posted in: Patrick Carney Taunts The Beliebers
#6

Matthew Marvin Lingo | Feb 18th Score:27

They are humans that exist, so you’re right about that one.

Posted in: Patrick Carney Taunts The Beliebers
#5 Michael_ | Feb 19th Score:31

Yes, we’ve decided to put on our own festival instead.

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Tom Breihan’s Sound City Players feat. Marcus Mumford, Skrillex, Free Energy and Al Barr • Amrit & Scott Corban Writes About Rap • donnytilla • The Pelly Twins • Joe Howse • Deconstructing Chris Brown • Claire’s inability to post a new story that has open comments • The United States Postal Service • rubberjohnny0829 • The guy from Wooden Wand who always writes here • Kendrick Broydick • Z. Cole Rachel Smith • Corky Anderson • Nathan Anderson • ZYGMUNT • Some Gifs • …And You Will Know When Michael Nelson Is Actually Excited About What He Is Writing About Judging by the Number of Words • _

Posted in: Bonnaroo 2013 Lineup
#4

Taylor Adams | Feb 18th Score:32

First Nickleback, then Justin Bieber. Wow, the black keys are so bold.

Why do they constantly feel threatened by pop bands with completely different demographics. Even if I think they’re right, this is a fucking pathetic waste of time and energy. Who cares about Bieber, if you want make edgy statements do it do your musical peers. Picking on trailer park bands or 14 year old loved pop stars is the equivalent of Christopher Nolan criticizing the writers of The Wiggles for not having enough plot development; it just makes him look like an idiot.

Patrick Carney, i’m not even completely sold on you as being more than mediocre stadium rock. And when you do shit like this, it just makes you look like a cocky retard.

Posted in: Patrick Carney Taunts The Beliebers
#3

David Mania Worthington | Feb 19th Score:39

Downvote this if you don’t like it.

Posted in: Premature Evaluation: Atoms For Peace AMOK
#2

‘ChrisMason’ Mason | Feb 18th Score:53

Bieber is looking more and more like my aunt’s “life partner”.

Posted in: Patrick Carney Taunts The Beliebers
#1 dbr | Feb 18th Score:73
Posted in: Phoenix – “Entertainment”

THIS WEEK’S 5 LOWEST RATED COMMENTS

#5

Daniel Warren | Feb 18th Score:-12

The way I understand it, Carney was a cool kid in high school, Auerbach a nerd. The irony being them teaming up to do Rubber Factory, a cool revivalist record in its own right. Seeing Carney act like this, though, reminds of his roots, as a cool kid. Cool kids are generally like these PR masterminds, good at making fun of different people, creating mini campaigns if you will, that demean their target. Seems like Carney’s just being a popular kid who’s donned cooler glasses and pseudo-thriftstore designer threads. And now he has Twitter, and the world to entertain, instead of prom, a flyer and his high school student body. Oh well.

Posted in: Patrick Carney Taunts The Beliebers
#4 hophead | Feb 19th Score:-14

Sadly, it happens to every songwriter at some point. After King of Limbs and now this, I’m afraid that Thom Yorke doesn’t write as good of songs as he used to.

Posted in: Premature Evaluation: Atoms For Peace AMOK
#3 TheWastelander | Feb 18th Score:-18

You can definitely tell dubstep blew up over the past few years.

Posted in: Phoenix – “Entertainment”
#2

Joe Weber | Feb 20th Score:-25

cool story bro

Posted in: Give Up Turns 10
#1

David Mania Worthington | Feb 19th Score:-41

Upvote this if you like it.

Posted in: Premature Evaluation: Atoms For Peace AMOK

THIS WEEK’S EDITOR’S CHOICE (SCOTT)

Rob Casper | Feb 19th Score:5

insert your typical “the audacity of jack white, his dapper suits and his depression-era victrolas” joke – but in all seriousness, i can’t think of many other people who have championed the indie record store more than he has. he’s had enough faith in the idea of the record store by opening his own, and he’s constantly trying to reinvent the physical music product as something worth holding in your hands.

as someone who spent much of my youth in a long-defunct music store in my hometown, and still feel a certain amount of giddiness walking around one of those stores still lucky enough to still stand, i’ve got no problem with crowning him ambassador.

Posted in: Jack White Named Ambassador Of Record Store Day 2013

THIS WEEK’S EDITOR’S CHOICE (AMRIT)

rubberjohnny0829 | Feb 20th Score:-1

fuck you guys. daniel tosh is the funniest comedian of the last decade

Posted in: Bonnaroo 2013 Lineup

[Editor’s Note: The Platonic Ideal of a terrible comment. RubJohn, you got the gift.]

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