Shut Up, Dude: This Week’s Best And Worst Comments
We started off this week with news from Ultra Music Festival, which sounded like a bit of a disaster. Hopefully vibes are more mellow at next weekend’s Coachella (don’t forget your Hydroxycut). Hot off his SNL debut, rising UK soul singer Sam Smith was the subject of The Week In Pop. We looked at the month of March in metal and soundtracks. We saw some entertaining beefs from Robert Smith and Jason Pierce. St. Vincent and Jeff Tweedy stopped by Portlandia. David Letterman announced his retirement, according to R.E.M.’s former bassist’s Twitter. We made a pretty Justin Vernon family free. Jack White was back in action, announcing Lazaretto and promising its title track will be the world’s fastest record. Album Of The Week went to Cloud Nothings (better luck next time, Nick Cannon). And we listed the 10 best songs by Joy Division and, to commemorate 20 years of a world without Kurdt (bka the guy from all those unearthed Seattle PD photos), Nirvana. Relive this week’s best and worst comments below and we’ll all float on OK…
THIS WEEK’S 10 HIGHEST RATED COMMENTS
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Craig Freeman | Apr 3rd | Score:12 |
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That sounds awful. Attending a Kings of Leon concert I mean. [Badumching] |
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| Posted in: Seattle Kings Of Leon Fans May Have Been Exposed To Measles | |||
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Melissa Gustafson | Apr 2nd | Score:13 |
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“WHEN WE GO TO SEE AN ARTIST WE ARE FANS OF, WE DON’T WANT THE PERFORMANCE TO END… THAT’S WHAT BEING A FAN MEANS… ISN’T IT?” Yes, exactly. BRAVO Robert Smith BRAVO. |
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| Posted in: The Cure’s Robert Smith Goes Nuts On Guardian Critic | |||
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michael_ | Mar 28th | Score:13 |
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“See, this is what rap should be.” – Cole Alexander |
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| Posted in: Migos Involved In Shootout On Miami Highway | |||
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undergroundspoon | Apr 1st | Score:14 |
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This album is 1% better than their last album. |
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| Posted in: Album Of The Week: Cloud Nothings Here And Nowhere Else | |||
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Doris Montgomery | Apr 1st | Score:15 |
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now do lou bega |
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| Posted in: Behold The Justin Vernon Family Tree | |||
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smokeallyouwantandseetheplanets | Mar 28th | Score:15 |
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I might have posted the EMA song on my facebook – nobody commented 🙁 |
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| Posted in: The 5 Best Songs Of The Week | |||
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awesome opossum | Apr 1st | Score:16 |
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No he’s not. He’s a sex object. Opossum out. |
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| Posted in: Behold The Justin Vernon Family Tree | |||
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homesickalien | Apr 2nd | Score:16 |
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Personally, I thought her ‘buy a drink’ quip was designed as a simply rhetorical retaliation to Smiths ALL CAP written assault on her, but whatever…hardly the point here. The shock here is that a writer took an effort to point out a band (playing for a worthy cause, mind you) playing ‘too long?’ If you are going to criticize a show, I’m sorry, but length should not be on the top of any negative commentary regarding the event. How about something like, “…and although the set was a monstrous 45 songs, The Cure came and delivered for the crowd which is quite commendable.” We’re talking about a band that’s been around for 40 years, and the fact they took to the stage for a 45 song set list may be one of the most devoted gestures any band could have done for their fans or the cause they were there supporting. As if I needed a reason to love Smith more. |
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| Posted in: The Cure’s Robert Smith Goes Nuts On Guardian Critic | |||
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reggieohead | Apr 1st | Score:25 |
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Jesus, Stereogum, stop sucking this guy’s dick! …so I can get some! |
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| Posted in: Behold The Justin Vernon Family Tree | |||
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Rick Sandmann | Apr 1st | Score:44 |
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He’s never really discussed it but I heard michael_ hates Dylan Baldi. |
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| Posted in: Album Of The Week: Cloud Nothings Here And Nowhere Else | |||
THIS WEEK’S 5 LOWEST RATED COMMENTS
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Sean Chambers | Apr 1st | Score:-7 |
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Very clever reparte anonymous mofo. |
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| Posted in: The 10 Best Joy Division Songs | |||
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kilgore trout | Apr 2nd | Score:-8 |
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Robert Smith is a grumpy Gus. |
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| Posted in: The Cure’s Robert Smith Goes Nuts On Guardian Critic | |||
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lieutenant wine | Mar 31st | Score:-9 |
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The latest in an increasingly tiresome list of aggressively pointless experiments in anti-songs by the Flaming Lips. Splendid. Wayne Coyne must have more free time on his hands than any other person on the planet. |
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| Posted in: Stream Flaming Side Of The Moon, The Flaming Lips’ New Companion Piece To Dark Side Of The Moon And The Wizard Of Oz | |||
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michael_ | Apr 1st | Score:-9 |
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http://recommendedlisten.com/post/81223009682/omwb-how-twitter-ruined-one-of-my-favorite-bands |
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| Posted in: Album Of The Week: Cloud Nothings Here And Nowhere Else | |||
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Sean Chambers | Apr 1st | Score:-16 |
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It’s painfully obvious that this article was written by someone that knows very little about JD. |
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| Posted in: The 10 Best Joy Division Songs | |||
THIS WEEK’S EDITOR-IN-CHIEF’S CHOICE
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sdnabors | Mar 31st | Score:1 | |
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There’s a 99.99999999% chance this is going to be fucking awful. But I’ll be holding out hope for that tiny chance that it’s not. |
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| Posted in: “Contemporized” Michael Jackson Outtakes Album XSCAPE Coming In May | |||
