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| From | Eb <ElBroome@earthlink.net> |
| Subject | Re: Another poll |
| Date | Tue, 11 Feb 2003 13:47:29 -0800 |
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Stewart flexed his muskles:
>Oh, boo hoo wah, you big baby.
>Could be because, in comparison to FANTASMA,
>it's a really fucking dull record
Speaking of childish, dig the above spew. Not impressive. Thanks for
the "basic moves" line, in any case. Incidentally, I'm interested
enough in your opinions that I checked out a Consonant song. I'm
tempted to say it was "really fucking ordinary," but that would be
more your syntax than mine.
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Bill Holmes:
>Both polls are representative of the groups of people asked to vote -
>relatively closed lists of people who share at least some musical
>tastes in common. (in the case of the CoF, a VERY small group).
Well, the Audities poll had 138 voters ("the second highest vote
total ever") and the CoF poll had 118. Not too much of a gap. And
yet...the CoF results, while not so diverse in the overall scheme of
things, still showed a lot more range than the Audities poll.
>Take a poll of Kerrang! readers and Queens Of The Stone
>Age would have fared a lot better.
Take a poll of just about *any* other pop-rock demographic and Queens
of the Stone Age would have fared a lot better.
>Pazz & Jop by its nature will be more across the board
>and feature more hip hop, rap and mainstream sludge
>because many of the voters/critics wallow in those pools.
What an admirably unbiased way to put it. I can understand your
grudge against the mainstream, though. Trivial lyrics, facile hooks,
oversweetened harmonies...who needs it? If only N'Sync played
Rickenbackers, instead.
By the way, I've seen a few of your top 10 lists on the Web. I think
your stance on these issues was already more than evident.
>I don't get upset that many of my favorites don't show up on consensus
>rankings,
Oh sure, of course not. I think your commendable lack of resentment
was already showed in the line about other critics wallowing in
sludge and pools.
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