Comments on: Why I Hate Record Reviews

By: Wolfdogg

Wolfdogg — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:52:32 +0000

In reply to Jodi. I give a pass to concert reviews because it is such a personal experience. Wrongly, I think reviewers treat static works of art as absolutes that can be graded like a math test. If any review is entertaining and understandable, I like it even if I don't agree with it.

By: Jodi

Jodi — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:41:45 +0000

In reply to Wolfdogg.

Oddly, I kind of like movie & concert reviews. I’m not sure why those are so different, but I do like them. Maybe because I don’t go to that many movies or concerts so it’s living vicariously.

But yeah, I’m with you on most book & record reviews. I always want to know how the thing made a person feel rather than what they think its place in history will be.

By: Wolfdogg

Wolfdogg — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:37:38 +0000

I agree most record reviews are bullshit. But I also extend that to books, TV, movies… Outside of a summary of plot, characters, and setting most are padded with blah blah blah-ness of references and adjectives personal to the reviewer and meaningless to me. (I wrote music reviews for a Milwaukee weekly in college, they were stereo-typically horrible and elitist. Thank god there was no internet)

On the plus side, it does make the good ones stand out.

By: Jodi

Jodi — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:40:45 +0000

In reply to FS. Touche.

By: FS

FS — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:28:51 +0000

“This albums smacks of dude-thirty-year-old-ness, which is when I think dudes contemplate their lives. ”

Sounds like you’re making a broad generalization about a target demographic you are not a part of.