When does music criticism become rock and roll?

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When, fueled by drink and revenge-thirst, anger, sexual frustration and overweening self-pity, in in a final narcissistic convulsion, the writer rolls up his or her thwarted vanity into one giant ball and fires it out on to the page in a continuous spewing volley of articulate bile.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 24 April 2003 12:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Only when it has a killer beat and makes people jump around ecstatically. And only then.

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Thursday, 24 April 2003 12:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Music criticism is worse than poetry. It should all be banned.

― kate, Thursday, 24 April 2003 12:37 (twenty-two years ago)

When Neil Tennant screams, "Hello, Cleveland!"

― s woods, Thursday, 24 April 2003 12:51 (twenty-two years ago)

It only gets good once it includes 400 rapidly changing chords, though.

― man, Thursday, 24 April 2003 12:58 (twenty-two years ago)

fueled by drink and revenge-thirst, anger, sexual frustration and overweening self-pity, in in a final narcissistic convulsion

Don't forget, you have to be in this state to read it properly as well.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 24 April 2003 13:03 (twenty-two years ago)

if anyone finds any criticism that rocks, let me know. i'd like to read it. most crit just lies there in a decidedly unrocking state.

― scott seward, Thursday, 24 April 2003 13:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, I see you haven't read my Jay-Z review.

― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 24 April 2003 14:23 (twenty-two years ago)

This review kinda rocks.

http://southsidecallbox.com/images/zep2.jpg

(Thanks, JBR)

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 24 April 2003 14:46 (twenty-two years ago)

i will read it, ally! where is it?

― scott seward, Thursday, 24 April 2003 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

i feel i should post an example. frank kogan's recent james chance piece rocked really hard. needless to say, almost everything don allred writes is better rock and roll than most current rock and roll.

― scott seward, Thursday, 24 April 2003 14:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Links, plz? If they exist?

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 24 April 2003 14:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Never.

― Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 24 April 2003 15:24 (twenty-two years ago)

The Blue Öyster Cult

― george gosset (gegoss), Thursday, 24 April 2003 15:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Next Tuesday, at 4am GMT.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 24 April 2003 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)

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