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Re: Rolling Stone named U2 as having the best album of the y

Anonymous — Wed, 3 Dec 2014 10:49:56 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/03/2014 15:49

denmarkman wrote:

Well for all of prog yes there are hundreds of better songs than "Rock Lobster". But Rolling Stone has never been a fan of prog.

Exactly why I'm avoiding RS. I might read a rock magazine whenever I go to a Wal-Mart, but how can RS call themselves a rock magazine if they willingly avoid one of the most notable genres?

Re: Rolling Stone named U2 as having the best album of the y

denmarkman — Wed, 3 Dec 2014 04:45:23 GMT

Author: denmarkman

Posted: 12/03/2014 09:45

JMan wrote:

I was actually going for prog in general, not just Pink Floyd. I'm willing to bet there are plenty of prog rock songs that deserve more than Pink Floyd (although Shine On You Crazy Diamond is much to wonderful to me).

Well for all of prog yes there are hundreds of better songs than "Rock Lobster". But Rolling Stone has never been a fan of prog.

Re: Rolling Stone named U2 as having the best album of the year.

koner1 — Tue, 2 Dec 2014 19:21:51 GMT

Author: koner1

Posted: 12/03/2014 00:21

It doesn't seem like the Rolling Stone writers consult each other before creating this year end list. The magazine gave Morning Phase 4.5/5 stars but it's not even on the list.

Anyways on the subject of U2, the magazine gave their last record the top spot on the list of best albums of 2009, so I wasn't THAT surprised to see Songs of Innocence at the top again. I think the writers at Rolling Stone have been taking too much Viagra because they've had a hard-on for U2 for the past decade and a half (maybe even longer than that).

Re: Rolling Stone named U2 as having the best album of the year.

Anonymous — Tue, 2 Dec 2014 19:00:40 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/03/2014 00:00

About that list... Skrillex? They chose Skrillex? It's not like they're even thinking about it. Dothey just choose the first things they think of?

Re: Rolling Stone named U2 as having the best album of the year.

Anonymous — Tue, 2 Dec 2014 13:29:50 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/02/2014 18:29

CubaZed wrote:

What? You mean you're not a fan of this masterpiece?

I am a fan. I just don't compare it to The Wall (Kanssas) or other prog faves of mine, since I just plain love prog. I'd say the 4-minute version of Rock Lobster is better than all the songs off of DSOTM (Maybe not Time) and The Wall. I was really trying to make a point that prog rock is just as deserving as hard rock and that a rock magazine is kind of disorganized and stereotypical if they leave out some of the greatest bands out there, like the rest of the big four of prog. The mentioning of Rock Lobster was just a randomly assigned song I chose from the 300's on the RS list, and it could've been any other song. And if anyone's wondering about the "freakin'," RS kind of pisses me off at times. This is why I avoid rock magazines.

Also, I saw the video last month. Ultimate yes.

Re: Rolling Stone named U2 as having the best album of the year.

Anonymous — Tue, 2 Dec 2014 13:21:13 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/02/2014 18:21

SuedeSwede wrote:

Corrected. The B-52's are good, but I'm not a huge fan of their stuff other than that song which is just fantastic!

What? You mean you're not a fan of this masterpiece?

Link

Re: Rolling Stone named U2 as having the best album of the year.

Anonymous — Tue, 2 Dec 2014 10:19:53 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/02/2014 15:19

It got us talking about them, and U2.

Re: Rolling Stone named U2 as having the best album of the year.

Boogn1sh — Tue, 2 Dec 2014 09:48:10 GMT

Author: Boogn1sh

Posted: 12/02/2014 14:48

No new news really, but this list just highlights to me once again that Rolling Stone has no idea who its serving anymore. There is no singular perspective to this list at all, show me the person who says "I really loved that St Vincent album, but it wasn't quite as good as the best album of the year by U2...." That person doesn't exist, those are mutually exclusive thoughts

Re: Rolling Stone named U2 as having the best album of the year.

Anonymous — Tue, 2 Dec 2014 00:01:16 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/02/2014 05:01

Not really sure about 1. Why this matters and 2. Why Songs of Innocence has been so poorly received on this site. Rolling Stone is biased (we all know this) and it's not like they try particularly hard to hide that. Pitchfork is the same way on the opposite end of the spectrum…music magazines are basically like cable news now, narrowcasting is the norm and year lists are designed to appeal to the reader base.

Anyways, Songs of Innocence is a good album from a melodic/atmospheric standpoint. Yeah, it's incredibly overproduced and sterile but this doesn't warrant it receiving ratings below a 75. At best it's a turn in the right direction after No Line on the Horizon for U2 and at worst it's a harmless pop-rock album. It's not some evil product of money-grubbing corporations designed to give Bono cultural-dictator status. Unfortunately for U2, Rolling Stone ranking it "#1" feeds that stereotype and actually will turn more people off to even giving the album a listen.

Re: Rolling Stone named U2 as having the best album of the year.

SuedeSwede — Mon, 1 Dec 2014 20:23:29 GMT

Author: SuedeSwede

Posted: 12/02/2014 01:23

JMan wrote:

Heh. I didn't know I was surrounded by fellow Rock Lobster fans.

Corrected. The B-52's are good, but I'm not a huge fan of their stuff other than that song which is just fantastic!

Re: Rolling Stone named U2 as having the best album of the y

Anonymous — Mon, 1 Dec 2014 20:05:22 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/02/2014 01:05

denmarkman wrote:

Yeah, I'm gonna hop on the bandwagon and confirm this as well.

Re: Rolling Stone named U2 as having the best album of the y

denmarkman — Mon, 1 Dec 2014 20:01:45 GMT

Author: denmarkman

Posted: 12/02/2014 01:01

Patman360 wrote:

Rock Lobster is better than Pink Floyd's entire discography.

Yeah, I'm gonna hop on the bandwagon and confirm this as well.

Re: Rolling Stone named U2 as having the best album of the year.

Anonymous — Mon, 1 Dec 2014 19:50:02 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/02/2014 00:50

Heh. I didn't know I was surrounded by fellow B-52''s fans.

Re: Rolling Stone named U2 as having the best album of the year.

denmarkman — Mon, 1 Dec 2014 19:46:04 GMT

Author: denmarkman

Posted: 12/02/2014 00:46

Lol what touch did they have to lose

Re: Rolling Stone named U2 as having the best album of the year.

Radioscope — Mon, 1 Dec 2014 18:16:08 GMT

Author: Radioscope

Posted: 12/01/2014 23:16

Re: Rolling Stone named U2 as having the best album of the year.

Anonymous — Mon, 1 Dec 2014 18:10:16 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/01/2014 23:10

The fact that Rolling Stone constrains it's praise to A sides of singles and had to use "Rock Lobster" as a proxy to express their love for the superior pop perfect "Lava" or anything else off the A side of the debut album should have foreshadowed that they would reveal the puppet strings of the undead Steve Jobs on their limbs by placing U2's latest at #1 in the year of our lord 2014. I imagine Charles Manson recently got married to warn us of this dire situation. Not to mention Rolling Stone forwarding the homosex agenda by praising thinly veiled odes to weiners like "Rock Lobster" and that cover on the U2.

Re: Rolling Stone named U2 as having the best album of the y

Antonio-Pedro — Mon, 1 Dec 2014 18:02:42 GMT

Author: Antonio-Pedro

Posted: 12/01/2014 23:02

SuedeSwede wrote:

The fact that Rock Lobster is only around the 300s is blasphemy, should be up in the top 30

Fixed

Re: Rolling Stone named U2 as having the best album of the y

SuedeSwede — Mon, 1 Dec 2014 18:02:03 GMT

Author: SuedeSwede

Posted: 12/01/2014 23:02

JMan wrote:

Pink Floyd, who only make it into 300's (which is under Rock freakin' Lobster).

The fact that Rock Lobster is only around the 300s is blasphemy, should be up in the top 50

Re: Rolling Stone named U2 as having the best album of the year.

HoldenM — Mon, 1 Dec 2014 18:00:52 GMT

Author: HoldenM

Posted: 12/01/2014 23:00

At first, I exclaimed "Ugh! Fuck them!" aloud, but then I realized that Rolling Stone pulls this shit all of the time. At least their lists are somewhat interesting for it.

Re: Rolling Stone named U2 as having the best album of the y

Antonio-Pedro — Mon, 1 Dec 2014 17:35:26 GMT

Author: Antonio-Pedro

Posted: 12/01/2014 22:35

Patman360 wrote:

Rock Lobster is better than Pink Floyd's entire discography.

This...of course