Mr eel
Where Music Critics Get It Wrong
I’ve bagged music criticism on this here blog before, but like a good little pedant I-just-can’t-let-go. I was reading this article about John Peel’s top 20 albums and I came across this wonderful quote from Steve Albini.
“John Peel said something that I thought was really profound. He said when he gets a record from somebody and he doesn’t like it, he assumes that it’s his problem and that the band would not have made that record if there wasn’t something valuable about it.”
Too fucking right man! That’s basically where I think most criticism fucks up. Trying to make your likes or dislikes someone else’s problem.
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