And apparently, takes out a little aggression on the pop world at the same time!! Hurray for you dicks! You looked, decided that, hey, wtf, they're Candians, lesbians, and Little Steven likes 'em... it must be okay to stamp them "uncool," I mean, "not good."
And by "not good" of course, you mean "too poppy" --, is that it? There's not much critique here, just a LOT of name dropping.. hmmm they get compared to Dave Matthews Band, Ryan Adams, Ashlee Simpson, Rob Thomas and Santana, Alanis Morissette, Hannity and Colmes, a McDonald's jingle, ... and ooh, they take a swipe at Cat Power... you no likey?
You accuse the duo of incoherence, but your review is far worse than the lyric "I love the rock and roll" or "look me in the heart and tell me you won't go." Cause the fucking point is that it's not supposed to be Mozart, it ain't supposed to be Interpol or whatever it is that you want it to be, and that it fails miserably at. Start making sense, please? I'm begging you. I COUNT on you fuckers to give me my musical opinions!
"Canadian power-pop duo Tegan and Sara take a similar approach, tossing around seemingly unrelated, radio-ready banalities over predictable power chords throughout their latest LP, So Jealous. There's really no reason why these identical twins shouldn't be huge. Their songs fuse Ashlee Simpson mall-punk with the retro 80s fetish of former tourmate Ryan Adams' recent high-profile stinker."
What the fuck are you talking about? "There's really no reason why these identical twins shouldn't be huge." Uh. Sweet elephant in the room you're ignoring, dude: they share plenty in common with Ashlee Simpson, sure: poppy. Except that they're dykes who write about some crazy shit that is not exactly radio friendly. And those songs are about other girls. Not in the tAtU way. They're actual lesbians. EEK. I can't really fault you for sucking dick (pardon that- it's inappropriate, here) but I WILL say that just saying something is too "poppy" is pointing out the obvious. It's like listening to Weird Al Yankovic's polkas and saying, "these are too polka-y, I wish they were more rock." You ain't allowed to do that!
I understand, some really legitimate, intelligent criticisms can be vaulted at this "duo" and their newest album. you just haven't done that here. And for that, I give you the shark sandwich.
25 January 2005
Pitchfork Reviews "So Jealous"
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
