Music is My Radar

I’ve written before about my appreciation of the music writers over at the Onion A.V. Club.  Unlike much of what comes out of Pitchfork, the A.V. Club people actually seem to enjoy music and writing about it, and have a sense of humor to boot.  So it was with great pleasure that I read this article.

I’ll just add a few comments about some of the artists in the list.

1. Saying that U2 comes off as pretentious and self-aggrandizing is like saying that the Lucky Charms leprechaun comes off as a bad Irish stereotype.  It’s the currency of much of their discography.  I still enjoy U2 every now and then, particularly when they adopt some degree of irony, although I’ve often felt that their irony was too self-aware, like “Look at us, we’re being soooooo ironic!”  Yep.  You sure are.
2. If I had to answer as many stupid interview questions as did Bob Dylan in the 1960s, I’d turn into a press-hating misanthropist too.
3. Lars Ulrich is a bitch.  Anyone who can complain about his fans snagging a few of his band’s songs gratis while turning into an art collector deserves to be in a band with James Hetfield.  And be short.  Which he is.
4. Paul McCartney?  A control freak?  GET OUT.
5. I’ll be offended about Justice’s anthropological excursions into American culture when Americans stop being such fucktards.
6. Jefferson Airplane begat Jefferson Starship begat Starship, which shat this onto the airwaves.  Need I say more?
7. Radiohead is apparently suffering from the same affliction as did Bob Dylan in the 60s.  Blameless.
8. Is anyone really shocked that the heavy metal stars of the 1980s are dicks?  Doesn’t pretty much every song in the genre scream I am an asshole?!  I haven’t seen the documentary in question, but Paul Stanley acting like a ‘tard is not a news flash.