u/DtheAussieBoye

Like yeah, albums that killed or stalled careers are definitely still a focus, but it's not like it's the main focus anymore- that's why we get records like American Life, Two the Hard Way or Lulu. It's pretty obvious that Todd's fans are way stricter about what counts or not compared to Todd himself, and exceptions to the whole "it MUST have fucked over a career" aren't really absolute

And honestly, I think that's a good thing. For as much as I adore Trainwreckords, Todd kinda put himself into a box focusing specifically on albums that fucked over careers. Allowing for albums that don't really fit that definition is never a bad time, and I'm happy that flexibility exists. Not every shitty album is a career killer, but I'll never be upset about Todd talking on an interesting album

With how complex Erik is, and how contentious he can be with fans, I feel that some of the most interesting situations he could be involved in pertain to non-mutant allies of his plight, and how he'd interact with them. Whether negatively, positively or in between... are there any good or interesting parts of comics (or otherwise!) that pertain to this?

Like it's great we're getting scathing reviews again, but it does feel partially-fueled by the fact that Brown and Tyga are both massive shitheads (with the latter also not being helped by his AI-fueled project). Both equally as deserved, but there's a level of ease when it comes to shitting on them that make things less exciting than hugely negative reviews of the past- think Travistan, Shine On, even that polarising Liz Phair review. I'd say the last time they were this surprisingly negative to otherwise decent people was the Greta Van Fleet review, which is coming up eight years now.

Like don't get me wrong, this isn't me going up to bat for either of the shitty albums above. But, in order to prove that Pitchfork is on the right track, they've gotta be insanely mean to people who might not feel like they deserve it outside of the music sucking complete ass. They've gotta be supremely toxic towards albums that just fail on musicianship alone. Make Pitchfork catty & mean again!

(And yes, I understand p4k can't REALLY be back until they get rid of the subscription thing. This is more so an artistic thing lol)

(One more note, these scores are from The Fork! Great way to browse the site's scores if you can't read the actual articles)

^(EDIT: no idea what the extra "and" in the title is doing there lol. wish this site would let us edit those things)

In my mind, Kanye's "Gorgeous" is one of the most second-track-on-the-album songs I've ever heard, fits amazingly in MBDTF where it is. Any other more unconventional choices for wonderfully-placed tracks, excluding openers or closers?

If you're not aware, SiIvaGunner is a bait-and-switch YouTube channel that edits video game music to have memes, jokes, other songs etc. It's for the purpose of pranking people and causing many a laugh.

I'm trying to find a channel inspired by SiIvaGunner, specifically one that edited logos for television and movies. IIRC it had hundreds of uploads dedicated to this, using memes relevant to communities it dabbled in. I've yet to find a perfect match, help would be appreciated!

Obsession's general plot is far from an original one, but it's gotten far more love and accolades than any other plots in the genre. What exactly separates it from the pack, what makes it so special?

(The Hendrix clause is an artist who's technically a one-hit wonder or only had one or a handful of songs be proper hits, but is far too influential to really count as such)

I've been wondering if Devo would ever count for the show. Obviously they wouldn't count for this show due to the sheer amount of influence the band had on new wave and the music of the 80s as a whole...

...but at the same time, Whip It is their only hit on the top 40, it dwarfs all their other songs in terms of long-lasting popularity, and most people would only know this one song without knowledge of anything else they did. Are there any bands that ride this line as hard as Devo, being a one-hit wonder that really isn't?

It doesn't matter how much they change their sound, it doesn't matter what they do to make themselves unique- Greta Van Fleet will always be known as "those pieces of shit that made a career off of ripping off Led Zeppelin". Even now, that's what they're known as.

Any other examples of bands that could just never escape a bad first impression?

Whilst it’s a bit much to say Oh Daddy is hated, I’ve seen quite a few people blame the exclusion of Silver Springs on this song, causing Oh Daddy to get more shit than it would have otherwise. Are there any other songs that are disliked or are otherwise controversial for more unorthodox reasons?

Like genuinely the resemblance is uncanny, what was going on here

Just something I've been pondering about for a little. What if Jax did actually confront her gender issues and make the moves to transition, but continued to be an asshole to everyone anyways?

James is one of those guys where I'm a lot more interested in when he gushes over something, or calmly dissects something that doesn't work. I get that it's a big part of the whole cartoon critic YouTuber schtick to do it, but I feel that he doesn't really work for me when he goes into turborant mode, it's just not as interesting to me.

Bonus points if it wasn't immoral or evil or anything, just really bad lmao