Why...
he's a closet gay
>2015>listening to ersatz shit
Christgau is literally the worst critic. Worse than P4k, worse than Fantano, worse than Starostin, worse than that pizza guy, worse than any le wrong generation 12-year old on YouTube, worse than absolutely anyone and everyone. I will genuinely be glad when he dies.
>>52904487>implying some of his reviews aren't gut-bustingly funny
WAAAHHHH WHY DOES HE PREFER A WELL-CRAFTED POP ALBUM OVER MY PRETENTIOUS ART ROCK WITH A BUNCH OF BLUE FACES ON THE COVER?
>>52904784ur the only one crying here
>>52904784> Calling King Crimson art rockfucking seriously
Xgau instead of christgau lmfao
>>52904425That must explain why he gave As to every Madonna album ever.
>>52904784I don't even like ITCOTCK but you're a moron
>>52904301Fagtano doesn't know shit about prog either and no one cares
>>52904487he's a far better writer than fantanolike, fantano is not even in the same league.
>>52904487mad dg fan spotted
Dude hates metal so much that he never bothered reviewing any Judas Priest or Iron Maiden albums, even ones now regarded as classics.
>Xgau>having any logic to his (100% randumb) gradings
king crimson is garbage get over it
>>52905505
>>52904784Christgau pls go
>>52905267He's true to his principles, even if they are silly, and doesn't change of mind just because an album became a classic over the years, that's something I respect. On the other side, p4k and specially RS do change of mind pretty often.https://rateyourmusic.com/list/schmidtt/rolling_stones_500_worst_reviews_of_all_time__work_in_progress_/Granted, they're not one person but still, some of these are terrible.
Holy shit Christgau really is a joke lmaoo ayyyhttp://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/list/rs00.php
>>52905530Actually people who wear fedoras are more likely TO listen to King Crimson.
>>52905267He also worships almost any and all punk but then for some reason 90% of music critics do that.
>>52905155As a DG fan, that is a better burn than 99% of what /mu/ has come up with
So, let's get this straight. Christgau loves...>Rolling Stones>The Who>punk>pop sluts (Madonna, Gaga, etc)>hip-hop>singer-songwriters>some cockrock (Aerosmith, Van Halen)And hates...>metal>other cockrock (Motley Crue)>country>King Crimson
>>52905978Hates prog rock, outside a few exceptions.
>>52905978I'm not kidding. Practically every Stones and Madonna album he gave a B or A to, even late career ones that most people consider letrashman.
>>52905978His Wikipedia page claims that he has open biases against " heavy metal,art rock, progressive rock, bluegrass, gospel, Irish folk, and jazz fusion".
>>52904487>worse than that pizza guywhat's wrong with the pizza guy
>>52906105lol
>>52905267>>52905847I like metal, but I don't like punk.
>>52906125nothingpizza guy is the best reviewer
>>52905814When was the last time you've been outside
>>52906105>>52905267He did review three Metallica albums and at least one Megadeth album.
>>52904784>WELL-CRAFTED POP ALBUM
>>52906205>Master of Puppets"I feel a distinct generation gap between myself and this music. Not because my old bones can't handle the power and intensity of it, but because I was born too early to have had my dendrites rewired by progressive radio. On the one hand, the album presents a good moral message I suppose. Anti-war, anti-violence, and even anti-coke. Problem is that the image of heroes usually conjured up by metal is something akin to Arnold Schwartzeneggar as Conan the Barbarian. That's not what my idea of a hero is and I feel no more entitled to consider myself heroic from listening to this than I would the 1812 Overture. B-."
I used to hate him, but I've grown to absolutely love Christgau
>>52905530>average king crimson fan
bump
>Xgau
wrong thread probably, but what's some artists that sound similar to "in the court of the crimson king"? only person i can think of is Frank Zappa
>>52904487this guy gets it.
>>529061951994
>>52908161You'd probably dig Pawn Hearts by Van Der Graaf Generator