In what must be an attempt to make the guys at Pitchfork seem less jaded, a MSNBC rock critic has assembled a list dubbed The rock ’n’ roll hall of lame. The column takes some of the most influential and beloved bands – including The Clash, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Doors and others – and declares them “overrated.” It isn’t necessarily what you think, however, since he wrote this about The Clash:

It’s not so much their music that irritates as it is the chorus of hosannas that, 30 years later, still follows them around like a car alarm that won’t shut off.

Amusingly, Sonic Youth also makes the list, but the column confesses an inability to find fault with them:

[Just] about every rock critic thinks they’re incredible. So there’s got to be something wrong with them. I just can’t see it because I’m blinded by love.

You can check out the column here.
Source In what must be an attempt to make the guys at Pitchfork seem less jaded, a MSNBC rock critic has assembled a list dubbed The rock ’n’ roll hall of lame. The column takes some of the most influential and beloved bands – including The Clash, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Doors and others – and declares them “overrated.” It isn’t necessarily what you think, however, since he wrote this about The Clash:

It’s not so much their music that irritates as it is the chorus of hosannas that, 30 years later, still follows them around like a car alarm that won’t shut off.

Amusingly, Sonic Youth also makes the list, but the column confesses an inability to find fault with them:

[Just] about every rock critic thinks they’re incredible. So there’s got to be something wrong with them. I just can’t see it because I’m blinded by love.

You can check out the column here.
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