>"Very few albums are worth your time, and even fewer are worth your money"
>has over 500 albums labelled as "buy it immediately" or "buy it eventually"
think of it in relative terms
that's 500-600 albums out of millions that are actually worth money
Is Scaruffi the most based music critic to ever live?
>>60571956
I mean there are TONS OF ALBUMS
500 is pretty small
anyway this fucker doesn't listen to half the shit he reviews
I know for a fact he has over 400 labelled as "buy it now" or higher
He must have literally thousands labelled as "buy it eventually"
>>60572004
>anyway this fucker doesn't listen to half the shit he reviews
[citation needed]
>>60571985
>implying hes listened to millions of albums
Kill yourself
It's just a meme
It's about 5% for Buy It Now
and about 30% for but it eventually
>>60572044
no one said he did you sperg
Music critic Scaruffi is the best example of Poe's Law. Lots of people still don't realize it's a complete joke. He's a mathematician, not a music critic.
>>60572093
>implying you need a degree to critique Art
>>60572093
it's not a joke though, nowhere has he ever said it's a joke, he takes himself very seriously.
>>60572076
well the implication is there
as the author of the 'millions' post in question, i hereby apologize for any worrisome conflicts that have resulted
maybe scruffles listened to 100k albums. 1% being worth money is still a bad batting average.
by the way, piero hates baseball
>>60572142
Exactly.
Scaruffi's sense of humor is so sophisticated one can mistake for being serious.
>>60572093
lol
Someone's angry that the best music critic shat on their precious Radiohead...
>>60572275
>shat on Radiohead
>implying
he put Amnesiac on his best of the 2000s list
if you want to hear Scaruffi shit on someone, read his page on Britney Spears
>>60572319
He also called them the most overated band of that decade and a masterpiece of faux avant-garde(See: BTFO)
>>60571956
500 is relatively few albums mate. I don't really care about this guy, but I don't get what the big deal is. That said, I think most all music is worthwhile in some way. Let alone worth somebody's time or money. Honestly, it comes down to the attention you're willing to pay to something I guess. And money. Well. That's totally optional in today's world.
>>60572414
calling them overrated=/=thinking they're bad
as I said he acknowledged that some of their albums are good, specifically Amnesiac and he also gave OK Computer a 7/10 which is a really good score for Scaruffi (like a P4K 9)
>>60572414
he's right though. they were hailed as the second coming but is really just babbys first "experimental" band
>>60572319
>if you want to hear Scaruffi shit on someone, read his page on Britney Spears
Or the Beatles.
>>60572027
Scruggs gave the new Star Wars movie a 4 even though nobody had seen it yet
>>60572646
oh wow he actually, did, wtf kek
>>60572483
>implying pitchfork's reviews carry any weight at all
No, a 7/10 is not a really good score. That's the whole point of this thread you retard. Publications like Pitchfork inflate their reviews and deflate their negative reviews because they're inconsistent bipolar taste-niggers. Scaruffi hands out plenty of 7s.
>>60571991
no
he's a Type O Negative-loving pedophile who says controversial things about major bands like the Beatles to get attention
>>60572702
>Scaruffi hands out plenty of 7s.
he gives like five a year
the highest score he gave last year was an 8 and there was only one
P4K has given more than a dozen 8+ reviews this year including four 9s
>>60572646
based on the history of star wars and the history of disney and the history of j.j. abrams, anything higher than a 4 is basically unimaginable
>>60572722
Well, he's a person who reviews art. So when a mainstream pop band like The Beatles is heralded as the best rock band of all time, of course he's going to point out why this is not only false, but very far from the truth.
>>60572722
Why is liking Type O Negative a bad thing again?
>>60572722
He likes the doors and lana del rey ffs, I don't think he cares about how major the band is.
>>60572750
Yeah, these days he does. He gave out shitloads of 7s for previous decades. In the year 1997, Ok Computer's release, he gave out 80+ 7/10s and 20+ greater than 7/10
>>60571991
Yes desu senpai
>>60572922
well to be fair he reviews waaay more music than P4K
>>60572954
What the fuck is your point dude? Radiohead are pretty average and Scaruffi agrees, just stating facts.
>>60571956
it never made sense to me how anyone can buy into any critic who doesnt actually play music himself. I mean at least fantano plays some bullshit harsh noise so his reviews have some validity.
>>60573020
>subjectivity
>facts
>>60573029
>it never made sense to me how anyone can buy into any critic who doesnt actually play music himself.
Same goes with food critic, movie critic, art critic. You do know knowledge in a certain art doesn't have to go to creating it right? Wait you don't.
>>60573020
if he thinks they are average then why would he give them above-average scores (Scaruffi's average is 5/10) and put one of their albums on a BEST of list for an entire decade?
>>60573064
>not knowing that was a general statement
Jesus fucking christ you drones are absolutely fucking pathetic
>>60573041
Your enjoyment of a piece is subjective. Critiques based on facts are not subjective.
There is literally no way humanly possible he has listened to everything he's reviewed. You are all fucking retarded for believing him.
>>60572816
They're the most influential band ever, one of the most influential group of musicians ever (on par with Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, and Elvis). Why is that so hard to understand?
For me the main problem with scaruffi that his 'reviews' are not even reviews. Basically it's just a couple sentences describing sound of song with no logical structure.
>>60573080
No, his median is closer to 6/10
>>60571991
That title goes to Robert "Ersatz Shit" Christgau
>>60573137
3/10
>>60573137
The sound they popularized and plagiarized was influential. They created very little of anything original that was influential.
>>60573147
A bit like your review of his reviews then.
>ever listening to a critic that places trout meme replica at the number 1 spot on his top 100 list
You have got to be shitting me
>>60573111
>Your enjoyment of a piece is subjective. >Critiques based on facts are not subjective.
Where are "facts" in his reviews proving "radiohead = average,overrated?
>>60573237
>he doesn't appreciate Trout Mask Replica as one of the best albums ever made
This is the simplest pleb test. You failed it. Better luck next life.
>>60573228
But I'm not consider myself a critic.
>>60573198
Plagiarized? All of those instantly recognizable harmonies and melodies? Just because much of their music had a generic sound doesn't mean they plagiarized. The Beatles' foray into Indian and psychedelic music made both of those scenes HUGE.
>>60573274
I hope in my next life im able to realize how absolute piss that album is as well, It would save me from embarrassing myself on an anonymous message board and real life
>>60571956
I think what he is saying is that you should torrent all of your music.
>>60573306
So shouldn't the credit go to the Indians making that psychedelic music?
The beatles literally just jury rigged a sitar into their music and it caught on. That's not original, that's called plagiarizing someone's art, repackaging it and selling it as your own.
>>60573029
Critics exist for the masses, they filter things down art for the general public. Their medium requires them to act as a mediary between the two world. Delving too far into the art form itself would corrupt his judgement.
Ultimately their talents are literary and journalistic. Scaruffi's views often reflect an encyclopedic knowledge of OTHER critics views and recs by other musicians.
>>60573369
what part of "popularized" did you not get????
>>60573482
The part where you falsely associate it with being an artistic merit.
>>60573530
Not that I said anything like that but hundreds of good melodies don't count? Being among the first bands to move into different genres? no? Ok.
>>60572027
>no Can
>no Stooges
>Type O Negative
>Loveless
dropped
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wCE7g11SJPE
>>60572027
Wonder why he didn't put Meredith Monk's albums (which received 9) on his all-time records but included three 8.5 albums.
rate em senpai
i like his tastes for the most part but he some of his choices dumbfound me
why the fuck is royal 'le lofi gimmick' trux the 8th best album of all time
why is robert wyatt (a great album still) the 2nd best? why did he pick one of the worst yo la tengo albums as their best?
why is telepathic surgery higher than yoshimi, soft bulletin, and embryonic?
the ones i haven't rated i haven't heard
>>60571991
without a doubt
>>60573797
because it's not rock in his opinion
>>60573237
literally every major rock critic thinks of trout mask replica as a masterpiece
anyone who thinks tmr is just a meme is a fucking child who knows nothing of music outside what they hear on /mu/
>>60573643
Stooges and Can are both highly rated though
>>60573812
I agree with his top 3 but the rest not so much
Complain all you want, he isn't wrong.
>>60573900
>>60573797
He does include her albums in the New Age section, and her individual works in the Classical masterpieces section.
>>60573812
I reallllly try to not be a drone but they're all legitimately so good.
>>60573976
>giving TVU&N a 6
Are you fundamentally opposed to Western society and culture?
>>60574115
no I'm just not a drone
>omg they did pop rock with unconventional song structures and some dabbles of noise!!
>>60574279
>omg they did pop rock with unconventional song structures and some dabbles of noise!!
>gives loveless a 9
>>60574360
rekd
>>60574360
Told.
>>60573976
listen to mercury rev again dude. That's one of my favorite albums ever.
>see also Spiderland, WL/WH
>>60572954
>Scaruffi rates a few dozen albums a year
>Pitchfork rates five albums a day
>>60573812
>why is telepathic surgery higher than yoshimi, soft bulletin, and embryonic?
same reason faust is higher than abbey road
>>60572646
he averages his movie ratings with the ratings of 3 other critics, all three of whom have seen screener copies of the movie
>>60574836
yes but Pitchfork is not one person
>>60573094
More backpedaling, please.
>>60574360
>>60574115
TVU&N is one of the most overrated albums on this board
>>60574360
>>60575419
shut the fuck up
>>60573159
*Robert "Crimson Lover" ChristGOAT
>>60574250
>Hasn't Listened to Yerself Is Steam (arguably the best album there)
>Hasn't Listened to Nick Cave
>Hasn't Listened to Red House Painters
Harsh Jar Tempo, Type O Negative, Morphine, and Royal Trux are optional tho, not very good.
I wonder if he knows that you guys talk about him. I don't quite understand why anybody looks to this man for his opinion on anything let alone music.
>>60576455
>I wonder if he knows that you guys talk about him.
He does, but I believe that he think we're mostly Japanese because of the "chan".
>I don't quite understand why anybody looks to this man for his opinion on anything let alone music.
B-but my best rock albums of all times l-list...
>>60573064
art critics are jokes
>>60571956
>>60571985
>>60572044
That makes sense, though. Even though he probably hasn't listened to millions of albums, he's reviewed 10s of thousands of albums. And there are millions of albums out there. 500 out of 10,000 (5%) is very few, and even less if you factor in all albums out there, and music he's listened to but hasn't put on the site.
Good taste, honestly, but some of these don't even make sense.
>>60575419
It deserves every bit of praise it gets, it's probably the most influential album in rock music.
Honestly, Scaruffi seems like a great guy just to have around. I wish he was my uncle.
>>60574250
Good
>>60573812
Great
>>60574091
Lol
>>60573976
Bad
>>60574162
Great. Continue listening tho.
>>60576694
Best in the thread imo. Except Faust is my fav and I like Harsh Jar Tempo a lot.
I get some people haven't gotten around to the stupid shit like Diamanda Galas yet, but if you haven't listened to something like Mercury Rev or Popol Vuh, leave this board until you have.
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