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[viveleroi]

One more reason that music journalism is total bullshit:

From Pitchfork's review of Weezer's "Make Believe": "[...] it calls into question whether The Blue Album was really that great, or whether it just stood out as a rare beacon of guitar pop in a grunge-obsessed era."

From Chartattack.com's review of Weezer's "Make Believe": "Comparing their

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[respectthecity]

lolz!

[mink_stole]

BOTH MAGAZINES SHOULD BE KICKED IN THE HEAD
and here comes an overly vehement assault:
There's like three or four seminal albums for people of our age group now that we all listened to in high school in some combination or another whether we care to admit it or not, and those were Nirvana's NEVERMIND, THE BLUE ALBUM, Green Day's DOOKIE, Offspring's SMASH...and..fuck, I dunno. Like The Cranberries or Alice in Chains or NIN if you were really cool/weird. I'm really annoyed that fucking hipster journalists keep denying the importance and resonance of the bands that I grew up with. It's offensive. SHUT UP!!!!

[missgirlwonder]

My further, more developed thoughts on this:
Because the second- and third-waves of Weezer fans are so huge, with a whole bunch of people who heard the first two albums in the period between Pinkerton and Green (if not later), you've got a significant chunk of Weezer fans who never experienced their first two albums in that specific musical/cultural context. So I don't think "Weezer were never good, just different" is an adequate explanation of what happened to their career. Of course, we're starting to get far enough out of the '90s that the '90s rock canon is now more open for debate/shooting practice, so I think we'll be seeing more and more of this about a lot of bands soon.

Obviously, I love guitar pop, so I really like Weezer.

[viveleroi]

I can't wait til somebody tries "So, uh, Nirvana: Not Actually That Good" and the shit goes flying.

[flying_w]

But Nirvana isn't good.

[missgirlwonder]

In defense of Chart, our reviews tend to be written at least a week (and sometimes 2 or even 3) in advance of publication online. So I doubt that the one line there was lifted wholesale from Pitchfork. It was likely just a coincidence. Maybe. Probably.

-Sofi

[marina___]

you should make the queen's page nicer.... update it, revamp it with some tricolour
you know, the whole nine yards

[viveleroi]

Why? It has a perfectly civilized, readable colour scheme as-is. I've always liked the layout.

[sariina67]

Will look into it...thanks!