that pitchfork people's list thing (1 Viewer)

[pete]

donald clarke pretty much nailed it i think

As far as the records go, the main body of the survey only served to confirm how depressingly predictable consumers of supposedly alternative music really are. Radiohead were at number one (OK Computer) and number two (Kid A). Also in the top 10 we find similarly white, student friendly bands such as Arcade Fire, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Strokes and, well, Radiohead again. The only black artist who figures in any way significantly is well known “gay fish” Kanye West.

It was ever thus. In the late 19th century, the likes of Paul Morley and Ian Penman used to try and woo NME readers away from their tunnel-visioned devotion to The Jam and The Stranglers. It didn’t really happen.

funny because it's true etc.


http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/scr...os-talking-about-pop-culture-on-the-internet/

 

[ratmonkey]

I suspect not a whole lot of people read NME or listened to the Jam and the Stranglers in the late 19th century.

 

[magicbastarder]

it's not a controversial statement that if you take a poll of a particular demographic, that you get an averaged out view of what people listen to.

 

[Unicron]

donald clarke pretty much nailed it i think



funny because it's true etc.


http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/scr...os-talking-about-pop-culture-on-the-internet/

Readership of a website that covers mostly the music of white indie rockers (but who also bigs up Kanye and Jay-Z) in returning a poll of favourite albums made up of white indie-rockers (with occasional appearences by Kanye* and Jay-Z) shocker.


It's not funny, or interesting because it's so pointless and dull. These things, by virtue of the level of participation are always going to sand down any particualr idiosyncratic choices that are made by individuals and return the stuff that appears often high up.

* I saw occasional, I think that along with Radiohead he had 5 albums in the poll.

In the late 19th century, the likes of Paul Morley and Ian Penman used to try and woo NME readers away from their tunnel-visioned devotion to The Jam and The Stranglers

How prescient of them.

 

[pete]

i think he was joking

 

[ann post]

the pitchfork 500 is handy little torrent to have for cans and such, if you haven't already grabbed the entire john peel festive 50's.

 

[pete]

it's not a controversial statement that if you take a poll of a particular demographic, that you get an averaged out view of what people listen to.

he covers that too

What really interests me here, however, are the demographics of the electorate. Beneath a little graph, the compliers have informed us that: “Data represents only contributors to the People’s List and is not indicative of Pitchfork’s overall demographics”. They’d better hope that’s right. A quite stunning 88 percent of those who submitted ballots were male. Virtually none of them were over 40.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

The best thing Kanye West has done is Kim Kardashian.

 

[Deadmanposting]

Stuff white people like.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

The photos of the bearded hipsters are accurate.

 

[Deadmanposting]

Kanye is kind of awesome.

Just sayin'

 

[Unicron]

Kanye is kind of awesome.

Just sayin'

Only "Kanye record" I like is the Common one that he produced.

 

[Deadmanposting]

Only "Kanye record" I like is the Common one that he produced.

I like them all.

He's a muthafuckin' monster.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Can't wait to not get wound up by this

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