Rolling Stone(like most print magazines) is becoming obsolete as is their snooty views on music. The writers and editors are competing with each other as to who is more "hip". I know they are online, too...but yawn...how many other music-related websites are there?
malicedoom · Member since
I've seen that before (Roger's letter to R.S.) - love it.
Go, Roger.
Mr.Jingles · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Ozz wrote:[/b]
Rolling Stone
Is a very biased music magazine.
I read it for years, and they were always the same:
If they could , they would do a whole magazine special of what Bob Dylan pooped in the morning. Gawd they love insanely the guy.
They also love anything that resembles Punk Attitude, and if it's a marketing scam pulled by malcolm mclaren even better.
They don't care about the quality of the music, They care about some stereotypical rocknroll rebel attitude .
For them, rock, punk is serious business. Springsteen , Dylan and Shit.
That's why Queen never fit.
Queen is one of those bands that never took themselves seriously. They do rock to entertain. Not to make a political statement.
But they're popular, and that always pissed them off
I've met a lot of people that hate Queen for that same reason that they take some stuff too seriously.
like: "Punk is the real thing", "Dylan is God", "Rock is about not changing evar.. like AcDc, Iron Maiden or Kiss"
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I couldn't agree more.
Rolling Stone gives reviews based on personal relationships with artists rather than talent. Going back to Dylan and Springsteen, Rolling Stone gives also good reviews to artist that support their socio/political ideology.
That's why bands like Queen were never like by Rolling Stone. Queen never had a political agenda, and hardly ever made light of social issues on their songs.
What's more enraging about Rolling Stone is that they can't get more annoying as far as politics go by pushing their liberal agenda. I'm kinda liberal myself, but every single issue was in 2012 had an article about Obama being America's messiah, and Romney being the country's worst nightmare.
To make matters worse for Rolling Stone, they tend to back away from their own comments. When Nirvana's 'Nevermind' came out they gave the album a mixed review, but upon witnessing how much had the album done to change the whole music scene of the 90s, they change their mind. Now they put the album on top of every 'Best Albums Ever' list.
