IGN's Top 10 Albums That Every Music Snob Name Checks.

[Acapelli]

http://music.ign.com/articles/850/850215p1.html

I didn't even know IGN wrote about music. They should probably stop. There are some really awful choices.

EDIT: The more I think about, the worse this list gets. It's making me angry that I can't stop thinking about how horrendous it really is.

[MadMan]

I own Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Does that make me a music snob? To me there are no music snobs just as there are no film snobs. There are only those who have good taste and those who have no taste. And those who fall inbetween. Seriously. Its all a matter of opinion anyways.....

PS: I'm becoming a hardcore Dylan fan. Oh noes! I'm mutating into a snob! Give me a freakin' break here...

[Horbgorbler]

:frustrated: on so many levels.

[ledfloyd]

terrible, terrible list. it doesn't even really make sense.

[D_Davis]

Wow - that was terrible. The list and the writing. Ugh.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

besides the fact that the selections have no scope or relevance to each other, the albums are great.

[D_Davis]

I can't even fathom the EIC that would put that trash up on IGN. It's like a "my first article" on music. It almost reads like an Onion article written by the 40-year old "emo" consultant who was just hipped-on to the new jive the kids are diggin'.

ITEM! You want "indie cred?" Check out a band called "Pavement." Asphalt's not just for drivin' anymore. Beep! Beep! Don't stand in the way of progress you square!

ITEM! Meowr...meowr...what's that little kitty? Don't call her a chick, it's Cat Power! She's all ready to rock and wear here grandma glasses. I'd let her rock my socks, if you know what I mean!

ITEM! Hip Hop ya' don't stop! Like they say, you can't spell "Hipster" without "Hip," and Hip's the first part of da' Hip Hop, Aesop Rock, and ya' don't stop!

ITEM! Belle & Sebastian are "British." So were "The Beetles," and people kinda liked them, am I right?

ITEM! Fugazi? What's that? Sounds like something Rambo might use to mow down some Ruskies! These guys were part of the influential "punk rocker" scene, and were heavily influenced by bands like Rancid and Green Day - check 'em out, OI! Just watch out for my ass in the mosh pit! OI! OI!

ITEM! Bob Dylan. Nothing says, "I'm a hipster" like the music your dad listens to! While some people say his voice is a little "whack," if your anything like me, you'll force yourself to get over it.

[Boner M]

Ouch man, this list really blew my cover. Back to Fergie and JT I go.

[Boner M]

Dem hipsters love their Moldy Peaches, huh? What they don't know is that if the band had good production values and were not included in the soundtrack to avant-garde underground film Juno, THEY WOULD NOT IN FACT LIKE THEM MUCH AT ALL! BUSTED! TO THA EXTREEEEME!!1!!1!

[bac0n]

I can't even fathom the EIC that would put that trash up on IGN. It's like a "my first article" on music. It almost reads like an Onion article written by the 40-year old "emo" consultant who was just hipped-on to the new jive the kids are diggin'.

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The only thing I don't like about this post is that it's too long to turn in into a signature.

[D_Davis]

The only thing I don't like about this post is that it's too long to turn in into a signature.

I actually sent a revised version of it to IGN.

[Llopin]

So people who listen to Dylan and Pavement are supposedly snobs?

That and the Moldy Peaches and Aesop Rock suck ass.

[MadMan]

The only thing I don't like about this post is that it's too long to turn in into a signature.

I second this. Big time.

[origami_mustache]

"They tend to favor obscure vinyl"?

none of these albums are remotely obscure...ooohh broad generalizations always amuse me.

[Ivan Drago]

I hope that's the last time I see Bob Dylan on the same list as The Moldy Peaches.

[krazed]

Isn't Belle & Sebastian Scottish?

[D_Davis]

Isn't Belle & Sebastian Scottish?

They're "British."

[Derek]

They're "British."

I always figured they were Meh-diterranean.



Don't worry, I'll leave peacefully.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Aesop Rock suck ass.

Aesop Rock does not suck ass.

[ledfloyd]

"They tend to favor obscure vinyl"?

none of these albums are remotely obscure...ooohh broad generalizations always amuse me.

yeah that's what makes no sense, albums like yankee hotel foxtrot and blonde on blonde are obscure now?

[krazed]

Aesop Rock does not suck ass.

Yes he does, it's overrated garbage. I love that Wayne's "Feel Like Dying" is basically exactly what Aesop wishes he could be.

[Sycophant]

Oh, man. Generalized anger! I drink it up!

Is there any part of IGN that's remotely readable anymore?

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

EDIT: there used to be a rant here, but it took 8 drunken paragraphs to basically say krazed made a sweeping generalization and made kurious jorge angry.

now, i think i'm going create a pie chart dividing all the reasons Lil Wayne (or is it just full grown Wayne now? Or are you good buddies?) is the junk bond salesman of the rap game.

[Horbgorbler]

Whoah, when did Aes Rock sample Yusuf Lateef?

I'm not a big fan of his, but I really do dig Labor Days, as it was possibly the first full rap album I ever enjoyed, and still has some head-spinning moments. Everything else I've heard from him just seemed like uninspired recycling of that album's ideas, and anyone who collaborates with John Darnielle gets automatically invalidated in my book.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Whoah, when did Aes Rock sample Yusuf Lateef?

"Comencement at the Obedience Academy" samples Lateef's "Destination Paradise".

It's mixed with another sample on the Aesop track, it's pretty sweet.