Pop Music: Best of 2007
Monday, December 17, 2007
Jay-Z rode the coattails of an "American Gangster." Sanjaya overstayed his welcome on "American Idol." And the industry's high anxiety over the future of music got, well, higher. Soundcheck kicks off "Critics Week" with a recap of pop music in 2007. We talk with Ann Powers, chief pop music critic at the Los Angeles Times.
Ann Powers' top albums of 2007 list (listed in no particular order)
Sharon Jones, 100 Days 100 Nights
LCD Soundsystem, Sound of Silver
The Bird and the Bee, The Bird and the Bee
Radiohead, In Rainbows
MIA, Kala
PJ Harvey, White Chalk
Robin Thicke, The Evolution of Robin Thicke
Of Montreal, Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Lil Wayne [various mixtapes and appearances]
Patty Griffin, Children Running Through
Comments [4]
WHAT IS IT WITH WHITE LIBERAL DUDES LOVING LIL WAYNE. I mean, that's all I'm noticing all over. JEEZ. Why can't the trend be good music. I would have replaced that with Manu Chao's new album - at least he stands for something AND can put on a real live show.
Regarding the pop critics comments (today Dec. 17th) about all the innovation going on in the music: that LCD Soundsystem song you played, and she seemed to like so much, is a direct rip-off of a song by Pete Shelley called 'Homosapien', from the 1980's. Honestly, these people think there aren't still those of us around who can remember the original (and better) song they are stealing from? Innovation-right. What a waste of air time.
Lame Top 10.
Do music critics only listen to what other music critics tell them to?
And the cycle continues.
I only have 1 .Sanjaya Malakar has not begun to overstay his welcome.Fact is , he has only just begun.Get used to him ,he's here to stay !
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