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For anyone trying to figure out who *else* have been anarchists (or fascists) all along, Robert Christgau has been clocking politics in his music criticism for literal decades now, and is still kicking.
https://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Chumbawamba
#chumbawamba
#punk
#music
#criticism
Re: @ErickaSimone
https://mastodon.social/@ErickaSimone/114057034868991516
robertchristgau.comRobert Christgau: CG: Chumbawamba
Christgau’s sick webmaster-core website also lets you play one of my favorite games: “Is My Favorite Artist Aesthetically Superior to the Black Eyed Peas?” Spoiler Alert: Maybe Not!
https://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Black+eyed+peas
(Dead-serious, here, his website has genuinely been an invaluable resource for broadening my musical taste)
![Screenshot of Robert Christgau’s review of the Black Eyed Peas’ The E.N.D. album. Full text: “The E.N.D. [Interscope, 2009]
How dare people call this wondrous album--actual quotes, now--"insipid," "saccharine," "clumsy"? Only I don't mean people--I mean journalists professional and self-appointed, from rockist sourpusses to keepers of the hip-hop flame. Just plain people love it--love it so much that various of its tracks topped the pop charts nonstop for the entire summer. "Party All the Time" is no more a recipe for living than is instant Wi-Fi for all, the message of the supposedly "political" "Now Generation." But in a party anthem it's the definition of intelligence. Sampling classic rap rapaciously and as cool with Auto-Tune as with getting their drunk on, they party beginning to end, which as it happens is a far rarer achievement than signifying beginning to end. Maybe this album is dumb on the surface, though not as much as fools claim. But sure as showbiz it isn't dumb underneath. A”](https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/114/113/940/257/234/161/original/d52d3d5a9025cedd.jpeg "Screenshot of Robert Christgau’s review of the Black Eyed Peas’ The E.N.D. album. Full text: “The E.N.D. [Interscope, 2009]
How dare people call this wondrous album--actual quotes, now--\"insipid,\" \"saccharine,\" \"clumsy\"? Only I don't mean people--I mean journalists professional and self-appointed, from rockist sourpusses to keepers of the hip-hop flame. Just plain people love it--love it so much that various of its tracks topped the pop charts nonstop for the entire summer. \"Party All the Time\" is no more a recipe for living than is instant Wi-Fi for all, the message of the supposedly \"political\" \"Now Generation.\" But in a party anthem it's the definition of intelligence. Sampling classic rap rapaciously and as cool with Auto-Tune as with getting their drunk on, they party beginning to end, which as it happens is a far rarer achievement than signifying beginning to end. Maybe this album is dumb on the surface, though not as much as fools claim. But sure as showbiz it isn't dumb underneath. A”")