The Robert Christgau is a giant fucking cock sucker thread

[Rongi]

Granted, pretty much every music critic is a complete faggot, but Robert Christgau is so pompous and pretencious he deserves his own hate thread.

So post away

[Emu]

He refuses to rate any Zappa album above a C, no matter how good it is, so fuck him

[Rongi]

!

That makes me hate him even more!

I think among faggoty, self-conscious-of-indie-cred rock critics, it is totally uncool to like Frank Zappa. I dunno why. Maybe his music is too interesting for them?

Also, anyone who calls themself "The Dean of American Rock Critics" is an arrogant schmuck

[Emu]

He gave fucking Hot Rats a C

[Magreaux]

'N SYNC
Greatest Hits

Long ago and far away, serious young men regarded boy groups as a dire threat to their musical way of life. But that was before 9/11 and American Idol taught us first what a threat was and then what crap was. This modest 12-song summation tops anything Boyz II Men could muster, and though it lacks a masterpiece to equal Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way," everyone this side of Nick Carter's mama knows that Justin Timberlake was a lead singer of vastly superior chops, emotional delicacy and wit. "I Want You Back," "It's Gonna Be Me" and "Bye Bye Bye" fire up prefab rhythm at its most efficient. And ballads that were once icky as inescapable objects of obsession are now kinda touching as artifacts.

You can't expect anyone who writes something like that and honestly believes it to find any merit in Zappa. Robert Christgau might be the worst person ever.

[GADZOOKS]

I don't like the "not liking Frank Zappa is faggy" sentiment in this thread. That is anime fan kind of arrogance, guys.

And I don't even hate Frank Zappa. I think he did a lot for the music industry. :dork

[Magreaux]

All i'm saying is when this guy is judging the merits of N*Sync against the Backstreet Boys, it's a bit much to expect him to give Zappa an A+ in anything. That's the last you'll hear from me on the subject thank you.