Because it used to be the only British music paper that mattered. Now it is the only british music magazine with which I would be ashamed to wipe my arse.
Fucking filth. It makes me actually angry to think about, never mind read. I do read it though, if it's about. I won't pay for it. I just find it funny in a sick way.
Pitchfork is a far superior publication. Firstly, there is a diversity in the music covered, even if it is all smug, hipster stuff and, to be honest, most of the stuff they pimp out is brilliant. Besides, Pitchfork are aware of how ridiculous they are. It's tongue-in-cheek, but more than that, the writers can actually write. NME seems to be written by a bunch of deadly serious toddlers with knowledge of a handful of bands who all suck.
They also change their opinions on bands according to trends that THEY SET. Only a few months after calling The Horrors the next big thing and their frontman the "coolest student in Britain" (fuck off, I used to know Faris Badwan, he was a quiet maths geek with a big nose), they decided that, since he insulted the frontman of The Enemy, NME's new favourite band, they would start calling him a "posh prep-school twat".
It makes me sick.
"I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
Because it's such an awful music magazine with such a tunnel vision attitude to music....
All the bands featured in the magazine pretty much look and sound the same, with their Topman cardigans and 'wacky' hair and generic post-Libertines sound.....It's boring and predictable, the exact opposite of what music should be.....
'The more I studied religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.' - Sir Richard Francis Burton
All the bands featured in the magazine pretty much look and sound the same, with their Topman cardigans and 'wacky' hair and generic post-Libertines sound.....It's boring and predictable, the exact opposite of what music should be.....
We're going to look back on this era and think "why the fuck did I buy those shitty clothes from Topman?"
We're going to look back on this era and think "why the fuck did I buy those shitty clothes from Topman?"
Some of us didn't.
"I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
Haha, touche. I don't think I've ever been in a Topman. Topshop with the ex a couple of times, but never Topman.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
i hate Topman, it's the most Fat-ist shop on the high street, super skinny jeans, tight t-shirts a 10 year old would struggle to fit into, skinny fit cardigans and vile coloured converse wish they were's!!! Grrrrr
i hate Topman, it's the most Fat-ist shop on the high street, super skinny jeans, tight t-shirts a 10 year old would struggle to fit into, skinny fit cardigans and vile coloured converse wish they were's!!! Grrrrr
Let's maintain thread integrity here guys. However closely linked NME and Topman are, we don't want to get a thread in which we can spit venom at NME locked so quickly
NME is fucking shite. There we go.
As you were.
"I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
You fucking mop-mess haired, skinny-ass 'I have the archetypal English accent - I'm bringing it home for Britain' New Romantic, jingly jangly disco drumbeat post-punk tosspots. Get the fuck out of our music scene!
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
You fucking mop-mess haired, skinny-ass 'I have the archetypal English accent - I'm bringing it home for Britain' New Romantic, jingly jangly disco drumbeat post-punk tosspots. Get the fuck out of our music scene!
NME writer: This is a refreshing mix of Neu!-influenced rhythmic electronica married to the jagged, angular guitars of the post-punk era. 9/10
Editor: Mate, what the fuck does angular actually mean? Y'know, because sound isn't a 3, or even 2-dimensional thing.
NME writer: I dunno... I just picked it up from Melody Maker reviews. I guess it means it sounds like Gang of Four. So like, it applies to most of what we talk about.
Editor: Oh cool. Also, you might want to tone down the krautrock references, neither you, nor I, nor our readers actually listen to that stuff.
NME writer: Ok. Sorry.
"I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
NME writer: This is a refreshing mix of Neu!-influenced rhythmic electronica married to the jagged, angular guitars of the post-punk era. 9/10
Editor: Mate, what the fuck does angular actually mean? Y'know, because sound isn't a 3, or even 2-dimensional thing.
NME writer: I dunno... I just picked it up from Melody Maker reviews. I guess it means it sounds like Gang of Four. So like, it applies to most of what we talk about.
Editor: Oh cool. Also, you might want to tone down the krautrock references, neither you, nor I, nor our readers actually listen to that stuff.
NME writer: Ok. Sorry.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
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It was the same 7 bands up for every single award.
That is why.
Fucking filth. It makes me actually angry to think about, never mind read. I do read it though, if it's about. I won't pay for it. I just find it funny in a sick way.
Pitchfork is a far superior publication. Firstly, there is a diversity in the music covered, even if it is all smug, hipster stuff and, to be honest, most of the stuff they pimp out is brilliant. Besides, Pitchfork are aware of how ridiculous they are. It's tongue-in-cheek, but more than that, the writers can actually write. NME seems to be written by a bunch of deadly serious toddlers with knowledge of a handful of bands who all suck.
They also change their opinions on bands according to trends that THEY SET. Only a few months after calling The Horrors the next big thing and their frontman the "coolest student in Britain" (fuck off, I used to know Faris Badwan, he was a quiet maths geek with a big nose), they decided that, since he insulted the frontman of The Enemy, NME's new favourite band, they would start calling him a "posh prep-school twat".
It makes me sick.
All the bands featured in the magazine pretty much look and sound the same, with their Topman cardigans and 'wacky' hair and generic post-Libertines sound.....It's boring and predictable, the exact opposite of what music should be.....
We're going to look back on this era and think "why the fuck did I buy those shitty clothes from Topman?"
Haha, touche.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
Primark all the way for me now, why pay more????
Don't forget the coats that look like binbags.
Awful, awful clothes, everythings super skinny tight and really bad colours.....
Fashion and music should never be so cosily hand in hand in my opinion.....
NME is fucking shite. There we go.
As you were.
You fucking mop-mess haired, skinny-ass 'I have the archetypal English accent - I'm bringing it home for Britain' New Romantic, jingly jangly disco drumbeat post-punk tosspots. Get the fuck out of our music scene!
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
NME writer: This is a refreshing mix of Neu!-influenced rhythmic electronica married to the jagged, angular guitars of the post-punk era. 9/10
Editor: Mate, what the fuck does angular actually mean? Y'know, because sound isn't a 3, or even 2-dimensional thing.
NME writer: I dunno... I just picked it up from Melody Maker reviews. I guess it means it sounds like Gang of Four. So like, it applies to most of what we talk about.
Editor: Oh cool. Also, you might want to tone down the krautrock references, neither you, nor I, nor our readers actually listen to that stuff.
NME writer: Ok. Sorry.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison