Because Because
Due to a combination of my ridiculous schedule and my complete lack of interest... there will be no "THE BEST OF 2007 IN MUSIC" this year1. I don't think2. For reasons that don't need to be identified, I've been surfing the "music blogs" of late and have decided that year end lists are completely and utterly pointless. As much as I love a good list, so much crap is delivered as expertise simply based upon puking up few numbers and big words into two line reviews. No thanks. I will continue to enjoy the music of 2007 immensely, but if you care to know what turned me on... you'll have to ask.
I do realize this goes against the "point" of being a "blogger" but really, I'm sick of making air quotes when I talk and I've never much liked "rules"3.
1 I reserve the right to change my mind any second and post one anyway.
2 I then also reserve the right to change my mind again and delete it after it's been posted, essentially erasing said list from existence.
3 Grrr... air quotes be damned!
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Comments
I know how you feel. I went through a period of hating lists. You're right: they all seem so arbitrary and pointless. But then I started liking them. It's completely ridiculous to say album X is better than album Y, but it's really fun to see where people rank stuff and even more fun to disagree with it. How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Lists.
My year-end mix is always a lot more indicative of the music I liked than the albums anyway. It's just "this is the stuff that will remind of the year".
All this as a way of asking for your favorite music of the year, listed and ranked or not. I'd love to see it, even if it's just a quick run-down. There's a reason we all keep reading your site. Sum it up for us simple folk ;-)
Posted by: Reid | December 28, 2007 8:45 AM
Fair play to you, I say. I can't be doing with these "Best of" lists either.
Posted by: Kippers | December 30, 2007 7:48 AM