Dramatic Readings of Black Kids lyrics, Partie Traumatic

• Black Kids are great. Backlash, be damned.

• While I do enjoy this new Black Kids album I will admit the lyrics are ridiculous. However, it's pop and it's fun and it's easy to dance to and enjoy so in my book it was a great release. That said, I understand why people don't like it. There's literally no depth to the lyrics and it is fairly typical pop music. What I don't understand is how pitchfork trashed this after raving about their EP. Half the songs on the LP are just new recordings of the EP. So... what changed so much that made them start to hate it? I understand why all of you who didn't like them to begin with still don't like them but what the hell changed to make Pitchfork go cold on them? This is why so many people go to Pitchfork for news but ignore the opinion.

• Absolutely. I try to, anyway. I was mostly trying to poke fun at pitchfork and what they've come to stand for (or at least be a stereotype of) and at myself for still compulsively reading that shit.

• Can you not appreciate both for what they are?

• By not having heard it yet. Nothing against Girl Talk, I picked up Night Ripper a while back but haven't gotten around to checking it out. So I'm way behind, haven't heard the new one either. Some pop music is fleeting and disposable, and some is timeless, and will influence many generations to come. I think being able to parse which is which, and not falling under the currently-mustached-again sway of the former that makes one a discerning hipster (douchebag).

• How can you not love "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You"? All pop music is fleeting and extremely disposable. How is this any different than pop music at any point over the past 45 years? A few bands will stick around and you will follow them as they develop and mature. But that's no reason to not appreciate the pure sugar rush of certain of-the-moment songs. backlash is the new hype. it always has been.

• &#64; brian : well, see, i was trying to say that but without, y'know, saying all <i> that </i>. i just wish people would like what they like and not feel like they have to be all crazy dumb about it. lastly, Girl Talk is awesome because he distills the ridiculousness of pop music into something enjoyable.

• "everywhere i went it was all "BLACK KIDS" and "VAMPIRE WEEKEND" - neither deserved the blogslobbery they got, btw - and then when they drop a record, the same ppl are like "who?" and they're on to something else. uh, sorry for the rant..." Why apologize? I thought this was the entire M.O. for "indie" music as a whole. A constant leapfrog game of finding obscure bands, lording your knowledge of them over your hopelessly uninitiated peers, and then dumping said band just as soon as said peers have become apprised of the band's existence. Because as we all know, that makes bands instantly suck. Now, it seems that you can either stay on that hamster wheel, or do the reverse indie hipster jujitsu move of embracing pop music, r & b, and hip-hop (a la Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Lupe Fiasco, Lil' Wayne, and so on). Or combine the two by just listening to Girl Talk. Or just give up and start listening to Jimmy Buffet constantly - but beware; a subset of your peers may follow suit, leaving you no choice but to start the cycle all over again, to endlessly search in unlikely places for cool that is fresh.

• Notable two-keyboard bands: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Prince & the Revolution The Band Devo mid-90s Stereolab Steely Dan (always live and often on record)

• THANK YOU!! I thought i was the only person on the planet who thinks this band is horrrrible. That sound/goofball-ish lyrics/forced enthusiasm is so commonplace these days, and is a huge part of why the notion of "indie" music's going down the toilet (and has all but turned "indie" into the new "alternative"). I'm thrilled to hear that Pitchfork didn't buy into it. Well done Annie!

• aww, man. and just think, it was only a few months ago people were creaming their jeans over these guys (it was about the time of SXSW - coincidence?). everywhere i went it was all "BLACK KIDS" and "VAMPIRE WEEKEND" - neither deserved the blogslobbery they got, btw - and then when they drop a record, the same ppl are like "who?" and they're on to something else. uh, sorry for the rant... anyways, i would hate it if someone got a hold of my lyric book and read it out loud. it'd probably sound about as bad. i seriously LOLed at the Partie Traumatic reading.

• I don't care how dumb pop lyrics get; I'm still not going to learn how to read. P.S Two keyboardists? Really? That's almost as dumb as two guitarists. Goo goo goo joob.

• THIS SHIT REALLY HITS MY HEARTBRAKES. HARD. SO, SO HARD.

• yes

• Addendum: Is it really necessary to have two keyboardist?

• So basically, I'm going to be all aggressive and let you know that I want it and you're going to take me for a ride in your limousine back to your place. I'm ready and willing to be your ghost in your underwear. I'll even let you call me boo in secret, but you won't give it to me cuz your momma's coming home? ...lame...

• Hahaha Ellis. Brilliant. I f-ing hate Black Kids.

• yesssssssssssssssssssssss

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