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Some of you might remember the time when a certain TIME magazine music critic by name of Josh Tyrangiel put together this abomination of a top 10 of the best electric guitar players.
The list, in all its magnificent idiocy, follows:
1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Slash
3. B.B. King
4. Keith Richards
5. Eric Clapton
6. Jimmy Page
7. Chuck Berry
8. Les Paul
9. Yngwie Malmsteen
10. Prince
11. Johnny Ramone
The first things that come to mind when reading this list, and who raised my outrage to high heaven back then as well, is teh fact that it was very obviously written by a guy who:
1. has no ears
2. has no musical knowledge
3. should be shot
Add to that the fact that Tyrangiel is a very obvious mercenary- and the result is not a pretty one. Anyone who knows anything about music and who has actually ever listened to music with passion in their lives can tell that this guy has no place writing about music- and his ulterior career shows that the "music critic" post was probably the only one he could get at Time, since "ass kisser" was not a paid position.
Like all the so-called serious publications, TIME does not take serious the position of music critic, and JT got his, apparently, by being asked what he liked to do. Unfortunately by the looks of it, he had the audacity to say that he listened to music... which should be very difficult considering the obvious evidence that the man is deaf as a bedpost.
Therein lies the problem. No, I don't expect JT to be a metal fan, he's a bit too much of an aging hipster for that kind of stuff. However the job of music critic at one of the most prestigious magazines on the planet should come with a generous heap of actual musical knowledge, and this guy doesn't have it.
The fact that poor ugly Josh very obviously thinks that anyone who plays a solo guitar is a genius guitarist is obvious... and shows an unbelievable lack of ethics and journalistic integrity. Because no good journo would write about things he knows nothing about, right?
The fact that Josh Tyrangiel has no taste in music and no ears, is not, unfortunately, the issue here. Most people don't have taste in music, and there's little we can legally do about it, since it is not (yet) a punishable crime.
The fact that TIME would allow a deaf mercenary to run around impersonating a music critic and publish stupid shit in what can arguably be called the best magazine in the world is a problem. It reflects upon the fact that the serious print media (muribund as it might be) fails to recognize and understand the importance of music. Jost Tyrangiel is a little turd, and will continue to be so. But at TIME, just by virtue of working there, he was pushed into the position of opinion maker, without having the chops, the knowledge or the ears and brain for it.
It's worse than Spinrad's "Little heroes" dystopia, and it needs to stop. It's shit like this that made print media bad, and shit like this and worse that's making it die.
Or else, we are stuck with plastic shit like whatever the hell tops the charts right now.
Jon Faerman is a guitar prodigy hailing from Buenos Aires. When he doesn't play guitar in a way that would put Skwisgaar Skwigelf to shame, he writes music, poetry and prose, and you better write that name down, as you'll hear more about him soon.
Jon's rants will bring you the very best of metal that you never knew existed from the point of view of someone who WILL lose sleep if a certain note doesn't sound quite right.
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