Comments on: Matt Wendus’ Review of “Neon Bible” by Arcade Fire

By: jjjjj

jjjjj — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:48:31 +0000

I, a critic, propose that one (i.e. i’m implying you, the reader) should recognize “first of all, how can an album be concerned with anything? It’s an inanimate object.” as that which soars deeply towards the winning the prize for the stupidest quote to be extracted from the detritus of this site’s mercifully short existence.

caleb jackson: yeah, it’s just a story. its a story which has symbolism. thanks for playing

By: john

john — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 07:34:35 +0000

“you cannot please everybody,” so the saying goes. All of us is entitled to our respective opinion. So we have to just learn to accept that fact. Matt, go ahead and continue with your work!

By: Caleb Jackson

Caleb Jackson — Wed, 04 May 2011 16:20:58 +0000

I love it. I became tired of over-analysis taking English Lit. 101 in college. My prof would go on and on reading all kinds of symbolism etc. in the stories, and I couldn’t help think “isn’t it just a story?” Sure, there may be a bit of symbolism, but it got out of hand. Maybe I’m a bit of a redneck here, but critics simply read too much in the stuff they review – whether music, movies, etc. It gets so bad that the review is meaningless. I’m glad you took Matt to task on the review. You did it well by pulling and presenting quotes. Keep on taking critics to task and maybe we’ll start seeing some helpful reviews.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:27:42 +0000

@ChristianH

To pick this review specifically to say that Matt should use his criticism techniques on his own work is a tad ironic. Since, like, that’s exactly what he did.

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