Let It Be [Apple, 1970]
"I hope we passed the audition," says the leader as the record ends, and they do. Their assurance and wit would be the envy of veteran rock and rollers, and though this is a little lightweight, it makes up in charm what it lacks in dramatic brilliance. Even when the arrangements get tricky--"Let It Be" is a touch too ornate in this version--their spontaneity of impulse comes through. And while fave rave "One After 909" is pure teen simplicity, it sounds no fresher than "Two of Us," an adult song about couple bonding that I hope applies to their songwriting duo. The one mistake is "The Long and Winding Road," sunk in a slush of strings worthy of its shapeless philosophizing. But even the great are allowed to falter now and then. A-
Anonymous
8/26/2025, 9:42:22 PM
No.127529991
>>127529855 (OP)
nobody cares what this boomer thinks, not even you, OP
Anonymous
8/26/2025, 9:43:09 PM
No.127530001
1960s boybands are not music.
Anonymous
8/26/2025, 9:57:42 PM
No.127530194
>>127531529
>>127533776
>>127529855 (OP)
this is not an A-. even curmudgeon critics were too reverent of them because of their place in the counterculture.
Anonymous
8/26/2025, 11:56:56 PM
No.127531529
>>127530194
Correct. A+ without a doubt.
Anonymous
8/27/2025, 12:06:50 AM
No.127531634
>>127531698
I’m thinkin…B. Solid B. For Beatles.
Anonymous
8/27/2025, 12:12:15 AM
No.127531698
>>127531634
B is correct answer. No album with low efforts like Dig a Pony or i've got a feeling can get an A.
Anonymous
8/27/2025, 12:49:34 AM
No.127532059
>>127532259
I'm baffled by the fact that contemporary critics all hated Long and Winding Road.
Anonymous
8/27/2025, 1:12:22 AM
No.127532289
>>127529855 (OP)
a good review from him — finally
Anonymous
8/27/2025, 2:27:14 AM
No.127532900
127529991
most talked critic on mu is fantano. people care about fantano, that's cringe
Anonymous
8/27/2025, 4:02:01 AM
No.127533652
>>127533659
>>127533733
>>127529855 (OP)
does this guy have a single credible opinion?
Anonymous
8/27/2025, 4:03:04 AM
No.127533659
>>127533705
>>127533733
>>127533652
Reminder that he called Jimi Hendrix a psychedelic Uncle Tom back in 1967.
Anonymous
8/27/2025, 4:10:18 AM
No.127533712
>>127533720
>>127533746
Hendrix got dragged through the wood chipper by blacks who called him a sellout shuckin' and jivin' coon.
Anonymous
8/27/2025, 4:12:59 AM
No.127533731
>>127533746
>>127529855 (OP)
reminder that this dude has contributed nothing to the music world
Anonymous
8/27/2025, 4:13:05 AM
No.127533733
>>127533751
>>127533659
he was right though
>>127533652
you're the one that is stupid
Anonymous
8/27/2025, 4:13:08 AM
No.127533735
>>127533720
It's easy. Motown dominated black pop with an iron fist at that time and they were heavily pushing things towards smooth soul and funk jams and anything that didn't fit into that mold was condemned.
Anonymous
8/27/2025, 4:13:56 AM
No.127533744
>>127533720
black people like to keep eachother down both financially and sexually (homosexual). they wouldn't blink twice at taking the things they criticize you for. you won't find any logic in it
Anonymous
8/27/2025, 4:14:07 AM
No.127533746
>>127533712
source?
>>127533731
yes, he did. unlike scaruffi or that critic you're always discussing lol
Anonymous
8/27/2025, 4:15:25 AM
No.127533751
>>127533733
i am capable of objectively criticizing the things i like. i am at least twice as intelligent as this old fuck in the op
Anonymous
8/27/2025, 4:15:51 AM
No.127533756
Didn't Bo Diddley also get accused of being a porch monkey?
Anonymous
8/27/2025, 4:18:31 AM
No.127533776
>>127536248
>>127530194
A- translates to an 8.5-9/10, which Let It Be is.
Anonymous
8/27/2025, 5:41:24 AM
No.127534565
>>127536225
>>127529855 (OP)
Why is Christgau incapable of writing an honest review? I don't even care if he likes the album he's talking about or not, it's just that he tries to condense everything into a two sentence zinger.
Anonymous
8/27/2025, 8:46:24 AM
No.127536225
>>127534565
its his style. i dig it. its different not to everybody.
