This Is Not a Review of Taylor Swift’s New Album. It’s a Review … of the Reviews. | Cannonball

Описание: Taylor Swift’s new album “The Life of a Showgirl” has critics in a frenzy as usual. But this time around, some are enthusiastic, while others are rolling their eyes.

According to The New Yorker writer and critic Kelefa Sanneh, this kind of criticism isn’t new. In fact, it’s a return to form. Sanneh recently wrote about how music critics used to be cranky — sometimes downright mean — and the decades-long shift in the way critics react to popular music. Wesley Morris invited Sanneh on this episode of “Cannonball.” Together, they hash out their observations of music criticism past and present to trace how the nasty tradition has turned sweet … and may turn back again.

00:00:00 - Introduction to Music Criticism and Critic Kelefa Sanneh
00:00:46 - Critics Rolling Eyes at Taylor Swift
00:02:49 - Statler and Waldorf Muppet Critics
00:04:39 - Siskel and Ebert; Men on Film
00:06:44 - Nasty to Sweet Music Criticism
00:07:41 - The Problem with Rockism
00:13:37 - Nick Hornby's 2001 Top Ten Review
00:20:06 - Greg Tate and Hip-Hop Criticism
00:24:24 - Poptimism and Critical Optimism
00:28:04 - Identity Politics in Criticism
00:37:44 - Changing Perspective with Age
00:48:42 - The Value of Music Criticism

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