NME's second review of Thank You

[ohioduran]

I don't think they were that much different than the slime that comment blithely on YouTube videos now. They just got paid to say mean things, and the public ate it up. I thought it was hilarious at the time - at least that NME guy - I mean, he hated EVERYTHING. It really does make me laugh.

Sure, there is a different type of critic who doesn't like the band for real reasons, but... That's different.

[aftertherain]

Ive said it heaps of times

In Australia and the uk, DD made it instantly and it wasn’t long before America caught on

The NME and Rolling stone etc felt useless because they are supposed to report on the next big thing and feel somewhat useful that they’re helping fuel a band achieve band support and a growing fandom 

In DDs case the critics felt useless coz dd had pretty much done it without them and that’s how I see it

Dd didn’t make it after the 3rd lp but way before that

Dd never needed to release EPs, they had Australia’s and the UKs attention with the first LP and fully formed clips, album covers sleeves and singles with artwork to match the LPs etc

Stuff like this was unheard of at the time so early on in a bands career and indeed dd were pioneers of fully form image and presentation to the market 

[Max Zorin]

There is one thing that has always puzzled me, they say that art makes people better, but I feel that it is the exact opposite: it turns people into buffoons who think they are better than others. Music critics are a prime example of this.

[aftertherain]

Nov 16, 2024 18:37:24 GMT -5 Max Zorin said:

There is one thing that has always puzzled me, they say that art makes people better, but I feel that it is the exact opposite: it turns people into buffoons who think they are better than others. Music critics are a prime example of this.

Agree 
your right again max, how come you know everything 

here’s the thing 

critique the music for the musics sake, if it ticks many boxes like much of dds stuff does so be it, admit it as a critic 

there’s no need to go into the personalities coz that’s not about the music 
there’s no need to go into how the artist chooses to present themselves be it the yacht or underground world of the UOTS clip or the waterfall in the reflex where thousands got drenched at that gig 😂

coz that too isn’t about the music

just as the band having millions of teenage followers coz that ain’t about the music review 

but personal insecurities must have made the critics think, how do we help dd make it ?
when dd had made it so early on 

so why not bag them then as non credible, non serious contenders 

jealousy works in mysterious ways sometimes 

pretty bad hey 

[kitaj]

Omg, how I've laughed. Thank you for that, ohioduran. And John's reply is for the ages.

[ohioduran]

Nov 16, 2024 20:29:00 GMT -5 kitaj said:

Omg, how I've laughed. Thank you for that, ohioduran. And John's reply is for the ages.

I just had another LOL moment when I realized this site doesn't allow the word used in the review, and automatically corrects it to "twits".

Hilarious!

[Guapito]

I like David Quantick but he is wrong (obviously) about DD