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MikeEnRegalia
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 22 2005 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 21136 |
Posted: August 10 2006 at 17:21 | |||
So you failed the test?
Nobody "puts" reviews on the front page. If you haven't figured out yet how reviews appear on the front page ... well sorry John, bertter try it again.
You didn't say anything about the music except that it sucks. In the second part of the "review" you went completely overboard and used it as a platform to talk about how you see prog (and the world) in general, which is completely off topic.
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Certif1ed
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559 |
Posted: August 10 2006 at 17:20 | |||
No - a review gets on the Home page once it has been submitted. That review clearly talks about and gives an opinion on the album in question. It's not the most eloquent or technically loaded, but it doesn't try or pretend to be. When someone spots that a review is a load of rubbish, offensive, or not about the album, then it gets reported and dealt with, as has been explained to you.
Yes it is - it's someone's opinion of the music.
I can categorically back the admins up that reviews are NEVER deleted because they express a negative opinion. My Dream Theater reviews would never have survived if that was the case!
This site has nothing to do with market shares or sales stats, just people's opinions - that's all. Sadly I missed your review, but if it was deleted, it must've been either insulting, or not about the album, because that's the way things work here. |
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Tony R
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: July 16 2004 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 11979 |
Posted: August 10 2006 at 17:17 | |||
Admin Action:
Mr Cscrutinizer has been locked in the dungeon by this particular dragon. |
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Syzygy
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 16 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 7003 |
Posted: August 10 2006 at 17:15 | |||
I was going to respond, but from looking at your post it's obvious that:
Edited by Syzygy - August 10 2006 at 17:16 |
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Tony R
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: July 16 2004 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 11979 |
Posted: August 10 2006 at 17:09 | |||
Well I'd just like to thank cscrutinizer and RichardH for their input.
Edited by Tony R - August 10 2006 at 17:09 |
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cscrutinizer
Forum Newbie Joined: June 13 2006 Status: Offline Points: 14 |
Posted: August 10 2006 at 17:04 | |||
The people who run this site are hipocrites. This is the tiny amount of power they have in the world. They are like the pathetic losers at the DMV who just love the little ounce of power they have. Here's a review they accepted, and is so great, they put it on the home page:
"Dark Side of the Moon- This is obsviously one of the best albums of all time because of its musical content and its sales. This album is a complete masterpiece that leaves nothing to be desired afterwards. It fulfills all of your expectations. This album is a collaboration between the whole band and really expresses all of the band's individual and communal talents. Although in my opinion this album is not Floyd's BEST. I think Wish You Were Here is the BEST. But DSOTM is still a masterpiece. The music is beautiful and creepy at the same time. The band does s great job with the madness theme through some wicked sound effects and that funny but creepy as hell laugh on brain damage and the opening track. Im not going to outline every song like my predecessors have but im here just to contribute my overall opinion and to add yet another 5 star rating to this albums surfeit. This album is a masterpiece and is definately deserving of its place in the top five best prog albums of all time."
Stuff like "the music is beautiful and creepy at the same time" is not of any value. My review went into more depth about the music, but because it is critical of the over-rated nature of this album, it was deleted.
Now that I am aware of this, I take the reviews on this site with a grain of salt and a dose of reality. The moderators of this site are blinded by the market share and sales stats of record, and the reputation that an album has amongst the lemmings in the progressive rock community. This is no better than Kasey Casem's Top 40, but since less people are aware of progressive music, there is more of a Dungeons and Dragons quality to their pathetic nature.
Thank goodness none of you will ever have any real power in this world. If you can't handle free speech at the level of record reviews, imagine the negative impact you would have on subordinate employees, constituents, or concert attendees.
OK, have fun agreeing with each other. Invisible Touch rules, dudes...
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richardh
Prog Reviewer Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 27956 |
Posted: August 10 2006 at 16:54 | |||
Shouldn't moderators lead by example?:-
EMERSON LAKE & PALMER (ELP) — Works Vol. 1Review by Tony R (Tony Riviere)ADMIN Forum Admin & Moderator I really love this album,from the ham-fisted keyboards to the twee vocals and from every over-blown piece of orchestration right up to the masterpiece of mirth that is Pirates. Long years in the making,due to ego clashes and arguments about makeup,Elton John being part of the recording process then not and finally producer Pete Waterman being replaced by Little Jimmy Osmond,the band finally got this meisterwerk out into the public consciousness.Once out there it was a smash,spending 16 weeks at Number One in Albania and going Quadruple Platinum in Belize. When one listens to Emerson's Piano Concertos one is immediately reminded of Les Dawson's egregious masterpieces of the early 70's.I can think of no higher praise than that. I find that "The Enemy God Dances With The Black Spirits" fills me with nostalgia,or should that be neuralgia? I'm not sure but I know that Mrs Palmer should have decided against that shiny red kit for young Carl's 6th Birthday.Pirates- what can I say?I nearly walked the plank the first time I heard this 13 minute epic.It sounds like the ungodly product of a demonic union between WS Gilbert and The Village People and is breath-taking in its excrutiating awfulness and willfull over-ambition.There is nothing like a great Prog Rock Album and this is nothing like a great Prog Rock Album ...ok admittedly very funny but does this actually meet the criteria of an acceptable review? |
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Trickster F.
Prog Reviewer Joined: February 10 2006 Location: Belize Status: Offline Points: 5308 |
Posted: August 10 2006 at 16:54 | |||
Go away.
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cscrutinizer
Forum Newbie Joined: June 13 2006 Status: Offline Points: 14 |
Posted: August 10 2006 at 16:48 | |||
Ok... This is clearly the Dungeons and Dragons small weenie crowd here. I just saw a review of DSOTM on the home page that doesn't deal with the music at all.
The review I posted did deal with the music:
"Anyone can play the drums, keyboards, guitars, bass lines, etc. to any Pink Floyd song. There is not much that is creative, virtuosic, or even interesting about most of their work. The guitar solos are boring, blues-based rock. Nothing innovative. The keyboards are w**kery."
I am laughing so hard that "w**kery" was censored. That word is even tolerated by the new conservative FCC (oh, and the FCC does not even censor web content, because it is not considered a "broadcast").
This site is full of unicorn-humping lame-o's that cannot think for themselves. If someone criticizes their sacred album, they can't deal with it, so they delete it. Very American of you... You have bright future with Fox News...
I can't belive the irony of a site that touts progressive rock material, like Frank Zappa, and has such an intolerant level of censorship. Do you even know what that music is about? Do you even think members of Pink Floyd would agree that a "bad" review of their album should be suppressed? Did you get the exact opposite message from their music?!?
Oh well... To me this is a case of pathetic nerds who have some minute amount of power in the world, and they choose to wield it in the wrong way. Thank goodness none of you will have any real power in the world.
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GoldenSpiral
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 27 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3839 |
Posted: August 10 2006 at 15:53 | |||
you definitely do have a point there. but it would only work as long as I detail EXACTLY why I don't like the certain album instead of saying "I don't like neo-prog so this album sucks", or "how could anyone give this album 5 stars???" |
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Ricochet
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 27 2005 Location: Nauru Status: Offline Points: 46301 |
Posted: August 10 2006 at 15:50 | |||
........................................nah! |
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Cygnus X-2
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 24 2004 Location: Bucketheadland Status: Offline Points: 21342 |
Posted: August 10 2006 at 15:49 | |||
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stonebeard
Forum Senior Member Joined: May 27 2005 Location: NE Indiana Status: Offline Points: 28057 |
Posted: August 10 2006 at 15:47 | |||
The Recipe for Masterliness.
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stonebeard
Forum Senior Member Joined: May 27 2005 Location: NE Indiana Status: Offline Points: 28057 |
Posted: August 10 2006 at 15:44 | |||
I wish you would. If people don't do that, then all albums would be 4-5 stars. People need to give their honest impression of an album, whether they like it or not, because it will create a more diverse landscape where we can tell what albums are really appealing and what albums are utter crap.
I assume you don't much Neo, though so it would make too big of an impact anyway. People don't continuously buy albums by bands they find to not appeal to them. But if you can review a Neo album in all honesty, not just say "...Umm...it's not very challenging. It's got keyboards...." I'd still be glad if you did review it. Edited by stonebeard - August 10 2006 at 15:46 |
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Ricochet
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 27 2005 Location: Nauru Status: Offline Points: 46301 |
Posted: August 10 2006 at 15:44 | |||
about the subjective/objective thing (off subject), I always consider the mixture of both to be the "perfect recipe".
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Easy Livin
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: February 21 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 15585 |
Posted: August 10 2006 at 15:43 | |||
I don't have a record of that specific review, so maybe it was Atkingani who deleted it. From what you say though, cscrutinizer it sounds like your "review" was not really a review of the album at all, but a commentary on its place in history. Such a commentary is fine if it forms a part of the review, but not if that is the entire extent of the review. The prime objective of a review should be to discuss the content of the album.
A couple of reassurances I would give.
- If a review is deleted, A e-mail is always sent to the address given when it was submitted. (If that address turns out to be invalid of course, there is nothing more we can do)
- Reviews are never deleted because of their stance on the album. It is OK not to like an album, even DSOTM!
- Very few reviews are removed
Pirkka - I understand your point, but the word subjective is not intended in that literal context. Opinions are of course what we thrive on!
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GoldenSpiral
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 27 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3839 |
Posted: August 10 2006 at 15:41 | |||
you're right, objetive wasn't the word i was looking for... but a review should try to look at different sides of the music. For instance in my reviews I usually have a sentence or two in which I say "you probably won't like this album if you don't like....", etc. You shouldn't just say "this album was popular and therefore it is bad". Despite the fact that anyone can contribute, we still do have a pretty high standard for the reviews and i think that's a good thing. You shouln't have people going around in reviews saying "this album sucks because this band sucks" or whatever. I don't like neo-prog, so I just don't review neo-prog bands... I don't go giving them all 1 or 2-star reviews. but again, you're right... a review is essentially an opinion and therefore subjective. |
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Tony R
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: July 16 2004 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 11979 |
Posted: August 10 2006 at 15:36 | |||
You failed to review the album at all.Re-read it and stop getting angry with the site's administration.Is it really something that you are proud of? Look we have thousands of reviews and we now need some quality control. Do you seriously believe that anyone will get anything out of your review other than the distinct feeling that you've some sort of ulterior motive for posting the review? I repeat you did not review the album,you merely made unhelpful,highly subjective,unqualified comparisons with some bands you seem to like more. Your review was not accepted in this instance-accept that,improve and move on. Edited by Tony R - August 10 2006 at 15:37 |
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Ricochet
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 27 2005 Location: Nauru Status: Offline Points: 46301 |
Posted: August 10 2006 at 15:32 | |||
case closed? |
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pirkka
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 06 2005 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 191 |
Posted: August 10 2006 at 15:28 | |||
reviews must be objective
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If I, or who so eve,r write a review it will be subjective. They are all subjective. Because they are someones opinions. Only an extremely skillfull professional can write an objective review. That is such that one cannot argue. I don't wan't to read objective reviews. I want to read different people's opinions (=subjective).
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