Well, I wrote another review of a different band today. After submitting, it showed a summary of my reviews. I clicked on the DSOTM one, and nothing was there!

 

So I went to the album page, looked it over, and my review was deleted.

 

Wow, so there is censorship going on? Cool, man. Very progressive of you guys.

 

OK, You win! Dark Side of the Moon is the best progressive rock album of all time. It is brilliant. My favorite part is when the woman sings those great R&B vocals. It's like American Idol and so cool. If a record has cool R&B vocals, it must be great. Simon would agree!

 

And BLUES! It's got blues guitar all over the place. How cool is that? Very original. You don't hear the blues represented much AT ALL in rock.

 

YES. That album is so original and one of a kind. Definately the best of progressive rock.

 

OK, I decided I have had enough of submitting reviews here. This is a loaded forum, and it is clear that people love their Stink Floyd a little too much.

 

The only thing of value on this site is the free music, so I can decide for myself if lemming reviewers are accurate, or just going along with the marketplace. The reviews are not really worth anything. They are just lame opinions, mostly from a bunch of nerds who know as much about music as they do about life...

 

Now let's see how many instances of flaming are in that one post....

 

reviews must be objective

 

????

 

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).

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!

 

 

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.

 

The Recipe for Masterliness.

 

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.

 

 

Shouldn't moderators lead by example?:-

 

EMERSON LAKE & PALMER (ELP) — Works Vol. 1

Review by http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=2153 - 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

 

 

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...

 

 

Just out of curiosity, Tony, have you ever played Dugeons & Dragons? I don't think I've even been in the same building as a game of D & D myself.

The guy can't take a clue.

 

Let me put it in easy to understand language for you:

 

1) Your review was deleted because it was of no use. You went into no depth at all.

 

2) You were suspened because you can't control your misplaced anger and resort to childish name-calling and you degraded a site which you don't understand in any form or fashion and the respectable reviewers who contribute to it.

 

I'm glad you're gone, though I wish you were banned.

 

Go harass some other site with your reviews and attitude.

 

Just reminding that I erased the text (making sure it was saved), kept the rating and sent a message to the reviewer asking to edit his review.

 

OK, maybe he didn't receive the message (via e-mail) but even so he could come here and talk to us, just like dozens of reviewers did previously - we could have mistaken, we could have deleted erroneously, several other matters could have happened.

 

But since he's the "greatest", the "boss", the "quintessence of Creation" he thought he had the right to come here and tell how inferior and mediaeval people we are, etc, etc.

 

Well, considering the issue I prefer to be an old peasant than a modern arrogant dude.

 

 

 

M-O-R-E I-S L-E-S-S

 

Did everyone know Fripp was a huge DT fan?

 

 

Saying that Pink Floyd "suck" and the keyboards are "w**kery" is a clear infringement of the guidlines. Yes, I know they're not rules, but this review clearly deserved to be edited.