Titus Andronicus version of Like A Rollin Stone is better than Dylan’s
Nick Cave (with or without his Bad Seeds/Birthday Party cohorts) is merely ok and not worth the hero worship/genius label he garners.
Pop punk bands that wish they were Kid Dynamite are infinitely superior to pop punk bands that wish they were NOFX
*Caught in the Middle
Daft Punk aren’t really very good at all
Little Baby Nothing is better than most songs
King Adora were good.
See also; The Cranberries
Aphex Twin is nothing more than boring, pseudo-intellectual nonsense not even a mother could love.
Apart from Ambient Works Vol 1 though…
No matter how hard I try I cannot discern a change in quality of Weezer’s output over the last 20 years.
This is not intended as praise for their consistent high quality.
Alien Ant Farm’s Smooth Criminal is better than Michael Jackson’s
New Order > Joy Division
Iron Sky by Paolo Nutini is a decent tune.
The first two Smashmouth albums are wonderful.
The Horrors have been in terminal decline since ‘primary colors’. The last 3 albums vapid, ham-fisted record collector rock is as mediocre as Kasabian’s (who can at least be amusing on occasion, if unwittingly so) but, due to presenting themselves as being articulate musical aesthetes who release the odd lounge music compilation, are taken far more seriously by serious music fans and critics.
All Star and Walkin on the Sun are two genuinely good songs
See also: The Weeknd’s Dirty Diana.
good take, i’m going to disagree, but i applaud it