This weeks NME.....

[rexclark]

they obviously dont like it in florida, i've heard on the news that a church there is going to burn some copies of it.

[JC-Mo'Fucka]

I don't think shit burns.

[Vieuphoria]

They gave Blink only 3 K's instead of the 5 they deserved. I only ever skim through it for reviews and stuff.

Edited September 12, 2010 by Vieuphoria

[rexclark]

Even you... the most hardcore Blink fan must surely realise the gig itself wasn't actually that good?

edit: if you know any other rating i'd very much like to heard what they gave people though

[eFestivals]

No major revelations about NME here. It did used to be a proper music magazine though, with actual reviews and insightful features.

When was that then?

It's pre-1978 at least.

[eFestivals]

Yeah, I can't understand anyone who is passionate about their music buying the NME. It basically talks up bands who play a few bar chords whilst singing in regional accents about going to the pub.

fantastic summary, which had me laughing out loud.

[ar1]

"When was that then?

It's pre-1978 at least. "

it was still worth reading in the late 80's - at school my mates and I would buy all the music papers (they were newspapers then rather than mags and there were three NME, Melody Maker and Sounds) and then swap round the next day.

Sounds folded and MM was absorbed into NME which has now become like what Smash Hits used to be.......

[eFestivals]

"When was that then?

It's pre-1978 at least. "

it was still worth reading in the late 80's - at school my mates and I would buy all the music papers (they were newspapers then rather than mags and there were three NME, Melody Maker and Sounds) and then swap round the next day.

Sounds folded and MM was absorbed into NME which has now become like what Smash Hits used to be.......

there were 4 in the olden days. There was the old Record Mirror.

Nah, nme defo wasn't worth reading then, it didn't even know where the music action was in the late 80s - that was its very worst time (it's better nowadays in comparison). I suspect that it was simply the case that you weren't recognising it was shit.

It's been just about the worst music mag (the glossy Record Mirror was worse. But better than nme before it went glossy and pop-only) since I've been buying music papers since 1978.

Edited September 22, 2010 by eFestivals

[rexclark]

Always prefered Select and Vox(although it was NME monthly) in the 90s, but probably because that was more my era.

[duggie20]

I got it for the poster... and read the rest.

The whole top 20 sets thing was REALLY weird I thought, after their Arcade Fire review said how good they where and everything.

And by god did they lay into Axl and Guns N Roses. Proper harsh words said I thought.

And the Blink review... well that will be in Kerrang! next week, and they won't even mention Arcade Fire.

Its fair enough... NME readers aren't the Blink fan base, and Kerrang! readers will have never heard of Arcade Fire most of the time.

[Dan R]

harsh words for axl and well deserved, i liked the bit about not going on stage till he had a roast dinner

[Vieuphoria]

is that actually a fact? or just something made up that people are saying is fact?

[Dan R]

is that actually a fact? or just something made up that people are saying is fact?

[Vieuphoria]

meh i don't believe it.

[rexclark]

meh i don't believe it.