RPM: Revelations Per Minute - Between the devil and the deep blue sea
When reading the news this week that MTV viewers had voted as the second greatest album ever - second, I should add, to Michael Jackson's Thriller (the channel has only revealed the first 26 results out of a possible 300) - Craig David's Born To Do It, I found myself in a moral quandary.
Not, I should also add, because I agreed with it. But because the channel chose to drag in its ubiquitous presenter and radio DJ Zane Lowe as the voice of reason, to nervously inform the viewers that they had made what you might call... *cough*... a mistake.
Now, perhaps it's my tendency to play Devil's advocate, or more likely my general dislike for Lowe himself (who can really watch him conduct an interview without screaming at the TV: "Just finish the *'^"*^"^^* question!!!"?), but I found myself wishing I agreed with the MTV viewers.
Maybe Craig David is a musical genius, had I merely missed the subtle complexities and intellectual facets of his slick brand of soul hip-pop? Perhaps I had overlooked the hidden profundities in his message: 'The crowd said, 'Bo, Selecta',' I considered.
Erm... re-ee-wind...
It was hopeless; it was a view I couldn't stomach. Even finding myself in league with Zane Lowe was better than the prospect of ever having to hear David's 'groundbreaking tunes' again.
So, imagine my delight at finding I had a get out clause... that MTV itself had limited entries in its Greatest Ever Album poll to 1981 onwards - the year the channel started. It was a featureless year in a decade that music and fashion forgot, and MTV had knitted in a clause that eliminated just about ever Greatest Album Ever from entry.
Phew-ee-wind.
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Published: Tue, 21 April, 2009
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