Entertainment Weekly has one man reporting his opinion of the best and worst of 2008, however his sheltered views are making it hard to keep my $5 starbucks coffee down.

Here is his review;

How in the name of Lil Wayne did anyone possibly think the world needed a whiny mall-rat rock cover of his hypnotic summer hit? Granted, rock guys covering urban jams is a trick that some times works (see: Will Oldham’s delirious, faithful takes on R. Kelly favor ites), but just as often cheapens and disre spects the original (see: Dynamite Hack’s egre gious slacker-brah version of N.W.A’s ”Boyz-N-The Hood”). Framing Hanley? Not worth the Claire’s boutique lip rings they rode in on.

My comment on EW site,

I think this is a biased and completely untrue observation.
However it one mans opinion and obviously based on Framing Hanley myspace plays not everyone agrees. Furthermore look at the comments of fans protesting against this one mans sheltered opinion.
Maybe in he got his head out Lil Wayne’s ass he would be able to see that great music comes in all genres.
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Honestly, Entertainment Weekly is a glorified blog space for those who have no better calling in life than to criticize other people.
I personally enjoyed both versions of the song and still listen to both. It is a matter of person music preference and to diminish a bands talent purely based upon one’s personal music choice is not journalism, its more like lack of experience in the real world.
It is obvious to anyone with the internet and half a brain that not all of the world hated Framing Hanley’s version of Lollipop. Their MySpace player has almost 9 million hits alone.
Seriously this site rated The Dark Knight and only the thrid best movie of the year.
I believe to be a good or even mediocre journalist one must take into account the facts about what one is reporting. Entertainment Weekly is saying these rankings are based upon viewer/listener opinions as well as staff opinion and yet have provided no proof.
The other thing to remember if there actually was a viewer/listener poll, most people that listen to rock are not caught up in Entertainment Weekly, therefore would not know to participate in the polls.

I get annoyed when idiots are put in position of power and are able to reach people in mass quantities and yet have nothing better than their opinion as support.

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