Wondering “are we gonna laugh at loving this album in 10 years?” is the ultimate in self-conscious cred-cowardice. Grow up.
Preach preach preach.
I’d also say that if you love all of the same stuff ten years from now (or maybe it’d be better to say, if all the same stuff occupies the same place in your heart/mind/life ten years from now), you may want to think about whether that’s healthy.
It is the absolute worst attitude to have as a pop-culture critic. I cannot think of anything more counterproductive than to worry about those sorts of things. What kind of insecure writer actually worries about what future music crits will think? Whatever consensus opinions the critical community holds today will be questioned and reassessed tomorrow. There’s absolutely no point in kvetching over what people in the future will think because they’re probably going to think contemporary critics are misinformed old fogies no matter what we blog about.
What advantage would “being right” offer anyway? It’s not like I read music reviews from 10 years ago and think “aww yeah, those guys were SO RIGHT about Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.” GONNA TRAVEL BACK IN TIME AND HIGH FIVE THEM ALL.
“Stop worrying about being right” is a very good bit of critical advice IMO.
(Source: marathonpacks)
