Letters to the Editor
david.e.145
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Music critics' biggest clown
[Read the article: Hip-hop's biggest clowns]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This title would have to go to Miles Marshall Davis. Comparing Gnarls Barkley with the Beach Boys and Depeche Mode?!?! What did you find this guy? Crying in the street after being fired from his PR intern job at Sony Music. Even though I cannot claim to know or ever met Dangermouse or Cee-Lo, I can pretty much guarantee that they were not influenced by the music of the Beach Boys. And to even suggest that this duo is pandering to white america just because they have found a large audience is laughable if not right out offensive. This is heartfelt, innovative music being made by to guys who have a wealth of knowledge about the history of American music drawing on blues, gospel, hip-hop, folk, punk, goth, and emo all with the flair of an eighties hair band. That have woven a tapestry of fun intriguing beats and melodies all juxtaposed against the depression laden, not teenage angst, lyrics in order to provide a portrait of what it is to live in that all-American city of St. Elsewhere. So I ask Salon, for you own reputation, please seek a new music editor because this guy can only be described as a "dolt".