Most music journalists are failed musicians themselves - fact. They tend to lend toward the bitter and twisted side as a matter of course
If you didn't already know, Depeche Mode had these 'gems' hurled at them in their early days by various 'critics' (taken from the 81-85 compilation)...
About 'Just Can't Get Enough:
'I can, you will'
Melody Maker 12 09 81
Patrick Humphries
About 'Leave in silence':
'I've heard more melody coming
out of Kenny Wheeler's arsehole'
Melody Maker 21 08 82
Paul Weller (general pompous asshole)...
About 'Everything Counts':
'And the band played on... whether
the members of Depeche Mode
are actually dead or alive is a
question that has baffled the
medical profession for years'
Sounds 16 07 83
Gary Bushell
About 'Master and Servant':
'What do you expect from this
lame bunch of dickheads?'
Time Out 30 08 84
Dave Walters
Compared to that lot, that guy seemed pretty tame! Just think how satisfied you will be when you make the fucker eat HUMBLE PIE with a top 10 hit one day
Anyway, happy festive winter seasonal thing that we may or may not possibly call 'Christmas' at the risk of offending some people who think that OTHER people may possibly be offended if they are reading, listening or generally hanging around...
Tonka