Let's get serious, yall. TV on the Radio isn't as good as people would like to pretend that they are. Not sure why they are 'gettin s0 much love' from Best of 2008 Lists by 'Music Magazines with Tastemaking opinions.' Not that I listened to their 2008 masterpiece DEAR SCIENCE, but still, you can tell it is weinery just from listening to 7 seconds of the 'single' from it.

TV ON THE RADIO is a band that people think they are supposed to appreciate. These people are not sure why they 'like' TV on the Radio; however, aligning their personal brands with TV on the Radio makes them a more cultured/culturally-connected person. TV on the Radio is a band with 1 white dude and a bunch of black dudes.

TV on the Radio apparently makes music that 'is inspired by a bunch of different genres.' However, I would compare the end product to SLOP, the food item that u feed 2 pigs. In order 2 feed pigs, all u need 2 do is mix the leftovers and scraps from your family's dinner table.

I feel like 'liking TV on the Radio' is something for people who:

• don't actually listen to music
• enjoy music based on 'what authentic buzz sources' claim 2 b 'authentic'
• enjoy liking bands that aren't accessible to entry levelers but actually just aren't accessible to any one

I remember when TV on the Radio went on Letterman. They were too alternative to perform on the stage like every1 else, so they decided to have a meaningful fire escape show. Now I kinda wish clubs had fire escapes instead of stages.

Key elements to TV on the Radio's success

• They look zany/interesting-core
• They are 'from New York'
• They are a mixed race band
• They participate in meaningful sideprojects that are shitty/mediocre, but they provide Music News Meme Generators to 'blurb about' more TV on the Radio coverage
• They are the kind of band that thinks their music is a healing mechanism for the world.
• They take themselves seriously, enabling them to 'take risks' that other people think they are supposed to take seriously.
• Needlessly high production value that requires the use of $200+ noise-canceling headphones (this appeals to people who order gimmick products from SkyMall magazines).

I remember when I was an entry-leveler/pure altbro, I went to a TV on the Radio concert. The white guitarist guy made every one in the audience take out their keys to 'use as percussion.' I looked all around me. The crowd began dangling their keys in rhythm with a babbly TV on the Radio song, grinning with delight as they 'authentically appreciated the venue's acoustics.' I immediately walked out of the venue. While my life is meaningful, a part of me realized that it wasn't meaningful enough to participate in a collective concert experience.

Let's be honest, yall. TV on the Radio's music has gotten progressively worse since their first album. They only have a few good songs. "Staring at the Sun" and "Wolf Like Me" are alright. It's just hard for me to take the bro who claims that "TV ON THE RADIO = AWESOME" very seriously.

You also can't underestimate the opportunity for white people to 'like/appreciate' music that 'black people' make, particularly when it doesn't sound like music that 'black people traditionally make, but since black people are making it, u can still kinda hear the authentic-aesthetic that only artists whose ancestors are [via Africa] can generate (kinda like Jazz/afro beat/etc.).'

The name of our album includes the word 'science.' This means that we understand 'humans after all' on a level that goes beyond social interactions and generic 'gripes about society.' We are also on record as 'Bush Haters.'

TV on the Radio is also one of those Radiohead-esque bands where you don't know what the hell they are talking about, but you get the sense that it is 'relevant commentary on a metaphorical level that isn't worth questioning.' They sort of remind me of a band of 'intellectual dropouts who rope you into a conversation about modern issues to prove that they didn't need an education 2 stay informed/cultured.'

It's always interesting when a band 'takes themselvez seriously.' While you usually see this in your local scene with a band who is trying to 'make it' and just end up looking like douchebags/their band sounds like conceptual p00p, TV on the Radio has 'made it' and garnered worldwide acclaim. Maybe they are 'okay', and maybe I just don't 'get it', but just wanted 2 let yall know that I'm not interested. If yall tastemaking magazines want 2 start selling magazines/generating ad impressions, yall are gonna have to start putting less conceptual crap on your top 10 lists. (Katy Perry: #1 artist of 2k8?)

I just have this image of a 35 year old man reading P4k/Rolling Stone/NME/SPIN's best of 2k8 list, going on iTunes to buy the top 3 albums, halfheartedly listening to them, then going back to listening to meaningful songs from the late 90s, 'back when good music was more than just weirdo conceptual crap that people had 2 pretend is awesome.'

"TV ON THE RADIO? More like POOP IN MY MP3 PLAYER."
- a modern music critic whose gimmick is incorporating the word 'poop' into his reviews