see, i have no motivation to listening to any of his albums.  based on the reviews you linked to, that album sounds like a giant monument west built to himself.  so if i have no interest in this person, that gives me no incentive to listen to his music, you know?  just tell me how that album will enrich my life or…

all i get from those is that people who love this guy really loved that album.  super duper.  why should i care, though?  this guy's a raging narcissist who couldn't give a sour shit for anybody except himself.  people like that are repulsive.  why the fuck should i waste time subjecting myself to a person i can't…

if i asked you to tell me what make's beethoven's 9th great and you just said, i dunno, it's beautiful, then that doesn't say much about you as an intellect.  WHAT moves you about this music?  WHAT is human about it?  tell me about formal elements.  i just hear some narcissist bragging.  tell me what else is going on…

i've heard the one that samples daft punk and gold digger.  maybe some others that i didn't recognize as being his.  but that's pretty much it.  what is genius about those songs?  where are the other genius songs?  and, most importantly, WHY are those songs genius?  again, just telling me to listen to the songs isn't…

@avclub-bc476393a92222ae842903c5ace5f0af:disqus you still haven't given a reason WHY you or anybody else declares him a genius.  simply saying "listen to his albums" isn't enough.  if he's so great you can list off a couple reasons, no?

fair enough.  what i've heard, though, is crap — nothing that merits either the level of this asshole's fame or egotism

@avclub-bc476393a92222ae842903c5ace5f0af:disqus none, he's repulsive.  and it's mystifying to me what people see in him.  i've heard the odd song of his here and there and none of them have struck me as especially noteworthy

@domingohliburton why is that worth paying attention to?  what insight does he provide about the subject of fame?  and i'm sorry, but no one working in popular music right now can rightfully be called a genius

what do you like about it?  genuine question.  i find his whole persona completely repulsive and that bleeds through everything he does to me

for fuck's sake why do people pay attention to this dickwad?  he's obnoxious and his music is fucking garbage.  he's got to be among the top ten worst people alive at the moment.  why the fuck do people care?

man, this has been a shit year for movies, hasn't it?

tell us some of the stupid shit he's said

sure, i guess.  at a certain point, though, don't you finally have too much to do in a day to parse out some bearded dweeb's irony?

"chocolate rain" is better than "purple rain"

CHALLENGING

oh boy!  i wonder what challenging opinions chuckie's gonna blow our minds with this time!

"Welcome to the Republican party."

oh, absolutely.  i generally don't get celebrity crushes but god damn.  i don't even

she was so hot in labyrinth

and go sail on lake champlain