I'm a huge fan of David Bazan.

But.

The lyrics to "Selling Advertising" strike me as unfair. Here's a performance of it:

Musically, it's beautiful. And he raises some good points. I don't understand most music reviews. I think lots of critics care about seeming clever more than making sense or being informative. A charitable interpretation is that they know more about music than I do. Probably, though, they're just peddling bullshit.

Still, I don't like to hear a successful artist belittle those who don't have the good fortune to earn money as an artist. Sure, reviewing music is less important than making music, but we can't all be important. Hell, I'm not even important enough to review for a living. From where I'm sitting, that'd be a pretty sweet gig.

So I wrote a response as if I worked at Pitchfork, set to his song. Sorry if you wind up listening to it. My voice isn't pretty:

I Sell Advertising
I'm not creative
I'll never be
Though I've tried incessantly
My effort exceeds my ability

Now I'm at Pitchfork
Yeah you got me
Did I pan your songs?
Well, it beats temping

You grant it's hard to be original
Still you underestimate
Its degree of difficulty
I'd give an eight-point-eight

"The path of least resistance"
You misinterpreted
It's not that I've been lazy
It's that I'm just no good

So if my words upset you, David
Just recall
You get to earn your living
From making others happy
Meanwhile I'm
Stuck selling advertising
At least it's self-effacing

There's a reason I reluctantly review
I am not as talented as you
I wish it weren't true