I took a swing at the same list in this post, but after reading Pierce's perfect snark, I would hereby like my comments stricken from the record and replaced with a teary-eyed salute to his greatness. Take this sample:
Consider, for example, the bowline that [NR's John] Miller makes of himself over “Sympathy For The Devil,” checking in at No. 3, and described as “The Screwtape Letters of rock,” possibly because it has the word “devil” in its title, which would make the Duke basketball team The Screwtape Letters of next year’s NCAA tournament. “The devil,” Miller says, “is a tempter who leans hard on moral relativism.” First of all, no kidding. “Sweetheart,” says John Milton in the Beyond, “get me rewrite!”Trust me on this one. Go.
(Thanks to TBogg for finding this.)
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Wow. That takedown was a thing of beauty and wonderment.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: I prefer to listen to Cheap Trick.
Pierce is a goddamn genius. He has written some stellar stuff for Esquire over the years, and back when he was a regular contributor, Altercation was a must-read. Unfortunately, his work is too few and far between...
If anyone feels like wasting a good forty minutes, just click Pierce's name at the top of the column, and his TAP archives come up.
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