Musical Criticism Mugs

'What was the first music they ever said 'this isn't even music' about?'

No Elgar!

"What the %@!!* is that?!" "Is that a leg? Wait—no, it's an arm. Wait—what?" "The frame is nice." "Whatever it is, it makes me miss Bob Ross." "Gasp!" "The intentionally lost Caravaggio"

"I guess someone got up on the wrong side of the podium today."

'Nice, but it needs more angst.'

"I like his earlier work better, particularly the ones I said I didn't like at the time."

Da Vinci painting a grumpy version of Mona Lisa.

"New studies show that the so-called 'lucky man' made popular by the prog-rock band Emerson, Lake and Palmer was, in fact, just very well-connected."

A lady playing piano and a man talking to her

Elvis fan holding a sign reading 'NOT MY KING'.

"I like it, honey ... it speaks to what a waste of time your MFA was."

"Of course I'm going to give him a tip - he should take lessons!"

"I'm astounded that your dog is channeling Eubie Blake! Has he never heard of Elton John?"

"This next song is about narrow-minded record executives and their reluctance to take a chance on anything a bit different."

The Music Critic.

'Horace spends his spare time being a rock critic.'

"Apparently he only uses fugitive colours."

Tilted painting

A singer being criticised

'I can't tell the kitch from the schlock any more.'

"You've once said about your work, 'Meow, meow-meow, meeeow.' What did you mean by that?"

"Is this 'pollocks'."

"Coming up... more of the same mindless pop songs with repetitive lyrics and nauseating melodies!"

'I hate these purists who play Bach without any pedal'

It finally happened, models so thin they only consist of few molecules.

Pianist being pelted with tomatoes.

'Turned out non-figurative again...'

"What do you mean, who are my influences?"

Snake Eats the Snake Charmer.

"I'm expected to write a good review of this stuff... So here I go with some confusing art rhetoric."

Don't give up the hunting and gathering.