"Screw the Critics" genre: Alternative General
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	as heard on WXRT Radio Chicago (93.1 FM) on the Sound Opinions show, April 30, 2002!
	Credits: music by Jerry Woods, lyrics by Lisa Chester, Carlos Paraskevas and Jerry Woods
	Story Behind the Song During one broadcast, the hosts of Sound Opinions, Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot, noted that, to their knowledge, no one had attempted to write a song about how the opinions of music critics don't matter. They said that if anyone could correct this insufficiency to send in the song and, if it was any good, they might play it. We did and they did. Out of a four-step scale: buy it, tape it, skip it or trash it, we received a tape it (or MP3 it) review. Screw the Critics is our offering to all the knowers of the well and good in rock 'n roll who, when itcomes right down to it, don't know what they're talking about. Lyrics You sit behind the mike And say which music we should like I really wonder who listens Are the pop charts missing The value of your thoughts With music so diverse And some of it perverse Will you listen to our song And tell us that it's wrong Are you sure you can't be bought? Who do we have to know to get airplay? Does our success depend on what you say? What can we do to get higher on your list? Is the best advice, screw the critics? Can you be objective When taste is subjective? You can't decide what the world should hear Is independent music something you like to play Or is independent music your biggest fear? Who do we have to know to get airplay? Does our success depend on what you say? What can we do to get higher on your list? Is the best advice, screw the critics? Are critics just mucicians who can't get a record deal? That's okay, neither can we Who do we have to know to get airplay? Does our success depend on what you say? What can we do to get higher on your list? Is the best advice, screw the critics? So pop our disc in And let the onslaught begin Compare us to bands we've never heard Put us in genres whose borders are blurred What the hell is pop music anyway? Who do we have to know to get airplay? Does our success depend on what the critics say? What can we do to get higher on your list? Is the best advice, screw the critics?

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