In the interest of full disclosure, the reason why my other
Top Lists for this month so far have started the way they have is one of proper
honesty. It’s a chance for me to air out whatever legitimate grievances I may
have with a creator before setting them aside to highlight their strengths, in
honour of my own views concerning the separation of issues with creator and
issues with creation. This… is an exception to that rule. Call it petty, and in
a way it is, but there’s a very prominent bruise on my grey matter thanks to a
certain conversation I had on Twitter with Todd. Something about not only being
attacked by someone whose work you regularly watch to get away from these very situations, but to have his fans join in and
support him while doing so, will probably never sit right with me any time
soon. It was an issue tangentially connected to GamerGate, further proving that
the whole debate just seems to bring the ugliness out of everyone, and I won’t go into it any further here. Just know that,
as I get into today’s list, I am still somewhat irrationally holding something
against the guy personally. I set out to highlight a wide(ish) spectrum of
reviewers with Meta Month, and what better way to illustrate that than with a
guy who, despite me finding him extremely funny and insightful in places, has
shown himself to be a bit of a dick IRL. Anyway, discarding that for now,
here’s my Top 20 list of the best Todd’s Pop Song Reviews.
