heard about these lads for the first time today--apparently their early albums were vinyl only releases?
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Thursday, 17 February 2011 04:43 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd forgive a parent for liking this shit, but not a friend. Good to see *challops alert* even some Arcade Fire fans */just kiddin* appalled at having to put up with them as supports at the Hyde Park megashow lol.
― the worst dong of the last ten years (Craigo Boingo), Thursday, 17 February 2011 11:00 (thirteen years ago) link
btw, mumford & sons makes coldplay sound like fuckin peter gabriel-era genesis, dead serious― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Wednesday, February 16, 2011 2:08 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark
well, obviously the existence of m&s can't literally change the sound of coldplay
so...
what? they make them sound better by comparison? worse? i guess it depends on your estimation of peter gabriel-era genesis
― for all the fucked-up children of this world we give you 1p3 (history mayne), Thursday, 17 February 2011 11:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Coldplay have always been basically inoffensive and quite hard to get worked up about, so yeah they do look good in comparison.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 17 February 2011 11:06 (thirteen years ago) link
i grew up in a time when genesis wasn't an easy synonym for musical goodness/tolerability...
― for all the fucked-up children of this world we give you 1p3 (history mayne), Thursday, 17 February 2011 11:09 (thirteen years ago) link
I've got nothing against the banjos and fiddles and whatnot, I just hate the arena-sized group-hug vibe. And that's definitely a very Coldplay thing.
― seminal fuiud (NickB), Thursday, 17 February 2011 11:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I think he's using them as an easy synonym for "ambition".
― Matt DC, Thursday, 17 February 2011 11:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Guitar'n'fiddle Scumbag cover of 'Jesus He Knows Me' would probably finish them off.
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:29 (thirteen years ago) link
sort of wondrin if we should do a shittest uk band of 00s/10s megapoll
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:32 (thirteen years ago) link
But there's a limit of 50 poll options...
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:32 (thirteen years ago) link
how many could actually win tho
toploaderstereophonicsthe viewthe fratellisrazorlighthard fimumford
idk who else
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:34 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^ certainly the main culprits there. I think that including the Manic Street Preachers or Oasis would probably skew any poll towards them, as they're not only shitty but also horrible wankers.
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:40 (thirteen years ago) link
the zutonsthe feelingathletekeanethe ordinary boysthe thrillsthe magic numbersthe courteenersthe hoosiersscouting for girlskaiser chiefs
― seminal fuiud (NickB), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:40 (thirteen years ago) link
oh god
don't want to be reminded of any of these
― for all the fucked-up children of this world we give you 1p3 (history mayne), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:41 (thirteen years ago) link
need them for the nineties poll xxp
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:41 (thirteen years ago) link
can only see keane winning from nick's lot
athlete iirc were especially hateful, tho i can't remember any of their actual mp3s
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:43 (thirteen years ago) link
scouting for girls wd get my vote for worst, i think
― for all the fucked-up children of this world we give you 1p3 (history mayne), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Toploader, because they have that same "people who don't really listen to music really like them" thing as Scumford.
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:49 (thirteen years ago) link
And even after 12 years, two bars of 'Dancing In The Moonlight' heard over the PA system of a shopping centre can send me into a blind rage.
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:50 (thirteen years ago) link
If I ever see that poodle haired lead singer, my fist will home in on his face like a tossbag-seeking missile.
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Fucking right
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Wonder what ever happenend to Hamfatter?
― seminal fuiud (NickB), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:53 (thirteen years ago) link
k any more nominations speak now or forever hold your peace
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:55 (thirteen years ago) link
florence and the machinepaolo nutini
― seminal fuiud (NickB), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:57 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah let's not be hasty
are we including soloists?
― for all the fucked-up children of this world we give you 1p3 (history mayne), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:58 (thirteen years ago) link
kasabian?
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Hello?
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:59 (thirteen years ago) link
(hoping that no-one noms the klaxons)
― seminal fuiud (NickB), Thursday, 17 February 2011 13:59 (thirteen years ago) link
SFG by a fucking mile tbqf
― Jari Litmandem (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:00 (thirteen years ago) link
who were those bastards who ruined 'hounds of love'?
― for all the fucked-up children of this world we give you 1p3 (history mayne), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:01 (thirteen years ago) link
no soloists
don't think i've heard sfg
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:01 (thirteen years ago) link
futureheads, lol xp
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:02 (thirteen years ago) link
a treat in store
they did that 'she's so lovely' song
xpost
― for all the fucked-up children of this world we give you 1p3 (history mayne), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Wearing a hat. Playing a ukelele. Growing a beard. Attending a fee-paying school.
^ Kill 'em all
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:02 (thirteen years ago) link
kasabian are contenduhs for sure
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I think that including the Manic Street Preachers or Oasis would probably skew any poll towards them, as they're not only shitty but also horrible wankers.
not saying they're national treasures or some shit, but I don't think this is the universal perception of the Manics at all
― Jari Litmandem (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Scouting for Girls, easily. Plenty of the bands listed are bad, but SfG has the additional horror of the singer's butthurt/jealous creep/imminent restraining order.
― Pashmina, Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:04 (thirteen years ago) link
...steez.
Pigeon Detectives
― portrait of velleity (woof), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:05 (thirteen years ago) link
... and this
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:05 (thirteen years ago) link
roy strideroy strideroy stride
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:06 (thirteen years ago) link
do not leave off The Kooks
― portrait of velleity (woof), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:08 (thirteen years ago) link
SFG getting a lot of flak here, and deservedly, but there's got to be more hate for razorlight than this? I remember a two-year period where every festival highlights clip on tv included Jonny Borrell writhing in and out of a plunge-neck vest.
― Bill A, Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:09 (thirteen years ago) link
just type 'v festival 2007' into yr favourite search engine for inspiration
― portrait of velleity (woof), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Correction: 2008 more a cultural pessimism dream-team line-up
― portrait of velleity (woof), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:13 (thirteen years ago) link
morrissey shd do a song titled 'roy's tried'
^^ destined to be underrated post
― for all the fucked-up children of this world we give you 1p3 (history mayne), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Like it
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:16 (thirteen years ago) link
ha
i'd never heard of tuncay stridah before, what is he 'all about'
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:20 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=5445971870
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:22 (thirteen years ago) link
i recall the fact of razorlight being ubiquitous, but i think i've more or less excised the reality of it from my mind.
the twang.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 17 February 2011 14:22 (thirteen years ago) link