I used to see people I knew wearing Editors tshirts but I cant remember a single song by them.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" was their big hit I think
― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
can someone post a youtube of mumford & sons biggest song to see if i know it please?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:33 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT54Er0a7nQ
― seminal fuiud (NickB), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Oops, wrong Mumford. Here you go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLJf9qJHR3E
― seminal fuiud (NickB), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:38 (thirteen years ago) link
That guy's got this really annoying David Gray way of singing those verses.
― seminal fuiud (NickB), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:39 (thirteen years ago) link
The whole enterprise is like 4 David Grays in search of a kicking
― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link
especially one particularly delightful one for Steven Gerrard
don't think I know this. Will hazard a guess at "who's that coming over your wife, it's Krissy Commons".
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Top of the many detestable things in that video is the face pulled by King Mumford at 1:28. He looks like he's trying to scare a small child with his monster face.
― DL, Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
What reads to their fans as passion seems like pure ham to me.
― DL, Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:42 (thirteen years ago) link
anyone who makes it to 1:28 deserves whatever they get
― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:42 (thirteen years ago) link
NB: I don't hate Scumford and Co because they're not "real" enough. It's because they're shite.
― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh sure, but a hammy idea of "real" is what they're selling and part of what makes them shite.
― DL, Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
xxxxxxxxp it's like that bit from Black Books where Fran asks Bernard to sing an Irish song and he says "no, sing it yourself", so she improvises some cod faux-Irish bollocks.
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:46 (thirteen years ago) link
don't think I know this. Will hazard a guess at "who's that coming over your wife, it's Krissy Commons".― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:40 (4 minutes ago)
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:40 (4 minutes ago)
i never even knew the tune was by a landfill staple, in any case it's
who's that coming over your girlfriend, is it a gangster, is it a gangster?
iirc
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
couple of missing entries : tiny dancers, the maccabees
Maccabees are gr8, u mad
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
the zutons - fucking shit but at least they had a sax which means hey they're not the worst fucking shit
u mad
can't imagine how bad landfill AND saxophones together could be
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:50 (thirteen years ago) link
sax is great you fule
― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:51 (thirteen years ago) link
not heard that mumford song at all, but i had expected them to have a fiddle player.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:51 (thirteen years ago) link
They do look like a bunch of fiddlers, 'tis true.
― seminal fuiud (NickB), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:51 (thirteen years ago) link
nae fuckin way it's the worst thing ever
there are records by the stooges and anton webern ruined by the presence of saxophones
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:52 (thirteen years ago) link
xxp To compensate they have a banjo player and a keyboard player who only seems to know one chord.
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:53 (thirteen years ago) link
lol sax haters are crazy *tap tap tap*
― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
thought it was basically known at this point that liking sax is a side effect of those court ordered chemical castration injections
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:57 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeeLLuFK09I
thought it was basically known at this point that liking sax is a side effect of those court ordered chemical castration injections― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:57 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, February 17, 2011 5:57 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
this is a really 90s meme man
― for all the fucked-up children of this world we give you 1p3 (history mayne), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:59 (thirteen years ago) link
kate bush even has a 'saxophone song'. qed.
aw youmeatsix changed their name, my hilarious you meat six jokes are obsolete.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
talk of Terris reminded me of seeing them play 1.5 songs, have horrible sound problems, get into a bit of handbags, and then apparently split up, at this Reading Festival:
http://i51.tinypic.com/j9a45y.jpg
these festival posters are fascinating because they are a great reminder of all of the dross that your mind has let you forget, but it is crazy looking back at the bands that were actually there that i have no recollection of.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
e.g. black eyes peas headlining 3rd stage at 2000. who knew?
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link
just going through the xfm playlist, idk what genre that chiddy is
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXwYJyrKK5A
sort of wonder if foals should have been itp even tho they weren't that landfill
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link
LOFIDELITY ALLSTARSTHE LIVING END
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Like the Futureheads, Foals are way too smart for this list.
― seminal fuiud (NickB), Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:06 (thirteen years ago) link
KING ADORA + THE STROKES
― for all the fucked-up children of this world we give you 1p3 (history mayne), Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Mumford & Sons remind me ofhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDrWLIW4eyM
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:07 (thirteen years ago) link
If you'd put Foals in, you'd need Bloc Party too.
― seminal fuiud (NickB), Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Strokes bumped to the main stage @ that festival in timely wave of NME hype you may/may not recall.
Lo-Fi Allstars were p good, and were good on that occasion too.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah foals aren't a great fit with the view etc, but still pretty bad
they're a great example of earnest young musical types who can't think outside of thudding gtr indie tramlines
YEAH IT'S NOT ACTUALLY INDIE, IT'S MNML TECHNO WITH REAL INSTRUMENTS
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Scouting for Girls are the worst, but don't belong among this lot - they're still popular, for a start.
― if, Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
this thread is rapidly turning into "Innocuous crap uk bands that make you irrationally angry (a poll thread)"
also, foals are gr8 too, fuiud
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:12 (thirteen years ago) link
― nulty dread (nakhchivan), Thursday, 17 February 2011 17:57 (1 minute ago
RONG:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq85HXxrYrc
Kind of sad to contemplate the diff between this 5th on the bill at 1971 Reading brit band with the 5th on the bill @ reading landfill listed above. (maybe I'm only going to convince NV w/this argument, IDK)
― Pashmina, Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:12 (thirteen years ago) link
who can say what's true any more in this crazy mixed up "Foals are great" world, Pash?
― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:23 (thirteen years ago) link
athlete: Pro: nothing. Con: vocalist v v irritating, bad slack playing on the rekkids I heard on radio back in the daybabyshambles: Pro: nothing. Con: total sinkhole of shitness w no redeeming qualities whatsoever CONTENDERbiffy clyro: have heard this but cannot remember a single thing, not even what it sounded likeflorence and the machine: Pro: find singer attractive. Con: totally unmemorable, watched several youtubes, no memory at all of even what it sounded likehard-fi: Pro: did actually rock, one of their singles was 1/2 decent IIRC. Con: not very memorablehundred reasons: never heard them or can't remember then anywayjoe lean and the jing jang jong: have heard them but left no mark on my memory whatsoever.kaiser chiefs: Pro: kind of liked the single or at least until heavy rotation made me sick of it. Con: none really, they weren't THAT bad.kasabian: No memory of what these sounded likekeane: Pro: sounded pleasant on the radio once ior twice. Con: cannot remember any of their tunes, despite hearing at least one of them enough times.mumford and sons: Pro: nothing. Con: Awful, awful music, CONTENDER.noah and the whale: Pro: nothing Con: irritating sounding band IIRC. can barely remember them.pigeon detectives: Who?razorlight: Remember these getting some heavy airplay, cannot even remember what they sounded like.scouting for girls: Pro: Nothing. Con: Shit, clunky music, shit tunes, creepy lyrics delivered by creepy singer, ugh WINNERsnow patrol: Passed through leaving no impression whatsoever.starsailor: No memory of what this band even sounded like.the courteeners: Vaguely remember the name, never heard the band.the cribs: who?the enemy: Who?the feeling: Pro: can actually remember what their single went like. Con: I didn't like it, it was sappy.the fratellis: Pro: nothing. Con: annoying sounding band CONTENDERthe futureheads: Never actually heard these.the hoosiers: Pro: nothing. Con: Record was shit, only memorable bit was nicked off ELO anyway.the kooks: Never heard thesethe magic numbers: Pro: one of their singles was pleasant enough, find female member w long hair attractive. Con: nothing really, they were not all that bad I suppose.the ordinary boys: Who?the others: Who?the rakes: Who?the stereophonics: Band from an older gen? Don't feel like they belong here somehow. Awful, anyway.the twang: Heard of these today, watched clip on youtube, have forgotten what it sounded like already.the view: who?the wombats: there used to ne a local pub blues band up here w/this name, I doubt this is them. Never heard of them.the zutons: Never heard themtoploader: likewise stereophonics
If one of these bands had written or performed on tune that I can remember in it's entirety I would have more time for them even if I didn't like the tune. A lot of these bands get props for their songwriting skillz in their publicity doggerel IIRC? Should be prosecuted under the trades description act. If I were managing a 00's/10's landfill act I would tell them to fuck off with writing anything and get them to cover Harry Warren tunes.
― Pashmina, Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:30 (thirteen years ago) link
I was expecting real crappy uk bands. Almost all of these bands have one or two singles which I would deem decent or good. Nothing particulary groundbreaking and can't vouch for any of their albums tho so...
Are we voting the best one or the worst one?
― Moka, Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:32 (thirteen years ago) link
the ordinary boys: Who?
They were the band that Preston from Celeb Big Brother was in.
― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:36 (thirteen years ago) link
the following bands i can't bring to mind a single note, even in cases where i know i've heard song or songs by them dozens of times: hundred reasons, joe lean and the jing jang jong, starsailor, the courteeners, the others
ey that's less than i thought it would be. god bless my excellent use of memory. the only one that seems unreasonable is starsailor, but all i remember of how they sounded is MEW MEW MEW MEW MEW.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Favorite ones in here would probably be: hard-fi (the few songs I've heard sounded influenced by The Clash which is good in my book), the magic numbers, kasabian, the zutons and kaiser chiefs.
Worst ones for me would be: mumford and sons, keane and scouting for girls.
― Moka, Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link
xp oh right, having looked at single releases, now i remember them. MEW MEW MEW MEW MEW was correct, though.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Wait... band that actually sounded influenced by The Clash was Harrisons. Only song I've heard of Hard-fi is 'hard to beat' which was good but not good enough to get me interested in them.
― Moka, Thursday, 17 February 2011 18:41 (thirteen years ago) link