ting tings = ecstacy + summer.
s.rose you need better drugs
― DG, Monday, 21 July 2008 19:24 (fifteen years ago) link
i need a job as a tube driver :(
― s.rose, Monday, 21 July 2008 19:32 (fifteen years ago) link
but no, i stand by that. you wouldn't understand cos you're a grumpy old sod
― s.rose, Monday, 21 July 2008 19:33 (fifteen years ago) link
http://noisydecentgraphics.typepad.com/design/images/2007/08/14/serie_pow.jpg
― DG, Monday, 21 July 2008 19:36 (fifteen years ago) link
ecstasy is really great for hay fever! clears it up a ~treat~~
the idea that 'that's not my name' is in the same lineage as 'wannabe' and 'hollaback girl' holds water until you remember what 'that's not my name' sounds like. the ting tings sound like they've heard people do tracks like 'hollaback girl' and thought, OOH THAT'S EASY, WE CAN DO IT TOO b/c we have no skillz to actually make good music.
...it's not easy, they fall flat on their faces.
― lex pretend, Monday, 21 July 2008 19:36 (fifteen years ago) link
s.rose will hate you now :(
― DG, Monday, 21 July 2008 19:39 (fifteen years ago) link
tearz
― lex pretend, Monday, 21 July 2008 19:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I really dislike Hollaback Girl, Wannabe AND That's Not My Name. I win some kind of grumpy old git prize. HOWEVER if That's Not My Name is in any lineage its in that of Daydreamer by Menswear.
― Matt DC, Monday, 21 July 2008 19:46 (fifteen years ago) link
really?
like this is what this hot new band sounds like?
like fucking really?
wow dudes.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 21 July 2008 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link
matt pay not attention to the candybrains
― Just got offed, Monday, 21 July 2008 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
HOWEVER if That's Not My Name is in any lineage its in that of Daydreamer by Menswear.
-- Matt DC, Monday, 21 July 2008 20:46 (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
No, it's just "Mickey" devoid of all sense of fun
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Monday, 21 July 2008 20:01 (fifteen years ago) link
you don't listen to the words, rite?
― gabbneb, Monday, 21 July 2008 20:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Is some great secret of the universe revealed to me within it?
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Monday, 21 July 2008 20:04 (fifteen years ago) link
AND THE DRUMS AND THE DRUMS AND THE DRUMS AND THE DRUMS
― lex pretend, Monday, 21 July 2008 20:15 (fifteen years ago) link
a dash of misogyny from 'some dude'
I call bullshit on this, SD is clearly responding to posts further upthread to the effect that the singer is sorta hot but the music sucks.
re: the lyrics -
No, but I would say the demanded "sense of fun" is right there.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 21 July 2008 23:12 (fifteen years ago) link
i just can't believe ppl think this is good pop music.
it's like when you meet kids that were home school by born again christian parents and they have this weird skewed view of the world cuz they weren't exposed to anything. like they don't know any TV shows that everyone knows, so everything seems pretty mindblowing to them.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 21 July 2008 23:23 (fifteen years ago) link
ha, i heard these guys on an NPR story about how they caught their break. i figured it was some human interest bullshit like "aw look at this cute band releasing their music and having some success" and i'd never hear of them again.
― omar little, Monday, 21 July 2008 23:25 (fifteen years ago) link
"Hollaback Girl"'s a good comparison - there aren't too many of those songs like that one and "Shut Up and Let Me Go", tracks that are so compulsively listenable and entertaining, even as they irritate the hell outta me. ("Wannabe" didn't irritate me in the least.) Plus it's always nice to hear that "Good Times" guitar lick recycled yet again. Is this stuff popular with the young kiddies? Next time I see my 11-year old niece, I'll have to ask her opinion.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, what Casino said. if anything my post was Britishes-hating, not woman-hating.
― some dude, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 15:59 (fifteen years ago) link
all 58 million of us took it to heart
― DG, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 16:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Given the visceral reaction these guys seem to engender, I feel like we're looking at the next Coldplay or something.
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 16:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Should I bother typing "ting tings" into the youtube search box, or not?
― Pashmina, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 16:55 (fifteen years ago) link
nah just one ting
― Just got offed, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 17:37 (fifteen years ago) link
and maybe one ting more, to be sure
begorrah these fellas are shoite
― Just got offed, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 17:38 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm listening to "That's Not My Name" now inspired by Matt H's truth bomb above, and THIS:
Its spiritual forebear is "Wannabe".
is the least OTM statement ever.
But THIS:
is unfortunately spot-on. Add "recorded in GarageBand" and you are good to go.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 18:56 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah that totally explains why i loathe "Mickey" and just about everything else of its ilk and really like these guys
― gabbneb, Friday, 25 July 2008 05:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Plus it's always nice to hear that "Good Times" guitar lick recycled yet again.
otm
― gabbneb, Friday, 25 July 2008 05:13 (fifteen years ago) link
If anyone else is seeing them at the McCarren Pool in Greenpoint this Sunday, I'll be there.
― Joseph McCombs, Friday, 25 July 2008 05:20 (fifteen years ago) link
i'll be there
― gabbneb, Friday, 25 July 2008 05:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I was gonna say, "Mickey" is kind of a drag, especially compared to this!
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 25 July 2008 12:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I haven't heard anything else, but I like "That's Not My Name."
― jaymc, Friday, 25 July 2008 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
dizzee's version is tops. the last single was catchy, for sure. but it was fucking annoying. i eventually took to singing the chorus in the style of a mentally-retarded yorkshireman. much better.
― horses, Friday, 25 July 2008 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link
― gabbneb, Tuesday, 16 September 2008 13:58 (fifteen years ago) link
― lex pretend, Monday, July 21, 2008 7:36 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 16 September 2008 15:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Woah woah woah woah. My friend just told me about this band. I am MAJORLY impressed with what I'm hearing on myspace. Incredible. Are LCD Soundsystem doing any remixes yet? Wow. I totally need to have this album right now.
― The More You Live The Faster You Will Die (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Saturday, 27 September 2008 14:49 (fifteen years ago) link
The vocals on this "That's Not My Name" remind me of Snatch, which is interesting because I was just thinking of Snatch yesterday.
― The More You Live The Faster You Will Die (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Saturday, 27 September 2008 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Wow are these guys good live
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 04:23 (fifteen years ago) link
they say they're moving to En Why Cee in Spring of '09
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 04:25 (fifteen years ago) link
they're gonna be on Carson Daly's New Years Rockin Eve
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 04:30 (fifteen years ago) link
so they're our problem now? great.
― lol cool j (donna rouge), Wednesday, 10 December 2008 05:29 (fifteen years ago) link
is "ipod commercial" a genre yet?
― miss precious perfect (musically), Wednesday, 10 December 2008 05:48 (fifteen years ago) link
THE DROMS THE DROMS THE DROMS T H E D R O M S T H E D R O M S T H E D R O M S
― Nomi Malone and Her Bloodstains (Stevie D), Wednesday, 10 December 2008 06:24 (fifteen years ago) link
i like when "that's not my name" comes on in the car; i roll down the windows, turn up the volume and it sounds great
― Banvil! The Story of Banvil (Tape Store), Monday, 11 May 2009 05:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Ready. Aim.... Fire!!!
― Kings of Lygon (SeekAltRoute), Monday, 11 May 2009 05:32 (fifteen years ago) link
ahahaha 'enry 'iggins!
― Mark G, Monday, 11 May 2009 06:54 (fifteen years ago) link
that's not my name!
― Banvil! The Story of Banvil (Tape Store), Monday, 11 May 2009 07:12 (fifteen years ago) link
I like Mrs. Ting's taste in headwear, but that doesn't make up for how awful their music is.
Their sound is like an untalented teenage girl being inspired by her boyfriend's description of an Art Brut cover band (that he doesn't know is a cover band).
― litcofsky, Monday, 11 May 2009 07:48 (fifteen years ago) link
was mystified at simon reynolds' love for this - http://reynoldsretro.blogspot.com/2008/06/ting-tings-we-started-nothing-word-june.html
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Monday, 11 May 2009 09:33 (fifteen years ago) link
I like the album. Sorry, but there it is.
― Mark G, Monday, 11 May 2009 09:50 (fifteen years ago) link