The Ting Tings

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.

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.

"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.

yeah, what Casino said. if anything my post was Britishes-hating, not woman-hating.

all 58 million of us took it to heart

Given the visceral reaction these guys seem to engender, I feel like we're looking at the next Coldplay or something.

Should I bother typing "ting tings" into the youtube search box, or not?

nah just one ting

and maybe one ting more, to be sure

begorrah these fellas are shoite

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:

No, it's just "Mickey" devoid of all sense of fun

is unfortunately spot-on. Add "recorded in GarageBand" and you are good to go.

yeah that totally explains why i loathe "Mickey" and just about everything else of its ilk and really like these guys

Plus it's always nice to hear that "Good Times" guitar lick recycled yet again.

otm

If anyone else is seeing them at the McCarren Pool in Greenpoint this Sunday, I'll be there.

i'll be there

Yeah, I was gonna say, "Mickey" is kind of a drag, especially compared to this!

I haven't heard anything else, but I like "That's Not My Name."

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.

...it's not easy, they fall flat on their faces.

― lex pretend, Monday, July 21, 2008 7:36 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

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 vocals on this "That's Not My Name" remind me of Snatch, which is interesting because I was just thinking of Snatch yesterday.

Wow are these guys good live

they say they're moving to En Why Cee in Spring of '09

they're gonna be on Carson Daly's New Years Rockin Eve

they say they're moving to En Why Cee in Spring of '09

so they're our problem now? great.

is "ipod commercial" a genre yet?

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

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

Ready. Aim.... Fire!!!

ahahaha 'enry 'iggins!

that's not my name!

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).

was mystified at simon reynolds' love for this -
http://reynoldsretro.blogspot.com/2008/06/ting-tings-we-started-nothing-word-june.html

I like the album. Sorry, but there it is.

feel proud, ! :)

i like their cover of 'happy birthday' on yo gabba gabba. this is actually my only exposure to them.

the best part of that's not my name is when she says mary jo lisa

Weren't these guys "discovered" at Danny from Embrace's club night?

The chorus could be better imo but, theres plenty of goodness in this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAUK0tdvDTA

why everyone trying to get all the knife on me this year?
chorus is totally aimed at 20/30something office girls out on a friday night in bridgewater whetherspoons

so I know everyone hates them and whatever but their new album seems to be a ton of fun three songs in

Really? Even the couple people I knew who loved their first one said this new one was terrible.

well it basically sounds like LCD Soundsystem-pastiche with M.I.A. as a vocalist until the fifth track

okay yeah the middle of this peters out DRAMATICALLY

these guys were abysmal on fallon last night

my favorite part was when the guitarist switched to drums just so a more talented musician could play the guitar solo

New single is basically drum and bass c.1998. Only they know why.