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and i really only sneer at product placement when people flatter themselves with crap like "they're no more terrible than AC/DC lyrics or whatever. just a lot more earnest. and earnest isn't cool, so..."
― da croupier, Saturday, 14 April 2012 23:51 (twelve years ago) link
Someone probably said this already, but the Glee performance of We Are Young is better than the original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ul-pLYo5MJ8
About 3 years ago I sent a couple friends to a Steel Train show in Brooklyn (Steel Train toured with various Daycadence bands for a while, so there's your Fall Out Boy connection) where Jack Antonoff, who was the lead singer/songwriter/guitarist in Steel Train then and is the guitarist in .fun now, did Queen's "Under Pressure" together with Nate.
I'm bringing this up because "Under Pressure" sums up the vibe of fun. - no? Especially at their live shows, where between Nate's histrionic Queen vocals and Jack's... presence (he's not the best singer or composer but he is a great "mood setter") there is so much nervous energy it infects everyone. Once you learn to associate the sound/vocals with that feeling, you learn to love the vocals.
Here's an interview where you can see "nervous energy" in action, also fun.'s great keyboardist who I suspect is like Jamie XX, the person who actually "composes" their music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4E5eVlSm1M&fb_source=message
In the future of DIY pop music, you only need good vocals and an interesting beat? (And good lyrics. Nate is a very very good lyricist.)
<i>This sounds like The Lion King <3</i>
Dunno how far to credit this but wikipedia sez Steel Train's former lead singer played Young Simba in the Broadway version of The Lion King. So this message... especially with the heart... it's probably from a longtime fan.
― hurricane weather (forapper), Sunday, 15 April 2012 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
one year passes...
five years pass...
the format reunited
i think this is the only relevant thread on ilm
anyway: greatest band of all time, i'm thrilled i'll actually be able to see one of these shows, unlike... mcr
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 16:28 (four years ago) link
ok i hadn't gotten very far in that video: it's gonna be a full band for the shows in new york, chicago, and phoenix
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 17:03 (four years ago) link
one year passes...
Somehow I didn't have a bookmark on this thread so I missed the whole reunion thing!
Also, Sam Means put out an album, 10 Songs, in 2016, and it's pretty great!
― DJI, Thursday, 25 March 2021 20:54 (three years ago) link