― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 19 August 2004 21:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 19 August 2004 21:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 19 August 2004 21:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 19 August 2004 21:39 (nineteen years ago) link
I find hating arrogance dull but now I'm bored with myself on this thread talking about it. Goodnight! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
― Thea (Thea), Thursday, 19 August 2004 21:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 19 August 2004 21:41 (nineteen years ago) link
sweet dreams.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
― Thea (Thea), Thursday, 19 August 2004 21:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― dean? (deangulberry), Thursday, 19 August 2004 21:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 19 August 2004 22:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 19 August 2004 22:15 (nineteen years ago) link
Yeah, we don't really think they're boring. We must love them because we talk about them a lot! wtf
― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 19 August 2004 22:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Thursday, 19 August 2004 22:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 19 August 2004 22:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 19 August 2004 22:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Atnevon (Atnevon), Thursday, 19 August 2004 22:48 (nineteen years ago) link
Ned already mentioned their affinity for Sparks, but I'm also glad they keep talking about ABBA in their interviews. A lot of their album tracks remind me of the overwrought decadence and sensuality in "Lay all your love on me" or "Gimme gimme gimme (a man after midnight)." To my ears, they seem to pay homage to that sort of music without sounding like they're trying too hard to pull it off (except perhaps the opening track).
I suppose the reverse argument could be made, that instead of giving a hint of subtlety and intellect their music simply feigns sophistication in order to lure the hordes of pretentious college students who refuse to shake their asses to the plainer plebeian stylings of Lil' Jon. Well, so be it. Like my ass gives a damn.
― Slim Pickens (Slim Pickens), Thursday, 19 August 2004 23:00 (nineteen years ago) link
....there is more than one way to shake an ass.
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 19 August 2004 23:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sara Sherr, Thursday, 19 August 2004 23:12 (nineteen years ago) link
Well yeah, but then you still have plenty of people who prefer one over the other. And neither group are wrong. ;-)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 19 August 2004 23:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Slim Pickens (Slim Pickens), Thursday, 19 August 2004 23:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 19 August 2004 23:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 19 August 2004 23:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Slim Pickens (Slim Pickens), Thursday, 19 August 2004 23:34 (nineteen years ago) link
http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~ta299701/vader.jpg
― Slim Pickens (Slim Pickens), Thursday, 19 August 2004 23:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 19 August 2004 23:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 19 August 2004 23:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 19 August 2004 23:55 (nineteen years ago) link
"Word. Peeps in Toronto be eatin' mad sausages....J-Rock's the hook-up.
We Torontonians do enjoy a good sausage now and then...
― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Thursday, 19 August 2004 23:56 (nineteen years ago) link
Thank gawd roger pointed out that these charlatans sound like the world's most original band - The Strokes.
― noodle vague (noodle vague), Friday, 20 August 2004 00:15 (nineteen years ago) link
i see what you're saying, but...no.
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 20 August 2004 02:01 (nineteen years ago) link
I can not answer this question as Franz Ferdinand do not provide me with a vibe! I don't think they're Satan, they just don't move my ass.
― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, 20 August 2004 05:06 (nineteen years ago) link
(*sighs* No, Duran don't count, because I've viewed them as Big Sellouts since 2001.)
(*sighs again*)
(p.s.: I fucking HATE The Strokes, so don't give me any bullshit about how much Franz Ferdinand sound like them, because if FF sounded anything like The Strokes, I would fucking hate FF too. But I don't. I adore FF. So fucking THERE.)
― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 20 August 2004 05:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, 20 August 2004 06:10 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.moviesnapshot.com/1996Stills/Swingers.JPG
no baby, you're money!
― Slim Pickens (Slim Pickens), Friday, 20 August 2004 06:17 (nineteen years ago) link
I wasn't referring to Franz themselves as "zzzzzzzzzzz", but to my observation (which could well prove inaccurate to more seasoned ILM players) that many Franz conversations repeat themselves more than any other contemporary band.
― Thea (Thea), Friday, 20 August 2004 18:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Friday, 20 August 2004 20:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, 20 August 2004 21:42 (nineteen years ago) link
I think you know what I'm getting at. I don't really care for them much either, but I don't know of another band that one could listen to in order to get the same thing that they provide. You may find it boring (and I may too), but obviously many, many people get something out of them.
― oops (Oops), Friday, 20 August 2004 22:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Saturday, 21 August 2004 16:50 (nineteen years ago) link
And I don't think the fact that there's no other bands around currently that sound like them who don't suck even more justifies their existence.
I mean c'mon, what's next, The Hives FFS?
― wombatX (wombatX), Saturday, 21 August 2004 23:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Saturday, 21 August 2004 23:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Saturday, 21 August 2004 23:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 22 August 2004 00:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Sunday, 22 August 2004 01:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― spoony G, Sunday, 22 August 2004 01:31 (nineteen years ago) link
Actually I was asking you if they were unique or if there are other similar yet better bands (i feel like i've said that about 4 times now).Okay so you've said who they sound like. I'm guessing you don't see the appeal of those bands either? Maybe they're catchy/poppy enough to attract a wide audience yet also have enough perceived coolness/edginess (relatively speaking. relative to say, Jessica Simpson) for those who normally don't like pop to not be ashamed to admit to liking them? I dunno.
― oops (Oops), Sunday, 22 August 2004 05:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Sunday, 22 August 2004 08:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Sunday, 22 August 2004 10:50 (nineteen years ago) link
Is it shocking to anyone that the people making the "corny indie fuxx" argument against NME's pet bands are being exactly the sorts of clannish, snobby asshats that they're railing against?
You've got the "katie" franz ferdinand email hotkeyed and just waiting to be the piece de resistance of the latest and greatest Frinterpol Strokillers debate. You don't let mainstream radio OR Spin/NME decide what you like (and Magnet's for fags). Big fucking deal. You couldn't fit the indie stereotype more unless you died twenty years ago and pitchfork was reviewing reissues of your first record.
― Slim Pickens (Slim Pickens), Sunday, 22 August 2004 18:37 (nineteen years ago) link