Whiney do you ever get out of Brooklyn
― ARP 2600 vs. Atari 2600 (Ówen P.), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:18 (thirteen years ago) link
last time i checked these guys were on national TV ads and not Brooklyn so?
― our man flint flo$$y (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:19 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIr8-f2OWhs
this is the worst shit btw enjoy
― ice cr?m, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:19 (thirteen years ago) link
pom*plop*moose
― buzza, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:21 (thirteen years ago) link
their name is pomplamoose? oh.
i thought they were the arcade fire.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 3 January 2011 03:22 (thirteen years ago) link
we can take consolation in the fact that the girl is obviously suffering from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanpaku
we should feel sorry for her
― dayo, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:23 (thirteen years ago) link
"pomplamoose" reminds me of this
http://amoscontentgroup.com/amos/upload/2010/08/pompatus.jpg
― buzza, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:23 (thirteen years ago) link
this thread is making me think about why i like this band so here are my reasons.
1. they remind me pleasantly of some friends i have in portland, only these people are rich because their youtube glories propelled them to car commerical fame, while my friends are rich because they have rich parents.
2. i like the sound of cat power's voice only i have heard all the cat power songs.
3. there's a lack of pretty female harmonies in the other music i listen to and this is fulfilling that urge.
also i've never paid much attention to animal collective/arcade fire etc. so maybe this segement of indie-hood has some novelty value for me.
― illiterate and hateful, as expected (reddening), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:26 (thirteen years ago) link
pamplemousse = grapefruit
― =(^ • ‿‿ • ^)= (corey), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:28 (thirteen years ago) link
On April 11, 2010, the band was interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered. Conte discussed the "glitz-free" manner in which they record:
"I guess I kinda don't like how there's such a pedestal for music culture and especially for band culture, it just feels fake; it feels like smoke and mirrors. I feel like music doesn't have to be like that. It can be something that's very normal and very accessible."
― buzza, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:30 (thirteen years ago) link
America should help n korea bomb the south for letting hyundai run those commercials past the 25th― infinity rebounding stats (m bison)
― infinity rebounding stats (m bison)
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:31 (thirteen years ago) link
xp lol delusions
― call all destroyer, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:31 (thirteen years ago) link
t/s these commercials vs. the honda vampy weekend ones
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:32 (thirteen years ago) link
both of which are FOR SOME REASON STILL RUNNING
I can't even do this
― ARP 2600 vs. Atari 2600 (Ówen P.), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:33 (thirteen years ago) link
hillfigger vampire weekend is fairly embarrassing
― ice cr?m, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:34 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFiBnd0zBFM
― buzza, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I've never been to Brooklyn, btw
― puff pastry hangman (admrl), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:35 (thirteen years ago) link
The people in this ad seem to me like they live in Chicago, for some reason
― puff pastry hangman (admrl), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:36 (thirteen years ago) link
fwiw they're talking about the way their videos play out: like the kutiman "thru you" thing, all the images on the screen correspond to sounds being produced in the song. so like if there's four-part harmony they shove in four shots of the girl singing all the different parts, etc.
― illiterate and hateful, as expected (reddening), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:36 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess they imagine a world where no one understands multi-track recording
― call all destroyer, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:37 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean you gotta sing it four times, right. like that actually happens in reality, for your four-part harmony you gotta sing four times.
― illiterate and hateful, as expected (reddening), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:39 (thirteen years ago) link
this girl is really ANNOYING amirite fellas
(no, she really is)
― dayo, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:40 (thirteen years ago) link
the reason i actually hate these guys is the proliferation of non-band recording acts so fuck their multi-tracking imo
― call all destroyer, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:41 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:41 (thirteen years ago) link
the girls tuneless voice and lameo affectation is maybe the most grating part, she just really has no feel for singing
― ice cr?m, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:42 (thirteen years ago) link
the real question is whether the "images on the screen [that] correspond to sounds being produced in the song" were actually recorded at the same time as the sounds — because if not then that is some bullshit
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:44 (thirteen years ago) link
insulting to grapefruit :(
― teledyldonix, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:44 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaaaa
― call all destroyer, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:45 (thirteen years ago) link
i wld disagree that she has "no feel for singing" — it's more that she has perfected a brand of singing which i have no desire to hear, like yodelling or black metal growls
― Egyptian Raps Crew (bernard snowy), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:46 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah no kidding vin de pamplemousse is some bomb-ass drinking fun, like white sangria but better.
xxp
― sleeve, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:46 (thirteen years ago) link
hmm imo not only is the style of singing shes chosen unappealing shes also horrible at it
― ice cr?m, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:47 (thirteen years ago) link
you know, when I listen to music, the first thing I always think is "wouldn't it be awesome if I could see the musicians in the studio playing all the parts at the same time" and then I found pamplamoose and now I am happy
― dayo, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:51 (thirteen years ago) link
also the fact that she spells her name 'nataly' is somehow infuriating
― dayo, Monday, 3 January 2011 03:52 (thirteen years ago) link
hardly a cogent criticism of pomplamoose, you'll need to take that up with pomplamom
― illiterate and hateful, as expected (reddening), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:58 (thirteen years ago) link
they are so pdx it's painful.
― tears of a self-clowning oven (The Reverend), Monday, 3 January 2011 03:59 (thirteen years ago) link
every time i see that commercial i'm glad i left.
― tears of a self-clowning oven (The Reverend), Monday, 3 January 2011 04:00 (thirteen years ago) link
really, these commercials barely even register on my bloodboil-ometer, but that EW&F raping upthread is simply beyond the pale
― my little pony prophecy (will), Monday, 3 January 2011 04:29 (thirteen years ago) link
this thread horrifies me
― lex diamonds (lex pretend), Monday, 3 January 2011 04:31 (thirteen years ago) link
like i definitely hate the "i heard Cat Power and i think i'm just gonna kinda ride that out instead of ever trying to really sing" type singing and it is kind of indie but it's funny how people watch a couple wearing christmas sweaters and singing jingle bells and go "ugh HIPSTERS"
― hann am0n tana (some dude), Sunday, January 2, 2011 9:42 PM (1 hour ago)
This type of indie singing is really annoying because it reminds me of the nose-holding chewbacca thing that happened in the 90s with Jewel, etc. Its not really hipster, but they aren't too much of any one thing because they are trying to appeal to and identify with youtube watching vaguely indie-minded young people. The whole thing is like this safe quirkiness and its blatant marketing intentions make it more annoying than most other stupid slightly less blatant commercials. I'm sure this isn't news to anybody but this commercial has been bugging the shit out of me for awhile and I'm glad a thread for it exists to vent on.
― I will always think of you, while (quite) fondly, myself (Evan), Monday, 3 January 2011 04:49 (thirteen years ago) link
my dark twisted pomplamoose
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 3 January 2011 04:52 (thirteen years ago) link
I am halfway through the EWF video and I can't even watch it, I need to keep it in another browser tab and look at it, because
we need to destroy humanity, start again, we have fouled this earth, blessed are the dead...
― dayo, Monday, 3 January 2011 04:58 (thirteen years ago) link
so they're a cover band?
― billstevejim, Monday, 3 January 2011 04:58 (thirteen years ago) link
dayo, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!)
― I will always think of you, while (quite) fondly, myself (Evan), Monday, 3 January 2011 05:02 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i55.tinypic.com/2iawqvq.gif
^ best post of 2011
― aka the pope (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 3 January 2011 05:10 (thirteen years ago) link
evan I thought you were referencing a GYBE song and then I googled it and it's even worse
― dayo, Monday, 3 January 2011 05:24 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe they actually hate hipsters, like i've heard that people who dress like intolerable obnoxious hipsters and have hipster affectations are often the sorts who spend 24/7 railing against hipsters.
― omar little, Sunday, January 2, 2011 9:00 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
you turned the mirror on us!
but 4 srs, pretty much everyone watching football today was bitching about them on twitter, hardly limited to ilx hipster crit circles.
― i have been otm (bnw), Monday, 3 January 2011 05:35 (thirteen years ago) link
oh wait, i get it... they made videos for a shitload of covers with intentions of going viral.
that's like a band who only releases covers for their singles. like what smash mouth did.
― billstevejim, Monday, 3 January 2011 05:40 (thirteen years ago) link
― dayo, Monday, January 3, 2011 12:24 AM (1 hour ago)
Haha!
― I will always think of you, while (quite) fondly, myself (Evan), Monday, 3 January 2011 06:47 (thirteen years ago) link
eugh the ewf cover makes me want to shoot myself
― a no-fault dick to suck. (the table is the table), Monday, 3 January 2011 06:59 (thirteen years ago) link