http://new.assets.thequietus.com/images/articles/5600/Razorlight2011_1296033858_crop_480x591.jpg
^ regret not being able to bung these guys a few votes
― ka£ka (NickB), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 14:41 (thirteen years ago) link
thinking that unpleasantness of borrell may lift razorlight to top 3 finish
Nah, Borrell's yesterday's twat, he's all but forgotten now surely? Are they still going anyway? Foghorn + the Machine are fuggin' dire. Keane are probably the best on that list!
― Tom D (Tom D.), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link
the irony is, there's a picture of said twat immediately above your post!
― Neil S, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Best on the list?
Biffy Clyro seem underrated to me, but then I've not bought any of their stuff.
I would happily play the first Kasabian album anytime, but all the subsequent ones I don't care for.
Umm, um um.. The Wombats have a bunch of good songs on their album...
um, nope. Can't choose a best, cause that would mean they are more than 50% alright.
I thought the Coureteeners were OK, until I played their album, and got to suffering after about 4 tracks..
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
In a recent interview with Teletext, Borrell announced that the band was working with Steve Lillywhite and Dave McCracken on a new record and that they were eager to get the new songs out "soon"
― portrait of velleity (woof), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 14:47 (thirteen years ago) link
shitty indie shd be due a chart revival in about 6 years so maybe he'll hang on
― Nulty By Nature (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 14:48 (thirteen years ago) link
http://limewire.am/covers/11/11811/alb_38992_big.jpg
"It'll never happen!"
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
I really dislike the song "You've Got the Love"
The old skool mix with the breakbeats and the strings and piano breakdown is glorious. Florence's version is clearly and vastly inferior.
― Inevitable stupid dubstep mix (chap), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link
i just hate the song. i really really loved "Your Love" and the Candi Statton version has always felt plodding and dirgey and dull dull fucking dull to me
― Nulty By Nature (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 14:53 (thirteen years ago) link
just checked a lil bit of florence
shit but not really for this poll
― fuck you jan stepek you kurwa (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
least worst is...florence or keane?
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 14:56 (thirteen years ago) link
ugh, british people british music this fucking country
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 14:57 (thirteen years ago) link
There are two mixes of Candi Stanton version, the less widely-played one is far better/more dynamic IMO:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1wvtGOBV-g
― Inevitable stupid dubstep mix (chap), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 14:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Hmm, best on the list? Probably Keane, might have been Athlete if their other albums were as good as Beyond The Neighbourhood, might have been The Futureheads if they'd stopped after the first album.
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 15:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Think it's Magic Numbers for me - wouldn't listen to them on purpose, but their songs are pleasant and they're refreshingly non-posey.
― Inevitable stupid dubstep mix (chap), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link
hang on, are we voting for best or worst here?
― territory of the magic wand (Chris), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 15:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Razorlight are saved from being the worst because although Johnny Borrell is a cock, everyone in Razorlight who is not Johnny Borrell thinks that Johnny Borrell is a cock.
― but cheese and chips excites me (snoball), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 15:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, but would you have a look at that D'Artagnan guy in the photo above
― ka£ka (NickB), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Johhny Borrell was the year below me at sixth form, didn't really know him but everyone thought he was a cock. And his older brother stole my mate's girlfriend.
― Inevitable stupid dubstep mix (chap), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
AKA the Libyan diplomat defence.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 15:16 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― I've been dancing since 9 and I'm tired and hungry (Dorianlynskey), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, but would you have a look at that D'Artagnan guy in the photo above http://guitarius.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Ritchie-Blackmore-and-Candice-Night.jpg
Ritchie: "Bands these days, no class"
― Tom D (Tom D.), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 15:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Witchfinder General might be the best band ever
― Nulty By Nature (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 15:21 (thirteen years ago) link
http://new.assets.thequietus.com/images/articles/5600/Razorlight2011_1296033858_crop_480x591.jpgGuy on left: 'FFS guys, what is this? I'm the only one who's dressed halfway near normally. You, guy on my left, this isn't a metal band. Johnny... ugh never mind. Whatever you wear you'll always look like a cock. Is that supposed to be a coat or a potato sack? And you on the far right? You want to dress like that, go join Kasabian.'
― but cheese and chips excites me (snoball), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 15:23 (thirteen years ago) link
It's no fun being an illegal alien
― Nulty By Nature (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
borrell's mouth-breathing BUH?stare there is just...so him
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
that fucking hat.
― Bill A, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
xp Maybe its some kind of deliberate strategy? Look as thick as shit, then when he says something it'll sound intelligent by comparison... oh wait...
― but cheese and chips excites me (snoball), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
ok voted razorlight. think the classic-rock-star drama posturing annoys me more than gulpy kooks wetness, pigeon detective gravy rock, sfg wanking from the shadows & even fratelli mongery.
― portrait of velleity (woof), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 15:34 (thirteen years ago) link
also I cannot believe Kirsten Dunst let borrell…
she was my last great pathetic stoner crush.
― portrait of velleity (woof), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 15:39 (thirteen years ago) link
xp to Razorlight pic, again:
I can't see another chance that I'll get to recount this anecdote on ILM, so here you go:
My dad was part of the last year of National service in the UK (1960 I think), and was based in South Wales. From the way he tells it he split the time 50/50 with raining artillery shells on hillsides and getting pissed. On one occasion he went to a favourite local pub with his pal "Scouse" Robinson, who was wearing a new alpen style hat with a feather in it. On entering the packed bar, the landlady spotted them and bellowed across the room:
"Christ almighty, Robinson, give me that fucking hat; I want to see if I look as much of a cunt in it as you do"
― Bill A, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
:D
― Nulty By Nature (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 15:46 (thirteen years ago) link
razorlight dude looks like former nfl quarterbeck 'http://c0848462.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/3d93bd2c4f3f1b33c02182fd0f20476f.png'
fairly sure u will find a pic of at least one landfill 'star' wearing a tyrolean hat, probably in the ommwave sector
― fuck you jan stepek you kurwa (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 16:17 (thirteen years ago) link
nfl quarterbeck matt hasselback
― fuck you jan stepek you kurwa (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 16:18 (thirteen years ago) link
There's a pic of Noel Edmonds and Tony Blackburn presenting TOTP while both wearing Tyrolean hats, so I guess that the answer to the landlady's question is "yes".
― but cheese and chips excites me (snoball), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
also that time the dude from larrikin love and josef fritzl guest presented popworld during its ill fated final run
― fuck you jan stepek you kurwa (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEGCklaJSF0
― Nulty By Nature (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
should get a 100+ votes this thread. Will probably be the 1st worst ever ILM poll that toploader & stereophonics wont win too.
btw all these bands are so unmemorable they dont even get in NME's Greatest Frontmen Ever (2011 edition) you would think some new bands frontmen would make the NME list to keep their readers interested. The best they can do is Matt Bellamy!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
sfg to win by 50 votes then? Mumford 2nd?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 23:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Thread needs more hats
― ka£ka (NickB), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 23:18 (thirteen years ago) link
hope yr dressed appropriately&are printing out a copy of this to quickly jog over to palais de preston
― ogmor, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 23:22 (thirteen years ago) link
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/30468295/Razorlight+02.jpg
^ this fucking guy
― ka£ka (NickB), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 23:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Half-pissed, stark-bollock naked and eating a cup-a-soup, bring it on you fuckers
― ka£ka (NickB), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 23:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Can you *eat* a cup-a-soup btw>?
― ka£ka (NickB), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 23:26 (thirteen years ago) link
just wish I cld be there to see the presentation unfold
― ogmor, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 23:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Pretty sure that Worthing's finest are safe in this one, does anyone even remember one of their songs anyway?
― ka£ka (NickB), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 23:38 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/UTHjc.jpg
Jools Timms (22) is the frontman for Bicester based ska-folk revivalists The Lorimers, named after former Leeds great Peter Lorimer. Says Jools of his trademark tyrolean hat, "it's part of who I am, it's about saying I'm street but I know my roots". Tours with The Cornhuskers and an upcoming support slot with Mumford & Sons bode well for 2011, and a debut album is in the works. "Bicester is a weird place, it's urban but it's rural, it's about taking the spirits from the trees and the rhythms from the human world around us." Citing influences as diverse as The Police, The Incredible String Band, Enter Shikari and Catcher in the Rye, there's no doubt he's done his reading, and it will take a brave soul to doubt these fearless troubadours in the year ahead.
― oddo futre wolf ganso kilgallon thome aldair (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Where is ilxors predictions?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 23:57 (thirteen years ago) link
I predict
scouting for girls 20mumford and sons 11toploader 9the futureheads 7biffy clyro 7razorlight 6florence and the machine 5the stereophonics 5snow patrol 4the fratellis 4kasabian 4kaiser chiefs 4the kooks 3joe lean and the jing jang jong 3hard-fi 3babyshambles 3the zutons 2the twang 2hundred reasons 2keane 2the courteeners 2starsailor 2the cribs 1noah and the whale 1the ordinary boys 1the hoosiers 1
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 24 February 2011 00:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 24 February 2011 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link