100 reasons why "Chelsea Dagger" is the worst fucking song ever

21. "Characterised by its anthemic, scat sung chorus, which repeats the line 'Dur dur dur', it has been adopted on many football terraces as a crowd favourite (see below)."

young knives are deese

If we're mapping 00s haircut indie up against 90s Britpop, where do the Fratellis fit in? I'm assuming it's somewhere around Cast territory.

(xpost - this song was surely written precisely in order to be adapted for terraces and that fact that to my knowledge this has never happened is very funny)

it's B-sides are called "Dirty Barry Stole the Bluebird" and "The Pimp".

^22.

23. yeah i was gonna say, everyone knows this atrocity without knowing its name.

-- That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 9 November 2007 15:11 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

(there is no equivocating 90's with 00's Britpop.)

it's not unlike the supernaturals -- 'the day before yesterday's man' -- on the annoyingometer.

I was reading WSC's "Half Decent Football Book" the other day, and one of the most interesting points in it was that how, in the past 30 years, probably the only song that has gone straight from the top 40 onto the football terraces is "Go West" by the Pet Shop Boys: ie, for all these plays to laddishness that these awful bands make, or any usage of "terrace friendly choruses" in modern indie/rock, the only band who succeed at thjs are two old homos who couldn't tell their arse from Elano.

Of course, "Monster" by The Automatic may still say in the terrace canon, but even then there's not much they have in common with, I dunno, The View or Milburn

If we're mapping 00s haircut indie up against 90s Britpop, where do the Fratellis fit in? I'm assuming it's somewhere around Cast territory.

God knows. Britpop never got this... misanthropic, did it? Or just viscerally contemptous of its audience. Even when Noelrock was in full swing.

WHAT'S THAT COMING OVER THE HILL
IT'S MICHAEL CHOPRA

I don't hear this as much anymore

90's Britpop actually cared about the music, about its audience, about succeeding through innovation and sound. There was a lot of shit but there was also a lot of very good music. 00's Britpop is all about the 'product', the market, the image, the imitation. It sucks harder than any other musical agglomeration I can think of.

The Automatic can suck my balls.

90's Britpop actually cared about the music, about its audience, about succeeding through innovation and sound.

lol

not all of it, but a good deal of it. i don't want to get all Geir on yer asses, but there was plenty of decent stuff.

Geir?

haha xpost

You know, Louis, it takes a certain something to both wear rose-colored glasses AND live in an ivory tower...

That said I do agree that the level of cynicism in the 00s bands we're talking about is off the scale, compratively speaking

i googled the lyrics to 'chelsea dagger' coz all i've got out of it is the annoying chant. i don't understand the lyrics though so that's cool.

Colchester fans to financially fucked Coventry the other week: "What's that coming over the hill? TEN POINT DEDUCTION, TEN POINT DEDUCTION!"

You know, Louis, it takes a certain something to both wear rose-colored glasses AND live in an ivory tower...

Why is it that you only ever engage with me in order to belittle me? I'd really be intrigued to know. I'd also be interested to hear an explanation for your post. WTF "ivory tower"?

see, not ivory:

http://www.simonho.org/images/Cambridge/Peterhouse1.jpg

HOLY FUCK MY ROOM IS IN THE CENTRE OF THAT PICTURE

SHIIIT

Any chance we could just stick to slagging off the Fratellis?

NOT WHEN I'VE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY STALKED

The great thing is that, Kevin Bacon style, all LJ zings are no more than two posts from logically stretching back to the Fratellis

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This song is great.

A bit of controversy there...

Dom's through the looking glass, though. Knows what these songs mean in the context of the British class/sex wars. I accept that.

Harry Lime ARL (5:04:43 PM): passantino can be pretty funny, when he's not being a cunt
thom jesus west (5:05:08 PM): yeah, i mean, he's a twat, but he's getting pretty good at working with it. he's like our miccio
-- butts lmao (adelangsto...), January 27th, 2006.

24. probability of clicking randomly in the current time scrolly thing on youtube video and hearing du dur dur dur dur dur dur dur chorus roughly = 95%

I'm trying to find the goddamn best of lists on stylus since I realized I have no idea what music Dom has actually enjoyed since 2004.

haha i knooooow he wouldn't have repped for the Doctor's Advocate if he was from HERE.

I was reading WSC's "Half Decent Football Book" the other day, and one of the most interesting points in it was that how, in the past 30 years, probably the only song that has gone straight from the top 40 onto the football terraces is "Go West" by the Pet Shop Boys

Amarillo has managed it too, usually in relation to Arsene Wenger's sweet distribution methods. Rehab as well sometimes.

Surely Go West was sung at football matches before the PSB cover?

I'm trying to find the goddamn best of lists on stylus since I realized I have no idea what music Dom has actually enjoyed since 2004.

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http://www.billiethevision.com/usr_img/MALL_konvolut.jpeg
http://www.mysteryisland.net/loveandfear.jpg

That's about it.

i love the young knives ;_;

I think they're pretty good too.

I like the one Young Knives song I know.

Jesus Christ the Fratellis are a stale dogshit pannini tho.

haha i knooooow he wouldn't have repped for the Doctor's Advocate if he was from HERE.

-- da croupier, Friday, November 9, 2007 9:15 AM (Friday, November 9, 2007 9:15 AM) Bookmark Link

I rep for The Doctor's Advocate and I'm from HERE. (Assuming HERE means America.)

It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at

...and I also like The Young Knives!

25. One Fratelli is called Mince, which is the worst nickname ever and choosing to be known by it makes him a twat.

26. The riff at the start sounds a lot like "Thy Damnation Slumbereth Not" by Half Man Half Biscuit, thus fooling me into perhaps thinking that the drudgery of the workplace Jo Whiley listening is going to be enlivened by "There's a bloke over there who says I can meet.... Ken Livingstone". And then it's this shower of shite.

oh that'd be nice.

Wouldn't it though?

Vampire Weekend are like the charm school Fratellis. There, I said it.

they wear blazers right? fuck em.

Much better produced.

Better rhythm section.

The Fratellis have confirmed they’ve split up after singer John Lawler posted a note on the band’s website.

"We have no plans to work together right now", he said.
He posted his comment on at exactly the same time as bandmate Barry spoke of his past successes with the trio.

Lawler continued "Sometimes things just work out that way. Mince, Baz and I are working on music but not with each other.

"Your passion is appreciated more than we will ever be able to say. We'll forever give our hearts and souls to music and to you guys who want to hear what we do."

Lawler is currently busying himself with Codeine Velvet Club while drummer Mince is playing with metal band Throne o’Diablo.

Fans paid tribute to the trio on their website with one posting "You guys changed my life. Thank you for the wonderful music, memories and everything else."

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