Carlos D is an arsehole, cocaine is an idiotic drug, Interpol were/are a crap band and Turn on the Bright Lights is a steaming pile and one of the most overrated albums of the '00s and really should have faded completely into obscurity by now.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Saturday, 23 September 2017 07:13 (six years ago) link
Turrican, stick to music and not drug opinions, sheesh
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 23 September 2017 07:48 (six years ago) link
^ Spoken like a true drug aficionado.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Saturday, 23 September 2017 07:58 (six years ago) link
yeah, sure.
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 23 September 2017 08:00 (six years ago) link
whatever man, your declarations of what i may or not be don't mean shit to me
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 23 September 2017 08:02 (six years ago) link
Stick to drug opinions, mate.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Saturday, 23 September 2017 08:07 (six years ago) link
http://youtu.be/c3mGClZGEGg
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 23 September 2017 14:45 (six years ago) link
Damn formatting. It's "Tell me about your drugs"!
Does he make any money? How these guys live fascinates me.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 23 September 2017 16:47 (six years ago) link
Idk about Carlos but Paul & Daniel come from money. They're also still in a successful touring rock band.
― flappy bird, Saturday, 23 September 2017 18:05 (six years ago) link
fwii carlos doesn't come from money and NYU was a real $tretch for him in a way that paul and daniel didn't have to really $tre$$ about
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 23 September 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link
yeah in that podcast he talks about growing up in an abusive household and is now completely estranged
― hackshaw, Saturday, 23 September 2017 18:45 (six years ago) link
i actually have a newfound respect for him after listening to that whole thing. and feel sort of bad that he's kind of out to sea with his psychological issues post-rock band or whatever. he kinda has that father john misty-syndrome but i'd rather get a beer with carlos.
― hackshaw, Saturday, 23 September 2017 18:50 (six years ago) link
hat father john misty-syndrome
― Merry-Go-Sorry Somehow (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 23 September 2017 19:29 (six years ago) link
she feels that my sentimental side should be held by mike love— Nicky Smith (@MUGGER1992) December 5, 2017
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 22:24 (six years ago) link
B-
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 23:11 (six years ago) link
paul banks (dissociating): she doesn’t know that i left my urge in KOKOMO, WE’LL GET THERE FAST AND THEN WE’LL TAKE IT slow hands, we put the weights all AROUND ROUND ROUND GET AROUND I GET AROUND AAAAAAAAARRGGHHHHHHHHH lets see about this ham— Nicky Smith (@MUGGER1992) December 5, 2017
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 23:36 (six years ago) link
when i'm feeling lazy it's probably because i'm saving up my energy to pick up when you move into my airspace, move into my airspacesomething's coming over me i see you in the doorway i can't control the part of me that swells up when you move into my airspace, move into my airspace
― flappy bird, Sunday, 15 April 2018 05:17 (six years ago) link
came out 17 years ago today.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 13:06 (four years ago) link
was watching this Stars series Sweetbitter that is set in the early 00's NYC and Interpol had a cameo doing a concert playing songs off Antics.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 14:38 (four years ago) link
i can't believe how old this is, it feels so recent. man are the years flying by.
i remember buying the EP first and was so excited for this release that i probably bought it on the release day.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 23:34 (four years ago) link
i think this is the first album i listened to bc of a pitchfork review and bc i liked it so much ended up being an annoying pitchfork kid in hs, sorry
― Carisis LaVerted (m bison), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 23:57 (four years ago) link
(that apology is to the world for how i was when i was 16)
― Carisis LaVerted (m bison), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 23:58 (four years ago) link
great alb
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 22 August 2019 00:15 (four years ago) link
― circa1916, Thursday, 22 August 2019 00:42 (four years ago) link
wow, i have loved this album MOST OF MY LIFE
― Carisis LaVerted (m bison), Thursday, 22 August 2019 00:54 (four years ago) link
Super drunk performance of The New from 2001
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I5oPoF3CfQ
― flappy bird, Friday, 23 August 2019 03:34 (four years ago) link
Great clip! Weird they were already pretty big before the album. I’d forgotten that. I really can’t recommend the Lizzy Goodman book (Meet Me In The Bathroom) enough. I’m assuming anyone who loves TOTBL has read it but y’all need to if not. It’s really funny too.
― piscesx, Friday, 23 August 2019 04:15 (four years ago) link
They weren't, it was a coincidental one-off, somebody dropped out of the festival last minute and they booked Interpol like a week before. Did they play any UK gigs in 2001? the Peel session came out in April, I think they got signed off Chris Lombardi hearing that
― flappy bird, Friday, 23 August 2019 04:34 (four years ago) link
ugh this album is so great
it’s a hard life, the atmosphere here is superior and the songcraft on antics is tighter
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 27 December 2021 06:35 (two years ago) link
fave song on this is stella followed rapidly by hands away
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 27 December 2021 06:37 (two years ago) link
my favorite things about this album are the drums and the laser guitars
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Monday, 27 December 2021 06:41 (two years ago) link
otm
― class project pat (m bison), Monday, 27 December 2021 06:42 (two years ago) link
the latter half of pda
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 04:48 (twelve years ago) link
^ My favorite thing this band has ever done is that outro jammer. It's very pretty!
― Evan, Monday, 27 December 2021 14:23 (two years ago) link
this album holds up perfectly of course. my vote today might be stella.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 28 December 2021 03:33 (two years ago) link
NYC would be my vote
― calstars, Tuesday, 28 December 2021 03:43 (two years ago) link
Anyone ever snag an original first pressing 150 gram vinyl copy? It’s only one piece of vinyl but sounds better than I’ve ever heard it. Only ever heard it on cd previously. I don’t go in too much for the old cd vs vinyl wars but there’s no denying it in this particular case.
I think the upcoming 20th anniversary might provoke more reissues and deluxe editions and such, they do tend to go in for that stuff.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 28 December 2021 18:51 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-6321NWxOE
what a dope drum part
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 2 February 2022 19:53 (two years ago) link
one of the best. it's just clever enough without ever being tryhard
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 20:03 (two years ago) link
This is interesting, i don't think i appreciated just how involved Carlos was in the songwriting
https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/interpols-turn-on-the-bright-lights-at-10-an-oral/
― piscesx, Thursday, 3 February 2022 15:55 (two years ago) link
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, February 2, 2022 12:53 PM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 17 March 2023 18:58 (one year ago) link
Dat hi hat
― calstars, Friday, 17 March 2023 20:12 (one year ago) link
He plays my favorite part wrong (no shame, it's an incredibly difficult section).
This guy plays it pretty all right imho:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6AN1LQBpx8
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 17 March 2023 20:25 (one year ago) link
whoops wrong vid, this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4yIuBpqE-Y
iirc Sam said that he copped that move from his predecessor who left Interpol for Saetia lol
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 17 March 2023 20:27 (one year ago) link
I've never made it through this album. They sounded too much like a carbon copy of Joy Division. It made me angry.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 17 March 2023 23:44 (one year ago) link
it barely sounds like jd, go listen to it again
― slai gorgeous-alexander (m bison), Friday, 17 March 2023 23:47 (one year ago) link
Strokes and Interpol sound vaguely like VU/Television and Joy Division but with all the charisma sucked out of the original bands.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 17 March 2023 23:52 (one year ago) link
"Obstacle 1" sounds like a JD outtake, albeit with the vocals in a slightly higher register.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 17 March 2023 23:53 (one year ago) link
Haven't listened to this since I was probably 16. Pleasantly suprised to find it still holds up (though with a touch more melodrama than I can enjoy)
― hrep (H.P), Saturday, 18 March 2023 00:00 (one year ago) link
For the hundredth time, they sound like the chameleons not joy division.
― not too strange just bad audio (brimstead), Saturday, 18 March 2023 00:36 (one year ago) link