― nacho, Monday, 24 October 2005 14:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Monday, 24 October 2005 14:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Monday, 24 October 2005 14:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Monday, 24 October 2005 14:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Monday, 24 October 2005 14:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― estor9353, Thursday, 27 October 2005 04:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― retroboy, Thursday, 27 October 2005 05:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― nacho, Saturday, 29 October 2005 02:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 20:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― jennifer aka laydee bos, Friday, 4 November 2005 11:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark e (mark e), Friday, 4 November 2005 12:22 (eighteen years ago) link
#6
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― daavid (daavid), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 21:30 (eighteen years ago) link
'the show' = three choruses welded together'biology' = three bridges sellotaped together
also, irritating guitar jangle which is far too busy and far too fast
also, sounds a bit like franz ferdinand :(
― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 12:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 12:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 13:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 13:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― zeus (zeus), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 14:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 14:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:20 (eighteen years ago) link
Diametric opposition between Alex and I re: GA may explain why he doesn't like this ;-).
― BARMS, Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:35 (eighteen years ago) link
I just listened to this properly on headphones for the first time today, and that was my first reaction too!
It takes bloody ages to kick in, which makes it kinda tricky for the dancefloor, but I like it anyway, and its st(r)oppy-startyness is fun and disorientating.
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:38 (eighteen years ago) link
haha you mean "the way that we talk! the way that we walk!" - that is the only bit of it i unreservedly love!
― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 17:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― zeus (zeus), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 18:08 (eighteen years ago) link
but then why isn't it a #1? (see also Rachel)
― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 18:29 (eighteen years ago) link
-- The Lex (alex.macpherso...), November 16th, 2005.
My point reinforced.
― Who the hell do you THINK I am? I'm the goddamn Batman! (Barima), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 23:29 (eighteen years ago) link
-- The Lex (alex.macpherso...), November 16th, 2005.it sounds more like gaffer tape than sellotape.
― retrogurl, Thursday, 17 November 2005 10:08 (eighteen years ago) link
have you heard it thru cans? it sounds a bit flat on tv, but there's a lot more going on with the production than that.
― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Thursday, 17 November 2005 10:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 17 November 2005 10:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 17 November 2005 12:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Thursday, 17 November 2005 12:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 17 November 2005 12:39 (eighteen years ago) link
it's not exactly 'mr tambourine man'.
― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Thursday, 17 November 2005 12:40 (eighteen years ago) link
the mp3, i admit, does not appear to be the best possible quality. but it is the same one which was posted at the start of the thread!
― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 17 November 2005 12:56 (eighteen years ago) link
That, and the more I think about it, the more I suspect Brian read Andy Shortwave Set's interview with Jerry T' Nipper and read it's major points very closely indeed. This is all in relation to the suprising fact that I like this, of course.
― BARMS, Thursday, 17 November 2005 13:05 (eighteen years ago) link
This is John Wayne all over again, isn't it.
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 17 November 2005 13:49 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Set/8115/thumbnail/LesChives.jpg
― Slooshy sloshy slooshy sloshy (fandango), Thursday, 17 November 2005 19:22 (eighteen years ago) link
and where may i read this doubtless fascinating piece of work?
― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Thursday, 17 November 2005 19:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 17 November 2005 21:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― daavid (daavid), Thursday, 17 November 2005 22:14 (eighteen years ago) link
-- CharlieNo4 (starsandheroe...)
Trying the Shortwavies' own ILX thread would be a good start!
Anyone else tried listening to this and Sugababes' 'Ace Reject' back to back?
― Who the hell do you THINK I am? I'm the goddamn Batman! (Barima), Thursday, 17 November 2005 23:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― jive session (elwisty), Friday, 18 November 2005 00:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― i0dine@gmx.net, Friday, 18 November 2005 00:43 (eighteen years ago) link
No, why?
― daavid (daavid), Friday, 18 November 2005 03:15 (eighteen years ago) link
Incidentally, if I'm comparing 'Biology' to any Japanese pop song, it should definitely be Kahimi Karie's 'Le Roi Soleil' (produced by Cornelius and written by Momus, obv.), which it is actually very similar to in execution and basic elements (blues piano excepted).
― BARMS, Friday, 18 November 2005 08:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― snowballing (snowballing), Friday, 18 November 2005 09:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― MC Stylised Vadge (edwardo), Friday, 18 November 2005 09:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― brittle-lemon (brittle-lemon), Friday, 18 November 2005 11:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― brittle-lemon (brittle-lemon), Friday, 18 November 2005 11:50 (eighteen years ago) link
i listened to this again and the sound which irritated me wasn't a jangly guitar, it was the really awful drums which go at a completely different tempo to the rest of the song which i just heard as acoustic guitars because the mp3 is so shoddy.
there is still nothing about the arrangement which is right, apart from the piano which is buried anyway.
it sounds like a chaz church demo.
― The Lex (The Lex), Friday, 18 November 2005 12:27 (eighteen years ago) link