Last night I watched the BBC2 2 hour distillation of the Reading/Leeds festivals.
The Fratellis were the best thing on it. Not great but good enough. It did all make me wish I was a teenager again and could get excited about contemporary bands.
The Dirty Pretty Things (I think that's the name) were pretty good too. Always nice to see people who understand that acting/looking like rock stars on stage is a good thing.
I did wonder if any of these current bands have written more than one good song. Even with my dulled level of consciousness I am dimly aware of I Predict A Riot, She Moves In Her Own Way, Monster, Over And Over, etc.
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Awful band. The UK equivalent of Scissor Sisters in terms of cack being overplayed on the radio. At the moment this is as bad as that new Scissor Sisters single AND that Valerie song by the Zutons. Every time I hear them I want to smash things over my head. They really are awful, musically single toned and unmelodic. Really can't stand it.
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Mick Stubbs wrote:
Last night I watched the BBC2 2 hour distillation of the Reading/Leeds festivals.
The Fratellis were the best thing on it. Not great but good enough. It did all make me wish I was a teenager again and could get excited about contemporary bands. The Dirty Pretty Things (I think that's the name) were pretty good too. Always nice to see people who understand that acting/looking like rock stars on stage is a good thing.
I did wonder if any of these current bands have written more than one good song. Even with my dulled level of consciousness I am dimly aware of I Predict A Riot, She Moves In Her Own Way, Monster, Over And Over, etc.
the kooks have a good album, summer feeling, upbeat stuff
and i really like clap your hands say yeah
DPT is cool, but The Libertines were better
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i'm tossing up between investigating these guys a bit or backing off because they're probably what i like to term "trashy". thoughts?
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tennisclay wrote:
fun band
Kommienezuspadt wrote:
very awful band
heh, see this is exactly why i'm torn. they could be just the kind of fun band i'm looking for, or they could be truly awful.
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OmegaprimeVKM wrote:
Awful band. The UK equivalent of Scissor Sisters in terms of cack being overplayed on the radio. At the moment this is as bad as that new Scissor Sisters single AND that Valerie song by the Zutons. Every time I hear them I want to smash things over my head. They really are awful, musically single toned and unmelodic. Really can't stand it.
My sister saw them the other night and won't shut up about them its beginning to annoy me
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