i am a massive fan of the charlatans .great live band.
i have seen them six times every time brilliant but there recent stuff is totally rubbish it shows that at the gigs.
the last two albums in my opinion were shit.is it the L.A (caps lock v needed for that) influence or have they gone as far as they can possibly go.burgess on his own sucked too c'mon tim get back too those great songs i know you can come up with.
time for a reality check T.B your last tour must have proved that.
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Although I loved Tim Burgess solo stuff.
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currently got mr john peel on he's cocking everything up but to me he's still the king go on peely.no better man to introduce me to new stuff...
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...though still doing the occasional nostalgia gig for us oldies, obviously ;-)
(haven't heard all of the new album though, so maybe I'm being a bit quick to judge)
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(deep breath)
They are fucking rubbish pile 'o wank three chord practice room trash. sorry guys, but they lost the little bit of spark they had mid-90's and have been churning out uninspired FM indie crap ever since. anyone who knows E, A and G could write a charlatans song in 20 minutes.
Imagination matters, and they have none.
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RACIST!
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the crap he spouted drove me insane
he was so boring
he always got me snoring
needless to say he had half a brain
skinnylong...copyright...aug..2004..
p.s i'm no racist..
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P.P.S You would be wasting your time asking me to drop the racist thing, because I'm simply not going to.
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There was a "man" named skinnylong
And it was pretty apparent that he had no dong
He was mad because he inane posts made everyone pissed
So he went to boyfriends house and they kissed
Not to mention he was a racist
But then he decided it must end
The cops knew what he did to that kid and were just 'round the bend
So he tied up the noose and hung himself with a shriek
And that's the last we saw of that 31 year message board trolling freak
I know he'll say that this is stupid and he didn't read this post
But that's ok because I use jam when I eat french toast
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really.
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In fact, I think we all do. Just this morning to my suprise all the Frosted Flakes were gone, and if that's not a problem,then I don't know what is.
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why doesn't it just fuck off and die?
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Never bothered seeing the Charlatans years ago, but would go to a gig now, purely due to a few seriously happy Charlatan-related memories.
Very sad, I know...be very, very grateful that you are still too young to be affect by such dodgy sentiments ;-)
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Got some great songs on there. Shame they wont do something like that again.
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You lot don't like any music do you?
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the charlatans are the most indivual band of the decade but the last 2 albums have been lacking in my opinion
us and us only beats any album hands down
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i agree singles wise mid 90's they are pretty good. but a couple of good singles doesnt make a good band (or a good live band.) i remember mid 90s they were good (i wasnt very old mind) because their songs had a certain energy to them. past few albums have been mediocre musically, granted some of t.b lyrics are pretty good more like poetry than lyrics. but lyrics dont make a song, its the beat and the passion to which it is sung and played.