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Is it me or are the latest crop of bands SHITE?!!!

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by Chameleon
I look back to the summer of 2003, we had some exciting releases from new bands such as Kings of Leon and Jet. Seven Nation Army was on the radio ALL THE TIME! For a brief moment music was exciting again.
Now what do we have? A bunch of Morrisey worshipping cunts who sing like twats. Look at The Futureheads *YAWN* look at The Ordinary Boys *FART* look at Bloc Party *OH MY GOD I CAN'T CONTROL MY BOWELS COS THEY'RE SO SHIT,* have a look at Razorlight *PANTS* and dont even get me started on The Libertines. This entire past year and a bit's worth of music has left me completely underwhelmed. What I wanna know is are there any bands out there that I havent discovered yet who arent in this pony 'I love The Smiths' and I sound like something the 80's shat out after a bad curry?
Please tell me there is cos I'm losing faith.
Chameleon | 04 Mar '05, 10:27 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Is it me or are the latest crop of bands SHITE?!!!

I can't believe you yawned at the Futureheads but Jet got you excited!!! Clear out your ears man!!!

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But Jet have dirty dirty filthy dirty riffs, that make me grit my teeth and snarl! Whereas the Futureheads are just another one those, hold down a chord and chug on it for the whole song. And that is sooo fucking easy to do! Writing a memorable riff, now that's something that takes work!

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Wrong again. Jesus, another inaccuracy - I am really losing faith here. Have you actually listened to the futureheads?

You are clearly not a guitar player or a listener with any understanding of guitar playing.

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Blimey - I've just looked at your profile and you ARE a guitarist.

I cannot belive it.

Work out some futureheads songs (No, not Hounds of Love, a REAL futureheads song) and you'll realise it's not a chord strummathon.

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no, Jet rip off Lust for Life

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Are you out of your mind? You LIKE derivative pastiche like Jet and Kings of Leon (OK, I can see that KoL are enjoyable and that guy has a cool voice, but Jet?!?!?).

I agree with you that the Ordinary Boys, Libertines and Razorlight are poor... but Bloc Party and the Futureheads are a delight as far as I'm concerned.

Let's think about this for a second. By stating that the Futureheads are Morrisey worshippers you really do reveal your ignorance. can you explain to me exactly how the Futureheads resemble the Smiths or Morrisey in any way? After consideratoin, I'm sure you'll agree they don't and will feel very ashamed of yourself.

...and Bloc Party don't sound like the Smiths or Morrisey much either. Perhaps there's a tiny hint of Morrisey in Kele's voice but not really much... c'mon be honest!

I think what we have here is a simple case of you not liking these bands for the perfectly valid reason that you don't enjoy their sound. If you had've come on here and posted something like "I really don't like these bands becasue I don't enjoy their sound or songs" I would have had some respect for you - if only for your simple honesty.

As it stands though, you have blown it - I cannot stand it when people back up their arguments with blatant innacuracies. Please give us some credit by having a decent argument before you post next time.

Thanks.

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they are all unspeakably awful - its like 1999 all over again

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KoL Rock. They make me happy :o)

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'It makes me happy' was exactly how I described them to someone when the forst album came out :-)

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Haha that response made me laugh. By saying that I didnt mean every single band who've come out this year and last are ALL Morrisey worshippers. But that seems to be the general feel of most of these bands that are out at the moment. They have that annoying 'sing from the back of your throat' thing, listen to 'The Hounds of Love' which is on Xfm fat too often and tell me there's not 1 smidgeon of Morrisey's style in them thar vocals. It's there whether they admit it or not. I'm not being ignorant, I'm just being observant.

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I disagree with you... and you like Reef.

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Disagree away mate, it's a free country. And I know most of you probably disagree but Reef rock! It wasn't all just Place Your Hands ya know.

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Reef used to make me happy too! Twas dirty sexy surfy rock.

Hmm, should this go on the confessions thread?!

I may still be drunk.

Jet are shit tho, boring and obvious and cheesy in my opinion.

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Not at all there's no shame in liking Reef! I can see how you could think that about Jet, I'll be the first to admit that they're pretty much re-hashing Stones and Faces tunes. But it's been donkeys years since a band playing good old fashioned 'get pissed and singalong' Rock & Roll has cropped up.

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I'm really excited by music at the moment. Youthmovie Sound Track Strategies and 65daysofstatic are both great and I can't wait to see The Arcade Fire live.

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Shit, have you got tickets for the Arcade Fire??! Are there any left?! Email me a link!

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MY GOD CHAMELEON?!?!?!?! YOU ARE SO FULL OF SHIT MAN!! Jet are possibly the worst band from the last 12-18 months! A friend had a spare ticket to see them at Newcastle Uni about 6 months ago and asked me if i fancied going! I raised an eyebrow at the time, but out of curiousity i went. Well this Cat was well and truly nailed to the F*%CKING wall! ABSOLUTE TOSS!!

As for the Futureheads being 'YAWN' and BLoc Party 'SHIT'!!

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT... HOW OLD ARE YOU? 14?

PISS OFF AND LISTEN TO YOUR REEF ALBUMS MAN!

PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE ME SICK!

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I AM NOT GETTING AGGRESIVE!!!!

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sorry, that guy just really wound me up!

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Whoa!!! Chill out Marcofella!! He's voicing his perfectly valid opinion, no need to start the personal snipes, where's your argument?! Why are Jet absolute toss? Why do you like the Futureheads?? Act your age mister!

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Are you joking? Music is finally getting good again after years of suffering ‘the new rock revolution’ a scene created by the NME to save its dying sales (I actually preferred their ‘we hate music’ policy of 97-2000). This year has seen classic albums by bright eyes, the arcade fire, rilo kiley and its only just march and promises the hopefully triumphant return of dinosaur jr, weezer and desaparecidos. For the first time in ages there are more cds I want than I can get…I haven’t been this into music since I first donned a nirvana hoodie (never actually had a nirvana hoodie but you know what I mean). The libertines and their ilk suck but english bands have never been good have they? (except cable and the smiths)

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*Grits teeth at the suggestion that The Smiths were any good*

My beef is, with the exception of The Zutons all these bands have that same chuggy guitar thing going on. At least 99% of the new bands that I check out in HMV and listen to on Xfm. Nobodies making creative music anymore. I'm gonna get completely shot down for this, but the last time I was blown away by a band was when Gomez' first album 'Bring it on' came out. I know they're not considered 'cool' anymore and they've gone downhill in recent times. But that album was full of cracking songs, and everything about it was creative. Great guitars, great riffs. The whole triple front man thing, wicked harmonies etc.
I'm just praying there's some bands out there who havent risen to prominence yet, that aren't part of this current 'trend' that's bandying about at the moment.

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I've always found this "music is so shit right now" arguement kind of ridiculous. There is good music being made all the time and thats the way its always been Its just about looking for it. Scenes are fun and easy to understand but if you just take a step back and look around the corners you'll find bands worth loving. Throughout music history at times which people refer back to as dark days with no good music there were fucking awesome bands.
The trick is to ignore all the bands that are signed and hyped because they sound like the band that originally made things exciting again.
I cannot think of any year in my lifetime when at least 10 truly great albums were released. And then there all the bands you can find that influenenced the bands we love. (For example I'd never have heard of the Gun Club if it wasn't for the White Stripes, if you've never heard Sex Beat by them go seek it out, then tell me the eighties were shit for music).

Scenes and movements are all sham and trickery. Great music is great music. Everything else is just hot air.

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Jet, Kings of Leon et al = bands that drag music backwards in time to an era when men were men, moustaches and beards were grown long, sheep were terrified and women were kept in check by a strong hand. Furthermore, their music is godawful. They should have realised that listening to old old Led Zeppelin records is not the way forward.

Bloc Party, Biffy Clyro etc = bands who twist music around and make it sound exciting again after we all had to suffer through T4 playing those terrrrrrrrrrible Jet songs over and over again. Besides, there's nothing wrong with a bit of Morrissey.

oh, and Reef were dire.

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Anyone who rights a song with a main hook that goes 'Heaven knows I'm miserable now' is a cunt in my book. And all that bollocks in 'Irish Blood, English Heart' banging on about Tories and Oliver Cromwell. Shut your face you miserable bastard. How that bloke is considered a genius by so many people is beyond me. And before you say it, yes I have listened to both Smiths and Morrisey solo records and I hate all of them.

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Bollocks Andreas. Listen to Reef's first album 'Replenish' now that's what music is all about! They're follow up 'Glow' was alot more commercial but still the songs on there were fucking great. It's a shame this band have been judged on 'Place Your Hands' and TFI Friday. The album tracks are often better than the singles, and live they were truly incendiary.

Bloc Party? Biffy Clyro?
Sorry I was just sick in my mouth a little bit.

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theres no hope for you kula shaker boy go away

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As it happens, I'd rather whack my penis with a hammer and feed the sorry remains to a hamster than listen to Reef.

yawn

I'm bored now.

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"Nobodies making creative music anymore."

So i suppose Kula Shaker and Reef in the 90's were as creative as say The Mars Volta are now.

You are quite possibly the most ignorant fucker to come on this board in a long time.

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Have you actually listened to the words to 'Heaven knows I'm miserable now', and other Smiths songs?

Their lyrics are actually really funny.

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Now I've heard good things about The Mars Volta. Havent got round to listening to them yet though. Are they anything like At The Drive In?
Cos I thought they were a bit shite.

Haha Kula Shaker boy! I might change my username to that from now on. Has a certain ring to it. As I said before I'm not being ignorant I'm just being observant, and honest! And yeah if you listen to Reef's first album there's some pretty fucking creative stuff on there. And Kula Shaker? Maybe not masively creative but at least they had some solid rock/pop tunes and a 'flavour' to their music, without just strumming and wailing.

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I've never bought the Morissey=miserable bastard argument. People seem to overlook the wit of his lyrics. "I was looking for a job, and then i found a job, and heaven knows i'm miserable now" -that's funny! "I never knew you wrote poetry, I never knew you wrote such bloody awfull poetry" -hilarious!

Jet are shite, just a bunch of chancers who stole an Iggy Pop riff and got it on a vodaphone ad. If you want balls to the wall, shit-your-pants rock then go and listen to Death From Above 1979.

I like Futureheads for the same reason you like Gomez it seems, interesting melodies and harmonies.

Anyway, anyone who says "Is it me or are the latest crop of bands SHITE" clearly hasn't heard Arcade Fire's Funeral.

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oh my god i cant believe it how can ANYONE rate JEt above bloc party razorlight and the amazing libertines??? are you fucking DEAF?? jeeeeeez. they keep it exciting, not living in the past like jet. kings of leon are pdg though, i think

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Man everyone seems to be getting hung up on the fact that I like Reef and Jet. I mean I like these bands alot but this is only one facet of my music taste.

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And Razorlight and The Libertines are hardly cutting edge rock are they? Both of em stink of that whole 70's-80's punk thing that was going on back then.

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expand your taste! if you dont like the things you're hearing, search for something you do like. dont come on here and wail about it.

for the record, i think jet et al are shit. but i like kula shaker! hey dude!

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also, all the best music requires at least a little effort on your part. if you cant be bothered trying, you'll never like anything exciting...

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I pity you going through life so certain you know what good music is never knowing how truly wrong you are. (From someone else’s point of view the same could be said of me I guess the difference being I am right.)

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My music taste is just fine thank you very much. Everyday as I'm driving around, I have Xfm on as they tend to be the only station I can get that champion new music. Soon as a hear a tune I like or even the mention of a new band, I look into them to see if they're any good. Believe me if a band comes along who ARE good, I will go and buy their album. At first I heard a few Killers tunes and thought they were ok, heard them a few more times and decided yeah, good band, I'll go buy that.
My ears arent closed by any means, but when I'm bombarded with unending waves of cack, it's hard to find anything about them that I'd like. Believe me I've tried.
The Zutons, The Killers and the Scissor Sisters all good bands in my book. But they dont make me wanna drop my pants and declare love for any of em.

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Honestly mate if you use XFm as the only way to find new music then you've got to worry.
Internet radio is a good way of finding stuff. Off the top of my head www.woxy.com is an interesting US station.

interesting photo.

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Cool I'll look into woxy. Xfm does get irritatatingly repetitive. You can only hear 'Vice' so many times before it makes me crease my forehead. Though I'll put my hands up and say they did the same with 'Are you Gonna be my girl' a while back.

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Fair play to you dude, I may not agree with your music taste & the above statement but at least you're trying to argue it without resorting to too much petty childish slanging. Futureheads are awesome though, but a bit of an acquired taste. If you don't like them, try a band called the Golden Virgins, they've supported futureheads before, but don't have the whole everything-ever thing going on. They're pretty damn good, & not nearly well known enough.

Morrissey sucks? Hear, hear...

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Cool cheers man. I'll take a look at The Golden Virgins. And may I make a recommendation of 'Damage' the new album by 'Blues Explosion' again an aquired taste, but worth it all the same.

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basically mate, you like the 70s and not the 80s. The 80s in more 'en vogue' right now.

don't act like Jet are good or anything, please.

it's just what's in the mainstream now, if you want 70s style rock and roll it's out there - why not The Howling Hex? Because it's not on MTV2?

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i downloaded that howling hex song. it's really fucking good! :)

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Well fuck me sideways, while investigating The Golden Virgins I get side-tracked to a band called 'Little Barrie.' Now we're talking! There's only 4 tracks to listen to on their site, but what I hear I like alot! Might go and buy the single tomorrow.
And yeah i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band, you're quite right, as far as I'm concerned the 80's is a decade best left forgotten.

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that would be the decade you were born in then

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That was very observant of you Magpieboy! Thankfully by the time I started getting into music in a big way the 80's had already ended.

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Bottom line is, you're not going to win many friends here. The weird thing is you seem to criticise music for not being 'new' enough, but listen to the most mainstream, unimaginative retro nonsense ever. And you don't seem to have any idea how these different musical currents fit together. Htf are Razorlight anything like the Smiths, or anything like Bloc Party? I'd put them in the same tired brainless rock category as Jet and the Kings of Leon. Jesus, KoL are basically just a boyband. I'm not trying to be insulting, but despite being a songwriter, you seem to don't seem to listen to new, innovative music. If you ever want to pursue that, you might have to open your mind a bit.

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When did I ever criticise music for not being 'new enough?'
All I've said is that the current crop of bands that have come out over the last year or so really do nothing for me. It's not a crime to dislike bands or a 'musical movement.'
What turns me onto a band usually starts with the actual music side of things. I enjoy bands who write distinctive music, Listen to 90% of the bands in my list and they're all 'Riffers' and what I mean by that is they generally dont chug away on a few chords and sing over the top, they make sure that what the music is doing is equally as interesting as the melody and lyrics. Take someone like Hendrix as an example, his Riffs are equally as memorable as his words and melody. I just cant help but feel bands who chug out a few chords are copping out by not putting enough thought into what they're doing musically.
I know chugging is pretty much a musical style in itself, I mean where would Blink 182 or Green Day be without it? And what you said about Razorlight and Bloc Party etc. To me they are similar cos they're chuggers. Nuff said!

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Its certainly not a crime not to like a certain kind of music, its just that I can't understand your argument at all. I can't say I like music that 'chugs', but that's why I dislike most of the bands you listen to! I'm increasingly hopeful about recent mainstream indie because people are no longer "copping out by not putting enough thought into what they're doing musically". Its like you're arguing the diametric opposite of what I'd expect. How do Bloc Party chug? I really can't understand that. I like them specifically because they don't just use lazy chord sequences, because they do<i/> seem to put a lot of thought into songwriting! As I say, I'm perplexed.

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No. Not "Nuff Said" at all. I cannot belive you are a guitarist!

LISTEN to Bloc Party. They are not chuggers. They have a lead guitarist who barely ever plays a chord!

Example number 1. Helicopter - opening duel guitar 'riff' - is that not enough of a riff for you?

Example Number 2. So Here We Are - not one strum throughout.

Need I go on?

Maybe you should try listening to something before you comment - you call yourself a guitarist? (See my earlier post re. the futureheads - they are also not chuggers)

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Sometimes the small-minded twats on this board really fucking vex me.

Chameleon made a point, which he's happy to have people disagree with. Its called DEBATE. And then people like marcofella and rockky raccoon start with shite insults. To his credit Chameleon hasn't lowered himself to their level.

Chameleon is a friend of mine, but I don't like Jet. I think they suck. Do I abuse him for liking them. No - that would make me a childish cunt.

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Yeah, but you like Counting Crows though, so your opinions don't count ;)

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Shit! Hoist on my own petard.

I'll trade you a copy of August and Everything after for a copy of an album by CHUMBAWUMBA!!!

hehe ;o)

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It's spelt Chumbawamba you floppy-haired spunkguzzler. And on May 26th you're coming with me to see them playing acoustically at a Theatre in Croydon. You have no choice, and it will be the best gig you'll ever see. And you can keep your Counting Crows thanks. I'm sha-la-la-la'd out for the moment.

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Ooooo is that, like, a date?

I wuv wooo x

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I totally agree with you - personal insults are irrelevant, unkind and uneccesary.

Much better is to deconstruct arguments.