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.
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You are clearly not a guitar player or a listener with any understanding of guitar playing.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Bloc Party? Biffy Clyro?
Sorry I was just sick in my mouth a little bit.
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yawn
I'm bored now.
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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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Their lyrics are actually really funny.
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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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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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for the record, i think jet et al are shit. but i like kula shaker! hey dude!
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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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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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Morrissey sucks? Hear, hear...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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I wuv wooo x
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Much better is to deconstruct arguments.