Truth is, there’s not a massive amount of depth to Keane’s music. The comparisons to Coldplay and Travis have only come about due to them making music which appeals to a wide age-range; music that’s it’s easy to like… and easy to hate. Your mum probably thinks they look like nice boys. Your dad is probably wondering where their guitarist is.
‘Somewhere Only We Know’ is the piano ballad version of Pet Shop Boys being stared at moodily by Puressence (without guitars, remember), in a you-nicked-our-record-deal-you-utter-bastards kind of way. One hopes the lyrics are about wanting to go for a shag in the bushes, but one suspects they edge more toward themes of solitude, being alone with a loved one, and that sort of shtick. It doesn’t have the simple pop suss of (debut single) ‘Everybody’s Changing’ but does have the anthemic, special quality which normally launches such bands happily into the Top 10.
Did we mention they don’t even have a guitarist? Bonkers.
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Annoyingly, despite all this, I find myself humming this fucking song everywhere I go. I hate them. Grr. Etc.
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Doh.
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They sound alright though.
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"i think keane are shit,and the press bums them."
enough of the wishful thinking, mate.
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They remind me of embrace ...
but what do i know they will prolly be picking up a shit award next year....and sitting next to beyonce's arse.
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Class, in the context of this review!
>and being so great, it's not, it's all dull
(checks poster's profile) ... hey cheer up - you love The Wildhearts as much as I do! They may not be a new band but they're certainly a guitar band. The state of music for me is defined by good new music, not good new bands (because the latter implies the former anyway).
But I do still like Keane a lot. No apologies. It's like what happened with 'Britpop' (what a terrible word). Adding a name to something (even if that's just 'guitar' in this instance) allows people to damn a whole raft of good bands as well as bad ones. There were great bands then (Blur, another favourite of yours I see) and bad ones (just a matter of personal opinion, but Sleeper for me). Same now. There's some dull 'indie' and some good stuff.
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And yes, there'll always be good music and bad music and it always comes down to personal opinion which makes any debate about music largely reduntant. So I wouldn't expect you to apologise for liking Keane and for me there's nothing really bad about them, nothing wrong, nothing offensive, there's just.... nothing.
And I know what you mean about 'new music', it seems most of the stuff I've really liked over the last year or two has been bands like Foo Fighters. But I'm sure there *must* be decent new British bands around now who would excite me, but I'm just not hearing them. What I am hearing is a whole bunch of stuff which all sounds the same. And a lot of the new music I'm hearing that stands out for me seems to be coming from abroad, which is fine, but since there's supposed to be this whole new generation of British kids starting bands and putting out music it's a little disappointing.
Personally I think I may just be a little disillusioned with "new guitar music" in general, my most recent purchases were Moloko, Lamb, Sigur Ros and a K7 compilation...
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i wouldnt dance to it though!!!!!
the singer looks like a troll!!!!!!!!!
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I guess it's hard to help it if there are a lot of tall people at the gig, but you could have stood somewhere near the front right (even once they were on) for a decent view. There were a few idiots in the middle doing their best to ruin it for my friend as well, but that's another story.
I want to re-emphasise something though - don't let it put you off Louisiana gigs in general. It's a nice little venue.
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are you one of the people that says that after every gig you've been to? cos i know a few people like that, they say it almost everytime i see them at a gig
'yeh man this is the best gig ever,' even if in my opinion it wasnt a very good gig. it sort've gets annoying if people you hang out say that time after time...
any way i like keane i think they make nice soulful easy lsitening music. perfect to have in the background or to sit and listen really attentively to.
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on a few occasions i even manage ".... are my new favourite band"
it's worse when someones alone with me and they've not seen me in ages. i force them to loads of songs. to which the response, by a minute into the track, is always "yeah, that's okay", at which point i nod enthusiastically, and put on another of my new favourite bands.
shit. it used that phrase again...
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i really have to stop leaving words of sentences. it can severely change the meaning.
to repeat. i dont force people to the sound of new music. well, not for a while anyway.
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>are you one of the people that says that after every gig you've been to?
Um, no.
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The definition of interesting is a but trickier.
I like Keane and I think they are interesting, was impressed with them at Reading last year at any rate.
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