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Post by blake on Sept 10, 2007 1:02:55 GMT
I'm curious to know why you think Arcade Fire are second rate...I disagree, I think they're one of the few bands around at the moment that you could probably call mainstream and yet don't necessarily have that mainstream sound. They still do something different to most other bands out there; they are simultaneously difficult and accessible. (I do think Wake Up is over-rated though.) Curiously enough, you've sort of just said why I don't like them. In Britain especially where in the middle or a really bad and shallow time for indie music. In the world of Kaisers, Killers and Kooks the Arcade Fire get way to much credit just for just attempting depth and originality whilst being successful. They might sound good compared to the Pigeon Detectives but they're music is still overly-earnest and bombastic, and they still lack melody and memorable songs. Like I said a second rate "best band in the world" for second rate times. I also have sentimental attachments to Float On by Modest Mouse, for reasons I won't go into, so take that back, geekboy. I'll take it back when they go back and finish the song making it actually, you know goes somewhere. Its just one long verse! Aaaaand I wouldn't refer to Take Me Out as forgettable...I think it kick-started the 'indie' trend of this century. Once that song came out and was MEGA popular, it gave every other twat in a skinny tie and his guitar free-reign to form a band and sell out the Astoria. I'm not necessarily suggesting they were the first 'indie' band to crop up, but they were probably the first to break the mainstream, and they - and consequently, Take Me Out - have done a lot for the way the music scene has turned out today. Whether that's a good or bad thing.  Nah, the indie revival had already been going 3 years when it came out. It was the Strokes who started the whole skinny tie indie thing. Take Me Out was an important moment for the indie revival hitting full momentum though. The first indie band to break the mainstream? You mean within that time frame right? I thought The Smiths where the first indie band to break into the mainstream and Blur's Parklife album ten years before Franz was when the old idea of indie died and indie became another mainstream sub-genre. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2007 1:13:08 GMT
^ Yes, I mean within this time frame. The past 5-7 years or so. This world of sub-par guitar music for the sake of guitar music. Of course I didn't mean the first indie band evah, I'm not that stupid.  |
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Post by blake on Sept 10, 2007 1:14:49 GMT
^ Yes, I mean within this time frame. The past 5-7 years or so. This world of sub-par guitar music for the sake of guitar music. Of course I didn't mean the first indie band evah, I'm not that stupid. ha I thought not! That just confused me. Oh and I'm not a big listener of modern mainstream pop music but lets face it, either Toxic by Britney Spears or Umbrella by Rihanna= single of the decade. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2007 1:16:43 GMT
Aww, is it an ongoing thing? |
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Post by blake on Sept 10, 2007 1:25:32 GMT
In fact fuck this list!
This list is bullshit.
Heres the REAL top five.
1) Andrew WK- Party Hard
2) Limp Bizkit- Break Stuff
3) Papa Roach- Last Resort
4) Kid Rock- Bawitdaba
5) Toploader- Dancing In The Moonlight
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Post by mimicry on Sept 10, 2007 1:58:53 GMT
87 Me and Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard (A True Story) !!! Don't know it. Know it, learn it, love it. |
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Post by allison on Sept 10, 2007 6:26:13 GMT
what a strange list!
but regarding the pipettes, i could listen to "your kisses are wasted on me" all day. i'm a sucker for drums like that. and i actually like their voices. so there.
truthfully, i didn't read past 20 because of all those arcade fire songs. i like the arcade fire but any list with so many of their songs so highly rated is kind of shit and not worth taking the time to sort through.
besides, I have no idea how to rate singles. i have no idea how to rate anything period.
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Post by chloelovespw on Sept 10, 2007 7:31:50 GMT
alala by css and beautiful boyz by cocorosie have got to be on the list somewhere.
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Post by tombland on Sept 10, 2007 8:16:38 GMT
Josh, that whole Panda Bear album is worth getting. Take Pills is another absolutely stunning song.
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Post by blake on Sept 10, 2007 14:27:51 GMT
Josh, that whole Panda Bear album is worth getting. Take Pills is another absolutely stunning song. So are they called Panda Bear or Bros? That confused me, if its the latter surely it causes some legal issues with the Eighties boyband of the same name? When will I, will I be famous? lolz |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2007 17:55:18 GMT
Josh, that whole Panda Bear album is worth getting. Take Pills is another absolutely stunning song. So are they called Panda Bear or Bros? That confused me, if its the latter surely it causes some legal issues with the Eighties boyband of the same name? When will I, will I be famous? lolz It's just Panda Bear, he's a solo artist. He's the drummer (at least when they play live) in Animal Collective, his real name is Noah Lennox and Panda Bear is the name he goes by, in the band and when producing his own solo stuff. Bro's was the name of one of his singles. |
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Post by blake on Sept 10, 2007 19:09:22 GMT
hmm odd I like it then, cos I don't really like Animal Collective much.
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Post by sophie on Sept 10, 2007 19:19:40 GMT
Not really. That song has a definitive Beach Boys sound to it..
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Post by blake on Sept 10, 2007 19:24:39 GMT
ha you all know me so well..
I'd probably listen to anything as long as it had someone going ba ba ba or some such thing on it..
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Post by lastgoodbye on Sept 10, 2007 21:32:19 GMT
Really Loves: 8 The Blower's Daughter Damien Rice 9 Pretty (Ugly Before) Elliott Smith 12 Maps Yeah Yeah Yeahs 38 Hallelujah Jeff Buckley 66 99 Problems / Dirt Off Your Shoulder Jay-Z 72 Jesus Walks Kanye West ….and all of the Arcade Fire (although, I think one or two songs would have sufficed  ) Quite likes: 29 Do You Realize?? The Flaming Lips 53 Such Great Heights The Postal Service 62 Young Folks Peter Bjorn and John 90 Munich Editors |
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Post by tombland on Sept 10, 2007 22:46:14 GMT
Josh, that whole Panda Bear album is worth getting. Take Pills is another absolutely stunning song. So are they called Panda Bear or Bros? That confused me, if its the latter surely it causes some legal issues with the Eighties boyband of the same name? When will I, will I be famous? lolz He's called Panda Bear. Real name is Noah Lennox. He's the drummer from Animal Collective. Very sexy man. He was my avatar for a while. Few solo albums under his belt. The first two were irritatingly lo-fi but the new one, Person Pitch, is by far his best effort so far. Also, his Animal Collective songs such as Derek (Strawberry Jam) and Winter's Love (Sung Tongs) are a good place to start if you like Bros. Then listen to the rest of Animal Collective. |
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Post by blake on Sept 10, 2007 23:05:41 GMT
I really can't get into Animal Collective at all sorry, they just get on my nerves. I've listened to the Feels and Strawberry Jam albums. Not trying to launch a mega debate but not only could I don't get into them, they sort of made me want to hurl my speakers out the window in irritation.
Ha, I clearly only like GOOD music like Rihanna, The Pipettes and ELO erm...
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Post by abolishconfusion on Sept 10, 2007 23:11:30 GMT
Bloody ELO... *grumbles*
Nice to see B.O.B by OutKast up so high though. That's one hell of a song.
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Post by tombland on Sept 10, 2007 23:11:35 GMT
That's fair enough, but lots of their output has been very different. If you like Panda Bear then Sung Tongs would probably be your best bet. Maybe even just listen to his solo stuff, because it's still great.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2007 23:36:47 GMT
So are they called Panda Bear or Bros? That confused me, if its the latter surely it causes some legal issues with the Eighties boyband of the same name? When will I, will I be famous? lolz He's called Panda Bear. Real name is Noah Lennox. He's the drummer from Animal Collective. Very sexy man. He was my avatar for a while. Few solo albums under his belt. The first two were irritatingly lo-fi but the new one, Person Pitch, is by far his best effort so far. Also, his Animal Collective songs such as Derek (Strawberry Jam) and Winter's Love (Sung Tongs) are a good place to start if you like Bros. Then listen to the rest of Animal Collective. God, did you even READ my post? I am disappointed in you. Tutting quietly and shaking my head. |
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