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  1. Well, I always hated The Strokes, because I hate rich white people, and I hate the fact that the only people that seem to find any success in music are those who can afford to buy it. It's well documented that they are all stinking rich brats, children of wealthy fashion types and art gallery owners.

    Also I automatically hate any band that the NME likes. Plus, there's the whole 'fake vintage' thing in their style and sound (I remember reading that Julian Casablancas insisted on using that shitty Tandy mic through a 10w guitar amp in the recording sessions, which was then mic'd up with a 5k Neumann...fucking tool).

    However, I did start to like dancing to them in Exodus when I was a little younger, and having checked the albums (first two, I think) I quite enjoy them. It's easy to hate copy-cat 'indie' music, and I do, but considering Is This It came out in 2001 or something, they were actually 'ahead of their time' in a sick way (plus, despite being ultimately derivative, can you name me any band in particular that they were obviously ripping off?).

    Anyway, the real reason I dug up this thread is that I was in Halfords last night, and Casablancas' new single was being played by the saviour of music Zane Lowe, and it's fucking ace. But his album's not out until mid-October, and since I'm the last guy on the planet who has the resolve to 1. actually wait until records come out before 2. buying them (this is an ancient practice in which money is given to the proprietor of a record 'shop' in exchange for recorded goods or wares) I guess I'll just have to stay curious until then.

    so do you like rich black people?

    ridiculous comment

  2. another year has gone then, personally i had a brilliant time, as i seem to do every year, not much bands dissapointed at all. i seen:

    Friday:

    Luva Anna

    The Music

    Chemical Brothers (very dissapointing although the visuals were great)

    Saturday:

    Twisted Wheel

    The Stranglers

    The Metros

    Sons & Daughters

    The Law

    Erol Alkan (brilliant)

    RATM

    Sunday:

    Hi 5 alive

    Shed Seven

    Vampire Weekend

    Seasick Steve

    Justice

    Hot chip

    The Presets (highlight of the weekend for me)

    Think its the first time ive seen a full set in every stage, got a good mix of bands this year.

  3. CRAZY FROG SET TO BEAT COLDPLAY TO NUMBER ONE

    COLDPLAY look likely to be beaten to the Number One spot this week by a song originally designed as a ringtone.

    According to music retailer HMV, Crazy Frog's 'Axel F' is outselling Speed Of Sound by a 4 to 1 margin in their stores.

    Chart expert Gennaro Castaldo said: "Music purists might not be too happy at the prospect of the Crazy Frog outselling Coldplay, but it shouldn't come as that much of a surprise when you consider its huge novelty appeal and the massive amount of exposure its currently getting.

    Kids obviously find it cute and cool, but students and even office workers seem to be drawn to its rather kitsch, ironic appeal. The only real issue is whether the record label can press enough copies to keep up with the huge demand that we're seeing right now."

  4. i totally agree with you. every time i hear that song with all the 'uh ohs' in it' date=' i can't help but picture them all at practice, writing that song, going 'yeah, totally, doing a bunch of uh ohs at the start of a song will be really catchy and great.' instead they just sound like a bunch of cunts.[/quote']

    Maybe if they actually wrote the song then you could picture them doing that, but they never wrote it, its a cover from kate bush who i feel is quite talented.

    If your gonna criticise someone, please know what your talking about

  5. Kaiser Chiefs are just bloody annoying' date=' and deserve to be at the bottom of a very deep bargain bin. Bloc Party are basic student toss. They both suck in their own ways, but if forced to say which is worse, I'd say Bloc Party on the basis that they are going to be around longer, therefore need more of my hate concentrated into them than what the Kaiser Chiefs do, as they are a shite novelty band, and will fall into obscurity soon.[/quote']

    ooh i like your originality, basic student toss, was that not what liam gallagher said last week in nme, could at least come up with something yourself if your gonna slag them off.

  6. I think Bloc Partys album is the best ive heard this year, and paul they def don't sound anything like the strokes. I don't mind kaiser chiefs at all but as liam sed they probs are 'a bad blur'. For this pretty stupid argument then yes bloc party are better and far more talented. Can i just ask, if you do not like bloc party or kaiser chiefs then why post this thread in the first place?

  7. They were selling returned tickets on the night, i think they had about 20, seen quite a few people over the moon coz they got a ticket for face value, touts were selling them for 200 each, rip off, i think ill buy the single tomorrow, ive heard eyeball tickler, its really good, has anyone heard the album, its great, i downloaded it, im still gonna buy the real copy tho.

  8. The program never told me anything i never knew about pete, the only thing i learned was that the guy max has real issues. i dont believe his story aswell about his tape running out when he finally got the chance to speak to pete, bullshit, something obviously happened there. He tries to say he loves pete and adores him but if you cared about him so much you would never have sold that photos. Just shows that money talks

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