Oedo 808

What sort of stuff do you write about lyrically?

The first one doesn't really grab me (I don't like the melody at all) but the second one is quite catchy, it could do with being sung with more conviction. There's a very slight warbley thing in the vocals that doesn't appeal to me, if it's not intentional it's probably caused by the vocalist singing within himself rather than projecting his voice. Overall it sounds like Belle and Sebastian and the Divine Comedy are having a nice cup of morning tea and toast around the kitchen table with Ben Folds Five. Tired comparisons probably but there you go.

this new wave of bullshit ads are really starting to annoy me. they all share this bullshit form of marketing that employs all of these tools to act out a bunch of stunts, then tries to pretend to us that they're real and just a typical example of the wonders of social networking...made easier of course by your NEW VODAFONE MYSPACE PHONE WITH TWITTER INTERNET IPHONE BLOG FLASH MOB APPS. It's just yet another astoundingly phoney attempt to tap into 'yoof' culture, as Sony failed once in the past to do (if I remember correctly, they paid all of these graffiti artists to 'bomb' local spots with sony-sponsored artwork...nobody bought it, the artists lost their credability and hopefully someone got arrested).

Another candidate for television-smashing rage is that horrible one about the guy who 'texted all of my mates to get a band together', resulting in him apparently enlisting a 40-strong ensemble of wacky, good looking young people with Vodafone mobile contracts to play a shitty song on an open-topped bus. "I used my myspace page to get everyone together" he dribbles..."I'm just announcing a tour on Twitter". Well, let me know when you're going to be in aberdeen so that I can slash your fucking tour bus' tyres, you fluffy-headed twat.

You're so right it's painful.

What annoys me is that as soon as anything even remotely creative occurs some talentless hack in an advertising agency steals the idea to show the world what it would look like if it had corporate millions thrown at it while simultaneously sucking all the life out of it.

I can't stand hacks. (For more information on hacks please refer to Michael McIntyre above)

That whole open topped bus fiasco is one of a few guilty adverts where a group of talentless tools get together to from a "band" and pretend to play instruments while smiling like gormless idiots. There's that one where at the end the girl asks down the phone "How did it sound?" Well.. fucking shit is the answer. These adverts always equate being a musician with a Karaoke performer.

NOTHING is as bad as Russel Howard. Not even that Vodafone ad with the chat up lines.

Hmm. Don't remember that one... I don't like the one with all the talentless tools singing in Trafalgar Square.

Even Hitler's syphilis.

Appearing soon at a war tribunal near you.

What sort of stuff are you writing?

Let's guess! I think their material is somewhere between lo-fi indie-pop and arty folk, but with no clear sense of musical direction in its current embryonic state.

I think that's a loss to the forums

Nice! Good songs too.

Nonsense.

Hang the DJ made a reasonable response to the original post

I don't think it was reasonable, but maybe I was distracted by his oxymoronic name-calling people dicks and cunts.

Is this a forum where ideas and opinions can be expressed or just a chat-room for a few m8s?

It's both, but maybe Hang The DJ would have had more friends if he'd actually been a bit more reasonable.

Simply terrible

Was my first time downstairs in Korova this Friday and it was the first time since the very earliest days of Moshulu that I felt Aberdeen had a rock night worthy of the name. Well done to everyone involved.

I think they mean real women as in the ones you see walking down Union Street

I think a lot of the 'real' women on Union Street would be a lot more attractive to me if they had a penis between their legs, especially if it was mine.

I saw an article in mystyle magazine just the other day titled, "Can Real Women Rock Lady Gaga's look?"

I wish people would stop bringing up that whole is she/isn't he thing.

Of course it's a clique. The same as pretty much any other group discussion website, forum, messageboard or whatever. That's kinda the point. Clique in the sense that the regular posters here have had time to get to know who the other posters are, they know a bit about their likes/dislikes and more importantly their sense of humour. Anyone coming in brand new like yourself is obviously going to be at a bit of a disadvantage to begin with, but the clever ones take a little bit of time to get the feel of the board.

It's like starting a new job - you're not going to march into the office and expect to be best mates with everyone, or shout abuse at them because they didn't invite you to lunch. You just need to take the time to suss it out, get the feel for how this place works, and I promise you will be welcomed here just like everyone else has been since this site began. The site wouldn't have got this far if we didn't give newbies a chance, but it makes a difference if you can get off on the right foot from the start...

Just the sort of well-reasoned, diplomatic pish I'd expect from you Frosty.

DJ Boy, yer nay welcome, now get tae fuck.

P.S. Check out my band if you get the chance. Playing at a shitey venue near you soon.

the singing drumming one that is the exception that proves the rule

Willie Knight, plays in Hedgehog Pie?

I think Ben would make a decent contribution to these forums so I hope he's allowed to stay.

The fact she's used "This I Love" by Guns N Roses actually made me want to listen to Chinese Democracy all over again, and I didn't think anything could accomplish that.

My favourite thing about this thread is the views to comments ratio. 323 views and 2 replies. Plenty of people looking, but no one fessin up to it. Haha.

Booya!

A few folk have been caught for having affairs on it.

They call that "Second Life Actions - Real Life Consequences".

I downloaded it once, walked about the thing for around 5 minutes, then deleted it.

I made a short playlist:

Robert's Spotify playlist

I was just about to say, "Wow, that's really cool", and then I read the bit about the signed stuff.

Now that is REALLY REALLY cool!

For me, a special album is one which you have a personal connection with. That's why I think it's important to only post a few albums and do so with pictures. Yes, there are many great albums out there but you can't love them all. I just think there's more of an emotional reaction to seeing a picture and for that reason I'm enjoying looking at the images of other people's favourites.

Go:Audio have a few decent pop songs, a pop punk band with nice synths, London accents and a sorta British sensibility in places. The new AFI album is decent too - bit of a departure from their normal style. Very 80s goth-pop-esque with jangly clean guitars and good middle eights.

Do you just mean albums that you like?

Not really, I think all of the above albums are special. The artists involved captured lightning in a bottle and made something above and beyond what was expected.

Not 'special' but a perfectly acceptable pop punk CD with a few surprises. I'm still proud of this release. "Swallow This, Punk!" does exactly what it says on the tin - it's no better but it's definitely no worse than some of the "big bands" of the time.

For me "0% Attendace, 100% Punktuality" by Quik is an example of a PERFECT CD. You can not fault it because it works on every level.

"Swallow This, Punk!"

Download the whole fucking thing.. I doubt an Aberdeen band will ever release a pop punk CD that tops it... unless it's us.

Point of Origin must be up for an award.

Most enduring piece of shit pop punk band in Aberdeen.

Put a little thought into it, and try to keep the image sizes around 300x300 or we'll be here all day.