Guest MKII Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 I noticed they got a review in this months Record Collector... The NeedlesDianne - Dangerous (cd/7")We liked The Needles when they lent us a single, and we like them still. This is their tribute to all the singers of the past who have inspired them to put up with life's challenges. 'From Kurt Cobain to Jack White' (OK, their scope is fairly small).The feel is, for want of a better term - chirpy - there's something of the sparrow's call about the track, part new wave, part pop, part throwaway, but shot through with enough of that oh-so-current guitar scratching and scraping to make it 'now'. We're just not sure about the disposable spangly synth solo though.Ali MacQueen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metarie Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 Gasp! We love the synth!Not a bad review all in all. The song was speeded up for single release, you'll notice the difference from the video if you've seen it. I prefer the video version personally, speeded up it does sound a bit manic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted June 7, 2006 Report Share Posted June 7, 2006 "This is their tribute to all the singers of the past who have inspired them to put up with life's challenges. 'From Kurt Cobain to Jack White'"not sucha good role model then...seeing as he topped himself cos he couldn't cope with life's challanges! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gasss Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 I like the synth. It reminds me of Belle and Sebastian for some reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wax Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 I stole a poster out of Snafu and everything.Thief! Give it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeid Posted June 10, 2006 Report Share Posted June 10, 2006 Anyone see the Rock Sound review? It was a bit mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metarie Posted June 11, 2006 Report Share Posted June 11, 2006 what did it say? I can't find it online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeid Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 I'm pretty sure it was Frank Turner from Million Dead that did the review, so you can hold judgement on it. But, it said.."Next, we've got Needles, 'Diane', which gets four; it gets minus points for nicking a title off Husker Du, and it gets further minus points for its press release referring to it as 'future retroism', which is also known as rehashing old ideas, and it also gets no points for sounding exactly like the Buzzcocks." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senseless Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 No. 16Ah well, they're No.16 in the officical uk indie chart...http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/indiesingles.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 hold on a minute, ned's atomic dustbin at 19?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saf-one Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 I'm pretty sure it was Frank Turner from Million Dead that did the review' date=' so you can hold judgement on it. But, it said.."Next, we've got Needles, 'Diane', which gets four; it gets minus points for nicking a title off Husker Du, and it gets further minus points for its press release referring to it as 'future retroism', which is also known as rehashing old ideas, and it also gets no points for sounding exactly like the Buzzcocks."[/quote']There a strange bunch at rock sounds cuz if you see this months issue (july) there giving the band much love!Got the cutting but no idea how to post it to prove there split personality disorder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeid Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 It wasn't actually Rock Sound though, it was Frank Turner from Million Dead that wrote the review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Jack Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 hold on a minute' date=' ned's atomic dustbin at 19?![/quote']Yas! At last! I knew it!!*digs out para boots**kills television* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Yas! At last! I knew it!!*digs out para boots**kills television*ha, that made me properly lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camie Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 A strange coincidence; a few years ago' date=' the Needles were compared unfavourably to Neds Atomic Dustbin in a review on the (usually reliable) Planet Sound on Teletext. Now look where they are, riding a whole two places above them in the charts! It's a shame that so many England World Cup songs are in the charts this week, otherwise their placing would have been more impressive.As for Frank Turner's review, I think it's pretty obvious that he's on a different page from where the Needles are coming from musically, so I wouldnt read too much into it.(They sound nothing like the Buzzcocks, though...and Dianne is more likely to have been influenced by Dion DiMucci than Fugazi)[/quote']Aye Frank Turner very much likes his old school emo.The single deserves to be at the top of the charts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project S.A.M. Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Aye Frank Turner very much likes his old school emo.The single deserves to be at the top of the charts.So there's probably no point in me asking who Frank Turner is or what Million Dead are- I imagine I wouldn't be interested in the answer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MKII Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 So there's probably no point in me asking who Frank Turner is or what Million Dead are- I imagine I wouldn't be interested in the answer?The word shit says it all, you need not know anymore. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metarie Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 aww, I was right behind you when you were taking pictures, sorry if I was jostling you/stepped on you at all. I kept getting nudged by various Lemon Tree staff leaping around like twats I like the black and white ones, they look pretty cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saf-one Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 Thanks Lester B.. for some decent photays there!Is it cool to pinch a couple if we credit you?x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantsandsocks Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 I bought "Dianne" a couple of days ago.I think it's sooper-dooper :] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tam o' Shantie Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 got the cd and 7" yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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