Stichman Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Has anyone heard the new Snow Patrol material? Utterly bland, forgettable, piss-up-the-wall songs, brazenly designed to fill stadiums and keep festival crowds waving their hands. Why do bands so often feel the need to replace good music with an attempt grandoise, which usually descends into boring pish?I used to love Snow Patrol. Their first two albums are really good, particularly When It's All Over We Still Have To Clear Up, which is one of my favourite albums of all time; understated, simple but still experimental, proper "indie" music. And I haven't just started hated them since they became famous. Final Straw is a tremendous pop album. Certainly it was a fairly big departure from their previous stuff, but good for what it is. Sure it got overplayed and people's mums started buying it in Tesco, but that's what happens with fame. 'Eyes Open', however, was a shite album, full of cynically wide-eyed stadium rock. Repeating a line over and over and over until it becomes memorable does not a good song make.MOST IMPORTANTLY, the upshot of all of this is that when I cite early Snow Patrol as a big influence, people laugh and sing Chasing Cars at me. Gads. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 I saw Snow Patrol in about 98 at Drummonds and they were decent. The singer got his ass out. I too quite liked Final Straw but it was overplayed and everything they released after that was terrible. Awful. i agree with you,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 I really like the song "Eyes Open" and thats it.New song makes no sense lyrically and is fucking awful. I hate them. I know about 7-8 bands in Aberdeen that imo make better music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 I really like the song "Eyes Open" and thats it.New song makes no sense lyrically and is fucking awful. I hate them. I know about 7-8 bands in Aberdeen that imo make better music.Yeah, and they're shit too...but better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Yeah, and they're shit too...but better.Well Escape to Victory was one of them.I'll let you draw your own conclusions on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Well Escape to Victory was one of them.I'll let you draw your own conclusions on that one."Shit but better than Snow Patrol" is actually Escape to Victory's genre. We're actually SBBTSP pioneers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam 45 Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Been going out at it for a good 10 years now. I don't blame them writing some bland music and hugely cashing in on it. Biffy are doing the same in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 Been going out at it for a good 10 years now. I don't blame them writing some bland music and hugely cashing in on it. Biffy are doing the same in my opinion.Good point. I don't blame them, I just think they should fuck off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 anyone mind when they played with therapy? and co.uk in the lemon tree (around 2000 I think) and lightbody was right in about the crowd? he ended up trying to pull my matethe martha wainright tune was pretty damn good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepeep Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 anyone mind when they played with therapy? and co.uk in the lemon tree (around 2000 I think) and lightbody was right in about the crowd? he ended up trying to pull my matethe martha wainright tune was pretty damn goodthat was clutch...wasn't it?or did Therapy? and .co.uk decide to sneak back in for a second go to apologise for thier piss poor gig? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 i think i am getting mixed upthe one where people started heckling cairns and he went and lamped em with a mic stand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 I think the new SP album is pretty good, though not as good as the last two. To be honest though it's nowhere near as good as the other two albums that i'm interested in that get released tomorrow: Bloc Party and Cradle of Filth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medichi Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 i think i am getting mixed upthe one where people started heckling cairns and he went and lamped em with a mic standThat was Clutch and co.uk. Great gig! Poor finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nev Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 And I haven't just started hated them since they became famous. Final Straw is a tremendous pop album. Certainly it was a fairly big departure from their previous stuff, but good for what it is. Sure it got overplayed and people's mums started buying it in Tesco, but that's what happens with fame. 'Eyes Open', however, was a shite album, full of cynically wide-eyed stadium rock. Repeating a line over and over and over until it becomes memorable does not a good song make.+1 I keep getting the "you don't like them now cause they're famous" line levelled at me by mates. Some people don't seem to realise that bands change, and just because you liked them before they altered their sound doesn't mean you have to after. Most irritating thing in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossP Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 That was Clutch and co.uk. Great gig! Poor finish.Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep.I had a good chat with Gary Lightbody at a gig we played in Tuts many years ago, but it all ended on a sour note when I said 'See you around Colin' at the end of the conversation: for some reason I was just drunk enough to think it was Colin Murray Snow Patrol's recent material really is ding. Only heard the songs they did on Jools Holland and by the looks of things they are trying to replicate Coldplay's STADIUM ROCK EPIC (!?) songs, who in turn ripped off Sigur Ros's right goodepic songs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Anderson Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 i remember that gig at the lemon tree. lightbody said " i bet you all wish your bands were as good as mine"i also felt guilty the next day for kicking mud into my really drunk friends ear whilst he lay near a bush och good times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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