― dmun, Wednesday, 23 February 2005 10:53 (nineteen years ago) link
It was number three...
― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 12:00 (nineteen years ago) link
I think I'll always hold up "Is This It" as a sort of yardstick for rock albums, of course because I am not really into rock, and it's a fantastic pop album really. Bloc Party for me come across a bit too right on or something with some of the lyrics and delivery, like "passionate" in that rock way, which doesn't do much for me.
― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 12:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― elwisty (elwisty), Wednesday, 23 February 2005 13:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― nabiscothingy, Wednesday, 23 February 2005 18:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― elwisty (elwisty), Monday, 28 February 2005 00:37 (nineteen years ago) link
“He’s born a liar / He’ll die a liar… / …he’s just like his dad / He’s just like his dad / Same mistakes / Some things will never be different… / …why can’t you be / More European?”
...are horrible. And I'm someone who's generally forgiving of bad or indifferent lyrics.
― David A. (Davant), Monday, 28 February 2005 02:37 (nineteen years ago) link
Haha Ronan I think we have totally different preferences when it comes to guitar music - I like a bit of bombast to my indie rock. Part of the reason the likes of the Strokes never really clicked with me was because it all seemed a bit too neat and composed.
To be fair, I'm like that with all music - once dance music gets too dry and tidy I tend to lose interest, maybe that's why I've never appreciated the clickier end of microhouse for example.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 28 February 2005 12:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 03:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 04:26 (nineteen years ago) link
ON THE FUCKING MONEY
― chris sallis, Wednesday, 2 March 2005 23:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 23:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 23:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― chris sallis, Wednesday, 2 March 2005 23:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 23:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 3 March 2005 19:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 3 March 2005 19:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Thursday, 10 March 2005 11:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― charltonlido (gareth), Thursday, 10 March 2005 11:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 10 March 2005 12:19 (nineteen years ago) link
i'm gonna say IF....!! (even tho it doesnt quite fit) just to see cozen wince
― hold tight the private caller (mwah), Thursday, 10 March 2005 14:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― hold tight the private caller (mwah), Thursday, 10 March 2005 14:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 14 March 2005 12:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 March 2005 13:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Monday, 14 March 2005 13:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 March 2005 14:37 (nineteen years ago) link
DJ Koze's remix of "Zu Dicht Dran" on Kompakt.100
― nader (nader), Monday, 14 March 2005 16:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 14 March 2005 16:02 (nineteen years ago) link
"International Snootleg" by International Pony Vs. Losoul (feat. Malte)
― nader (nader), Monday, 14 March 2005 16:03 (nineteen years ago) link
they're just so painfully average. classic, dud ... either of these would be an improvement, to be honest. i'd say they were forgettable but i can't even remember.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 14 March 2005 16:08 (nineteen years ago) link
I realize that in the world of ILM there aren't many hard or fast rules, but a band with one album and a handful of EPs?
They get the C/D treatment?
Already?
Would the same have been done following the release of Radiohead's Pablo Honey or Daft Punk's Homework or the Jaxx Remedy?
I guess it's possible they too would have got it, what with so many itchy mouse buttons hovering over the "Submit" button. But I don't suppose it'd have made the judgment any less premature.
― nader (nader), Monday, 14 March 2005 16:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Monday, 14 March 2005 16:23 (nineteen years ago) link
Perhaps. Especially considering I began this thread last April.
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 14 March 2005 16:33 (nineteen years ago) link
Radiohead are always the example that gets brought up in these circumstances and the people who do so are right in a way. But there's also a slightly annoying "well, its only their first record" line that gets trotted out by indie kids defending shit records. I mean, The Music might come up with a certified pop classic in two or three years but I doubt it.
Of course giving bands time to develop is a good thing, I just dislike it being used as an excuse.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 14 March 2005 17:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― scg, Monday, 14 March 2005 17:23 (nineteen years ago) link
Perhaps I'm just being too literal here. It would seem the title "classic" would be reserved for bands that have had an opportunity to develop.
It's less an "excuse" for Bloc Pary and more a pursuit of accuracy in labeling.
Because, after all, what's a band or artist worth if we haven't pigeonholed them within one month of its first album's release?
― nader (nader), Monday, 14 March 2005 18:02 (nineteen years ago) link
"they're lack" should be "their lack"
"pigeonholed them" should be "pigeonholed it"
― nader (nader), Monday, 14 March 2005 18:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 15:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 19:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 19:17 (nineteen years ago) link
Why'd you have to get so hysterical?Success, success, success is overWhy'd you have to getSo fucking useless
appear on your album you'll get an advisory sticker. The Bush Admin. and/or music industry have bigger fish (see Shiavo and P2P, respectively) to fry than lil' ol' Bloc Party.
― nader (nader), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 20:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 22:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― paulhw (paulhw), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 22:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Joe Blower (Mr Deeds), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 04:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― cdwill, Wednesday, 23 March 2005 05:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― irrigation can save your people (irrigation can save your peopl), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 07:04 (nineteen years ago) link
BLOC PARTY REVEALED AS SECRET EMO BAND
― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 07:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― the leglo (the leglo), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 17:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― sneekycheeks (nader), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 17:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― sneekycheeks (nader), Wednesday, 23 March 2005 17:47 (nineteen years ago) link