Interpol: Name Your Reasons Why They Are So Bad And Hated

10pts to whomever knows where that Neil Diamond line comes from...

INTERPOL, THE VU, SONIC YOUTH, THE STROKES, PEACHES, THE RAPTURE, HOT HOT HEAT

From: Katie

Date: Mar 11, 2004 08:49 PM

Subject: Franz Ferdinand!! (soo rockin!)


Body: Ok, so my good friend turned me onto this new band Franz Ferdinand. And may I say... freakin' AWESOME!! It has been so long since I heard songs sooo good and sooo rockin' that I have to blast it and actually jump around and dance and shake my booty! Seriously, this band rocks, and I mean that cool old fashioned funk edgey raw type of rock, with the catchiest hooks, but pure music all the way thru. An album that will make your head bop and foot tap involuntarily, for sure. Everyone should run out and buy it NOW!! You will NOT be dissappointed!

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I can never listen to the album, because it's just too slow and samey, but when "Obstacle 1" comes on the radio, I always mentally remark on what a great song it is. (Especially when it kicks into that whole final section that I always forget is coming.)

I heard that Interpol's producer wrote the entire album. That's the rumor at least.

If you listen to !!! and the Rapture at the same time you kind of have a madchester band.

In any case, if you do start said band, I'll produce it.

and personal insight...they do plenty of drugs.

i was thinking more of the Dolce & Gabbana suits that they're wearing constantly.

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this is my favorite of all jealous accusations. how many variations on this have we all heard, about so many different records? there's another thread idea.. although i do believe it in at least one case. guess which?

However their producer is a mystical forest sprite whose name cannot be pronounced in english.

Word is he just got an MPC and wants to do some neptunes style beats.

Lauren plays a meaner Elka Organ.

can I be in this hypothetical band, Aaron? I can play drums or guitar or synths. Also, can we recruit lauren? I hear she plays a mean bass.

Oh snap.... I think we've got ourselves a band. I used to take singing lessons. Not that it ever helped. And can play the guitar. And the keytar.

Also, the Strokes fucking rule and you know it.

(I feel like Bizarro Chuck Eddy.)

Then give a chance to the Chameleons and the Kitchens, then. I'm not saying this as a criticism, merely to suggest trying 'em out. If ya hate 'em, ya hate 'em, but the Joy Division bait is as obvious as the bullshit you're complaining about.

I heard one Kitchens album, Love Is Hell, and while I enjoyed it, they lack any Simon LeBon flair whatsoever.

Actually, yeah to the Chameleons. Full new album three years ago and the tour a year and a half ago was fucking stellar, beyond words, though I did try to say a few things.

Emotional resonance for every individual in the moment and of the now is vitally important stuff. But those feelings and reactions need not have been just invented yesterday either.

they lack any Simon LeBon flair whatsoever.

Interpol vs. Duran Duran is, I think, no contest.

*snickers*

I think all the "Interpol = Chameleons/KOD ripoffs" statements might be partly musical bragging, but moreso an opportunity for folks who were into the Chameleons and K.O.D. to passionate plug them once again, and also express and explain why Interpol doesn't really excite them. Understandably, this can come off badly. (I plead guilty to all of the above at one point.)

Also, two reason I think Interpol succeeded where, say, Kitchens didn't as much, is a) Interpol is three syllables, and b) Interpol didn't have overtly (literally) gay lyrics.

(Not to say having gay lyrics and few syllables is a recipe for non-success.. Frankie Goes To Hollywood is a shining counterexample to that, among others.. but for a three-to-four piece "indie" band, maybe so WAAAAAY back in the 90s)