The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Yes, they do. Yes, they do.

Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

if that means anything.

i listen to the album regularly, sitting here nerding around on the comp.

nice nod to ESG in "Tick"

I enjoy the Blues Explosion.

i like the yyy's okay now (the album has real moments but is too samey overall). name still bothers me tho.

my fave part is either when Karen does a slow butter churn while crying or when I try to figure out which person in the audience is Lauren.

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i dont' really "get" this video. I feel like it is supposed to be conveying something to me beyond the fact that it's just a really false staged lip-synch. maybe I'm thinking about it too much.

This might be true.

http://umusic.ca/site/media/yeahyea...control_320.mov

the video for "Y Control" is good I actually started crying. MTV's going to edit the fuck out of it and it's STILL going to be fantastic. Holy shit.

for what that's worth

I didn't like the first EP and album much, liked the second one enough, and love It's Blitz!, and even the last one can't sustain the awesomeness of "Heads Will Roll" and "Zero."

waht

I couldn't disagree more, I think IB is a building crescendo up through "Dragon Queen" and my favorite stretch of the album is "Dull Life" through "Runaway"

The middle section draaags.

you should start the album from "Dull Life" and see if it actually drags there or if it's "Skeletons" and "Soft Shock"

I hold "Zero" as probably the best single of the past 5 years or so. Such. A. Fucking. Jam. The first EP might still be my favorite, though, only bcz I was soooooo into it around the time it came out and I never bothered to listen to the first album when they released it.

"Skeletons" probably. "Shame and Fortune" doesn't move me either, killer riff aside.

That's weird. I still think the first LP is their best moment, but I generally like their whole catalog.

"Dull Life" is probably my favorite song on the album, rivaled by "Runaway" and "Dragon Queen"

"Zero" and "Heads Will Roll" are great but there is something about the other three that just clicks for me in a way that those two don't.

I hold "Zero" as probably the best single of the past 5 years or so.

^^^ me on "Heads Will Roll." The middle section is so pretty ("Looking glass....") that if I created a dance remix I'd repeat it and the scratchy guitar riff into infinity.

"Zero" is definitely when they finally worked for me. "Heads Will Roll" is...okay?

I love how the synth riff at the start is a variation on standard early nineties techno motif; and of course the spin on "Blue Monday" on the guitar.

I love the melody in "Dull Life" so much; if "Zero" and "Heads Will Roll" made me pay attention, "Dull Life" is what won my heart

I hold "Zero" as probably the best single of the past 5 years or so. Such. A. Fucking. Jam.

i think there is a decent case to be made for this! one of the best sneaky "oh here's the SECOND awesome hook" songs ever.

anyway hopefully history looks kindly on the yyy's because the navigation of the 2000s from ultimate nyc buzz band to respected mid-level act that puts out good albums and fills big venues is pretty remkarable.

THEIR navigation

"hysteric" still makes me weak in the knees a little

^^^

I hated on It's Blitz at first but my wife really liked it and kept playing it around the house ... now I like it a lot

stuff off the first album like "Pin" is still my favorite of theirs though

I *loved* the debut but the follow-up never grew on me, and I lost interest at that point. Not even sure I heard their last one... Oh look, it's on Spotify. ;-)

Softshock just came up on shuffle yesterday and totally reminded me how much I love that album. For me they improved slightly with each album but I do really like all three a lot.

I hope there is a new album on the way.

It's Blitz! > Show Your Bones > Fever To Tell >>> Mosquito

Happy 20 years, YYYs!

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CFqMR-aBug_/?igshid=l3m422yo19pa

YYYs being 20 years old is giving me strong "shit I'm old" feels today

I've never been super into this band, but I recently stumbled onto this live show and I think it's a truly great performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNzs6Q50GnI

It’s interesting they’re still technically around, tweeting actively (“#ShowYourBones is 15 today!”, etc.). Their last album was so long ago. I guess some bands are like that.

Nick zinner was really great.

Ah I remember seeing them in small venues in Paris circa the first album. They were great. Kinda lost track after that and surprised they are still active.

This was the final single and it was a great way to go out if they never do anything else again, seemed to sum up everything i ever liked about them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvrjn_pF9tY

last album was a dud but "sacrilege" was a great single