Can pop music get any worse than Hero & Leander?

oh fuck I'm not supposed to like the puppini sisters

They tweeted something to @lloydcole on twitter but @lloydcole isn't Lloyd Cole the pop star, it's a retired firefighter with 8 followers.

heroandleander ‏@heroandleander 27 Jun
What a smashing chap #lloydcole is. Great bant.... #tapeterecords

I'm sure the boy singer from Hero & Leander looks like someone, but I can't place who it is.

Not just his physical body, but also his expressions and general demeanor.

I would be fine listening to them, but take a look at their videos! They are so annoying. And that's an objective statement. They look like the kind of people who make their videos themselves, not because they can't afford anything else, but because they think the whole idea is to be on camera.

They don't annoy me. They're just there. Not objective.

oh fuck I'm not supposed to like the puppini sisters

― katherine,

no one says you can or cant like a band. Puppini Sisters are still shite and deserve the mocking they got.

I don't have a problem with them and don't think they serve mocking. More specifically, my stance is they did a very nice cover of "Last Christmas" that's always pleasant in the rotation during that time of year. What does that make me, then?

why would it make you anything?

Because that's the unspoken implication behind every "OH MY GOD THIS IS THE ACTUAL WORST" chain-mocking: that the people who enjoy it (there are always people who enjoy it) are bad people.

(Unspoken in this case, that is, but I've heard the entire thing often enough.)

Three of H&L's last 5 gigs have been in the same pub, why not go along and heckle?

(The Wenlock & Essex, Islington)

kinda agree w katherine here

Three of H&L's last 5 gigs have been in the same pub, why not go along and heckle?

(The Wenlock & Essex, Islington)

― ineloquentwow (Craigo Boingo),

I have better manners than that.

I'm sure some of their friends play the ukelele, better go get their talent show recordings from the student union, wouldn't want to miss the free material

what happened with those ilx hate canon polls? Did they ever get finished?

ask sarahell, I wondered about that as well

i can't see that car ad video! it has been blocked in my country!

sarahell, what happened with those ilx hate canon polls? Did they ever get finished?

i got bored with them after Amanda Palmer got eliminated

lol

today on a 'local' borad I look at this dude, a grown man, was trying to gee ppl up to go and see one of those screamo crunk bands or whatever they're called now purely to heckle them. I doubt anyone will bother but it was kind of lol because Grant Hart is playing literally ten feet away in another venue (this is tomorrow) and there will probably be like 30 people there

that reminds me, my Animal Crossing dude is the spitting image of Greg Norton

i want to see nakh's annoying car ad

I think the only time I've seen a band being heckled was when I saw Electrelane at Liverpool University Student's Union in 2002.

i've seen support bands get shit back in the times when i'd go to see the kind of bands whose fans wd give support bands shit

Your most succesful heckle at a live show.

http://vimeo.com/71066820

Does this one work in the US?

yeah! that ad is pretty awful

like what's up with the "rapper" over the very white happy families? I mean, is it trying to be edgy or racially inclusive or something?

Wolfe Hogan on 27 October 2013 at 1:32 pm said:
This is a particularly nasty and cynical piece of ad exec manipulation. The whole point of advertising is to engage with a broad demographic and evoke an emotional response on a sub-conscious level. Notice how the protagonist family is young, white and middle-class- they are “cool” enthusiastic youth football supporters who go to imaginary festivals and do crosswords in their bare feet. The vocals are fake working-class London youth but the music itself is girly acoustic pop, aping The Lumineers. I find it disingenuous to say it’s “inspired” by Ian Dury when it’s only ripping his original concept (they’re actually lucky he’s dead). I can believe that people might actually like the music since our appreciation for real music has been very deliberately sucked dry. Dumbing-down a nation’s appreciation of the arts is a conscious ploy (heralded by people like Simon Cowell and advertising execs) so that they can sell you shit- like this car.

xp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQe4XVrJFGQ

carl on 24 October 2013 at 7:40 am said:
Well this advert confirms that the people who drive shitty cars like this are brain dead idiots. Vauxhall are targeting this group of people, the same low IQ fools that speak with a Jamaican accent even tho they are white and from Oxfordshire, the type that watch Eastenders” and model their lives on it, the type that watch the x factor instead of educating their snivelling kids Oh and the “Rapper” that is squirting this diarrhea out has the worst vocals I’ve ever heard. Get this crap off my TV!!.

People who enjoy Sense are bad people.

Are there any black ppl in the ad apart from the guy in the penguin outfit and the lady on the bench?

J
on 27 October 2013 at 2:04 pm said:
Carl, my comments were not an attack on you. I was trying to raise your awareness of throwing stones whilst living in glass houses!
I graduated with a First Class Honours Degree from Cambridge University (Clare College) in 1998, having read (and thoroughly enjoyed) English Language. I was known as ‘The Princess of Parenthesis’.
I do hope you find this information of value, and perhaps even find this presents an opportunity for you to learn a little more about how our wonderful language is, and can be, constructed in a variety of ways.
Your observation of the time I last posted is accurate regarding the hour, however your assumptive suggestion is way off the mark!!! There are many appropriate sayings I could reference: ‘Time waits for no man’ springs to mind immediately. Yet I feel this, an ancient Chinese saying (roughly translated) may provoke useful thoughts:
‘The man who lives by the watch, misses seeing so very much’.
I wish you well and hope you have a great day; I’m off for a spin on my Honda Fireblade (not an ounce of Astra rust in sight!!!)

the question is.....who is sense? can we get some information on this estimable rapper?

Do any of the comments mention hero and leander in comparison?

No.

I was known as ‘The Princess of Parenthesis’.

sense rapper

the most 'just broke the algorithm' search results in google history

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmmqtAQj3WQ

Is this him?

A completely unique artist in his field, Sense is now widely perceived as one of the true pioneers of conscious lyricism within Drum and Bass music working with a wide variety of artists including Lynx, Zero T, Vicious Circle,Alix Pirez and many more.

An unusual and potent combination of heartfelt poetry, social commentary and a complete disregard for convention or the rule-book has gained him a cult following worldwide.

Sense is also a veteran of London’s pirate radio scene having appeared on more or less every influential station over the last decade including Don FM, Ruud Awakening and his now regular haunt on the resurgent Flex FM 99.7 where he can be found most Friday nights (8-10pm GMT) alongside his partner in crime Billion as half of the ‘Fathom Audio’ team (www.fathomaudio.com).
Having retired from ‘professional’ Drum and Bass MC’ing in 2008 due to a spinal injury and subsequent surgeries he has since been concentrating on other parts of his craft including acoustic songwriting, poetry and writing a series of books for children. He has also been influential within UK Hip Hop appearing on releases alongside the likes of KRS-1, Rodney P and Skinnyman.

Recently he has decided to give all his Hip Hop tunes away for free download (www.soundcloud.com/billion) and the videos are available on Youtube.

Sense is a founder member of the Grass Roots Family who are independantly releasing their long awaited debut later this year.
In reality, Sense could not be further away from most people’s view of a stereotypical D’n'B MC.
A fierce commitment to lyrical content and originality ensures this is likely to be the case for a while to come yet….

that seems to be him

Three of H&L's last 5 gigs have been in the same pub, why not go along and heckle?

(The Wenlock & Essex, Islington)

the Wenlock didn't get closed down? this is great news

kept alive by the good vibes of hero & leander.

I dont get why ineloquentwow wants people to heckle them. I don't like them but I'd not want anyone to spoil their gigs of those who do.

SKY FERREIRA