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― Roz, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 17:39 (two years ago) link
i've never listened to the danger days b-sides before!!! uhhhh these songs are all great!!!!!
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 17:44 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zU_QjjjyCs
yo!!!! i love it when this band pretends to be the pixies
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 17:47 (two years ago) link
I haven’t heard the DD b-sides or other rarities either, will get there at some point.
Mostly just still in awe at how good “The Foundations of Decay” is esp as (as noted upthread) aside from Hesitant Alien, their respective solo output hasn’t been impressive. some kind of magical band chemistry.
― Roz, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 18:03 (two years ago) link
oh roz you gotta hear "kill all your friends" if you haven't
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 18:06 (two years ago) link
oh that one I have!!
It's amusing how blatant they were with their hero worship too - Gerard's vocal runs at the end of "The Sharpest Lives" are a pitch perfect impression of Matt Bellamy/Muse, who I suspect he was listening to a lot while they were recording this. But not terrible! One of their best choruses. And then there's like "Kill All Your Friends" which is so clearly "Where is My Mind?" run through a Britpop filter lol.
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― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 18:10 (two years ago) link
I will listen to that tmr! am actually about to go bed - it’s late here in Asia
for an NJ band, they do have a lot of songs about California though lol
― Roz, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 18:18 (two years ago) link
I always appreciated how in the Quietus interview for Danger Days they mentioned being huge Suede nerds, which I approve of greatly.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 18:34 (two years ago) link
it just makes sense
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 18:40 (two years ago) link
Lol did not realize they are an East coast band. I also assumed they were from California, since like RHCP, they sing about it so much
imo the bare bones garage rock approach gets ropier the further they get into ballad territory
I'm not sure if you were also referring to "The Light Behind Your Eyes", but it's probably my favorite track from Conventional Weapons, even if it's a bit of a misfit with the other material. I also like "The World is Ugly" but they've done some better songs in that style on other albums
― Vinnie, Thursday, 19 May 2022 01:39 (two years ago) link
ok i have heard this now - omg even gerard's singing style on this lmao! it IS great though
Ned, MCR are massive Anglophiles - they've covered Blur and Pulp in the past, some of their songs reference Smiths lyrics, so being into Suede is completely unsurprising
― Roz, Thursday, 19 May 2022 02:31 (two years ago) link
I mean Gerard's early hair was "I think I'm Robert Smith" so I should damn well hope they're Anglophiles!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 19 May 2022 03:14 (two years ago) link
one nice thing about getting into this band so late is discovering how quietly revolutionary they've always been
so easy for ppl to dismiss them as a band for preteen girls back in the day, but i can't imagine how incredible it must have been for a preteen girl who was into pop-punk/emo to have seen gerard way say this in 2005:
"If you ever see shitty ass rock dudes in shitty ass rock bands asking you to show them your tits for backstage passes, I want you to spit right in their fucking faces and yell FUCK YOU!"pic.twitter.com/wV1ddK2XGX— grace (@vintageemisery) January 7, 2020
lots more examples like that in the twitter thread
― Roz, Thursday, 19 May 2022 11:37 (two years ago) link
gerard looking absolutely adorable performing “Mama” in a cheerleader’s outfit <3
THIS IS THE BEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE pic.twitter.com/0ulEMYGEMR— nati | mcr in 3 days (@nataliawraggm) August 24, 2022
― Roz, Wednesday, 24 August 2022 16:22 (one year ago) link
lol. God bless him. Wish I had tickets.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 24 August 2022 16:26 (one year ago) link
My daughter was at the show last night in Nashville. She's never been much of a concertgoer but would have run through a brick wall to get to this one, and I gather it totally delivered.
― WmC, Wednesday, 24 August 2022 16:42 (one year ago) link
Lucky her! Definitely looked like it was a total blast
― Roz, Wednesday, 24 August 2022 16:49 (one year ago) link