The Darkness

Why didn't anybody TELL me this album was so fucking good?!?!?! I'm only halfway through it on my first listen right now but MY GOD can these guys write some catchy rock riffs!

Haven't listened to them in months, but they're still on my iPod. And i can still remember most of the album from memory.

Jokes are only funny if they're serious.
-- Tom (freakytrigge...), August 7th, 2003.

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No, jokes are only funny if they're vaguely original.
Contrary to what The Lex says, I think this joke was funny in the first place
-- Stewart Osborne

Two good points that are not, contrary to Stewart's belief, mutually opposed.

Stewart goes on to nominate Spinal Tap, but I think Marc Bolan or Slade would be a good starting point. 'I drive a Rolls Royce / Cos it's good for my voice'.

I think there's something very arch about The Darkness - they write good songs and have a great sense of the comically deadpan. They are neither serious enough, nor original enough to be really funny.

I think I like this more than the debut, singles aside.

ilm hates fun

-- Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 6 August 2003 20:17 (4 years ago) Bookmark Link

This guy really was the worst ILX poster ever

Dude this Fritz obsession of yours is really, really weird.

yay The Darkness. they had good b-sides.

"I know the right guys
'Cause I used to work in building supplies"

lulz

Turbonegro have the better humour and choruses in their (superior) songs.
This is dreadful, one of the worst things I've ever heard. Only a complete tasteless sad bastard could like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFYv6gSqimE

Uh oh
http://thequietus.com/articles/05866-darkness-reform-for-download

http://new.assets.thequietus.com/images/articles/5866/darkness_1300183131_crop_550x350.jpg

It's Laffin' Nick Cave and the not-bad seeds!

Least clamored for reunion ever?

i'm pretty excited for it

Good news.. although is this a reunion or ending a hiatus?

or even 'closure', seeing as how Frankie is back

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/lighter.jpg

"Love on the Rocks" is their "Paradise City"

I was at a wedding a few months ago and they played "Thing Called Love" and it went over surprisingly well.

^good display name/posting subject interface

because they are going to go away next week.
― doom-e, Wednesday, August 6, 2003 6:30 PM (9 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

even a stopped clock etc

xxp it's like Right Said Fred's 'I'm Too Sexy', in that there are very specific situations where it'll work and not sound like crap, but even then it's so specific that it won't work every time.

Wow, I pulled out some of Permission to Land after years. I feel like it might sound even better now! Really good power pop. I was inspired after hearing someone nail "I Believe..." at karaoke last night and thinking about how tricky it actually is.

Album four should be out in early 2015. They're also going to have a new drummer this time around.

Did the previous one explode?

Permission is awesome. Their subsequent output not so much.

I really like the Hot Leg album. I was hoping for another one from them more than I was a Darkness reunion.

Love On The Rocks With No Ice is mammoth. They were so great in those early days, and such a treat to interview. They fucked it up so badly with the second album.

I only remember '1984' from the Hot Leg record. Oh, and maybe 'Cocktail.'