― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 26 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
really.
― jess, Tuesday, 26 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Brock K., Tuesday, 26 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― geeta, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― fritz, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I think I was just disappointed both times because I love the Blacktop and Gories stuff and kind of unfairly resented the Dirtbombs for not being either of those bands.
Whats wrong with cute? And how is it cute?
― Brock K., Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
And I already disliked this reviewer (not for any good reasons), but it rather staggers me that he could have given this band so favorable a review.
― j.lu, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― kleight, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Daver, Thursday, 28 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Monday, 28 April 2003 11:32 (twenty years ago) link
― paul cox (paul cox), Monday, 28 April 2003 11:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Monday, 28 April 2003 11:54 (twenty years ago) link
Monkeys win though. Ooooh look, there's an ickle baba monkey too!
― mei (mei), Monday, 28 April 2003 13:02 (twenty years ago) link
Yes, they do. Yes, they do.
― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Monday, 28 April 2003 13:07 (twenty years ago) link
Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 28 April 2003 13:11 (twenty years ago) link
if that means anything.
― brian badword (badwords), Monday, 28 April 2003 13:17 (twenty years ago) link
i listen to the album regularly, sitting here nerding around on the comp.
― brian badword (badwords), Monday, 28 April 2003 13:30 (twenty years ago) link
nice nod to ESG in "Tick"
― Paul (scifisoul), Monday, 28 April 2003 15:28 (twenty years ago) link
I enjoy the Blues Explosion.
― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 28 April 2003 15:30 (twenty years ago) link
― hstencil, Monday, 28 April 2003 15:31 (twenty years ago) link
i like the yyy's okay now (the album has real moments but is too samey overall). name still bothers me tho.
― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 28 April 2003 15:35 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 28 April 2003 15:50 (twenty years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 28 April 2003 15:52 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Monday, 28 April 2003 17:31 (twenty years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 26 August 2004 17:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 26 August 2004 17:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 26 August 2004 17:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 26 August 2004 17:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 26 August 2004 17:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sir Chaki McBeer III (chaki), Thursday, 26 August 2004 17:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― stevie (stevie), Thursday, 26 August 2004 17:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― g--ff (gcannon), Thursday, 26 August 2004 17:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 26 August 2004 17:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 26 August 2004 17:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sir Chaki McBeer III (chaki), Thursday, 26 August 2004 17:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 26 August 2004 17:59 (nineteen years ago) link
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.
(x-post!)
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 26 August 2004 17:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:13 (nineteen years ago) link
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.
― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 26 August 2004 18:15 (nineteen years ago) link
Also I am seeing them on Monday. MONDAY! YAY!
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Saturday, 26 September 2009 03:44 (fourteen years ago) link
ha okay, so I hated them except for "Maps" until It's Blitz! came out
I'm now going back and yeah, I love them now unreservedly
― now I have to imagine your penis (DJP), Monday, 29 August 2011 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
all of their albums have been really good imho. very fun live too
― satisfying punishment for that thing he said about lesbians (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 29 August 2011 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
gold lion is especially awesome
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
was listening to them last night, they're def still very awesome
― J0rdan S., Monday, 29 August 2011 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
they were my "favorite band" for a while and yeah they're great
― my Sonicare toothbrush (difficult listening hour), Monday, 29 August 2011 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
Date With the Night still gets me riled up (in a good way) like few other songs from the last 10 years.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 29 August 2011 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
know they're doing fine and everything but feel like critics were undeservedly hedging about them after they stopped being OMG NEW YORK TRASH RETURN OF ROCK OMG
― my Sonicare toothbrush (difficult listening hour), Monday, 29 August 2011 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
not that i have done a comprehensive survey of YYYs reviews so i guess i just mean "i think show your bones should have received a higher score from pitchfork"
― my Sonicare toothbrush (difficult listening hour), Monday, 29 August 2011 16:56 (twelve years ago) link
my memory is they (imho unfairly) took a bunch of shit for their second album and then gained some begrudging respect for not subsequently disappearing and instead continuing to make solid, largely under-the-radar records
― satisfying punishment for that thing he said about lesbians (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 29 August 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think It's Blitz! can be fairly described as "under the radar"
― now I have to imagine your penis (DJP), Monday, 29 August 2011 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpiGsMkQd2c
always loved letterman's transparent crush on karen/refusal to let go of her hand at the end here
― my Sonicare toothbrush (difficult listening hour), Monday, 29 August 2011 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
OMG NEW YORK TRASH RETURN OF ROCK OMG
Honestly this angle of celebration was a large part of why I never liked them at the time (see also Strokes). Every time rock 'returns' now I want to beat everyone involved over the head with a 2 by 4.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 29 August 2011 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't think any of the singles charted at all, did they...?
― satisfying punishment for that thing he said about lesbians (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 29 August 2011 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
that's a weird metric by which to measure the yeah yeah yeahs
― J0rdan S., Monday, 29 August 2011 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
they played SNL during it's blitz promo
pretty sure they were on the cover of SPIN
― J0rdan S., Monday, 29 August 2011 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
glee did 'heads will roll' in their post super bowl episode also
― balls, Monday, 29 August 2011 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
didn't know any of that, but the glee thing seems like the most significant real crossover/exposure moment of those listed to me. I can't remember the last time I even SAW the cover of SPIN magazine lol
― satisfying punishment for that thing he said about lesbians (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 29 August 2011 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
Show Your Bones charted in the US at 11, "Maps" made the Billboard Hot 100 (lol 87), It's Blitz charted in the US at 22.
― satisfying punishment for that thing he said about lesbians (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 29 August 2011 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
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."
― a 'catch-all', almost humorous, 'Jeez' quality (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 August 2011 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
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"
― now I have to imagine your penis (DJP), Monday, 29 August 2011 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
The middle section draaags.
― a 'catch-all', almost humorous, 'Jeez' quality (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 August 2011 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
you should start the album from "Dull Life" and see if it actually drags there or if it's "Skeletons" and "Soft Shock"
― now I have to imagine your penis (DJP), Monday, 29 August 2011 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Cass McCars (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 29 August 2011 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
"Skeletons" probably. "Shame and Fortune" doesn't move me either, killer riff aside.
― a 'catch-all', almost humorous, 'Jeez' quality (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 August 2011 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
That's weird. I still think the first LP is their best moment, but I generally like their whole catalog.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 29 August 2011 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
"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.
― now I have to imagine your penis (DJP), Monday, 29 August 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― a 'catch-all', almost humorous, 'Jeez' quality (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 August 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
"Zero" is definitely when they finally worked for me. "Heads Will Roll" is...okay?
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 29 August 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― a 'catch-all', almost humorous, 'Jeez' quality (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 29 August 2011 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
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
― now I have to imagine your penis (DJP), Monday, 29 August 2011 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 29 August 2011 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 29 August 2011 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
THEIR navigation
"hysteric" still makes me weak in the knees a little
― zsa zsa and digweed (donna rouge), Monday, 29 August 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
^^^
― J0rdan S., Monday, 29 August 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
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
― dmr, Monday, 29 August 2011 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
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. ;-)
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 02:00 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 02:06 (twelve years ago) link
It's Blitz! > Show Your Bones > Fever To Tell >>> Mosquito
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Thursday, 20 July 2017 10:01 (six years ago) link
Happy 20 years, YYYs!
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CFqMR-aBug_/?igshid=l3m422yo19pa
― Roz, Monday, 28 September 2020 08:10 (three years ago) link
YYYs being 20 years old is giving me strong "shit I'm old" feels today
― Just a few slices of apple, Servant. Thank you. How delicious. (stevie), Monday, 28 September 2020 09:13 (three years ago) link
I've never been super into this band, but I recently stumbled onto this live show and I think it's a truly great performancehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNzs6Q50GnI
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 6 May 2021 03:15 (two years ago) link
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.
― Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) stan (morrisp), Thursday, 6 May 2021 06:16 (two years ago) link
Nick zinner was really great.
― candyman, Thursday, 6 May 2021 07:05 (two years ago) link
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.
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 6 May 2021 08:25 (two years ago) link
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
― piscesx, Thursday, 6 May 2021 10:57 (two years ago) link
last album was a dud but "sacrilege" was a great single
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 May 2021 12:16 (two years ago) link