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And where is Calum Robert to explain to us that our "not getting"
Coldplay just proves how utterly, um, "brill" they are? Come now
Calum! H.M.R.H.'s honour is at stake!
― John Darnielle, Friday, 2 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
No, the smart people are looking forward to new albums by British
artists such as My Computer, Peshay, Max Tundra, Swayzak, Underworld,
Death in Vegas, Echoboy, Soft Cell, Medicine 8, Broadway Project,
Kate Bush, Calibre, Circulation, Adam Freeland, LAB 4, Larmousse,
Lemon D, Oceansize, Photek, Radio 9, Rico, Scorn, They Came from The
Stars I Saw Them, Transparent Sound and... when they are finally
released..Massive Attack, Bark Psychosis, Elizabeth Fraser, Zan Lyons
and Killing Joke.
AND Piss off... Brit-pop/ and shite Lamacq crap such as The
Libertines, Supergrass, Ash, Coldplay, Anti-Hero, Miss Black America
and their ilk. Can I apologise to overseas listeners in advance for
these bands they are soddin national disgrace to Britain.
To answer your question Sean, re: Oasis and Coldplay - unfortunately
the media: Radio 1, Xfm, NME, Q, 6 Music etc - give them far to much
coverage.
― DJ Martian, Friday, 2 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
it's incredibly dull at the moment in the UK, nothing has changed
while i have been away in the last three months, no revolutions (not
a bad thing because i want to be present when it gets going)...I
honestly can't get excited about most of the music Martian has
listed, i'd honestly rather watch paint dry (have heard about 2/3 of
what he listed).
If a new alb by dullards like massive attack is supposed to get us
all excited then it just doesn't matter whether Oasis and Coldplay
are top of the charts or whatever because there isn't anything better
(this is form Martian's list of course) anyway.
― Julio Desouza, Friday, 2 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
the scientist - u'd better learn 2 love it.
a) cause it's fantastic
b) cause it's going to be
number 1 forever
― piscesboy, Saturday, 3 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
You know, I'm one of the few people around here that actually
thought that "Parachutes" was a brilliant record, but this new one
is indefensable. Normally, I chalk up all the hell that they catch
on ILM to playa hatin', but I must agree with the mob this time. For
one thing, it's horribly overproduced. I loved the relatively quiet,
spartan psychadelia of their debut, but now there's an abundance of
overcooked strings and synths, plodding guitar riffs and what seems
like the same damned drumbeat used for every song. The suprisingly
lousy guitar playing really hurts as their debut had a great deal of
clean, intricate guitar work, so what the fuck happened here? Maybe
it's just me, but since it's been a couple of years
since "Parachutes" shouldn't they sound more proficient and not
less? The songs themselves don't really seem to be about much of
anything, either. But maybe the lyrics ARE really good and I just
can't hear them for the loud ass string arangements! There are 2
bright spots, though. "God put a smile upon your face" is beautiful
if distant and the chorus to "Daylight" is so sweet that only a Nazi
could hate it, but that's about it. This one ain't even a grower,
folks. Now they sound like one of these schmaltzy, shitty ass
American MOR bands like Default or Lifehouse. Grade=F-/ aka
Goddamned Godawful.
― Brenya, Saturday, 3 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link