The Darkness

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.'

Hot Cakes might be the best Darkness album unfortunately no one has ever heard it.

I kinda thought the 2nd album was pretty dope. Try "Is It Just Me," "Dinner Lady Arms," "Girlfriend," "English Country Garden" and the title track. Honestly I think the 1st album is equally spotty, but the highlights are kinda incredible.

So many great memories just thinking about that first Darkness record.

They were very entertaining live around the time of that first album!

One Way Ticket to Hell...And Back is a great album, but its nowhere near as immediate as the first Darkness album. It didn't help that the first single was garbage too.

Yeah, I listened to Hot Cakes and really liked it.

It didn't help that the first single was garbage too.

I wouldn't call it garbage, but it was a bad choice for a lead single.

i kind of love how their new single rips off 'sex type thing'