did i talk about how incredible "menswear" was live
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 December 2014 16:04 (nine years ago) link
that was one point where i intensely loved the crowd bc they sang every word
The 1975 are the new Beatles.― burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb ranks (The Reverend), Thursday, December 11, 2014 8:22 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb ranks (The Reverend), Thursday, December 11, 2014 8:22 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
So hateful.
― Greer, Thursday, 11 December 2014 16:10 (nine years ago) link
ha I was mostly pointing out that the Fabs were dismissed as a boy band for screaming teenage girls when they first came out
― burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb ranks (The Reverend), Thursday, 11 December 2014 17:16 (nine years ago) link
(I like the 1975 tho not as much as Tim or Brad do fwiw)
― burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb ranks (The Reverend), Thursday, 11 December 2014 17:19 (nine years ago) link
can someone work out a genealogy of his voice? i've never really vibed with mallpunk or screamo stuff and what he does seems like a compelling take on it; def gets to me but still remains unloveable if that makes sense
― goole, Thursday, 11 December 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link
i kinda feel like frederick in amadeus holding up my hand, "too many... syllables"
― goole, Thursday, 11 December 2014 18:18 (nine years ago) link
imo they are fking rad & anyone on the fence needs new ears
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 11 December 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link
I've only just listened to this lot for the first time, annoyed that no-one told me that they sound like Aztec Camera or I would have investigated sooner
― Eine Feine (soref), Thursday, 11 December 2014 21:40 (nine years ago) link
add that to the list
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 December 2014 21:42 (nine years ago) link
My wife hates Scritti and Aztec Camera, first thing she said when she caught me listening to The 1975: "I never thought there would be shit like this again"
― cpl593H, Friday, 12 December 2014 02:35 (nine years ago) link
Haha, bless.
The above, and my own taking to 1975 earlier already but also One Direction recently: I think both bands could be heralded, in ten years time, for their emancipatory work in the field. Bridging the gap between pop and rock. For some reason it's not "cool" to like 1975. We've established the sonic comparisons between them and 1D in this thread already. Both seem to 'wash' out of their genre like waves, into other genres. Purists hate this, and there will for ever be purists. But I strongly believe both of these bands are doing lots of dirty pioneering work in blurring the lines between 'pop' and 'rock'. And I applaud this.
Special q for Tim F: when I first heard the 1975 - not knowing anything about them - I could have sworn they were from Down Under. They sound so Australian to me, and still do! I can't put my finger on it as to why. Imagine the 1975 having been around back in the day to soundtrack Heartbreak High! Would've been perfect! Do you agree, and if so, why do they sound so Australian? For they certainly are light years away from anything Manchester, either streetwise or gritwise or sound wise.
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Friday, 12 December 2014 22:49 (nine years ago) link
I actually think they make sense as a Manchester band (or Manchester-area band). Not that Manchester bands are any one thing, but the Factory/Madchester lineage is really pretty catholic and pop-friendly. Given a few years, it turned punk into New Order. Mick Hucknall and Shaun Ryder only grew up a few miles away from each other.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 13 December 2014 01:56 (nine years ago) link
I actually think they make sense as a Manchester band (or Manchester-area band). Not that Manchester bands are any one thing, but the Factory/Madchesterlineage is really pretty catholic and pop friendly.
This is obviously true. No band is or represents a city. But I have difficulty placing the 1975 in any Manchester tradition tbh. Outskirts band really, perhaps more expected to be from Salford or the likes? There's a contrarian element of not wanting to be cool to them, which I love. Must be Salford :)
― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Saturday, 13 December 2014 02:10 (nine years ago) link
omg this show!
healy smoked and swigged champagne (or maybe just sauv blanc? who knows) the entire fucking time. i've always thought "settle down" was the ONE on the album but maybe after tonight i'm wrong and it's "chocolate"?
"medicine" was the boringest song of the set tbh
walked out into a crowd of parents waiting to pick up their kids, loool
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Thursday, 15 January 2015 12:52 (nine years ago) link
I went on Sunday night - it was exactly the same as above (and indeed exactly the same as when I saw them last time, except for the addition of "Medicine" and "Is There Somebody Who Can Watch You" - or at least I couldn't remember the latter from the previous show). I enjoyed "Medicine" though!
Took a friend who likes them but doesn't ~follow music~ and he was really creeped out by the preponderance of 14 year old girls. It was, like, most of the crowd. He was reluctant to accept my (earnest) representations that this was at least in part a sign of the band's quality. Those girls, they know.
Though Healy taking off his shirt for several songs was just baiting.
― Tim F, Thursday, 15 January 2015 19:48 (nine years ago) link
"settle down" is maybe my fave 1975 song but it was the most disappointing live (not that it was bad). the instrumental section didn't really hit. it kind of tempered the song instead of elevating it to a level of unparalleled ecstasy like the studio version does.
still remember my world crashing down around me at the "WELL NOW THAT YOU'VE GOT YOUR GUN" part of 'robbers' <3
― uberweiss, Thursday, 15 January 2015 20:26 (nine years ago) link
i was sitting in the 18+ section so avoided the kids for the most part. it's kind of weird to me that they have such a large teenage girl fanbase. has there been a lot of explicit 1D endorsement? i'm presuming that it's an internet thing because i don't feel like they're ever on the radio here - awkwardly sandwiched between being too pop for JJJ and too alternative for nova
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Thursday, 15 January 2015 22:14 (nine years ago) link
The girls seemed older than archetypal 1D fans ("14 year old" is probably misleading: it was more like a 14 - 17 spread).
I suspect a lot of it comes down to the fact that Matt Healy's entire schtick is of the redeemable bad boy.
Perhaps the biggest reaction (apart from "Chocolate") among this crowd was for "Girls", a lot of the audience seemed to like the idea that he was singing it to them personally.
And yeah I suspect it's been an internet / word of fingers and thumbs thing.
My boyfriend came along as he has been subjected to The 1975 constantly in the car since about the time of the release of the IV EP, and has grown to like them.
On the one hand he was moved to compliment the stylistic range on display following the guitar pyrotechnics at the end of "You", the goth minimalism of "Me", the Blue Nile balladry of "fallingforyou" and the piano/sax duet on "Is There Somebody Who Can Watch You".
But then after "She Way Out" and "Settle Down" and "Girls" had all played he said to me, "these guys definitely have a lot of songs that sound kinda the same but I like that sound so i don't mind."
― Tim F, Thursday, 15 January 2015 22:46 (nine years ago) link
bad boy he may be, but healy still seems like a grot - i was a long way from the stage but the whole night i kept thinking "taylor swift is really hitting THAT?"
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Thursday, 15 January 2015 23:22 (nine years ago) link
Healy isn't a bad boy, he's a fucking spoilt rich kid. A total poser.
The 1975 attract the 1D crowd because they're a glorified boy band, natch.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Thursday, 15 January 2015 23:48 (nine years ago) link
Not like the good old days of the Gallagher brothers, eh.
― Tim F, Thursday, 15 January 2015 23:56 (nine years ago) link
More like those lesser bands from the '80s that were all haircut and no substance.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Thursday, 15 January 2015 23:59 (nine years ago) link
The Britpop version of Matt Healy was Crispian Mills, fwiw.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Friday, 16 January 2015 00:02 (nine years ago) link
healy is hott taylor is otmfuiud
:D
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 16 January 2015 00:15 (nine years ago) link
Amazing tumblr about the 1975 & 1D: http://hereforthehair.tumblr.com/
― Nourry, Friday, 16 January 2015 00:40 (nine years ago) link
Turrican you're being sub-dog-latinesque
― Tim F, Friday, 16 January 2015 02:45 (nine years ago) link
i love haircut and hate substance
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 16 January 2015 05:01 (nine years ago) link
probably late but just discovered this great artful rmx of 'pressure'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtAFNq4i9gc&feature=youtu.be
― Nourry, Sunday, 18 January 2015 15:21 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/X8Hx3cg.png
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 23 January 2015 19:52 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/BRnbmCn.png
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 23 January 2015 19:53 (nine years ago) link
holy fuck
― J0rdan S., Friday, 23 January 2015 20:10 (nine years ago) link
but it's not even meant to be coming out until "feb-apr 2016"!?!?!
― uberweiss, Friday, 23 January 2015 20:10 (nine years ago) link
idk
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 23 January 2015 20:11 (nine years ago) link
i could deal with a 2016 release if we get three or four eps this year
― prolego, Friday, 23 January 2015 20:47 (nine years ago) link
here's the video where matty talks about a 2016 release. also discusses how hats is one of the best albums ever and there's a d'angelo sample on one of the tracks(!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoxANj3ZSUg#t=8m30s
― prolego, Friday, 23 January 2015 20:59 (nine years ago) link
also discusses how hats is one of the best albums ever
UGH
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 23 January 2015 21:04 (nine years ago) link
<3 jessie ware for being the first person to tell them about the blue nile
― prolego, Friday, 23 January 2015 21:07 (nine years ago) link
my heart can't take this
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 23 January 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link
ugh i just got to the hats part uuuugh
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 23 January 2015 21:16 (nine years ago) link
"i love your band, you must have heard the blue nile bc all of your melodic ideas sound influenced by the blue nile" - jessie ware/me
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 23 January 2015 21:19 (nine years ago) link
i like how matty's all what the fuck even was my existence before the blue nile arrived into my life. which is how we all feel.
― prolego, Friday, 23 January 2015 21:21 (nine years ago) link
fuckin SAME
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 23 January 2015 21:22 (nine years ago) link
the top comments underneath the youtube stream of hats right now are all versions of "matty brought me here i'm in love"
doing god's work
― prolego, Friday, 23 January 2015 21:31 (nine years ago) link
i got a little caught up in the whole lewis l'amour thing but then kinda realized you know if this guy could write songs and sing he would be the blue nile so why don't i pull out hats instead?
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 23 January 2015 21:33 (nine years ago) link
are those records worth it?
― goole, Friday, 23 January 2015 22:04 (nine years ago) link
the lewis ones?yeah kinda, interesting vibe i guess, and the story is cool
the blue nile records are the apex of some kinda 80s mournful staring out a lux apartment ennui
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 23 January 2015 22:12 (nine years ago) link
also recommended: escalator in an empty airport
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 24 January 2015 00:07 (nine years ago) link
driving Tom Cruise's parents Porsche in Risky Business around the empty freeways around downtown LA at 4am
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 24 January 2015 00:54 (nine years ago) link
crying with sandwiches tied to your feet in the absence of shoes
― deliberately clunky, needlessly arty, (contenderizer), Saturday, 24 January 2015 01:05 (nine years ago) link