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Post by benraul on Sept 21, 2008 10:44:51 GMT
Can you recommend some songs to me please Fergalacrylic? I have listened to a fair few but nothing to warrant me changing my mind. What are your fav tracks from them?
And I am curious to know why you think they are inovative?
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Post by Fergal on Sept 21, 2008 11:05:38 GMT
Sure thing, Geraldine, Lonesome Swan, Flowers and Football Tops, Daddys Gone and Go Square Go.
They're innovative because theres no other band like them, and the music, a lot of it ripped off Jesus and Mary Chain, is fairly different and massive and distorted sounding, and the marring of all the different things like the two drums and all that, I dunno, its just a collosal and unique sound, and James Allen's lyrics are superb
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Post by benraul on Sept 22, 2008 10:37:40 GMT
Cheers Fergal.
I get the fact they are writing songs about taboo subjects etc, and touching on sensitive issues but I still dont get the fuss.
The only song Iv heard that i like so far is Geraldine. But that is at a stretch because I find his voice annoying and irritating.
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Post by cal on Sept 22, 2008 11:39:26 GMT
Whitey is the best song ive heard by them.
Acoustic home demo.
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Post by Fergal on Sept 22, 2008 15:27:09 GMT
Cheers Fergal. I get the fact they are writing songs about taboo subjects etc, and touching on sensitive issues but I still dont get the fuss. The only song Iv heard that i like so far is Geraldine. But that is at a stretch because I find his voice annoying and irritating. Yeah, with accents as strong as that its sort of an acquired taste. But aye, I'm all for bands breaking taboo subjects and sensetive issues and that, be it Glasvegas with "I won't be the lonely one sitting on my own and sad, a 50 year old reminiscing what I had" or The Specials with "Just because you're a black boy, just because you're a white, it doesn't mean you have to hate him, it doesn't mean you have to fight" or even Oasis with "Is it worth the aggravation to find yourself a job when there's nothing worth working for". Its just statements like that in songs, that you just think, thats special |
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Post by cal on Sept 22, 2008 15:39:29 GMT
but i think a lot of bands do that now just for the sake of it. theres no thought in it a lot of the time.
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Post by Fergal on Sept 22, 2008 15:59:25 GMT
True, "This Song" by the Enemy as an average attempt at it. Glasvegas do it well though
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Post by Andy on Sept 23, 2008 6:55:50 GMT
is the album worth a purchase guys?
I've only heard daddys gone and geraldine which I really like
that go square go is meant to be class but I might pick it up if its any good
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Post by burnleynotbarcelona on Sept 23, 2008 10:11:23 GMT
I got it ok iTunes because it was cheap, it's an ok album I wouldn't really go beyond that tbh. Might try and see them live at some point. I don't think the album would make my top 5 of 2008.
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Post by benraul on Sept 24, 2008 9:42:34 GMT
I wouldnt buy it if I was you, but then again i am fully against the Glasvegas bandwagon. One of my mates saw them alst night in London. Said they were boring, minimal interaction with the audiance. However, he said the support were top and the lead singer (woman) was FIT. Always a bonus.
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Post by kokainekinney on Sept 24, 2008 11:09:22 GMT
i hate the way the nme have bummed over them and kept mentioning them. calling them the new oasis and stuff like that. they are good, but massivly over hyped by the nme.
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Post by benraul on Sept 24, 2008 11:39:34 GMT
i hate the way the nme have bummed over them and kept mentioning them. calling them the new oasis and stuff like that they are good, but massivly over hyped by the nme. New Oasis?  dear dear me. |
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Post by dontask on Oct 1, 2008 20:05:21 GMT
yeah , we dont need another oasis lol one is enough
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Post by george on Oct 1, 2008 20:39:34 GMT
...it's not so much that... how on earth are Glasvegas even slightly comparable to Oasis...? I can understand why they do it with The Courteeners (although I fucking hate it) but Glasvegas? Bizarre. Maybe they just have a standard "Oasis Comparison" review and change the name of the band each time.
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Post by dontask on Oct 1, 2008 20:46:49 GMT
all i know is, ive only heard daddys gone n it did absolutely nothin to justify the hype for me. maybe i need to listen to more
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dear dear me. 