A kung fu fighter in a disco

sh!te, more like.

they appear to have half written four songs and cut and shut them together to make this...

and that white stripes one is a right mess as well if it's the one i heard on the radio this morning...

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hahaha, i am a miserable old sod.

we need a "don't like all the ones i've heard" option ;)

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how about a 'hate all the ones that I've had the misfortune to hear and you must be joking if you think I'm going to actively search out aural pain given that all of this young persons' music is totally rubbish nowadays' option?

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haha, yes, that's what we should have :)

although i guess i'd probably like some of the ones that would never be played on 6, but i'm not putting up with 30 minutes of moyles of a morning on the off-chance of hearing them...

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jeff-worrell.livejournal.com

Messy = good (esp. in White Stripes' case). QOTSA is also a bit in this category - the main riff has an awkward jerkiness to it which I found quite endearing.

Yay for Ghosts NE. Barely scraping into the 40 AGANE, but at least it made it.

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I am surprised to find myself liking Icky Thump. I shall file it with Of Montreal in the guilty pleasures category ;-)

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It's actually good isn't it! I like the organ solos.

I just had a surprisingly successful meeting and a nice lunch so I'm in danger of going back and ticking most of this.

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hmmmm, kinda. (again, assuming it was the single i heard and not just an alBUM track they were playing on 6music) it hasn't even got a hook to grab on to. i think i like my stripes more DRIVIN' eg button to button, 7nation army...

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Messy is what I like about the Holloways as well -really enjoy that manic, throw-it-at-the-wall-and-see-if-it-sticks sound that it's got. Not sure that they've got any tunes *other* than Generator, but it does make me happy whenever it's on the radio.

Might go back and tick Ghosts as well - didn't notice that but liked the video you posted.

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EFFING HELL i hadnt heard the Holloways before - GODAWFUL, it's like Tribe Of Toffs or something.

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they clearly think they're like the new dexys or summat, when actually it's JUST AWFUL.

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It is totally rub. In every way.

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Well except the way in which someone is actually rubbed the right way.

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I gave a hearty tick to Kelly Rowland, a fairly marginal tick to The Fray (way way better than "How to Save a Life") and those were 2 of only 4 of these that I know. The 2 I know and didn't tick are White Stripes and Chem Bros. I really dislike this White Stripes songs, and I've really liked most of their previous singles.

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Still, the makers of the Corenell vs LME video probably deserve some sort of award for desperation in marketing.

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I ticked both of course. Though very very marginal in the case of Bob Sinclar - I can see why it's a bad thing he's done but I just like euro-ragga.

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I am including Klaxons in this category btw, although it's the least bad of the 3.

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If you can see why that mildly annoying but not vile Sinclar thing is bad, surely you see why Klaxons...desecrating Grace is EVEN WORSE!!!! It may well be the very worst thing I've heard this year.

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It's amazingly energetic! Not as energetic as yer actual Grace but definitely tickish.

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Energetic != good or listenable!

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koganbot

Don't like the Klaxons "Not Over" as much as the original or as much as the previous version the Klaxons did (seems to me they've unfunked the bass this time), but this is not a desecration but a way of finding their way into a searing ache that Grace didn't come close to. This track absolutely reaches me (or the previous Klaxon version does, anyway), justifies the Klaxons' existence, though it will no doubt make me disappointed in everything else they do in the future. Second favorite song today, ahead of the very good Kelly Rowland (which is the first solo jaunt I've ever liked of hers). I love this. But not as much as the Unklejam.

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Pleased to second yr Bob Sinclar ticky. We will be only two votes ever and people will think we are racia1istas.

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I like the euro-ragga too! I def prefer the C&C music factory one though. And the small kids singing along in the video was/is great even though I know it is wrong and bad.

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Am actually kind of conflicted here! I dunno, I used to have time for both the White Stripes and QOTSA but neither of these are grabbing me at all - they start off decently (and I do like the organ squiggle on the WS song) but I lose interest quickly, they don't seem to go anywhere. 'Icky Thump' is better than that annoying 'Doorbell' shit which was the last White Stripes song I heard, though. I think I'll end up ticking them both, marginally - I suspect that the shit youtube quality isn't doing QOTSA any favours.

What I am 100% sure about is that they aren't a patch on MS KELLY! 'Like This' is amazing, so relaxed and fun.

Pleasantly surprised by Unklejam, I'd previously dismissed them on the grounds that I first heard about them on P**justice but this is quite nice. Could do with being more memorable but it's probably a grower, and a stylishly done one.

Also pleasantly surprised by Ghosts but not enough to tick because of his voice. Tori Amos has some gorgeous MOR propulsive balladry along these lines on her new album and I have that so don't need this.

Sinclar and Corenell - redundant, in an annoying way.

Chemical Bros - retire please, old men.

Fray, Klaxons, Holloways - revolting.

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Actually I am unticking White Stripes now, wtf are they doing ahead of Kelly Rowland you insane insane people.

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Well yes. The basic problem w/Icky Thump (not problem enough for me to untick it) is Jack White as vocalist and especially LYRICIST - WTF is he on about.

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I looked up the lyrics and they appear to be about illegal imigrants? And how America is hypocritical about them? Or something boring like that. He's written lyrics I've liked before, not that any spring to mind right now.

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