A Year In Pop: 23

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

A deluge of new entries this week, some of which should spark a bit of conversation. So I'll let you get on with it!

[Poll #1001778]

Comments

holloways!

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

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...

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

hahaha, i am a miserable old sod.

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

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

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?

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

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...

Re: right messes

[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.

Re: right messes

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

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

Re: right messes

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

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.

Re: right messes

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

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...

Re: right messes

[ms-bracken.livejournal.com]

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.

Re: holloways!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

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

Re: holloways!

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

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

Holloways HORROR.

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

It is totally rub. In every way.

Re: Holloways HORROR.

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

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