The Future Is Ow

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7163404.stm

It's the annual BBC Sound of... poll!

Follow the link to look at the artists but also take part in our very own RESPONSE poll, whereby we discern which of these hott new artists' claims are most off-putting. Cynicism? More like survival instinct.

[Poll #1115544]

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Well a lot of my ire was down to soundbite nuance - the way the (much-ticked) "progressive" quote has that mealy-mouthed "in whatever way you can still do now" on the end, for instance, with its implication that the fate of even the best band is simply to embroider the hems of the mighty.

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

I agree, that did come across as either sarcastic or pessimistic hand-wringing. But on its own, it doesn't say much. If the band are working with a much-used musical formula (singer/electric guitarist - male vocals+bassist+drummer), maybe there's an genuine earnestness being expressed there, an acknowledgement that it isn't easy, rather than a whine.

Who knows?

I'm not dismissing the ick of the nuances mind you, though I mostly found them funny rather than infuriating. But in isolation, it's hard to attribute it to anything. If I saw a negatively-nuanced comment once from a band, I wouldn't think much of it. But if I saw another 4 or 5, especially if they were in different interviews, I expect that *would* have a cumulative influence which could end up turning me right off.

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

I don't know - to me that's much more realistic soundbite than ""People would be less interested in us if we were doing something they had heard before." It is SOOOOO rare to hear something nowadays and think "I've never heard something like that before." Sure there are twists, but the chances that this group is doing something reallly unheard of are slim to none. For some reason I'm much more tolerant of Oasis/Razorlight "We are the best ever in history" braggadocio than this kind of self-hype.