My Chemical Romance

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

What do you think of the Gurls Aloud alBUM then? Here's what I think: Chemistry thorts.

Classical music unites with GRIME! I am confident that the 70 minute suite will equal, maybe even surpass, "Mother" by Goldie.

Chico silenced: I ended up watching quite a lot of TV with 'her indoors' on Saturday night including the X-Factor. WHAT A SHOWER. On the other hand when a man who does the Timewarp immediately gets the boot one knows there is still some righteousness in the world.

And it's probably time to talk about the JCB song, isn't it?

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

There is a very definite Britpop influence in some of the instrumentation and in the rhythms, or lack of them. I am pretty sure you wouldn't enjoy it, to be honest, though you might like a couple of the songs.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I probably will get it. But then I will probably take it back and exchange it for Hilarity Duff or something. This time last year they were my favouritest band and now they are doing fucking Britpop.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

It's odd in that it's not *too* different in sound to the last album but the differences they have made might as well have been designed to annoy alexmacpherson. But having said all that you might now like it more than you thought because of all the talking it down...

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

The sound is pretty different! I said on ILX that most of it sounds like amazing banging electropop mistakenly being played on dread real instruments, which does irk me, but generally it's better than I feared - the songs really are great. SWINGING LONDON TOWN!!!!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Swinging London Town is very strange.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

It is, that's why I like it - it's basically the kind of thing I wanted Xenomania to aim for over the whole album, another step in the 'Graffiti My Soul' direction, and what's frustrating is that the most of the other songs would benefit hugely from it. Apart from 'Swinging London Town' none of the backing tracks are anything to shout about.

(I didn't get the Special Xmas Edition because Sainsbury didn't have it. Is it worth getting someone to burn it for me?)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I think I'll like it more on repeat listens.

I wonder if the downfall of Rachel's modern electropop influenced Xenomania's thinking on what to do with the songs, tho of course there's always been a guitar element to GA's music.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Possibly more the Rise Of Indie into the charts again but yes, similar reasoning, and Xenomania really deserve a slap for that. GA have always used guitars in moderation until now - a riff here, a riff there, balanced out by 100% electro bangers like 'The Show' - but the Chemistry guitars are just a bit ploddy, nothing like 'Love Machine' or 'Graffiti My Soul' or even 'No Good Advice'.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

alex wot is yr opinion of early-doors roxy music?


(GA don't really sound like em AT ALL but they kinda sorta organise their material and their MODE OF SUBJECT ADDRESS a bit like em) (i declare)

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

i've never heard anything by roxy music, but i would like to! they always seem to crop up in discussions at interesting points.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Alex, I'll burn you a copy of the Xmas CD. I owe you something in return for Aaliyah and whatnot.

Worth it for 2, poss 3 songs (see below)

E-mail me yr address and I'll sort it out tomorrow.