Lost in Guitar land Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 Do you guys in the State "get" our British humour or are we just being plain stupid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 Darkness are cool. Many Americans and Canadians are fans of the British sense of humour. Of course, the Darkness aren't truly a spoof band, but more of a tongue-in-cheek return to an era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 I like them. I think they're cool in a "Spinal Tap" sort of way . You can check out a previous discussion thread here: http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=4562 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost in Guitar land Posted March 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 "Do you guys in the State"????? Sorry about the crappy typo !! I did mean the whole of the and and anyone other Countries who'd like to comment. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 The Completely SUCK!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 Not only are they tongue-in-cheek about the 80's, they also write really good music!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanKirk Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 I found them amusing at first. It's like a look-alike Robert Plant singing like Freddie Mercury hit head on with a Jimmy Page look-alike playin like CC Deville in classic rock/ 80's rock band. The video to 'A thing called love' left a smile on my face and the big finish really got me to laugh. When he hits the chorus it's like someone just squeezed his balls, hahaha. ...but then, a guy at work bought the CD and has played it several times a day for the last couple of weeks and, like anything overplayed, I'm sick of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobbo Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 at first i was like... what the hell just played on my radio. i remember vividly thinking "ok, so it was a guy, but probably a transvestite, and i think it had guitar worked into it... kinda weird beat" but then i actually listened to it one day, and i was like.. hey, 80's cool! i bought the cd, and i was like.. woah.. man even the cd is like it came from the 80's! at that point i thought they were a joke band.. but then i listened to the cd.. and it was legit. almost like they were pinched from my birthyear. joke? nah. i think its their style. after all, no parody/joke band would put a naked chick on their cover with a UFO, and have big hair, and wear body suits that are unzippered to expose a nice hairy chest! the hairy chest sealed the legitimicy for me! one of very few brit bands i can stand... brit music hasnt been very good in my books so far.. dont know why exactly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckguitarist Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 COOOOOOL!!!! SOOOOO COOOL! They're everything a rock 'n roll band should be but isn't!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 i only like there one song bareback Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defiled Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 The only time I've heard them was when I saw their "I belive in a thing called love" video... that was enough for me...... that guy must have no balls..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FajiiNako Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 I think they're kind of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 i hate them, but i love them when they're live especially when they were on jools holland and he stood on the piano Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren wilson Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 I can't figure out if they're serious or if they're taking the piss. Either way, i don't like their music or their style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 The first time I saw them wan on our anniversary in a hotel on VH1...first time it aired too. So, I'm like "What the Fxxx is this this?" Is this a joke, or is this for real? then they played a guitar solo, not some cheesey interlude like Nickleback, Creed, 3 Doors Down, and so on play. They freakin rock PS> the only reason they are doing it now is because they were too ugly to do it then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 The Darkness is excellent stuff - great fun, great live; just plain GREAT! *does thums up in Justin Hawkins Style* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wylde1919 Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 you gotta just give hats off for the originality and brazen disregard for whats "pop" That and the guitar work is pretty much from the heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themikestro Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 Overexsposed and over-rated! Funny for a while but the joke has definately worn off..... I'm worried they are starting to take it seriously though, the new video is just so..... serious compared to the others. Talented but contrived I guess. Oh yeah and ugly too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 you gotta just give hats off for the originality and brazen disregard for whats "pop" That and the guitar work is pretty much from the heart. Originality??? in the 80's there was a band called Steelheart with and overdramatic Singer and subpar guitarist. These guys are like a worse version of Spinal Tap. At least Spinal Tap were Original Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wylde1919 Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 Yeah I know steelheart, the singer was mike matejevic (don't know the guitarists name) He went on to do about half the vocals for the Movie Rock Star. It sounds original to me at least. That falsetto is wacky! Its definately not for everyone. And i think that they tak ethemselves very seriously............ to an extent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 at first they seemed cheesy, but as i listened more i realised this is really good stuff! their album "permission to land" is a real gem... full of catchy tunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodFather Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 i did "i believe in a thing called love" (i was the lead guitarist) for my school concert At the end all the girls were shouting my name and i had a big grin on my face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 i didn't think they were a throwback 80s band...sounds like modern "pop" rock to me...like weezer or something. not a big fan though really...i gave it a listen but it "ain't my thang" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Bit Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 Post pulled by author. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 I can't believe I'm defending (ugh) Nickelback-- Although there's no denying that the 'pattern' for songwriting is very similar, this is really just an auditory illusion. It could theoretically be done with almost any band that has consistency in their sound. If you take any song that's in the same key with the other, match beats so that they're the exact same tempo, and play them back together, they'll sound fine, and the person who's already willing to be convinced and therefore isn't listening TOO critically in the first place will just notice how 'good' they sound together, and will jump to the conclusion that they're carbon copies! If anything, with careful listening you'll notice that Nickelback has changed the formula at least 10% between those two songs... there aren't enough perfect matches for the verse and chorus changes. For it to be more frightening in similarity, and convince a more critically-thinking listener, the melodies would have to overlap rather than simply harmonize, and the cadence of the words would have to match, too, rather than sounding like one melody over top of a syncopated backup singer. The words between these two songs almost never match up. I know you're just 'taking the piss' though (as the Brits would say), so I didn't intend to sound too serious in my rebuttal. Nickelback are ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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