Seat68 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 1 minute ago, theboyangel said: Elbow - terrific first album, okay second one before sliding downwards into melancholic rock for the masses… such a shame. Guy Garvey seems a decent chap though! Elbow are a weird one for me. They all seem thoroughly decent, but I absolutely detest their music. It's dreadful. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 1 minute ago, Seat68 said: Elbow are a weird one for me. They all seem thoroughly decent, but I absolutely detest their music. It's dreadful. I loved their first album and it performed live brilliantly too but then they began the inevitable slide downwards musically as their fan base increased… not a fan of their recent stuff (3rd album onwards!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 11 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Elbow are a weird one for me. They all seem thoroughly decent, but I absolutely detest their music. It's dreadful. Grounds For Divorce is the only track of theirs I've heard that isn't crap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 13, 2021 Moderator Share Posted October 13, 2021 46 minutes ago, rjw63 said: Grounds For Divorce is the only track of theirs I've heard that isn't crap. The cover of Independent Woman is good too but other than that... 1 hour ago, theboyangel said: Elbow - terrific first album, okay second one before sliding downwards into melancholic rock for the masses… such a shame. Guy Garvey seems a decent chap though! This nails it. Garvey's radio show is better than his music 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted October 13, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, theboyangel said: Elbow - terrific first album Asleep in the Back? I bought that, to see what all the fuss was about. I found it unbelievably dull. Gave it to a charity shop. (Which is at least better than The Pixies' much-lauded 'Doolittle'. I hated that so much I threw it forcibly into the bin). Edited October 13, 2021 by mjmooney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 i once saw them support coldplay not much moshing that night 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 28 minutes ago, mjmooney said: (Which is at least better than The Pixies' much-lauded 'Doolittle'. I hated that so much I threw it forcibly into the bin). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 34 minutes ago, villa4europe said: i once saw them support coldplay not much moshing that night But I bet you woke up nice and refreshed 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straggler Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Take That. Basically treated like royalty, for producing generic boy band pop songs. Nothing wrong with generic pop songs, there is a place for them, but they are a really good example of awesome marketing rather than awesome music. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 51 minutes ago, Straggler said: Take That. Basically treated like royalty, for producing generic boy band pop songs. Nothing wrong with generic pop songs, there is a place for them, but they are a really good example of awesome marketing rather than awesome music. Agreed, but I thought this was for actual artists or bands, not manufactured cack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted October 13, 2021 Moderator Share Posted October 13, 2021 3 hours ago, theboyangel said: I loved their first album and it performed live brilliantly too but then they began the inevitable slide downwards musically as their fan base increased… not a fan of their recent stuff (3rd album onwards!) I think the first 4 were pretty good and the last one I bought was probably about 10 years ago, but since then.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 14 hours ago, chrisp65 said: My nipper was in a writing / song writing group or whatever you want to call it and borrowed one of Sheeran’s guitars for a little while. Actually borrowed it off Amy Wadge, just to add another level of name dropping. So I had the guitar knocking around the house for a little while until I returned it. was it just me who said "who" to themselves as they read this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 15 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: was it just me who said "who" to themselves as they read this She isn't obscure, as big as Eg White as songwriters go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Straggler said: Take That. Basically treated like royalty, for producing generic boy band pop songs. Nothing wrong with generic pop songs, there is a place for them, but they are a really good example of awesome marketing rather than awesome music. Not sure if they're overrated, though. Definitely good marketing, but a fair few of their songs (whilst not to my taste; I mostly love heavy rock and drum & bass ) are "good" and they did it better than any other boy band I can think of. As an aside, this thread seems to have gone down the route of "famous bands I don't like" rather than overrated ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted October 13, 2021 8 minutes ago, bobzy said: As an aside, this thread seems to have gone down the route of "famous bands I don't like" rather than overrated ones. Which was the point I made re: Queen. I don't think they're overrated. I think their high reputation is well deserved - even though I don't like them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 13, 2021 Moderator Share Posted October 13, 2021 3 hours ago, villa4europe said: i once saw them support coldplay not much moshing that night There really better have been some DHUTWU involved in this or you were paid to be there, otherwise there is no excuse for such behaviour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Just now, bickster said: There really better have been some DHUTWU involved in this or you were paid to be there, otherwise there is no excuse for such behaviour oasis in manchester on the saturday night, coldplay in bolton on the sunday, both done off touts outside oasis and the night out in manchester afterwards was incredible, coldplay was one hell of a come down, its the night they did the fix you video, coldplay live around the release of the 3rd album were ok, i loved AROBTTH it was just dull compared to the night before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 13, 2021 Moderator Share Posted October 13, 2021 Just now, villa4europe said: coldplay... bolton... touts 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Has anybody mentioned Metallica yet? If not, then Metallica. Even more boring than Pink Floyd, which takes some doing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 9 hours ago, tonyh29 said: was it just me who said "who" to themselves as they read this In your defence, you don’t really like music. She’s got a Grammy! Written songs for Ed Sheehan, James Blunt, Kylie Minogue, Boyzone, Mike. Collaborated with Seat’s already referenced Eg White. So a fairly connected industry person, that gives up weekends for free, to try and teach kids to write music and lyrics and play and enjoy music. I might be a fanboy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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