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Worst Mid-Noughties Declining Indie Band Follow-up Single

Royter-Hatfood [Edit] [Delete] 152 replies 16:13 January 3rd, 2013

I think it has to be Ruby by The Kaiser Chiefs, but Do You Want To by Franz Ferdinand surely runs it pretty close.

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good one

SCROTUM | 3 Jan '13, 16:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
Do You Want To pisses all over the competition

probably single-handedly resulted in me losing faith in print music journalism.

no-class | 3 Jan '13, 16:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- How does it make you lose faith in print music journalism?!
  
  moker @no-class | 3 Jan '13, 17:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - because everyone praised it like it was some work of subversive genius.
    
    no-class @moker | 4 Jan '13, 00:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - please, it was fine
      
      look at kaiser cheifs, killers & kol - ha, the KKK of krap
      
      theintl @no-class | 4 Jan '13, 08:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
Prob something by Bloc Party

thewarn | 3 Jan '13, 16:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Nah they were always a great singles band.
  
  Even with Intimacy, Mercury was a banger.
  
  hip_young_gunslinger @thewarn | 3 Jan '13, 16:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  aactv this'd this
  - the one after knaive by the kooks
    
    Noblet @hip_young_gunslinger | 3 Jan '13, 16:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - If Bloc Party had put out a chronological singles collection before releasing Four
    
    It would have been great. Not that Four is bad, but it takes an odd diversion given the direction their sound was going in pre-hiatus.
    
    aactv @hip_young_gunslinger | 3 Jan '13, 19:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I remember something ballady about playgrounds?
  
  Royter-Hatfood @thewarn | 3 Jan '13, 16:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  ohgood this'd this
  - I Still Remember
    
    'Our love could have soared over playgrounds and rooftops'. That one did sound a bit like a ITV daytime show theme tune.
    
    hip_young_gunslinger @Royter-Hatfood | 3 Jan '13, 16:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    emmettcruddas and urbanfox this'd this
    - yeah always skip that one on the album
      
      had that shit video on the train
      
      Noblet @hip_young_gunslinger | 3 Jan '13, 16:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      MajorCriiimes this'd this
    - aww no :-(
      
      thats the best one
      
      (My New Year's Resolution this year was to stop listening to Bloc Party. Don't make me fail hyg!)
      
      _TheBeautifulOnes_ @hip_young_gunslinger | 5 Jan '13, 15:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
Steve McQueen by the Automatic.

So weak you don't even remember it.

hip_young_gunslinger | 3 Jan '13, 16:47 | X | ^ This | Reply

Oissin_ this'd this
- I WAS A TEEEENAAGEE STEVE MCQUEEEEEEN
  
  I've just proved you wrong, but I think you're still the real winner here
  
  calumlynn @hip_young_gunslinger | 3 Jan '13, 17:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  SCROTUM this'd this
i thought Do You Want To was pretty good!

calumlynn | 3 Jan '13, 16:49 | X | ^ This | Reply

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- Me too
  
  Good fun
  
  moker @calumlynn | 3 Jan '13, 17:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
- You don't think it was too much of a self-conscious attempt to have a 'hit'?
  
  Royter-Hatfood @calumlynn | 3 Jan '13, 17:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - yeah, admittedly the riff is a bit forced
    
    calumlynn @Royter-Hatfood | 3 Jan '13, 17:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - It was a blatantly self-conscious attempt at Take Me Out Part II and not as good as Take Me Out
    
    but still a much better single than most mid-noughties indie bands managed in their entire careers...
    
    theguywithnousername @Royter-Hatfood | 4 Jan '13, 01:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    JaguarPirate this'd this
    - It's weird how Franz Ferdinand seemed to lose relevance quickly
      
      A great friend of mine who liked Kiss, Iron Maiden and Living Colour, and would normally baulk at anything with an "indie" image, was in love with them around the time of Take Me Out because they seemed to have a lot more humour and spunk than the average trendy band. Thought they could become a British institution like Pulp, but they pretty much gave it away in interviews they didn't have the balls.
      
      I'd love to see them do a cookery show, mind.
      
      MajorCriiimes @theguywithnousername | 9 Jan '13, 17:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
- either way
  
  it was the first single from the follow-up to a really successful debut album. hardly an indie band in decline.
  
  japes @calumlynn | 3 Jan '13, 19:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - ^ Needlessly defensive thissed this
    
    Royter-Hatfood @japes | 3 Jan '13, 20:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    no-class this'd this
- Yeah, surely Ulysses was much worse...
  
  Oissin_ @calumlynn | 3 Jan '13, 22:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  film_maker this'd this
  - um...
    
    I like Ulysses. More so that Do You Want To
    
    wonton @Oissin_ | 4 Jan '13, 13:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Ulysses is brilliant
    
    FlintyFoxy @Oissin_ | 4 Jan '13, 14:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    shrewbie, andyvine, Antelope, dorftrottel, _TheBeautifulOnes_, and SCROTUM this'd this
Is this for comeback singles though, rather than follow-up singles?

Agree wholeheartedly with the OP choices, and would add 'Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors' I guess. Wasn't exactly bad, but pretty tired-sounding. Meh.

bokonon | 3 Jan '13, 16:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I liked Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors
  
  I used it as my A2 music tech coursework to record and produce a cover of it. It was pretty much the only half decent track on the album though.
  
  aactv @bokonon | 3 Jan '13, 19:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - It stole the bassline from Sheriff Fatman
    
    So I can thank the Editors for getting me into Carter USM roughly a decade after anyone knew who they were.
    
    MajorCriiimes @aactv | 9 Jan '13, 17:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Bravery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spKOib_D5YY

spiritofjazz | 3 Jan '13, 17:09 | X | ^ This | Reply

ajb123, Eldritch, thewarn, and berksy this'd this
- Yep that sucks anus
  
  moker @spiritofjazz | 3 Jan '13, 17:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - the follow up to that was incredible though
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=booKP974B0k
    
    oh_gerardus_MERCATOR @moker | 4 Jan '13, 13:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    MajorCriiimes this'd this
Mistress Mabel - The Fratellis

Had to Google the title, it's that forgettable.

thorners | 3 Jan '13, 17:36 | X | ^ This | Reply

JaguarPirate this'd this
Was Do You Want To the one with the slightly decent 30-second intro?

That then faded into the utter shite of the rest of the song? If so, I agree.

deadonthestairs | 3 Jan '13, 17:43 | X | ^ This | Reply

no-class this'd this
- No, that was Take Me Out
  
  Royter-Hatfood @deadonthestairs | 3 Jan '13, 17:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  nice_squirrel this'd this
  - Oh, Take Me Out was alright then.
    
    Do You Want To was garbage.
    
    deadonthestairs @Royter-Hatfood | 4 Jan '13, 14:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
- wrongest opinion I've seen all year
  
  kudos
  
  SCROTUM @deadonthestairs | 3 Jan '13, 17:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Does this still count even if I was talking about the wrong song?
    
    I hope so.
    
    Cheers.
    
    deadonthestairs @SCROTUM | 4 Jan '13, 14:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    no-class this'd this
whatever the lead single off the second Klaxons album was

ditto the lead single from the Rakes second album

I actually heard Strasbourg by the Rakes on 6Music yesterday, good song.

calumlynn | 3 Jan '13, 17:56 | X | ^ This | Reply

the_dazzled this'd this
- We Danced Together was the Rakes song
  
  Echoes was the Klaxons song. Both were alright, I thought
  
  film_maker @calumlynn | 4 Jan '13, 12:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Rakes second album was their best fool, one of the best from that time period/genre too
  
  JaguarPirate @calumlynn | 5 Jan '13, 17:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - i reckon you're the only person around who thinks that
    
    but your enthusiasm is endearing. if the Rakes are reading this, they probably have tears in their eyes.
    
    calumlynn @JaguarPirate | 5 Jan '13, 22:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    JaguarPirate and badmanreturns this'd this
3rd album come back single you say?

Human by the killers

Stuzza | 3 Jan '13, 17:58 | X | ^ This | Reply

JaguarPirate and Dinohead86 this'd this
- Yeah, that was crap.
  
  Bloodless MOR. I loved the first, and second Killers albums - there was a certain barmy endeavour to them. But like everyone else on this thread, they became slaves to their influences.
  
  MajorCriiimes @Stuzza | 9 Jan '13, 18:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
We got this far without mentioning Razorlight?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZNq43OnuSg

ajb123 | 3 Jan '13, 18:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Nah, if we're doing Razorlight
  
  Wire To Wire is the absolute choice. Second album is one of the biggest selling of the decade, so they release a shitty piano ballad with no real hook as the lead single to the third.
  
  aactv @ajb123 | 3 Jan '13, 19:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Wait, wait
    
    What about that America one?
    
    -dan- @aactv | 3 Jan '13, 21:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
I always thought skip to the end by the futureheads was massively forgettable

Nestor | 3 Jan '13, 18:33 | X | ^ This | Reply

film_maker and pip_ this'd this
- I like it, but probs the worst song on that album
  
  JaguarPirate @Nestor | 5 Jan '13, 17:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I really liked that single
  
  I was feeling really sensitive to death and that at the time, and I took it to be essentially a relatively pared back pop song about death-shadowed love.
  
  never bothered with the album because the next single was boring.
  
  incandenza_ @Nestor | 8 Jan '13, 01:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Forgettable song, forgettable band
  
  Bombtrack @Nestor | 8 Jan '13, 03:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
- no
  
  you're totally anmd objectively wrong.
  
  "Skip To The End" is brilliant. possibly my favourite Futureheads song.
  
  berksy @Nestor | 9 Jan '13, 12:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
this is an emergency by the pigeon detectives

is laughably dreadful, not to say they werent from the off

'tired of england' by dirty pretty things was kinda sad, especially cos i liked the first album a lot and still do. and yeah, 'i still remember' was the song that killed bloc party for me.

emmettcruddas | 3 Jan '13, 19:27 | X | ^ This | Reply

andyvine this'd this
- Agree with Dirty Pretty Things
  
  Really liked their debut. Shame.
  
  Aaron @emmettcruddas | 3 Jan '13, 21:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  TomViolence this'd this
- except the bloc party bit
  
  andyvine @emmettcruddas | 7 Jan '13, 11:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
Everything LCD Soundsystem did after Loosing My Edge

Clue was in the title of that one...

jimitheexploder | 3 Jan '13, 21:28 | X | ^ This | Reply

-dan- this'd this
- you've misunderstood the thread subject
  
  and somehow also provided the worst opinion in it anyway
  
  CrispinAlexander @jimitheexploder | 4 Jan '13, 02:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  SCROTUM, hanshotfirst, spiritofjazz, shady_lanes, lobotomypop, Oissin_, Nestor, JimmyHuntspill, Tiresias42, Oh_Shangri-La, AfraidOfOwls, MarkP, robellovich, and berksy this'd this
  - I think you took the bait there.
    
    furio @CrispinAlexander | 5 Jan '13, 15:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I call that bullshit
  
  I can tell you at least 10 amazing LCD Soundsystem songs better than "Losing My Edge".
  
  deep-blue @jimitheexploder | 5 Jan '13, 15:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - These songs are magnificent
    
    Tribulations
    Daft Punk Is Playing at My House
    Beat Connection
    All My Friends
    Someone Great
    Get Innocuous!
    Sound of Silver
    Home
    All I Want
    You Wanted a Hit
    Dance Yrself Clean
    
    deep-blue @deep-blue | 5 Jan '13, 15:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - partial agree
      
      but half that list is bollocks
      
      Body_In_The_Thames @deep-blue | 5 Jan '13, 15:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Bollock for you, perhaps. Anyone with decent good taste will agree with the whole list.
        
        deep-blue @Body_In_The_Thames | 5 Jan '13, 15:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        how has this gone unremarked
        
        Loui_Tacceh @deep-blue | 5 Jan '13, 19:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        andyvine and waffle this'd this
        
        oh man
        
        Body_In_The_Thames @deep-blue | 9 Jan '13, 17:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - *that meaning 'Everything LCD Soundsystem did after Loosing My Edge'
    
    deep-blue @deep-blue | 5 Jan '13, 15:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - You might be able to but I can't
    
    its the peak for me by a long shot, love that tune. I enjoy some other stuff by them: Beat Connection and Yeah all from the same time as Losing My Edge really. All My Friends and Someone Great are the last of it for the good stuff. But yeah none are as amazing as Losing My Edge. So downhill from there for me.
    
    jimitheexploder @deep-blue | 5 Jan '13, 15:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    Body_In_The_Thames this'd this
    - I'd say that Losing My Edge is a bit overrated
      
      It's very good song; amazing lyrically, but musically it's a bit monotonous.
      
      deep-blue @jimitheexploder | 5 Jan '13, 15:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Jimi, I love you man, but this is just... so wrong.
      
      What about songs off their last album like All I Want?
      
      SarcasticFringehead @jimitheexploder | 5 Jan '13, 17:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      _TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
      - + Drunk Girls
        
        _TheBeautifulOnes_ @SarcasticFringehead | 5 Jan '13, 17:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Drunk Girls is the worst song on the album by about 10 lengths
        
        Sticks out like a sore thumb like *oh, we better whack a single on there*
        
        LordLuciusBanter @_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 10 Jan '13, 09:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - I can't be wrong
        
        just opinion innit.
        
        Didn't like anything off the last album, first album was poor too would have been dire if it wasn't for the bonus disc with Losing My Edge, Beat Conection and Yeah on it. Sound of Silver was prob the most listenable album all the way thru but even then I don't need more than the two tracks I mentioned really. Use to like LCD more but everytime I revist them I feel less and less for them.
        
        jimitheexploder @SarcasticFringehead | 5 Jan '13, 18:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Body_In_The_Thames this'd this
        
        dude you just can't slag off LCD Soundsystem on here
        
        you can't, you just fucking cant, pack it in mate, go home
        
        I mean it's irrelevant that they make utterly mundane music, you just can't badmouth them, they're what keeps this place alive, man
        
        Loui_Tacceh @jimitheexploder | 5 Jan '13, 19:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Royter-Hatfood this'd this
        
        :')
        
        jimitheexploder @Loui_Tacceh | 5 Jan '13, 20:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        @Loui_Tacceh: follow your own advice...
        
        ...pack it in mate, go home. bye! ;)
        
        deep-blue @Loui_Tacceh | 5 Jan '13, 21:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - the last album was a bloody disaster
        
        crashingthrough @SarcasticFringehead | 5 Jan '13, 20:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        jimitheexploder, Steved, and Body_In_The_Thames this'd this
Can't Stand Me Now

Though that's possibly just "worst noughties single" tbf

-dan- | 3 Jan '13, 21:50 | X | ^ This | Reply

pichaelmarker this'd this
- Ridiculous
  
  Won't hear a bad word on the Libs, fuck that.
  
  oceanRain @-dan- | 4 Jan '13, 05:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  seven this'd this
  - well, hear this...
    
    they were always shit.
    
    theintl @oceanRain | 4 Jan '13, 08:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
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    - he can't hear you
      
      furio @theintl | 5 Jan '13, 15:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
So Why So Sad by the Manics

Total failure as an experiment & a complete head-scratcher for both casual and devoted fans alike at a time when the band were both massive and disappearing out of sight of their mid-90's fanbase. The pointless 'release two singles on the same day' gimmick meant the pretty decent Found That Soul got totally overshadowed as a result too.

chris_81 | 4 Jan '13, 00:37 | X | ^ This | Reply

domgourlay this'd this
- Although it's not actually a follow-up single, soz!
  
  chris_81 @chris_81 | 4 Jan '13, 00:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
- the ONLY good thing I remember from them
  
  "you stole the sun" - that band was an over hyped disappointment. no wonder that guy disappeared.
  
  theintl @chris_81 | 4 Jan '13, 08:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I'm assuming that you're not British?
    
    marckee @theintl | 4 Jan '13, 13:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    Oissin_ and MajorCriiimes this'd this
  - Seriously - what? Are we talking about the same band here?
    
    Also I never understood the love for You Stole the Sun either
    
    chris_81 @theintl | 4 Jan '13, 13:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I thought it was great
  
  There's something about a summery, Beach Boys esque songs with dark, ambigous lyrics which just makes you think "YEAH!" Was gutted when It Wasn't Me blocked it from UK number 1.
  
  Know your Enemy was the first Manics album I ever bought. I wasn't expecting much, but I was delighted a band could follow up something tasteful, clean and mainstream with an album that was.. well.. a glorious mess, and let's be honest, Miss Europa Disco Dancer and Freedom of Speech.. are pretty damn funny
  
  MajorCriiimes @chris_81 | 9 Jan '13, 18:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
It has to be something by the Fratellis

godisinthetv | 4 Jan '13, 02:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Everything they've ever done except Chelsea Dagger?
  
  Because it all stinks of shit.
  
  moker @godisinthetv | 4 Jan '13, 12:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Chelsea Dagger is their shittiest track man!!
    
    calumlynn @moker | 4 Jan '13, 12:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    TheWza this'd this
12:51

ThirstyDog | 4 Jan '13, 05:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- unfortunately true
  
  what a letdown.
  
  theintl @ThirstyDog | 4 Jan '13, 08:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - No way, was ace
    
    moker @theintl | 4 Jan '13, 12:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
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    - It was horrible.
      
      Sounded like the Barney the Dinosaur theme.
      
      MajorCriiimes @moker | 9 Jan '13, 17:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I thought 1251 was crap at too
  
  But then that album was superb. I always skip that song but Under Control WOOOOOOOOOOOO best Strokes song
  
  wrightylew @ThirstyDog | 4 Jan '13, 13:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - This re: Under Control
    
    pichaelmarker @wrightylew | 5 Jan '13, 19:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    badmanreturns this'd this
- 12:51 is The Strokes best song by about a grajgjarhn miles
  
  politelydeclined @ThirstyDog | 6 Jan '13, 00:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
Do You Want To

Cant think of this song without having this song and video in my head

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxZ-n4Is684

Huggy_Bear | 4 Jan '13, 12:25 | X | ^ This | Reply

twentynine this'd this
Most of these bands were absolute shite to begin with.

The mid noughties was as tedious and derivative a time for 'indie music' as the Britpop fall-out. People either did third hand Clash or third hand Television or third hand Gang of Four. I was listening to electro all that time.

Having said that, personal taste and all. I must admit that I lap up anything psychedelic or shoegazey, no matter how derivative. I guess I just associate it with the NME of the time, which was so bad I'm surprised it was able to continue (it did improve).

Mozalini | 4 Jan '13, 13:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
- lol
  
  Love it when someone like this comes along and just casually drops music-related truth bombs left right and centre.
  
  Especially when it's followed by "I was listening to electro all that time."
  
  I feel like I've been told.
  
  wrightylew @Mozalini | 4 Jan '13, 13:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Royter-Hatfood, waffle, and LordLuciusBanter this'd this
  - ^
    
    I can't believe you weren't listening to electro all that time.
    
    Huggy_Bear @wrightylew | 4 Jan '13, 13:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I for some reason read his entire post as if it was said by this guy
      
      http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100817195437/simpsons/images/f/fe/It'sRoy.jpg
      
      wrightylew @Huggy_Bear | 4 Jan '13, 13:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - it's not as good as when brightonb uses the phrase "computer music"
    
    beeep blooop di dooodi bloopy
    
    guntrip @wrightylew | 4 Jan '13, 13:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - *I was listening to electro all that time*
    
    is one of the best sentences I've ever read on here :'D
    
    LordLuciusBanter @wrightylew | 10 Jan '13, 09:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I'm old enough to think that most of the mid-noughties electro was third hand too.
  
  Do I win a prize?
  
  marckee @Mozalini | 4 Jan '13, 13:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - listen pal
    
    dance music is the future and has been since 1989
    
    guntrip @marckee | 4 Jan '13, 13:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    calumlynn, furio, and JaguarPirate this'd this
  - looks good...sounds good...feels good too
    
    Jordan_229_2 @marckee | 4 Jan '13, 13:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Incredible track.
      
      I bet if you were to play that at a club, you'd still get people going nuts for it.
      
      marckee @Jordan_229_2 | 5 Jan '13, 16:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      spiritofjazz, pichaelmarker, cosk, AfraidOfOwls, berksy, and _TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
      - ...uh-huh that's right.
        
        TheWza @marckee | 9 Jan '13, 00:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running

wonton | 4 Jan '13, 13:42 | X | ^ This | Reply

Annoying_person and _TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
- Get out.
  
  Oissin_ @wonton | 4 Jan '13, 13:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Dinohead86, MarkP, and berksy this'd this
  - It certainly isn't the worst song on Neon Bible by some distance
    
    But I remember thinking when I first heard it "this is quite nice but I hope there's a bit more on the album"
    
    And then of course there wasn't, bar the odd song.
    
    wonton @Oissin_ | 4 Jan '13, 13:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Fair enough.
      
      I really don't understand all the hate (it's not really hate though, more like general apathy) towards Neon Bible. I haven't heard it in ages, but I'm pretty sure I much prefer it to Funeral.
      
      Oissin_ @wonton | 4 Jan '13, 14:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Now you can get out.
        
        wonton @Oissin_ | 4 Jan '13, 14:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        andyvine this'd this
      - dreadful album
        
        and wasn't that lead single from pre-Funeral anyway?
        
        Christophales @Oissin_ | 4 Jan '13, 14:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        No Cars Go was from the Arcade Fire EP
        
        could've been a lead single, just wasn't the first one. Its a good song. And I actually think the Neon Bible one is better, though I'm in a minority.
        
        wonton @Christophales | 4 Jan '13, 14:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Britpop > mid nineties electro
        
        no-class | 5 Jan '13, 19:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - any album that has Windowsill on it
      
      is fine by me.
      
      fullerov @Oissin_ | 6 Jan '13, 12:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      Dinohead86 this'd this
    - Haha, I remember first hearing Keep he Car Running
      
      and thinking it was someone ripping off Arcade Fire but not doing a very good job of it.
      
      Royter-Hatfood @wonton | 4 Jan '13, 14:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- yeah definitely
  
  a really awful song. but it wasn't the comeback single- Intervention was.
  
  calumlynn @wonton | 4 Jan '13, 18:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yeah you're right
    
    Neither are great
    
    wonton @calumlynn | 4 Jan '13, 18:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
- most people I know think 'Neon Bible' is rubbish
  
  it's not, they're all wrong.
  
  incandenza_ @wonton | 8 Jan '13, 02:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Intervention is far worse, like a big overblown parody.
  
  WORKING FOR THE CHURCH WHILE YOUR FAMILY DIES.
  
  dorftrottel @wonton | 8 Jan '13, 23:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I think it's intended to be somewhat parodic...
    
    Oissin_ @dorftrottel | 8 Jan '13, 23:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Ah alright then, I can be pretty abysmal at picking up on things like that.
      
      Looking at the thread title again, I'm not sure they fit the, 'declining,' description either.
      
      dorftrottel @Oissin_ | 9 Jan '13, 16:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I love Intervention
    
    So Springsteen
    
    LordLuciusBanter @dorftrottel | 10 Jan '13, 09:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    maevans this'd this
So what is the actual DiS verdict on mid-noughties Indie-Rock

At the time I think I was vaguely dismissive, preferring finding the not-Nirvana grunge-etc. bands like Screaming Trees, Smashing Pumpkins, L7...

Now I personally feel like there were some very pop single type songs that I can non-ironically enjoy, but a vast swathe of soundalike boring rubbish.

rainmaker | 4 Jan '13, 14:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
- There is no verdict
  
  We're all waiting for Royter to tell us what to think. While listing to electro.
  
  JohnM @rainmaker | 7 Jan '13, 18:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I told you all at the beginning of the thread!
    
    Royter-Hatfood @JohnM | 7 Jan '13, 20:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I used to be obsessed with Arctic Monkeys,
  
  and the Libertines and Franz Ferdinand and whatever else was on the NME best of the year compilation, until I got angsty and moved on to Muse. I do still like a good chunk of it though, just not The Wombats.
  
  dorftrottel @rainmaker | 8 Jan '13, 23:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
http://s7.postimage.org/igya049nv/dog.jpg

platformer | 5 Jan '13, 10:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Amazing
  
  :D
  
  spiritofjazz @platformer | 5 Jan '13, 11:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  MrSteveBob, wonton, JaguarPirate, oenso, calumlynn, wrightylew, furio, _TheBeautifulOnes_, rich-t, incandenza_, berksy, MajorCriiimes, and LordLuciusBanter this'd this
  - Just replace the top with "Papa Roach"
    
    and the bottom with "I was listening to Modern Life is Rubbish and Some Might Say all that time"
    
    and you have the teenage me in 2001 in a nutshell.
    
    MajorCriiimes @spiritofjazz | 9 Jan '13, 17:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
mansun :'(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg9AhRvx9J8
how could you do this

ethricdouble | 5 Jan '13, 15:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Dear god.
  
  I had to turn it off after the first minute. How could they follow up Six with that?!
  
  Oissin_ @ethricdouble | 5 Jan '13, 17:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - They didn't
    
    They followed up Six with this - which is great....
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEWFigyE8R0
    
    spiritofjazz @Oissin_ | 5 Jan '13, 17:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - you're right
      
      that was pretty good, great b-sides as always too
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJlREtq2dhQ
      
      ethricdouble @spiritofjazz | 6 Jan '13, 11:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - an 8-minute Mansun song I haven't heard yet
        
        WTD
        
        My Little Kix b-side of choice is (thus far) the wonderful I've Seen The Top Of The Mountain, which would have crushed the rest of the album* if it'd been included
        
        *I have a weakness for Forgive Me and Goodbye but the rest...
        
        Loui_Tacceh @ethricdouble | 6 Jan '13, 12:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        PEOPLE WHO
        
        make their Youtube way longer than the song, the resultant dead air at the end being no better than that before the dismally non-hidden track at the end of a lot of albums during the 1990s
        
        Loui_Tacceh @Loui_Tacceh | 6 Jan '13, 12:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        you're right, loueh
        
        and when you're right, you're right
        
        ethricdouble @Loui_Tacceh | 6 Jan '13, 17:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        anal_schwarzenegger this'd this
The Wombats' first single off their second album

Where they were all wearing SUNGLASSES in the video to show you how SERIOUS about MUSIC they were

in_limbo | 5 Jan '13, 19:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
- yes
  
  but wombats were always massively terrible
  
  TheKennedyCurse @in_limbo | 6 Jan '13, 11:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  shinymcshine, Huggy_Bear, badmanreturns, and berksy this'd this
  - Not disputing that
    
    Still, I'll take unpretentious shit over pretentious shit anyday
    
    in_limbo @TheKennedyCurse | 9 Jan '13, 18:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
I remember staying up to watch the video debut of Kasabian's return single

on their second album. That song was 'Empire' and I've never liked Kasabian since. Still, no one can deny the quality of those singles on the debut though right?

beautiful_balloon | 7 Jan '13, 20:56 | X | ^ This | Reply

JaguarPirate this'd this
- Yeah, it's a good, fist-pumping album
  
  But nothing duller than bands pretending to be the Mondays 15 years after they were the zeitgeist
  
  MajorCriiimes @beautiful_balloon | 9 Jan '13, 17:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
DJ playlist

I used to DJ at quite a well known former London venue during this period and it's funny to see most my playlist listed above, some was dross compared to some of the debut singles these bands put out!
Although The Rakes and Klaxons 2nd albums were corkers

gertcha | 8 Jan '13, 06:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
- You're thinking of The Rakes' first album
  
  moribund @gertcha | 9 Jan '13, 12:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  SCROTUM this'd this
  - And The Klaxons' first album
    
    in_limbo @moribund | 9 Jan '13, 18:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - That was excellent
      
      I lost interest in them when they played on Jools Holland singing something that sounded like Bernard Manning covering Cruel Summer.
      
      MajorCriiimes @in_limbo | 9 Jan '13, 18:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
I feel slightly nauseous looking at this thread as it reminds me of what a sad indie dweeb I was in 2006.

I swear down that listening to the Automatic*, the Fratellis and Kaiser Chiefs caused me single-handedly to screw up my English Literature degree at UWE.

Me if I was a girl back then:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjWXen-Niqc

MajorCriiimes | 9 Jan '13, 17:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
On the contrary

When I heard New Young Pony Club - Chaos - I thought "this is brilliant, they've put the stupid new-rave away and started to become a genuinely great electro-pop band." If only they could get Tahita's voice to stop being so posh and mannered..

Hands up anyone here who took new rave seriously? Bet you have some Trash Fashion CDs under your bed you don't want anyone to see, I know you do.

MajorCriiimes | 9 Jan '13, 17:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Wasn't New Rave a bit like Chillwave three years early?
  
  I always thought these New Rave bands, especially Klaxons, missed a trick there, they could have easily developed into that kinda thing and put off the whole 'fading into irrelevance' for a few more years. They would've had a bit of a head start too, what with being an actual band rather than a laptop & soundcloud project.
  
  calumlynn @MajorCriiimes | 10 Jan '13, 02:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
- <3 always
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4NLuLNfDZs
  
  _TheBeautifulOnes_ @MajorCriiimes | 10 Jan '13, 05:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
At the time I absolutely loathed Franz Ferdinand

Went to see them at Benicassim in 2006 because there was nothing else on and they were incredible, and I was like *Oh I'm an idiot* <3 Do You Want To

LordLuciusBanter | 10 Jan '13, 09:56 | X | ^ This | Reply

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