The Darkness return on a one-way ticket

Yes, I agree with you Stephen Patrick.

>The band apparently wrote some 40 songs for the new record, a total that's been whittled down to just 14 or 15. So, why bother in the first place?

Just about all bands do that. Why be nasty?

I hate they "we wrote yeah like 40 songs" shit when you just KNOW these cunts are going to have live tracks, cover versions and remixes as b-sides.

How do you know if a song is going to be good or not before you write it?

But yes, telling us they wrote 40 is a bit unnecessary.

Wow, this is the first tour that nobody who reads DiS is going to.

Yup.

What is the big deal with writing 40 songs??

Can someone show where the arrogance from the Darkness are coming from at this point?

The Darkness are shite, anyways.

xMx

Yeah I know, big deal. I hate the Darkness, but I think it's good that they haven't just been sat around doing fuck all since their last album. I wouldn't be offended if they said they wrote 100 songs. Better than bands who released an album ages ago and keep saying 'we've written like 8 songs and we're struggling for an albums worth'. The when they release the album it's shit anyway.

You know, maybe they like what they do and don't just write and record to sell. If they did that then they probably would just stick with 15 and work on them.

I won't be upset if it turns out I like their new record though.. I can handle that I reckon

a load of bands say exactly what the Darkness have said before releasing an album; they are, however, still deserving of such criticism because, well, it's the darkness.

a band aimed squarely at 'people who don't really like music'.

Other bands wrote thousands of songs in the 80's.

Can anyone say "Shit"?

i seem to recall weezer doing the same, with more songs. do you call them shit because of it?

i've seen lots of bands talking about doing the exact same thing.

so why single out the darkness?

i dont like the darkness, but if your going to try and say filtering out songs for an album is something unusual and bad....then you're full of shit.

xx

people's personal opinions of The Darkness aside, i can't for the life of me see what the problem is with a band writing a whole load of songs and then whittling them down to the best ones.
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if a band you liked said "we wrote 12 songs, said "that'll do for an album. the b-sides can be remixes" because the label wanted it out before Glastonbury and we had better things to do anyway" would you really think the album was likely to be a career high point?

that's not the point though.

every band does it.

most bands talk about it.

if Justin came out and said "we're putting songtitles on the back of our new album" someone would probably say "what a cock, why would we even want to see your shit song titles anyway?"

they've had their 15 minutes.

Oddly enough after all that, there's only going to be 10 tracks on the album.

But you can be a cynical lot sometimes. The Darkness are just entertainment. Given a choice of watching Justin soar above a crowd on a tiger, or some garage no-marks boring me to tears down the Scunthorpe Frog and Turnip, I know what I want to see...

I largely agree with you moker. The only problem is when you say 'it's all about the music'. It's not really, is it? We aren't that soul-less. Especially with a band like the Darkness, it's obviously not just (may be it is largely, but still) about the music. Second by focussing just on the music it makes the Darkness equally comparable to any other band. And I'll reiterate my earlier point in a different way now: reviewers often use their favourite bands as a standard for judging all other bands. All music is not equally comparable.

I do understand some people have blind hatred for the Darkness. Just fucking realise it is a bit subjective and irrational. And don't use your blind hatred of a band to impose your views on others. If you can't talk coherently or a bit seriously about the band then don't bother. How the fuck do you know you won't like new Darkness material? I'd say that's more of a mark of someone who doesn't like music.

Blind belief in a band and blind hatred should be avoided. As you are just playing along with the games that magazines like NME happily create and that the music industry likes.

How awesome would a garage no-marks in a tiger be! Much better! I'd pay for that down the old Frog!

Also, although this is a somewhat indie-schmindie argument, repetition leads to boredom. Repetition leads to boredom. Repetition leads to boredom. Ah, stolen ones are the best. Anyway, the point is, due to me being so fantastic and searching out new bands before most slothlike idiots, I had listened to the singles enough for me not to want to particularly hear them again for a while. Then every rock establishment in the entire world decided to play their records all the time and they were in all the papers and on TV and I became bloody sick of them.

I think that's leik, a joke in the title :|

i hate the darkness keane and athlete so i dont fit into that^

I can't wait for this album.

The darkness rock , and i despise anyone who simply doesnt like them . FFS , drop the 40 song thing , its really old . If only you guys knew what reall music was . The single One way ticket is totally awsome , and i cant wait for the album to come out . Get a life you lot . How are the darkness a joke when they won 3 brit awards , 4 songs in the top 10 , there debut album got to number 1 for weeks , toured the UK and sold out 3 wembly arenas . Not many bands can say they have done that . Is it not ok to have fun while making awsome music ? Take your head out of your ass and listen to REAL rock music , no shit like "metalica" .