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We are the mods, we are the mods…
You’d think they’d at least try and sound like The Datsuns or something like, y’know, Stereophonics. They are easy targets, but they are easy targets because they are shit. ‘North Atlantic Drift’ is their eighth album (blimey) and the first on their new home, Sanctuary.
Even the press release spends most of its time warbling about how “uncool” and “vociferously detested” they are, “the very mention of their name gets the goat of hipsters everywhere!” (yay, I’m a hipster!) It’s true. No matter what us music ‘journalists’ say, OCS will continue to stomp their scuffy boots into the faces of ‘cool’ people no matter where they go, while neds the land over still make them popular enough to fill such venues as Glasgow Academy and Nottingham Rock City. Bastards.
While they’ve produced some funky, good-for-guitar-lessons-in-school riffs in the past (there’s another one here called ‘On My Way’), it sounds like they’re now going for more of a full body of work, maaan. Much like the Manics with their single ‘Everything Must Go’, OCS reach a point where they decide to rip off Phil Spector. The song is ‘Make the Deal’ and if you forget the fact it’s written and played by OCS, then it’s actually quite good. Likewise, the folky ‘Second Hand Car’ would be more tolerable if it didn’t have OCS bloke’s annoying faux-soul yelping over the top.
But that’s where the praise (!) starts and ends, as they’re straight back into their retro mod-pop ways after that. Well, what did you expect? A Squarepusher collaboration?
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Ocean Colour Scene - North Atlantic Drift
I'd rather be a 'ned' than, well whatever you are dear... sorry.
Re: Ocean Colour Scene - North Atlantic Drift
I'm afraid that liking The 'Burn automatically makes your opinion invalid... 'dear'.
Ocean Colour Scene: U pple are full of shit
Okay so OCS are shit.
But.
Everyone fucking loved Mosely Sholes.
Don't even fucking deny it, arseholes.
You tried to play it.
They haven't progressed.
That doesn't make them rubbish.
The songs are good and they piss all over a lot of this so called 'forward thinking' wank.
Post rock? How can something be post-rocj when it's, erm... rock?
Get off your fucking high horses you pretentious bunch of cunts and wake up to your own insignificance, cos Ocean Colour Scene are still selling a heap more records than darlings like Kinesis and Span.
Andyx
But.
Everyone fucking loved Mosely Sholes.
Don't even fucking deny it, arseholes.
You tried to play it.
They haven't progressed.
That doesn't make them rubbish.
The songs are good and they piss all over a lot of this so called 'forward thinking' wank.
Post rock? How can something be post-rocj when it's, erm... rock?
Get off your fucking high horses you pretentious bunch of cunts and wake up to your own insignificance, cos Ocean Colour Scene are still selling a heap more records than darlings like Kinesis and Span.
Andyx
Re: Ocean Colour Scene - North Atlantic Drift
Like a first love, I have a special place in my heart for the bowl-cutted boys. Yes, that's right, they were my LEAST FAVOURITE band all the way through my formative years. See, unlike most people I always hated these guys, along with Stereophonics and even Oasis. I could always see them for the boring dad-rocking losers they were on the verge of turning into all those years ago.
Am I smug? Not really. Worse bands have come along since (see: nu-grunge), but OCS were Britpop's sodding Staind. So I say thanks for your entirely fair review, Adie, and to OCS: take your fucking one circle and shove it up your Paul Weller-enveloping bumholes.
Fin.
Am I smug? Not really. Worse bands have come along since (see: nu-grunge), but OCS were Britpop's sodding Staind. So I say thanks for your entirely fair review, Adie, and to OCS: take your fucking one circle and shove it up your Paul Weller-enveloping bumholes.
Fin.
Re: Ocean Colour Scene - North Atlantic Drift
Amen. In the (almost) words of Slipknot, Ocean Colour Scene = Shit.
Re: Ocean Colour Scene: U pple are full of shit
I see.
So popularity = good.
Riiiiiiiight....
So popularity = good.
Riiiiiiiight....
Re: Ocean Colour Scene: U pple are full of shit
Plenty of harshness abound. One thing I don't get is how Ocean Colour Scene are slagged off for mining the '60s yet The Hives, The Libertines, The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, etc. are lauded for being '70s regurgitations. Reeks of double standards to me.
Re: Ocean Colour Scene - North Atlantic Drift
Adie, c'mon, I love most music (even some of the shit you lot go on about on this site), at the moment Im listening to British Sea Power, Mogwai, The Smiths, Amateur night in the big top, Campag Velocet and the Audio Bullys... yeah, I like the Burn too, I just got the hump with some of the things you said, apologies my dear...
Re: Ocean Colour Scene: U pple are full of shit
not really. a good record is a good record and a bad record is a bad record.
Ocean Colour Scene make bad ones. Simple
Ocean Colour Scene make bad ones. Simple
Re: Ocean Colour Scene: U pple are full of shit
But then, so do The Libertines... :D
Re: Ocean Colour Scene: U pple are full of shit
and they're shit as well.
albeit in a different way.
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albeit in a different way.
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Ocean Colour Scene - North Atlantic Drift
Admit it though, a Squarepusher collaboration would be the best. thing. ever.
'Come on my Riverboat'
'Come on my Riverboat'
Re: Ocean Colour Scene: U pple are full of shit
Ocean colour scene aren't that bad I guess. At least Paul Weller's guitarist can play guitar well.
I like a lot of Post-Rock. There's bound to be some overlapping between genres. The whole idea of a genre is pathetic anyway, but it's just a convenient response to give people when they ask you what kind of music you like "Post-rock, post-punk ..." etc. etc. instead of listing loads of bands they've probably never heard of.
I like a lot of Post-Rock. There's bound to be some overlapping between genres. The whole idea of a genre is pathetic anyway, but it's just a convenient response to give people when they ask you what kind of music you like "Post-rock, post-punk ..." etc. etc. instead of listing loads of bands they've probably never heard of.
Re: Ocean Colour Scene: U pple are full of shit
OCS are no shitter than any of these other 'retro' bands. Where The Hives et al have meaningless shoutithons, the Scene write songs and play then like musicians rather than retarded children.
Popularity doesn't equal good, what it means is that despite all the bullshit press and hype (warranted or not) that bands like Libertines, Kinesis, Span, Vines get; OCS - with the immense press hatred - are still outselling them all.
This confers with the whole notion of 'post rock' that many people who claim to 'in it for the music' are a bunch of pretentious idiots so far up their own arse they don't know what a good tune or more rightly, a good 'song' actually is.
Post-rock doesn't mean anything.
Popularity doesn't equal good, what it means is that despite all the bullshit press and hype (warranted or not) that bands like Libertines, Kinesis, Span, Vines get; OCS - with the immense press hatred - are still outselling them all.
This confers with the whole notion of 'post rock' that many people who claim to 'in it for the music' are a bunch of pretentious idiots so far up their own arse they don't know what a good tune or more rightly, a good 'song' actually is.
Post-rock doesn't mean anything.
Re: Ocean Colour Scene: U pple are full of shit
When I here post-rock I think of instrumental bands that rock but for untraditionally rock reasons.
Post-rock is just a tag.
Post-rock is just a tag.
Re: Ocean Colour Scene: U pple are full of shit
Post Rock is beers after the gig.
Re: Ocean Colour Scene: U pple are full of shit
What's post-rock got to do with it??
Re: Ocean Colour Scene: U pple are full of shit
Further evidence that people are full of shit.
'OCS are shitter than all the other bands that do retro skank' = meaningless and ill informed statement
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'Post rock' = meaningless statement - how can something which is rock be post-rock?
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you're all full of shit.
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'OCS are shitter than all the other bands that do retro skank' = meaningless and ill informed statement
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'Post rock' = meaningless statement - how can something which is rock be post-rock?
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you're all full of shit.
A
Re: Ocean Colour Scene: U pple are full of shit
which was the meaning of my previous post. Still, chill out, people like to label things, it makes them feel better. Also, some musical forms are hard to describe, these 'tags' just help out.
Re: Ocean Colour Scene: U pple are full of shit
Yeah exactly. That's what I was trying to say.
Makes perfect sense really doesn't it.
Everyone who is whining away on this board: Ocean Colour Scene are as boring as all this retro stuff. You all suck.
Makes perfect sense really doesn't it.
Everyone who is whining away on this board: Ocean Colour Scene are as boring as all this retro stuff. You all suck.
Re: Ocean Colour Scene: U pple are full of shit
Ehm... OCS are pretty shit. What on earth has post-rock got to do with it!? neither OCS nor the (also fairly shite) shite bands you're comparing them with are post-rock, and noone's been calling them post-rock. If your point is that bands like OCS are better than chin-stroking post-rock then, well, whatever. if you want non-serious/progressive music you could find a hell of a lot better party tunes than OCS. what an embarassment.
Re: Ocean Colour Scene: U pple are full of shit
yeah, "post-rock" as "chin-stroking". that's what i took it to mean. like post-punk, it's prog-rock for cool people.
On the other hand, it is a meaningless term. And is used to describe any "alternative" band to make them sound more interesting. I'm told Mogwai and Stapleton are both post-rock so maybe it just means crap.
And, yes, OCS really complete utter shite. Even that britpop album was shite. Especially that acoustic thing that talentless buskers insist on sitting in the corner of pubs and playing. Office Cleaning Services anyone?
On the other hand, it is a meaningless term. And is used to describe any "alternative" band to make them sound more interesting. I'm told Mogwai and Stapleton are both post-rock so maybe it just means crap.
And, yes, OCS really complete utter shite. Even that britpop album was shite. Especially that acoustic thing that talentless buskers insist on sitting in the corner of pubs and playing. Office Cleaning Services anyone?
To the silly boy who posted that review
I have never read such a childish, pathetic review as that one in all my life dear god! There were some very silly comments made in that. Calling them post rock and hating them because of that is very stupid. Its old school folk/indie music, oh my god! Deciding to hate a band because there not cool enougth is most likely the worst thing ive heard for a long time. OCS have a belt of good songs which is alot more than can be said for some bands or manufactured groups which appears to be what this lad is into. I can see why people dont like OCS but they still deserve some respect.
Re: To the silly boy who posted that review
Although it could be argued that thinking Adie is a boy would probably also be quite silly
Re: To the silly boy who posted that review
Are you a complete fucking moron? Where did I call them "post rock"? If you think I hate bands because they're not 'cool' maybe you should click on my author profile and see the amount of 'uncool' bands in there. You fuckwit.
Re: To the silly boy who posted that review
I'm not a boy, you fucktard.
Re: To the silly boy who posted that review
You sound like a little imature boy is all its nothing to be ashamed of, your review was utter shit thats all. I myself didnt like their new ablum aswell but you just came acress as a dumb fucker the whole way through it
Re: To the silly boy who posted that review
Phil, with all due respect, Adie is a girl... and it's just a review - not a definitive, unarguable fact but an opinion.
Re: To the silly boy who posted that review
i suppose because your a boy and shes a girl you feel an obligation to protect her? Maybe shell want to meet you after this.
Re: To the silly boy who posted that review
That's right. It couldn't possibly have anything to do with the fact you're a silly little boy who's taking a negative opinion of his favourite band way too seriously.
Re: To the silly boy who posted that review
The standard of writing leaves a lot to be desired on this site, it really does.
Please, can you address your serious lack of ability in writing, go on a course or something, in fact, listen to some music.
You have a lot to learn little girl
Please, can you address your serious lack of ability in writing, go on a course or something, in fact, listen to some music.
You have a lot to learn little girl
Re: To the silly boy who posted that review
To be honest, I think it's the standard of reading we have a huge problem with.
Lanky.
Lanky.
Re: To the silly boy who posted that review
I couldn't care less how uncool OCS are, there's some excellent music on this album. Retro, yeah. Every sound on the album comes from something older, but at least they've chosen their sources tastefully - something The Datsuns and The Darkness seem to have no intention of ever doing. I'm not an OCS fan in general, but this album is just fine.
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