I can only walk past so many Nazis.

[alexsarll]

As is usually my habit I am posting this before reading my friendslist, but I'm guessing that at least half of it will be either Snow! :) or Snow! :(, so in deference to your jaded sensibilities I shall avoid the topic.

I've always known there was something bothering me about Klaxons, beyond the praise they were accumulating for fairly mediocre records. Then I read that they wanted to go R&B, 'Ghetto Fabulous' started playing in my head and everything slotted into place. Three post-indie kids who've done dance, done pop and have their eye on R&B? Klaxons are the rubbish Baxendale! And is is so often the case, they're snaffling all the plaudits and sales which eluded their vastly superior predecessor.

The Boys is back in town.

Further to yesterday, it seems I spoke too soon about the Lords: "A Church of England spokesman said: "We...acknowledge that in a house with reduced numbers consideration needs to be given to the appropriate number of Lords Spiritual. We also welcome and agree the recommendation that the wider religious make-up of the UK be reflected by the appointed element of a reformed House". Now, if they meant ensuring that representatives from the National Secular Society, pagan, Satanist and Jedi bodies got seats, fair enough. But why do I suspect that's not going to be the case?

Virgin was full of posh schoolgirls this evening. The world does enjoy its little puns.

Comments

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Schmoof are better than most of London's electropop acts, largely through being rather more pop and rather less caught up in the sterile end of electro. But they're still a band I tend to think of as part of the scene, rather than a band who deserved to be supermassive.
Trademark...entertaining enough if they're on the bill at an event you were attending anyway, but the idea of actually going out of my way or investing money for them is a non-starter. Apart from anything else, for me they will never better the Fan Club where they out Gary le Stranged Gary le Strange, without even trying to be funny.

"To my knowledge I've not heard The Klaxons, but the descriptions of them in the press haven't made me interested. Apparently they play Altern-8 rave tuebns, but on guitars. Which sounds awful. What next? Synth-pop played by an indie guitar four piece? Fvckanory."

Has already happened plenty of times, though normally as an aberration rather than a career - witness the long-standing trend for indie/rock bands to do covers of pop tunes, either because they believe they're rehabilitating the song by getting rid of those nasty synths, or just for a cheap laugh.

[myfirstkitchen.livejournal.com]

Even McFly are guilty of this, having covered Mr Brightside and removed all the synths. I don't even like the Killers much, but I still see the pointlessness of this exercise.

I blame Whiley and her cvnting Live Lounge. From Travis doing Britney onwards, most of those covers originated on her shitey show.

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Oh, it far predates that - I remember local indie bands in Derby doing it, back in the mid-nineties.

One good thing did come of the Whiley business (which I'm otherwise agreed is pestilential) - Franz Ferdinand's 'What You Waiting For?'. You can tell they respect the original, but not so much so that their version is too polite.

[myfirstkitchen.livejournal.com]

Oh I know Whiley didn't start it, but she has encouraged the practice to spread. Legitimised it, if you will. I like that Franz cover better than most of their own songs.

I'm possibly doing a collaborative cover of History Repeating soon, but that's mainly 'cause I'll take any chance to do a bit of Bassey. It won't be drenched in bloody guitars, either. "Real music" my arse.