I heard the lead singer once said this at a performance, in between songs. Did this really happen? It would be awesome, and very much in-character for the lead singer, if it did.
Anyways, I’ve been digging through some of my albums (putting them on my iPod, I’m no Apple-fan, but damn this thing rules!) and started listening to Permission to Land, and wanted to say how AWESOME this band is.
Oh! and same goes for Muse’s Absolution. If you haven’t heard it I STRONGLY reccomend it.
God I love having money to buy things for myself (had a job for the last 2 and a half years now, and it’s bought me a Vanguard IRA, an Alienware computer w/flatscreen monitor, surround speakers and headphones, an iPod, assorted DVD’s and CD’s, accounts in City of Heroes, and World of Warcraft, and about 35 Battletech sourcebooks!!! Next up; new bed! )
I saw The Darkness perform live last summer, and they really put on a hell of a show. I was a little disappointed because it was a short concert, and they pretty much just played their one album out of order, but it was still a great time. Justin Hawkins has a hell of a voice, and one of the best stage presences I’ve ever seen.
I have only heard the one song that got a lot of air while I was Belgium-- at first I thought it was a joke band, like “so bad it’s good.” I mean. . . really. How over the top. Yodelling. Screeching. I could hear the nylon pants and zebra-striped leather.
Then it kept getting play and I realized that this was the same nation that is still playing the Bee Gees on the radio and I wondered if the Belgians could really have that awful of taste. Then I heard that at the UK MTV awards or something like that they were voted the favorite band, and my head exploded.
And now you, my fellow countrymen, are admitting to liking them? And paying to see them. I mean, I can get an ironic kick out of it briefly, like, they sound like Adam and the Ants and Spinal Tap conceived a baby while listening to Twisted Sister which was raised by foster parents Malcolm McLaren and Alice Cooper. Do you guys like them ironically, like, is it a hip thing, or do you really LIKE them like them? I’m just curious. Is the rest of their music less. . . whatever. . . than that song (I think it’s called “I Believe in a Thing Called Love Yodel Yodel”)?
De gustibus non disputandum, I 'spose. But please tell me I’m just irony-impaired. Has the cool set moved on from Perez Prado and French torch songs and Tiny Tim to this and I missed it?
Who freaking cares if they’re retro of hairbands and 1970’s arena-rock? Their songs rock, and are fun to listen to. I prefer a performer who gets all into it and really tries to excite the crowd (even if they’re being a bit ridiculous) to someone who just stands there looking at their feet, instruments, or with their backs to the audience. Give me a show! Seriously, I like grunge and all, but if I’m paying for a concert (a rare thing for me) I want it to be happening.
However, most of the time, I’m just listening to the album, and frankly, I prefer stuff that has a straight-forward rock sound to it a lot of the time.
Hello Capybara (what’s a capybara anyway, some kind of jellyfish?), I can only speak for myself (being a Belgian), but here’s the thing: it’s not that you’re irony-impaired, it’s just that you can appreciate the music itself, but the irony contributes to the ‘liking’ of this band. (ever heard of Frank Zappa, for example?)
@H3Knuckles: Indeed, who cares. Just enjoy the whole package. In your first post you say you heard them enter like so “Give me a D, give me an arkness”. Well, this sure DID happen in Belgium. It was 2004, “Rock Werchter” noteably. I shall never forget (our biggest festival at that time). Of course now there is Tomorrowland, which this year had all 360.000 tickets sold out in 1 hour.
Ps. I realize i answered about 9 years late, but I figured, letter bate nen thever!
Pps. We sure like our waffles here in Belgium (come & visit, we also have a ton of nice things to see, listen to & enjoy)!
A capybara is a South American rodent, which makes it rather unlike a jellyfish in quite a few important ways. Not many jellyfish have fur and walk on four legs, for example.
The capybara also happens to be the world’s largest rodent. You can basically picture it as the Guinea Pig’s really big cousin.
Here’s a link to the wikipedia page if you want to see what they look like:
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