The band, that is. Based on the name alone, I can’t help thinking of Galstaff, Sorcer of Light, but the lameness doesn’t end there, oh no. Their current “hit”, I Believe In A Thing Called Love, makes me believe in a thing called Suck. The video is some kind of bastard hybrid of Bohemian Rhapsody and Flash Gordon. In fact, this band resembles Queen, except for the sucking part. If they sucked any more, they would have go to Druidia and switch to Blow.
Oh, this ought to be fun.
I was just listening to The Darkness’s album, “Permission to Land,” that I bought off iTunes. I LOVE it. It’s so refreshing to hear a band that sounds like it’s actually having fun, has actual guitar solos, has a lead singer with amazing vocal range, and has songs with catchy lyrics and hooks galore.
As for your criticism, sturmhauke, I just plain disagree. Queen is an obvious influence, of course, but I think they really have a distinct sound of their own (thanks mainly to the vocals) but also synthesize some good elements of AC/DC and KISS.
The Darkness is FUN. A lot of FUN. Their lyrics are pure pop, their music is a great hybrid of glam and metal, and it all comes together really well.
Dude, lighten up. 
The Darkness rulez!!! Woooooooooooo!!!
I love 'em. Grasping the essential appeal of The Darkess requires a real leap of faith from the listener, a suspension of normal critical faculties, and a willingness to just enjoy some big dumb rock, even while being kind of amused at the big dumbness at the same time.
It’s 1974. You have long feathered hair, a thin mustache, and you’re sitting on the hood of your Trans Am with a 12-pack of Miller Lite and rocking the fuck out to the Darkness, man. You lean back and listen to that singer wail, dude. You think “It’s like opera, you know? Like fucking super rock sci-fi opera, with guitars of pure energy and drums that rock like Gibraltar.” You are cheezy and lame, yet you rule incontrovertibly. Dig it?
They don’t like to be classified as a joke band, but they kind of are. You just have to be able to think that something is hilarious, yet awesome simultaneously.
I thought y’all were referring to a sentence in [urlhttp://www.dutchtop40.net/display/1515/The_dead_alewives_Dungeons_and_dragons]this .mp3 file about Dungeons and Dragons.
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I thought y’all were referring to a sentence in this .mp3 file about Dungeons and Dragons.
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The Darkness. The best thing I can say about them is that they aren’t The Rapture.
I love The Darkness.
But, as it turns out, I’m not the only one who dislikes The Rapture!
I am hooked on The Darkness! I love singing along to the fun tunes…even the songs that - at first - I hated (Friday night, Love is only a feeling…)now, I LOVE! Great Band!
SING IT!!
You may perhaps want to investigate my Galstaff link at the top there, next to the Cheetos.
See, I just can’t get past that part of the sentence. I suppose it’s because I hadn’t even been born in 1974.
i wasn’t much of a fan of them either until i got a ticket to see them in concert last week, but they rocked big style, man, and im not really a fan of live music. Their album hasnt been off the stereo since then and im even considering investing in a nice wee catsuit aswell, although im not the sveltest of chaps.
“It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.” --Helen Keller
“Stupid darkness!” --Lucy Van Pelt (Chas. Schulz)
The lead singer looks like he should be fronting a band called The Wussness.
Sorry, no can do. Hate 'em.
Bullshit novelty band.
The album is actually quite good, even if I dont particularly like them and have resisted buying the album myself. They have a certain talent for sure, and i do like their Christmas Song.
My opinion of them drops substantially every time I see an interview with them. Either they think far too much of themselves, or they’re pretending that they do and are failing to indicate that it’s a joke. Either way, they are annoying people whose music goes from entertaining to grating very quickly indeed.
They’re the ultimate tribute band (try to name a classic rock band they don’t owe something to). But hell they’re more fun than Kylie (or Korn come to that). I guess they will piss off all the nu-metal heads who think rock music has to mean something*, preferably something angry.
*like, have a message, man.
They have a silly side, but they make good music that rocks. I like them.
I tend to think of them as “Queen meets Spinal Tap”. They’re a fun band. No more, no less.
So what is this band The Rapture that even you Darkness fans hate? I’ve never heard of them.