Sleaford Mods - you?
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Got into Sleaford Mods a few months back. Went to my first gig in Carlisle just over a week ago, and what an effing performance. Supported by Steve Ignorant (Crass) and a fella from York called Mark Wynne. Who'd have thought from just a mic and a laptop?
Interesting that they've had a bit of a tiff with a favourite band of mine, Slaves, who have unfortunately been snapped up by Radio 1 recently and that's that. Not the same as when they turned up to a dirty old pub in the north with no mics.
Anyway, in my top 3 gigs thus far behind Nick Cave in Edinburgh and Acid Mother's Temple in Glasgow....... God bless Scotland.
Wher've you been recently? New bands you've not been to before?
Interesting that they've had a bit of a tiff with a favourite band of mine, Slaves, who have unfortunately been snapped up by Radio 1 recently and that's that. Not the same as when they turned up to a dirty old pub in the north with no mics.
Anyway, in my top 3 gigs thus far behind Nick Cave in Edinburgh and Acid Mother's Temple in Glasgow....... God bless Scotland.
Wher've you been recently? New bands you've not been to before?
Lots of hype around them at the moment.
Whilst I think of myself as open minded I just don't get it - seems to be quite on trend to like them though, but it's Emperors new clothes to me I'm afraid.
Reminds me a bit of the The Fall - Mark E Smith making virtually unlistenable music while people all bang on about how amazing it is. But it isn't.
IMO of course - taste being the enemy of art and all that...
Whilst I think of myself as open minded I just don't get it - seems to be quite on trend to like them though, but it's Emperors new clothes to me I'm afraid.
Reminds me a bit of the The Fall - Mark E Smith making virtually unlistenable music while people all bang on about how amazing it is. But it isn't.
IMO of course - taste being the enemy of art and all that...
Mr Gearchange said:
Lots of hype around them at the moment.
Whilst I think of myself as open minded I just don't get it - seems to be quite on trend to like them though, but it's Emperors new clothes to me I'm afraid.
Was chatting to a friend of mine over summer who is always into the next big thing, I actually said "Sleaford Mods are like The Emperor's New Clothes for me"Whilst I think of myself as open minded I just don't get it - seems to be quite on trend to like them though, but it's Emperors new clothes to me I'm afraid.
She replied "I couldn't say, I don't know any of their stuff"
Me: "whose stuff?"
Her: "The Emperor's New Clothes"
PurpleTurtle said:
Was chatting to a friend of mine over summer who is always into the next big thing, I actually said "Sleaford Mods are like The Emperor's New Clothes for me"
She replied "I couldn't say, I don't know any of their stuff"
Me: "whose stuff?"
Her: "The Emperor's New Clothes"
That's like the PHer who told his daughter to google/youtube Bohemian Rhapsody, she came back claiming there was no such thing as a Bohemian Rap CD She replied "I couldn't say, I don't know any of their stuff"
Me: "whose stuff?"
Her: "The Emperor's New Clothes"
"The Emperor's New Clothes" sums them up for me too. Read about them, listened to the album, concluded it wasn't for me. I don't 'get' it I guess.
To my ears, the songs sound like they have been written and performed by some 15 year-olds still learning how to play, with a prime motivation of impressing some 14 year-olds.
I am middle-aged though.
To my ears, the songs sound like they have been written and performed by some 15 year-olds still learning how to play, with a prime motivation of impressing some 14 year-olds.
I am middle-aged though.
I thought all the hype about Seaford Mods was last year? Guardian was raving about them so checked them out at a local festival (Beacons) and they were OK but nothing special.
The trouble with being an old bugger is that it’s hard not see the “next big thing” without shrugging in a bored seen that before sort of way.
As above Radical Dance Faction were doing something similar ages ago without anyone needing to write to the Daily Mail to complain.
And I like The Fall,so there!
Each to their own and all that
The trouble with being an old bugger is that it’s hard not see the “next big thing” without shrugging in a bored seen that before sort of way.
As above Radical Dance Faction were doing something similar ages ago without anyone needing to write to the Daily Mail to complain.
And I like The Fall,so there!
Each to their own and all that
eastlmark said:
5pen said:
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I am middle-aged though.
but so are they....I am middle-aged though.
Just read about their spat with Slaves too. One of the main accusations was that Slaves were ripping them off, and Williamson makes the serious allegation that (and I quote) "They're doing my pose in photos...". He sounds a bit precious!
Mark-C said:
hype
Hype is one of those journalists that I rarely take any notice of. I think the last time I ever really got interested in any thing he had to say was when NIN released Pretty Hate Machine and embarked on a UK tour.At work we'd read a few articles in Sounds and NME and so one lad nipped out at lunch time to buy the album.
It turned out they were playing their second ever UK gig in Manchester that night and so the first time I ever heard them was from a TDK 90 in the car stereo on the way to the gig.
It without doubt one of the most memorable and enjoyable gigs I've ever been to, we were almost speechless afterwards - I can still close my eyes and see the stage, the lighting, the drummer in a cage, keyboard player cowering in a corner whilst a roadie emptied out all the water from his keyboard, and Trent repeatedly launching the guitarist into the crowd.
Only saw them once, (except at festivals) and I rarely play any of their stuff any more and don't own any of their record albums, years later living in London friends were banging on about NIN, I was a pretty bored machine of them by them!
I'm fortunate to have missed all the Hype surrounding the Arctic Monkeys. I heard them on the radio one afternoon and called in to a shop to buy the album. Absolutely loved it on first listen, and still do. It seemed so fresh, and lyrically and musically it really appealed to me - can't beat songs that make you smile at the lyrics whilst tapping your feet. My young lad absolutely loves them too. I really rate Alex as a song writer and consequently avoid reading any of Hype's articles about them.
Music and song writing to me is a personal thing, you hear songs that capture the mood of the day or the state of the nation and it either tickles your fancy or it doesn't.
I'm glad Hype is not posting on PH, because I've found some fantastic (new to me) music posted in the Right Now! No messing - what are you listening to?
TheExcession said:
I'm fortunate to have missed all the Hype surrounding the Arctic Monkeys. I heard them on the radio one afternoon and called in to a shop to buy the album. Absolutely loved it on first listen, and still do. It seemed so fresh, and lyrically and musically it really appealed to me - can't beat songs that make you smile at the lyrics whilst tapping your feet. My young lad absolutely loves them too. I really rate Alex as a song writer and consequently avoid reading any of Hype's articles about them.
Mr Gearchange said:
I think Alex Turner will go down as one of the great songwriters. In a very similar vein to Jarvis Cocker - an inate ability to make the mundanities of life beautifully poetic and evocative, maybe it's a Sheffield thing?
Dunno about the Sheffield thing but 
Thanks for that reminder - I just had to go listen to Mile End again, such fond memories of living there, the line about losing a game of pool is a bit too close reality though
There are some extremely talented song writers (social commentators) out there. I've always been a words above music listener, probably due to too much listening to Marillion.
But when on a first listen you catch the line "Dint ya see she were gorgeous, she was beyond belief. But this lad at the side drinking his Smirnoff Ice came and paid for her Tropical Reef"
That to me is genius, it touches every sentimental button of so many nights out I had in my younger days and better still these feelings were before Smirnoff Ice and Tropical Reef were even invented. I love that word play, it really stamps the song in its time, you just could not have written those lines when I was chasing Nirvana gigs and RDF and Faith No More or John Ottway, or the Levellers and the Wonder Stuff up and down the country.
Now I'm just an old man, reflecting on memories and missed jiggy jiggy opportunities.
Running off now to listen to a bit more Pulp and Sleaford Mods, being that I also like RDF, I'll be ignoring Mr Hype.
Time to resurrect this thread?
Like Sleaford Mods a lot. Check out this street performance on record store day.
http://youtu.be/-Njw0gYyVFQ
http://youtu.be/-Njw0gYyVFQ
I'm trying hard but I still don't get it - obviously not for me.
Feel sorry for the interloper at the beginning of that clip - you can't blame him for thinking that it was an open mic session for anyone to come and have a go at.
Still, it's nice to see that that skeletal chap from the Stereo MC's has found a new job - which seems to be mainly centred around standing in the background looking like a particularly undernourished heroin addict - or a particularly rubbish Bez, he could at least shake some marraccas around.
Anyway - I'm 39 now, so what the f
k do I know. I'm nobody's key demographic anymore until I'm into the realm of buying non-iron beige slacks from the insterts in the Daily Mail
Feel sorry for the interloper at the beginning of that clip - you can't blame him for thinking that it was an open mic session for anyone to come and have a go at.
Still, it's nice to see that that skeletal chap from the Stereo MC's has found a new job - which seems to be mainly centred around standing in the background looking like a particularly undernourished heroin addict - or a particularly rubbish Bez, he could at least shake some marraccas around.
5pen said:
Just read about their spat with Slaves too. One of the main accusations was that Slaves were ripping them off, and Williamson makes the serious allegation that (and I quote) "They're doing my pose in photos...". He sounds a bit precious!
That's funny - especially as Williamson seems to be doing a crap impression of Ian Curtis.Anyway - I'm 39 now, so what the f
k do I know. I'm nobody's key demographic anymore until I'm into the realm of buying non-iron beige slacks from the insterts in the Daily MailWorkshy Fop said:
Like Sleaford Mods a lot. Check out this street performance on record store day.
http://youtu.be/-Njw0gYyVFQ
He's touching his nose and sniffing a lot isn't he?http://youtu.be/-Njw0gYyVFQ
Maybe he's got a bit of a cold coming on.
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