egg said:
yes, thought they were pants still, very dull, jazwankery. that track 'like they do' is nice. otherwise, i think black eyed peas actually do what the roots are trying to do with some success. 'shut up' is a tower of a song - truly great.
This comment brings tears to my eyes. I absolutely love the Roots, and hate that shut up song with a passion. The thing with the Roots is that around a quarter of each album (more on
The Tipping Point) is oretty average, but every album has at elast two or three tracks which are pure brilliance of the highest order.
But hey, I like The Streets a lot as well. Well, actually used to. I listened to
original pirate material probably twice evey day for about six months. And then I sw them live and didn't listen to them again for around 5 months. They were just really really average, despite some good moments. And from recent reports of them at the Big Day Out in Auckland last week, they haven't gotten better.
quite agree. i believe rem are so successful because of a) michael stipe's voice b) two, possibly three songs - losing my religion really. also because there is a formula where simply by i) having one amazing song [viz losing my religion] ii) staying together and iii) putting out more than 5 albums a band defaults to 'great' status forever.
It can't be that because they had huge cred before 'losing my religon'... I think it's because they were the inheritors of one side of Husker Du...
Anyway thisngs I don't get that are canon: Goldie. I never liked much of his production stuff, and I was a huge drum and bass fan. But I think Represent are over rated as well...