Panther Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 I was reading mojo magazines britpop edition a few weeks ago around and about the same time I gave this record a spin, Now this stuff has more to do with say 4ad or something more 80s than say PARKLIFE but I say thats just the fudge, the truth is the cold center of the ice cream itself!! naw what i mean!!! If you don't let me explain. Britpop never died you see, cos it can't at least not for another hundread years or so. If you think britpop was invented in 1990 your wrong it was invented when John Lennon decided he'd be bigger than Elvis playing real american music, but brits playing blues ain't blues its POP!!! especially when they infuse that english folk and music hall thing. Back to the xx . The year is 2009 Big Brother and the new world order is in full swing War is Peace Freedom is Slavery!!! with that in mind arent these the apropriate tones for modern brit pop , FORGET artic monkeys forget Pete dohetry (he's dead right?) Remember The xx because this is a stone cold classic!!! minamal this electronic that , this is brit pop in the age of aquarius!!! A+ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ghost of Electricity Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 can i have some of whatever you took? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 I have no idea what Panther said, but I do like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui5TGMWNEPo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Panther Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 can i have some of whatever you took? the ghost of electricity howls in the bones of her face .. is that how that line goes? I should know I often proclaim to myself that "visions of johanna is the best song eva" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ghost of Electricity Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 the ghost of electricity howls in the bones of her face .. is that how that line goes? I should know I often proclaim to myself that "visions of johanna is the best song eva"yup, that's the one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Panther Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 I have no idea what Panther said, but I do like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui5TGMWNEPo intresting..... you seem to be able to type english .cool remix , have you heard any originals from XX Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 I have no idea what this band sounds like, but its name reminds me of a time 20 or so years ago when my cousin, who was visiting from a porn-deprived state in the Midwest, said to me, "Let's get a dirty movie - a double triple X-er!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cooperissup3r Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 i happened to catch them on carson daly's show ...wasn't real impressed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sureshot Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Most overrated album of the year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 I was reading mojo magazines britpop edition a few weeks ago around and about the same time I gave this record a spin, Now this stuff has more to do with say 4ad or something more 80s than say PARKLIFE but I say thats just the fudge, the truth is the cold center of the ice cream itself!! naw what i mean!!! If you don't let me explain. Britpop never died you see, cos it can't at least not for another hundread years or so. If you think britpop was invented in 1990 your wrong it was invented when John Lennon decided he'd be bigger than Elvis playing real american music, but brits playing blues ain't blues its POP!!! especially when they infuse that english folk and music hall thing. Back to the xx . The year is 2009 Big Brother and the new world order is in full swing War is Peace Freedom is Slavery!!! with that in mind arent these the apropriate tones for modern brit pop , FORGET artic monkeys forget Pete dohetry (he's dead right?) Remember The xx because this is a stone cold classic!!! minamal this electronic that , this is brit pop in the age of aquarius!!! A+ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 lmao @ that review/post... wow anywho, the album is very solid (wound up in my top 20 on the year) and i loved the HELL out of them live 2 weeks go. they're not much to look at/watch live, but they recreate the album very well and it's hard not to be sucked in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deepseacatfish Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 I like the album a lot, the restraint in the instrumentation is very refreshing to my ears. It's a little overhyped yeah, but go figure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Panther Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 I like the album a lot, the restraint in the instrumentation is very refreshing to my ears. It's a little overhyped yeah, but go figure. I don't understand the idea of baclash when it comes to supposed overhyped records . walk through your neighbourhood and ask every one you see what they think of the xx and you know what they will say , well of course you do. how can something that is not even a cultural refrence be over hyped? becuz some critics like it which many did with this one. Lady Gaga is overhyped the world cup is over hyped, though i love one and sorta like the other. right , right, right, you know what im saying you know whats happening Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sureshot Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I don't understand the idea of baclash when it comes to supposed overhyped records . walk through your neighbourhood and ask every one you see what they think of the xx and you know what they will say , well of course you do. how can something that is not even a cultural refrence be over hyped? becuz some critics like it which many did with this one. Lady Gaga is overhyped the world cup is over hyped, though i love one and sorta like the other. First of all, it is possible for an album to be overhyped by critics and not be picked up by the mainstream. Again, to my ears the album is nothing special. The first instrumental track was intriguing and caught my attention, but the rest I just found incredibly boring (and no, Im not incapable to enjoying "quiet" music. I own more ambient and drone albums than I can count). I dont think its bad by any means and for a debut by an act as young as they are its pretty impressive. But it definitely wont make any of my year end lists. And as far as the World Cup goes, 95% of the world shuts down for those games, so I would say the hype is justified. Lady Gaga is another matter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
augurus Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 They remind me of Spoon, minus the Pixies. But that's oversimplification. They make excellently restrained pop. I wish XX and jj would make a stop in Michigan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 right , right, right, you know what im saying you know whats happeningYeah, I get the jist of it! I think. Will you write my eulogy? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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