Why does it always rain on me?
now im looking forward to tonight, see yer later ive got to go.
see you later….. <img src="http://www.soimmature.com/images/weewee.gif" alt=" - " />
i don't think its that bad…its better than that last one they put out…its a little differentYeah, I hear Fran's now romatically happy, so on the new record he sings about other stuff. Has anyone seen the video for 'Re-Offender'? The song's about domestic abuse. On the video, the band plays gigs at hole-in-the-wall pubs and beat each other up in between gigs. Regardless of reviews, I'll end up picking the new CD in time.
for being the first cd i've bought in like 6 months, it wasn't that bad
which rainbow site?Markie, That's the scariest bear suit I've seen.. ever. :cool:
If anybody sees Dave Grohl getting ready to play the drums tonight at the Killing Joke, please light up the grohl signal and I will make it down to the show, thanks.
Ah, that movie was great. <img src="http://www.rockandrollconfidential.com/images/ybspics/ybs1th.jpg" alt=" - " />
Is GGW running a marathon? No one told me. Oh wait one person did……
I wonder how Dupek knew?
Does that mean GGW has given up the cancer sticks?
I wonder how Dupek knew?
Does that mean GGW has given up the cancer sticks?
Mother of god, call me – I forgot that's tonight. Wonder if I can make it…..
Originally posted by i like to change my name walkman:
If anybody sees Dave Grohl getting ready to play the drums tonight at the Killing Joke, please light up the grohl signal and I will make it down to the show, thanks.
Travis in NY:
October 23, 2003
ROCK REVIEW | 'TRAVIS'
Beyond Love, but Coming From the Heart
By JON PARELES
Sooner or later self-absorption has its limits. Travis, a Scottish band that started a two-night stand at the Beacon Theater on Tuesday night, has become one of Britain's most popular bands with songs that magnify lovesick pleas into grand anthems. Most of the time Fran Healy, Travis's songwriter, sang about loneliness and the loves who got away. But on Travis's new album, "12 Memories" (Epic/Independiente), Mr. Healy has started to look beyond private troubles to public affairs, in one more unexpected pop repercussion of the campaign against terrorism and the invasion of Iraq.
"You don't need an invitation to drop in upon a nation," he sang in "The Beautiful Occupation," continuing, "So much for an intervention/Don't call the united nations." But before he sang it, he took pains to tell the audience that the song was personal, not political. "We've always written from our hearts," he said. "We've always just written about things that, you know, you just feel compelled to express."
Such unabashed earnestness makes Travis stand out in a pop sphere full of image mongering and mixed messages. The band is almost defensive about professing sincerity; its posture is that it has no pose. And as its audiences have grown, the challenge has been to make modesty ring out on an ever larger scale.
To do that Travis uses reliable models. The songs have the old-fashioned gift of melody, and the band is steeped in 1960's rock, mining the Beatles above all for harmonies, arrangements and a music-hall bounce. But it also draws on U2 for tolling guitars and huge vocal crescendos. The songs built to inexorable peaks as Mr. Healy sang plaints like the one in "Re-Offender": "You say you love me, and then you do it again." But the music didn't linger at its crests. It tapered off as if any sustained outburst was unseemly.
The songs were waltzes, Merseybeat bounces and grand ballads, with melodies that rose to Mr. Healy's vulnerable falsetto. Near the end Travis played an early song, "All I Wanna Do Is Rock," a slow stomp that gave Andy Dunlop a chance to climb onto his amplifier and swing his guitar for feedback. But he climbed down so the song could end quietly.
More than it wants to rock, Travis wants to bemoan troubles, offer consolation and now and then consider the state of the world.
October 23, 2003
ROCK REVIEW | 'TRAVIS'
Beyond Love, but Coming From the Heart
By JON PARELES
Sooner or later self-absorption has its limits. Travis, a Scottish band that started a two-night stand at the Beacon Theater on Tuesday night, has become one of Britain's most popular bands with songs that magnify lovesick pleas into grand anthems. Most of the time Fran Healy, Travis's songwriter, sang about loneliness and the loves who got away. But on Travis's new album, "12 Memories" (Epic/Independiente), Mr. Healy has started to look beyond private troubles to public affairs, in one more unexpected pop repercussion of the campaign against terrorism and the invasion of Iraq.
"You don't need an invitation to drop in upon a nation," he sang in "The Beautiful Occupation," continuing, "So much for an intervention/Don't call the united nations." But before he sang it, he took pains to tell the audience that the song was personal, not political. "We've always written from our hearts," he said. "We've always just written about things that, you know, you just feel compelled to express."
Such unabashed earnestness makes Travis stand out in a pop sphere full of image mongering and mixed messages. The band is almost defensive about professing sincerity; its posture is that it has no pose. And as its audiences have grown, the challenge has been to make modesty ring out on an ever larger scale.
To do that Travis uses reliable models. The songs have the old-fashioned gift of melody, and the band is steeped in 1960's rock, mining the Beatles above all for harmonies, arrangements and a music-hall bounce. But it also draws on U2 for tolling guitars and huge vocal crescendos. The songs built to inexorable peaks as Mr. Healy sang plaints like the one in "Re-Offender": "You say you love me, and then you do it again." But the music didn't linger at its crests. It tapered off as if any sustained outburst was unseemly.
The songs were waltzes, Merseybeat bounces and grand ballads, with melodies that rose to Mr. Healy's vulnerable falsetto. Near the end Travis played an early song, "All I Wanna Do Is Rock," a slow stomp that gave Andy Dunlop a chance to climb onto his amplifier and swing his guitar for feedback. But he climbed down so the song could end quietly.
More than it wants to rock, Travis wants to bemoan troubles, offer consolation and now and then consider the state of the world.
Originally posted by Markie (happy now walkie?):That was cool. Generally I don't click on Dupek's links. Who knows what I've been missing….
Is GGW running a marathon? No one told me. Oh wait one person did……
I wonder how Dupek knew?
Does that mean GGW has given up the cancer sticks?
GGW is running a marathon but he hasn't given up the Devil's weed. In fact, I find that if I suck one down at around the 19th mile, it gives me a boost for the last leg of the race.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:a running buddy of mine did a triathlon a couple months ago….during the tri training she started smoking cigs because she said it helped increase her lung capacity…if i spend an evening in a smokey club, i can really feel the smoke's toll on my lungs…i never asked her if it worked out for her
Originally posted by Markie (happy now walkie?):That was cool. Generally I don't click on Dupek's links. Who knows what I've been missing….
Is GGW running a marathon? No one told me. Oh wait one person did……
I wonder how Dupek knew?
Does that mean GGW has given up the cancer sticks?
GGW is running a marathon but he hasn't given up the Devil's weed. In fact, I find that if I suck one down at around the 19th mile, it gives me a boost for the last leg of the race.
what marathon are you doing? marine corp?
Originally posted by MaLo:
….during the tri training she started smoking cigs because she said it helped increase her lung capacity……and the herion she shoots up helps her relax before a big race! :roll:
Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by MaLo:she was training with one of those groups that does races to raise money for cancer…i thought it was funny when she was hitting me up for a donation and smoking on a cigarette…
….during the tri training she started smoking cigs because she said it helped increase her lung capacity……and the herion she shoots up helps her relax before a big race! :roll:
Originally posted by MaLo:Yes, the Marine Corps marathon. This Sunday.
a running buddy of mine did a triathlon a couple months ago….during the tri training she started smoking cigs because she said it helped increase her lung capacity…if i spend an evening in a smokey club, i can really feel the smoke's toll on my lungs…i never asked her if it worked out for her
what marathon are you doing? marine corp?
I was hoping that the training would make me want to quit smoking, but it hasn't really.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:i tried to smoke once, and i dropped the cigarrette on my foot and it burnt me between the toes…decided i was too clumsy to be a smoker
Originally posted by MaLo:Yes, the Marine Corps marathon. This Sunday.
a running buddy of mine did a triathlon a couple months ago….during the tri training she started smoking cigs because she said it helped increase her lung capacity…if i spend an evening in a smokey club, i can really feel the smoke's toll on my lungs…i never asked her if it worked out for her
what marathon are you doing? marine corp?
I was hoping that the training would make me want to quit smoking, but it hasn't really.
i did the marine corps last year, it was fun..is this your first? you should have a fun time..good luck!
so what was everyone's take on the show?
i'd like to think we were all in agreement regarding rooney: CRAP
the lead singer looks like steve perry from journey, the drummer looks like what's his name drummer from def leppard, but with arms, and the bassist looks like the guy from elo.
and as bunnyman deftly pointed out, the 1976 look and sound needs to go. NOW.
tad frightening that they seemed to have a solid fan base, and lots of screaming girls.
i thought travis was great. they always put me in a good mood. though that peace the fuck out song was pretty crap. and i didn't really need the overproduction of the show. just them and their music works for me.
bunnyman and i waited outside for an hour and a half to meet them. everyone but fran came out. i was too damn cold so i left. a tshirt and flip flops can't really tolerate that long a period in 40 degree weather. but they have really nice roadies who grabbed a random set list for me and then called over the bouncer to come find me and give it to me. :)
i'd like to think we were all in agreement regarding rooney: CRAP
the lead singer looks like steve perry from journey, the drummer looks like what's his name drummer from def leppard, but with arms, and the bassist looks like the guy from elo.
and as bunnyman deftly pointed out, the 1976 look and sound needs to go. NOW.
tad frightening that they seemed to have a solid fan base, and lots of screaming girls.
i thought travis was great. they always put me in a good mood. though that peace the fuck out song was pretty crap. and i didn't really need the overproduction of the show. just them and their music works for me.
bunnyman and i waited outside for an hour and a half to meet them. everyone but fran came out. i was too damn cold so i left. a tshirt and flip flops can't really tolerate that long a period in 40 degree weather. but they have really nice roadies who grabbed a random set list for me and then called over the bouncer to come find me and give it to me. :)
rooney, maroon 5 aka kara's flowers, and phantom planet are all part of the hollywood brat rocker system. it's real tough breaking into the system when your already connected. before maroon 5 became some sort of jamarquoi tribute band, they were kara's flowers who went from suit wearing power popsters, to t-shirt wearing hootie clones. the last kara's flowers demo disk i heard they had recast themselves as billy joel. good thing they didn't have to work for a living or anything…
Originally posted by i like to change my name walkman:so did grohl show up last night? as i said to kosmette after flaking out from going to show, that he was sure to show up.
If anybody sees Dave Grohl getting ready to play the drums tonight at the Killing Joke, please light up the grohl signal and I will make it down to the show, thanks.