music review: in 2 parts
yesterday, i received a c.d. in the mail from a friend in florida (thanks lainie). the disc was purchased solely on the basis of the title and then promptly sent to me to approve. so here is my two-part review of:
logic will break your heart by the stills
while it doesn't necessarily stand out from the rest of the new "hey, let's recreate the 80's but make it depressing" movement, the stills' debut grabbed me immediately. it's one part the cure, one part the killers and a dash of the smiths all whirlled into a series of catchy and moody gems. this canadian quartet holds it's own in today's saturated market. "logic" is a perfect throwback to everything that was good about 80's brit-modern rock. contemporary and timeless (in theory) and utterly enjoyable.
that said, i have a big problem with the band's name.
if i see one more band with the name THE whatever, i will scream. the stills join the ranks of other newcomers the bravery, the killers, the leftovers and the unicorns as the next generation of creative-less band names.
of course, this is no new phenonmenon. in the last ten years, we've seen the hives, the vines, the strokes, the verve, the ataris, the breathers, the calling, the cardigans, the donnas, the shins, the faint, the kicks, and the darkness.
before that, there were the cars, the pixies, the clash, the smiths, the fixx, the knack, the tubes, the outfield, the motels, the vapors and the buggles. there's even a band called the THE.
even back to the british invasion and it's subsequent waves: the beatles, the association, the turtles, the doors, the who, the kinks.
my question is this: why can't bands come up with better names?
i haven't even mentioned some bands that i really enjoy like the cranberries, the cure and the choir. or bands whose name is the family name: the corrs, the ramones (yeah i know that's not their real name), the carpenters. and for the sake of brevity, i have left out bands with more than one word after the "the." (i could do a whole post on the white stripes, but i won't.)
on rollingstone.com, i did a search for "the *" and it came back with 7573 listings. that's more than a few.
so come on bands, you're musicians. you're creative. you can come up with something better. i know you can.
logic will break your heart by the stills
while it doesn't necessarily stand out from the rest of the new "hey, let's recreate the 80's but make it depressing" movement, the stills' debut grabbed me immediately. it's one part the cure, one part the killers and a dash of the smiths all whirlled into a series of catchy and moody gems. this canadian quartet holds it's own in today's saturated market. "logic" is a perfect throwback to everything that was good about 80's brit-modern rock. contemporary and timeless (in theory) and utterly enjoyable.
that said, i have a big problem with the band's name.
if i see one more band with the name THE whatever, i will scream. the stills join the ranks of other newcomers the bravery, the killers, the leftovers and the unicorns as the next generation of creative-less band names.
of course, this is no new phenonmenon. in the last ten years, we've seen the hives, the vines, the strokes, the verve, the ataris, the breathers, the calling, the cardigans, the donnas, the shins, the faint, the kicks, and the darkness.
before that, there were the cars, the pixies, the clash, the smiths, the fixx, the knack, the tubes, the outfield, the motels, the vapors and the buggles. there's even a band called the THE.
even back to the british invasion and it's subsequent waves: the beatles, the association, the turtles, the doors, the who, the kinks.
my question is this: why can't bands come up with better names?
i haven't even mentioned some bands that i really enjoy like the cranberries, the cure and the choir. or bands whose name is the family name: the corrs, the ramones (yeah i know that's not their real name), the carpenters. and for the sake of brevity, i have left out bands with more than one word after the "the." (i could do a whole post on the white stripes, but i won't.)
on rollingstone.com, i did a search for "the *" and it came back with 7573 listings. that's more than a few.
so come on bands, you're musicians. you're creative. you can come up with something better. i know you can.
posted by cade at 4:27 PM
3 Comments:
Does being mentioned on a blog start the timer on my 15 minutes of fame?
DING!
sorry.
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