The 1975 2020

[rivalschools.price]

2 hours ago, Matt42 said:

Shallow music is everywhere I don’t know why there is gasp horror at another band getting big.

I don’t exactly know why the 1975 get as much flack as they do. I’d rather go to a 1975 concert than a Mumford & Sons concert. 

The fact you called Matt Healy a nonce out of nowhere just stinks of old man complaining about what the kids like. 

Saying that you’d rather go to a 1975 concert than a Mumford & Sons concert is setting the bar pretty low.

[fightoffyour]

14 hours ago, Matt42 said:

I think you’re missing my point though mate.

Mumfords, Kasabian, Arctics are the UK based bands which have emerged in the past 15 years and became bona fide festival headliners. Each of the three were heavily criticised as headliners in their outset but all three of the bands were definitely qualified to headline when they did it.

The 1975 are the next UK band to reach national headline level (including Glastonbury). They are criticised for many reasons, some valid. Some don’t like their music and that’s okay - but you can’t say the 1975 aren’t ready to headline. 

After they headline reading this year and debut their festival headline stage show for the BBC to lap up it’s gonna become much clearer.

Okay sorry, I too think they're more than ready to headline. Could've done it off the back of the 3rd album already.

[bombfrog]

15 hours ago, ghostdancer1 said:

the magic of The 1975, everything is focus-grouped so much that it sounds like everything and nothing at all.

I really don't see this at all. Their lyrics come across as authentic to me.

[Madyaker]

I’ve tried many times to understand why so many people like this band but I just don’t get it. Just had another go on Spotify there for about 15 mins. His voice annoys me which doesn’t help. They’ve somehow fooled people into thinking they’re better than all the other indie landfill bands so hats off to them for that. They’ll probably get their shot but I don’t think it’ll be next year.

[March Hare]

I also find it odd that they claim to be a Manchester band. They are from Wilmslow in Cheshire. 

[dentalplan]

15 minutes ago, March Hare said:

I also find it odd that they claim to be a Manchester band. They are from Wilmslow in Cheshire. 

I don’t think they’ve tried to use ‘Manchester band’ to their advantage so don’t worry about it.

[whitehorses]

On 7/27/2019 at 5:01 PM, Madyaker said:

I’ve tried many times to understand why so many people like this band but I just don’t get it. Just had another go on Spotify there for about 15 mins. His voice annoys me which doesn’t help. They’ve somehow fooled people into thinking they’re better than all the other indie landfill bands so hats off to them for that. They’ll probably get their shot but I don’t think it’ll be next year.

Exactly this. Absolute shite. Emperor’s New Clothes syndrome 

Edited July 29, 2019 by caballosblancos

[Thunderstruck]

17 hours ago, March Hare said:

I also find it odd that they claim to be a Manchester band. They are from Wilmslow in Cheshire. 

To be fair they probably spent a lot of their time in Manchester growing up and as a band. Nearest big City!

[Hugh Jass]

20 minutes ago, Thunderstruck said:

To be fair they probably spent a lot of their time in Manchester growing up and as a band. Nearest big City!

I thought he grew up in Coronation Street?

[Odessa]

3 hours ago, caballosblancos said:

Exactly this. Absolute shite. Emperor’s New Clothes syndrome 

I wish I was as intelligent as you and could admit that I don't actually like this band!

[CaledonianGonzo]

2 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:

I thought he grew up in Coronation Street?

They're actually Krautrock, cos he grew up in a building site in Dusseldorf.

[dentalplan]

You learn a couple things when you get to my age / Like that a focus-grouped Blue Nile is all the rage

[whitehorses]

8 hours ago, Odessa said:

I wish I was as intelligent as you and could admit that I don't actually like this band!

I wish that too 

[Thunderstruck]

On 7/29/2019 at 8:10 AM, Hugh Jass said:

I thought he grew up in Coronation Street?

?

[Rose-Colored Boy]

His dad being the Geordie crossdresser off of Benidorm is far more fun tbh.

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

On 7/26/2019 at 3:09 PM, Odessa said:

Do you expect them to become instantly legendary when their debut came out like 6 years ago? The 1975 are a great band and will absolutely smash it. Comparing them to The Rolling Stones is just a total waste of time.

 

On 7/26/2019 at 4:53 PM, fatyeti24 said:

Not exactly.  There's been plenty in between.  40 years' worth.  Too much to be listed here!

My point was more like the state of rock bands today than a direct comparison to the Rolling Stones and others since them etc. Can't see the 1975 having anywhere near the longevity of many bands, unless they took a new direction in their next album. 

[Quark]

6 hours ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

My point was more like the state of rock bands today than a direct comparison to the Rolling Stones and others since them etc. Can't see the 1975 having anywhere near the longevity of many bands, unless they took a new direction in their next album. 

Thing is that when bands like the Stones started and developed, it was all relatively new. If you take 1950 as the start of the popular music era, mainly as a nice round number to work from, you're only talking 70 years lifespan.

So for example, the Stones kicked off what, 15 years into that? Everything was still pretty new, and every change of direction or development a band took was also pretty new.

Law of diminishing returns innit? It's going to be harder for any band to stand in that "classic" category as so much of it has been done, plus the sheer volume of bands able to make themselves known through much more widely available distribution options. 

There's a reason that a much  higher proportion of genuinely innovative or classic acts are in the first 20-30 years of the pop music era. They got there first.

[JSmurphy]

Well this is a bit different.

[Matt42]

1 minute ago, JSmurphy said:

Well this is a bit different.

Gives me a bit of Kasabian vibe.

[kingcrawler]

 

Baffled that this will be on the same album as a song sung by Tim Healy

[Mouseboy11]

4 minutes ago, Matt42 said:

Gives me a bit of Kasabian vibe.

'Wake up, wake up, wake up!
We are appalling and we need to stop just watching shit in bed
And I know it sounds boring and we like things that are funny
But we need to get this in our fucking heads
The economy's a goner
Republic's a banana
Ignore it if you wanna'

'Tired of taking orders
Coping with disorders
The wrong men have the power
It's turning my milk sour
Turning my milk sour
Turning my milk sour'

Can you spot the Kasabian song?

[Madyaker]

Bit of a Marilyn Manson vibe off that one, why doesn't all their music sound like that??? Not sure what to make of it really but it's probably best song I've heard from them.

Edited August 22, 2019 by Madyaker

[Matt42]

19 minutes ago, Mouseboy11 said:

Can you spot the Kasabian song?

It’s different for them but it just has the exact sort of style as eeezeh

At least the 1975 are putting out entertaining stuff. They are definitely the headline band they’ve been slowly working towards for a while now.

[Madyaker]

Are you serious? Can see this going down well on the pyramid alright ?? Atrocious

 

[jj200]

1 hour ago, kingcrawler said:

 

Baffled that this will be on the same album as a song sung by Tim Healy

I like that it sounds like a bit more rocky.