Wolfmother - Already over them

[Herbs]

The Strokes >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wolfmother & Jet
I never saw what the big fuss was about with Wolfmother and Jet.

Well personally I've never understood why The Strokes are rated so high, they're pretty boring IMO.

 

[FrediKanoute]

I think they are pretty good. Have seen them a couple of times in the UK and the reaction they get from the crowd, many who are not Aussies is pretty good. Yeah they are a throwback to the sound of Led Zep and Black Sab, but you can't deny that they aren't talented. On stage they are pretty good and the good thing about them is that they still play their music fairly rawly. So whilst you are getting a 70's sound, its still one that hasn't been refined. besides its good to see guys in their 20's ripping out this sound rather than guys in their 60's re-lving past glories!

Re Jet, I likent "Get Born" to "What's the Story Morning Glory", a lot of good catchy songs on the cd which makes it an easy listen. The thing with Jet is what is their next one going to be like. If they can top "Get Born" it will be interestng. I don't think they can and will probably fade into rock obscurity.

 

[Anti_Gravity]

At least we hope they fade into rock obscurity. IMO young, arrogant, self indulged "artists" who got ahead of themselves, and have maybe since realised they were just a flavour of the month for nova

Go john butler and eskimo joe!!

I'd also throw in cog who are a very underated group. Been together for a while now and have build a core support base, due for a very successful album!

 

[Roddy]

At least we hope they fade into rock obscurity. IMO young, arrogant, self indulged "artists" who got ahead of themselves, and have maybe since realised they were just a flavour of the month for nova

Go john butler and eskimo joe!!

I'd also throw in cog who are a very underated group. Been together for a while now and have build a core support base, due for a very successful album!

Yeah, I'd just about rate Cog as my favourite Aussie band of the last few years. THEY should be where WM are. If originality and musicianship were all that mattered, they would be....

 

[year of the roo]

They're not great, but I am struggling to think of many better Australian bands as of right now.

 

[Carlos]

Yeah, I'd just about rate Cog as my favourite Aussie band of the last few years. THEY should be where WM are. If originality and musicianship were all that mattered, they would be....

Spot on.

Its a good story that a band who have been toiling away as long and as hard as what they have and who have never deviated from what they're about as a band or jumped on any fads or trends can forge a decent name for themselve's in this country.

 

[Roddy]

They're not great, but I am struggling to think of many better Australian bands as of right now.

A comment of utter ignorance....

 

[Herbs]

Yeah, I'd just about rate Cog as my favourite Aussie band of the last few years. THEY should be where WM are. If originality and musicianship were all that mattered, they would be....

Agreed, Cog's great.

 

[year of the roo]

A comment of utter ignorance....

Enlighten me, oh gifted one.

 

[Roddy]

Enlighten me, oh gifted one.

FUKC!!!! Where to even start?????????
Cog, Karnivool, Butterfly Effect, Shihad (yeah, I know, they're Kiwi!), Alarum, Sunk Loto, Sydonia, CREECH (HA!), Eskimoe Joe, Grinspoon, John Butler Trio, Killing Heidi, Powderfinger, Spiderbait, You am I, Parkway Drive, Magic Dirt, Dreadnaught, The Eternal, and that's just off the top of my head....

 

[Anti_Gravity]

Ok people, how long before mainstream radio gets wind of Cog and kills them off to 14 yr old girls?

 

[Roddy]

Ok people, how long before mainstream radio gets wind of Cog and kills them off to 14 yr old girls?

Don't really care...their music is the main thing. I don't give a sh*t who else listens to them.

And it's highly unlikely anyway. 14 year old girls, in general, don't understand complex, 8 minute songs with multiple time changes and political lyrics. And there's minimal to no pouting, booty shaking and bare midriffs in their video clips.....

 

[Carlos]

Ok people, how long before mainstream radio gets wind of Cog and kills them off to 14 yr old girls?

Not in the slightest bit trying to be a smartarse here dude, but have you actually heard much Cog?

If a band like Shihad struggles to get on the radio or sell many units, i just cant see how Cog could ever be able to make the kind of money for the big companies who make the commercial music world go round. That ultimately is the deciding factor that gets a band on the kind of rotation that the Jets of this world get. Its no accident.

In Cog's case, the band themselve's would have to make a conscious decision to slant their song-writing and severly dumb down or simplify their playing towards the radio market (or any market for that matter) or they'd never even get close to being considered a commercial prospect.

But when you consider the amount of hard work they've put in over nearly 10 years to build their reputation and in the process earn the kind of respect they get amongst the Aussie alt-rock scene, i just dunno how much mainstream radio or 14 year old girls' opinions really matter to them.

 

[Stealth bomber]

Don't mind the 'Mother, there are sh*tloads worse artists around. Have the album, it's undoubtedly too derivative, but it's well written, well played and produced Rock music. And with the proliferation of utterly plastic, vacuous pop 'artists' going around, they're a breathe of fresh on the charts atm...

Agreed. Breaks no ground at all, but I'd rather see people play this sort of thing than listen to Paris Hilton.

 

[Carlos]

Or what Roddy said!!

Or in their own words...

"...and it was the new music and it was timid, humble and stern. It was brown and light brown and sepia. It was almost forgotten, it lays in a ditch on the side of the road. You and I drove along once and it was happy to lie there day dreaming. It stretched into the distance further than you ever thought possible and it didn't give a f*ck about you and I either way..."

 

[Hap Hapablap]

wolf mother aint that bad some good songs but they are starting to sound boring. after jets hit r u gna be my girl jet went into a downfall i think its the strangle hold that idiotic form of music they call rnb and rap thats destroying any good rock bands to form. id take wolfmother than any of those tryhards any day.

 

[Roddy]

Or what Roddy said!!

Or in their own words...

"...and it was the new music and it was timid, humble and stern. It was brown and light brown and sepia. It was almost forgotten, it lays in a ditch on the side of the road. You and I drove along once and it was happy to lie there day dreaming. It stretched into the distance further than you ever thought possible and it didn't give a f*ck about you and I either way..."

exactly...

 

[year of the roo]

FUKC!!!! Where to even start?????????
Cog, Karnivool, Butterfly Effect, Shihad (yeah, I know, they're Kiwi!), Alarum, Sunk Loto, Sydonia, CREECH (HA!), Eskimoe Joe, Grinspoon, John Butler Trio, Killing Heidi, Powderfinger, Spiderbait, You am I, Parkway Drive, Magic Dirt, Dreadnaught, The Eternal, and that's just off the top of my head....

I can't fathom how anyone could put some of that rubbish ahead of Wolfmother, but each to their own. It pleases me that you get kicks out of that sort of stuff. I'm really happy for you.

Me, I'd rather be ignorant and enjoy Wolfmother, than be vain and enjoy that stuff.

Cheers.

 

[Roddy]

I can't fathom how anyone could put some of that rubbish ahead of Wolfmother, but each to their own. It pleases me that you get kicks out of that sort of stuff. I'm really happy for you.

Me, I'd rather be ignorant and enjoy Wolfmother, than be vain and enjoy that stuff.

Cheers.

Cog rubbish? Karnivool rubbish? You am I rubbish?? JBT rubbish??? Ok, tell me exactly why you think those bands are rubbish? Give me your Glenn A Baker-like musical summary of exactly why you think those bands are crap? I'm DYING to hear this!!!


You think I like those bands for VANITY?????? WFT are you ON????? Ignorant is INDEED the word. In fact, IGNORAMUS would be even more appropriate.......