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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Bags on January 26, 2006, 05:10:00 pm
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Okay, I love "The Ego Has Landed," but don't have anything else.
What's the word on "Intensive Care"?? Or, is there another album or two or three I should get (I was told "Swing When You're Winning" is a must have, I've been watching used CD bins for it....it was quite expensive new).
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My biggest fear is that last.fm is going to expose my man crush on Robbie Williams.
I love the live album from Knebworth.
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Originally posted by Bags:
Okay, I love "The Ego Has Landed," but don't have anything else.
What's the word on "Intensive Care"?? Or, is there another album or two or three I should get (I was told "Swing When You're Winning" is a must have, I've been watching used CD bins for it....it was quite expensive new).
Most of his albums are UK only releases making them pricey here in the states. I've only heard a few tracks off of Intensive Care and I felt it was a lot like Escapology - rather unimpressive.
"Sing when your winning" and "Swing when you're winning" are both great. Same for his DVD's - the guy cracks me up.
Otherwise, Ego, the Greatest Hits, and the live disc I already mentioned are about all I listen to consistently.
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I am always amazed at the number to British acts that are "acceptable" to listen to in the States because they are "Britpop"...Travis, Keane, Stereophonics, Supergrass, Charlatans, Athlete, maybe even Robbie.
Very few people in the UK who are big music consumers/fans/snobs listen to or respect these artists. They are simply the British equivalent of Matchbox 20.
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Neither Bagster nor Vansmack come close to being a music snob.
Originally posted by allmy$to930:
I am always amazed at the number to British acts that are "acceptable" to listen to in the States because they are "Britpop"...Travis, Keane, Stereophonics, Supergrass, Charlatans, Athlete, maybe even Robbie.
Very few people in the UK who are big music consumers/fans/snobs listen to or respect these artists. They are simply the British equivalent of Matchbox 20.
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oh goodie i'm not a music snob either... that first US cd with all the good early UK single is mighty fine ear candy haven't heard anything else...
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
oh goodie i'm not a music snob either...
No, you are just an 'elitist prick'. :p
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Bags,
We can hook you up with some Robbie. Swing when your winning is awful though.
I would contend that matchbox 20 is much worse than any of the acts you mentioned. Just because those acts are mainstream it does not mean that all of their work is derided.
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Bags, I gotta tell ya, that song "Feel" was huge in Indonesia. You heard it everywhere, in mall background music, played by bar bands, in hotel lobbies. After a while, in spite of myself, that song got stuck in my head. I even downloaded it to try to excorcise it, but it's still there, in my head and now on my laptop, too.
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Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
I would contend that matchbox 20 is much worse than any of the acts you mentioned. Just because those acts are mainstream it does not mean that all of their work is derided.
Yes, I would agree with that.
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Originally posted by allmy$to930:
I am always amazed at the number to British acts that are "acceptable" to listen to in the States because they are "Britpop"...Travis, Keane, Stereophonics, Supergrass, Charlatans, Athlete, maybe even Robbie.
Very few people in the UK who are big music consumers/fans/snobs listen to or respect these artists. They are simply the British equivalent of Matchbox 20.
I enjoy Madonna and Kelly Clarkson (well, just that one song, but I LOVE that sont) as well. And I LOVE Lit, which was being played alongside Matchbox 20 and Blink 182 or whatever number that is. So it has nothing to do with Robbie's britishness. It's fun, catchy music, I like his voice, and he's a hoot. Looks to me like you're the one with the attitude. If I like something, I like it, "genres" be damned.
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I answered before I saw Rhett's answer -- Thanks! I may have a posse of 50 and the biggest Escalade you can get, but I'm not music snob. :cool:
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ha, how funny, an ad for the Kyle McLachlan show just came on with "Calling All Angels" playing over scenes from the show. It's like a sign from above!
Mark, if I ever see you again, I'll take you up on the R. Williams hook up. I have a feeling I may see you out in March.
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I enjoy the beginning and ending of Intensive Care...the middle part of the album is pretty blah. Is Sing When You're Winning available in the states? I would buy that one over Intensive Care.
On the ubiquity of Robbie Williams in Europe. I was in Prague last year - everytime i switched on the TV in my hotel, there was Robbie.
He played at the club a couple times in like 98/99. Still kicking myself for not making the drive up from Harrisonburg to see him.
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I wasn't trying to start a firestorm or be critical with my comments, it was merely an observation.
I like a lot of the music that I mentioned (with the exception of Mr. Williams). I was simply pointing out that when a late-twenty something male says "I really like Travis", it carries much different weight in the US and the UK.
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I still contend that he should be the one out on tour with Queen right now.
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Originally posted by allmy$to930:
I was simply pointing out that when a late-twenty something male says "I really like Travis", it carries much different weight in the US and the UK.
That might be related to the phenomenon that in the US, if you speak with a British (or any European) accent, you tend to be regarded as witty and sophisticated, even if back at home people regard you as just another dumb wanker.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
My biggest fear is that last.fm is going to expose my man crush on Robbie Williams.
I love the live album from Knebworth.
Ahh yes, I too hold the man crush for my little hero and his monkey. I was soooooo pissed when he said he wasn't doing US dates, because he wanted to be able to walk down the street without being mobbed like he is everywhere else. And then I said to myself, "Me too Robbie, me too"
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I saw him when he played the 930 on 5/10/99, just to see for myself what the Euro-fuss was about. Did not come away impressed, though. The impression conveyed was simply: aging and cheeky former boy-band guy, whose music was shades of Elton, Queen and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The rest of the world can keep him. There's enough sucky popular music in America as is.