Rooney!

[mankie]

Are absolute SHITE ! ! Did anyone else see them last night on that debacle of Fox?
 
 Please tell me that was a bad performance by them, because I can't believe any of you lot would go for that crap.
 
 (I'm on about the band, not the footballer.)

[ratioci nation]

I don't think any of the regulars here are fans, if they are, they don't mention it.

[Bags]

Dude, they were featured on The O.C., they *must* be good!      :p

[mankie]

Originally posted by Bagalicious Tangster:
  Dude, they were featured on The O.C., they *must* be good!      

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[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I liked him when he was on 60 Minutes. Is he no longer on?

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by Bollocks:
 
 BTW....on the west coast...do they call the mid west the mid east? And if not, why not?
     

east coast bias.

[kosmo vinyl]

guess i should have watched that seeing as i'm djing the rooney show...

[kurosawa-b/w]

Rooney opened for someone I went to see but can't remember who. (Was it Travis?) All I remember were screaming teenage girls around me. I found the band to be unremarkable (and somewhat boring) but not offensive.

[bungle bud]

yes it was travis, and rooney were shite, looked like the monkees but didnt have the talent.

[kurosawa-b/w]

Originally posted by bungle bud:
  yes it was travis, and rooney were shite, looked like the monkees but didnt have the talent.

They did look like the Monkees! I just remember thinking, "Why are these girls going crazy over these boys? They have no sex appeal whatsoever and their musical talents are barely there."

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Bollocks:
  Oh dear...wait till smackie wakes up on the west coast, then you're gonna geddit!
 
 BTW....on the west coast...do they call the mid west the mid east? And if not, why not?
     

We call it the Mid West because of the East Coast bias that Venerable already alluded to.
 
 As for Rooney, I agree that they are crap and they were only on the show because of their hollywood family ties (the same reason why Phantom Planet do the theme song - Jason Schwartman of Rushmore fame was (is?) the drummer and his brother is the lead singer of Rooney).  It was a funny episode though and the beginning of the downfall of the character formerly known as Luke.
 
 Smackette on the other hand will take you outside for bad mouthing Rooney.  Inexplicably, she loves them (and I must admit that I do find one tune catchy).  She begged me to go to the show on the 11th when I'm in DC, but I have convinced her that it doesn't fit in my schedule.  Thankfully.  
 
 Will you be taking your daughter?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Jason Schwartzman was in Phantom Planet, not Rooney. Only his brother is in Rooney.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Jason Schwartzman was in Phantom Planet, not Rooney. Only his brother is in Rooney.

That's what I said.

[Random Citizen]

I saw them in NYC and Philly last year when they opened for Pete Yorn. I now believe there is such a thing as being too poppy. But yeah, the younger chicks love 'em.