I want to be loved. Everybody does. An IDLES thread.
Posted: Thu July 16, 2020 3:53 am
by ghost
How about a thread for Jeff Ament's favorite band.
I've been saying these guys are the spiritual successors to PJ long before Jeff was touting them. Their live album is the closest any band I've heard has come to matching the power and fury of Abbruzzese era PJ. And the singer has a combination of aggression, tenderness and empathy that reminds me of 90s Ed.
Please use this thread to talk about IDLES.
Re: I want to be loved. Everybody does. An IDLES thread.
Posted: Thu July 16, 2020 4:10 am
by Jorge
MY BEST FRIEND IS AN ALIEENNN
Re: I want to be loved. Everybody does. An IDLES thread.
Posted: Thu July 16, 2020 9:32 am
by joostone
great band! To me they are more spiritual succesors to 'Dead Moon'
They can barely play their instruments, but they kick ass!!
Re: I want to be loved. Everybody does. An IDLES thread.
Posted: Thu July 16, 2020 2:14 pm
by ghost
joostone wrote:great band! To me they are more spiritual succesors to 'Dead Moon'
They can barely play their instruments, but they kick ass!!
They definitely don't have PJ's chops (yet), but there are moments on their live album where it's just bass and drums that remind me so much of old versions of Blood, Why Go, Leash, etc.
Re: I want to be loved. Everybody does. An IDLES thread.
Posted: Thu July 16, 2020 5:04 pm
by chewm
Danny Nedelko is a great song
Re: I want to be loved. Everybody does. An IDLES thread.
Posted: Fri July 17, 2020 12:56 pm
by super nintendo chalmers
I can't hang with these clowns. Something about it, comes off as pretty contrived to me.
Re: I want to be loved. Everybody does. An IDLES thread.
Posted: Fri July 17, 2020 1:33 pm
by 96583UP
all bands are contrived
they dress like they want it
then act like they don’t want it
just unzip and join the party
Re: I want to be loved. Everybody does. An IDLES thread.
Posted: Wed July 22, 2020 1:44 pm
by ghost
super nintendo chalmers wrote:I can't hang with these clowns. Something about it, comes off as pretty contrived to me.
I get that. You hit the nail on the head for why I can't get into Big Thief. Lots of people seem to dig them, but they're too affected for my tastes.
IDLES, on the other hand, just works for me on every level.
Re: I want to be loved. Everybody does. An IDLES thread.
Posted: Wed July 22, 2020 3:38 pm
by super nintendo chalmers
ghost wrote:
super nintendo chalmers wrote:I can't hang with these clowns. Something about it, comes off as pretty contrived to me.
I get that. You hit the nail on the head for why I can't get into Big Thief. Lots of people seem to dig them, but they're too affected for my tastes.
IDLES, on the other hand, just works for me on every level.
Big Thief has its moments, I liked that gnarly solo at the end of that long-ish single, but all in all that band's appeal is lost on me as well.
But yeah Idles, for me, is a hard pass.
Re: I want to be loved. Everybody does. An IDLES thread.
Posted: Wed July 22, 2020 3:41 pm
by tragabigzanda
tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
Re: I want to be loved. Everybody does. An IDLES thread.
Posted: Wed July 22, 2020 4:10 pm
by ghost
Man I forgot about McLusky. I can hear the similarities.
Re: I want to be loved. Everybody does. An IDLES thread.
Posted: Wed August 12, 2020 3:32 pm
by Strat
New Track "model village"
hell yea.
Re: I want to be loved. Everybody does. An IDLES thread.
Posted: Wed August 12, 2020 4:13 pm
by ghost
YOU CAN DO IT
YES YOU CAN
WOO!
Re: I want to be loved. Everybody does. An IDLES thread.
Posted: Wed August 12, 2020 4:16 pm
by ghost
At the end of Mr. Motivator I thought he was saying, "You're a joke, how fucking saggy," which didn't seem very nice. But I guess he's referencing a British boxer.
Re: I want to be loved. Everybody does. An IDLES thread.
Posted: Wed August 12, 2020 11:32 pm
by Chris_H_2
this guy's cadence on virtually every song is almost the same, and i find it hard to get past it. that's why i love grounds so much; it's actually different.
although the refrain in model village is pretty kick ass.
Re: I want to be loved. Everybody does. An IDLES thread.
Posted: Thu August 13, 2020 12:10 am
by Leatherhead
I dig 'em. Have probably listened to their 2 latest albums a few times through each.
Re: I want to be loved. Everybody does. An IDLES thread.
Posted: Fri August 14, 2020 2:17 am
by 96583UP
listened to their whole 'Joy as an Act of Resistance' today, first time all the way through
really like these guys
curious what they will sound like a couple albums from now.... there's definitely room for them to do more instrumentally, which i think they are capable of
but fine where they are now
Re: I want to be loved. Everybody does. An IDLES thread.
Posted: Fri August 14, 2020 4:50 am
by Chris_H_2
I really like every single that they’ve released from their new album.
Re: I want to be loved. Everybody does. An IDLES thread.
Posted: Fri August 14, 2020 9:49 pm
by Mickey
tragabigzanda wrote:Just diving in. Ultra Mono RULES, but nothing else has blown me away yet.
They sort of remind me of a more heavily produced, slightly more poppy mclusky:
I can't get on-board with the Big Thief slight in this thread, but "slightly more poppy mclusky" sounds delightful.
Re: I want to be loved. Everybody does. An IDLES thread.
Posted: Sun August 16, 2020 10:35 pm
by Mickey
Oof, I take it back--these lyrics are so on-the-nose. Music's fun but there's a lot of cringe here, certainly feels more affected than BT. Not for me.
