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I got soul but I'm not a soldier.
I got soul but I'm not a soldier.
I got soul but I'm not a soldier.

(and then that fucking choir kicks in and its ON man. Oh yeah)

Why don't you own this album?

Seriously. It reminds me of everything that was good* in the 80s.

Great album, all the way through. It hasn't left the cd player in my truck since I got it like 2 months ago.

*not much in the 80s was good, Billy Idol, the fact that the 70s went away, etc.

How you doin? I had to come into work this morning at 5:30, so I've been up since 4am. I haven't had a drink of alcohol in over a week and yet I feel hammered ass drunk. Life is g00t :D

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  • "I got soul but I'm not a soldier?"! HAHAHAHAHAHAH~

    That fucking album SUCKS! There's like.....2 good songs (that "Somebody Told me..." song is kyck-ass). And that one ISN'T one of 'em! "Teh" Killers are a swing and a miss. "Smile like ya mean it" ?!?! ACK!

    For the record, I listened to it for a week (we borrowed it from a co-worker of my wife). It was returned without getting ripped to MP3.

    Yr better off with Franz Ferdinand (cue dismissive comment from Buffer or Seil in 5, 4, 3, 2...)

    In the mean ti
    • Yes- you are dumped in snow.
    • Bro, you are missing the point.

      I'm fucking 30. THIRTY. Tres Cero. Treinto.* I ain't got time or inclination to be a hipster badassed cat like you. I'm not hardcore MEKKAFUCKGEhyuighsrouyhgrbesroKORARRRRAAAAR like you are. This is my attempt to be a hip cat. But, you gotta agree, anytime you can get a black gospel choir singing back up to you it's a good thing.

      Oh...uh...BLOW ME HIP BITCH! ;)

      *maybe not proper spelling
      • Uhm, lesse. I'm fucking twenty-nine. Venti-nove. I don't have time to be a hipster badass- whatever I've got comes naturally. (thats not boasting, honest!)

        If you want a gospel chior, "Tender" by BLUR.
        And never mind a gospel chior, lets talk about fucking "I ZIMBRA" (Talking Heads) or most anything off Graceland (Paul Simon)...

        This is above gospel chior- this is about Art, and his twin brother Crap. The difference between caravaggio and carpaccio. Endo, and oregano. So I don't think just adding gospel c
        • No, if you want gospel choir, how about
          Soweto Gospel Choir
          Sounds of Blackness
          Polokwane Choral Society
        • If you want a gospel chior, "Tender" by BLUR.

          I can dig that!!!! Whew baby! :)
          • I ADORE that album, "13".

            The funny thing is that I gues Blur didn't like it, so they didn't tour for it, so all the Blur-martinents spout off about how its bollocks...fucking imbeciles.

            Perhaps Blur don't like the direction William Orbit took them in, but they should- that was an album like Portishead's "Dummy" was an album... a smooth, contiguous story. Top notch work.

            These are the same foolios that say "Iron Lung is teh hawtness!" Its not.
            • I'm definitely not as "in tune" as you are with music, but fucking "13" was in my CD player for 2 years straight. It finally knocked "OK Computer" out of the "most listened to CD of the week". :) What an AWESOME CD and I'ma go listen to it now because I haven't heard it in a month or two. I love me those Brits man.

              I really enjoy the melody of Tender, BTW. This could just be my quirky view, but the melody moves around completely unexepectedly. Tender is the night, lying by your si-ide. The "lying by y
              • Albarn needs Coxon to keep him in line. I haven't heard any of Coxon's solo stuff. I love his guitar playing A LOT, I'm just skeptical that he can write stuff equal to Blur (kinda like George Harrisons solo stuff). However this is one of those cases where I'd love to be wrong!

                Yeah, it baffles me that anyone can say smack about 13... dumbasses. Speaking of which, I need to rip that to MP3 stat. I just did "Blur" and "Great Escape" this past weekend. I know I have BUGMAN on mp3, so I may or maynot have
                • Dood. If you want, I'll mail you 3 of Coxon's CDs--just email your address if you want. They're different than Blur, but the guitar playing is absofuckinglutely top notch as per usual. The songwriting is very good, not as good as with Albarn, but very good. Better than Blur without Coxon.

                  His guitar playing is incredible. I agree. He and John Squire could do NO WRONG when it comes to that particular instrument. My two favorite guitar players by far.

                  Dammit, I don't have Sing, but I like it. Should'v
                  • wordy-perfect, once I get home and get on g-mail (blocked at work, natch) I'll fire it off.

                    Better than Blur without Coxon.
                    I don't doubt it for a second. They've got that one song that is a total-ripoff of "Tears for Fears", and the only truely top-notch track is that one dancey-one with the fat bass... the whole thing is problematic.

                    Music is my radar is a PHAT-ASS song. The mp3 I have actually has a skip in the record, and it kinda loops back at the end and repeats a section... it totally works!
    • Franz Ferdinand? Mainstreamed indy attempt?

      That album has like 2 good songs, one of which sounds so much like it belongs in an iPod commercial Sony used it for the PSP ad.

      Jebus Mekkab, I thought you were a hipster.

      The Killers aren't horrid, but the entire album isn't good as an album. My opine, If I wanted to listen to Duran Duran and/or Depeche Mode, I'd listen to Duran Duran and/or Depeche Mode.

      Plus, I don't particularly like the 80s. I'm a 90s boy.

      So yea. There ya have it.

      The coolest CD I have
      • Jebus Mekkab, I thought you were a hipster.

        Haha! Let it be known that my indie cred is NO MORE! I'm as Hip as a shin-bone (as opposed to the acetablulum).

        one of which sounds so much like it belongs in an iPod commercial Sony used it for the PSP ad.

        Oh yeah? Which one? (jk- I know you don't give two shits!)

        My opine, If I wanted to listen to Duran Duran and/or Depeche Mode, I'd listen to Duran Duran and/or Depeche Mode.

        Truer words were never spoken.

        So how about The Hives? ;) (I know you hate them,
    • new meat beat album drops in may. followed by a fucking US tour. life is good.
    • oh yeah, have you heard the remix of asbestos lead asbestos where the song is sped up to the natural speed of the vocals (instead of the vocals slowed down to the tempo of the song)? even more of a party jam. i think it's the "toxic mix" on original fire but it could be one of the obscure mixes on the asbestos lead asbestos single. i actually feel ashamed for not remembering that detail.
      • Despite not having heard it, I'm certain its on Original Fire (all the aformentioned googling for lyrics that DON'T FRIGGIN EXIST!)

  • feel like you got up a little extra early... strapped on your running shoes... stretched for 10 minutes, then ran nearly 4 miles (before you've eaten) ???

    because *if* it does... then i finally know what it feels like to be drunk!

    but anyway... yeah... i was into work on friday at 5:50 a.m. (then spent the entire day, till 6pm) at said workplace. not a happy feeling.

    hmmmph... well time to shower and get ready for a happy fun monday! yay!!

    • feel like you got up a little extra early... strapped on your running shoes... stretched for 10 minutes, then ran nearly 4 miles (before you've eaten) ???

      No idea! Why would anyone choose to do that (running, that is, not getting drunk)?

      • lol! well... i usually do this in the evenings... but my evenings are full now -- so err... mornings before work is what i gotta do!

        oddly... i kinda like it. i could probably get used to this.
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  • Here's my ranking of the top, new, guitar-based rock bands:

    1. Snow Patrol
    2. Franz Ferdinand
    3. Keane
    4. The Killers

    They're all good, but I think Snow Patrol are way out in front. Too many good songs on one album to mention.
  • I don't own the cd. My excuse is all the scenester kids are in love with them. So they suck by extension. Fucking myspace posers.
  • My roommate's cousin is actually the guitarist for the Killers, so I've been listening to them for quite a while now.

    We've got VIP tickets for their show here in town in May, we should get to hang out with the band a little then.

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