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BritGAF |OT5| Superb Birds, Absurd Turds and Disturbed Nerds
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That's because they're fucking useless at everything that isn't 'making games for all audiences'.
They should just give in and publish content for their technically competent competitors.
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
"Dear Points of View,
Watching Queer Eye for the Straight Guy made me think that if I made gay friends they'd give me fashion tips.
Actually, they fucked me."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZTahQZs76Y
Goddammit Grohl. Why?! You're better than this.
QuicheFontaine
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Shame points of view was discontinued a year or tweo ago
I haven't watched broadcast telly for years now, but that still makes me slightly sad
Write in to... oh.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Grumpy tired today, so perhaps that's why my reaction to the BBC song is a resounding MEH.
IT'S A PERFECT DAY FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM.
OMG SO MANY CELEBS
#dieinafire
Actually no, apparently it's still on. There was a question about it on the Answer Me This podcast this week.
IT'S A PERFECT DAY FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM.
OMG SO MANY CELEBS
#dieinafire
Shame points of view was discontinued a year or tweo ago
Actually no, apparently it's still on. There was a question about it on the Answer Me This podcast this week.
#metaphysicalsighfistbump
NinjaBoiX
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It really was, everyone was right into the spirit of it, spinning and jiving about the place. They played The Pogues towards the end of the night and loads of people were doing the whole "spin around in a circle with an arm linked then link arms with the next person" thing (I'm sure this has a name). It was a right laugh!
I wish I could do more of these student nights, they're great but I have a full time job innit. It's Hi Focus tonight, hippity-hop-hop, would've loved to do it but I had my fill of 16 hour days a few weeks ago! I'll do the odd one, but fuck doing them back to back.
Haha, I can't say I was quite that repulsed by it, nonplussed maybe. It's a good song choice at least.
show me your skeleton
Member
i love how pompous that part looks. the cover is okay though that song doesn't need anything done to it at all, it's quite perfect.
those bbc things end up being like standing on the finish line of formula one, watching people you kind-of-think-you-might-maybe-i-dunno recognise zip past you in a terrifying blur.
Its a shame they are only doing bi-monthly now, good podcast still though.
Snarfington
Member
Neat. I love God Only Knows, one of the best songs ever written, and it's a strong song choice that needs nothing done to it to be good at least, I just enjoyed this for the cute fun thing it was. If anyone had told me there was any expectation or hype for it, I'd have been underwhelmed but it just popped up on TV last night and it was just charming. Better than 90% of the promos the BBC does. And I'm glad to hear it's for charity, too.
but seriously why the fuck are the bbc STILL trying to jam sam smith down our throats he sucks so bad
JonathanEx
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I'd like to think it was a wonderful work of sarcasm that they gave the least emotive man in music, Jake Bugg, the 'Laaaas'.
Crack a smile once in a while you moody bastard.
Crack a smile once in a while you moody bastard.
He's a Nottingham lad. We don't smile without a damned good reason. Screwface is the order of the day.
dapperbandit
Banned
We did that to Cotton Eye Joe at the EGX meet, great fun.
My favourite bit of the BBC's God Only Knows deconstruction was the bit where the sexy kids from 1D showed up.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
I liked that one shot of Lauren Laverne. They shoulda let her sing a line.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Short, Fat, Ginger, sings like a witch, no idea on that last one.
dapperbandit
Banned
I thought Paolo Nutella achieved irrelevence in the late naughties.
Also isn't John Newman that guy who sang "Cars"?
Also isn't John Newman that guy who sang "Cars"?
Isn't that Paul Newman?
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
No it's Gary Oldman.
JonathanEx
Member
Sheeran's the ginger one who I went to school with and was rude to my sister so was a knob. Pretends to be all cool and hip and gangster but yeah Suffolk's not like that the ghetto of Framlingham my arse and he auditioned for Britannia High so he's so independent
I'm in a good mood this morning clearly
Ah I thought so! Paul Newman must be that guy from Leon.
#metaphysicalsighfistbump
That's some juicy dirt you got there. Please sir, can we have some more
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
this is 99% just my own indie elitism talking, but I feel like these solo "sensitive boy with acoustic guitar acts" are just so cynical. Easily marketed to young girls, inspiring a whole generation of trendy, 3/4 length trouser wearing tossers to sing like they're Jamaican by way of surrey.
I get what the deal is, the solo dude is supposed to mean "authenticity" but now he stands for "lucky to be plucked from obscurity and made the face of bland wank for the next 5 years while people talk about how real and emotional he is"
fuck these people, it's just another example of the mainstream co-opting something real and intimate and blowing it up until it loses all character and meaning. Not that this is anything new of course, it's just more obvious these days I think.
I think that's Gary Numan.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
No he makes mayonnaise.
JonathanEx
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Does he still just rely soley on the loop pedal and slap the guitar and loop that like he's some kind of drumming genius because that didn't get repetitive
I thought so! It must have been Colleen Nolan in Leon.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
oh man yeah she was a right fit kid, innit.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Ed Ginger is at least better than Dashboard Confessional, no matter how manufactured he is.
Weird. He's always on time.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Oh god yeah, Dashboard was awful. Full body cringe.
NinjaBoiX
Member
He's pants and responsible for the single most annoying track of the year.
Also pants, his voice is fucking hideous.
Haha, I wish I'd seen that!
I liked Lorde with her CGI wings giving it her patented "too nonchalant to even enunciate properly" schtick.
(I like Lorde.)
JonathanEx
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Lorde looks like Mona Lisa from Parks and Rec in this.
Also I laughed when I realised on the making of that they made physical wings, and then it looks like they went wait no that's shit and CG'ed them later
I don't really understand where you cats are coming into contact with this stuff. Do you all listen to Radio 1 at work or something?
To the best of my knowledge, I've never heard a single Sam Smith or Lorde track in my life. I'm fucking certain you're just making 'Dashboard Confessional' up.
To the best of my knowledge, I've never heard a single Sam Smith or Lorde track in my life. I'm fucking certain you're just making 'Dashboard Confessional' up.
QuicheFontaine
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Ditto. I thought Sam Smiths was a brewery
JonathanEx
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I work at a radio company (well, web/tech/apps, but exclusively radio) so I listen to a *lot* of radio.
Unfortunately Radio 1 appear to have followed up Even More Music month with Even More Fearne Cotton Speaking Month which is no good. Ah well back to XFM until lunch.
Jedeye Sniv
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I made the mistake of trying to be down with the kids and watching festival coverage. Sam Smith was all over that shit like an STD, hotly followed by narrow-shouldered 'dance act' Disclosure who would feature Sam Smith.
I saw Lorde once on the one show.
Dashboard is commercial emo from the early 2000s. he's like the anti-Jonah Matranga (reference that only Mike will get)
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