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The Bravery - celebrated neophyte band 'knows nothing' about The Smiths

posted by davidt on Monday January 10 2005, @11:00AM
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Sound of 2005: The Bravery - BBC News

...The haircuts seem to be borrowed from The Smiths circa 1984, while the leather jackets indicate their association with the recent Manhattan rock scene of The Strokes

...Despite comparisons to UK bands ranging from The Smiths to Duran Duran, he insists there is very little early 1980s British influence - even in the haircuts.

"I have to say that I know nothing about The Smiths. I know one song, the one that has the cat noise - that's the only single I know."
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  • What song is that???
    I can't figure that out....
    Gabinxs -- Monday January 10 2005, @11:12AM (#146470)
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    "There is a light that never goes out"
    • Re:Cat noise?? by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday January 10 2005, @11:33AM
    • Re:Cat noise?? by Meatfreecotter (Score:1) Monday January 10 2005, @03:19PM
  • These cunts are probably thinking of The Cure's "Love Cats".
    Ramon -- Monday January 10 2005, @11:32AM (#146473)
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    "I'm all over you...like a vulture, like impending death"
  • guess he talk about "how soon is now" intro..
    Anonymous -- Monday January 10 2005, @11:53AM (#146478)
    • yep by Mud (Score:1) Monday January 10 2005, @01:46PM
  • yeah, when I read the word "cat" I just thought of that Cure's song....
    what an idiot that guy is...
    Gabinxs -- Monday January 10 2005, @11:59AM (#146479)
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    "There is a light that never goes out"
  • That guy must have been thinking in Robert SMITH not THE smiths....
    god...
    Gabinxs -- Monday January 10 2005, @12:01PM (#146480)
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    "There is a light that never goes out"
  • It's just as well the Bravery are utter toss, otherwise I might be disappointed.
    Anonymous -- Monday January 10 2005, @12:52PM (#146498)
  • ..something! not everyone was born next door to morrissey, went to the smiths first gig, and had tea and scones with alan bennett!
    so it seems these blokes seem to have made an error, basically because they don't really know that much about the smiths. is that such a big deal?
    surely cunts is a bit strong?
    bingol -- Monday January 10 2005, @02:18PM (#146516)
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  • I didn't think they were that bad - I even went out of my way of hoke through HMV for the 12" single they released a few weeks ago. Dunno why it was a 12" though, and thinking about it, I guess they are kinda synthetic.. still enjoyable though.

    Stop being moz snobs
    damien dixon -- Monday January 10 2005, @02:28PM (#146519)
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  • Another band that sounds like Interpol. And Interpol were crap to begin with.
    Diasco -- Tuesday January 11 2005, @09:32AM (#146657)
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    I will take you from this sickness, dinner parties and champagne. I'll hold your body and make it sing again.
  • Yes... there is a cat sound in "Cemetery Gates". Listen carefully
    Anonymous -- Tuesday January 11 2005, @01:58PM (#146713)
    • Re:The Cat by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday January 11 2005, @06:05PM
      • Re:The Cat by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday January 12 2005, @02:06PM
  • God, you Moz Snobs are a tough crowd! All because he doesn't know the Smiths!! We're not all born to Morrissey's family. Give them a break - but...if they ARE from England, then i guess it *is* kind of sad they don't know one of it's more influential bands. Nonetheless, you guys should get over it - i mean, there was one point in your life, when you had no idea whethere "Morrissey" was a place, a type of food, a band name, or a man. Some can't be so priveledged.

    back off the Bravery too - 'Honest Mistake' is a decent song...

    You just can't measure up every band that comes along to the Smiths or Moz. It's impossible.

    If anything, these guys sound like the Killers...NOT the Smiths, the Cure, or Interpol.

    I'm sensing a need for hearing aids for some of you...don't worry, it can be a fashion statement.

    breathe deep. calm down. just some friendly advice.
    sunday -- Tuesday January 11 2005, @04:55PM (#146743)
    (User #11904 Info)
    "a hundred other words blind me with your purity..."
  • I guessed we... well, me (I can only speak for myself) got all messed up for nothing and went "attacking" the poor guy
    Sorry for that
    Gabinxs -- Tuesday January 11 2005, @07:39PM (#146775)
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    "There is a light that never goes out"
  • know the smiths, so what is the news here?
    Anonymous -- Wednesday January 12 2005, @01:46AM (#146796)
  • THIS IS THE POINT.

    How can you possibly respect any artist/artists who are creating music, that don't acknowlege The Smiths and Morrissey are a musical force - virtually unparalled in the last twenty years.

    It's like someone in the early eighties - with mop tops - saying, "oh I don't know anything about The Beatles really... though I have heard that one about the 'Blue Suede Shoes'..."

    What a joke.

    I shall, from now on, ignore them and hope they go away.
    Anonymous -- Wednesday January 12 2005, @02:58AM (#146803)

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