I Don’t Like Them As Much As I’m Supposed To - Klaxons
I Don't Like Them As Much As I'm Supposed To
Oh, The Klaxons. Everyone’s fave brats on the block. Founders of the non-existent Nu-Rave scene and heralded by all as the saviours of modern pop. A Mercury Music Prize cemented their place in the annals of pop and, presumably, gurning and white-powdered frolics swiftly followed. However, despite all these credentials, they’re still a farcical outfit of Nathan Barley-esque bozos hopping around in Katherine Hamnett t-shirts who encourage the use of glo-sticks… and glo-sticks are for dimwitted tossers.
The Klaxons, with their oohs and aaahs, are so painfully aware of what they’re doing that they would probably acknowledge their post-modernism… and surely any band farty enough to do that deserves to be rounded up and shot? Essentially, post-modernism in modern music means that you can churn out tongue-in-cheek bullshit and get away with it so long as you provide a knowing wink. As a fan of early ‘rave’, I see none of it in these overrated shagsacks… Duran Duran maybe…
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*applause*
As a probably ‘peer’ of these chaps, I for one cannot really remember the ’80s. In fact, I’m probably older than them and I will freely admit that the few ’80s influences I remember are not ones to be reiterated (Duran Duran exactly).
They seem to be some strange mismatch of ’80s and ’90s post modernism. Which is the sort of shit only very ‘young’ young people can push out… the ’90s seem like yesterday to the rest of us… stop trying to be retrospective about what is essentially now with bigger mobile phones*.
*this may be a diatribe against the general yoof of today who form The Klaxons’ fan base. But they are responsible, being famous and all that guff.
your comments about klaxons astound me
these are four educated young people one of which is my son. you have the affront to openly condemn. these guys who won the mercury award over and above amy winehouse and your still moaning. give them credit. my son has had a passion for music since he was about 9 or 10 and dickbbrains like yourself just criticise. play any instruments yourselves ?????
get a life and take a day off
I rather like the brightly-dressed young scamps - for their music, which, listened to separately from all the fashion / hype, still stands up.
‘play any instruments yourselves ?????’
Yes, thanks. But that is entirely irrelevant due to my lack of financial gain from the music business.
You surely must accept that people will dislike your son’s music. Such is the joy of making something artistic, extreme emotional provocation.
I’ll leave it at that…
All I can say is that it’s a sorry state when you’re a hip young guitar slinger and yer folks are fighting your battles.
I’ll presume they’re too busy buying lurid trousers and appearing on award ceremony TV shows clearly under the influence of… something*… to be bothered to read their own press.
I don’t mind that people like them… but I do mind when people can’t accept any kind of criticism.
mofgimmers (off to play his guitar, trombone, drumkit, bass, xylophone, harmonium and tin whistle all at the same time)
*note, I could be referring to alcopops…