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is this a sick ridiculous joke? |
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at least 2 out of 3 |
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when i saw that commercial i didnt know wether to cry, take a huge dump, or do both at the same time |
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At the music store at my school there was a Polyphonic Spree cingle cd or something for 99cents.. I was tempted to buy it because my logic went something like this- "Hmm.. It's has the word Polyphonic in it and is going for 99cents.. could this be IDM?" But I'm guessing it's not? What is this group? |
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i dunno, but im downloading some now. there seems to be quite an abundance of it on kazaa, that can't be a good thing :P |
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oh god i dont know what it is, but i wanna burn it! DIIEEEEE!!!!!!!!! |
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hahahhah, boy I'm glad I saved myself that dollar.. ;) |
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I have 56k now so I can't really download music (or anything over 100kb for that matter =P) but I wouldn't download them even if I could, I trust your judgement, hedphukkerr ;) |
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seriously, good choice. i couldnt listen to it for more than 5 seconds! |
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I reckon all that peace and love stuff is a front and they are really a satanic cult. |
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polyphonic spree is from my homeland - fort worth, texas. |
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the frontman used to be the frontman for tripping daisy.. they were sort of psychadelic rock. sounds horrible, but i remember thinking their 95 lp 'i am an elastic firecracker' was alright.. might have to dig it out & see if it was a 'time & a place'-thing.. |
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i remember tripping daisy - i didn't know their frontman was in polyphonic spree.... but yeah, tripping daisy was a decent band. |
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tim delaughter i think his name was. always spoke about his wide musical influences.. guess he must have absorbed a little too much & lost his way at some point. |
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i remember an interview with him years ago saying that texas was a great place to be exposed to a wide spectrum of musical styles.. as a resident, can you tell me if this is true in your experience? |
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his idea of "wide" was probably country, rock, blues, and rap. |
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haha :D yes. probably.. so what youre saying is 'no' then? |
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hehe well of course it's just conjecture, I'm guessing he probably had reasonably varied influences to change from a trip-rock band to... what are they now? :D |
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a pseudo-religious cult.. apparently |
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haha, so I should put their cd on my christmas list then? =p |
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the flutist is hot |
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not from what i've heard of it |
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i like the polyphonic spree because they are unique, upbeat, positive, catchy, warm, friendly and sincere. they are a fantastic antidote to all the transparent, phony, angry, depressed rock music that seems so popular. they don't make electronic music generally but the last track on their debut is a 36 minute keyboard drone piece. i've never seen "that commercial." |
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They make me grin like a loon. That can't be bad, surely. |
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the live stuff i saw was pretty interesting. the were on jools holland's show a year or so ago. nice to see instruments like the theremin being used. as a collective they seem to have a lot of energy and attitude. but (from what ive heard at least) it didnt seem to translate to an album experience. to me they appear to be as much a visual phenomena as a musical one. |
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The Polyphonic Spree album is ace you bunch of scabby leprous monkeys. |
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thats everyone told then.. |
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in regards to what xceque said. i do believe arnold groped those women |
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DIV's remix of Soldier Girl by Polyphonic Spree is good. |
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how that tree huggin hippie says in that song "follow the sun..." and hope for a quick and senseless death |
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theyre very happy :D |
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the new album isn't as catchy as their first, but i think it might be better. and the free dvd is the best free dvd that i've everreceived from a cd, deedle-doo willy-wee. |
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i like hold me now |
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to me they come across as an obnoxious gimmick. i just don't get the sincerity vibe... |
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I liked the first album. although the singers voice gets annoying. |
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go to one of their live shows. |
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seconded. they're FANTASTIC live. |
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if you haven't yet, . |
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Woo yea, their live shows are awesome. I've seen them twice. |
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the first time I saw them it was pissing down rain. they started playing 'it's the sun' and the clouds opened up and the sun started shining. it was a moment. |
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This band may not be completely terrible, but I've heard a few of there songs on constant repeat from working at a movie theatre (we have an intercom system throughout the entire building that plays about 5 obnoxious songs on loop, it's fucking torture), so I don't know if I'll ever be able to stomach them for more than 30 seconds at a time... I'm with mimi on that this band seems so gimmicky, and I hate how all the vocals are the lead singer with a kid (or someone who sounds like a kid) singing in unison with him, it just sounds so fucking stupid-cheesy. |
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if you're jaded and cynical enough then sincerity is always just another cloak for deception... |
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They are OK... I'd much rather listen to Spiritualized or the Flaming Lips though, when I'm in the mood for something psychedelic, rockish and weird. |
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it's a choir. i wonder why people here don't hate idm for being so gimmicky, but hiss and spit when artists with actual talent create an orchestral band that can make it out of the studio. |
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hey I don't have any problem with choirs, it's just that this one is completely unenjoyable in my opinion. I also find it fairly sad that you consider 'IDM' gimmicky. |
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it seems ironic that you don't hear that idm is loaded down heavily with gimmicks, production gimmicks, editing gimmicks, the backwards snares, the garbled voices, the chopped breaks, the "futuristic" fonts, etc etc etc... if the polyphonic spree depends on a gimmick, it's an unlikely and unwieldly gimmick. "let's have twenty five people in the band, and wear robes and our hair long at risk of drawing comparisons to hippies, the most despised stereotype in the west, and sing about peace and love such that cynics all across the land will be compelled to post how we should be put to death" a sure-fire gimmick for success... they're doing what they want to do, the way they want to do it. the music, of course, is an entirely different subject. |
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most of the things you call gimmicks can just as easily be seen as conventions of the genre. now, the album "nymphomatriarch" made by vsnares and his then still girlfriend hecate, which was completely made up out of sex-noises they made.. THAT is a gimmick. it has little to do with the quality of the music, it just makes it more "interesting" to some (and then it maybe sells a few copies more than it otherwise would've). |
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my other post was a while ago, but i still hate the 'spree. prolly cuz they had their music video on rotation at work (i work at a video store). the fact that it was a video for eternal sunshine just made it worse. how can they disgrace such an amazing film with such a despicable song. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwww |
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the people who made "eternal sunshine" didn't have such a fabulous job at a video store.. |
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I guess it's just how you look at it. like qrter said, I would consider those things conventions... I consider electronica to be the bleeding edge of musical expression, and therefore don't see it as gimmicky. |
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