Just got the Darknesses album - whoever said it was good wasn't wrong..

Good to see some good old fashioned RAWK again!
They're on at rock city too, i smell a gig coming on..

Damn right. It's all gone mad for them lately so I'd get your tickets quick... they're ace live too, saw them at Glastonbury.

Cheers,
Damian.

But do you get the feeling they're trying a bit TOO hard to be a cliche? Aren't they just as image-based as most commercial pop acts? Surely no-one dresses like that anymore without thinking it through long and hard!

There's no doubt they've thought their 'image' through a lot. But don't we want that from pop stars? Think of The Hives for instance... or The Strokes. Although it's a pity that The Strokes make such dull music on top of that.

Cheers,
Damian.

I suppose you're right, Damian. They really do have a firm self belief that they are the messiahs of rock. They're OK, but not THAT good! Only time will tell, I guess.

yeah they're pretty good but they dont compare to some old rock stuff like AC/DC etc...


oh and yeah... they are a bit of a produced band. they're not as lost in the music as the old rock bands.

well i was blown away by the darkness. i love them. the production is very good (done at a studio not far away as it goes). just everything about them, killer riffs, good harmonies, and quite an impressive voice. just really impressive. someone on here mentioned similarities to SS, and i can kinda see it. but, wow.

alex

just bought the album - that and deep purple's best of. the guy who i paid (solid rock, beard of satan, tatoos) had a tear in his eye.

Mmm, I bought it the day before yesterday. I don't know why I didn't buy it sooner - it's fantastic! Seems to be good for keeping my head in the clouds and not getting too bogged down in reality while I'm at work.

The Darkness album I mean, not Deepest Purple.

mmm.
a bit queen aren't they? this is a good thing. and does anyone have deepest purple? it's the worst sound quality in the world of rock best-of's. the queen three cd best of is great though. best cd of the three? the first.

When it comes to Queen, you can't pick between the first two CDs. They're both excellent. As for the third one, it's nice, but it's too varied for my taste. It should have either been a live disc or rare tracks. And i wish the tribute concert was available on CD as well as DVD. I think I'm gonna have to buy the DVD and rip the audio from it!

varied meaning abysmal? the wyclef john restylin'? (bo)

*shudder*

Listened to the first Queen Greatest Hits CD last night, and began to notice a few similarities with Silver Sun - so, James, how 'bout a cover of Don't Stop Me Now or Fat Bottomed Girls? Or - heavens above - Flash? B)

My god, I got the very last five tickets for the Birmingham Academy show in December! Close call. Hoping to make it to the Rock City show too but eBay prices are becoming a bit hefty. Looks like that student loan is gonna come into use rather rapidly!

I'll be seeing them in Bristol. Get there early to see The Webb Brothers if you can make it to an October date.

The Webb Brothers are supporting!? That would be pretty cool...

But yeah, The Darkness...I could've seen them a few months ago before they started to make such huge waves but my mate didn't want to go. I have now learnt to attend gigs on my own if the need arises. Like the Keele Darkness one 'cause I was the only person who bought a ticket before it sold out...

Good call. I was lucky to make a good friend some years ago who liked most of the same stuff as me - anyone coming to the Silver Sun gig who meets me will meet her too. Before that, I went to gigs regardless of whether I could get someone to go or not. After all, you're under a roof with 1000-odd people who like the same thing as you - it's not that difficult to start a conversation!

But if you're feeling slightly wobbly about going to the gig by yourself, DON'T look at this...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...&category=16067

Cheers,
Damian.

PS. You looked didn't you?

Well....I wasn't going too, until I saw your PS bit... :P

*looks*

Hehe - I'm already aware of the prices...I reckon they'll be even higher by the time next month comes around...think of the profit I could make on that 1 ticket....NAH! :D

At least it started at face value...

Though a bit too much hype for my liking.

The Darkness were entertaining at Reading, they had a good stage vibe & presence. They pulled it off, there good.

There music is pretty MOR & lyrically average.

They're not the greatest lyricists in the world, but that's true of a lot of acts I like. They press the button marked 'entertainers' for me. Another example - much as I don't like Good Charlotte, I thought 'Girls and Boys' was a good single ... but that has some of the worst lyrics I've ever seen.

PS. £77 on The Darkness Keele University 2 ticket auction now (link above) - and still a day to go! Madness.

;) Yeap, you said it.

Pretty well sums up 'Good Charlotte'

I saw The Darkness in Bristol tonight - the one and only time I guess I'll ever see them in a small venue. They were utterly fantastic, and despite the increase in venue size Justin still ends the set by crossing the entire crowd (and Bristol Academy is always RAMMED) on a roadie's shoulders whilst riffing his head off.

As we were leaving at the end a drumstick got chucked into the crowd. I grabbed it and so did someone else. Now, I'm not a fighter or even a remotely aggressive person. But at this point I thought of the documentary on Muse's Hullabaloo DVD where two people go barmy for a drumstick, which I always found amusing. So I decided I wasn't going to duck out of it. I'll spare you the next ten seconds and cut to this bit...

I'VE GOT A DRUMSTICK PLAYED BY THE DARKNESS ONSTAGE!!!!!

wow!

wow!

wow!

*orgasms over Justin Hawkins*


*remembers where she is and calms down*


I love The Darkness. they rock \m/ and they were awesome at Glastonbury.
*jumps around to I Believe In A Thing Called Love*

What's all the fuss about people?

There pretty good, nothing special........

Above all, I like them because they're entertainers. For the last two years, if you've heard rock on the radio, chances are it has been angsty Americans telling you how mean their parents were. I like to be entertained and they do it well. Plus they just write great pop songs. When I was at the gig, I wasn't thinking 'ha ha, isn't this silly', I was just thinking 'this rocks'.

Actually I did laugh at the gig, at Justin's costume changes, but again, is the fact that this made me a laugh a bad thing? Naaaah.

My opinion is that people should like or dislike The Darkness based on the music, not whether they're a joke or not (they're not).

Here here. Well said, old bean.

I'm not going to claim that "the only thing that counts is the music", since we all know that image is at least 50% of the reason that we like the bands/the artists that we do, but to get worried about whether something is "a joke" or not is just plain silly.

Thats exactly what I said about them at Reading 2003, The Darkness were 'entertaining'

I'm sick to death of The American Trash. Indie Pop Shites, though The Darkness, I don't think would change anything, already the hype has started about them having the Xmas No1???

Fooks Sake!!!! :blink: :blink:

*cries* no! not talk about Christmas *ALREADY?!?!*

gawd...it's the worst holiday ever... :angry:

It can be, though Xmas is more about ££££££££ than the birth of Christ

yeah...just leave me alone to do the hoovering with my new Dyson...i'd much rather do that than hoover <_<

right. i'm going to hibernate this season.

I may too...but I will need to surface to hoover

hoover first. hibernate later

b...bu...but! I need to hoover about 5 times a day! *:wub: la dyson*

would it be easier to just talk?

or at least talk using headphones and the robot?

aaaaaaudio porn... rocks the hooooouse....

probably. but with my headstate, I'll not be very good conversation... :blink:


auauauauauau *splang* my head hurts

ble. see you in graphics.