WireShoutbox
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stop_jackin_it wrote:
@MSTRKRFTWRK: Yeah, but when I say that Double Nickels's a rip-off of Pink Flag, I was referring to the concept (relatively short songs on both of them)...
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stop_jackin_it wrote:
@the_colors: Chairs Missing [2]
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praisingfolly wrote:
@the_colors: Chairs Missing
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MSTRKRFTWRK wrote:
Minutemen and Wire, while both amazing, sound nothing alike.
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maymoth wrote:
could you tell me where I can find IBTABA?
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the_colors wrote:
Just got Pink Wire. What album should I go for next?
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[deleted-user]
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They set a new and hardly reachable standard for modern music. One of the most influential bands ever.
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nyuudo wrote:
Pink Flag: fun-straight-to-the-point-no-wasting-time-songs! solid album through ages!
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ekesner wrote:
I have to say, I'm really pleasantly surprised at how good the new album is.
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stop_jackin_it wrote:
Double Nickels's a rip-off of Pink Flag. -.-
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aaronleclair wrote:
The Brian Eno comparison is dead on. It's the use of synths and atmosphere within the punk (and perhaps also pop) context - and the subsequent experimentation in dynamic and texture - that made these guys amazing.
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LePlatypope wrote:
Dude, have you heard Double Nickles on the Dime by Minutemen. Basically, they're Wire and Wire is Minutemen.
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sophteonal wrote:
Well, I'd say the world of Chairs Missing is in the same galaxy as Brian Eno's first couple of albums, with its clever production and inventive, nuanced songcraft. Anyways, yeah, their first three are all masterpieces, though I'm not sure if I have a favorite (right now I think I'm leaning toward 154). A Bell Is A Cup... is also really good. That period of their work seems pretty neglected. I still need to hear The Ideal Copy and a lot of the newer stuff...
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care-a-lot wrote:
to the fatal gift, of a well timed lie :D
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praisingfolly wrote:
I wouldn't even say Wire are like any of those bands either, Platypope. They exist in a world all of their own, particularly on Chairs Missing.
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jiangL wrote:
Wire = music for vampires
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LePlatypope wrote:
I don't think of Wire being like Joy Division at all. Think of them as virtually the same band as the Fall, Minuteman, and the Clash. All of whom are great.
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[deleted-user]
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GuiseBlack talks so much shit it's unbelievable.
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praisingfolly wrote:
Yeah, I guess 154 has a lot of atmosphere, and Chairs Missing to a lesser extent. But Pink Flag gets by on pure songwriting.
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nikoshima wrote:
"main-stream friends" fucking hell people are dumb.
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nikoshima wrote:
154 has serious "atmosphere." If you think about it, anything you play that changes the mood of the room has atmosphere. Wire has always done that for me.
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fleshballoon wrote:
This band would have a lot more plays if Field Day For The Sundays was, like, a second longer.
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praisingfolly wrote:
I wouldn't really say they create much of an atmosphere. Astounding songwriting, though.
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Saygidegerbok wrote:
incredible atmosphere *.*
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Cthulberg wrote:
The most recent Wire album is great though. Not as good as Githead, but still a great record =).
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lukejonesyes wrote:
GuiseBlack: No, and why do you care.
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ibreatheoxygen wrote:
Joy Division and Wire are totally different. I don't understand how you can even compare them.
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nousit wrote:
I'd give the 154 out of 180, Wire probably the thinking man's JoyDivision.
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ibreatheoxygen wrote:
You guys were supposed to say dugga dugga dugga. Jeez. Lame.
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FootToFace wrote:
you guys need to listen to
Blessed State more. it kicks all kinds of ass
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GuiseBlack wrote:
It's really annoying going to all these artists that sprouted up around the same time/before/after Joy Division and having wankers come and pretend that these artists are lesser than JD. Joy Division is for the people who are just stepping into that genre for the first time because one of their main-stream music friends suggested it to them. 2 or 3 good songs is all they really have, for anyone else who has a member of the JD group tell your friends to take Ian Curtis off of that musical cross and to put a better artist up there/
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ibreatheoxygen wrote:
Drill drill drill.
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blafblabla wrote:
@ androogy: i always think that same thought
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distantfingers wrote:
Yeah, they don't really care about playing their more well-known stuff. Sort of disappointing, but if I were in a band for 30 years, I would not want to play the same 15 songs over and over again. Also, it's not their fault that most people are only familiar with Pink Flag and maybe Chairs missing.
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12AX7 wrote:
Just went and saw them live at The Fillmore. The show was a bit of a disappointment. Apparently they don't care much about playing their best stuff, and the sound was pretty bad. The only one of my favorite songs that they DID play was 12XU - but you could barely recognize it. Perhaps the true reason that they didn't ever gain huge commercial success.
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honeyiscooooool wrote:
interuppttting my train of thouughhhht
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FootToFace wrote:
lol you took me seriously lol
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sparrow1970 wrote:
It's all in the art of stopping. Pure genius. play. repeat. repeat. repeat. repeat.
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Android42 wrote:
Unfortunately the link doesn't work at least for me it doesn't but anyways go to my profile and join the new Josef K group if you enjoy their music.
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Android42 wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Josef%20K.
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Drudenfusz wrote:
@ FootToFace: so what?
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FootToFace wrote:
this band definitely ripped off joy division because you know this band was formed before them
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slakbox wrote:
I'm gonna see them soon in LA. I really hope they play some older stuff, especially from Chairs Missing.
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SikTh wrote:
ripped off joy division
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cafecaligula wrote:
Oh, and 106 Beats That.
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cafecaligula wrote:
To Subhuman1016, I've seen them twice this year, in the period since Object 47 was on the cards, and both times they played 12XU, Lowdown and Pink Flag, as well as Being Sucked in Again and The 15th. Boiling Boy as well at the first gig. Had I any complaint, it would be the sets were very similar, but on the whole I was pretty pleased with selection, considering I as well had heard they only played new material, with maybe a Pink Flag encore.
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Wolfframe wrote:
Its really good song, thank you!
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Gregster1978 wrote:
Saw them last night, fucking spectacular.
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mtaunton wrote:
Amazing gig last night.
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aangen wrote:
I've seen them maybe seven times. They always play the current release music, and MAYBE one chestnut. The first time I saw them they brought a cover band named The Ex Lion Tamers who played all their earlier music to open the show. Brilliant! Wouldn't mind more of that. I have never met anyone who did not thoroughly enjoy seeing Wire Live. Nope.
