Lostprophets - 'It's Not The End Of The World But I Can See It From Here'
Ah, the very long song title with the funny twist ending, how very emo.
Also, is there some kind of contest going on here with REM? Is this the answer to 'It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)'? Cos if so, this could be the dog bark which triggers the avalanche: Answer songs could become the new special guest appearance from Jay-Z.
Think about it - we've already got Alexandra Burke and Cobra Starship doing battle over which is worse, bad boys or good girls gone bad, and Chipmunk updating Britney Spears from the perspective of the oopsee (rather than the oopser). The Veronicas must be fuming, now that the Saturdays have claimed that their last song is "over".
Prepare for the December chart to be riddled with songs called 'You Are Alone, Actually', or 'Ghostbusters N Stuff'. And is there an anti-Robbie song on the way, a reworking of the old Chaka Khan song, called 'Ain't No Bodies'?
Well no, clearly not, unless Gary Barlow's in a snippy mood.
(. OI! BASSYBOY! CAN'T YOU READ THAT SIGN? THAT'S RIGHT, 'NO SPITTING'!)
All joking aside, this is the sound of Lostprophets channelling My Chemical Romance, or maybe MCR channelled Lostprophets in the first place. Either way, this has echoes of a certain black paradeground, and not just because of the opening line: "my soldiers march tonight in the city of your dreams".
You've got the martial, double-speed punk backbeat, the apocalyptic end-of-all-things lyrics, the massive terrace chant chorus, the strange effect on the vocals which makes them sound whispery and shouty at one and the same time, and the general air of churning turmoil. None of which are bad things. Dramatic rock music requires dramatic sounds to aid the...er...drama.
It also helps if you've got a song which has more hooks than Peter Pan's trophy cupboard, which this is. And it does raise expectations for their next album. In particular, it raises the expectation that it will include such songs as 'I Kissed TWO Girls, So Ner', 'Sex On Ice' and 'No, YOU Poke Her Face'.
Exciting, eh?
Download: October 12th
CD Released: October 12th
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(Fraser McAlpine)
Comment number 1.
At 8th Oct 2009, keithfusco wrote:Great song. Nice to hear something new and good from the fellas.
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At 8th Oct 2009, keithfusco wrote:PS - The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú link goes to Basement Jaxx.
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At 8th Oct 2009, Fraser McAlpine - wrote:DAMMIT! OK, fixed it now
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At 8th Oct 2009, flatknees wrote:yea its aaalllrrriiiiggghhhtttt... but i shall be the first of the moaners and wonder what happened post fake sound of progress..
well somebody had to
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At 8th Oct 2009, BloggingLiam wrote:'No running in this town', 'Want my heart back please Tokyo' and 'Im not your toy but you can play with me anyway' all out soon?
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At 8th Oct 2009, Fraser McAlpine - wrote:Yep. And 'The Empire State Of Mind Strikes Back'. It's all on there...
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At 8th Oct 2009, CurtainJerker wrote:"Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, Unless They're Being Complementary In Which Case I'll Happily Take The Compliment, But Overall I Would Advise Caution In Listening To The Advice Of Other People, And That Ultimately You Should Make Your Own Mind Up"
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At 8th Oct 2009, CurtainJerker wrote:"Complimentary"! With an I!! I swear I put an I in, not an E - because it particularly annoys me when other people do that.
Gah.
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At 8th Oct 2009, Fraser McAlpine - wrote:Which reminds me - 'You Bet I Look Good On The Dancefloor'
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At 8th Oct 2009, keithfusco wrote:I better whip out my Shinobi and Dragon Ninja.
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At 8th Oct 2009, BloggingLiam wrote:'The view from the afternoon isnt amazing, it is Sheffield after all".
(Disclaimer - I love Sheffield)
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At 8th Oct 2009, CurtainJerker wrote:"Don't Look Back In Anger, Unless You've Smashed My Guitar, Forced The Cancellation Of Tonight's Gig, And Destroyed CurtainJerker's Favourite Band"
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At 9th Oct 2009, flatknees wrote:'I remember, but only just as I had way too much gin last night'
killed 2 birds with one stone there.
'Down' by Jay Sean anyone? dominating US chart.. spirit i am guessing you heard it before the invention of the piano or something..
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At 9th Oct 2009, spirit wrote:Oh flat knees you are evil ! Yes jay sean has completed the mammoth task of dethroning the black eyed peas , who were proving to be quite an obstacle . 1 factor that has been shown here is that success can be finally tasted and you can say hello to the angels , but only if you run !
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At 9th Oct 2009, BloggingLiam wrote:Im struggling a bit to work out why of all the good artists we have out there... he's the one to get to number 1 in the US.. Its not bad though.
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At 9th Oct 2009, flatknees wrote:my guess is because it makes people get 'down' and it features lil wayne, who is thhooooo hot right now.
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