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Crestfallen Sloth
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posted September 27, 2001 04:01 PM
  
I just wanted to take a general pole. Does anyone here like Chumbawamba? I think they are a very underrated band and where sold short with the breif fame of the song Tubthumper (You know, that "I get knocked down song"). Ironicaly, it's the only song on that CD that I don't like.IP: Logged |
Kyree
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posted September 27, 2001 04:04 PM
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I_like_cheese
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posted September 27, 2001 04:42 PM
I have The ABCs of Anarchy, a duet (is that the right word?) they do with Negativland. It's not bad.
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GuardianLion
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posted September 27, 2001 05:37 PM
I sort of like them. I've adopted someone's copy of it at work. It strikes me as possibly well-crafted meaningful pop. That's not a bad thing, I figure.IP: Logged |
Cropherb
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posted September 27, 2001 06:58 PM
I saw them live once, at the lamented Lounge Ax in Chicago, right after Shhh came out. They were opening for somebody - Mojo Nixon, I think, maybe, but I'm not sure whom exactly. I'd never heard of them before, but they put on such a wicked good and fun show, that I went out and bought Shhh right away, and was not let down. Their leftism is somewhat cliched, but they sure have a way with a groove. Plus that one guy looks like a sort of human sperm. And they're funny. To bad all most Yanks have heard of is their worst stuff.Harry Roberts,
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Maverick
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posted September 28, 2001 03:10 AM
The only Chumbawumba songs I know are Tubthumping (which was alright at first, but is a bit annoying now), the one they released after that, Amnesia or something (which wasn't particularly good), and another really, really appauling song that I think was about football (soccer) and had a stupid video too. I don't remember it clearly because I only saw it once, but I do remember its stinking badness.So from what I know, Chumbawumba aren't very good. I may be wrong though. [This message has been edited by Maverick (edited September 28, 2001).] IP: Logged |
Sputnik2
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posted September 28, 2001 05:00 AM
"I only know two songs - Silent Night, and God Save the Queen - And the only way I can tell the difference is: one of them, everyone stands up for."I love those guys...
Chumbawumba good. Ozzie Bad. Sput. IP: Logged |
Boggle
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posted September 28, 2001 08:07 AM
Ahhhhhh, Chumbawamba.
Memories of offending my mother thru buying their album Anarchy, which has a picture of a baby being born on the front of it (and by this I mean you can see the babys head, the rest is still....attached within the mother shall we say).
Memories of walking thru town wearing my "Ive met clever buggers like you before" Chumbawamba T Shirt and offending more people because it has a picture of the boy from the film "Kes" doing the rude V sign on the front.
Memories of seeing them live in Portsmouth and seeing the fantastic "Attila the Stockbroker" in support........Tubthumping, whilst a good song to increase their image in the public eye, and giving them the opportunity to appear on the BRIT awards and throw a bucket of water over John Prescotts head, wasnt the best thing they did by far. ......oh, yes I like them. ------------------
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Jesse Dangerously
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posted September 28, 2001 12:54 PM
They don't impress me. Tubthumping wasn't a musical composition, it was an amalgamation of stupid drinking songs (and poor interpolation of Danny Boy, a pretty drinking song).I remember during their fifteen minutes, Rolling Stone profiled them, gushing about how anarchist they were because they made all band decisions by consensus. Um... that's democracy. IP: Logged |
Brunswik Mcbutterpants
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posted September 28, 2001 01:20 PM
They had their time now relegated to old pop music
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That Darn Hippopotamus
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posted September 28, 2001 01:22 PM
Now Jesse, they've contributed a lot of nice things to the world, too. Like the word Chubawamba, which strikes me as a good substitue for a word you can't remember (e.g. "Hand me one of them, uh, those stupid, Chubawambas. You know, the things to make words on paper." "You mean pencil?" "Yeah.").IP: Logged |
Fear Factory
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posted September 28, 2001 02:20 PM
I have to agree with Jesse - but i;v only heard tubthumping and memory loss song, both which suck a bit, although the memory one made me laugh at firstNitro burning funny bong by Gwar
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Treasure
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posted September 29, 2001 03:52 AM
Hmmm, I've got that album somewhere. Amnesia is much better than Tubthumping, at least it's got some sort of comment. But not really a fan, bit too much like the Levellers and Saw Doctors for me. (Random grouping of acts I only like occasional songs from)Plus I have too many memories of being a student & jumping around on dancefloors to Tubthumping & One Way of Life. ------------------
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Jesse Dangerously
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posted September 29, 2001 08:38 AM
Yknow, I'd like to think it's not so much that they got knocked down, but that they weren't greedy. They sold out for one song - maybe for a whole record, I don't know - and made a god damn stupid pop hit. They quite likely made all kinds of money from it, because they don't seem like the naive sorts who would have a record deal that didn't allow that. And then they mercifully disappeared, although I can still see their hideous album cover in my head.Fun fact: The name "Chumbawamba" is derived from a dream that one of the members had, wherein men were called "chumbas" and women "wambas". All that tells me is that their dreams aren't very entertaining either. ^_^ IP: Logged |
I_like_cheese
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posted September 29, 2001 10:12 AM
Oh, P'shaw. It's not their fault their song accidently became a sports anthem. It's not like they're one of those manufactured pop hit products where marketeers use focus groups and surveys to create the latest Britney Boyband, and only AFTER the image is installed do the generic songwriters get into the picture.
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Jesse Dangerously
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posted October 01, 2001 09:22 AM
oh pshaw indeed! You can't tell me that song wasn't specifically designed as a chart hit! They probably read the KLF manual and aced the recipe. I don't criticize them for it, I just don't like the brainless atonal mess that results.(the danny boy part grates particularly) IP: Logged |
That Darn Hippopotamus
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posted October 01, 2001 11:23 AM
Now it is just me, or do I hear "Trumpet Voluntary" come in at the end of the song? Just at the very end, I swear it sounds like Masterpiece Theatre.IP: Logged |
Jesse Dangerously
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posted October 01, 2001 01:05 PM
It's not just you, and it's no accident. I don't think there's an original phrase, lyrically or musically, in the entire song.IP: Logged |
Wondrous Fnordia
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posted October 02, 2001 06:46 AM
Gah! Weerie! Just the other day, MCityMike and I were talking, and I was shocked to hear one of his CD's. I couldn't believe this was the same band who spawned 'Tubthumping', the overplayed excersize in annoyance.All I can say is, I like. "What ever happened to Mary......." ------------------
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