Switches - Drama Queen

[oscillations.]

There hasn't been many British guitar bands that have excited me in 2008, but I find this song (which is actually over a year or so old) to be exceptionally catchy and fun. The bands influences range from Queen to Blur to Supergrass, and this particular song is a punchy, shouty glam rock number.

They performed it recently on Jimmy Kimmel & it currently rests just outside the Top 50 on Alternative. I heard it on XM earlier.

www.myspace.com/weareswitches

[oscillations.]

Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRC10QVo8L8

[Slinky]

I can't believe there was no topic for this before today. The way XM plays it you'd think it was top 10 already. I think I heard it driving both to and from work today. Quality song but I'm getting a little sick of it.

[WotUNeed]

I bought the single at Best Buy some time late last year. I like it but I wasn't impressed enough to have bothered with the album. Should I have?

[oscillations.]

I'm not qualified to answer that since I too only know this song from them. AMG gave their album 4 stars, for whatever that's worth to you.

[oscillations.]

I bought their album for 99 cents from Academy Records on 18th Street. It's actually pretty good. It deviates from the usual British guitar band formulae of the past 5 years just enough to catch your attention.

[Nicholas2.0]

They didn't catch my attention the other night, live. Not that I expect them to count Jet as an influence, but that's who they reminded me of most.

I'm sorry, but if you're just a plain ol' garagey guitar band in 2008, why should I care? What are you going to play for me that's actually gonna hold my interest?

[Pipa]

You win this time, oscie. This song isn't that bad.

[oscillations.]

Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRC10QVo8L8
EDIT: OOPS, I POSTED IT EARLIER.

JUST GET YR ASS THRU MY DOOR.

Someone on the yt page rightly points out that this sounds like ELO's "Don't Let Me Down". I kind of like the big 70's hysteria glam of the song. The album peaks are comprised of those types of moments. Trashy fun.

[jazklash]

Jun 16, 2008 2:23:02 GMT -5 Nicholas2.0 said:

They didn't catch my attention the other night, live. Not that I expect them to count Jet as an influence, but that's who they reminded me of most.

I'm sorry, but if you're just a plain ol' garagey guitar band in 2008, why should I care? What are you going to play for me that's actually gonna hold my interest?

First and foremost, any comparison to Jet should be counted as an insult.

And as Colleen pointed out, there is a lot of ELO in there. In fact, that's just the beginning.
A lot of the big-name garagey bands this decade wouldn't be caught dead admitting that they listened to stuff any other than Television, The Stooges, Velvet Underground, MC5, Patti Smith, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Jam or any of the other names from the "cool litany". On the other hand, Switches just come across as the kind of guys who would happily admit their infatuation with 70's Album Rock and drop not only ELO, but also Cheap Trick, Queen, Sweet, Badfinger or even Billy Joel and Rod Stewart as equally as any of the names above. And it definitely shows in their music, which I don't think is extraordinary by any means. It's derivative good-time pop/rock, catchy, bouncy and with enough youthful energy to make you forget while it's on the simple fact that - like countless other British bands since, at least, Britpop - they're merely replicating their parent's record collection. They lack even have the novelty factor and the wink-wink-nudge-nudge cheekiness The Darkness or Towers Of London had for a minute.

[My Life Is A Stereo]

^^^^ yeah because no one could possibly actually like Jet......

[jazklash]

Not if one has any trace of discernibility.

[American Idiot]

I'll admit too, this song's not too bad. It's worth listening to.

[Nicholas2.0]

Jun 16, 2008 15:12:07 GMT -5 jazklash said:

Jun 16, 2008 2:23:02 GMT -5 Nicholas2.0 said:

They didn't catch my attention the other night, live. Not that I expect them to count Jet as an influence, but that's who they reminded me of most.

I'm sorry, but if you're just a plain ol' garagey guitar band in 2008, why should I care? What are you going to play for me that's actually gonna hold my interest?

First and foremost, any comparison to Jet should be counted as an insult.

And as Colleen pointed out, there is a lot of ELO in there. In fact, that's just the beginning.
A lot of the big-name garagey bands this decade wouldn't be caught dead admitting that they listened to stuff any other than Television, The Stooges, Velvet Underground, MC5, Patti Smith, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Jam or any of the other names from the "cool litany". On the other hand, Switches just come across as the kind of guys who would happily admit their infatuation with 70's Album Rock and drop not only ELO, but also Cheap Trick, Queen, Sweet, Badfinger or even Billy Joel and Rod Stewart as equally as any of the names above. And it definitely shows in their music, which I don't think is extraordinary by any means. It's derivative good-time pop/rock, catchy, bouncy and with enough youthful energy to make you forget while it's on the simple fact that - like countless other British bands since, at least, Britpop - they're merely replicating their parent's record collection. They lack even have the novelty factor and the wink-wink-nudge-nudge cheekiness The Darkness or Towers Of London had for a minute.

First and foremost, I prefaced my sentence with "Not that I expect them to count Jet as an influence," merely stating my own personal reference point. Not my problem if you feel insulted on their behalf.

[jazklash]

Jun 16, 2008 22:01:32 GMT -5 My Life Is A Stereo said:

Jun 16, 2008 18:15:42 GMT -5 jazklash said:

Not if one has any trace of discernibility.

so tired of the "if I dont like it must suck" attitude you have.
Does the rest of the world realize we should all only like the music you like?

Does the rest of the world realize you should relax a little?

[jazklash]

Jun 17, 2008 1:47:10 GMT -5 Nicholas2.0 said:

Jun 16, 2008 15:12:07 GMT -5 jazklash said:

First and foremost, any comparison to Jet should be counted as an insult.

And as Colleen pointed out, there is a lot of ELO in there. In fact, that's just the beginning.
A lot of the big-name garagey bands this decade wouldn't be caught dead admitting that they listened to stuff any other than Television, The Stooges, Velvet Underground, MC5, Patti Smith, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Jam or any of the other names from the "cool litany". On the other hand, Switches just come across as the kind of guys who would happily admit their infatuation with 70's Album Rock and drop not only ELO, but also Cheap Trick, Queen, Sweet, Badfinger or even Billy Joel and Rod Stewart as equally as any of the names above. And it definitely shows in their music, which I don't think is extraordinary by any means. It's derivative good-time pop/rock, catchy, bouncy and with enough youthful energy to make you forget while it's on the simple fact that - like countless other British bands since, at least, Britpop - they're merely replicating their parent's record collection. They lack even have the novelty factor and the wink-wink-nudge-nudge cheekiness The Darkness or Towers Of London had for a minute.

First and foremost, I prefaced my sentence with "Not that I expect them to count Jet as an influence," merely stating my own personal reference point. Not my problem if you feel insulted on their behalf.

From now on, we'll do all our talk through our lawyers!