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[Joe Wiz]

Does anyone vaguely agree with me that the two Alphabeat singles have been possibly the most exciting and brilliant pop records of the decade.
The first time I heard "Fascination", I was reminded of the same rush I got when I first heard "I wanna hold your hand", it's trite I know, but it made me feel for a brief second that anything was possible.
And they turned down the Spice Girls tour support slot last year. Of course.

This is "Fascination" - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QvD6maGRh7c

Views would be interesting.

[Auntie Beryl]

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And largely negative, I would imagine.

I saw them live last Friday, as it happens. They lacked merit.

Not sure I'm with you here Joe - what's the appeal beyond the second or third play, once the saccharine wears off?

[Joe Wiz]

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I just like the energy of it, the joy of it all. Difficult to explain really.
As this proves.
Meh.

[G-Man]

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I thought we were going to enjoy a thread on this:

[evilC]

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Heh!

I can't help thinking that locked away in an attic somewhere there's a really bad portrait of Michael Jackson.

[imp]

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"They lacked merit." (Auntie Beryl) I think that's the best music critique I've read in my whole life.

[The Purple Cow]

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They remind me of 'Fellow Hoodlums' era Deacon Blue.

So it's a 'Lacks Merit' from me as well, I'm afraid.

[Auntie Beryl]

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They remind me of 'Fellow Hoodlums' era Deacon Blue.

Ouch!

[Spearmint Rhino]

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Previous thread (although you'd be forgiven for missing it).

For once, I agree with Mr Wiz 100%.

I saw Alphabeat in Brighton last night and they were glorious. "Lacked merit"?! Do me a fucking favour, Grandads. Pure uplifting optimistic scandypop. Not a dud song in the whole set. I haven't heard the album yet but it's shaping up to be as all-killer-no-filler as the Scissor Sisters' debut. The girl's voice is stunning, too.

The gig was in a crowded pub, and Seymour Stein (the man who signed Madonna, Ramones and Talking Heads) was dancing on one of the tables. He knows a thing or two.

Anyone who doesn't like Alphabeat doesn't like pop, and you can go boil yer 'eads.

[hobbes]

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Fascination = Modern Love

[Spearmint Rhino]

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hobbes wrote:

Fascination = Modern Love

See previous thread.

[hobbes]

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Great minds think alike, eh?

[Auntie Beryl]

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SR is playing the "if you don't like this pop, you hate all pop" card.

He's wrong.

This is like the Bananarama discussion in the old world where that fool attempted the same gambit with the Swain-Jolley vs S/A/W stuff. Fundamentalist but incorrect. Shit pop music remains shit pop music.

[Joe Wiz]

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The album si brilliant, of course.
Probably the second best *pop* record of the decade so far, after "The Sound Of Girls Aloud". Or maybe the first Timberlake album.
Meh.

[Guest]

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I just heard Fascination and was about to observe that it's Deacon Blue singing Modern Love, but both parts of that withering critique have already been done. Oh well.

Anyway, yeah. Average.

[TMA]

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Fascination and 10,000 Nights Of Thunder are great.