I think that 2005 will be the most succesfull year for the Chemical brothers. The promotion they have done for Push the Button has been done very well. A couple of friends of mine, who are rock-fans, can't wait for the album aswell. Also Galvanize is on heavy rotation on the dutch television and just now MTV NL played a top 11 of their vids, only the Test wasn't played. Many people I meet also think Galvanize is a great tune. And with a tour and probably festivals many people will get to see them.



A downside could be that they will be getting to big. When Prodigy released Breathe and the fat of the land they started to get a lot of groupies and they gigs weren't that much fun to go to. And because the album went so huge they dissappeared for 7 years.

I have a feeling Push the Button will be that big this year. Hopefully it will not blow up their ego's, I don't think it will. And hopefully a new album won't take 7 years.



I haven't got the album or the single yet, I'm waiting for it to arrive, but what I have heard of it and the reactions of other who are not into the Chems it will be great.



I congratulate you, Tom and Ed, with a commercial succes this year. Your album will be a bestseller. Keep your feet on the ground, I know you will.



My prediction for 2005. What do you guys and girls think?

You think they can be bigger than when they had the biggest pop star in Britain, Noel Gallagher, doing vocals on their album?

thing is with the chems is, you can talk to people who aren't really into their music and they will have heard of them, recognise their status and have respect for them,



i have a feeling that the boxer could tip them into the mainstream in a big way tho. The last massive chemical brothers tune i remember that got a lot of airplay was HBHG and that was like some deep twisted techno that every one digged, and of course there was THAT video.



they seem to be the dance band that people forget about when they are not around except for their fans, if many more people get into them i will get crushed at their gigs, its already quite bad!!!



i really don't want then to become MASSIVE but of course i want their album to do well, as a sense of recognition for their music. If they become too big they lose that mystique of being the cool alternative duo, 2 geeks (with the upmost respect of course ;-) ) at a mixing desk creating beautiful powerful music that only the few understand. they are like THE only real britpop guys left around, and thats a testament to their musical abilities and creativity.



i am jus mainly hoping that i get to see them a few times this year, already got wolves civic hall in march sorted!



anyone going to that 1?anybody kno wot the venue is like?

chemical brothers will always be big in the a ture fan eyes





cheers!

*in a treu fans eyes*

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yes of course, if they weren't big for me then i wudn't be on this forum, but they are so i am

;-)



don't split hairs! X-D you kno wat i meant!

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I think Tom and Ed have had plenty of time and opportunity to blow up their egos - They have had amazing success in the past, Surrender was a huge record for them, they had the biggest turnout at Glasto. It did eventually get to the point where they were recognized in public and I think their fanbase has been growing steady ever since... the beginning.



And still, in interviews I've read, they haven't indicated any big headedness. They don't seem snotty. Ed's talked to fans at Turnmills and I get the impression that they still care what the fans think - big egos don't allow for that sort of connection with us little people. ;) I also get the impression they are pretty grounded and honest and it shows in their creativity - that's how they've come across. At the end of the day they seem like ordinary guys who just love to make music. And I think the fans no that.



They aren't like U2 where they've become so massive it's caused a disconnect with their fanbase, where they rely on security and have to have their own management team in order to deal with fans.

yes..you are right Whirly....they both still seem to have that shyness about them. Their modest ways only makes their sound seem even more genuine to me. With them, it is all about the music...it speaks for itself and it speaks for them.

They have had lots of suscess in the past so i dont think there heads are going to explode now.



I think at the new shows there maybe alot of younger fans.



Yeah it is very cool how the boys make the effort to talk to fans and come on here for feedback!

I think it's great that they have kept their private lives out of this celebrity starstuff. That probably disallowes them to ever get really really HUGE but at least they can be assured that their fans are into this for their music and not because of large-scale marketing.



As to big-headedness ... Ed coming to this forum to argue with fans about how good galvanize actually is. Ego? Pride? Hard to tell, isn't it. :)

Methinks it was a bit of both, soundertow. There's nothing wrong with being proud of your work and wanting to defend it. It goes without saying the pride rubs off on your ego. In the end I don't think he meant any harm.



But just think, if he'd come on recently, he would've had a field day! ;)



As to what ACIDCHILDREN said about there being younger fans at their shows - I think that's all right. Get em while they're young. I think it's cool when younger kids listen to good music, it's refreshing because so many of their peers listen to shit. My brother took me to my first concert when I was 13. I was probably the youngest person there, but nobody gave me any shit. They thought it was cool (ad so cute that my brother brought his baby sister to a show with him!)

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Methinks it was a bit of both, soundertow. There's nothing wrong with being proud of your work and wanting to defend it. It goes without saying the pride rubs off on your ego. In the end I don't think he meant any harm.

Exactly as I said, or at least, was trying to say. ;-)

whirlygirl Escribi�:

My brother took me to my first concert when I was 13. I was probably the youngest person there, but nobody gave me any shit. They thought it was cool (ad so cute that my brother brought his baby sister to a show with him!)

What show was that?