Trawling for videos, came across this fine review.
http://www.nzherald....0709845&ref=rss
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Posted 02 March 2011 - 10:53 PM
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Posted 02 March 2011 - 11:51 PM
Gavin Swainston said:
Show was rubbish. Place was barely half full. Sound was dreadful. Went along on a whim as my work had free tickets. Took about 10 minutes to become bored out of my mind. This genre generally and these guys specifically are about as musically untalented as it gets. If they had left two laptops on stage running their songs and the band had spent the night at their hotel - who seriously would've been able to tell? Some nice visuals here and there but not enough to pique my interest.
rick said:
"too much reliance on repetitive hammering bass drums to build songs up" you just described the entire genre.
So I'm guessing that their social services workers drove them to the gig.
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Posted 03 March 2011 - 12:27 AM
geez, they wouldn't know talent if it hit them on the head.
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Posted 03 March 2011 - 12:34 AM
OK no video, no setlist, nothing interesting...really useless basic journalistic reviews ! Well at least one guy says they played the Private, so I guess it was the full show.
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inchemwetrust, on 12 August 2011 - 11:00 AM, said:
For those who haven't seen them, I only have one thing to say.....Ha Ha!
ThePumisher, on 04 September 2013 - 10:01 AM, said:
i didn't wear pants at home ;)
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Posted 03 March 2011 - 3:14 AM
Intelligent people strike back:
Ball's in your court, Gavin. What do you do?
You dig yourself an even deeper hole.
Peter Gordon said:
Gavin - you sound pretty narrow minded and like you don't "get" electronica/EDM, which is fine, but don't bag out stuff you don't understand as being crap purely because it's not your cup of tea...different strokes, different folks and all that. Why even go if you don't like EDM? Of course you're not going to like it. Heck, if someone gave me free tickets to a Garth Brooks concert, I might go, I probably won't like it, but eitehr way, I won't be found bagging him out as crap untalented on a new comments section the next day because, well, it's sad, childish and pathetic
You have no clue whatsoever in regard to the time and dedication it takes to learn to product electronic music...untalented...pffft...get a clue and grow up
You have no clue whatsoever in regard to the time and dedication it takes to learn to product electronic music...untalented...pffft...get a clue and grow up
Dave said:
Gavin Swainston...you sir, are an idiot. Way to show both a complete lack of musical knowledge, general knowledge, and your narrow minded observations, all in two paragraphs. But enough about that.
The Chemical Brothers are always awesome and their material and shows still fresh. Legends.
The Chemical Brothers are always awesome and their material and shows still fresh. Legends.
Ball's in your court, Gavin. What do you do?
Gavin Swanston said:
Hey Peter Gordon,
I'm a professional in the music industry and have been for over twenty years. I've worked in every nook and cranny of the industry that there is and have a broad appreciation and understanding of many different genres and musical skillbases. Electronic dance music is almost universally regarded within the industry as the McDonald's of music: palatable enough for people who don't know better, but hardly of sophisticated taste for people who do. It's not to say there isn't good electronic music - there is. But stuff like the Chemical Brothers is pristinely packaged vanilla fodder for people who like their dance music overly accessible and unchallenging.
Sublime are just outright garbage. Amazing how a band with such low calibre songwriting only became famous on account of a dead guy who no-one knew before he kicked the bucket.
I'm a professional in the music industry and have been for over twenty years. I've worked in every nook and cranny of the industry that there is and have a broad appreciation and understanding of many different genres and musical skillbases. Electronic dance music is almost universally regarded within the industry as the McDonald's of music: palatable enough for people who don't know better, but hardly of sophisticated taste for people who do. It's not to say there isn't good electronic music - there is. But stuff like the Chemical Brothers is pristinely packaged vanilla fodder for people who like their dance music overly accessible and unchallenging.
Sublime are just outright garbage. Amazing how a band with such low calibre songwriting only became famous on account of a dead guy who no-one knew before he kicked the bucket.
You dig yourself an even deeper hole.
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Sure you are Gavin, sure you are. I'm the Easter Bunny.
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Posted 03 March 2011 - 3:29 AM
I beg to differ about 'useless' journalistic reviews.
Setlists can be useful but if everyone posted setlists it would be boring. think Tom and Ed read peoples' regurgitation of their setlists but don't want to read what people actually think of their show, good or bad? ;-)
As for the negative commentary. Ah well, it's too bad. Makes me thankful I'm not listening through anyone's ears or seeing through anyone's eyes but my own. Not sure what all this banging on about Sublime is. Maybe it's a California thing since they are from here, but they were pretty big before the lead singer overdosed.
Setlists can be useful but if everyone posted setlists it would be boring. think Tom and Ed read peoples' regurgitation of their setlists but don't want to read what people actually think of their show, good or bad? ;-)
As for the negative commentary. Ah well, it's too bad. Makes me thankful I'm not listening through anyone's ears or seeing through anyone's eyes but my own. Not sure what all this banging on about Sublime is. Maybe it's a California thing since they are from here, but they were pretty big before the lead singer overdosed.
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Posted 03 March 2011 - 4:17 AM
"The chemical brothers music is unchallenging", yeah like making The Private Psychedelic Reel or Escape Velocity was not a challenge 
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inchemwetrust, on 12 August 2011 - 11:00 AM, said:
For those who haven't seen them, I only have one thing to say.....Ha Ha!
ThePumisher, on 04 September 2013 - 10:01 AM, said:
i didn't wear pants at home ;)
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Posted 03 March 2011 - 5:09 AM
I worked out what Gavin's problem was, he is angry at the Brothers cause he got scared by the clowns.
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Posted 03 March 2011 - 5:45 AM
Krisper, on 02 March 2011 - 09:09 PM, said:
I worked out what Gavin's problem was, he is angry at the Brothers cause he got scared by the clowns.
Ha!
Still no vids on the tube!
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Posted 03 March 2011 - 6:24 AM
This is a pretty good review, and a set list at the end of it, although '11 years' get your facts straight!
http://ripitup.co.nz...march-2011/1801
http://ripitup.co.nz...march-2011/1801
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Posted 03 March 2011 - 7:56 AM
Ha, a fuckin' setlist ! \o/ Same as Paris, I'm not astounded, except that according to what's written, they didn't play EV...well I'm pretty sure they did (the golden path vocals were probably played during EV like in Paris).
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inchemwetrust, on 12 August 2011 - 11:00 AM, said:
For those who haven't seen them, I only have one thing to say.....Ha Ha!
ThePumisher, on 04 September 2013 - 10:01 AM, said:
i didn't wear pants at home ;)
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Posted 03 March 2011 - 8:31 AM
I only read this topic now, brilliant, especially the Lord's very own and finest Music Expert and Genius Gavin! I would like to hear the results of his attempts in making music.
You cannot expect from everybody to like everything and if someone says he's not into the Chemical Brothers because he preferred Mike and the Mechanics... okay, I'm fine with that. But hitting out then and denying someone the ability to make music and have talent... that's just cheap. That poor, sad man.
You cannot expect from everybody to like everything and if someone says he's not into the Chemical Brothers because he preferred Mike and the Mechanics... okay, I'm fine with that. But hitting out then and denying someone the ability to make music and have talent... that's just cheap. That poor, sad man.
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Posted 03 March 2011 - 9:26 AM
It's funny how in the second review it stated that people are still complaining about the salmon dance no show, I don't know how it would ever fit into the live show, it would be a very big cringe moment if it did.
I also don't understand why someone would call Tom and Ed's music unchallenging. I mean that why I listen to them! Inovative, fresh and emotionally driven. If the music isn't taking me on a journey I get bored pretty quickly. Deadmou5 to me is to simple. Yes the production is clear and crisp but the overall product is nothing I haven't heard before. Sorry I know a heap of people on here like him but I just don't feel "emotionally challenged" by the music at all. Although this is just my opinion.
Besides one trolling creep it seems heaps of other people had an awesome time and to me that's all that counts!
BRING ON THE 9TH OF MARCH!!
I also don't understand why someone would call Tom and Ed's music unchallenging. I mean that why I listen to them! Inovative, fresh and emotionally driven. If the music isn't taking me on a journey I get bored pretty quickly. Deadmou5 to me is to simple. Yes the production is clear and crisp but the overall product is nothing I haven't heard before. Sorry I know a heap of people on here like him but I just don't feel "emotionally challenged" by the music at all. Although this is just my opinion.
Besides one trolling creep it seems heaps of other people had an awesome time and to me that's all that counts!
BRING ON THE 9TH OF MARCH!!
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i agree with gavin,maybe not how agro he has been but his comments are mostly on the money.all the stands were curtained off,the sound was shocking all night and the crowd was chocful of retards.
i like chemical brothers music but dont try and suggest that what they do is art or takes much talent. like the man said,who among you would honestly know if they just pressed play and walked away? youd be none the wiser. thats a point worth considering if youre prepred to defend the cb's artistic integrity
i agree with gavin,maybe not how agro he has been but his comments are mostly on the money.all the stands were curtained off,the sound was shocking all night and the crowd was chocful of retards.
i like chemical brothers music but dont try and suggest that what they do is art or takes much talent. like the man said,who among you would honestly know if they just pressed play and walked away? youd be none the wiser. thats a point worth considering if youre prepred to defend the cb's artistic integrity
Ugh... That was the top of the list comment from that review. I dont want to read anymore or waste my time on it. All I want to say is that some people that state "that have been in the industry for a while" and state comments like what we've read need a new way of thinking and need to accept and embrace change in society and technology. This is partly the reason why the music industry is slowly dying as a "business" if they prefer to see it that way only.
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