I think Keane are a quality term. Good album - nothing much to it. Nice songs.

that's the thing about keane though. . . they're NICE. I mean nice = boring, just coz its easy on the ears doesn't make it interesting or even good.

Agree with Elle there, it's nice, but it's boring and belongs in Starbucks

whats nice about it karl you know my views on this subject

nice term what does that mean? so instead of saying that was a nice sandwhich you should say that was a keane sandwhich. they are s**te it is fair of me to say this

so so so bland

id like to see them on one those kids shows were they get s**t thrown over them and then take them outside for a good hiding administired by the kids and then the singer would be crying and admit that he is a c**t. the stuff of dreams

Didn't realise they were hated so much. Wouldn't call them bland. They do need to get a guitarist though.

Well nice is a term that can be used for MOR bands really isn't, I mean Keane, nothing special, a bit alike a Ham and Cheese sandwich if you want - it's nice but you'd much prefer a breakfast roll yes??

At the risk of getting flamed, I think Keane are quite good , bland , perhaps , boring , depending on your musical taste what's good about them... - Singers got a great voice (regardless of musical taste). - Different approach , no guitarist or bass player, - Doing well in the charts and actually writing their own music , as opposed to the sh**e that usually dominates it. - Catchy hooks , that's what a lot of good songwriting is about , doesn't matter how different / interesting / wierd you are if you can't remember the songs 20 mins after you heard them. - not bad for a debut album (I think?) anyway , not a huge fan of keane or anything just hate seeing people bashing stuff that because its not out on the fringe . There are so many bands/musicians that are lauded over by musical critics / press and their stuff is just climb up yer own a*se , lets be different for the sake of it and feck the idea that a song should be memorable. my 0.02 euro

they are orwellian in their blandness the ministry of sound has released them to give the proles some sickly melodies to hum along with to be lulled and then bang.

what? im singin some jim orourke to meself and its damn catchy. not people bashing band bashing this is thier art they have framed it and put it on the wall . i want to throw stones at it and see kids bash them .

although familiar i am not with their sound of music, im sure they are a whole new level of crap. i just reckon fromm the name and all being so bland as to make cracker seem exciting. i am not familiar with their music but i do know its s**te. a friend told me

i like em cos they're different and they seem to be causing much more upset here than some bands who have tried to get people upset have (the darkness writing a song about public lice didnt really get headlines!) imagine, these days cradle of filth and marlyn manson(both DREADFUL bands aside from mansnos early stuff before he became a visual artist and overall big eejit) actually cause less upset than a figgin gilry suonding pack of public school boys! whats the world coming to!

Ah Rev you cant even go there man thats way off line with regards to this debate & am surprised you even went there! Firstly, VVG paintings dont cost 19:99 to buy or come discounted in Tesco with a chart price of 14:99, secondly, VVG produced over 750 oil paintings excluding drawings and though not confirmed, people say he sold ONE painting, the rest were traded, Keane will make maybe 4 albums in their career. The fact that a VVG work of art sold for over 80 million suggets to me that he is good, desired, appreciated & that was never in doubt. I would also agree however that selling over a million records suggests popular opinion rests with the band in question, particulary when the act in question is an Indie Act. I like Keane, nothing particularly original at all but I like them. Next!?

and with regard to daniel o'donnell.... more power to the man if he sells records to Hor*y housewives!! Thats genius!