Optimus
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 | | 23 Sep 2004 1:04 PM |
| | For you to get the jist of this game....
Crazytown are the VERY poor mans Red Hot Chilli Peppers. L.A. Guns are the poor mans Guns N' Roses etc...
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Binokular
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| | 23 Sep 2004 1:11 PM |
| The Crystal Method - Poor mans Chemical Brothers
I could add a few poor mans Radiohead and/or Jeff Buckley bands, but that list would be too long, and don't get me started on the wannabe Nick Drakes out there.  | | | |
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Unicron
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| | 23 Sep 2004 1:18 PM |
| | Keane are the poor mans Coldplay are the poor mans Radiohead. | | | |
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Brain of G
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| | 23 Sep 2004 2:22 PM |
| | Franz Ferdinand are the poor man's The Strokes | | | |
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Optimus
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| | 23 Sep 2004 2:36 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Brain of G
Franz Ferdinand are the poor man's The Strokes
See now I woulda said Joy Division... | | | |
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Karlito
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| | 23 Sep 2004 2:40 PM |
| | Culture Beat the poor mans 2 Unlimited | | | |
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Binokular
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| | 23 Sep 2004 2:41 PM |
| | Haha, You serious Brain of G?
I'd put Franz Ferdinand and the Strokes on an equal footing myself (not particularly a big fan of either), Franz Ferdinand may do hooky mildly danceable indie pop too, but they are hardly Strokes copyists. Then theres the fact that Strokes are pretty derivative of Velvet Underground/Blondie to start with! | | | |
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Optimus
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| | 23 Sep 2004 2:46 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Karlito
Culture Beat the poor mans 2 Unlimited
This isnt a joke son! | | | |
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Optimus
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| | 23 Sep 2004 2:47 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Binokular
Haha, You serious Brain of G?
I'd put Franz Ferdinand and the Strokes on an equal footing myself (not particularly a big fan of either), Franz Ferdinand may do hooky mildly danceable indie pop too, but they are hardly Strokes copyists. Then theres the fact that Strokes are pretty derivative of Velvet Underground/Blondie to start with!
I didnt think moderators could react like that... | | | |
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Brain of G
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| | 23 Sep 2004 3:04 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Binokular
I'd put Franz Ferdinand and the Strokes on an equal footing myself (not particularly a big fan of either), Franz Ferdinand may do hooky mildly danceable indie pop too, but they are hardly Strokes copyists. Then theres the fact that Strokes are pretty derivative of Velvet Underground/Blondie to start with!
I'm not a fan on either myself but I just think Franz Ferdinand copied The Strokes sound and style. It doesn't bother me really I don't have a preference for either just The Strokes were the originals. And Blondie are far superior to both!! | | | |
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Brain of G
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| | 23 Sep 2004 3:06 PM |
| | Oh yeah how about...
UB40 the poor man's Bob Marley! | | | |
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John Doe
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| | 23 Sep 2004 4:11 PM |
| | The Thrills are the poor mans Eagles / Beach Boys / Byrds / Neil Young / loads of other American jangly guitar bands I can't be ar*ed to list | | | |
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Rev Jules
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| | 23 Sep 2004 4:20 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Unicron
Keane are the poor mans Coldplay are the poor mans Radiohead.
And Radiohead are the poor man's Sigur Ros. | | | |
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Binokular
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| | 23 Sep 2004 4:28 PM |
| | Nah, Radiohead were around first. Then went all electronicky (sic) for a bit making 'em the poor mans Aphex Twin/Warp Records? | | | |
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| | 23 Sep 2004 4:28 PM |
| | Always thought the Strokes were a poor man's Television. | | | |
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Binokular
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| | 23 Sep 2004 4:31 PM |
| | Quite true, finally got myself a copy of Marquee Moon recently. Its good the first time you listen to it and just gets better and more amazing with each listen. | | | |
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| | 23 Sep 2004 4:37 PM |
| | Yeah, "Guiding Light" is an absolute gem. | | | |
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Rev Jules
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| | 23 Sep 2004 5:08 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Binokular
Nah, Radiohead were around first.
Who says chronology has anything to do with it ?
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Binokular
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| | 23 Sep 2004 5:23 PM |
| | Fair enough, but I kinda figured that this thread was about bands that sound like poor imitations of others. They usually gotta be around first to be imitated. Anyway the two bands are different, Sigur Ros hallmarks are high pitched vocals, a sense of vague but undefined angst, nonsensensical lyrics. Radiohead on the other hand.... oh... I see your point
(joking aside, personally, I'd much rather listen to Radiohead than Sigur Ros, although I don't really listen to Radiohead much these days.) | | | |
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Rev Jules
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| | 23 Sep 2004 5:43 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Binokular
Fair enough, but I kinda figured that this thread was about bands that sound like poor imitations of others. They usually gotta be around first to be imitated.
Aha, but have you considered the possibility that Thom Yorke might have been able to go forward in the chronological timeline but using a multi-plane, psychobiomechanics, imaging system hardwired to his cerebellum which allowed him to make retropredictographs of future explorations of the sonic enviroment ?  | | | |
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