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9/23/2004 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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    9/23/2004 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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    9/23/2004 1:18 PM
    Keane are the poor mans Coldplay are the poor mans Radiohead.
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    9/23/2004 2:22 PM
    Franz Ferdinand are the poor man's The Strokes
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    9/23/2004 2:36 PM
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    Franz Ferdinand are the poor man's The Strokes
    See now I woulda said Joy Division...
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    9/23/2004 2:40 PM
    Culture Beat the poor mans 2 Unlimited
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    9/23/2004 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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    9/23/2004 2:46 PM
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    Culture Beat the poor mans 2 Unlimited
    This isnt a joke son!
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    9/23/2004 2:47 PM
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    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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    9/23/2004 3:04 PM
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    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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    9/23/2004 3:06 PM
    Oh yeah how about... UB40 the poor man's Bob Marley!
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    9/23/2004 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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    9/23/2004 4:20 PM
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    Keane are the poor mans Coldplay are the poor mans Radiohead.
    And Radiohead are the poor man's Sigur Ros.
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    9/23/2004 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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    9/23/2004 4:28 PM
    Always thought the Strokes were a poor man's Television.
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    9/23/2004 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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    9/23/2004 4:37 PM
    Yeah, "Guiding Light" is an absolute gem.
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    9/23/2004 5:08 PM
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    Nah, Radiohead were around first.
    Who says chronology has anything to do with it ?
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    9/23/2004 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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    9/23/2004 5:43 PM
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    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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