Fontaines DC (6 Viewers)

[nuke terrorist]

What's real?
So they're not from the Liberties. But Paul Weller ain't from Chigaco, he's from the Surrey Delta (which isn't a real thing, it confused me too), like a whole bunch of other white English guys. None of them from New Orleans or Harlem or Missisippi.

The Band are mostly Canadian, but play the most Americany music that American music can be.

The Pogues are London based.

I don't know what my point is. Music moves I suppose.

you forgot Nick Cave and Tom Waits.

so the singer of FDC is from Skerries and the rest of them aren't from Dublin?
I hope we had fun taking the piss out of the them, as they got 581 posts out of us.

 

[seanc]

Before anyone else gets in there, that was a pretty silly misspelling of Chicago on my part. Balls out.

 

[Cormcolash]

Seems to me that Fontaines are getting exactly the same kind of attention U2 started getting before they went worldwide. That worked out well.

 

[GO]

This is a fairly decent approximation of the Whipping Boy sound but his vocal delivery is bizarre. It's like he's doing a comedy impression of a Dublin accent in parts of it. I know I've joked about him/them before but it really jars how awkward it sounds, "the lights they gaw ekauw, ekauwwwww!" In fact, his vocals remind me of some Irish trad or Irish trad punk bands from other countries where the lead singer approximates an Irish accent.

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Lads..on first listen..this is good. Its their best track yet in fact.

And yer man has charisma. I'm in favour of it!

And yeah..it reminds me of before u2 went worldwide, when they were fucking awesome

These boys could be on to something

I had no interest in the Whipping Boy at that time,and still don't, ..a lot of my friends loved them mind you..in fact one of them was their manager

 

[chris d]

I can see why young ones would like it. And your man's giving it the old, tortured irish writer, to get girls. What's more authentic than that?

 

[Lili Marlene]

Their best track is still Big, not this "i discovered a chorus pedal" nonsense, but you have to keep moving forward i guess, and good for them.

As for "the kids" liking them, is that the case? Circa just-before-the-pandemic their crowds were pretty grey bearded.

Maybe Weller not being from Chicago is why his music kind of went to shit when he stopped signing about the suburbs or against Thatcher?

 

[rettucs]

Their best track is still Big, not this "i discovered a chorus pedal" nonsense, but you have to keep moving forward i guess, and good for them.

As for "the kids" liking them, is that the case? Circa just-before-the-pandemic their crowds were pretty grey bearded.

Maybe Weller not being from Chicago is why his music kind of went to shit when he stopped signing about the suburbs or against Thatcher?

I'm a big fan of Liberty Belle. Its Libertines-tastic

 

[seanc]

eir best track is still Big, not this "i discovered a chorus pedal" nonsense, but you have to keep moving forward i guess, and good for them.

As for "the kids" liking them, is that the case? Circa just-before-the-pandemic their crowds were pretty grey bearded.

Maybe Weller not being from Chicago is why his music kind of went to shit when he stopped signing about the suburbs or against Thatcher?

I think he just stopped being an angry young man. Because he got older and wealthier. And fair play, it'd be embarrassing if he was doing Eton Rifles 2022.

 

[Lili Marlene]

I think he just stopped being an angry young man. Because he got older and wealthier. And fair play, it'd be embarrassing if he was doing Eton Rifles 2022.

It may not have worked, but at least he can say he tried

 

[Lili Marlene]

Just reread the thread, apparently i liked the second album in the end?

I hope they top the charts worldwide, why not. Let's hear them write a 2022 Every Breath You Take, come on lads, up your game to the levels of Sting and Elton John.

 

[Jerry Twig]

The aul triangle goes jingle jangle

 

[chris d]

As for "the kids" liking them, is that the case? Circa just-before-the-pandemic their crowds were pretty grey bearded.

Really? Unlucky DC Fontaine, you played yourself. Maybe that's why he's giving out in that video.

 

[Cormcolash]

 

[Scientician 0.8]

It's not a race, all bands do their thing but this band seems to do what Fontaines do but much better.

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[YoungHearts]

I like Fontaines DC. Herein ends my Wednesday morning missive. .

 

[rettucs]

It's not a race, all bands do their thing but this band seems to do what Fontaines do but much better.

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ALS are tremendous. A major difference between them and Fontaines DC is that ALS sing about things they know about, have experienced, and have seen first hand. Fontaines DC are from the Bryan MacFadden school of making shit up about shit they're vaguely aware of.

 

[Lili Marlene]

life ain't always easy.


@rettucs you're being ridiculous and you know it. The fucking Beatles are from that school as well.

 

[rettucs]

life ain't always easy.


@rettucs you're being ridiculous and you know it. The fucking Beatles are from that school as well.

of course I am. I always am. But the point about ALS stands. They are great and they sing about what they know.

 

[Lili Marlene]

of course I am. I always am. But the point about ALS stands. They are great and they sing about what they know.

Just sounds like an approximation of the Whipping Boy sound to me

 

[rettucs]

Just sounds like an approximation of the Whipping Boy sound to me

don't knock whipping boy. He once burned a copy of the evening herald on stage. How punk is that