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A touch of bromance
Posted by Niks on 25 April 2009 - 7:01pm.
'Bromantic comedy' appears to be the latest hip genre tag to come out of Hollywood. I can't seem to make it through a Sunday paper lifestyle column of late without some arch and ironic reference to 'bromance' - ie the platonic manly love between a bloke and his buddy/chum/mate/bro/transatlantic political counterpart.
This stared with movies, but why stop ther? Surely there's an awesome bromantic mixtape to be made full of soppy songs by men about men.
It would surely include May You Never by John Martyn, and I'm sure My Brother Jake by Free would fit in nicely.
What else?
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Can't stand me now
by the Libertines. Now that was an intense bromance - and that song is how it ended up. Here they are doing it on Jonathan Ross
Bromincest, anyone?
Surely The Everly Brothers write the book here. Their relationship is famously patchy but the close harmonies, heads tilted towards each other at the same mic, always made it sound like they were singing their love songs to each other.
I leave other examples of this to others...
as I find the term 'bromantic' too hideous to contemplate.
Trust me
The coining of the word 'bromincest' isn't a highlight of my linguistic history.
Finn Brothers - Won't Give In
Soppy song? Oh yes. I do wonder whether the Bros Finn are singing to each other - and if they are, that's bromance right there. Aside from that, the lyrics get to me a bit. Shut up. I've just got something in my eye, that's all.
"Once in a while I return to the fold
With people I call my own
Even if time is just a flicker of light
And we all have to die alone
What does it mean when you belong to someone
When you're born with a name, when you carry it on
It means that I won't give in, won't give in, won't give in
'Cause everyone I love is here
All at once, and I'll show you how to get here"
Mark Eitzel's done a few..
"Gary's Song", "Outside this Bar", "Rise", "Ex-Girlfriend" are ones that immediately spring to mind.
The Jam
Thick As Thieves
good call
great track. Whoever says they didn't make any decent albums is a right wrong un.
Macca's Here Today is pretty bromance-ish
and exhibit B
Shame they didn't share a microphone on this; I always find this, along with a lot of latter Beatles songs, to be terribly sad as you realise that they couldn't speak to each other but the musical magic remained. I always felt that those harmonies weren't 'written' as much as 'channeled'.
I always thought 'Waiting on a Friend' by the Stones was pretty bromancish as well (yeah - hate the word too!) and seeing the video for the first time was pleasantly surprised. It was just as I thought it should have been!
“Shame they didn't share a microphone on this”
Ah, but they did. And had a laugh doing so. Much to Yoko’s disapproval. Talk about looks that could curdle milk. Song’s about Paul and Linda though isn’t it?
think it is 'about' Paul and Linda alright
but there's still something of peformance of John and Paul in it that transcends what it's about, and more what it is - a duet between the two lads.
Thanks for the twickenham rehearsal post. Never saw that before. Like i've said before, i find all that terribly sad; the old gang falling apart, but occasionally the old mojo coming back to them...
Aquiesce
by Oasis - their finest hour.
Mick Jones - Walter The Softie!
The Clash - Stay Free, for his friend Robin Banks.
The Decemberists: The Soldiering Life
Pete 'n' Dud
That gave me...
..the horn.
Hey Jude
Does this qualify?
For ultimate..
... cheese you have to go with the Boss sometimes.
or this from the reunion tour
which gave me shivers when they all take turns at the end
Surely the ultimate bromance song: