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SFG: How do I loathe thee, let me count the ways...
Posted by Mr Drayton on 13 April 2010 - 2:52pm.
Scouting For Girls are rubbish. In my humble opinion.
Here's why:
The endless whingeing of self pity.
The crappy repetition of one line over and over again.
The shitty lyrics.
How they look.
The piano playing.
er, that's five, that's enough innit?
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I think you missed
Shitty Lyrics.
Shitty Lyrics.
Shitty Lyrics.
Shitty Lyrics.
Shitty Lyrics.
And
Shitty Lyrics.
But that's exactly what I thought of The Smiths
25-odd years ago (apart from the piano playing, natch).
I suspect SFG are carefully designed to irritate anyone over 20.
one of the lucky ones
they've never shown up on my radar
Terribly whiny singing
How would one classify them? Landfill indie pop?
They're a bit like The Motors without
a motor.
Oh, and when he sings "I'm a bloody big mess inside" it sounds exactly like Tory Boy from Harry Enfield's finally penned a tune. Dreadful tosh.
...or a starting key
If I was 13
and my Facebook girlfriend had just packed me, I think I'd find solace in their lyrics.
But since you've got a brain and some imagination
we can summise that by the time you were 14, you'd have grown up and realised how crap they are.
When I first heard 'She's So Lovely'...
I was convinced that The Barrel of Utter Shiteness™ had not only been scraped, but then licked clean. Nothing in the intervening time has led me to alter my opinion in any way whatsoever.
Pants.
When I heard it I thought Kenny Everett
had risen from the dead to take the indie piss a la Sid Snot with the punkas.
When I first heard "Elvis isn't Dead"
I thought I was listening to "She's so Lovely" again.
Allow me
Read this if you dare
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/...
'There's no doubt in my mind I'm a great songwriter'
Well there's plenty in mine.
Who though?
"Most bands would kill to write songs half as catchy as Stride’s — indeed, several have since signed him up as a songwriter, although he refuses to reveal any names"
Who would admit to that then?
As a good friend of mine used to say
They stink the house out
Should We Care?
I'm sure we had a discussion a while ago about "grown ups" trying too hard to like their kids music. Doesn't this fall into that category?
Scouting For Girls make music for Teen Indie Kids. We may not be keen on SFG but shouldn't this discussion be taking place among their target audience.
Let the kids decide.
I'm afraid shiteness spans the generations...
just as much as talent does. If a 13-year-old can recognize that The Beatles were fab, then he or she can also recognize that Scouting For Girls make a mockery of rock music.
An Education
Sure, we thought The Beatles were fab when we were 13. We also thought the likes of T Rex, Status Quo, Thin Lizzy and Rush were too.
We certainly weren't sitting at home stroking our chins, deep in thought, listening to Bob Dylan, Randy Newman or Steeely Dan. That would take a wee bit of growing up on our part.
We don't hit our teenage years with fully formed musical taste. That's something that continually develops and evolves.
Let the kids listen to their music. Let them buy music (or download). Let them go to gigs. Let them look back in a few years time and say "I can't believe we listened to THAT SHITE!"
For the record, I think Scouting For Girls are atrocious too, but I won't let that bother me as long as I have the HJH's Mono Box Set and Citizen Steely Dan to hand.
T Rex, Status Quo, Thin Lizzy and Rush...
...all have well-deserved places at the table of rock greatness. Scouting For Girls: not so much.