the National
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- Dr_Rand
I've tried, but I just don't like them that much
- Dr_Rand0
guy's always moaning something about dreaming something about someone 29 years before he met them
- moth0
me neither - not for lack of helping friends and relatives trying to convert me.
- moth0
"29 years" - that the problem rand. It's middle-aged dinner party music. It's bland. It's safe. It's chicken cordon bleu.
- peddy28isgreat0
I hated them the first time I heard them, however if you actually read the lyrics, they're refreshingly intelligent, smart, and cutesy - in a good way. Also, for people who think he's half asleep, I just usually picture him with a highball in the other hand like Frankie Sinatra or some of the great old lounge acts. That may help.
- I picture him as a hipster who stands in the corner at a party trying to get chicks with his disinterestDr_Rand
- you described me 10 years ago.Jnr_Madison
- He is too old to be a hipstermarychain
- gramme0
cutesey isn't a great descriptor...I'd go with deceivingly simple.
I really like their music a lot. The frontman has a great low-key baritone. The lyrics seem a bit one-dimensional at first, with a deeper meaning that appears (to me) upon repeated listening.
- Jnr_Madison0
POC
- mjg0
the lyrics are good, the music is well done, however i don't see them making massive stylis tic changes to their next album to set it apart from what they've already done. it'd be a shame if they've pigeon-hole themselves. oh well, i guess all artists do this.
- Jaline0
- pedo convention.Jnr_Madison
- Pablo is the one in the middle.Jaline
- LOL, that was good J.Jnr_Madison
- peddy28isgreat0
If you like the National you'd probably dig this good New Zealand band called "The Cakekitchen" ...check them out.
- I'll be checking it out, thanks. It's always fun to discover new music.such
- Oh Cakekitchen isn't new thouhg. Graeme Jefferies has been making good tunes in lots of bands for a looong time.peddy28isgreat
- New to me though.such
- Dr_Rand0
and the magic numbers--what's up with that guy's voice?
- kelpie0
I don't care what anyone says. Fat is just NOT cool.
- wordsinyourmouth0
I love the National, saw them play last summer at South Street Seaport, was a great show
- I'll keep listeningDr_Rand
- hasn't that place been over run by plague?doesnotexist
- cashface0
eeehhhh...I can't get into them either
- Jaline0
I can't get into bands like this, in general.