Topic: Does it offend you, yeah? (Read 34990 times)

Oerdin · « **on:** 25 Apr 2008, 11:02 »

I just thought I'd shill a bit for this band. BTW if anyone will be at Coachella on Sunday the 27th then my friend's band will be playing on the second stage. "Does It Offend You, Yeah?" is a pretty cool English band which describes their music as "you take a pinch of french electro, add a bit of 90s grunge, add a trist of techno and season with oodles of indie". They're currently on a tour of the US and Canada, they just played the NME awards in Hollywood, will be playing Coachella this weekend, and will be at San Diego's Casbah this weds. Their tour schedule is on their myspace page along with a couple of their songs:

http://www.myspace.com/doesitoffendyou

Their main band page:

http://www.doesitoffendyou.com/

A write up Rolling Stone Magazine did on them:

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/03/26/breaking-artist-does-it-offend-you-yeah/

And of course their Pitchfork review:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/49280-you-have-no-idea-what-you-are-getting-yourself-into

karl gambolputty... · « **Reply #1 on:** 25 Apr 2008, 11:17 »

Man I don't think I can get past that ridiculous name

rynne · « **Reply #2 on:** 25 Apr 2008, 11:25 »

Every time I read that name, I hear Mike Myers’ Austin Powers voice. Like, “Do I make you horny, yeah?”

valley_parade · « **Reply #3 on:** 25 Apr 2008, 11:56 »

This lot are on Warped this summer as well.

And I really shouldn't judge, but that is a downright horrible band name.

(I generally don't take any Pitchfork reviews to heart but DAMN. 2.3?)

Christophe · « **Reply #4 on:** 25 Apr 2008, 12:26 »

Yes, yes it does offend me yeah. The music that goes with the band is pretty terrible too.

Crap. No waffles.

Oh wait, this isn't the PRF...

20 jazz funk greats · « **Reply #5 on:** 25 Apr 2008, 12:58 »

Quote from: Anyways on 25 Apr 2008, 11:33

Don't judge a band by its name - look at My Bloody Valentine!

awful name, okay but extremely overrated band.

yes i went there.

valley_parade · « **Reply #6 on:** 25 Apr 2008, 13:15 »

*shrug* I never really dug them as much as say..Cruyff In The Bedroom (speaking of AWESOME band names..)

np96 · « **Reply #7 on:** 25 Apr 2008, 13:34 »

Overrated music, rubbish band. Generally, any band on the NME tour is going to be pretty awful. The NME pride themselves on hyping up average indie bands and banging on about how they discovered them first. The more obscure and crap the name the more likely it seems your going to get into NME nowadays.

Tom · « **Reply #8 on:** 25 Apr 2008, 14:45 »

If you like We Are Wolves, you'd probably like Does It Offend You, Yeah?

orangepeas · « **Reply #9 on:** 25 Apr 2008, 15:17 »

the singer's voice is very obnoxious.

maybe they should go on tour with Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah!

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #10 on:** 25 Apr 2008, 15:34 »

what the fuck is the NME and why does everyone hate it so much?

RedLion · « **Reply #11 on:** 25 Apr 2008, 15:44 »

Quote from: orangepeas on 25 Apr 2008, 15:17

the singer's voice is very obnoxious.

maybe they should go on tour with Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah!

There's very little singing to speak of anyway. Most of it is weird synths, electronics and computerized noises.

Tom · « **Reply #12 on:** 25 Apr 2008, 15:48 »

Quote from: Scandanavian War Machine on 25 Apr 2008, 15:34

what the fuck is the NME and why does everyone hate it so much?

NME is the New Musical Express. It's a music magazine and is a thousand times more obnoxious and annoying than Pitchfork quite possibly due to its age.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NME

Luke C · « **Reply #13 on:** 25 Apr 2008, 17:01 »

Quote from: Scandanavian War Machine on 25 Apr 2008, 15:34

what the fuck is the NME and why does everyone hate it so much?

NME, the New Musical Express.

A shitty music magazine which thinks Pete Docherty is Jesus re-born. It likes to pretend it knows anything about music, which it dosnt.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #14 on:** 25 Apr 2008, 20:50 »

Quote from: orangepeas on 25 Apr 2008, 15:17

the singer's voice is very obnoxious.

maybe they should go on tour with Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah!

Terrible singers aside, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are awesome. Does It Offend You, Yeah? are not.

a pack of wolves · « **Reply #15 on:** 25 Apr 2008, 21:43 »

I've got a J Church 7" somewhere that has in the thanks list "thank you to everyone in the UK. Except the fucking NME."

This band really missed the point of Nathan Barley. Bad, bad music.

Christophe · « **Reply #16 on:** 25 Apr 2008, 22:43 »

Quote from: imapiratearg on 25 Apr 2008, 20:50

Terrible singers aside, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are awesome. Does It Offend You, Yeah? are not.

Both of those bands can go tour in a fucking furnace for all I care.

Spluff · « **Reply #17 on:** 25 Apr 2008, 22:50 »

ITT: We hate everything.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #18 on:** 25 Apr 2008, 23:33 »

I made a mix once and used one of these dudes' songs, it was ok!

Johnny C · « **Reply #19 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 00:36 »

Emilio, you don't even listen to music with guitars in anymore.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #20 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 00:38 »

hey I listen to New Order

Ã¶de · « **Reply #21 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 04:04 »

This band doesn't sound bad, but they don't really sound good?

Caspian · « **Reply #22 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 05:04 »

Pretty terrible, really.

Also: that band name is terrible. When I realised it was a band name, I was expecting some sort of free noise stuff, I AM HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED.

muffy · « **Reply #23 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 06:08 »

Bad times to listen to DIOY,Y? :
* First thing in the morning
* When hoping to find music better than Daft Punk
* When nurturing high expectations

Good times to listen to DIOY,Y? :

* At about 2:30 in an indie club, after a night of generic jangly indie pop in the key of the sodding libertines - hearing We Are Rockstars then sounds like the future of music. Just...don't ruin it by listening to it sober the next day.

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #24 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 06:40 »

Thank god I'm not the only one that thingks that everything that is being made and considered indie now a days sounds like the libertines (where I am anyways).

Do people not get that it was barely good the first time around?

(Sorry if that offends, my love for the libertines doesn't go that far, if it goes anywhere at all).

Oerdin · « **Reply #25 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 12:41 »

You folks are a bunch of follow the leaders. Listen to music and make up your own minds why don't you instead of just parroting the person above you?

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Everyone who’s on here bitching about the band name obviously has not checked out the greatest TV show of all time… The BBC version of “The Office.” If you had any taste in pop culture, you would understand what the line “Does It Offend You, Yeah” means. The band chose that name to out silly little kids with no sense of taste… like you. Surprise!

I laughed at this because it's so true. Watch BBC and maybe you'll get the inside joke.

Oerdin · « **Reply #26 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 13:01 »

Did you watch the US or UK version? Two totally different animals.

duallain · « **Reply #27 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 13:11 »

Quote from: Oerdin on 26 Apr 2008, 12:41

You folks are a bunch of follow the leaders. Listen to music and make up your own minds why don't you instead of just parroting the person above you?

What if I just don't like it without any prompting from other people, is that cool? Because apparently the only right opinion is the one you have. They don't sound very good to me. Boring singer, too busy with the music, not unique or different in any notable way. So, I don't really like them.

Oerdin · « **Reply #28 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 13:38 »

Fuck you right back. to answer you question no not because people have different tastes in music from me but because most people just said "that's a strange name" and didn't listen to the music. If you didn't make so many assumptions then you wouldn't end up looking like such an ass.

valley_parade · « **Reply #29 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 13:44 »

I ended up listening to it. It's even worse than their name.

supersheep · « **Reply #30 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 13:55 »

On listening, I pretty much totally agree with muffy. It's nothing special, just some more of the generic indie-dance-nu-rave-silly-name stuff, but by comparison with the trying-to-be-Pete-Docherty stuff, it is quite acceptable.

C- Please try harder, Brits-making-music-for-'the kids'. Your work has potential.

20 jazz funk greats · « **Reply #31 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 14:34 »

trying to listen to this band made my internet crash.
maybe it's a sign that this is just not meant to be.

i guess i will have to turn elsewhere when i have a craving for repetitive glitchy electronic tunes then.

edit- it's like moving units+venetian snares but more headache-inducing than either.

Tom · « **Reply #32 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 15:29 »

Yeah, try listening to Crystal Castles and We Are Wolves, glitchy & electronic.

20 jazz funk greats · « **Reply #33 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 15:42 »

crystal castles are alright.
haven't heard we are wolves yet though.

blanktom · « **Reply #34 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 16:04 »

does anybody else hear badly done DFA1979 with really shit electro parts?

yeah it is no surprise their album is in the bargain bin at my local music shop already.

Tom · « **Reply #35 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 16:12 »

For once, you may agree with the 2.3 that Ol' Forky gave it.

Quote from: 20 jazz funk greats on 26 Apr 2008, 15:42

haven't heard we are wolves yet though.

They're a great electro rock outfit from Montreal.

20 jazz funk greats · « **Reply #36 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 16:16 »

Quote from: blanktom on 26 Apr 2008, 16:04

does anybody else hear badly done DFA1979 with really shit electro parts?

vocals=moving units
electro parts=cheap imitation of venetian snares

but hey what do i know about music.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #37 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 21:12 »

Quote from: Caspian on 26 Apr 2008, 05:04

I was expecting some sort of free noise stuff, I AM HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED.

That's sort of what I was expecting, too.

I went back to try again, and they're slightly less shitty this time around. I guess I would say they're alright.

For the record, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are pretty awesome.

sean · « **Reply #38 on:** 26 Apr 2008, 21:17 »

I AM OFFENDED BYT HIS BAND IN MATTER OF FACT!

despite the fact that the joke was made in like , the third post.

oh well. these guys need to swich their name and become better musicians and the n i would listen to them.

Chad K. · « **Reply #39 on:** 27 Apr 2008, 07:11 »

I think liking this band is much like people who claim to like American Apparel clothing- eveyone knows its schlocky crap, made poorly on purpose, so that if you say you hate it, other hipsters can tell you you "just don't get it". Thankfully, bands like this only last a few years, until their fans jump to the newest fad.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #40 on:** 27 Apr 2008, 07:41 »

Yeah, and American Apparel t-shirts are super comfy.

suitupletsgo · « **Reply #41 on:** 27 Apr 2008, 07:42 »

Quote from: imapiratearg on 27 Apr 2008, 07:41

Yeah, and American Apparel t-shirts are super comfy.

iawtc

valley_parade · « **Reply #42 on:** 27 Apr 2008, 07:47 »

Plus they don't have a recockulously bad name.

McTaggart · « **Reply #43 on:** 27 Apr 2008, 07:50 »

"iawtc" is almost as bad an acronym as Does it Offend You, Yeah is a band name.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #44 on:** 27 Apr 2008, 07:51 »

What does it even stand for?

suitupletsgo · « **Reply #45 on:** 27 Apr 2008, 07:52 »

that's nice.

i agree with this comment

imapiratearg · « **Reply #46 on:** 27 Apr 2008, 08:06 »

Oh, I see.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #47 on:** 27 Apr 2008, 08:10 »

Quote from: Anyways on 27 Apr 2008, 08:09

what happened to good old plain English?

QFT

Oerdin · « **Reply #48 on:** 27 Apr 2008, 08:29 »

I must confess them I'm partial to this band because one of the players is a friend of mine. I know he's worked hard to improve his musical skills and I'm happy he's been able to expand his career beyond just playing local places in Reading, England and is now on a North American tour. So, yes, I may be biased by my friendship but I enjoy their music. I also believe they show a wide range of musical talent from French electronica to the wider indie style tones. If half of you who poo-poo other people's work tried half as hard to create your own then maybe you would be more successful in your own endeavors.

pentaen · « **Reply #49 on:** 27 Apr 2008, 08:33 »

this just sounds like all of the writers of pitchfork took a shit in a bowl and then that bowl was transported to a super-secret factory in eastern germany where it was compressed at the temperature and pressure of a thousand suns until it resembled a compact disk. That disk was then given a silly name and a Faux-Pretentious/Whiney Crybaby fanbase....

oh your friends in it, i really like my friends too but even i can admit their music is only a few inches away from terrible coldplay sounding shite.

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