Bloc Party- A Weekend In The City

[Fresh]

Anything as good as Helicopter on this album?

 

Yes quite a few. Nothing i have found yet its on par with the brilliant Price of gas yet tho.

[Fierce_LiNk]

Well, the first album is buzzing with energy, especially on tracks like Helicopter. Personally, I think this is a lot more reserved, a little less crazy and a bit more polished.

 

Get the album, Jordan. Only then can ye see what we mean.

[Sanchez]

Jordan only listens to things that end in OST.

[DomJcg]

o/ Tonight make me un-stop-able o/ I LOVE THE PRAYER

[Fierce_LiNk]

o/ Tonight make me un-stop-able o/ I LOVE THE PRAYER

 

Are you trying to dazzle me with your wit?

[Babooo]

I love the track "sunday".....wicked.

[Platty]

I love the track "sunday".....wicked.

 

Heavy night....it was a heavy night!!

 

Sunday is the track I was going on about the 2 drummers. Imagine that drum beat at the start with 2 drum kits bashing it out. Love it.

 

Did anyone get the special edition album with the DVD? I did.

[Daft]

Did anyone get the special edition album with the DVD? I did.

 

Yea, I did, mainly because the CD case was red and looked awesome, but I haven't managed to get round to watching the DVD. Is it any good?

[Platty]

Yea, I did, mainly because the CD case was red and looked awesome, but I haven't managed to get round to watching the DVD. Is it any good?

 

Yeah the Red case is awesome.

 

And yes the DVD is pretty good. I also got the DVD for silent alarm which has shit loads of videos.

 

*me loves special edition things*

[Daft]

Yeah the Red case is awesome.

 

And yes the DVD is pretty good. I also got the DVD for silent alarm which has shit loads of videos.

 

*me loves special edition things*

 

Damn...I bought Silent Alarm before they released the special edition...than or I just didnt notice it!

[Platty]

Damn...I bought Silent Alarm before they released the special edition...than or I just didnt notice it!

 

Yeah it came out after. I now have 2 copies of silent alarm, Cos I wanted the DVD special edition.

[Fierce_LiNk]

Ok, damn. It seems like every song I listen to becomes my favourite on the album. Right now, SRXT is that song. I absolutely love that middle section, and it reminds me a little of Sigur Ros/Explosions in the sky type stuff. I love it. Fantastic way to end the album.

[Platty]

Cant beat a bit of Sgur Ros influence.

[Sanchez]

Haha, my friend told me I should take the instrumental version of the album I have, join them into 6 songs and try to pass it over as a new post rock band.

[Fierce_LiNk]

Reading the lyrics for I still remember and SRXT made me go a bit teary.

 

I still remember:

 

I, I still remember

how you looked that afternoon.

There was only you.

 

You said "it's just like a full moon".

Blood beats faster in our veins

We left our trousers by the canal

And our fingers, they almost touched

 

You should have asked me for it

I would have been brave

You should have asked me for it

How could I say no?

 

And our love could have soared

Over playgrounds and rooftops

Every park bench screams your name

I kept your tie

 

I've gone wherever you wanted

 

(I still remember)

 

And on that teachers' training day

We wrote our names on every train

Laughed at the people off to work

So monochrome and so lukewarm

 

And I can see our days are becoming nights.

I could feel your heartbeat across the grass.

We should have run.

I would go with you anywhere.

I should have kissed you by the water

 

You should have asked me for it

I would have been brave

You should have asked me for it

How could I say no?

 

And our love could have soared

Over playgrounds and rooftops

Every park bench screams your name

I kept your tie

 

I would let you if you asked me

 

I still remember

 

I absolutely love these lyrics. How can anyone not read those and feel something? When I think about this I just think about young love and how innocent it can all be. I'm not ashamed to say that I cried when I read that, as I really did feel something.

 

 

SRXT

 

Walking in the countryside

It seems that the winds have stopped

I took down the posters from my wall

Left letters for you all

 

I remember moments of happiness

Endless summer, acoustic guitars

Being a man made me coarse

When I wanted to be delicate

 

I called up Eugene

Told him I was drowning

 

Like a castaway on a warm ocean

Waiting for a purpose to rise

They say it's not becoming

For a boy my age

 

If you want to know what makes me sad

Well it's hope, the endurance of faith

A battle that lasts a lifetime

A fight that never ends

 

Walking in the countryside

It seems that the winds have stopped

Tell my mother I am sorry

And I loved her

 

I love this, too. Not for the same reasons as the above, though.

[Oxigen_Waste]

Even worst than the first one. Alongside with The Arcade Fire, Bloc Party are the single most overrated indie band ever.

[Platty]

Who has overrated them? and who has overrated Arcade Fire?

 

Im interested to hear because I feel these 2 bands dont get enough spot light and are often forgot about (during awards etc)

[Fierce_LiNk]

I'm seriously addicted to the whole album. At first, it was one or two songs that stood out, but now it's hard to pick out a bad track on this album. Every song is just too addictive.

[Oxigen_Waste]

Who has overrated them? and who has overrated Arcade Fire?

 

Im interested to hear because I feel these 2 bands dont get enough spot light and are often forgot about (during awards etc)

 

You did... the people.

And don't tell me that "it's what makes them good". Britney Spears sold millions and she still sucks. And on top of that, she got awards... so, while being very superior to the artist I mentioned, Arcade Fire and Bloc Party still are overrated.