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Post by Animals! So Weird on May 19, 2006 13:26:14 GMT -5
How do you classify xiu xiu.. or, how do you explain what xiu xiu sounds like to friends? I seem to always go with Avant-Experimental .. but that never seems to fit perfectly.
And don't say you're anti label, because that's just lame.
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Post by lysine on May 19, 2006 14:05:02 GMT -5
i usually say "theres not really a way to describe it" because i cant think of how to say it or i use zac pennington's "it sounds like an open wrist" because i think thats very appropriate.
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Post by todd on May 19, 2006 14:12:50 GMT -5
I usually say "do you remember what it felt like when your grandma died? that's what it sounds like."
i like the "open wrist" comparison more though.
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Post by booksoutloud on May 19, 2006 14:44:24 GMT -5
i like to tell people that it was once described as "the smiths having a rave in a sewer" and then play a song for them (i always have my mp3 player with me).
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Post by urgeintheicebox on May 19, 2006 18:22:40 GMT -5
meh, i dont think it matters much. classification doesn't always help when youre trying to convey the sound of a group to someone, its best just to play it for them most of the time.
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Post by dr. strangelove on May 19, 2006 19:26:14 GMT -5
i usually just tell people it's similar to dark 80's pop bands like joy division or the smiths, but with a bit of asian inspired percussion and drawings of ot era neubauten experimentation
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Post by jimmy on May 20, 2006 3:35:45 GMT -5
~art gays~
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Post by todd on May 20, 2006 7:35:02 GMT -5
i like to tell people that it was once described as "the smiths having a rave in a sewer" and then play a song for them (i always have my mp3 player with me). I usually play a song too. Because they won't understand what I mean. Now, do you ease them in? like play something from Fabulous Muscles? or do you throw them in and make them listen to "Pink City" or "Don Diasco"? |
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Post by byronhulcher on May 20, 2006 12:05:33 GMT -5
"whatthefuckcore" is my usual genre when people ask me about it. Usually I'll just burn them A Promise and let them figure it out.
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Post by dr. strangelove on May 20, 2006 13:16:07 GMT -5
i usually play "i broke up" as the first song, since it was the first song i heard, and i still think of it as a perfect example of their sound
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Post by bignothing on May 20, 2006 14:15:57 GMT -5
"Dude, this is the best band ever, listen to this shit..."
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Post by todd on May 21, 2006 6:41:01 GMT -5
i usually play "i broke up" as the first song, since it was the first song i heard, and i still think of it as a perfect example of their sound first song i heard too! soulmates. |
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Post by lysine on May 21, 2006 16:55:52 GMT -5
i ususally play jennifer lopez then i broke up. and then theyre usually like "....oh.. thats uh.. ok.."
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Post by nacht on May 22, 2006 0:02:56 GMT -5
i say xiu xiu sounds like someone masturbating and crying simultaniously
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Post by Animals! So Weird on May 22, 2006 0:34:42 GMT -5
i do that every night.
(while listening to xiu xiu)
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