A belated and probably unnecessary plug
I tend to discover bands a million years after they've left the charts. Last year, I was delirious with my 'discovery' of Depeche Mode.... yeah.. I know. Then a while ago, it was Iron Maiden.Recently it was Green Day and Franz Ferdinand. I saw Green Day's American Idiot, thought it was a cool punk political rebellion sort of thing, but I forgot about them. My sister bought the album when it first came out, and I didn't listen to it until a month ago. Again, I thought I discovered the Holy Grail, but it turned out that everyone else had done so already and were currently busy flogging it for half the price on Ebay.
This usually means that I never get to see these bands live, because their tour's long over and they've probably settled into retirement by the time I hear about them.
I really should start submitting to the brain-crushing curse that is TV.
Anyway, here's my unnecessary plug for the Kaiser Chiefs.
Their album Employment is the most brilliant thing I've heard all year (apart from K'naan, see the post below). I wish I could eat their album, I'm suddenly overcome with the urge to make their funk a part of my DNA.
From the song Time Honoured Tradition
Well it's not an old wive's tale
Too much red meat and ale
Will make you pay
Get five a day
Or that is the end of you
And it's a common misconception
But true without exception
These nights of booze catch up with yous
And that is an actual fact
masterfully reported by Xu Said @ 11:07 AM
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