The Dears/Interpol
 

Anyone here like either of these two? Sorry if a thread of either exists already, just curious..

I like Interpol. They are what I listen to when I have to think...I saw them this past summer.

Yep.
I kinda like interpol.
i've heard a few songs that i like.

I like Interpol, don't like The Dears. Imonlydancing, you should listen to "Specialist" if you haven't heard it already. Its their best song by far.

You lucky..
Wanted to see them but waited to long to get the ticket only to find it was sold out

i like interpol. although they're starting to collapse on me because of the fanbase. damn hipsters.

That shouldn't influence if you like them or not. You should like bands you like because you like them not because of the other fans or what is said about them.

Don't you mean scenesters? Hipsters stopped liking them when they got played on the OC.

i'm always surprised when people who systematically hate everything the NME likes say they like interpol, after raggin on them for being joy division rip offs.....but it's cool anyway, cuz i fucking love interpol.....

seen the Dears twice and Interpol once. Interpol's first album was amazing and a breath of fresh air (A must for indie fans I feel)... they've lost some of their steam on the 2nd album but it's worth getting for sure!

The Dears are an odd one... I quite like them, and live they are very good (better than Interpol for instance) but are a bit more an aquired taste... He can get downright whiney (ie Morrissey) at times... Last album I like a lot and still have yet to listen to their earlier stuff much...

the one truely special thing interpol have produced is NYC. what a song. the dears i used to bum a lot. gone off them a tad since.

1. I've never said Interpol sounded like Joy Division ripoffs. In fact, in another thread I said, "And Interpol are a good band, and really don't sound all that much like Joy Division (as anyone who's heard more than "Love Will Tear Us Apart" will tell you)." The whole Interpol = Joy Division thing was just the byproduct of lazy journalists.

2. If you've read anything I've said about the NME, you'd know that I think that the NME occasionally hypes good bands, but that for the most part they hype boring, derivative, flash-in-the-pan shit. Interpol are band that are universally liked, no one but the British Press likes 90% of the bands they hype.

well, i could have used your help a few months ago in the interpol thread, personally, aside from the dark tone of the music, i never found interpol to be all that similar to joy division, but stu disagrees with me on that one...and yes, i have to agree that i'm getting a bit annoyed by the nme, especially after seeing that "the esential bands of 2005" cd.....i mean honestly, they do try a bit too hard to force their opinion on what's hot and what's not....

Actually the ironic thing is I think I've heard both bands, I know Interpol, for sure and I think The Dears, too, compared to Joy Division I love both band's sounds, they're both dark in their own way and the Dear's No Citis Left is a great sonically superior effort

How is that ironic?

yeah, i think he/she lost their trail of thought....

I do that a lot...Hehe, me and my friend were going to try to learn Slow Hands on guitar and then get some drums and a bass just because we thought it would be fun...well, it fell apart...

i know what you mean, and it shouldn't. but for a lot of people, looking at the fans makes the music seem uglier. kind of like when you love a band, then the radio finds out about them and plays it, then all these fake kids start throwing the band name around like it's their job. it turns it off.

AMEN, but it makes the stupidity of the pop-cult-ure followers easier to with stand if you know that deep down inside they are stupid and don't know good music because they have to be told what to like and that they are silly for not knowing the right names of the songs.

hey man, my band played that song, and its the hellest fun song to play, i suggest reputting ur idea together, you'll love it. interpol are a great band. i agree, specialist is probably their best.

em...i downloaded the dears and i don't really see any resemblance to interpol, they kinda sucky suck.....

I don't think there's any resemblence to interpol either myself... The dears are hit or miss, songs like 'end of a hollywood bedtime story', 'lost in the plot' and 'where the world beings & ends' are the best off the new album...