I saw The Raveonettes: yay or nay?

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 03.27.2008, 11:19 PM

I saw them on David Letterman and I have to admit I've never listened to them before. I had heard of them before but I thought the name was really stupid and I figured they must be stupid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESK_xptw8Ac

Upon further youtube exploration they just sound like they really really love JAMC and Suicide and Clinic. The one guy even kind of looks like Jim Reid.

Do they have anything to offer besides blatant wannabeism? I find that gets boring really fast.

uhler · 03.27.2008, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

I saw them on David Letterman and I have to admit I've never listened to them before. I had heard of them before but I thought the name was really stupid and I figured they must be stupid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESK_xptw8Ac

Upon further youtube exploration they just sound like they really really love JAMC and Suicide and Clinic. The one guy even kind of looks like Jim Reid.

Do they have anything to offer besides blatant wannabeism? I find that gets boring really fast.

i remember liking some of their stuff about 5 years ago (?) but thought they were pretty much crap, but after i saw them (by accident) last night i thought they were really good. maybe it's just that song.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 03.27.2008, 11:46 PM

You could be right. That song is pretty good.

Everyneurotic · 03.27.2008, 11:48 PM

nay for me, they never did anything for me.

Sonic Youth 37 · 03.27.2008, 11:48 PM

They bleed JAMC from the looks of that. I don't even think the JAMC were that JAMC.

✌➬ · 03.28.2008, 12:06 AM

My Favorite band of this decade for sure. I know Floatingslowly, likes them as well.

LifeDistortion · 03.28.2008, 12:25 AM

I like them quite a bit, but that's because I like 60's rock mixed in with distortion. They wear thier influences on thier sleeves. Yet, I also feel while what they do may not be that inventive, nobody else really does what they do. I love the simplicity of thier sound. And its quite crazy when you see them live that they can make such a loud sound with just two guitars and a very simple drumset.

✌➬ · 03.28.2008, 12:29 AM

I really enjoy their ep Whip it On, that really blew me away. It was before I even heard Sonic Youth.

pbradley · 03.28.2008, 12:32 AM

I saw them play Amoeba a couple years ago. Sure they're spinning wheels being retro but for being knowingly retro they do it very well. I dig Attack of the Ghost Riders. Really the best retro band I've heard, though a lot of retro stuff sucks.

atsonicpark · 03.28.2008, 01:04 AM

AWFUL.

Torn Curtain · 03.28.2008, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

I saw them on David Letterman and I have to admit I've never listened to them before. I had heard of them before but I thought the name was really stupid and I figured they must be stupid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESK_xptw8Ac

Great Jazmaster sound in that vid.

SYRFox · 03.28.2008, 07:07 AM

I like them. They're not original or whatever, but that's not what they mean to be... They mean to be revival and they do this very well

Torn Curtain · 03.29.2008, 09:09 AM

The Raveonettes on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic.

Trasher02 · 03.29.2008, 09:12 AM

Thumbs up in my opinion. They're alright.

uhler · 03.29.2008, 11:07 AM

so yeah, i relistened to them and they sound so much like jamc, but they are actually pretty good. at least the songs i heard. i don't remember liking their earlier stuff though.

Destroyed · 03.29.2008, 11:34 AM

Just heard them thanks to this thread, I like what I've heard so far.

fugazifan · 03.29.2008, 11:35 AM

completely unoriginal, but they have some cool songs. i have the love gang album which is pretty cool

03.27.2008, 11:19 PM	#1
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	I saw them on David Letterman and I have to admit I've never listened to them before. I had heard of them before but I thought the name was really stupid and I figured they must be stupid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESK_xptw8Ac Upon further youtube exploration they just sound like they really really love JAMC and Suicide and Clinic. The one guy even kind of looks like Jim Reid. Do they have anything to offer besides blatant wannabeism? I find that gets boring really fast.
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SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	You could be right. That song is pretty good.
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Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	They bleed JAMC from the looks of that. I don't even think the JAMC were that JAMC. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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03.28.2008, 12:25 AM	#7
LifeDistortion expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CA Posts: 2,457	I like them quite a bit, but that's because I like 60's rock mixed in with distortion. They wear thier influences on thier sleeves. Yet, I also feel while what they do may not be that inventive, nobody else really does what they do. I love the simplicity of thier sound. And its quite crazy when you see them live that they can make such a loud sound with just two guitars and a very simple drumset.
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03.28.2008, 12:29 AM	#8
✌➬ invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: ιλ Posts: 5,754	I really enjoy their ep Whip it On, that really blew me away. It was before I even heard Sonic Youth. __________________ We Kill Homosexuals!!!
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03.28.2008, 12:32 AM	#9
pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	I saw them play Amoeba a couple years ago. Sure they're spinning wheels being retro but for being knowingly retro they do it very well. I dig Attack of the Ghost Riders. Really the best retro band I've heard, though a lot of retro stuff sucks.
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	AWFUL. __________________
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03.28.2008, 07:07 AM	#12
SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	I like them. They're not original or whatever, but that's not what they mean to be... They mean to be revival and they do this very well
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Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	The Raveonettes on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. __________________ "Si seulement nous avions le courage des oiseaux qui chantent dans le vent glacé"
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Trasher02 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6,356	Thumbs up in my opinion. They're alright. __________________ 666
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uhler invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 3,615	so yeah, i relistened to them and they sound so much like jamc, but they are actually pretty good. at least the songs i heard. i don't remember liking their earlier stuff though.
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03.29.2008, 11:34 AM	#16
Destroyed bad moon rising Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Earth Posts: 165	Just heard them thanks to this thread, I like what I've heard so far.
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03.29.2008, 11:35 AM	#17
fugazifan invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,816	completely unoriginal, but they have some cool songs. i have the love gang album which is pretty cool __________________ If there's been a way to build it, There'll be a way to destroy it, Things are not that out of control www.myspace.com/dellilahtheband www.myspace.com/lecirquedesvampiresmusic
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