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quote:Originally posted by Flyboy:
Of course you may. Why, they're both good bands, this isn't a competition, and after all, it's just a matter of personal taste in the end, isn't it? Live and let live!
<walks off muttering "Et tu, Rizla?" under breath...>
I do like Le Tigre, and wish to buy their new one sometime (or, heaven forbid, their old one, which seems to have disappeared from the shelves while I was saving up for it).
And, um, yeah, I realize it's rather silly to compare the two bands just cos they're girls, but one of the loudest thoughts going through my head as I listened to All Hands on the Bad One was:
"Why all the fuss over Le Tigre? This mixes right-on politics with entertaining and well-crafted pop music in a far cooler way and didn't attract half as much attention.."
The difference really is that Le Tigre are MADE by their politcs and confrontational attitude - if the were completely a-political, they'd have about the same level of musical acumen as, say, Dweeb (which is fine by me, I love Dweeb, but most of the rest of the human race thinks differently).
On the other hand, if Sleater Kinney were completely a-politcal, their music is still good enough in it's own right to make them trail-blazing underground heroes (or heroines i suppose, but who needs such dumb gender specific phrasing) and the fact that they have just as many good points, witty lyrics and cool slogans as Le Tigre effectively gives them the best of both worlds.
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