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Jimmy Eat World

grant

14:13 / 05.12.01

Just saw some live footage of this band on MTV or M2. I think I like them.

Do they sound like Mission of Burma or what?

Foxxy Feminist Fury

14:20 / 05.12.01

Please. God. No.

If you knew how often my roomates insisted on playing this CD, you would understand, surely.

They're OK, I guess. But I don't think they're doing anything that hasn't been done before.

Thoughts?

rizla mission

14:30 / 05.12.01

I like them too. Not ground-breaking obviously, but jolly good fun.

Some of my friends keep playing their album, and even though it's a bit MTV friendly, I can't help but admit that it's really, really good stuff.

Their first single was kind of an At the Drive-In style angry thing - a sound which is getting progressively more tedious - but the rest of the LP seems to be far more enjoyable pop punk with a little bit of emotional intelligence and absurdly good melodies.

Nice. If I had more money I'd get my own copy.

(how long before Flux leaps in to lambast them for being too 'emo'

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RadJose

22:07 / 05.12.01

bah i'll say before Flux, kinda, they USED to be oh so fuckin' wanna be emo... now not as emoish, more of that poppy stuff, i think they were barred from the EMO scene when they became too poppy and provided a song to some fox teen age show (Time of Your Life, i do think) i can't belive everyone is up in arms about them now, guh so frikkin' old... but that's what i get for emersion my self in emo way back when so i could "know my enemy"... what Cds got'cha down FFF? the new one, Bleed America, yeah it bugs the shite outta me if played too much

Kali, Queen of Kitteh

12:38 / 06.12.01

One of my exes used to be on and on about them a few years ago. I always thought they were okay in that sort of "background music" way.

Though I rather identify with the new single, "The Middle."

Prisoner no. 1300

13:24 / 06.12.01

Sorry to veer off topic, but oi Grant.

Are you Grant Morrison? If so, I rate you, man.

If you're not Grant Morrison... what the hell, you only live once. I still rate you, man.

rizla mission

14:21 / 06.12.01

no he isn't.

CARRY ON!

grant

14:21 / 06.12.01

I'm the OTHER grant. If you click the little guy next to the file card above me posts, you can find out more.

On topic, I didn't know they'd been around for more than a year. I do know they sound *a lot* like seminal Bostonian punks Mission of Burma live. To the point that when I first saw the concert footage, I thought it was some punk historical documentary, and wondered why I hadn't heard that song before.

Catchiness counts.

Cop Killer

06:33 / 07.12.01

I saw them live a couple of days ago with Weezer and Tenacious D and they didn't sound a damn thing like Mission of Burma. In fact, they pretty much sound like how everyone else in the slightly underground scene sounds like. Highly boring.

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