The Darkness

Hawk4444 · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:01 am Post subject:

hey all

heh heh, now who has heard of these guys from the UK.

i do like all there songs. i bought the cd and listen to them. there's just something about them hmmmmm ????????????????
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Diana_spacey_666 · Newb Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 19

[b]Yeah I like them...
There's just something about them lol...
I'm going to see them on Feb 19th....
Should be fun...[/b]

MedalMask · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:18 pm Post subject:

Don't know much about them, the last time I saw one of their music videos, looked GAY.
Though I agree that hell has frozen over. Now all the admins, etc. on DA are unsubscribed! Grr!

lolz, j/k.
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WizardoftheWood · Has No Life Joined: 16 Oct 2005 Posts: 446

What a good music video for that song "One Way Ticket to Hell". Justin Hawkins makes a very disturbing looking demon. I love the way their rolling across the plains on snowmobiles. It's just a one way ticket to hell.....and BACK!

KeheiZero · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 4:18 pm Post subject:

Meh, not one of my favourites, but they've had a couple good songs.
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Hawk4444 · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:24 pm Post subject:

sweet. that video was odd. however not many people make good music video's anymore :(

i thought it was a nice blend of funny and weird. Cool

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Ogrim_Doomhammer · Oldbie Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 2116

Dont' know about the "One way ticket to hel"l song but the rest of their songs are pretty good...
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Hawk4444 · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:35 pm Post subject:

all of there songs are good to me anyways. that's why i bought a cd of thers Very Happy

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Razeal · Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:30 pm Post subject:

One way ticket to hell makes no sense,

One way tickets mean one way. Not back as well.

wtf :wacko:
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WizardoftheWood · Has No Life Joined: 16 Oct 2005 Posts: 446

Because the song Two Way Ticket to Hell would sound pretty lame.

I don't know why these guys aren't more popular, they bring glam rock back to the masses.

Kes · Forum Stalker Joined: 31 Dec 1969 Posts: 1549 Location: UK

When you live in the UK vertually everybody knows them.
I didn't like the last one they did, which I guess is the One Way Ticket one.
The're ok, not one of my total favorites. I just wonder how he does such a high voice in the songs.
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Hawk4444 · Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:22 pm Post subject:

its called HEAD VOICE.

i can do it aswell ^_^. having 5 years of choir will do that to you

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KeheiZero · Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:04 am Post subject:

Twisting your scrot will probably have the same effect.
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fallenangel · Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:30 am Post subject:

[quote] they bring glam rock back to the masses[/quote]

I was ignoring this thread until this part.

The Darkness are not "glam rock", at least not good glam rock. They're a novelty, nearly a parody of themselves, and certainly a parody of every halfway respectable strip band from 86-92. Here's the issue. That first video they did with the squid and spaceship and whatever was amusing, slightly. It's clear they were going for that cheesy, over the top drama with bad effects that the very early videos had. It's very similar to that song 1985 and the video that went with it. The only difference is, Bowling For Soup are not a "glam band" and were merely making a joke.

Jokes are fine, glam rock can't take itself too seriously. It's pretty hard to wear leopard print spandex with a straight face. BUT, there has to be some amount of seriousness in it or the point is lost. People weren't laughing [i]with[/i] the video, they were laughing [i]at it[/i]. All the video said was "look how stupid these videos were". The point of glam rock is to make the music a show, a good show with pretty colors, and having everyone laughing at how stupid it is is not the point.

Times have changed, and if anyone is going to bring glam "back to the masses", it won't be done by referencing glam from the past. Over the top image is completely different than blatant self mocking. They're the spinal tap with a real record deal and less entertaining.

Not all that much wrong with being a comedy band, but...they're not bringing glam to the masses, except maybe to let some numetal kids laugh at it.
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WizardoftheWood · Has No Life Joined: 16 Oct 2005 Posts: 446

I think they just like to have fun. I don't really think they are trying to be a comedy band. These guys are a seriously good rock band, and are not just one big joke.
The only real comedic bands I can think of right now are The Bloodhound Gang, where you can't take anything of their's seriously and some of the later Offspring stuff.

fallenangel · Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:51 pm Post subject:

[quote]I don't really think they are trying to be a comedy band[/quote]

All the worse because that's what they are.

No glam fan takes them seriously. When they first came out, at least on the forum I frequent (which can't get much more oldschool glam fan), everyone was just staring going "wtf is that".

Fine, they like to have fun, but it doesn't mean they're "bringing glam to the masses" because that's not glam. It's being silly.

Revlon Red is glam. Metal Skool is comedy glam with members from Danger Kitty.

The Darkness are just Jet badly copying a different genre.
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WizardoftheWood · Has No Life Joined: 16 Oct 2005 Posts: 446

When they first came out, I thought they were a band heavily influenced by Queen. I've never really watched the "I believe in a Thing Called Love" Video. I've only seen bits and pieces of it, so for myself, just going by the music I have recently heard from their new album. I thought they were trying to bring back the music of bands like Queen and the One Way Ticket to Hell song kind of reminds me of something ACDC would do.
So maybe they aren't glam rock. I just kind of threw it out there. So, who is glam rock then? Gary Glitter perhaps.

fallenangel · Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:57 am Post subject:

Actually, yeah, Gary Glitter is glam rock, but 70s glam. 70s glam was David Bowie and T.Rex, etc.

80s glam was Poison and Faster Pussycat and RATT and Hanoi Rocks and Warrant and TUFF...

Bon Jovi and Def Leppard will now deny it, but they were in there too.

Image-wise The Darkness are closer to 70s glam with the catsuits and bad hair. Music wise, they're closer to the 80s with cheesy songs and catchy tunes. But the fact they are not like either one makes them just another Jet, who I don't like either for the same reasons. Although Jet's not a joke, just unoriginal.
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Hawk4444 · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:37 pm Post subject:

when it comes to rock fallen is the person to call Razz

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killkenny101 · Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:30 pm Post subject:

I have a cd.If you had actually SEEN the guy,you would be scared! Shocked