the ting tings...

stateofflux

just heard a band called the ting tings the other day ...have to say they are one of the best indie/pop bands ive heard in years...the tunes are pop classics...and so simple...check em out if you hav'nt already

http://www.myspace.com/thetingtings

Gillington

Yeah saw these on one of them Channel4 programs a while ago they seemed pretty funky alright.Pretty good for a two-piece.

Loveless

don't know about the lead singer though :rolleyes:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/littlebritain/images/digi/tingtong.jpg

LadyMayBelle

Stupid name..saw them in the NME a few weeks back as ones to watch or whatever

Pat D. Almighty

Another annoying UK 'indie' band....woo hoo!

Zapp Brannigan

They were a hit at glastonbury last year. I think they're alright, they'll prolly be pushed by NME and become massive though.

Chong

I cant wait for tomorrow , Album Release.

I hope its good

Predhead

Heard of them ages ago. They're OK. Can see that sound getting old very quickly though.

Also their name is just stupid.

perfect_circle

they have some catchy tunes.. but "that's not my name" is way overplayed and is starting to really really annoy me

johnny_ultimate

Really can't stand this band. That's Not My Name... urghh. British indie at its most insipid.

KnifeWRENCH

Great DJ is a fantastic pop song! Brillliant, mindless, silly sinalong songs are needed sometimes

ZakAttak

Sometimes weirdness and quirkiness are seen to display originality and creativity- Sonic youth,for instance. But it doesn't mean they're any good.

Amazotheamazing

The "that's not my name" song has to be one of the most annoying songs ever to waste radio space. Makes Scouting For Girls sound as fresh as the Beatles.

Basq

I'm quite impressed with the album to be perfectly honest!

Nice mix of songs on there.

djfitzerjnr

great dj is a pretty classy tune....
singer is pretty hot 2! useta be in some support band 2 steps...now 4 ya!

lordgoat

Only know that ****ing song that is on the radio and it is s-h-i-t.

DadaKopf

They look and sound boring and rubbish.

adox

I really like "Thats not my name". havent heard the rest of the album yet.

Makaveli

Have heard their two singles on the radio constantly but didn't know who it was. I can't stand those two songs. Awful stuff. I actually thought it was Avril Lavigne the first time I heard That's Not My Name. Horrible, and they will just be played ad nauseam too. Can only hope they shrivel up and disappear sooner rather than later.

lmtduffy

I remember some reviewer reffering to them as having hello-mickeyesque reppetative songs,

I think thats a very fitting description.

guinnessdrinker

I haven't heard their new single yet but I really liked Great DJ so I hope it's as good if not better!

Blisterman

lmtduffy wrote: »

I remember some reviewer reffering to them as having hello-mickeyesque reppetative songs,

I think thats a very fitting description.

Glad I'm not the only person to think that.

yevveh

If 'That's Not My Name' doesn't rank in 2008's worst songs I'll be surprised.

zuchum

yevveh wrote: »

If 'That's Not My Name' doesn't rank in 2008's worst songs I'll be surprised.

I don't know how it's getting so much airplay...

Truly irritating, and cynically marketed nonsense.

rowlandbrowner

they should have forgone the 7 minutes they spent thinking up "the ting tings" and just called themselves generic nme band.

johnny_ultimate

Figured out what song Great DJ is, and its probably as bad as Thats Not My Name (although that song deserves a special place in the depths of musical hell). If these are the highlights of the album, I wouldn't touch the rest with a barge pole. Completely undeserving of the hype they are getting, and a painful reminder of how marketing can triumph over talent.

c7

I'm a huge fan of the ting tings. Got Great DJ from the Single of the Week on iTunes way back in January and have been waiting for the album ever since. Got it last week, certainly grew on me since. Songs like Fruit Machine i thought I'd hate but it got stuck on my head. They've a new song, "Shut Up and Let Me Go" that's doing the rounds on YouTube as it was used in an iPod commercial in the States.

And they're playing at a big festival this year!

nyarlothothep

I had a dream last night that prog would return in a big way and all the indie bands would become obsolete.

mwnger

Surprised at all the negative comments regarding the Ting Tings on this thread. I think they're one of the most promising bands to arrive on the scene in a long time - Great DJ is definitely track of the year so far!

Saw them in the Village last month, fantastic gig. Check them out live before rushing to judgement is all I'll say!

Regarding the name, I think it's a nod to the Tom Tom Club (the husband and wife from Talking Heads) - one of their biggest influences apparently.

The Ting Tings are also another example of female frontmen (front-women?) completely trouncing their male counterparts in the talent, performing and charisma departments.

See also - The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, CSS, Goldfrapp, The Go! Team, and others I can't remember at the mo.

Creamy Goodness

mwnger wrote: »

See also - The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, CSS, Goldfrapp, The Go! Team, and others I can't remember at the mo.

yeh they actually write good music though. also blood red shoes need a mention.


the ting tings are just one of them bands that nme got a whiff of now everyone likes them, happens to a lot of bands.

dbs_sailor

****e

mwnger

****e

How insightful.

KatiexKOUTURE--

I love ting tings!.. great DJ is a class song!

KnifeWRENCH

mwnger wrote: »

See also - The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, CSS, Goldfrapp, The Go! Team, and others I can't remember at the mo.

I'd add The Long Blondes to that list!

PS: love the sig Katie. made me laugh :D

Dudess

lmtduffy wrote: »

I remember some reviewer reffering to them as having hello-mickeyesque reppetative songs,

I think thats a very fitting description.

Can't think where they got that idea from :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULk30EEMIY4

Basq

Dudess wrote: »

Can't think where they got that idea from :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULk30EEMIY4

"Mega-moige!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbD1GS3c_n0

ShaneU

mwnger wrote: »

The Ting Tings are also another example of female frontmen (front-women?) completely trouncing their male counterparts in the talent, performing and charisma departments.

See also - The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, CSS, Goldfrapp, The Go! Team, and others I can't remember at the mo.

The Corrs?

Karl Hungus

basquille wrote: »

"Mega-moige!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbD1GS3c_n0

Hah, nicely done!

Honestly, it amazes me that with the sheer wealth of amazing, inspiring music there is out there, that people actually listen to inspid pap like the Ting Tings.

Dudess

Doesn't amaze me in the least bit.

Jip

My, haven't been around these parts in yoinks but hasn't it become a hotbed of music snobbery

The album isn't actually that bad, much better than the press it's getting here. I'm thinking the real problem is that they are in fact getting a vast amount of radio play, I'm guessing that they're probably have a better rep if they weren't as well known and rarely heard.
They're not an example of marketing over talent as has been claimed as they're received very little maintstream marketing from what I've seen, or not seen in fact.
That's not my name is a great example of how to write a good song, simple, catchy and not too up it's own self.

Karl Hungus

Jip wrote: »

My, haven't been around these parts in yoinks but hasn't it become a hotbed of music snobbery

It's snobbery is it? Honestly, there's all kinds of excuses flying around these parts definding crap bands... Oh, it's just begrudgery... Oh, you have to see them live... :rolleyes:

Maybe it's just that they're not a particularly good band?

Jip wrote: »

That's not my name is a great example of how to write a good song, simple, catchy and not too up it's own self.

A good example of how to write a good song? It's freakin' music by numbers, unoriginal, uncreative, and as the video Basquille posted proves; they didn't even write it.

lordgoat

Everything what Karl said +1.

**** sake go and find something worth listening too, music has just gotten worse over the years. I wish that Celine Dion and Westlife were as bad as it got...

Graet DJ is a good song??? it's not, it's as abysmal as their other attempts.

Daithi412

meh wouldnt listen to them myself now, but id say that it beats havin some really crappy pop group (AHEM sugababes) in the charts. gives a bit of difference and shuffles things around, ya know??

HOWEVER cant say I was impressed with their decision to skip the dublin leg of the nme tour in january, made me miss most of Does it offend you yeah? grr.

Karl Hungus

Daithi412 wrote: »

meh wouldnt listen to them myself now, but id say that it beats havin some really crappy pop group (AHEM sugababes) in the charts. gives a bit of difference and shuffles things around, ya know??

So what if they'd be preferable to Sugababes? That's like saying 2 broken ribs is better than having 3 broken ribs, it's not really much of a comfort when you're in agony.

Xavi6

Ok I hadn't heard of the band prior to this thread so decided to check them out. Fuckin hell I haven't heard such uninspiring drivel in quite a long time. Irritating repetative crap, and it's no surprise whatsoever that NME have jumped on the bandwagon.

Driver 8

What is her ****ing name? :rolleyes:

Daithi412

Karl Hungus wrote: »

So what if they'd be preferable to Sugababes? That's like saying 2 broken ribs is better than having 3 broken ribs, it's not really much of a comfort when you're in agony.

perhaps, but i think we have to remember that no matter how much you dont like it, its their own music and they wrote it and sing it themselves,

surely thats a little bit better then some lip syncer, or an "x-factor" winner who is just a money making machine?

again ill stress the point that i dont like it, but at best it might convince the pop machine companies to find some real bands.

Karl Hungus

Daithi412 wrote: »

perhaps, but i think we have to remember that no matter how much you dont like it, its their own music and they wrote it and sing it themselves,

surely thats a little bit better then some lip syncer, or an "x-factor" winner who is just a money making machine?

again ill stress the point that i dont like it, but at best it might convince the pop machine companies to find some real bands.

So what, out and out plagiarism is more noble than having someone else writing a song for you?

Heisenberg.

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Creamy Goodness

The Scientist wrote: »

Only heard the main 2 tunes but i like both of them...

Relax boys & girls, it's just easy listening, catchy, contemporary pop music.

but when a band that clearly plagarises their songs are touted as the best indie band in years it's understandable why people expess their dismay at that.

KnifeWRENCH

Jip wrote: »

The album isn't actually that bad, much better than the press it's getting here. I'm thinking the real problem is that they are in fact getting a vast amount of radio play, I'm guessing that they're probably have a better rep if they weren't as well known and rarely heard.
They're not an example of marketing over talent as has been claimed as they're received very little maintstream marketing from what I've seen, or not seen in fact.
That's not my name is a great example of how to write a good song, simple, catchy and not too up it's own self.

Completely agree with this.

lordgoat wrote:

Graet DJ is a good song??? it's not, it's as abysmal as their other attempts.

Compelling argument there. Bravo.

But I still think Great DJ is one of the best pop songs I've heard in ages. I hear it, I smile, I sing along, would probably dance embarassingly to it in club situation. That's all I really demand from good pop artists.