the coronas...they are whats wrong with ireland

rteguidelover

.we sleep all day we drink all night....we are not wasting our time....along with sundried tomato hummous paninis,mocha skinny frappucchinos,ugg boots,fake tans,cantebury tracksuit bottoms and dubes.....what has ireland become...i thought the recession wout belt lumps out of j1,golf driving san diego wannabes like these...but judging by their popularity...it hasnt just yet.


the thrills too....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


were irish not southern californians...get a bit of originiality

maxxie

rteguidelover wrote: »

.we sleep all day we drink all night....we are not wasting our time....along with sundried tomato hummous paninis,mocha skinny frappucchinos,ugg boots,fake tans,cantebury tracksuit bottoms and dubes.....what has ireland become...i thought the recession wout belt lumps out of j1,golf driving san diego wannabes like these...but judging by their popularity...it hasnt just yet.


the thrills too....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


were irish not southern californians...get a bit of originiality

fcukin ponces with their massive hair I hope they choke on their heinos and vsl's

dedon

Ha ha this is brilliant. I have been meaning to start one of thse threads. They are a shocking band. Seriously bad.

What I would like to know is who is pushing the band in our faces on a daily basis.

It really is a joke to be honest. Rteguidelover is dead right. there is a connection with the celtic tiger kids and this band.

The sooner a bus crash happens with these boyos in it the better.

unreggd

It's a song FFS

Rigsby

Sounds like a thread from the "Ranting and Raving" forum.

TheBandit

One of their ma's is Mary Black, i'd say they how they got the opportunity to pollute the airwaves...grrrrrr indeed

lordgoat

It's not a rant, more a small boy throwing thier toys out of the cot. There are lots of other irish bands out there at the moment. I'd suggest you stop whining about one you don't like and start a thread about one that you do. But as ever it's easier to criticise than to celebrate. I actually find this begrudery far more common and annoying than (in your words) golf driving san diego wannabes.

Do something positive. Make a difference. Because this is worse than the music you are giving out about.

Borneo Fnctn

I agree. Welcome to Boards.
I know it's easier to take a swipe at musicians than it is to write music. I'm sorry to say I won't be releasing any albums in the near future but I think I'll slate them anyway.

rteguidelover

ah lads this is hardly music. On the issue of writting songs. There are plenty of bands and songwriter who are way better songwriters and don't get the opportunities of these fella due to their connections.

Just because you don't write a song doesnt mean I can't have a go. On the above theory - I don't play pro soccer therefore I can't have a go at a pro player and so on.

Back on to the Corona's - are a terrible band and shoudn't be where they are

I think most will agree

Seperate

They were in San Diego on a J1 in college, they're not pretending to be anything.

I like them. Seen them a few times live and enjoyed the gigs.

Four-Percent

rteguidelover wrote: »

Back on to the Corona's - how did Mary Black let that **** stain on the pants of the Irish nation crawl out of her womb.

Christ that's a bit harsh!would you be happy if some random fella on the internet said that about you?

rteguidelover

Seperate wrote: »

They were in San Diego on a J1 in college, they're not pretending to be anything.

I like them. Seen them a few times live and enjoyed the gigs.

Terrible taste in music so. Let me guess you also like the blizzards and Lilly Allen??

rteguidelover

Four-Percent wrote: »

Christ that's a bit harsh!would you be happy if some random fella on the internet said that about you?

Agreed . taken back.

Rigsby

rteguidelover wrote: »

ah lads this is hardly music. On the issue of writting songs. There are plenty of bands and songwriter who are way better songwriters and don't get the opportunities of these fella due to their connections.
Just because you don't write a song doesnt mean I can't have a go.
Back on to the Corona's - are a terrible band and shoudn't be where they are

The thing about music is, "one person's meat is another person's poison". It would be a boring world if we all liked the same music. I think we all get the message that you dont like this band (I am not familiar with them BTW). You have made your point. This thread is not going to change any one's opinion on the band, either way.

Would your time not be better spent seeking out bands you do like ?

Seperate

rteguidelover wrote: »

Terrible taste in music so. Let me guess you also like the blizzards and Lilly Allen??

Nope, never listened to either.

I don't limit myself to liking one type of music. I like bits of everything. I don't just not like stuff because it's played on the radio or someone on the internet says its ****e.

Chardee MacDennis

rteguidelover wrote: »

Terrible taste in music so. Let me guess you also like the blizzards and Lilly Allen??

oh you're cool, i wish i knew as much about music as you obviously do.... :rolleyes:

the level of music snobbery on boards is ridiculous...

ADTR

Haven't heard the Corona's. But The Thrills were a good laugh! :pac:

McTigs

The Coronas are dreadful, there is just no two ways about it.

Everything about them is utterly mediocre. So you drank mexican beer on a J1 in San Diego did you? and thought this middle class cliche was worth writing about? ****. Off!

Heros and Ghosts is an appalling song and the lead singer sounds like he's about to burst in to tears any minute.

Their clothes are **** too.

lordgoat

McTigs wrote: »

The Coronas are dreadful, there is just no two ways about it.

Everything about them is utterly mediocre. So you drank mexican beer on a J1 in San Diego did you? and thought this middle class cliche was worth writing about? ****. Off!

Heros and Ghosts is an appalling song and the lead singer sounds like he's about to burst in to tears any minute.

Their clothes are **** too.

Well said, if the rest of your compelling arguemnt hasn't convinvced people this surely will.

I saw a guy singing once dressed in a white shiny sequinned suit doing some stupid dace, he was probably ****e too :rolleyes:



OP we are still all waiting eagerly for you to praise some of the bands that you actually like. I'm expecting the most safe list ever by the way.

Rigsby

lordgoat wrote: »

OP we are still all waiting eagerly for you to praise some of the bands that you actually like. I'm expecting the most safe list ever by the way.

+1.

I would like to hear who you consider to be top notch bands. It would be more interesting than this negative slagging match of a thread.

How about it !! ?

TheBandit

I know there is the whole you like this, i like that argument but every so often there is utter crap that can't but be slagged. Kesha and coronas are an example of this

i try to be open minded but i can't help but hate this and want to slag it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jMOAUmU0wQ

I'm no big fan of pop music but i wouldn't say beyonce, rihanna or Alicia Keys are terrible but i wouldn't really want to listen to them either.

Heisenberg.

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randomname

Thread needs a poll.

Karl Hungus

I can think of worse things wrong with Ireland than some band. This thread is an example of that.

Nolanger

BRIAN KEANE
Academy, Dublin

It only took one glance at the front row to figure out who The Coronas’ target audience is. The women-only line of young fans, cameras glued to their hands, were not disappointed by their idols during the second of three sold-out shows in the venue.
A heavy touring schedule, and the announcement of two Meteor Awards nominations, had the band in tip-top form, although the grossly underused and barely audible four-piece string section that graced the balcony was a perfunctory addition. Yet, for all the recent success, there is a hollowness to their material. The chorus line “we sleep all day and we drink all night” from their hit single San Diego Song was greeted with a joyous abandon that undermines the validity of the band’s growth.

Happily inhabiting the inoffensive world of daytime radio music, the youngsters are already adept at pulling the right shapes and making the right noises to appease their fanbase, but for the uninitiated at this show (countable, perhaps, on the fingers of one hand) it must have been hard to fathom the fuss being made of yet another band pandering to a seemingly inexhaustible audience eager for, well, more of the same.

Frontman Danny O’Reilly, his strong voice inherited, surely, from his mother, Mary Black, boasts an adherence to the verse/chorus form of songwriting, but with a stack of naggingly familiar and homogeneous melodies, the songs developed an unpleasant ability to morph into one-ness.

The ultimate cynic could accuse The Coronas of targeting an easily-pleased market with their MOR pop, but witnessing the earnest banter and mutual love – nay devotion – between band and fans, perhaps it’s fairer to just stand back and let them enjoy their moment in the sun. And anyway, after this set of Dublin shows, more than 2,500 fans will have screamed and swooned their way through the 90-minute set. And that many people can’t be wrong, can they?

lordgoat

Nolanger wrote: »

BRIAN KEANE
Academy, Dublin

It only took one glance at the front row to figure out who The Coronas’ target audience is. The women-only line of young fans, cameras glued to their hands, were not disappointed by their idols during the second of three sold-out shows in the venue.
A heavy touring schedule, and the announcement of two Meteor Awards nominations, had the band in tip-top form, although the grossly underused and barely audible four-piece string section that graced the balcony was a perfunctory addition. Yet, for all the recent success, there is a hollowness to their material. The chorus line “we sleep all day and we drink all night” from their hit single San Diego Song was greeted with a joyous abandon that undermines the validity of the band’s growth.

Happily inhabiting the inoffensive world of daytime radio music, the youngsters are already adept at pulling the right shapes and making the right noises to appease their fanbase, but for the uninitiated at this show (countable, perhaps, on the fingers of one hand) it must have been hard to fathom the fuss being made of yet another band pandering to a seemingly inexhaustible audience eager for, well,more of the same.

Frontman Danny O’Reilly, his strong voice inherited, surely, from his mother, Mary Black, boasts an adherence to the verse/chorus form of songwriting, but with a stack of naggingly familiar and homogeneous melodies, the songs developed an unpleasant ability to morph into one-ness[.

The ultimate cynic could accuse The Coronas of targeting an easily-pleased market with their MOR pop, but witnessing the earnest banter and mutual love – nay devotion – between band and fans, perhaps it’s fairer to just stand back and let them enjoy their moment in the sun. And anyway, after this set of Dublin shows, more than 2,500 fans will have screamed and swooned their way through the 90-minute set. And that many people can’t be wrong, can they?

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Spiritoftheseventies

Irish music just so boring at the moment. One of two good acts but not patch on the eighties. The happens, stars of heaven, A house. Quality bands. Even the golden horde had some good tunes.

captainscarlet

rteguidelover wrote: »

Terrible taste in music so. Let me guess you also like the blizzards and Lilly Allen??

Whats wrong with them??? Tho with a name like RTEGUIDELOVER I can tell our musical interests are very different. Did you support Dervish for the 2007 Eurovision??

Shryke

Everyone ganging up on the OP for expressing a strong opinion. Read, opinion.
I notice a lot of people posting aren't giving their own opinions on the coronas. That's what the thread is about so maybe start your arguments there.
I don't like them but I don't hate them. What I really don't like is this rallying of justification that's so prevalent on the net.

Spiritoftheseventies

rteguidelover wrote: »

.we sleep all day we drink all night....we are not wasting our time....along with sundried tomato hummous paninis,mocha skinny frappucchinos,ugg boots,fake tans,cantebury tracksuit bottoms and dubes.....what has ireland become...i thought the recession wout belt lumps out of j1,golf driving san diego wannabes like these...but judging by their popularity...it hasnt just yet.


the thrills too....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


were irish not southern californians...get a bit of originiality

yeah the lyrics really put me off. Some of their other stuff isnt bad. But that song not great lyrically.

lordgoat

Shryke wrote: »

Everyone ganging up on the OP for expressing a strong opinion. Read, opinion.
I notice a lot of people posting aren't giving their own opinions on the coronas. That's what the thread is about so maybe start your arguments there.
I don't like them but I don't hate them. What I really don't like is this rallying of justification that's so prevalent on the net.

The thread wasn't started to give ones opinions on the band. It was a rant. People ranted. You included.

Another boring criticising rant on another band. The OP could have started a thread and went " I really don't like the Coronas" and his message would have been the same.

loki87

how can people sit there and give out about the coronas acting when we have the likes of u2 in this country,the biggest over rated bunch of posers in the history of music and a donkey in labour would be a kind thing to say that waste of space bono sounds like,every song sounds the same whine whine whine.

lordgoat

loki87 wrote: »

how can people sit there and give out about the coronas acting when we have the likes of u2 in this country,the biggest over rated bunch of posers in the history of music and a donkey in labour would be a kind thing to say that waste of space bono sounds like,every song sounds the same whine whine whine.

You registered just to post this in this thread? Wow, just wow.

topper75

Seperate wrote: »

They were in San Diego on a J1 in college, they're not pretending to be anything.

Ha ha! That is the Celtic Tiger alright. It doesn't matter what you swap your Irishness for - just so long as you do, and soon .
Irish actually behaving Irish? Don't call us, we'll call you ... loike.

loki87

topper75 wrote: »

Don't call us, we'll call you ... loike.

no lad your ok i dont swing that way but watever floats your boat :rolleyes:

and god lordgoat dont cry anyway haha

and seen coronas at oxygen last year and the crowd loved em and i taught they were good,ever think that they may just not be your taste?????? no????

Spiritoftheseventies

Yes there was a band called Cosmic rough riders from scotland who also had that American feel to them which was picked up in an album review. Coronas lost a bit of ground with that first single but they do seem to have changed direction a bit from first single.
To go back to my original point feel that the eighties and seventies was a better time for irish music. Maybe Oh Emperor will step up to the plate this year with a second single while Ham Sandwich have a bit of potential as well. As for the Thrills what has happened to them. Saw them at Oxegen two or three years ago and they looked to have totally lost their way.

Royale with Cheese

The Coronas are shite but I don't begrudge them that because they know it. Years ago before they really got anywhere a friend what chatting to one of them, ended up talking about his band. Basically he told my friend they played music for 18 years old girls.

There's a serious lack of decent bands coming out of this country lately though. Having played for a few years on the Dublin unsigned circuit I can tell you there are plenty of decent musicians/bands out there, but they're not being given a chance as it's the likes of the Coronas/Blizzards that are getting shoved down our throats. You can't even say that they're just not to my taste, if they were any good they'd have made it outside of this country by now, but they haven't. They're stuck playing the same venues over and over again.

If I had to blame somebody I'd blame the labels for sticking to these 'safe' bands that will go down well with the UCD crowd, but ultimately go nowhere. But I guess labels don't have any money to gamble with at the moment so we're stuck with things as they are.

Spiritoftheseventies

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Having played for a few years on the Dublin unsigned circuit I can tell you there are plenty of decent musicians/bands out there, but they're not being given a chance as it's the likes of the Coronas/Blizzards that are getting shoved down our throats.

But I guess labels don't have any money to gamble with at the moment so we're stuck with things as they are.

any bands worth looking out for this year? See what you mean about the blizzards. Ray Foley played them to death last year. When djs like one song they just play it almost to the exclusion of everything else.

Heisenberg.

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Spiritoftheseventies

Scien wrote: »

Dropped by EMI 2 years ago, presumably due to their mediocrity.

Yes remember them being in with REM for awhile and think Peter Buck guested on their last album.

Royale with Cheese

bayviewclose wrote: »

any bands worth looking out for this year? See what you mean about the blizzards. Ray Foley played them to death last year. When djs like one song they just play it almost to the exclusion of everything else.

Sorry, haven't played any gigs in a year or so, completely out of touch with the music scene now.

As an aside, I saw the Blizzards play in Whelans a year or two before they were signed and they were excellent. Really blew me away. They completely toned things down when a record company got their hands on them though. So I can see why they were signed in the first place, it's after that when things started to go wrong.

Spiritoftheseventies

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Sorry, haven't played any gigs in a year or so, completely out of touch with the music scene now.

As an aside, I saw the Blizzards play in Whelans a year or two before they were signed and they were excellent. Really blew me away. They completely toned things down when a record company got their hands on them though. So I can see why they were signed in the first place, it's after that when things started to go wrong.

Yes capturing the live essence of a band very hard. Found the Blades album and speak slowly by the Stars of Heaven to be a bit disappointing. Stars of Heaven were fantastic live while Something Happens was just pure fun.
I think what bands need to do is show more muscle when it comes to recording. REM were very insistent on production of their records in terms of creative controls particularly in the earlier days.

topper75

loki87 wrote: »

no lad your ok i dont swing that way but watever floats your boat :rolleyes:

and god lordgoat dont cry anyway haha

and seen coronas at oxygen last year and the crowd loved em and i taught they were good,ever think that they may just not be your taste?????? no????

OK loki87. You are right. They are not my taste.

I resent the notion though that pretending you're from a certain part of the world 6000 miles away is all OK, just because you stayed there for a summer. It's pretentious and silly really. I am Irish. The Coronas and the Thrills are Irish. But only one of us, it seems, is capable of accepting this fact.

greenpilot

Seperate wrote: »

Nope, never listened to either.

I don't limit myself to liking one type of music. I like bits of everything. I don't just not like stuff because it's played on the radio or someone on the internet says its ****e.

I agree, take the Paul K band for example.....slugging away independantly and all that......great live......ok, I admit, thats actually our band...he he he www.myspace.com/paulkirwanmusic

Kold

I like this thread even though I'm not actually familiar with any of the Coronas music.

iamnothim

I like this thread and I toured with them for over a year

I'm always amused by people who go so far out of their way to express hate for something! Christ sake, get over it! Also, making outlandish assumptions about people you dont even know, silly silly stuff. amusing all the same though. must pass the link onto them they'll get a good laugh out of it

Spiritoftheseventies

iamnothim wrote: »

I like this thread and I toured with them for over a year

I'm always amused by people who go so far out of their way to express hate for something! Christ sake, get over it! Also, making outlandish assumptions about people you dont even know, silly silly stuff. amusing all the same though. must pass the link onto them they'll get a good laugh out of it

Do they really sleep all day and drink at night. Could you ask them that for us

lordgoat

iamnothim wrote: »

I like this thread and I toured with them for over a year

I'm always amused by people who go so far out of their way to express hate for something! Christ sake, get over it! Also, making outlandish assumptions about people you dont even know, silly silly stuff. amusing all the same though. must pass the link onto them they'll get a good laugh out of it

My point exactly i have no problem with a well founded criticism but a mindless and pretty boring rant is just annoying.

lordgoat

loki87 wrote: »

no lad your ok i dont swing that way but watever floats your boat :rolleyes:

and god lordgoat dont cry anyway haha

and seen coronas at oxygen last year and the crowd loved em and i taught they were good,ever think that they may just not be your taste?????? no????

Nearly missed this one. i am crying at your atrocious use of English in this post though.

But i think i agree with the second part of your post... think...

iamnothim

they literally do

in all seriousness though, that song, which unforunately has the honour of being their most popular, is excactly what it is, a song written by a group of teenagers on a J1. It's hardly their fault it became as popular as it has with the young folk. I told them not to release it as a single, they'd be nowhere if they paid any attention to me at all! guess it's all my fault

another point to note, the lyrics in that one are magic. chorus
'cause we sleep all day and we drink all night, we are not wasting our time'
and verse 'single in san diego, six weeks just wasting time'! well? are you wasting it or not? make up your mind! haha

Despite that, i think they're a very good band, it's just a shame that they're represented most of the time by a song which I feel doesnt do them any justice. Some of the songs on the new album are really good, whole different league to the first album I think. Danny has a gift when it comes to writing catchy melodies I think. Tracks like 'Wont Leave You Alone', 'Listen Dear' and 'This Is Not A Test' are all good tunes. Sad thing is, once people have made their mind up about something it's very hard to change them.

loki87

topper75 wrote: »

OK loki87. You are right. They are not my taste.

I resent the notion though that pretending you're from a certain part of the world 6000 miles away is all OK, just because you stayed there for a summer. It's pretentious and silly really. I am Irish. The Coronas and the Thrills are Irish. But only one of us, it seems, is capable of accepting this fact.

i never said they werent pretending topper,i can accept that fact.im not here to fight ha,

and yes lordgoat im not a english teacher so forgive my improper wrightings :P

make peace not war ha