Were EMBRACE the shi**est band that everyone liked?

Nolanger · 2011-02-23 18:42:01

19 singles/EPs in the British top 60 (6 went top-ten). Played Oasis-lite stadium ballads, singer always out of tune, 3 number one albums in Britain. Yet complete sh*t! Playing slowed, dirge-like, indie rock but without the 'creativity' of later bands like Elbow. A product of their time (late '90s/early '00s). Never seen…

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19 singles/EPs in the British top 60 (6 went top-ten). Played Oasis-lite stadium ballads, singer always out of tune, 3 number one albums in Britain. Yet complete sh*t! Playing slowed, dirge-like, indie rock but without the 'creativity' of later bands like Elbow. A product of their time (late '90s/early '00s). Never seen anyone wear an Embrace t-shirt either yet they were huge. WHY?

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#2 23-02-2011 07:52PM

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Nolanger wrote: »

19 singles/EPs in the British top 60 (6 went top-ten). Played Oasis-lite stadium ballads, singer always out of tune, 3 number one albums in Britain. Yet complete sh*t! Playing slowed, dirge-like, indie rock but without the 'creativity' of later bands like Elbow. A product of their time (late '90s/early '00s). Never seen anyone wear an Embrace t-shirt either yet they were huge. WHY?

They're boring. Like D-ream only less catchy...

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#3 23-02-2011 08:49PM

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Nolanger wrote: »

3 number one albums in Britain.

Holy crap! That's shocking.

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#4 23-02-2011 09:22PM

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I think Oasis will have the title for ****test band that everyone for ever.

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#5 23-02-2011 09:25PM

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I quite liked embrace, bar they're hidious cover of '3 is a magic number'.

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#6 23-02-2011 09:28PM

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I remember seeing Embrace and Travis support the Longpigs, what justice in the world meant that most people will have heard of, and bought albums by, the first two and not the mighty Longpigs?

I admit I used to have all of the above bands in my CD collection, no prizes for guessing what went on ebay and what didn't.

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#7 23-02-2011 09:32PM

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I liked them. :-( Had a t-shirt too! Fireworks and natures law decent tunes

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#8 24-02-2011 12:13AM

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I think they played the UCD freshers ball years ago - I just Google'd "embrace ucd freshers ball" and found a Boards.ie thread that I started back in 2001

www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=32780

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#9 24-02-2011 12:54AM

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I doubt if they were ever really that huge tbh. They had to go back and get real jobs in between 2 of their albums, they went into a serious slump until Chris Martin wrote a song for them.

I think their first 2 records are alright, some nice tunes, but after that its mostly drivel, that World Cup song in particular I thought was awful.

And I always thought they had a terrible name, Embrace sounds more like a boyband!

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#10 24-02-2011 01:12AM

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Were they ever that huge? I just remember them wafting in the background of the 90s, never coming to the fore in terms of success like Oasis or Radiohead. Didn't realise they had #1s. Maybe they're one of those bands that earned more money than anyone thought.

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#11 24-02-2011 01:22AM

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They'd have disappeared years ago if Chris Martin hadn't written Gravity for them!

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#12 24-02-2011 01:22AM

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lordgoat wrote: »

They're boring. Like D-ream only less catchy...

And without a theoretical physicist!

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#13 24-02-2011 10:25AM

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El Pr0n wrote: »

And without a theoretical physicist!

True dat. Not many bands can lay claim to that honour, althought there are a few...

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#14 24-02-2011 10:47AM

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lordgoat wrote: »

True dat. Not many bands can lay claim to that honour, althought there are a few...

I can think of Queen and Westlife off the top of my head, and I think one of the Script did Technical Drawing. Any others?

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#15 24-02-2011 10:50AM

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They were obsessed with anthems. All the songs had moments where the crowd sing and wave their arms in the air.

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#16 24-02-2011 03:59PM

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The debut had some good tunes on it!

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#17 24-02-2011 09:44PM

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They were never huge and they weren't completely **** either, some very poor albums but always really liked " My Weakness is None of Your Business". Great song.

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#18 24-02-2011 10:32PM

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I was a fan of them and the first album is excellent. Never lived up to that one but they'd manage a few great songs in some of the other albums. Never bothered with them during the World cup stuff as the went really cheesey at that point.
Saw them in play Carlow a few years ago.

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#19 24-02-2011 10:55PM

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Nature's Law is OK radio music, but other than that I think they're more boring than genuinely bad. There have definitely been much worse bands that were big or hyped.

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#20 24-02-2011 11:45PM

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Come Back To What You Know was a classic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-VkLarCWU4&feature=related

All You Good Good People was good too. Decent band. I didnt know that everyone liked them. They werent that popular. I think they are similiar to The Charlatans, not popular but have good albums and some great songs.

There are plenty of bands that everyone likes that are sh1t though!

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#21 25-02-2011 02:45AM

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they were big in the uk, but were never really heard of here in ireland. they got number 1's but were always forgotten pretty quickly afterwards. i have two of their albums. this new day and the one which had "ashes" in it. two decent albums. more a singles band really. some of their singles brilliant. others crap

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#22 25-02-2011 05:04AM

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"Ashes" and "Looking As You Are" are two of my favourite songs.

I don't think they were a **** band, and I don't think they even came close to being liked by everyone, not on the level of the likes of Oasis anyway. So I think you're wrong twice in your question.

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#23 25-02-2011 10:10AM

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inmyday wrote: »

Come Back To What You Know was a classic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-VkLarCWU4&feature=related

Chris Martin wrote that one......

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#24 25-02-2011 10:14AM

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Right now I think perhaps The Script are the shi**est band everyone likes. Drive me mental

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#25 25-02-2011 11:05AM

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optogirl wrote: »

Right now I think perhaps The Script are the shi**est band everyone likes. Drive me mental

Yeah but they're not trying to pass themselves as rock though - they're unashamed out and out bland aren't they?

I don't know anyone who likes The Script.

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#26 25-02-2011 11:10AM

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seachto7 wrote: »

Chris Martin wrote that one......

2 years before he released Parachutes with Coldplay?

Oh and Come Back to What You Know is utter bilge.

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#27 25-02-2011 11:13AM

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I saw the thread title and i tought "Who!?!?!"

So I googled them. Still no clearer.

Who the hell are Embrace?

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#28 25-02-2011 11:16AM

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Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

Yeah but they're not trying to pass themselves as rock though - they're unashamed out and out bland aren't they?

I don't know anyone who likes The Script.

My ma does.

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#29 25-02-2011 01:10PM

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Funkfield wrote: »

My ma does.

Let's not get into that.

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#30 25-02-2011 01:45PM

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Ah opinions opinions, good job mine are right alll of the time.

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#31 25-02-2011 01:58PM

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Boooourns wrote: »

Ah opinions opinions, good job mine are right alll of the time.

That must come in very handy indeed alright.

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