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| InterpolTurn on the Bright Lights2002 Matador 
 Review by: waste_elite See others by this writer Official Website (link) Only registered users can post comments 
 
Published on January 10th 2003
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So what. It's Joy Division meets Pixies. Big deal. This album couldn't be any more boring and uninspired. So what. It's Joy Division meets Pixies. Big deal. This album couldn't be any more boring and uninspired. mightve been rated higher but if that Carlos guy really is a creep like that then fuck him. and before anyone asks, no thats never happened to me but I'd be fucking pissed too. at him and what would be my ex. and they do sound like joy Division but not nearly as good I LOVE Interpol. They are so great. I listen to this CD so much. Love, love, love, this album. "i don't get this, it just bores me. give me some sum 41." I would like Interpol except the bassist Carlos fucked my girlfriend when they were on tour!! Kinda sick old man she was 17. No. Interpol would have been amazing circa 1980. But since it's the 21st century they just sound like a half-assed Joy Division cover band. But "Stella Was A Diver..." is such an amazing song that I have to think that they've got some potential to do something original. A rip off. Not a cheap one. Joy D is one of the greatest bands ever. Period. Listen to "New Pleasures" and you'll never pick this up again. I mean, yes, there are diferences. Especially in the guitaring. But the bass lines and the vocalists voice are really pushing it. The lyrics all sound like shallow versions of an old Joy Division song. I'll give it a 4 for being better than most of the bands out there right now. Nothing to celebrate, though. i don't see it, i can see the influence (course i can see influences in every band) but it doesn't even sound remotely like a "cheap" ripoff. like i said, i love joy division and i would be the first one up in arms if someone plagiarized one of my favorite bands, but i don't see interpol doing that at all. dude, all i have to say is: ok, i'm gonna come out and say that Joy Division is one of my favorite bands EVER. while i can certainly see that Interpol was strongly influenced by the band, they aren't ripping them off at all. seriously, listen to Unknown Pleasures and Closer than listen to Turn on the Bright Lights, if you think they sound identical then there is something wrong with your ears. this band IS joy division. except not as good. i always love listerning to people say "it's just the vocals...they don't REALLY rip off joy division...". dude, fuck that...if you think that you clearly haven't listened closely to joy division OR interpol. i really fucking like this.. they were really good live, too only fair, and HIGHLY, i stress again HIGHLY overrated Good review. Waste should review Second Edition by PiL. " pinkerton, slanted and enchanted, areoplane over the sea, diary, I heard they suck live, yankee hotel foxtrot, and the soft bulletin" classics? i think not. yawn hype ruins good bands. hype seems to breed hate. plenty of good bands get killed by it. sad really. this "return of rock" is raping good (and bad) bands. rock never went anywhere but i guess its the return of rock to the mainstream. but dont worry kids this'll all go away quicker then ska. oh yeah. this album is less then classic yeah, i fucked up, it's paul banks There's a name for people who will forget about this album in three months and move on to the next cool, hip, or buzz thing, they are called scenesters. Unfortunately there are a real lot of them out there, but once you get beyond that, to the people that acutally listen to to the music for the music they will remember this album. Not to sound trite and cliche but I think this album is a modern classic, one that won't easliy be forgotten, up there with the likes of pinkerton, slanted and enchanted, areoplane over the sea, diary, I heard they suck live, yankee hotel foxtrot, and the soft bulletin Apparently this is on sale at Best Buy for $6.99. I shall pick it up for that price, even though I've never heard them. hype or no hype, regardless if this band is forgotten in a month or not, the fact remains that this is a damn good album and well worth the 8 dollars it cost me. unfortunately, it seems that a lot of young bands that burst onto the scene with something truly impressive, while collecting a lot of critical praise in the process, get the awful "hype band" label. maybe interpol should have released a bunch of shitty albums before this so they could have established some sort of "cred"... boring and dull, just the way i like it. next! I dunno what it is about this band. They just aren't very interesting. Like the first time I heard the album, I thought it was pretty good, so I downloaded it to see if it was worth buying. 2 weeks later, I'd come to my decision that, no, it wasn't good enough to buy. It wasn't really even mindblowing enough to take up space on my computer. I went to see interpol at the factory in columbus, ohio on friday. i really anticipated seeing them since i had heard only positive reviews. what a bland experience. they were ok, but their set didn't culminate into anything. i was boring, after the longest setup ever and a shitty opening band, i was ready for anything at all... this was so disappointing. don't spend more than six bucks to see this band. their album might be good, but they have nothing to back it up with. they sounded like joy division, the smiths, bowie, so so so many others it was pathetic. i know that there is a shift back to the roots of indie, but please. it is not flat and dull! they might not write minute-long, ultra-fast punk songs, but i thought the album was completely dynamic and engaging from start to finish. and the line about me wanting to get more punk rock cred... why doesn't anyone understand what i'm saying? So a bunch of indie rock nerds like this album, that's not really a great reason not to like it. You can not like it beacuse you don't like the music, that's ok. It's just that by not liking something because you think a lot other people like it doesn't make you some kind of more credible punk rocker, it makes you stupid. In general bands that get the kind of props interpol does are great, bands like modest mouse, wilco, pavement, flamming lips, spoon, sonic youth and many more are all widely praised by critics and indie nerds everywhere and those are some of the best bands out there right. this album is as good as you've heard it is. end of story. maybe hype was the wrong word, i'm retarded and swedish, that's my excuse. I was in borders looking for this album the week it came out last august and the clerk in the music section told me that, once awhile back the store had like one copy of an ep by the band but acording to their market research the album did not fit their demographics or some bull shit. Sufice to say I immedately left the store in utter shock and dismay. Last week I'm back in that very same borders trying to use some christmas gift certifactes on their scant selection of good music, and what do I find but three fucking copies of this album. To me that pretty much says it all about this stupid hype arguement, no one but pitchfork had heard of this band last august so borders WASN'T EVEN GOING TO CARRY IT, but then those jerks in suits that decides what borders sells, when they realized that people were buying this album, then they caught on and started selling it. Not because some shmucks from RCA planted some stories about how they are going to save rock and roll or some garbage a la the strokes. Come on people, I mean this band is on Matador I think it's good. The "almost acoustic sounding, but still rockin'" sound mixed with the haunting vocals reminds me strongly of The Doors, except without the cool use of eastern instruments. "dude like more than half of every "best of 2002 list" i've checked has them in the top 3. and every critic is talking about them and giving them full score" This is the last place I thought I would see a good review of this boring and outright pretentious pile of over-rated crap. NOT HYPED? That was a great review for a great album... no, different paul cook Is this the Paul Cook from the Sex Pistols? i was pleased to see that pitchfork picked this as the best album of the year (nice to know that i'm not crazy here). Good stuff...the guy's voice sounds like a mix between Jim Morrison and Dave Vanian. "Interpol will be forgotten in a month. (and if not, they're still boring)" the vines are pathetic, wannabe garage rock. Gimme the stooges, not that tripe. This stuff is good.....but there are some great new albums coming out. yeah, can someone tell me what's so great about this band? if someone can do that, i will read it, and listen to the cd again, i doubt it will be better, but i just need to know what's so great. "just because i don't like your favourite band doesn't mean i'm not open minded." good stuff....unexpectedly good. well it was not a joke, actually it's true, and yeah, i'm open minded, i tried listening to this but it's so flat and dull. This is indeed a great album. I do agree that the similarities lie primarily in the vocal delivery, but at times their bass playing does reveal their strong Joy Division influence. You only have to go so far as "Love Will Tear Us Apart" to see Joy Division's tendency to include. relatively high-pitched melodies, often that mirror or provide a countermelody for the vocals. Interpol does this from time to time, "Obstacle 1" being the song that immediately comes to mind. So yeah. This is a wonderful album...but the Joy Division comparison is only in the haunting vocals. That is it. Is this the Paul Cook from the Sex Pistols? Whatever happened to Sum 1-40, anyhow? it was about time for joy division to make it's 3rd runaround :P interesting....sounds a bit like Joy d and maybe even a little doors and fugazi. Melvyl, i pity you if you're not more openminded than that... i don't get this, it just bores me. give me some sum 41. Brilliant record; my third fave of 2002. This band has enormous potential to be great. finally a good band gets reviewed on this site. |
