Flobots

[Vatoreus]

Do you even have an ear for music? I listened to that song you're talking about and it isn't even remotely similar.

[ValkyrieIsAboutToDie]

Trolls do not listen to music. Trolls listen only to the sound of their own laughter echoing off the walls of their basement dungeon.

[Fog]

I listened to "Handlebars" and I wonder what the fuss is. I like interesting hip-hop but this sounds like the most vanilla hip-hop that there could be. It strikes me as completely average music, like RJD2 with no edge to it.

If you're just amazed that someone can rap over holy shit real instruments then enjoy it, but this is not exactly new experimental musical terrain.

[Incognitogamer]

Originally Posted by Fog

I listened to "Handlebars" and I wonder what the fuss is. I like interesting hip-hop but this sounds like the most vanilla hip-hop that there could be. It strikes me as completely average music, like RJD2 with no edge to it.

If you're just amazed that someone can rap over holy shit real instruments then enjoy it, but this is not exactly new experimental musical terrain.

Will you ignorant retards listen to more than just one song of a band before completely writing them off? If I based my dislike for a band on the first song I ever heard by them, I wouldn't like half of the bands I currently listen to.

Not aimed at just you, Fog, but toward all the haters in the thread.

[Fog]

I dunno, that was the one in the original post, so I figured that it was going to be one of the better (or at least representative) examples of their music.

[Modo Icecrown]

They are going on tour with Doomtree. I like the Flobots as much as the next guy, but Doomtree will eat their fucking souls.

...and I'm pretty sure Dessa from Doomtree is hotter than the Flobots chick... but I kinda feel like that might just me.

[Incognitogamer]

Originally Posted by Fog

I dunno, that was the one in the original post, so I figured that it was going to be one of the better (or at least representative) examples of their music.

I can't think of a single band in the history of music that can be summed up by only one of their songs. In fact I'm fairly sure it's an impossibility, unless of course a band only ever produces one song.

[PerritoBites]

Hehe. Leo Laporte was talking about this song today in his show. I wasn't paying attention and I didn't know what he was talking about until he said Flobots at the end. THen when I click on the link it says "Handlebars" which is how the song starts... something about riding a bike without handlebars.

[Fog]

Originally Posted by Incognitogamer

I can't think of a single band in the history of music that can be summed up by only one of their songs. In fact I'm fairly sure it's an impossibility, unless of course a band only ever produces one song.

Summed up? I guess it depends what you mean by that, but you must mean something different than me. I could think of lots of artists you could sum up with one song, meaning that you could hear that song and know about what to expect from the rest (and whether or not you'll like most of the rest.)

Hell, have you ever listened to !!!? You could sum up their entire discography with one bar of that fucking back-and-forth-strings sound they use in the background of every song.

And it's the rare band I couldn't sum up with two different songs.

[Araysar]

nothing memorable about this song, it is ok. the only reason people are all over it is because everything else out there sounds so shitty

[Erumaron]

Including this. To humor the guy saying you have to listen to more of their stuff to get the complete picture, I went ahead and listened to more. It's all terrible. Listen to some Clapton or if you want something current listen to The White Stripes/The Black Keys. That's talent. If rap is your thing Atmosphere's new album is *amazing*. These asshats sound dull and similar to Linkin Park, only not as good. Congrats on enjoying the Ace of Base of this decade.

[Fog]

I just listened to a few more of their top tracks on Last.FM out of curiosity. I didn't like them either, although I wouldn't say they're awful. To my ears, the rap is mediocre (although I don't tend to pay any attention to the actual content of the lyrics, so maybe they're busy saying something really deep) and the backing melodies are pretty simple and boring.

"Handlebars" appears to have "summed them up" after all, as far as I'm concerned.

[Dontauro]

Originally Posted by Erumaron

Including this. To humor the guy saying you have to listen to more of their stuff to get the complete picture, I went ahead and listened to more. It's all terrible. Listen to some Clapton or if you want something current listen to The White Stripes/The Black Keys. That's talent. If rap is your thing Atmosphere's new album is *amazing*. These asshats sound dull and similar to Linkin Park, only not as good. Congrats on enjoying the Ace of Base of this decade.

The White Stripes? They have like 2 good songs. Fucking please.

Oh and just because our tastes differ doesn't mean any band sucks or is talentless but please lets keep turning this into a "Flame that band" thread.

[Seo]

ive pretty much decided that anyone who gets hyped by any part of the music industry be it rolling stone or mtv i wont listen to.

i still remember seeing a rolling stone cover with the white stripes being declared the best thing in rock.


also the flobots still suck and no handlebars is about as well rhymed as something a 4th grade class would throw together. And one more thing the music video looks like ass. uninspired and thrown together garbage that makes me wonder when the colorblind and visually handicapped were able to get jobs in animation.

[Nakilos]

So I finally saw them live in Milwaukee last night at Summerfest, it was really great. I was surprised they were rather decent live, they did 2 covers of songs which were a good attempt at making them their own rather than just sounding like the original song (one was The Turtles Happy Together and Pat Benatar's Heartbreaker was the other one), and I heard a couple of things I had not heard before.

If you don't like them, great. I find their music enjoyable, so do others. Don't listen if you don't like it. To those who might consider seeing them live because they enjoyed the album, I highly recommend it. To those who think they are this generations Ace of Base, well, don't subject yourself to it.