anyone going tonite?

goddamnit i need to figure out my way into the show on sat.... apparently we didn't get any tickets in our dept.

can't go. but please have fun. and tell me what she wears.

call me when she comes here.

No interest whatsoever in seeing her.

it's sold out. boo

i'd like to see her but don't think her live show would be as good as the album.

That's what I've heard too -- of course, her album ain't all that either.

I get a kick out of her album, though I've only heard the tracks at work and on the launchcast station. The accent/crass lyrics combo is a good fit but I'm not sure I'd listen to it very often if I bought it.

sez you.

I just did.

Though, I do like that LDN song.

hah!

I think the album grew on me at a ridiculous clip, but faded fast. By the time it came out I think there was only 2 or 3 songs that didn't make me want to put my first through glass

I wouldn't mind seeing her. I can't imagine what she'd do in a live setting, but I'm sure it'd be fun I guess.

I'm a little burnt out on Alright, Still, but it was fun while it lasted.

I think Lily Allen is the indie girl of the month. Why someone would be excited about her or what clothes she's wearing I have no idea. Maybe it's a girl thing.

Or maybe it's all those people who chase after the latest indie trend, music nonwithstanding.

(note: see Arctic Monkeys, Deerhoof, Fiery Furnaces)

I still laugh that there are people who actually do this.
It's the music or nothing for me.
Maybe if I were 22 and lived in a major city, but even then, I doubt it severely.

how about the fact that I actually like 2 of her singles?
or the fact that I am new and alone without my husband in a big city and would have actually liked to have gone out last nite in lieu of spending another night home alone? or is that not indie enough?

I think south pacific must be around the indie-obnoxious more than some of the rest of us and has a jaded view of why people like some artists.

alright, my 2 cents. i think the hype surrounding her is purely based on the fact that she was discovered through myspace and within a matter of a few months, her demo was played on bbc and signed to a major in the uk .... so it was strictly a VIRAL promotion thing. sure, there are quite a few artists on myspace and who use plenty of grassroots/viral promotions, but a lot of them aren't "overnight successes" like lily allen was. labels are eating up this whole viral marketing/promo thing (think you tube & ok go, where the hell would they be if it weren't for that treadmill video?).

lily's sales: 73,000 albums sold within the first week (now for an "indie gal of the month," i say that's a pretty damn good number), her album is gold in the UK, and "smile" has been #1 in the UK singles charts for weeks.... i say "overnight success" because this all happened within a matter of a few months since november 2005.

so of course, when her album hits the U.S. in early 2007, and she signs to a major (capitol), there *is* going to be a lot of hype about her whether or not she's the trend of the month.... her album is fun and poppy, it appeals to the mainstream, blah blah blah- don't we always go through this indie backlash every few artists or so?

exactly.

anyone wanna PM this one to me...I love the window shopper song.