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Elvis Fu
 Post subject: Owl City
PostPosted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:28 pm 
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This is the worst band I've heard in years.



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 Post subject: Re: Owl City
PostPosted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:35 pm 
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I think it's just one kid and he wrote the entire record in his parents' basement.
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 Post subject: Re: Owl City
PostPosted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:53 pm 
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Their concert here is sold out and it's still two months away. What the f?
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The Dreaded Marco
 Post subject: Re: Owl City
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thisotherkingdom Wrote:
Their concert here is sold out and it's still two months away. What the f?


All-ages venue?

My 13 and 10 year-old daughters LOVE that song--that may explain the brisk ticket sales.
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Elvis Fu
 Post subject: Re: Owl City
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Kit Wrote:
I think it's just one kid and he wrote the entire record in his parents' basement.


Then that dude needs to get fucked four or five or polyphonic spree number of ways.

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Elvis Fu
 Post subject: Re: Owl City
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thisotherkingdom Wrote:
Their concert here is sold out and it's still two months away. What the f?


All-ages venue?

My 13 and 10 year-old daughters LOVE that song--that may explain the brisk ticket sales.


I'm not anti-making money or whatever, but I would like to just peek inside the mind of a grown ass man that writes songs for tweens. I think I'm going to put "Pissants like Owl City" right under "Morning Zoo DJs" on the creative hierarchy.

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Yail Bloor
 Post subject: Re: Owl City
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Elvis Fu Wrote:
The Dreaded Marco Wrote:
thisotherkingdom Wrote:
Their concert here is sold out and it's still two months away. What the f?


All-ages venue?

My 13 and 10 year-old daughters LOVE that song--that may explain the brisk ticket sales.


I'm not anti-making money or whatever, but I would like to just peek inside the mind of a grown ass man that writes songs for tweens. I think I'm going to put "Pissants like Owl City" right under "Morning Zoo DJs" on the creative hierarchy.


At least the Owl City guy (full disclosure: i have no fucking clue what you guys are talking about) actually wrote or at least played some role in the creation of his music--Morning Zoo guys just get their material from a prep service or outright steal it from other, slightly more talented Morning Zoo guys.

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Dick Meatwood
 Post subject: Re: Owl City
PostPosted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:45 pm 
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Plagiarizing barely qualifies as "writing".
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 Post subject: Re: Owl City
PostPosted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:01 pm 
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I am officially "out of touch" because I have no idea what or who you are talking about.
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Natural Mike
 Post subject: Re: Owl City
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I am officially "out of touch" because I have no idea what or who you are talking about.


It's basically Bed Gibbard with an extra chromosome.
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Promethium
 Post subject: Re: Owl City
PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:12 am 
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I tried listening to this album earlier this year due to the comparison to The Postal Service. It is awful and the lyrics are less than pedestrian. I'm really surprised people can listen to his hit song "Fireflies" without gagging and/or pissing themselves after laughing so hard.
He's allegedly a christian artist, so I think that is why his all ages shows sell out so damn fast and why he has the following he does right now.

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Busty Rhodes
 Post subject: Re: Owl City
PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 10:11 am 
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That song had me for a good week. I know the lyrics suck. I know it's not original. And it even makes me wince a little how much auto-tune is on his voice.

But fuck it. Still enjoyed that week.
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Cap'n Squirrgle
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:11 pm 
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Busty got me to listen to that song, and I'm still kinda pissed about it.

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 Post subject: Re: Owl City
PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:40 pm 
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He needs to use "anemone" more in songs
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Yail Bloor Wrote:
Elvis Fu Wrote:
The Dreaded Marco Wrote:
thisotherkingdom Wrote:
Their concert here is sold out and it's still two months away. What the f?


All-ages venue?

My 13 and 10 year-old daughters LOVE that song--that may explain the brisk ticket sales.


I'm not anti-making money or whatever, but I would like to just peek inside the mind of a grown ass man that writes songs for tweens. I think I'm going to put "Pissants like Owl City" right under "Morning Zoo DJs" on the creative hierarchy.


At least the Owl City guy (full disclosure: i have no fucking clue what you guys are talking about) actually wrote or at least played some role in the creation of his music--Morning Zoo guys just get their material from a prep service or outright steal it from other, slightly more talented Morning Zoo guys.


ugh, i hate this phrase when pitchfork uses it.

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