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cyberpainter
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Re: stereolab split ?!?
vivakomeda wrote: Don't know. This was the 9th time I've seen them (dating back to the D&L tour) and something was just different.
It could be me - I have to say, my interest in the band has really waned in the last 12 months. Sadier's lyrical commentaries seem less sincere to me now than they did when I was younger, if not less beautiful. And I (as have others here) have noticed how uncomfortable Gane seems to be with her in interviews and on stage.
Moreover, I think Chemical Chords was a poor record. No doubt people around here will disagree. But I've finally started to agree with what the critics have said since "Cobra" - that the band isn't doing much more than recycling the same ideas, adding electronic splashes here and there, inventing crazy song names and artwork and letting Sadier bend her politics to suit the music. I think I was willing to overlook that all the way through FFS, partially out of nostalgia and partially because there'll always be space in my catalogue for the "Plastic Mile"s and "Widow Weirdo"s of the world. But Chem Chords, despite a couple nice songs, is just filled with too much nothingness. I mean, if any other band released this record I don't think I would have listened to it twice after track 6.
So anyway, this is obviously just my solitary opinion, but in the way that sports fans seem to get annoyed when an aging star hangs on too long... I'm starting to feel like I wouldn't mind if they called it a day. Who knows though, maybe they release Chemical Chords 2 in a few months and it blows me away.
Yes, it's you. Just because you don't like the music as much as you used to doesn't mean a band should call it a day. If they take joy in creating, which I think Tim and Laetitia both do in their own way, whether together or apart, then power to them. And I think they love the band, and I don't believe the rumor which is being speculated about here. I'm not crazy about CC either, but I don't have as negative a view as you do, of whether bands should split up if I don't like some of their output! Obviously some people like this album a lot.
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Apr 02, 2009, 05:52
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mathieu
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Re: stereolab split ?!?
100% with your opinion Viva Komeda
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Apr 02, 2009, 05:53
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alex ape
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Re: stereolab split ?!?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! On the other hand maybe the signs are pointing towards the end of the lab. Laetitia in vocational training, maybe Martin is busier with his other bands, Tim doing soundtrack work outside of the groop. I hope they don't split up but I don't want them to carry on for the sake of it. They are all creative people, perhaps they need a fresh outlet.
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Apr 02, 2009, 05:54
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vivakomeda
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Re: stereolab split ?!?
Well of course they should do whatever they like. I'm just speculating and communicating my observation that they don't seem to be applying the same enthusiasm to their work as in years past.
Look, I don't mean to rain on anyone's parade and understand that some people may enjoy CC. And I was careful to preface my last post with the suggestion that maybe it's me who has changed, gotten older, duller, fatter, or that my taste has shifted slightly.
But I don't know, it's just the feeling I have in my gut - this band is spent creatively. I hope I'm wrong.
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Apr 02, 2009, 05:58
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vivakomeda
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Re: stereolab split ?!?
mathieu wrote: 100% with your opinion Viva Komeda
Wow, that's probably the first time I've ever seen THAT on this board in all my years posting here. Feels nice!
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Apr 02, 2009, 06:00
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cyberpainter
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Re: stereolab split ?!?
alex ape wrote: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! On the other hand maybe the signs are pointing towards the end of the lab. Laetitia in vocational training, maybe Martin is busier with his other bands, Tim doing soundtrack work outside of the groop. I hope they don't split up but I don't want them to carry on for the sake of it. They are all creative people, perhaps they need a fresh outlet.
Pah, they've always done other projects. If they slow down it's normal, I think this is all just overly dramatic. The intensity of their current tour schedule contradicts what you're saying.
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Apr 02, 2009, 06:41
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thomas2
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Re: stereolab split ?!?
I don't agree that most of the post-Cobra stuff has been recycled ideas, but I do agree with you about CC, totally.
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Apr 02, 2009, 07:22
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lereostab
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Re: stereolab split ?!?
If they split, then they split, what can be done about it?? Anyway I'm sure some interesting solo projects would emerge, don't you think so????
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Apr 02, 2009, 09:56
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Booklover
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Re: stereolab split ?!?
I really hope Martin will write about just another pack of beer, just like in that thread before CC release
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Apr 02, 2009, 13:46
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Labhead
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Re: stereolab split ?!?
alex ape wrote: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! On the other hand maybe the signs are pointing towards the end of the lab. Laetitia in vocational training, maybe Martin is busier with his other bands, Tim doing soundtrack work outside of the groop. I hope they don't split up but I don't want them to carry on for the sake of it. They are all creative people, perhaps they need a fresh outlet.
Vocational training? You mean, like for a job outside of music, or what? Don't freak me out here, I at least need my Monade fix if Stereolab can't feed me!
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Apr 02, 2009, 14:20
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