official The Cribs & Johnny Marr thread
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Reint
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Oh, and the MTV2, Gonzo interview too, if possible. Thanks anyway!
The Cat's Mother
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i like the new cribs album - some of it is a bit generic and their voices are not
the finest of instruments but it has some catchy songs on their and thought they sounded great on jools last night ! I am off to see them in about 4 hours time at newcastle uni so i will find out for myself the neet ! got to take the dog out for a walk now- bye !
I enjoyed seeing them on Monday in Hull. The singer is a bit "shouty" like some people have said (and didn't seem to like the crowd chanting "Yorkshire! Yorkshire!" for some reason....) but the tunes are indeed catchy.
jesuisbryony
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CharlieFairhead
Loweringthetonesince1974
haha i know Jool's and his later lot like to be diverse and eclectic but why why why Del..er Shakira? She really doesn't need the platform...more of a plank, to walk.
The new Cribs record certainly seems to have divided the masses.
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Mars_Rover
Junior Member
Would Dave or anyone who saw the Jools show expound on why it was "awful" - thanks.
jesuisbryony
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Without TOTP it's to be expected, the worst was probably "the wonderful" or "remarkable" (Jools is running low on meaningful adjectives) Taylor Swift. Deary me.
I wasn't overly impressed (I'm sorry, Jarmans) but Cheat On Me has grown ..on me.
CharlieFairhead
Loweringthetonesince1974
Taylor Swift? The quality control has gone south.
george barker
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Johnny and The Cribs played a live session for MTV last month, you can see the 5 videos here:
http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/the-cribs/session/the-cribs
also on the TV October 10th, 11th and 16th
http://uk-tv-guide.com/programme-details/MTV/10+October+2009/23:00/The+Cribs/Music/
http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/the-cribs/session/the-cribs
also on the TV October 10th, 11th and 16th
http://uk-tv-guide.com/programme-details/MTV/10+October+2009/23:00/The+Cribs/Music/
kissmyshadestoo
Nobody ever looks at me twice
Thanks for sharing!
kissmyshadestoo
Nobody ever looks at me twice
Anyone have any current setlist information on these guys?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!
dothewatusi
Member
On October 11 at Glasgow Barrowlands they played
We Were Aborted
Hey Scenesters!
I'm A Realist
Emasculate Me
Girls Like Mystery
Last Years Snow
Cheat On Me
We Share The Same Skies
We Can No Longer Cheat You
Direction
Hari Kari
Save Your Secrets
Our Bovine Public
Another Number
Ignore The Ignorant
Be Safe
Mirror Kissers
Mens Needs
City Of Bugs
kissmyshadestoo
Nobody ever looks at me twice
Thanks guys....."Another Number".....nice! 
I am a Ghost
New Member
From The London Independent.
The Cribs, Kentish Town Forum, London
(Rated 4/ 5 )
Northern souls win more hearts
Reviewed by Jack Riley
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
When you bring together one of the finest Mancunian guitarists of his generation with a band of raucous Wakefield new-wave rockers labouring for the last five years under the tag of the great hope of the British guitar band the results are bound to be impressive. What no one can have realised, though, is quite how well the combination works.
Even with the addition, last year, of Smiths maestro Johnny Marr on guitar, there is nothing coy about the Cribs. From eschewing the tradition of encores to their uncompromising DIY style of playing and recording, they ooze a charming authenticity, despite being, as lead singer and guitarist Ryan Jarman concedes at one point during the evening, "not a radio band". In trying to describe their live performances it would be painfully easy to lapse into Northern cliché, with phrases like gritty, no-nonsense, down-to-earth all embarrassingly appropriate. In truth, though, swathes of tonight's show lift them above such faint praise. The projected voiceover of Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo on "Be Safe", for example, or the overwhelming enthusiasm with which they are encouraged by an audience consisting of fans both cheery and impassioned.
Having never seemed so far from his beginnings as the man who combined new-wave miserablism with surf guitar in the Smiths, Johnny Marr's screaming Fender Jaguar crashes into Ryan Jarman's Epiphone with all the ferocity of a modern-day instrumental War of the Roses – but the illusion of combat is precisely that, and over the evening their musical concord is exactly as Marr recently described the duo's approach to instrumentation – a "twin-guitar attack". Their transpennine special relationship is reiterated when, during "Emasculate Me", Marr and Jarman play their guitars back-to-back in a rare moment of rock pomposity.
"Do we have any old-school Cribs fans here?" Jarman asks, to chants of adulation from the audience, before launching into "We can no longer cheat you" from 2005's "The New Fellas". Though their older material sits comfortably with recent work like "Ignore the Ignorant" (the title track from their well-received most recent album), Marr seems at some points underutilised, although it is perhaps more of a reflection on how impressive he's been over the course of the gig than on the lack of new instrumentation for songs written when the band were still a three-piece.
Visibly relaxed onstage, Marr has commented on the "refreshing lack of neurosis" among his new bandmates, who are all brothers. Perhaps the element of the Cribs' songwriting that aids them most live is their ability to compose songs with vocals so firmly in the middle of the male register that the audience of thousands has no trouble contributing to the performance. Their punchy choruses turned into a swooning singalong, the venue reverberates with the melodic alienation of a pitch-perfect indie performance.
The Cribs, Kentish Town Forum, London
(Rated 4/ 5 )
Northern souls win more hearts
Reviewed by Jack Riley
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
When you bring together one of the finest Mancunian guitarists of his generation with a band of raucous Wakefield new-wave rockers labouring for the last five years under the tag of the great hope of the British guitar band the results are bound to be impressive. What no one can have realised, though, is quite how well the combination works.
Even with the addition, last year, of Smiths maestro Johnny Marr on guitar, there is nothing coy about the Cribs. From eschewing the tradition of encores to their uncompromising DIY style of playing and recording, they ooze a charming authenticity, despite being, as lead singer and guitarist Ryan Jarman concedes at one point during the evening, "not a radio band". In trying to describe their live performances it would be painfully easy to lapse into Northern cliché, with phrases like gritty, no-nonsense, down-to-earth all embarrassingly appropriate. In truth, though, swathes of tonight's show lift them above such faint praise. The projected voiceover of Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo on "Be Safe", for example, or the overwhelming enthusiasm with which they are encouraged by an audience consisting of fans both cheery and impassioned.
Having never seemed so far from his beginnings as the man who combined new-wave miserablism with surf guitar in the Smiths, Johnny Marr's screaming Fender Jaguar crashes into Ryan Jarman's Epiphone with all the ferocity of a modern-day instrumental War of the Roses – but the illusion of combat is precisely that, and over the evening their musical concord is exactly as Marr recently described the duo's approach to instrumentation – a "twin-guitar attack". Their transpennine special relationship is reiterated when, during "Emasculate Me", Marr and Jarman play their guitars back-to-back in a rare moment of rock pomposity.
"Do we have any old-school Cribs fans here?" Jarman asks, to chants of adulation from the audience, before launching into "We can no longer cheat you" from 2005's "The New Fellas". Though their older material sits comfortably with recent work like "Ignore the Ignorant" (the title track from their well-received most recent album), Marr seems at some points underutilised, although it is perhaps more of a reflection on how impressive he's been over the course of the gig than on the lack of new instrumentation for songs written when the band were still a three-piece.
Visibly relaxed onstage, Marr has commented on the "refreshing lack of neurosis" among his new bandmates, who are all brothers. Perhaps the element of the Cribs' songwriting that aids them most live is their ability to compose songs with vocals so firmly in the middle of the male register that the audience of thousands has no trouble contributing to the performance. Their punchy choruses turned into a swooning singalong, the venue reverberates with the melodic alienation of a pitch-perfect indie performance.
CharlieFairhead
Loweringthetonesince1974
I'd been wondering what the song on MOTD 2 was that soundtracks the goals, it's just the riff you hear and i always thought it was very Smiths-esque.
Turns out it's 'We Share The Same Skies' so i really wasn't that far off.
Turns out it's 'We Share The Same Skies' so i really wasn't that far off.
Nats1977
New Member
Agreed! I was tricked on the radio this morning into thinking it was "What Difference Does it Make" for about half a second....
I got an email from my friend whe went to see The Cribs at Budokan, Tokyo (supported Arctic Monkeys) on Monday.
According to her it's worth paying £60 for the front row ticket. Some youngsters in the back remarked 'Real Johnny Marr' which made them smile.
However, they didn't enjoy Arctic Monkeys.
According to her it's worth paying £60 for the front row ticket. Some youngsters in the back remarked 'Real Johnny Marr' which made them smile.
However, they didn't enjoy Arctic Monkeys.
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ganglord in ny
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Re: official The Cribs thread
Johnny is decent enough on the album, much better then the Healers were but the Cribs are just plain average and boring..i go with The Courteeners nowadays when I want my Brit Pop fix
Johnny is decent enough on the album, much better then the Healers were but the Cribs are just plain average and boring..i go with The Courteeners nowadays when I want my Brit Pop fix
dothewatusi
Member
For those who may be interested...
The Cribs
The Assembly
Leamington Spa
England
8th October 2009
http://www.sendspace.com/file/vrgudj
Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. We were Aborted
3. Hey Scenesters!
4. I'm A Realist
5. Emasculate Me
6. Girls Like Mystery
7. Cheat On Me
8. We Share The Same Skies
9. We Can No Longer Cheat You
10. Direction
11. Victim Of Mass Production
12. Hari Kari
13. Save Your Secrets
14. Our Bovine Public
15. Another Number
16. Ignore The Ignorant
17. Be Safe
18. Mirror Kissers
19. Men's Needs
20. City Of Bugs
The Cribs
The Assembly
Leamington Spa
England
8th October 2009
http://www.sendspace.com/file/vrgudj
Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. We were Aborted
3. Hey Scenesters!
4. I'm A Realist
5. Emasculate Me
6. Girls Like Mystery
7. Cheat On Me
8. We Share The Same Skies
9. We Can No Longer Cheat You
10. Direction
11. Victim Of Mass Production
12. Hari Kari
13. Save Your Secrets
14. Our Bovine Public
15. Another Number
16. Ignore The Ignorant
17. Be Safe
18. Mirror Kissers
19. Men's Needs
20. City Of Bugs
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