Cold War Kids

mdigenakis
mdigenakis Posts: 1,337
edited May 2007 in Other Music
I'm looking to get some new listening and these guys have some good songs. Their lyrics for the few songs i've listened to are condensed life stories. They have a very black and white movie feeling to them, whatever that means. remind me a bit of Jeff Buckley. I can't emphasize the lyrics on this one song especially titled "we used to vacation", just hard hitting lyrics.
"Don't let the darkness eat you up..."

-Greg Dulli

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  • Azwethinkweiz
    Azwethinkweiz Posts: 547
    Awesome band.

    Seeing them live next month.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    they're going to be at lolla. i wanted to like them, but i think they're kinda boring. i've only heard a few songs though.
  • iamsampj
    iamsampj Posts: 784
    soulsinging wrote:
    they're going to be at lolla. i wanted to like them, but i think they're kinda boring. i've only heard a few songs though.
    boring?!? what?!? oh...that's it. you're going to march straight the front of the stage w/ me to see them...they're AMAZING!!! i saw them here in orlando at the social...these guys are all over the stage during their set. i swear the bass player nearly knocked me out multiple times w/ his guitar.

    i've been in love w/ them since i first heard hospital beds on a cd at work. their lyrics, to me, seem to tell stories set in the 40s or something. maybe equivalent to your "black & white movie" feel, mdigenakis.

    but...to each his own. it's not for everyone i'm sure :)
    yes...i do feel like a human. i do not feel like a tree.
  • dimitriherreman
    dimitriherreman Posts: 115
    Great band !
  • dharma69
    dharma69 Posts: 1,275
    I just happen to be listening to them here at work....

    I've seen them twice and they are a marvelous fusion of of jazz, rock, blues, funk, disco, pop; crash and clanging....quite original and really a breath of fresh air in music.

    And the bass player is one funked out, fantastic spastic dude.

    Great band.
    "I'm here to see Pearl Jam."- Bono

    ...signed...the token black Pearl Jam fan.

    FaceSpace
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    I've wanted to hear these for a while based on liking their name. I've just gone to MySpace and hey, I like it, another newish band who aren't crap. Cool :)
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • vmfury
    vmfury Posts: 1,091
    Good stuff. :)
    We’ll meet again, but not yet…not yet. 
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    iamsampj wrote:
    boring?!? what?!? oh...that's it. you're going to march straight the front of the stage w/ me to see them...they're AMAZING!!! i saw them here in orlando at the social...these guys are all over the stage during their set. i swear the bass player nearly knocked me out multiple times w/ his guitar.

    i've been in love w/ them since i first heard hospital beds on a cd at work. their lyrics, to me, seem to tell stories set in the 40s or something. maybe equivalent to your "black & white movie" feel, mdigenakis.

    but...to each his own. it's not for everyone i'm sure :)

    maybe i need to listen to hospital beds again then, cos that is the song i find incredibly boring above all the others. or maybe i just have a shitty copy. it sounds like it's coming out of a tinny am radio.
  • evo
    evo Airdrie, Scotland Posts: 185
    i'm going to see them next Thursday in Glasgow. Can't wait!!
    Hail Hail
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Azwethinkweiz wrote:
    Awesome band.

    Seeing them live next month.

    hey snap!!! :D:D
    oh wait no i don't see them until june 1st. sorry got a bit excited there. :D:D

    soulsinging wrote:
    maybe i need to listen to hospital beds again then, cos that is the song i find incredibly boring above all the others. or maybe i just have a shitty copy. it sounds like it's coming out of a tinny am radio

    interesting. hospital beds is the song i have the most difficulty with as well. tell me in the morning is my fave thus far.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • iamsampj
    iamsampj Posts: 784
    soulsinging wrote:
    maybe i need to listen to hospital beds again then, cos that is the song i find incredibly boring above all the others. or maybe i just have a shitty copy. it sounds like it's coming out of a tinny am radio.

    i think hospital beds appealed to me because i really love songs w/ piano...some emotional element or something?!? try "st. john"...probably my favorite song live. they go freakin' nuts...quite a fun thing to see live.
    yes...i do feel like a human. i do not feel like a tree.
  • Brainofdz
    Brainofdz Posts: 1,617
    catefrances wrote:
    hey snap!!! :D:D
    oh wait no i don't see them until june 1st. sorry got a bit excited there. :D:D




    interesting. hospital beds is the song i have the most difficulty with as well. tell me in the morning is my fave thus far.

    sounds like a band an old lady trying to be hip might latch on to.
    "Stunned by my own reflection, It's looking back, sees me too clearly and I swore I'd never go there again, Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down,down,down"

    When you see me on the street, yell out "FAVO!!!"

    I've been to alot of Pearl Jam shows;So fucking what.
  • boxwine_in_hell
    boxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    soulsinging wrote:
    they're going to be at lolla. i wanted to like them, but i think they're kinda boring. i've only heard a few songs though.

    They might have some faults, but being boring is definately not one of them. I think they are totally unique, which is a breath of fresh air these days. Granted, some of their songs sounds like they dropped some acid before they recorded them but at least they have a distinct voice and point of view. I think they're pretty interesting. Better than 90% of the crap that's being churned out lately.
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
    -The Replacements-
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Brainofdz wrote:
    sounds like a band an old lady trying to be hip might latch on to.

    you mean like when white boys try to rap and talk street? :p
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • Brainofdz
    Brainofdz Posts: 1,617
    catefrances wrote:
    you mean like when white boys try to rap and talk street? :p

    no, of course, I don't mean anything like that biatch.
    "Stunned by my own reflection, It's looking back, sees me too clearly and I swore I'd never go there again, Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down,down,down"

    When you see me on the street, yell out "FAVO!!!"

    I've been to alot of Pearl Jam shows;So fucking what.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Brainofdz wrote:
    no, of course, I don't mean anything like that biatch.


    well then you seem to be under the false presumption that music has an age relevance attached to it. biatch. :p
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • Brainofdz
    Brainofdz Posts: 1,617
    catefrances wrote:
    well then you seem to be under the false presumption that music has an age relevance attached to it. biatch. :p

    not so much age as age attached to decent taste to begin with, I suppose.
    "Stunned by my own reflection, It's looking back, sees me too clearly and I swore I'd never go there again, Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down,down,down"

    When you see me on the street, yell out "FAVO!!!"

    I've been to alot of Pearl Jam shows;So fucking what.
  • Julien
    Julien Posts: 2,457
    Their album is pretty good.
    I bought tickets to see them in two weeks in Brussels, in a 500-persons venue...
    2006: Antwerp, Paris
    2007: Copenhagen, Werchter
    2009: Rotterdam, London
    2010: MSG, Arras, Werchter
    2012: Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin
    2014: Amsterdam, Stockholm
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Brainofdz wrote:
    not so much age as age attached to decent taste to begin with, I suppose.

    well according to the poseurs, pixies are a mark of good taste and i'm listening to them, so then score for me!! :D:D:p
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • Pegasus
    Pegasus Posts: 3,754
    saw them opening for CYHASY couple of month ago and liked them so much I booked tickets for Koko next month.
    haven't properly listened to the album though...but live they rock!

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