Glasvegas

muppet

What's this? A band from the UK that isn't a walking, whining Topshop advert? Even more proof that I should never have moved from Scotland to England.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dquK43zFfKc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uSdQxKaBfU&feature=user

stu gee

My favourite Scottish band behind Mogwai but they are definitely a love them or hate them type band. I know they have been getting a lot of criticism because NME have been hyping them a lot but i love them. A lot of the time a very strong accent is offputting with a band but i really like them and they are excellent live. Saw them for the first time a couple years ago and again in July at T in the Park. As i said though, i know a lot of people who cant stand them, which is fair enough, but ive been watching their rise for a while and im glad the're getting recognition. Quite a cool story is that the drummer wasnt even a drummer at first, she was just one of their friends who started playing because her friends were starting a band, which is why its pretty basic i assume, but it works.

Jeremy1012

It's not really my kind of music but of all the mainstream UK guitar bands around at the moment, these are the best. Firstly, I love any band that isn't ashamed to sing in a scottish accent, especially a Glaswegian one, what with it being the finest accent of all. Secondly, as you say, they aren't a walking Topshop ad.

facepollution

They were pretty damn boring when they supported Kings Of Leon at Brixton a few weeks ago. That and the drummer girl was just about the worst drummer I've ever heard - it was like school music lessons all over again!

stu gee

I like their lyrics, it just reminds me of stuff growing up. This sounds stupid, but one thing i always remembered my dad saying to me when i was a kid was if i was ever being bullied, or picked on, i should punch him in the jaw 'and they'll no do it again' lol, just something i remembered from my childhood, and then many, meany years later i heard Go Square Go by Glasvegas and read the lyrics and its just about the same situation. Its all pretty simple, but it works for me.


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uy0__PW-l0o&feature=related

Lyrics to Go Square Go :
If he wants to fight you
at the school gates
half past four grab your bag
don’t you be late
if he wants to hit you
hit you in the face
if he wants to hurt you
in front of your mates
if he wants you to run away
run away run away
dont you fucking run away

go square go!

dont you wait for the bell
to ring ding-a-ling-a-ling
one step forward then a
bada-bada-bing
don’t you make me
go down to the pub
with all my mates knowing
some individual smashed you up
its just something
that you’ll have to face
face to face
man to man
here and now
biff bang pow

go square go!

i don’t really feel too good
my heart is beating faster
my dad told me
not to come home
if I don’t kill this bastard
my dad is right, my dad is right
my dad is right, my dad is right
win, lose or draw the fight
this bullying has got to stop tonight

here we, here we
here we fucking go

JordyWordy

some of the songs are quite good, but their live performance was fairly uninspiring. some of their songs on radio are very catchy though.

SoonForgotten2

They're not very interesting. The music itself is inoffensive enough, but certainly not special. They'd benefit from a decent, proper drummer. The chick they've got couldn't even give Meg White a run for her money.