Comments on: The Flamin’ Groovies “Sneakers” http://therisingstorm.net/the-flamin-groovies-sneakers/ | therisingstorm.net Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:46:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Brendan http://therisingstorm.net/the-flamin-groovies-sneakers/comment-page-1/#comment-1078 Brendan Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:29:33 +0000 http://therisingstorm.net/the-flamin-groovies-sneakers/#comment-1078 I couldn't speak for Jason, but I agree with you somewhat. White Strips and Strokes deserve their place in history, howevr, rewind five years and they weren't so diff from your 'truckload' bands! I couldn’t speak for Jason, but I agree with you somewhat. White Strips and Strokes deserve their place in history, howevr, rewind five years and they weren’t so diff from your ‘truckload’ bands!

]]> By: kate http://therisingstorm.net/the-flamin-groovies-sneakers/comment-page-1/#comment-1077 kate Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:03:26 +0000 http://therisingstorm.net/the-flamin-groovies-sneakers/#comment-1077 oh lol at calling the white stripes unoriginal coporate cheese. and the black keys. and the strokes. come on, they have been around quite some time... the only coporate cheese is recent "indie rock" music being pumped out by the truckload i.e. the kooks and the view. oh lol at calling the white stripes unoriginal coporate cheese. and the black keys. and the strokes. come on, they have been around quite some time… the only coporate cheese is recent “indie rock” music being pumped out by the truckload i.e. the kooks and the view.

]]> By: Brendan http://therisingstorm.net/the-flamin-groovies-sneakers/comment-page-1/#comment-1011 Brendan Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:22:01 +0000 http://therisingstorm.net/the-flamin-groovies-sneakers/#comment-1011 hi tim. that sounds like a pretty solid defense of the black keys. i've personally never checked them out, but this description piques my interest. maybe i'll pick something up when they hit the 15 year quota! jk. thanks for reading and commenting! hi tim. that sounds like a pretty solid defense of the black keys. i’ve personally never checked them out, but this description piques my interest. maybe i’ll pick something up when they hit the 15 year quota! jk. thanks for reading and commenting!

]]> By: tim http://therisingstorm.net/the-flamin-groovies-sneakers/comment-page-1/#comment-986 tim Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:16:21 +0000 http://therisingstorm.net/the-flamin-groovies-sneakers/#comment-986 heh, i actually kinda resent the comment about the black keys. sure, alot of 'newer' garage revival (especially the strokes, maybe even mooney suzuki) is pretty corporate... i assure you that the black keys are not. they just got popular. early albums are super low fi and gritty as hell (basement recordings, no overdubs) and they were seriously committed to playing the blues. i would consider them more "blues" than pretty much any blues artist to come out for the last 30 years. it's not polished, clean or bombastic (i.e. the whole history of electric blues) the black keys, to me, have more in tune with delta blues and real gritty early blues than garage rock. their roots to junior kimbrough and such can certainly be felt. heh, i actually kinda resent the comment about the black keys. sure, alot of ‘newer’ garage revival (especially the strokes, maybe even mooney suzuki) is pretty corporate… i assure you that the black keys are not. they just got popular. early albums are super low fi and gritty as hell (basement recordings, no overdubs) and they were seriously committed to playing the blues. i would consider them more “blues” than pretty much any blues artist to come out for the last 30 years. it’s not polished, clean or bombastic (i.e. the whole history of electric blues)

the black keys, to me, have more in tune with delta blues and real gritty early blues than garage rock. their roots to junior kimbrough and such can certainly be felt.

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