interpol appreciation?
 

so.. i've just heard 'turn on the bright lights' album, and it's good, song stella was a driver..., and nyc are the best i think.

Turn on the Bright Lights is good

everything else... eh... not so much

I still enjoy listening to that album from time to time. Antics and Our love to admire were pretty horrible.

There was a good song on the first album ... it was called PDA.

no me gusta

Turn On The Bright Lights is wonderful, Antics not so good, and Our Love To Admire only had a couple of good songs on it.

I'd just stick with Turn On The Bright Lights.

Ditto. 'Leif Erikson' being my favourite song maybe, or 'Obstacle 1'.

I'm still completely in love with Stella Was A Diver And She Was Always Down, such a great song!!!!! :D

turn on the bright lights is one of the best debut albums of all time..... maybe one weak track on it at the most. stunning album

antics is pretty weak in comparison... 4 stunning tracks, the rest so so..

our love to admire is plain awful. terrible terrible album

I like the first single off Our Love to Admire, it was hella catchy. But then I listened to the album and ALL the songs sounded the same except way duller.

Yeah but;

"SHE CAN READ, SHE CAN READ, SHE CAN READ, OH SHE'S BAAAAAAD" :cool:

I'm in agreement with everybody who's posted so far. I have no idea why they did what they did after the first album. Seems like they through their sound and their fans out the window.

me too!

antics is eh good but not that good as turn on..
our love to admire, has good cover and only one song that i like: pioneer to falls, rest is just meh.

i love everything and anything these guys do. their awesome live too.

I love the first song on it, cant remember the name, but obstacle number one sounds somehow right...

I got bored of TOTBL really quickly, but it still has a few good tracks. The other two are just shit front to back.

Turn on the Bright Lights is listenable.

Everything else bites the poop.

TotBL is a great debut. I can't understand why their later stuff never came even close.

Yeah, the first one is solid. But they got dull quick on their follow ups.

i can't believe no one likes the other 2 albums. granted there not as good but there's still a good amount of good stuff on em. rest my chemistry from our love to admire is fucking brilliant!

Obstacle 1 is the one of my all time favorite songs.

That is a great song. I think it was the first thing I'd heard by them and was sort of resisting them up till that point. It just really got to me. Love it. Would possibly be one of my entries on the 'perfect songs' thread.

Interpol are great, but I can't help but think that "Slow Hands" is a total Joy Division rip-off...which nonetheless happens to be one of my fave songs of theirs.

Yeah, although I sort of get a bit narked when people just reduce them to that JD/Television thing. The influence is definitely there but, on the first album at least, it's not really overwhelming.

Leif Erikson is my favorite song of the album.

Question - Does "Obstacle 1" sound like "Exercise One" at all?

Obstacle 1, Leif Erikson and NYC for me, and maybe the intro, actually.

Haha. Actually it sounds like Exercise One with Tom Verlaine on guitar. Which does sort of completely destroy my entire argument in one fell swoop. Shit!:eek:

*remembers not to remember JD next time I meet Herr Demon*
*Decides to lend him my copy of the "These Are The Young Men" video instead*

Arf, and again, Arf!

I'm just waiting for Cantanky to tell me off on this point :p;)

Yeah, when I think about it they really are just Television playing Joy Division songs. The scoundrals!

*Puts on "Shadowplay" and does indie-goth chicken dance*

"Puts on "Obstacle 1" and feels cheated"

interpol are a bore

a bunch of cheating bores is what they are.

A bunch of beating chores.
*Writes down that for next Budisov song*

they're okay. my favourite song is the final one on Antics. I also like Evil. So Antics is OK. About as good as the first album, really.

Yes, shadowplay is definitely the best Interpol song.

...er...

(old, tired joke I made saying how every Interpol song sounded like Joy Division's shadowplay)

i dont think they sound like joy division at all... just because paul banks hasnt got a real note in his head doesnt mean he is ripping the shit out of curtis.... they are more u2 than joy division i reckon...

You know the big difference between Joy Division and Interpol is that Joy Division usually sounds very cold and hollow while Interpol doesn't sound that primitive. Interpol songs have alot more going on based on the instruments that is.

Either way Joy Division > Interpol big time hands down.