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Lol for about 32 people in the world. In 100 years people will be talking about Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Bloc Party. Yes, I can see that already! 😂😂😂😂😂
People always say matt tong was bloc party, or certain element was etc. Everyone of those boys was on their fucking A-game that album. Kele wrote some beautiful melodies and lyrics, the guitar work from Kele and Russel is so beautifully layered, melancholic yet energetic. Gordon's bass tone, backing vocals and groovy hooks were something else, and obviously, matt was just matt. Silent alarm was the culmination of all those factors, give them all their fair shout
Tong's drum work is fantastic but the reality is in a live setting he couldn't consistently keep time. But I will say this, it added another quality to their live shows that is missing in the current lineup. He was like a catalyst for their explosive burst of energy they were known for.
Kele's lyrics and vocals on this album are definitely his best. After this, he started trying to hard to be like Morrissey and the songs suffered as a result. Bloc Party were at their best writing punchy, catchy post-punk songs like this.
@@silversnail1413 although I don’t think weekend in the city or intimacy was bad, they fell off around four and started to lose the connect with their fans. But then again I don’t think bands should be held back by one sound. I do miss the SA days though
im from korea, and i agree and one of the best indie album in the world when i heard this album i feel real humanity plays real instruments. i love so much
I remember I was playing in American Westland was there in some skatepark and I heard this track. It was something that stood out from everything else. I remember how this track consumed me and I played it over and over. Then I created a profile on a social network in 2008 and the second video I added was this live in terrible quality. Thanks to BBС for giving us this in the best quality
I think this version is one of the best live performances of Bloc Party, the energy, the precision, everything, and that Smiths reference by Kele is simple amazing.
Early to mid 2000s was the resurgence of garage rock. Loved the sound coming out of the US (Strokes, White Stripes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol, Black Keys) and the UK (Libertines, Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys) during this time.
Early to mid noughties. ..The last time indie rock was in the mainstream. Theres probably bands now who have a similar sound but i have no idea who they are
A band with something to prove. If I was an established artist having to perform after this, I don’t know if I could. Unreal. Focused aggression. Huge sound.
Man I remember when this album came out back in highschool. I’d be out partying drinking and doing drugs and I’d come home at 3:30 coming down and crashing hard and I would always listen to this album to chill out and fall asleep. One of my favorite albums of all time. Very nostalgic to listen to it all these years later. These guys are special
It blows my mind that they're playing faster live than they recorded on the album and they're still this tight. So glad I got to see em before they split and reformed.
This is a great track but they followed it up with multiple great albums in my opinion. Weekend in the city? Four? Both have a lot to offer albeit it in a different style.
@@maxarthurireland I like Bloc Party's later albums but I don't think they ever topped Silent Alarm. It's incredibly tight, amazing performances and production, not a bum track on the whole album. Weekend In The City had some great tunes but a lot of the lyrics missed their mark for me and they were trying to hard to be conceptual instead of just being direct. Intimacy had some cool stuff on it but it was way too dancy and electronic, not enough of that old school Bloc Party sound. And Four was good as well but it felt very scattered, like they were trying a bunch of different genres and ideas that didn't quite fit.
@@maxarthurireland Intimacy is their best album to me. Some of Kele’s songwriting ever on there, like Ion Square. Where Is Home and Sunday from A Weekend in the City are incredible too.
@@darrenlockenheart I completely agree. Intimacy is fucking amazing and better than heaven is the best song they ever wrote.Weekend in the city is fantastic too. Those first three albums are all brilliant.
Well, I think it was just a great era. I loved Bloc Party right away, but they got lost behind bands like The Strokes, Interpol, The Killers, etc. It was an incredible time to become an grown man.
The night i had my mental breakdown was strangely after Silent Alarm in Brighton - biggest night of my life - so pleased it happened after this - all fine now - best record of all time
This video is just timeless, unbelievable. Was utterly obsessed with Bloc Party and gutted when they 'split' At least we're left gems like this though.
Notice how he says "Take me out, tonight" instead of "it's so cold in this house" which is likely in reference to the band Franz Ferdinand giving them their first big break
I don't believe the audience realized what they just witnessed, nor would I have perhaps. They just accomplished in that performance and with this track what every indie/alternative band before them attempted to do. And nothing has matched it since, IMO.
It's so cold in this house Open mouth swallowing us The children sent home from school Will not stop crying And I know that you're busy Do I know that you care You got your finger on the pulse You got your eyes everywhere And it hurts all the time When you don't return my calls And you haven't got the time To remember how it was It's so cold in this house It's so cold in this house I can't eat, I can't sleep I can't sleep, I can't dream An aversion to light Got a fear of the ocean Like drinking poison, like eating glass Like drinking poison, like eating glass Like drinking poison, like eating glass Like drinking poison, like eating It's so cold in this house It's so cold in this house It's so cold in this house It's so cold in this bed Like drinking poison, like eating glass Like drinking poison, like eating glass Like drinking poison, like eating glass Like drinking poison, like eating Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah show me How, how it was We've got crosses on our eyes Been walking into the walls again We've got crosses on our eyes Been walking into the furniture We've got crosses on our eyes For richer, for poorer, for better, for worse We've got crosses on our eyes We've been walking into the furniture
