I absolutely love that the drummer forgot to stick his snare wires back on at the beginning of the song - I can relate so much to that "oh shit" expression on his face having done that at more gigs of my own than I can count (none on national TV though)
This got me to buy the album, which I like. Two piece band. What's the matter, don't you get on with anyone else? Apart from the managers, music label reps, producers, marketers and all them. No, very particular about company.
"Xylophone tapping out the lead guitar riff"! Lol. I have a theory about this... Based on the heavy rotation which 'Supersoaker' has been getting on daytime radio lately, I think it was that childlike xylophone hook that sealed the deal! DJ pleb:"Ooh, a xylophone! Cheerful and chipper for repeated daytime play!" :)
These scatterbrained trolls merely serve as an omnipresent reminder of where we all are - namely, RU-vid (lest we not recognise the site, you know!).. :) Drenge must be exciting to see live - vids of their live performances are more badass than their recordings of same actually.. Nice to see a cogent band rocking out with raw abandon on 'Later...' Bands with twice as many members as this fraternal duo can't, for the life of them, create Drenge's bombastic, engine-like sound.
i mean you can tell this is different from the recorded studio version, it sounds live and raw. with the others, they just felt toooo polished, y'know? i dunno, i just like live performances to be separate entities, not just be trying to imitate the recorded version
edged Lorde out for best perfomance. yeah sure, it was dirty, vocals and some of the guitar you couldn't properly hear, but it was the only one which was LIVE. (and didn't have a xylophone tapping out the lead guitar riff... leave it out KoL)
what? i mean Drenge's performance was dirty, and vocals and guitar you couldn't properly hear (there was no guitar in Lorde's performance, so deffo wasn't talking about her). I think Lorde was great, thought she looked like she could perform at this level all night
I agree - 'live Drenge' makes for far more compelling listening than 'recorded Drenge'. It's a crying shame really, because the records don't capture any of the edginess and potency exhibited in their live sets. What's worse, is that the records make them sound like your average, fairly forgettable indie-rock band. Reminds me of how similarly 'polished' Nirvana's 'Nevermind' was (Butch Vig, please stand up) - much to Kurt Cobain's disgust. Still a great LP, mind, but live Nirvana ruled. :)
