The Streets

[shamonmofo]

For anyone whos got the album, what do you think of it? especially the track, Blinded by the lights and Dry your eyes. Purely class.

K :D

[sprocket]

the streets are shit

[piccolo]

Dry Your Eyes made me cry... Silly piccolo...

[molo]

if mike skinner learnt how to rap on rhythm. dry your eyes would be one of the best songs ever produced. but no

other than that. the album is above average. producer yes. lyricist yes (don't argue) emcee/rapper. no

NO

[The Doc]

How does it compare with Original Pirate Material?

[Kiezo]

Originally posted by molo

other than that. the album is above average. producer yes. lyricist yes (don't argue) emcee/rapper. no

In all fairness though, he knows he can't rap/MC. He's even admitted it in a few interviews I've read with him. Instead, he just does it in his own style.

[shamonmofo]

Originally posted by sprocket
the streets are shit

Your ignorance is uncanny. Mike Skinner has produced something which is different and that no one can really copy without sounding the same. If you actually listen to the lyrics, alot of people can relate to it at a young age. Just think about all those struggling bands and artists who all the sound the same, what people want is difference..not the conventional drone that always breaks through and becomes boring and eventually fades out. People remember this type of music, dont say you havent at least hummed or sang the chorus of Fit But you know it. Secretly you like it cos its entertainment, not something which you hear and forget about. ;)

[shamonmofo]

Originally posted by molo
if mike skinner learnt how to rap on rhythm. dry your eyes would be one of the best songs ever produced. but no

other than that. the album is above average. producer yes. lyricist yes (don't argue) emcee/rapper. no

NO

A lyricist yes, i dont aggree hes a rapper or an MC. His poetry is something which not alot of people could really go into depth with themselves. He tells it how it is, how it should be..his experiences..not some made up love interest,but reality. thats what makes it interesting.

[Blah_ha]

I have never really liked them before but their new song I can't stop listening to it.

[sprocket]

Originally posted by shamonmofo
Your ignorance is uncanny. Mike Skinner has produced something which is different and that no one can really copy without sounding the same. If you actually listen to the lyrics, alot of people can relate to it at a young age. Just think about all those struggling bands and artists who all the sound the same, what people want is difference..not the conventional drone that always breaks through and becomes boring and eventually fades out. People remember this type of music, dont say you havent at least hummed or sang the chorus of Fit But you know it. Secretly you like it cos its entertainment, not something which you hear and forget about. ;)

granted the beats are pretty cool but its the fact that he can't "rap" in time with the beats and that he sounds like a retard is what makes them shite

[The Doc]

Originally posted by molo
if mike skinner learnt how to rap on rhythm. dry your eyes would be one of the best songs ever produced. but no

other than that. the album is above average. producer yes. lyricist yes (don't argue) emcee/rapper. no

NO

I have never taken it as him rapping. Just instrumental hip hop accompanying street poetry.

[Martin_Bashir]

some of the most astutely observed lyrics ive ever heard. The guy has come out with some wonderful phrases that just capture certain things about peoples lives ('Sex, drugs and on the dole' being one that springs to mind).

I dont think you can see him in the context of being an MC, he's more of a poet who creates beats for his lyrics that helps to contextualise the comments he makes.

I like the Streets for many of the reasons i think that The Jam were great:D

[Miffy]

Originally posted by shamonmofo
dont say you havent at least hummed or sang the chorus of Fit But you know it.

It reminds me in some way of Parklife by Blur.

[collegevamp]

i never used to like the streets but their last few albums i have liked specially fit but you know it

[Blagsta]

He's only got 2 albums out. :confused:

[collegevamp]

ok i thought they had been going longer that i thought sorry their latest album then

[molo]

they?!!

will people stop sayin they, them their....... what ever.

its one fuckin person.

[VinylVicky]

Originally posted by molo
they?!!

will people stop sayin they, them their....... what ever.

its one fuckin person. this proves you are still a boy! :yes:

[molo]

Originally posted by VinylVicky
this proves you are still a boy! :yes:

just cus your goin off gettin married and such...
maybe i like being a boy

[VinylVicky]

Originally posted by molo
just cus your goin off gettin married and such...
maybe i like being a boy :D

[molo]

have a hen night at casa! that would be so cooooool! :D

[VinylVicky]

Originally posted by molo
have a hen night at casa! that would be so cooooool! :D might start off there but im planning a whole weekend to go away somewhere!

[Kermit]

Originally posted by molo
its one fuckin person.

I thought I was going mad, I'm glad it is.

I don't think he's that bad, but generally I detest the style of music. "You are fit but my gosh, don't you know it" really is a bottom-feeder of a lyric though.

[Shameless]

Originally posted by Kiezo
In all fairness though, he knows he can't rap/MC. He's even admitted it in a few interviews I've read with him. Instead, he just does it in his own style.

Exactly. It's not meant to be " rap " music. It's his own style, basically.

The album is fantastic. OPM, the debut, is slightly better, but it's a class record.

9/10, IMO.

[*Lisa*]

He's a brummy dont you know. :p

[relentless]

Original Pirate Material was a great album, but I really cant stand his new one. Give me the Audio Bullys anyday :)

[Shameless]

Originally posted by *Lisa*
He's a brummy dont you know. :p

Actually, he's not. He was born in London, and raised in Birmingham. His parents are total cockneys, hence his bizarro accent. :D

The Audio Bullys album is ace, but Skinner is light years ahead, IMO.

[funkyone]

Originally posted by dave_oliver
Original Pirate Material was a great album, but I really cant stand his new one. Give me the Audio Bullys anyday :)

thats because the two albums are totally different.....

OPM was sarcastic, piss taking, funny, witty, laugh a minute stuff - Skinner showing off his talent and having a alugh.

New album is much darker and the whole thing is one story - you are meant to listen to the album start to finsh in one go, and is not witten as a sing-a-long.

I woudn't say that you can compare them too much. The skill in this latest one is fantastic as is the producing, which I think (correct me if I am wrong) Skinner did as well.

FO

[The Doc]

Just went out and bought A Grand.........

Fantastic. Very different from OPM but brilliant anyway.

Favourite tracks are the singles and It Was Supposed to Be So Easy.

[relentless]

Originally posted by funkyone
thats because the two albums are totally different.....

OPM was sarcastic, piss taking, funny, witty, laugh a minute stuff - Skinner showing off his talent and having a alugh.

New album is much darker and the whole thing is one story - you are meant to listen to the album start to finsh in one go, and is not witten as a sing-a-long.

I woudn't say that you can compare them too much. The skill in this latest one is fantastic as is the producing, which I think (correct me if I am wrong) Skinner did as well.

FO

On Original Pirate Material the beats were fresh and original, Skinner's style was quirky and different and it actually felt like some geniune effort had gone into the album. A Grand Don't Come For Free sounds like its completely unrehearsed and unplanned, the beats are awful and listening to Skinner and his mates singing his lame hooks is about as enjoyable as contracting herpes.

No effort has gone into this album, a fucking child could have produced better beats with Cubase and a few samples.

Just my opinion :)

[Shameless]

Originally posted by dave_oliver
On Original Pirate Material the beats were fresh and original, Skinner's style was quirky and different and it actually felt like some geniune effort had gone into the album. A Grand Don't Come For Free sounds like its completely unrehearsed and unplanned, the beats are awful and listening to Skinner and his mates singing his lame hooks is about as enjoyable as contracting herpes.

No effort has gone into this album, a fucking child could have produced better beats with Cubase and a few samples.

Just my opinion :)

" Unplanned "?!

Sorry, but what a ridiculous comment.

The whole album is planned out from start to finish. Every track is vital to the overall story it's trying to tell. To say it's unplanned is just stupid. I'm not calling you stupid, but that comment deffo was.

It couldn't actually be any more planned. It's a concept-album.

Lyrically alone it's lights years ahead of most bands / artists this year. Not to mention the album takes huge-leaps forward sound-wise. This album was never gonna be OPM 2.

[Young and sexy]

The Streets are wicked.

[*Lisa*]

Originally posted by Shameless
He was born in London, and raised in Birmingham.

Same thing. :<

[funkyone]

Originally posted by Shameless
" Unplanned "?!

Sorry, but what a ridiculous comment.

The whole album is planned out from start to finish. Every track is vital to the overall story it's trying to tell. To say it's unplanned is just stupid. I'm not calling you stupid, but that comment deffo was.

It couldn't actually be any more planned. It's a concept-album.

Lyrically alone it's lights years ahead of most bands / artists this year. Not to mention the album takes huge-leaps forward sound-wise. This album was never gonna be OPM 2.


Excellently put :lol:

[[]\[]02]

The Streets are shit

[funkyone]

Originally posted by []\[]02
The Streets are shit

ok - so I am in a bad mood - - - but,

Don't post unless you going to say something useful?!

Thats a pointless comment!? Try adding why you think they are shit, what your reasons are for it rather than just a passing comment!- we might agree with you, or beg to differ - the whole point of these forumss to discuss and debate.

rant over.

[relentless]

Originally posted by Shameless
" Unplanned "?!

Sorry, but what a ridiculous comment.

The whole album is planned out from start to finish. Every track is vital to the overall story it's trying to tell. To say it's unplanned is just stupid. I'm not calling you stupid, but that comment deffo was.

It couldn't actually be any more planned. It's a concept-album.

Lyrically alone it's lights years ahead of most bands / artists this year. Not to mention the album takes huge-leaps forward sound-wise. This album was never gonna be OPM 2.

No its not a stupid comment and yes I do appreciate that its a concept album, but still I think its utter shit.

And please explain to me how the fuck its lyrically light years ahead of most artists/bands?

[[]\[]02]

Originally posted by funkyone
ok - so I am in a bad mood - - - but,

Don't post unless you going to say something useful?!

Thats a pointless comment!? Try adding why you think they are shit, what your reasons are for it rather than just a passing comment!- we might agree with you, or beg to differ - the whole point of these forumss to discuss and debate.

rant over.

Yeah and i was in a bad mood and extremely fucking tired so i said they were shit and couldn't be arsed to give a reason. DEAL WITH IT.

[funkyone]

:mad: why can't people just be nice to other people around here? :mad: contribute sensibly :mad: make good debate :mad: and have fun :mad: instead of getting arsey with each other :mad: ahhhhhhhh :mad:

[Skive]

It's all about what he says not how it's said. It's quality because it's different.

Justin Kerrigan captured so many aspects of my life on film when he wrote and directed 'Human Traffic' - Mike Skinner with 'The Streets' has done the same and put it iunto his music.

I guess some people can relate to his lyrics more than others.

Blinded By The Lights is the best tune on the album IMO.

[[]\[]02]

Originally posted by Aspartame
Because it's no fun. :)

Exactly :D

[~kaz~]

My sister bought their new album today and it sound pretty good :D gonna copy it to MD to take to college.

[Brummy Bird]

I like it, that dry ur eyes is pretty touching. The albums supposed to be kinda like a book aint it as u listen to it??
Its like in the one song hes goin on about his TV and a few songs later hes sayin that his TVs been smashed up or summat.

I liked the last album and I like this one too!!

[BlackArab]

Originally posted by Skive


Justin Kerrigan captured so many aspects of my life on film when he wrote and directed 'Human Traffic'

Me too, funny thing is when I worked in record shops we used to take the mick out of the junglists/gangsta rap kids exactly the way its done in a film. Also spent a lot of time clubbing/partying in Wales.

Excellent film.

[The Doc]

Originally posted by Skive
I guess some people can relate to his lyrics more than others.

Blinded By The Lights is the best tune on the album IMO.

And you can relate to them in different ways. I don't go to clubs and pop pills so I wouldn't know how it feels to be in a situation like that in Blinded by the Lights, but everyone has had a bad day for one reason or the other, when they felt like they never should have got out of bed - It Was Supposed To Be So Easy captures this perfectly.

[1983]

Hehe, he's the only ned I like. :p

[Shameless]

Originally posted by dave_oliver
No its not a stupid comment and yes I do appreciate that its a concept album, but still I think its utter shit.

And please explain to me how the fuck its lyrically light years ahead of most artists/bands?

Well, yes, saying an obviously planned-out album is " unplanned " IS stupid, no matter how many times you repeat it. What part of the album do you feel is not planned? To say an entire album is unplanned is just ridiculous, especially this album. So yeah, IMO, your comment was stupid.

I don't HAVE to explain to you why i feel anything about this album, and to be quite honest, i cant be arsed to spend half-hour explaining why i like it so much. But IMO it IS light years ahead of most other albums so far this year. The lyrics are earthy, real, and speak to me. The music is fantastic, also. There's a couple reasons.

If you don't like it, fair enough, but to say it is unplanned is frankly, laughable.

[relentless]

Originally posted by Shameless
But IMO it IS light years ahead of most other albums so far this year.

No seriously, that comment is laughable :)

[~kaz~]

I just listened to the whole of their album and I must say it's very clever how they have done it so that all the songs are related to each other like a story sort of if you get what I mean, Very clever. :)

[Shameless]

Originally posted by dave_oliver
No seriously, that comment is laughable :)

Nah, not to me.

Yours is laughable to most people, however. :)

And why didn't you answer my question? What about the album is " unplanned "? Please tell.

[Shameless]

Originally posted by *lil~miss*
I just listened to the whole of their album and I must say it's very clever how they have done it so that all the songs are related to each other like a story sort of if you get what I mean, Very clever. :)

It's a he not really a they. Mike Skinner is The Streets. ;)

[~kaz~]

oops sorry I ment he,I am having a confused sort of day today. :confused:

[Martin_Bashir]

like The Prodigy is really Liam Howlett

[molo]

basically shameless you don't know what the fuck your talkin about.
go listen to stuff thats not on the radios and come back.

he said himself it was an accidental concept album. so it is quite unplanned....
lyrically light years ahead? what. retard

"it hurt so much.. it was really hurting..." <<<< retarded.

i like the style of lyrics but its nothing special.
its just an average album with one of the best songs ever (dry your eyes)

just wish he would learn to rap, its not fuckin hard. tool

[Shameless]

Originally posted by molo
basically shameless you don't know what the fuck your talkin about.
go listen to stuff thats not on the radios and come back.

he said himself it was an accidental concept album. so it is quite unplanned....
lyrically light years ahead? what. retard

"it hurt so much.. it was really hurting..." <<<< retarded.

i like the style of lyrics but its nothing special.
its just an average album with one of the best songs ever (dry your eyes)

just wish he would learn to rap, its not fuckin hard. tool

On the blob?

[Skive]

Originally posted by molo
just wish he would learn to rap, its not fuckin hard.

But then it wouldn't be the Streets.

He's not an MC and he doens't chat as such - he just talks about life. So much of what he says I can relate too.

Some people think that poems need to rhyme. Often the best don't.

And the 'Irony of it all' is his best tune - IMO

[Miffy]

Originally posted by Shameless
On the blob?

:lol: Yes molo, are you on the blob?! If you are I suggest you sell your story to the papers and make loadsamoney.

[Kiezo]

Originally posted by molo

just wish he would learn to rap, its not fuckin hard. tool

Uhh... why? It's not rap music, and it's not trying to be.

[Blagsta]

Originally posted by Skive
And the 'Irony of it all' is his best tune - IMO

Thats the worst tune off OPM. Its so "student stoner", its embarrasing.

[Skive]

Originally posted by Blagsta
Thats the worst tune off OPM. Its so "student stoner", its embarrasing.

But the message it carry's is true.

[Blagsta]

Its typical of student stoner culture and its shit.

[Skive]

Originally posted by Blagsta
Its typical of student stoner culture and its shit.

:no:

[Shameless]

Originally posted by Blagsta
Thats the worst tune off OPM. Its so "student stoner", its embarrasing.

Yeah, that's sort of the point an that. It's a parody.

[relentless]

Originally posted by molo
basically shameless you don't know what the fuck your talkin about.
go listen to stuff thats not on the radios and come back.

he said himself it was an accidental concept album. so it is quite unplanned....
lyrically light years ahead? what. retard

"it hurt so much.. it was really hurting..." <<<< retarded.

i like the style of lyrics but its nothing special.
its just an average album with one of the best songs ever (dry your eyes)


:thumb:

[Blagsta]

Originally posted by Shameless
Yeah, that's sort of the point an that. It's a parody.

I just think its crap.