Goldie Lookin Chain

[Ron Manager]

I've been listening to a couple of tracks that I downloaded for a few months, looks like they're starting to get a fair bit of success now. Any opinions....?

 

[Leeboy]

I didn't think Comedy Welsh Rappers was your thing Andy?

 

[Ron Manager]

I like the odd bit of hip-hop, I like comedy, not got a lot of time for the welsh but that's still 2 out of 3.

To me they are a bit like the rap Half Man Half Biscuit, so no bad thing there. The video for 'Guns don't kill people, rappers do' is hilarious!

 

[palexander]

Was gonna be my next posting subject after American Psycho!!

I really wanna like the GLC - "Guns dont kill..." is a brilliant song and I play it loads every day - helped by that mad video. I've downloaded 5-6 other songs and they are pretty poor IMO. Hopefully when they get re-recorded for the upcoming album they will have some better production.

That said, I'm very excited about seeing them tomorrow at Leeds - they are on first thing Saturday and the last band I saw first on at the Carling Festival was another little Welsh outfit called the Stereophonics in '97 so if they can come close to that performance they will be ok!

I do love the 'idea' of the GLC so - all the members look nuts and its a good gimmick. If they can back it up with more songs like "Guns..." they will be huge I reckon - "You f**king knows it"

 

[palexander]

... just to add, the best other GLC song I've heard is "21 Ounces" which starts like Sugar Hill's "Rappers Delight" then the chorus is based on that "21 Seconds to go" song - except replaced with "I've got 21 Ounces of blow..."

Good lyrics and pretty funky tune to...

"sh*t Myself" is one to avoid tho, as it sounds as good as the title.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Saw the "Guns Don't Kill" video the other night... enjoyed it quite a lot - although thought to myself "hope they don't do too many more like this... or else they'll just become a self-parody..."

 

[Ron Manager]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ Aug. 27 2004,17:13)]Saw the "Guns Don't Kill" video the other night... enjoyed it quite a lot - although thought to myself "hope they don't do too many more like this... or else they'll just become a self-parody..."

They probably have a fairly limited shelf life to be honest with you Matt. But then in the early days The Beastie Boys were considered not much more than a novelty act and yet they managed to carve out a long, succesful and pretty criticaly acclaimed career so who knows...

 

[Napster]

n/t

 

[Napster]

fwiw, GLC will probably last a couple of months then fade into obscurity. Good hooks, funny lyrics, etc, do not a cool hip-hop group make. I can hardly see Jurassic 5 worried

 

[The General]

Chuuuuuuuuuuune!

 

[palexander]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ Aug. 27 2004,17:58)]fwiw, GLC will probably last a couple of months then fade into obscurity. Good hooks, funny lyrics, etc, do not a cool hip-hop group make. I can hardly see Jurassic 5 worried

Are Jurassic 5 any good? Seeing them at Leeds tomorrow too and know nothing about them...

Recommend any choons?

 

[Ron Manager]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ Aug. 27 2004,17:58)]fwiw, GLC will probably last a couple of months then fade into obscurity. Good hooks, funny lyrics, etc, do not a cool hip-hop group make. I can hardly see Jurassic 5 worried

I agree, they probably will fade into obscurity pretty quickly and are not a serious band. However a bit of fun is not neccesarily a bad thing and is only dangerous if the band start to take themselves seriously (such as The Darkness).