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Rage Against Suburban Zombie-ism Monday, October 28, 2013
Last week, I saw them play at a small-ish venue. I'm a fan, but not a good one 'cause I only have like 1 (One Cord To Another, 1996) out of 10+ of their albums. On top of that, I couldn't do the sing-a-alongs during the concert.
(That's really bad 'cause it seems that my brain only holds onto useless info like song lyrics!)
Although I'm definitely no hardcore groupie, I do like them! Btw, they've been together for 20 years+.
I don't like The Beatles - gasp! - but their influence on Sloan is particularly evident on this track as with "Everything You've Done Wrong" and "The Rest of My Life", among others.
Aside from being Beatles-esque, they're also quintessentially Canadian/East Coast. I don't know how to explain it, but lead singer, Chris Murphy defines this pretty well: no pretense, sorta goofy/dorky, easy-go-lucky.
While watching Sloan, I thought to myself 2 things:
1. Boy, these guys are really lucky to be doing something that they enjoy...for as long as they have, and;
2. Why do some (Canadian) bands, e.g. Arcade Fire, blow up, getting a meteoric rise to fame while others kinda just do their thang, have a "cult" following, and stay local??
Labels: Sloan The Lines You Amend Canadian rock group band 1997 music video posted by Stephania at 9:35 pm |
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