CD Import

Hats Off To The Buskers

The View

User Review :4.0

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OLIVECD018
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For all those who found the Arctic Monkeys too brash and bratty, or the Libertines too messy and dangerous, the View and their 2007 debut Hats off to the Busker should be welcome. Cheerful and cute where the Monkeys and Libertines were all coiled nervous tension, the View are polite, well-scrubbed and eager to please, offering up their tunes with vigor but no venom. Given that this is bright classicist Brit-pop — all ringing guitars and la-la-la's, performed as if punk never happened — it doesn't really hurt that the group lacks bark orbite, but it sure gives Hats off to the Busker a prefabricated feeling. It's a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy, and since the raw elements of the original material — Monkeys/Libertines via Blur/Oasis via the Jam/the Clash via the Kinks/the Who — are still appealing, the View are hard to hate, but they're not energetic enough or craftsmanlike enough to be all that attractive on their own terms; after all, they're hardly playing on their own terms, they're using a rule book that's been passed on from generation to generation. And since they lack the audible passion of the Arctic Monkeys — who, even as detractors of the over-hyped debut must admit, do have a kinetic kick to their records — or the audacity of, say, Supergrass, they are perfectly easy to file and forget after their perfectly pleasant, utterly unmemorable debut is finished.

Track List   

  • 01. Comin' Down (02:57)
  • 02. Superstar Tradesman (03:13)
  • 03. Same Jeans (03:33)
  • 04. Don't Tell Me (03:22)
  • 05. Skag Trendy (03:00)
  • 06. Don, The (03:09)
  • 07. Face For The Radio (03:18)
  • 08. Wasted Little DJ's (03:57)
  • 09. Grans For Tea (02:33)
  • 10. Dance Into The Night (03:05)
  • 11. Claudia (02:40)
  • 12. Street Lights (02:57)
  • 13. Wasteland (02:26)
  • 14. Typical Time (00:35)

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元気!若い!リバっぽいやさぐれさがあって...

投稿日:2014/09/12 (金)

元気!若い!リバっぽいやさぐれさがあって、中々、いいかも。 チャート1位になるくらいだから、メロディがいいね。

ヒトオミ さん | 鹿児島県 | 不明

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claudiaが最高に好き。same jeansとか、th...

投稿日:2008/05/18 (日)

claudiaが最高に好き。same jeansとか、the donとかああいう乗りがThe viewぽいむしろcoming downが最初の曲だと平べったいロック野郎的な誤解が生まれそう。とりあえず聴くんならClaudia。

MOJO さん | TOKYO | 不明

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日本の若手(9mmとかね)みたくテレキャスや...

投稿日:2008/02/20 (水)

日本の若手(9mmとかね)みたくテレキャスやストラトぶらさげて、ギターをギャンギャン鳴らしてテクを見せつけるようなことしてないだけマシ。あとアークティックの方が断然いいってことはないと思う。

uk rock さん | japan | 不明

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