let's kill Luke Jenner

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Because he ruins an otherwise good album. Because he's a clown. Because he's a fucking waste of space. Let's kill him.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:00 (twenty-two years ago)

erm?

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:04 (twenty-two years ago)

haha, this is exactly what i'm talking about on the most recent rapture thread.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:06 (twenty-two years ago)

oh. he's having fun on tour in europe and you're... i'm sorry, what are you doing?

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:07 (twenty-two years ago)

I have decided that I hate the Rapture album more than anything released last year, find it as annoying as anything I have ever heard in my life, and it's one man's fault. It's like a great party, except for the asshole with the lampshade on his head. You can't ignore him.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:07 (twenty-two years ago)

wow.

― hstencil, Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:08 (twenty-two years ago)

kenan, what's your least favorite "luke" song?

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:09 (twenty-two years ago)

There are so many more far-deserving than poor, hapless, vocally-challenged Mr. Jenner.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Is it as annoying as someone blowing dislike of an album way out of proportion?

― dean! (deangulberry), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:09 (twenty-two years ago)

But it's not out of proportion for me! I want to like taht album, I TRY to like that album, someone outs on that album and I DO like it, and then the singing starts, and I am frustrated to the point of blue balls. It was SO CLOSE!

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:13 (twenty-two years ago)

i know where he lives...

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:14 (twenty-two years ago)

(Disclaimer: I don't really want him dead. Especially if someone knows where he lives. If he lives somewhere, that means he's a person, and I don't want to kill actual people.)

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:15 (twenty-two years ago)

congrats, cutty, you've managed to make this thread even creepier than before!

― hstencil, Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd rather give him a very serious haircut.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:16 (twenty-two years ago)

kenan, what's your least favorite "luke" song?

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, that first track on Echoes where he does the Robert Smith "impression"... that one sticks in my craw pretty good.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I played House of Jealous Lovers at that "future" party I DJed. Christ, I've never seen anything clear a floor like that.

― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I like what Xgau said about how he's obviously having fun pretending to be mopey; that pretty well sums up what I like about LJ's singing.

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:20 (twenty-two years ago)

But it's a bit like ironic dancing, isn't it?

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:22 (twenty-two years ago)

yes, it's all in your head

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:22 (twenty-two years ago)

alternately, real mopes are fucking BORING

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:23 (twenty-two years ago)

what kind of human being leaves the dancefloor when "House of Jealous Lovers" comes on?

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:24 (twenty-two years ago)

One who doesn't like dancing.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:26 (twenty-two years ago)

to crap

― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I saw the Rapture on the following bill

Garnier, DJ Sneak, Jeff Mills, Derrick Carter, A Guy Called Gerald, LFO, Deep Dish, Gilles Peterson.

They were the best act I reckon, except for MAYBE Sneak/Carter's 6 hour back to back thing and I'm completely a dance person. So I'm quite defensive about them.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:28 (twenty-two years ago)

better than Mills or Sneak/Carter?! wow!

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Not better than Sneak/Carter I guess (which was truly amazing, the two of them high fiving each other and changing over after each 3 records, then ending with a boompty version of Jaguar!), but in a sweaty warehouse in Manchester (place where the hacienda scenes in 24 hour party people were done), it was close to the best half hour of all my clubbing last year. I guess stuff which is the very very best reaches a level where you can't arrange it 1, 2, 3, 4, but suffice to say it was amazing. It was so hot and sweaty and crazy people were taking off their t-shirts, rinsing them, and putting them back on.

EW.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I played House of Jealous Lovers at almost every party I DJed at in 2002 and 2003. Christ, I've never seen anything fill a floor like that.

― stirmonster, Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:57 (twenty-two years ago)

dude, open up your heart.

I've actually killed Luke Jenner...with my DJ skills.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 23:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I am totally glad that proper famous house DJs do the swap-over-after-a-couple-of-records thing!

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 5 February 2004 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Is it hate on the Rapture week or something? What's with the sudden influx of threads on how "awful" this band is?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 5 February 2004 00:04 (twenty-two years ago)

for real, you guys missed the backlash deadline by a good margin.

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Thursday, 5 February 2004 00:07 (twenty-two years ago)

We can lock them until after Pazz and Jop, if you like.

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Thursday, 5 February 2004 00:12 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, the minute I typed that I thought "this is gonna make me look like the biggest hipster asshole on the planet."

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Thursday, 5 February 2004 00:20 (twenty-two years ago)

"It was so hot and sweaty and crazy people were taking off their t-shirts, rinsing them, and putting them back on."

I wish/hope people would do this at Rapture shows in the states.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 5 February 2004 00:23 (twenty-two years ago)

they used to

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 5 February 2004 00:29 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah there is a big audience problem i think. no matter how much ppl cheer dance-rock, indie and dance spaces/crowds are on different planets, at least in my (second tier midsize city) experience

― g--ff (gcannon), Thursday, 5 February 2004 00:31 (twenty-two years ago)

oh and kenan yr nuts

― g--ff (gcannon), Thursday, 5 February 2004 00:31 (twenty-two years ago)

That may be true, but is unrelated to my distaste for the Rapture.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 5 February 2004 00:36 (twenty-two years ago)

g--ff otm also I guess, in that a whole load of people left the room when they came on at that warehouse thing. idiots.

Tom, yes they do swap over! I think 3 records each is a fairly established practice!

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 5 February 2004 14:35 (twenty-two years ago)

the more i think abt this the more ass backwards it gets. as this record ages on me the voice(S) may be the most salvageable thing about it.

― g--ff (gcannon), Thursday, 5 February 2004 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

I used to hate it, too, but I've come to like it. The key for me is skipping "Open Up Your Heart" EVERY TIME.

― The Mighty Chickadee, Thursday, 5 February 2004 14:58 (twenty-two years ago)

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