Silverchair in the year 2007. Do you care?

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I guess I've always held a soft spot for them, but 12 years removed from Frogstomp and 5 years since their last album Diorama they have a new single that bears little if any resemblance to what they've done up to now.

(video here)

How will the ILM jury rule?

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Saturday, 3 February 2007 06:19 (eighteen years ago)

Wolfmother?

― wesley useche (electronicmaji), Saturday, 3 February 2007 06:35 (eighteen years ago)

fuck-a-wolfmother!

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Saturday, 3 February 2007 06:37 (eighteen years ago)

Wolfmother is a band full of GODS!

― wesley useche (electronicmaji), Saturday, 3 February 2007 06:39 (eighteen years ago)

shitty gods

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Saturday, 3 February 2007 06:41 (eighteen years ago)

The Reincarnations of Page himself.

― wesley useche (electronicmaji), Saturday, 3 February 2007 06:44 (eighteen years ago)

he's not dead yet

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Saturday, 3 February 2007 06:45 (eighteen years ago)

haha!

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Saturday, 3 February 2007 06:45 (eighteen years ago)

the best part of this was going to their pictures page on myspace and that annoying little talking banner said:

"I am counting the minutes until we can be together again"

These guys are beyond douche bags, they are douche pumps.

― Disco Nihilist (mjt), Saturday, 3 February 2007 06:49 (eighteen years ago)

"he's not dead yet"

Thats why its so fucking amazing!

― wesley useche (electronicmaji), Saturday, 3 February 2007 06:53 (eighteen years ago)

http://myspace-257.vo.llnwd.net/01307/75/28/1307558257_l.jpg

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 3 February 2007 23:07 (eighteen years ago)

I like the black eye.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 3 February 2007 23:08 (eighteen years ago)

Daniel Johns: Prison Slut

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Saturday, 3 February 2007 23:18 (eighteen years ago)

what happened to the little anorexic eddie vedder man?
when did the guy from savage garden get beefed up?

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Saturday, 3 February 2007 23:59 (eighteen years ago)

It's twelve o'clock, and it's a wonderful day.
I know you hate me, but I'll ask anyway.
Won't you come with me, to a place in a little town.
The only way to get there's to go straight down.
There's no bathroom, and there is no sink.
The water out of the tap is very, hard to drink,
Very hard to drink.
You, wait 'til tomorrow
You, wait 'til tomorrow
You say that money, isn't everything,
But I'd like to see you live without it.
You think you can keep on going living like a king.
Oohh babe, but I strongly doubt it.
Very hard to drink.

You gonna wait 'til, fat boy,
Fat boy, wait until tomorrow

― Disco Nihilist (mjt), Sunday, 4 February 2007 05:28 (eighteen years ago)

verrrrrrry hard to drink!!!!!!!

― UART variations (ex machina), Sunday, 4 February 2007 08:40 (eighteen years ago)

the only thing I remember about Quicksilver is the Rolling Stone story about some kid who killed his family whilst rocking out to Frogstomp.

― milo z (mlp), Sunday, 4 February 2007 08:50 (eighteen years ago)

I still don't understand how where the tap is, if there's no sink.

― xhuxk (xhuck), Sunday, 4 February 2007 12:27 (eighteen years ago)

These blokes are just a weak copy of Nickelback. Rubbish.

― Barry Normal (Barry Normal), Sunday, 4 February 2007 12:30 (eighteen years ago)

FAT BO-OY

― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 4 February 2007 13:42 (eighteen years ago)

This is a bummer. I really liked Frogstomp. And little anorexic girls everywhere loved Ana's Song (actually, even non anorexic ones did because it made Johns even more hot in his percieved vulnerablity). Now they look like arrogant rockstars. Even the mulleted dude.

― Andi Headphones (Andi Headphones), Sunday, 4 February 2007 15:32 (eighteen years ago)

it's a song for water softening.

― keyth (keyth), Sunday, 4 February 2007 15:53 (eighteen years ago)

the only thing I remember about Quicksilver is the Rolling Stone story about some kid who killed his family whilst rocking out to Frogstomp.

It was SPIN! Yeah, I almost made a reference to that but couldn't be arsed, didn't think anyone else would remember that. He hated his family because they didn't understand his music, I think. I remember one bit where he's watching Nirvana Unplugged on TV and his family's all "LOL he can't sing" so he killed them. I think he pushed his mom down the stairs or something?

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Sunday, 4 February 2007 20:37 (eighteen years ago)

hahah is that a mullet or a shadow?

chris joannou (sic?), you moose

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Monday, 5 February 2007 06:12 (eighteen years ago)

Mulletshadow is so gonna be my new band name

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 5 February 2007 06:39 (eighteen years ago)

So glad that article exists and wasn't just a false memory. The Internet turns up nothing.

― milo z (mlp), Monday, 5 February 2007 06:52 (eighteen years ago)

i remember that article too. it freaked the hell out of me

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 5 February 2007 06:54 (eighteen years ago)

while i don't give much of a toss about defending this dreadful band

These blokes are just a weak copy of Nickelback. Rubbish.

this is kinda impossible since they significantly predate them

― jimbo (electricsound), Monday, 5 February 2007 11:40 (eighteen years ago)

well, the rubbish bit is true

― jimbo (electricsound), Monday, 5 February 2007 11:40 (eighteen years ago)

admit it, jim, they are the pseudo echo of the 90s!

:-)

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 5 February 2007 11:43 (eighteen years ago)

daniel johns having a hairy chest makes me feel old

― gem (trisk), Monday, 5 February 2007 12:03 (eighteen years ago)

sadly Barry is past being corrected

― put your hands up for Gangsta Andy Partridge, he lasted longer (kit brash), Monday, 5 February 2007 12:10 (eighteen years ago)

FAT BO-OY

-- Doctor Casino (xxxx@ummagurau.com), February 4th, 2007.

― yours fondly, harshaw. (mrgn), Monday, 5 February 2007 17:44 (eighteen years ago)

You know, I'd never paid attention to "Tomorrow"s lyrics before, outside of the chorus. WTF is it about? I wanna say "prison", but wasn't he like, 14 when he wrote that song?

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 03:11 (eighteen years ago)

Also, god he looks dreaful now. At least as a kid he had that 90s Even Dando kind of thing going on for him.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a44/tiara01/daniel4.jpg

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 03:15 (eighteen years ago)

Diorama was a pretty good record, Van Dyke Parks string arrangements and all.

― mms (mms), Tuesday, 6 February 2007 16:19 (eighteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

I agree. Never understood their appeal until Diorama. I am loving Straight Lines right now.

― Hard like armour, Monday, 5 March 2007 04:46 (eighteen years ago)

five months pass...

I still don't understand how where the tap is, if there's no sink.
-- xhuxk (xhuck)

There's two, one in the front garden, one in the back garden - for the lawn. You have to get down at an awkward angle to drink from either tap - hence, 'very hard to drink'.

― moley, Monday, 6 August 2007 23:10 (seventeen years ago)

That's probably how he got that rather nasty black eye.

― moley, Monday, 6 August 2007 23:22 (seventeen years ago)

the first three records were as wretched as wretched gets. god knows why people kept paying attention. but i guess 16 year old girls can move units too

― Charlie Howard, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 04:18 (seventeen years ago)

"units"

― latebloomer, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 04:54 (seventeen years ago)

*deliberately ambiguous*

― Charlie Howard, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 13:07 (seventeen years ago)

Out of morbid curiousity I watched their set at Lollapalooza this weekend. Let's just say that their more recent attempts at inflated, orchestral pop do not translate well to the stage.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 13:35 (seventeen years ago)

lol @ this review: http://www.xdafied.com.au/music/reviews/11.html

― Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 13:39 (seventeen years ago)

lol @ Silverchair dude looking like Diplo

― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 13:46 (seventeen years ago)

four months pass...

This morning Silverchair is on the telly and 'er indoors goes 'hey I bet he and Imbruglia break up soon.'

― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 4 January 2008 23:44 (seventeen years ago)

She does this with pregnant people too. This could be lucrative. I'm going to set up a tent.

― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 4 January 2008 23:45 (seventeen years ago)

I was talking with a friend at a dinner party only last night about the aesthetic merits of Ms Imbruglia, whilst listening to some vintage 'chair, and then I open the paper this morning to read...

― SeekAltRoute, Saturday, 5 January 2008 02:47 (seventeen years ago)

seven months pass...

Everett True on the Australian music press:

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/08/true_tales.html

― moley, Wednesday, 13 August 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago)

two years pass...

wow these dudes switched they style up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJGorJnbqN0&feature=fvwrel

― coo coo khal (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 15:54 (fourteen years ago)

this is awful, but i suppose good on them for trying something different? i admit i opened the thread to laugh at new silverchair material and i am. but feeling not as good about it as i thought i might.

― tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 16:35 (fourteen years ago)

That song is also from, like, 2007.

― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 16:38 (fourteen years ago)

oh jeez how embarrassing for me

― coo coo khal (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 17:51 (fourteen years ago)

when i think silverchair i think 1995 so this is still pretty "new" to me.

― tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 17:53 (fourteen years ago)

haha me as well

― coo coo khal (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 18:19 (fourteen years ago)

second-worst australian band ever

― I have some kind of staph infection, and the only prescription is IALEX (sic), Thursday, 5 May 2011 00:03 (fourteen years ago)

two months pass...

to get this out of the Natalie Imbruglia thread...

God these dudes were pathetic, right?

― Neanderthal, Sunday, 10 July 2011 21:47 (thirteen years ago)

If by pathetic you mean amazing just listen to that key change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdF98W-ON3Q

― billstevejim, Sunday, 10 July 2011 21:48 (thirteen years ago)

Between verse and chorus is when shit gets real

― billstevejim, Sunday, 10 July 2011 21:49 (thirteen years ago)

neon ballroom was my shit in middle school and it's still awesome.

i'm a big fan of young modern too because you know crazy awesome non-linear pop rock what is not to like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuq_xpp1yhU

― preschoolin' life (BradNelson), Sunday, 10 July 2011 21:52 (thirteen years ago)

man you can HAVE Neon Ballroom...it was at that point I couldn't suppress the laughter anymore.

― Neanderthal, Sunday, 10 July 2011 21:54 (thirteen years ago)

funny thing is that i think the last time this band took themselves seriously was "anthem for the year 2000" and after that they just started writing showtunes arranged by van dyke parks

best possible career trajectory imo

― preschoolin' life (BradNelson), Sunday, 10 July 2011 22:02 (thirteen years ago)

BUT THEY WORKED WIF V D PARKS WAH WAAAH MUMMY THEY WERE GOOOOD REALLY WAAAAAH

sad as fuck

― Colin Allstations (PaulTMA), Monday, 11 July 2011 00:26 (thirteen years ago)

i kind of love Frogstomp still; it fits right in w/ the part of me that loves Down and Clutch and COC

― Last Friday Night (G.T.F.O.) (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 11 July 2011 00:27 (thirteen years ago)

At least lots of anorexics are deservedly dead now due to crap grunge

(I prefer fatties and britpop)

― Colin Allstations (PaulTMA), Monday, 11 July 2011 00:27 (thirteen years ago)

second-worst australian band ever

― I have some kind of staph infection, and the only prescription is IALEX (sic), Thursday, 5 May 2011 10:03 (2 months ago)

― root 86 tram (haitch), Monday, 11 July 2011 00:30 (thirteen years ago)

two years pass...

Is it cynical for me to assume that they were probably only signed in the first place because the lead dude bore a passing resemblance to a recently deceased Kurt Cobain and execs were hoping that stupid kids wouldn't be able to tell the diff? Because they really were horrid.

― Sticky Gary (Old Lunch), Thursday, 12 December 2013 17:53 (eleven years ago)

one year passes...

daniel johns is into spooky black i guess

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lZfqFpjFM8

― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 21:13 (ten years ago)

biggest surprise is that there is an army of hardcore Silverchair fans in the comments who are still around to be indignant about this.

― lil urbane (Jordan), Tuesday, 10 February 2015 21:20 (ten years ago)

I <3 this song big time.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 10 February 2015 21:22 (ten years ago)

three years pass...

well this is...something

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF873KDPh54&feature=youtu.be

― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 July 2018 18:36 (six years ago)

woof

― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 12 July 2018 18:49 (six years ago)

the other song is... marginally better but still, no thank you

― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 12 July 2018 18:49 (six years ago)

This smells

― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:09 (six years ago)

I found myself tunelessly bellowing lyrics from 'Tomorrow' to a friend last week after I learned that he had somehow remained blissfully ignorant for the past 25 years that they were seriously singing the words 'FAT BOY, FAT BOY-EEE'.

― Sgt. Laughter (Old Lunch), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:10 (six years ago)

daniel johns solo record from a few years ago still goes

― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:10 (six years ago)

that video doesn't work. what is it?

― kelp, clam and carrion (sic), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:17 (six years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF873KDPh54

― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:22 (six years ago)

Snuff film

― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:22 (six years ago)

that one dissociatives song still bangs hard

― imago, Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:25 (six years ago)

It occasionally occurs to me how rough it must be to have the world forever judge you on the basis of something you did when you were, say, sixteen.

And then I think about FAT BOY-EEE, and I laugh.

― Sgt. Laughter (Old Lunch), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:41 (six years ago)

matt - yeah that works, but a) man just travel back 16 years and start a general "lol @ Luke St33le" thread? even this single is four months old and has had a sequel and Coachella and Vivid shows and press like Luke Steele & Daniel Johns Once Got High And Buried DREAMS Demos Near Windsor Castle b) fair enough I admire your lackadaisical commitment to keeping this thraed alive c) lol

― kelp, clam and carrion (sic), Thursday, 12 July 2018 20:24 (six years ago)

they wrote that song at 14 if i remember rightly

it's still better than that fucking straight lines song

― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 12 July 2018 20:31 (six years ago)

imagine if both DREAMS singles were remixed by another person with some influence but minor talent who made one good record a long time ago:

No One Defeats Us

Silence

― kelp, clam and carrion (sic), Thursday, 12 July 2018 20:33 (six years ago)

xpost yeah Innocent Criminals broke on Nomad aged 14

― kelp, clam and carrion (sic), Thursday, 12 July 2018 20:35 (six years ago)

“straight lines” rules ffs

― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 12 July 2018 21:15 (six years ago)

Yep

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 12 July 2018 23:24 (six years ago)

do they still do "Israel's Son" live, but now with a whole bunch of strings?

that would be kinda....interesting

― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Thursday, 12 July 2018 23:31 (six years ago)

who is "they" in that sentence

― kelp, clam and carrion (sic), Friday, 13 July 2018 01:25 (six years ago)

Silverchair

― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Friday, 13 July 2018 01:25 (six years ago)

I don't believe "they" still exist as a going concern.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 13 July 2018 02:27 (six years ago)

I had links off, foolishly assumed the link was some new Chair song....

― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Friday, 13 July 2018 02:33 (six years ago)

some people itt really like waking up strong in the morning

― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 13 July 2018 16:40 (six years ago)

i do!

― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 13 July 2018 16:43 (six years ago)

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