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Show WWW.NETkNEWS.NET MONDAY • NOVEMBER 13 • 2006 Q c ^"^^ - • • • ' • • & . . The top three crappiest local bands In theaters this week Casino Royo/e- James Bond film number 5,687 Happy Feet- March Of The Penguins ( the cartoon version) Let's Go To Prison- another Dax Shepherd comedy attempt > «.V '\%' -WBV Courtesy Photos/yahoo.com New on DVD King Kong (Deluxe Extended Edition) - Do we really need a longer version? The Da Vinci Code- Wanna finally gst some rest as a student? Watch this show; it'll make you pass out. The Golden Girls: Season Six - Re/ive the good times with Rose, Blanche, Doiothy and Sophia. For some reason, there is this misconception that anything "local" is "good." Three writers for The College Times have gone out and decided which of the local bands don't deserve the hype just for being "local." Local doesn't always mean good. Love You Long Time Chad Hunt Life Writer Courtesy Photos/yahoo.com lop leu Warm Fuzzies By The College Times Staff 10 5 Toe jam French maids A Wobblylegged fawns 7 6 The hair on your mom's b k Crabs Bambi's mom (pre-shooh'ng) Diabetes Belly button lint The hair on my back I My cat's coughed-up, steaming hair ewonCD , Damien Rice: 9 - Don't expect much out of this tasteless sophomore album. they've recorded their own soundtrack! Dixie Chicks: Taking the Long Way - Thanks^ for voting. Do .nothuy this un-American C D $ Courtesy Photos/Amazon.com "Me love you long time." A phrase claimed to have been commonly used in "massage parlors" in Vietnam during the Vietnam War and made popular by the film Full Metal Jacket. Withoutthe"Me"the phrase becomes a new wave, 80s retro, hip-hop, electropop mutt that claims to hail from the Provo/Rexburg area, Love You Long Time. In their words. Love You Long Time is "an electro-pop band comprised of four booty shakers and a b-boy." A description that really does not do justice to the concoction that is this band. The phrase "Devo battling the Beastie Boys" is used to describe the sound they produce, which could easily be deemed offensive, and rightfully so, to any true fan of Devo or the Beastie Boys. The fact that Love You Long Time can play something that sounds like an '80s new wave electro-pop band is a considerable accomplishment in terms of their musical talent, achieving a rhythm that gets the pop-loving kids in Utah County out of their seat and moving their feet to the beat. But with a lone EP that bears the title "Don't Poop on My Party," which was actually declared "an absolutely monstrous hit among Rexburg's party-hungry pop-cultured youth" in a review by The Local Vibe (www.thelocalvibe.com), there isn't much hope for thoughtful lyrics to an otherwise manageable sound-proving that it's a constant pop beat that brings the kids to the club, not any lyrical coherence. Their lyrical struggle is magnified when listening to songs like "The Party Song1' and uStrobelight," which boast no serious thought and are based in extreme repetition. Wait, there's more. Their inability to put together thought-provoking lyrics is showcased weekly by the "Weekly Word" which is posted each Monday night on their MySpace profile. Love You Long Time churn out catchy hooks and good retro-pop beats, but beyond that, the neon-striped shirts, tight pants and brightly colored sport coats come off as no more than another gimmicky following of the next wave of the current new wave resurgence, a letdown to the surrounding hype following Love You Long Time in both the Rexburg and Provo music scenes. Preferra Caz Bevan Life Writer Preferra-a name that implies a preference or even, might I say, an attraction to something. In this case, Preferra is somewhat of a "preferred" band from Utah Valley. Formerly known under the band name Volition, they initially named themselves after a word found on a spelling list given by their high school English teacher. They reintroduced themselves as Preferra, complete with new band members. One could assume that such "big words" imply something, perhaps, educated. Fond memories high school must have been for the band, who have stuck to the music mentality of their spellinglist days. You might assume they've recently graduated from high school, seeing as how the majority of their fans prove to be our scene's most eligible underage fans. However, the original members of the band are coming into their ripe and experienced mid-twenties; again, we might assume a certain level of maturity when comparing the bands previous EP to their latest recordings. Singing about loss and the pain of past mistakes, this band might want to brace themselves to lose a whole lot more if they remain unchanged in their overall personal integrity, otherwise known as honest dedication to each other and their instruments. However, karma may not be on their side. By their own volition, perhaps they should take yet another long break to fully understand just how stagnant their continuous drone may be to their young audience's ears once fully developed. You might notice, if you've been a fan in the past, that aside from close friends, Preferra's fans seem to cycle through every 3 to 4 months. Hardly a band worth the commitment, Preferra still harbors a strong lack of vocals. Often flat or exploring an entirely different key, you might find yourself screaming right along with the lead singer in a failed attempt at trying to drown out the predictable structure of each song (at least you can hum along, even if it's your first listen). No worries, however. Better luck next time when perhaps you or your little.sister will leave, phone number in hand. In the moment that may make all the pain and suffering somehow seem worthwhile as you think to yourself, "at least they're nice guys". This is where your 3 to 4 month cycle begins, as you start to think, "Just maybe this song is about me." Let's not knock it, though. To be quite honest, Preferra is doing precisely what it takes for them to survive in a talentless scene. They're staying in school: high school. It simply may take another few years of high school to fully understand by no means does "volition" coincide with manipulation. Similar to other popular bands in the Valley who are popular despite talent, all you need is a giddy group of teenage fans and the snowball will continue rolling. The rest of us can be reassured over what may seem a long, icy-cold winter that no matter how big or small, this snowball will eventually melt. Sidedish Megan Leavitt Life Writer The Utah County music scene is growing everyday, especially since The Used made their big break a few years back. Every weekend, at any given place in Provo there is a concert for local bands. Most of the time this is a pleasant experience, especially if you are a music lover, but every so often you come across a band that makes you remember what the term "local band" means. It means inexperienced, immature, and many suffer from rock star envy. Not to say that those are bad things, because let's be honest, who doesn't have a little rock star envy? The problem is, when you combine all of these elements and add bad music it makes you consider never going to another concert again. One band that has this particular problem is a band known as Sidedish. Sidedish has been in the area for the last few years and has created quite the following, which makes one wonder what about them is so fantastic. One reason for their following might be because they have an original sound. It is a sound full of an entire brass section, which normally is cool-but if the horns make no sense and have no real place in a song then it's not cool. The beat of the song is doing one thing and the horns are doing another. It's awkward for every one involved, and just doesn't fit right. Reason two that they have a good crowd following: they have decent lyrics. This is true and one must give credit where credit is due-their lyrics are pretty good. Reason three of why Sidedish has fans: they are entertainers. They give an all right show and give the young kids that go to the show just enough to keep them coming. But that is just it: most of the kids who attend Sidedish shows already know who they are, mostly through word of mouth. Therefore, the people who go to the shows already love them and don't expect anything from them, which is good because they don't deliver anything fantastic, but bad because they are not making any new fans. Sidedish is a band of young kids who are trying too hard to be something that they are not. They do have talent; they are just using it in the wrong way. They are trying to be innovative in their sound, which is cool. One has to respect their effort, but they just aren't experienced. |