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drcuriosity ([personal profile] drcuriosity) wrote2010-09-17 03:03 pm
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I'm probably just imagining things.



Compare and contrast:



Seems like a bunch of similar progressions to me. But hey, there's no reason why an NZ band would suddenly start to sound more like a 2010 Grammy winner or anything, right?

And just to complete my music snobbery, their old shit is better ;-)
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[identity profile] thebluerose.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
funny I was thinking that exact thing thing on hearing Naked and Famous on the radio on the way home :)

[identity profile] micheinnz.livejournal.com 2010-09-19 07:55 am (UTC)(link)
Those chord progressions are straight from '80s synth pop. MGMT in particular reminded me a lot of the kind of stuff we listened to back in the day when cellphones were the size of a house brick.

[identity profile] jwm.livejournal.com 2010-09-20 11:25 am (UTC)(link)
On the other hand, MGMT's live drumming is what drives all the songs on their first album, which is unusual outside of metal, and definitely not a synth pop thing.

I quite like MGMT

[identity profile] angryangeltoo.livejournal.com 2010-09-19 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
There is a scary amount of vocoder and effects on the girls voice in The Naked and Famous song and I am not sure she works so well as a vocalist by herself.
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Re: I quite like MGMT

[personal profile] drcuriosity 2010-09-20 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
She's reasonable without the vocode, but not a voice I'd write home about.

She's no Fiona McDonald, that's for sure:

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