Comments for OxfordBands.com http://www.oxfordbands.com Oxfordshire's music online Thu, 15 May 2008 00:29:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 Comment on Smilex- ‘7′ by joederville http://www.oxfordbands.com/2008/05/10/smilex-7/#comment-677 joederville Tue, 13 May 2008 15:53:16 +0000 http://www.oxfordbands.com/2008/05/10/smilex-7/#comment-677 Bowiethius: genius. I've heard Lee is a student of the Spiritual Exercises of St Iggynatious of Loyola as well. Bowiethius: genius.

I’ve heard Lee is a student of the Spiritual Exercises of St Iggynatious of Loyola as well.

]]> Comment on Smilex- ‘7′ by leesmilex http://www.oxfordbands.com/2008/05/10/smilex-7/#comment-675 leesmilex Tue, 13 May 2008 12:53:25 +0000 http://www.oxfordbands.com/2008/05/10/smilex-7/#comment-675 my dad had a reo speedwagon t-shirt theat said "wheels are turnin' " but i never took them as the philosophical types before now. i'd IKE to think he wrote proud mary. joe is pretty good authority on bowiethius...OR am i getting confused?! cheers for finally putting up the review colin! and thanks for the postitive feedback, ross! OFF FOR A SANDPAPER GENITAL MASSAGE NOW COS IT SOUNDS LIKE I WILL ENJOY IT! :-) my dad had a reo speedwagon t-shirt theat said “wheels are turnin’ ” but i never took them as the philosophical types before now. i’d IKE to think he wrote proud mary. joe is pretty good authority on bowiethius…OR am i getting confused?! cheers for finally putting up the review colin! and thanks for the postitive feedback, ross! OFF FOR A SANDPAPER GENITAL MASSAGE NOW COS IT SOUNDS LIKE I WILL ENJOY IT! :-)

]]> Comment on Smilex- ‘7′ by joederville http://www.oxfordbands.com/2008/05/10/smilex-7/#comment-672 joederville Tue, 13 May 2008 08:36:46 +0000 http://www.oxfordbands.com/2008/05/10/smilex-7/#comment-672 Spot the English grads...that would have gone down a storm at the Footlights. Spot the English grads…that would have gone down a storm at the Footlights.

]]> Comment on Smilex- ‘7′ by gappy http://www.oxfordbands.com/2008/05/10/smilex-7/#comment-671 gappy Mon, 12 May 2008 19:10:16 +0000 http://www.oxfordbands.com/2008/05/10/smilex-7/#comment-671 I thought he wrote "Hymn Of The Big Wheel"... I thought he wrote “Hymn Of The Big Wheel”…

]]> Comment on Boy Did Good – Enemies & Friends (demo) by BoydidAlex http://www.oxfordbands.com/2008/05/05/boy-did-good-%e2%80%93-enemies-friends-demo/#comment-668 BoydidAlex Mon, 12 May 2008 15:21:11 +0000 http://www.oxfordbands.com/2008/05/05/boy-did-good-%e2%80%93-enemies-friends-demo/#comment-668 Hello everyone, I'm glad that the review has sparked such fervent debate!! I can only hope some of you may have headed over to our myspace to check the tracks for yourselves. I'm the lead singer/song writer for BDG so please may I introduce myself as a bland and ostentatiously beige member of the popular music drudgery. I found the review to be ok. Clearly we've submitted our work to wrong people as, looking back through the archives, we're not exactly a band fitted to the target audience. Given that we weren't completely slaughtered though, I consider this to be a result so thank you Dave, and Colin for setting it up. One thing I would say though, is that the reviewer did appear to lack the drive to look hard into the lyrics and the music that surrounds them. I must admit that I actually consider them a lot when writing...Furthermore, the entire concept behind the EP was completely missed - Characters & Pieces was a consideration of the manipulation of a mass, consumerist and ultimately indoctrinated society and public that we live in and with and an exploration of the notion that those who control us are an Enemy. That Girl Is Dangerous took this down to a much more realistically relatable level - the girl being the enemy to the gentlemen pursuing her through her fascinatingly malevolent, yet irresistible demeanor. The last was not just the same story with the sex roles reversed but more a picture of how our friends can help us in a time of need, and in the worst cases, where we don't trust their advice and become an enemy unto ourselves...The title, Enemies & Friends as you can see was chosen for a very specific and important reason and the tracks collated and recorded with a concept in mind. My only wish is that the reviewer could have taken the time to explore the concept as a whole. But...then again, maybe the music was just too 'average'. No matter though! I'll probably still submit the next EP for review here nonetheless, just to see what concept is missed out on this time! Oh, and the 40 mile pilgrimage is possibly worthwhile....We played at the NEC inside 12 months of our existence so one would presume we're probably rather good live. Alex Hello everyone,

I’m glad that the review has sparked such fervent debate!! I can only hope some of you may have headed over to our myspace to check the tracks for yourselves.

I’m the lead singer/song writer for BDG so please may I introduce myself as a bland and ostentatiously beige member of the popular music drudgery.

I found the review to be ok. Clearly we’ve submitted our work to wrong people as, looking back through the archives, we’re not exactly a band fitted to the target audience. Given that we weren’t completely slaughtered though, I consider this to be a result so thank you Dave, and Colin for setting it up.

One thing I would say though, is that the reviewer did appear to lack the drive to look hard into the lyrics and the music that surrounds them. I must admit that I actually consider them a lot when writing…Furthermore, the entire concept behind the EP was completely missed - Characters & Pieces was a consideration of the manipulation of a mass, consumerist and ultimately indoctrinated society and public that we live in and with and an exploration of the notion that those who control us are an Enemy. That Girl Is Dangerous took this down to a much more realistically relatable level - the girl being the enemy to the gentlemen pursuing her through her fascinatingly malevolent, yet irresistible demeanor. The last was not just the same story with the sex roles reversed but more a picture of how our friends can help us in a time of need, and in the worst cases, where we don’t trust their advice and become an enemy unto ourselves…The title, Enemies & Friends as you can see was chosen for a very specific and important reason and the tracks collated and recorded with a concept in mind. My only wish is that the reviewer could have taken the time to explore the concept as a whole. But…then again, maybe the music was just too ‘average’.

No matter though! I’ll probably still submit the next EP for review here nonetheless, just to see what concept is missed out on this time!

Oh, and the 40 mile pilgrimage is possibly worthwhile….We played at the NEC inside 12 months of our existence so one would presume we’re probably rather good live.

Alex

]]> Comment on Smilex- ‘7′ by joederville http://www.oxfordbands.com/2008/05/10/smilex-7/#comment-666 joederville Mon, 12 May 2008 11:58:59 +0000 http://www.oxfordbands.com/2008/05/10/smilex-7/#comment-666 Sorry, that was an extremely obscure joke. Sorry, that was an extremely obscure joke.

]]> Comment on Smilex- ‘7′ by joederville http://www.oxfordbands.com/2008/05/10/smilex-7/#comment-665 joederville Mon, 12 May 2008 11:12:04 +0000 http://www.oxfordbands.com/2008/05/10/smilex-7/#comment-665 Didn't Boethius write "Proud Mary"? Didn’t Boethius write “Proud Mary”?

]]> Comment on Smilex- ‘7′ by Danny http://www.oxfordbands.com/2008/05/10/smilex-7/#comment-662 Danny Sun, 11 May 2008 13:28:54 +0000 http://www.oxfordbands.com/2008/05/10/smilex-7/#comment-662 Having reread all the posting I agree about the free-for-all, Oxfordbands has a maintained sense of integrity and diluting this would definately be a step in the wrong direction, also there seems to be an increasing debate over articles anyway and some good ideas are developing in the comments sections themselves- this appears to be what people wanted anyway. Having reread all the posting I agree about the free-for-all, Oxfordbands has a maintained sense of integrity and diluting this would definately be a step in the wrong direction, also there seems to be an increasing debate over articles anyway and some good ideas are developing in the comments sections themselves- this appears to be what people wanted anyway.

]]> Comment on Smilex- ‘7′ by gappy http://www.oxfordbands.com/2008/05/10/smilex-7/#comment-657 gappy Sat, 10 May 2008 15:05:33 +0000 http://www.oxfordbands.com/2008/05/10/smilex-7/#comment-657 "Some boring old sod in bygone ages" - damn right! People in the past were well dull: Boethius or Judas Priest? Like, duh!! Which is better, St Augustine's Confessions or Love In An Elevator? Well, which one fucking rocks, dude?!? (seriously, nice litle review, that...nowhere near 3000 words either) “Some boring old sod in bygone ages” - damn right!

People in the past were well dull: Boethius or Judas Priest? Like, duh!!

Which is better, St Augustine’s Confessions or Love In An Elevator? Well, which one fucking rocks, dude?!?

(seriously, nice litle review, that…nowhere near 3000 words either)

]]> Comment on MP3 Download: The Blitz Cartel by David http://www.oxfordbands.com/2008/05/05/mp3-download-the-blitz-cartel/#comment-656 David Sat, 10 May 2008 14:14:42 +0000 http://www.oxfordbands.com/2008/05/05/mp3-download-the-blitz-cartel/#comment-656 Great tune, great band! Great tune, great band!

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