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| From | Rick Bilous <rickbilous@yahoo.ca> |
| Subject | Actually, Canada thinks the Darkness are quite alright... |
| Date | Mon, 2 Feb 2004 00:14:23 -0500 (EST) |
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Jaimie,
This isn't really a big deal, but your assumption that Canada hasn't warmed up to the Darkness is, well, quite wrong.
"I believe in a thing called love" is getting tons of airplay, and according to Canadian Soundscan results on January 30, selling darned well too...
Remember not to confuse your opinion with the facts - The Darkness hit Number 10 in the Alternative Rock Album Sales chart, and Number 4 in the Hard Rock Chart. Source - Calgary Herald, Friday January 30 "Charts" section.
I think America, and Canada by default, are not warming up to the Darkness
because they....well...blow. Put as much retro guitar/glam flashback or
Spinal Tapian logic on it you want, but the bottom line is the singing kills
it. Same reason our very own Tragically Hip have never caught on in the
US...who the hell wants to listen to an album (and in the Hip's case -- 8
albums) of some guy attempting to find the key of the song. The band might
rock, but listening to a cat get skinned alive for 45 minutes leads to a
certain disenfranchisement.
Of course, I've been wrong before (White Stripes anyone?)
Jaimie Vernon,
Bullseye
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