Tell me what you think ?

Not bad, they generally seem clean and tidy. Not too much litter... the chewing gum ruins it and looks a mess though... :heyhey:

Some git told me before I moved here that they were paved with gold. It was LIES!

haha you've done me funny fooker

I liked their first single....dry your eyes mate

seemed like modern urban poetry....

unfortunately, when you listen to the rest of the album it loses its power and starts to feel a bit too samey.

But, if gets youngsters more interested in words and feelings etc, then good luck to them

The Streets, not really my thing- sorry!

I just don't see whats so good about them

IM - try listening to them mate especially the first album, u'll soon understand.

Listen to the lyrics very clever guy very truthful about what he says. Underated too.

:rolleyes: And some forumers have been told off for inadequate descriptions. Can we start a competition? I'm nominating this thread :D

Originally posted by k_enny26
IM - try listening to them mate especially the first album, u'll soon understand.

Listen to the lyrics very clever guy very truthful about what he says. Underated too.

Not my sort of thing usually, but I think Mike Skinner's got a brilliant way with words. So funny, and clever, and true to life. "Dry your Eyes" is a masterpiece - nearly had me crying my eyes out the first time I heard it :cool:

Just a shame his beautiful words would be wasted on a chavette .... :P

The British Eminem.

StarSparkle :)

Recently bought the album on the strength of the track
'fit but don't you know it'.

rated E X C E L L E N T by DK.
Money well spent.:thumbsup:

Originally posted by LoopyLou
I liked their first single....dry your eyes mate

seemed like modern urban poetry....

unfortunately, when you listen to the rest of the album it loses its power and starts to feel a bit too samey.

But, if gets youngsters more interested in words and feelings etc, then good luck to them

Dry Your Eyes was not their first single lol, they did another album before A Grand Don't Come for Free (which featured Dry Your Eyes.)

It was called Original Pirate Material and the quality of tracks on there was a hell of a lot better than those on A Grand Don't Come For Free.

Mike Skinner admitted A Grand Don't Come For Free was crap but he said it was something he needed to do.

I like the structure of the second album but it is nowhere near as good as the first one. One thing I do like about the streets is the music. Simple loops and samples and very sparse. They translate to being played on guitar very well.

Originally posted by k_enny26
Tell me what you think ?

What you reckon to Audio Bullys then?

Originally posted by BoroughGal
What you reckon to Audio Bullys then?

not much! its music for people who don't like music isn't it? - check out roots manuva for some quality british rapping

Originally posted by LoopyLou
I liked their first single....dry your eyes mate

seemed like modern urban poetry....

unfortunately, when you listen to the rest of the album it loses its power and starts to feel a bit too samey.

But, if gets youngsters more interested in words and feelings etc, then good luck to them
I know it's already been said, but are you for real?? Dry your eyes was most certainly not Skinner's first single, it was his 7th! It wasn't even the first release from A Grand Don't Come For Free, there were 2 before it, and there was a whole album before that.

I think what Skinner has done is very simple, but also very clever. I hated him when he emerged, but I often forget to keep an open mind where music is concerned, and once I gave his music time I realised that it was actually very good.

I think I prefer AGDCFF to OPM just because of the concept, although AGDCFF is far more mainstream and feel that he sold out a bit in doing it.