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Hard Fi
Just seen them playing in HMV in Birmingham
Good Music, shame the singer was moving like a tw*t |
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There are many comments to be made on how a **** moves but I wont bother
Hard to Beat is excellent, Tied up Too Tight is good, rest of the album is average IMHO. |
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Hard to Beat is the same as all the generic dance crap around at the moment (Shapeshifters, anyone?) but played on real instruments. Big deal.
The rest of the album has a few good moments, however. |
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I preferred Tied Up To Tight which should have got more airplay to the current single. I haven't got the album so I can't really comment too much.
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Apparantly their 1st single Cash Machine is being re-released on Monday
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liking hard to beat, i hope their album does well.
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Originally Posted by luvsnail
Hard to Beat is the same as all the generic dance crap around at the moment (Shapeshifters, anyone?) but played on real instruments. Big deal.
The rest of the album has a few good moments, however. |
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Originally Posted by luvsnail
Hard to Beat is the same as all the generic dance crap around at the moment (Shapeshifters, anyone?) but played on real instruments.
Only heard a few album tracks but I love both 'Tied Up Too Tight' and 'Middle Eastern Holiday', they're certainly one of the freshest bands to crop up for a while, and in a good year for music that's saying something. Quote:
Originally Posted by nikproffitt
Apparantly their 1st single Cash Machine is being re-released on Monday
So all in all, a very puzzling day for me. |
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Originally Posted by irs.uk
This one's got me genuinely puzzled. I fail to spot any similarity at all. The 1st part confused me too but I didn't want to look stupid by questioning it Only heard a few album tracks but I love both 'Tied Up Too Tight' and 'Middle Eastern Holiday', they're certainly one of the freshest bands to crop up for a while, and in a good year for music that's saying something. Quote:
So all in all, a very puzzling day for me. I have ordered Cash Machine from Amazon anyway. I did think it was released a bit too soon after hard to beat. Don't be puzzled. Buy the album and relax
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That's in YOUR opinion surely. That would imply that you think that there are no good dance songs but some may not agree.
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Originally Posted by luvsnail
No, there are some good dance songs. I was just comparing Hard-Fi to the bad ones.
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I'm quite liking the Hard-Fi album, to be honest.
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Hard-Fi are @rse.
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But Hard-Fi arn't dance so why compare them to dance music???????
![]() It uses virtually identical instrumentation, except that the instruments are mostly live and not sampled. The chords are the same, and certain sections of the guitar riffs are even repeated in exactly the same way as many dance songs have to because they use guitar samples not live guitars. Sections of samples often have to be looped in order to provide some sort of variation in a dance record, but Hard-Fi have chosen to emulate this with live instruments. Hard to Beat also uses the standard phase and filter effects that have become mandatory on modern dance records. Put simply, it's a dance record played on real instruments. I find it perplexing that you haven't noticed this, since if you turn up the bass it's virtually indistinguishable.
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Originally Posted by luvsnail
Because Hard to Beat follows the standard radio-friendly dance single formula to the letter. The big names that spring to mind are Daft Punk and Shapeshifters, but I'm sure there are better examples I can't think of right now.
It uses virtually identical instrumentation, except that the instruments are mostly live and not sampled. The chords are the same, and certain sections of the guitar riffs are even repeated in exactly the same way as many dance songs have to because they use guitar samples not live guitars. Sections of samples often have to be looped in order to provide some sort of variation in a dance record, but Hard-Fi have chosen to emulate this with live instruments. Hard to Beat also uses the standard phase and filter effects that have become mandatory on modern dance records. Put simply, it's a dance record played on real instruments. I find it perplexing that you haven't noticed this, since if you turn up the bass it's virtually indistinguishable. ![]() |
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Maybe because it lacks originality?
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