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The Courteeners - 'Not Nineteen Forever'

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Fraser McAlpine | 10:23 UK time, Wednesday, 26 March 2008

CourteenersI'm gonna keep this short, partly because I've got an Easter Egg hangover, and partly because, well, it's only the Courteeners. If they can't be bothered to write better songs, I'm not going to waste my precious muse on talking about them at length. It's pompous, self-righteous and annoying, I know, but there we are.

Things I like About This Song:
The world-weary chorus, where Liam Fray sounds like the elder brother of Kyle from the View, and says things like "God bless the band, they're doing all they can".

Things I Do Not Like About This Song:
The verses are just jibber, stuck over the chords to the chorus. Which just go round and round.
It does go on.
And on.
And on.
Etc.

Bye!

Three starsDownload: Out now
CD Released: March 31st

(Fraser McAlpine)

PS: The Blanathema blog did a , a year to the day that this single is coming out. They seem to be fonder of them, if it's balance you're after...

Comments

  1. At 11:29 AM on 26 Mar 2008, Kat wrote:

    I swear I can't tell half of 'these' bands apart for beans anyway.. y'all could switch the names around plenty and I'd be none the wiser!

  2. At 07:44 PM on 02 Apr 2008, lee wrote:

    now,im gonna keep this short......heres me thinkin' that liam fray sung in the courteeners?.....well,if pompous,self-righteous,annoying reviewers cant 'be bothered' to divulge the correct information.....i know,but there you are.

    [I did kind of ask for that didn't I? I've changed it now. Anyone who missed it? I got the singer's surname wrong. - Fraser]

  3. At 06:02 PM on 03 Apr 2008, BillyFisher wrote:

    Do you get paid for writing this toss? Or do you do it for nothing in the hope that the Vicar of Dibley script writers might see your 'oh so clever' reviews and offer you a job as a teaboy?

    [Paid. I know, I can't believe it either! - Fraser]

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