<![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:42:41 EDT Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:42:41 EDT http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c539791 it's good fun pop music. There are a million less talented and more annoying groups out there to pick on. (*ahem* every other artist on the Capitol roster, although they probably have one token legit act like The Flaming Lips or somebody but I dont feel like looking it uo *ahem*)

drjimmy11

]]> 33:208178:c539791 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:42:41 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c534040 Just because you were popular in what is now the MisShapes scene back in 2002 does not grant you musical talent.

miryam

]]> 33:208178:c534040 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:15:04 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c526345 this has nothing to do w/ their sound, but once I was taking a piss at the Bowery, and some really annoying chick was yelling at her publicist, "No, I need to look floaty, like a butterfly," about her upcoming "MTV appearance" for like 10 minutes in the bathroom. It was Chantal. And you thought the music was annoying.

rchick

]]> 33:208178:c526345 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:04:45 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c526000 I know this is a Gawker Media product, but there are plenty of reasons to loathe Morningwood. "No Fat Chicks" shouldn't be one of them.

King of Pants

]]> 33:208178:c526000 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:46:25 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c525865 if chunky's a crime, that fall out boy singer would've been behind bars years ago. I'm just saying.

millwhistle

]]> 33:208178:c525865 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:12:11 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c525739 It's cock rock with a vagina: A strap-on for the senses.

Hott_Riot

]]> 33:208178:c525739 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:21:19 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c525502 believe it or not but Morningwood are doing exactly what they set out to do when they started out playing shows at Pianos a couple years ago, long before the coked-up record execs came along. if anything all they did was encourage them.

i haven't seen Morningwood play in a long time - and I watched a lot of my friends go from excitement to boredom with them because of the predictability of their live show even then - if you see it once you've got the idea and you don't have to see it again, I suppose. But still, it's fun stuff, even if the album was a bit overproduced. There's still some good music in there.

Subinev

]]> 33:208178:c525502 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 02:10:23 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c524761 Iron Maiden's good for that too, never said they weren't.

brasstax

]]> 33:208178:c524761 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:29:33 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c524720 Morningwood stage show = Pussyfatdolls.

Also:
"driving fast with the windows open and stereo blasting down the Interstate"

??

Did all of the Iron Maiden records on earth disappear?

EliD

]]> 33:208178:c524720 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:04:13 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c524451 Morningwood / Suicide Girls: Chunky Girls Hump Tour '07. C'mon Idolator, make it happen.

Cassette Stories

]]> 33:208178:c524451 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:40:01 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c524313 "Strip w/ Chantal" happens at EVERY show because it's all calculated cynical crap. Morningwood is about as spontaneous and original as a focus group.

kilgub

]]> 33:208178:c524313 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:15:14 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c524306 Wow. Girls stripping and dryhumping? How edgy! The kids will eat that up!

Rusty

]]> 33:208178:c524306 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:13:44 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c524285 i've had that fucking "Nth degree" song in my head ever since i read this post & i hate you for it.

robotbutler

]]> 33:208178:c524285 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:09:06 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c524180 i've heard the album (didn't pay for it) and have seen them live (didn't pay for it). both are miserable experiences. i was hunched over the bar in pain during their set. i listened to the album just out of curiosity. (even a lame album should be heard at least once, just so my derision has legitimacy.)

if any band deserves the ire of the capitol record staff, this is it. yes, andy slater signed interpol...but he's got morningwood on his roster, too.

coolfer

]]> 33:208178:c524180 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:51:07 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c524170 I like Chunky rock chicks!

SlimShadenfruede

]]> 33:208178:c524170 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:49:09 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c524151 You crack me up Rabi!
Fuck the Sounds, they are WEAK! I just saw their album cover and realized Princess Coldstare is on the cover.

Okay Morningwood. Damn, I've never seen such vitriol over a band. I wonder why? I was not a sucker to buy it (downloaded it), I got tickets to see them live at Bowery and can honestly say I was amused.

As far as the music, it's bubblegum. I never listened to it again. why should I? I got it the first time around.

Maybe I just have a thing for chunky chicks.

SlimShadenfruede

]]> 33:208178:c524151 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:46:11 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c523997 Y'know, that song didn't bug me as much as that photo of them. Their vaguely ska-meets-Weezer faux indie style was no doubt cooked up during a coke-fueled sodomy party somewhere in the Hollywood Hills. Not that there's anything wrong with sodomy.

...And any band that has their url as "www.(band name)rocks" most surely doesn't.

SirLoin

]]> 33:208178:c523997 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:27:37 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c523901 I guess I qualify as one of the suckers who paid good money for both the CD and a live date (sort of; see below). I can't say I deeply regret either, but I don't have a good counterargument for your screed. They are pretty dumb, and at this point Andy Slater at Capitol clearly has egg on his face for not putting these jokers over at radio.

I saw them live opening for the Sounds at Irving Plaza about six months ago. I went into the show officially neutral, having found "Nth Degree" fun and catchy and the rest of the record forgettable.

And live they were...meh. A lot of cursing, a lot of energy, and one memorable moment during "Take Off Your Clothes" where someone much, much hotter than the lead singer was invited onstage to strip down to her knickers. But songs-wise and chops-wise, the Sounds blew them off the stage.

Huh-huh...I said "blew."

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:208178:c523901 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:14:45 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c523675 Actually a fun album and a great live act. Chantal ends the set by getting a chick from the audience on stage to strip. The two then dry hump. That alone makes them better then Yo La Tengo.

Rabi

]]> 33:208178:c523675 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:47:30 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c523662 Add this one to the rock and roll playbook: Don't have a beer-goggles-only singer and a song called "Take Off Your Clothes."

Cassette Stories

]]> 33:208178:c523662 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:45:01 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c523577 It only scores high on the "driving fast with the windows open and chucking it out the window" test.

AcilletaM

]]> 33:208178:c523577 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:32:48 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c523574 hey, no sullying the divinyls' name! that self-titled record is pretty good.

Maura Johnston

]]> 33:208178:c523574 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:32:30 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c523570 After a good pruning, I think this album achieves exactly what it sets out to achieve: it's a fun, fluff-filled pop album. What's wrong with that?

I never noticed the band ever taking itself seriously, so why should you?

tankboy

]]> 33:208178:c523570 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:32:17 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c523560 "Oh, you've never heard of Morningwood? They're pretty good. I don't know... they're sort of Courtney Love-meets-Lucious Jackson, with a little Divinyls and Young Black Teenagers thrown in for good measure."

AcilletaM

]]> 33:208178:c523560 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:30:47 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c523442 i had a minor "r u shttng me" moment this morning, though i can't say it wasn't completely unpredictable: gnarls barkley touring with red hot chili peppers. what they have in common? both bands are jokers, but one more intentionally than the other.

katie_a_princess

]]> 33:208178:c523442 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:12:29 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c523437 This gave me a severe case of Shrinky Dinx.

Ozzy

]]> 33:208178:c523437 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:11:44 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c523411 The first time I heard that "Nth Degree" song on satellite radio, I thought it must be the soundtrack for a shampoo commercial.

chrisb

]]> 33:208178:c523411 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:08:32 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c523401 I inadvertently saw this band once and it's the only show I've ever been to where the entire audience was embarassed not only for themselves, but also for the band and humanity in general.

urbanjewess

]]> 33:208178:c523401 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:07:40 EDT <![CDATA[Are You Shitting Us? Part One: Morningwood Leaves Us Limp]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/are-you-shitting-us/are-you-shitting-us-part-one-morningwood-leaves-us-limp-208178.php#c523335 It's good camp, that's all. Also, it scores high in the "driving fast with the windows open and stereo blasting down the Interstate" test, which is something New Yorkers infrequently get to do I guess.

brasstax

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