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December 7, 2006

New Bloc Party Video - "The Prayer"

Ever been roofied? We have! (It was meant for a girlfriend, but still.) Shit got trippy quick; we were just minding our own at a bar in The Big Easy during Mardi Gras and *bam* ... the world was weird. Well, BBC 1 premiered Bloc Party's first video from A Weekend In The City last night, and it paints a similar story. Kele and the boys are at a pub looking bored to tears -- until Okereke's last libation makes it the surreal deal. Watch it here (via P4K). Someone needs to give Bloc Party a lesson in partying! Guys, you don't need E to have fun.

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REALLY BORING!

Posted by: malina at 12/07/06 10:18 AM | Reply
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you ever been "forget-me-now"-ed? (;

Posted by: kory at 12/07/06 10:23 AM | Reply
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Sucks.

Posted by: Doghouse at 12/07/06 10:53 AM | Reply
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white kids dancing.
acid-induced visual ideas.
the easiest video for an artist to take place in since bittersweet symphony.
video gets a 5.5-
9.5 if i were on drugs right now.

Posted by: steve perry at 12/07/06 11:02 AM | Reply
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I have no idea why they chose this song as their first single, the rest of the album is amazing!!

Posted by: zach at 12/07/06 11:02 AM | Reply
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lolz @ kory.

Love me some AD.

Posted by: dusty at 12/07/06 11:55 AM | Reply
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they chose that song, because it's the only decent one on the album. and that's only because it sounds like tv on the radio.

Posted by: john at 12/07/06 12:01 PM | Reply
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They're sad because they miss Panic! at the Disco.

Posted by: ElWood at 12/07/06 12:24 PM | Reply
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Hallo,

David Bowie here, now I've partied with the Bloc Party chaps, and it really was as dull as that video.

The video itself is a rip off of Madonna's Power of Goodbye if you ask me.

One question tho' , the Bloc Party record that "leaked" a month ago, is that the finished (mastered) article or what? Cos that video sounded a bit different...

Posted by: The Goblin King at 12/07/06 12:26 PM | Reply
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If this sounded like TV on the Radio my ears would be bleeding and I'd be weeping for mankind. So I'm glad it's not. Still, I worry about this album given they abandoned Epworth as producer.

Posted by: sean at 12/07/06 1:03 PM | Reply
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Yeah, Epworth was definately the "fifth member" of Bloc Party for Silent Alarm.

I think they should have got Nigel Godrich for the new one.

Posted by: The Goblin King at 12/07/06 1:26 PM | Reply
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i love bloc party but this song really annoys me for some reason. and the video didn't help much either.

Posted by: eva at 12/07/06 1:31 PM | Reply
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the band had the "taste the sadness" look for much of the video.


"the prayer" is going to be nme's single of 2007. a godrich-produced album would be interesting; it'd probably be something like 'hail to the thief' with a bp twist.

Posted by: khalid at 12/07/06 1:56 PM | Reply
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kinda small...wish someone would upload this to YouTube

Posted by: Charbarred at 12/07/06 1:58 PM | Reply
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Holy snap this does sound a little TVOTR-ish. It's kinda weird. And anyway, Bloc Party at their worst still sounds miles better than P!ATD at its best.

Posted by: ajaku at 12/07/06 3:51 PM | Reply
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please don't ever put "hail to the thief" and bloc party in the same sentence. i don't care who produced it...they could never make an album half as good as any radiohead album.

also, it DOES sound like TVOTR, so your ears must be bleeding. you can hear it in the beat and the guitar strumming pattern and melody sounds A LOT like something david sitek would do.

Posted by: John at 12/07/06 5:25 PM | Reply
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Rah! Rape is funny. Good joke. And by good joke, I mean, you're a fucking dick.

Posted by: Joydivided at 12/07/06 8:20 PM | Reply
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The writing on this blog has really been deteriorating lately. It doesn't surprise me that no one wants to take responsibility for any of the entries. The posts went anonymous after everyone realized that amrit was doing all the shitty posts. please make it good again.

Posted by: yale heddarity at 12/07/06 9:51 PM | Reply
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if you don't like this blog.... don't read it anymore?
simple solution?

Posted by: Pat at 12/07/06 10:05 PM | Reply
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i'm pretty sure "silent alarm" outdoes "pablo honey"...

Posted by: trey at 12/07/06 10:12 PM | Reply
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Yeah... the whole roofied thing probably wasn't in the best taste.

Posted by: Mark B. at 12/07/06 11:39 PM | Reply
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Cafe 1001...those who know...know!
x

Posted by: ... at 12/17/06 1:07 PM | Reply
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hey maybe it doesn't sound like old bp but it still kicks some serious ass so i dont know why you guys have to go to comparing to every alternative band under the sun

Posted by: branden at 04/26/07 9:07 AM | Reply
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