Yeah, Yeah, We Saw "Thou Shalt Always Kill"...
...and we defer to Hater Tuesday:
thou shall not read and record pretentious self-important ramblings and call them songs just so you can post them on youtube in attempts to get laid (finally!) by girls who are dumb enough to think you are on the road to fame and believe you are “blunt and honest, yet quippy and political” ... thou shalt remember “King Missle” and reflect upon thier decent into obscurity ... thou shall come not consider yourself smarter just because you have a british accent. in reality it makes you sound like an asshole. thou shall not wear one’s beard like that unless you are hasidic and you live in williamsburg and there is no irony implied ... thou shall not trust someone named Le Sac.
If somehow you've escaped the UK viral phenom, watch it here.
Posted at 5:30 PM in Video
you guys just reposted an entire post from another blog. what gives, yo?
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hahaha... total boredom.
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thou shalt not have sex in the champagne room
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fuck this noise. the shit was good.
if thou feelest compelled, thou shalt make a statement even if someone else made it before because if it had a point it was worth saying again.
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minor threat's not just a band. it's also a delicious sauce for meat.
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i do like the beat, tho
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As I watched the end of the next-to-last scene of the video, I hoped he'd get pushed off the roof. What a wanker.
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also, this was a UK radio phenom before it was a viral video. try tuning in to the BBC from time to time, eh?
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This was on Radio 1 BBC forever ago.
You are late. Don't hate. Congratulate.
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Thou shalt not take the name of Jim Morrison in vain? Really? People still like the Doors? The others I agree with though. This thing isn't bad, its the "Whatever" or "Always Wear Sunscreen" (or whatever the fuk that was called) of the day. We need mindful pap like this.
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I'm tempted to love the entire thing because it included the line "Thou shalt not question Stephen Fry".
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It is no more or less pretentious than ZZ Top, The Beach Boys, Sting, Public Enemy or Pink Floyd.
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Nigel Tufnel: "That's just nitpicking, isn't it?"
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this is like that sunscreen song only more obnoxious.
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Thou shalt not take Jim Morrison's name in vain. After all, you shouldn't put recording artists up on pedastals. The Doors were just a band.
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zane lowe has been playing this for ages, and how is it a viral video? its a music video and a damn good song
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There's really no need to bring King Missile into this...
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thou shalt learn to spell descent
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As much as the song kicks ass, isn't it just Losing My Edge redux?
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this ish is so weak. newsworthy perhaps - because of its viral nature - but let's not all drink the kool-aid. this tripe too shall soon pass.
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Thou Shalt Not make a song that so blatantly apes LCD Soundsystem's "Losing My Edge"
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this song is fucking obnoxious drivel and i want it to catch fire a.s.a.p. was it intentionally hypocritical or is this fuckstick just that far up his own ass? he is every pompous university cunt with a 5 book library and a fat wad of daddys money, all rolled into one coffeehouse abortion.
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Hello, I am a devoted Stereogum reader and I think Thou Shalt Always Kill is brilliant.
OPINION.
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This guy is the kind of aimless, pretentious & fun-hating asshole that populate art departments across the globe. It's because of people like guy my experience at art school was absolute hell.
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thanks for linking me even though i dont know how to spell descent. i dont have no time or candy for spell check or grammar that shit is for nerds.
also i will rarely if never congratulate -- im a hater for life, yo!
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"decent (sic) into obscurity". 'Nuff said.
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The Arcade Fire? Just a band. Bright Eyes? Just a band. Fugazi? Just a band.
It works both ways.
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"Thou shalt not consider yourself smarter just because you have a British accent" - Nice bit of xenophobia thrown in for good measure.
He's a self-satisfied twat, but it's nothing to do with his accent.
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At least they didn't say Pink Floyd was just a band.
They. Were. Gods.
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bloody live it!
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or...even bloody love it!!
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Dear deary me. Looks like a stupid american can't handle something that makes him think a bit. God, the mere thought of not buying coca cola products! You won't die! Honest! F*cking idiots. How about you actally LISTEN to the lyrics and think about what they mean.
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there was another band that did a song very much like this, rambly bits of cynicism on top of a solid electrobeat and everybody thought they were one hit wonders
the song was Losing My Edge and the band was
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM
and now an album later theyre getting their nobs mongled daily by pitchfork and the indie press and are like "best album of the year" so STFU okthxbai
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Someone spoke up and gave their opinion. It has affected people, good or bad, and that is a lot more than most people will ever accomplish.
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Who freed from the dead Moses?????
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Why do you say he thinks he's smarter becasue he has a british accent. Theres nothing in the song/video to suggest he thinks that so your comment is just racism against limeys.
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isnt it about not caring wot people think and thinking for your self? some good points made in the song?
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