Lily Allen Is A Sore Victim
So there's this song circling UK radio which satirizes the hipster nightlife elite called "LDN Is A Victim," a quick hit in the vein of "Thou Shalt Always Kill," in constant rotation at Radio 1. Guardian blogs about the song:
The action kicks off at YoYo in Notting Hill, the club run by Lily Allen's boyfriend, record exec Seb Chew, and the girl herself is there, having a pop at Adele and Kate Nash, in the company of Mark Ronson and Future Cut. Then on to the Garage in Highbury to see the ever-so-hot Remi Nicole.Spot on, maybe -- but it's not very good, so we spared you. But nobody defends Lily Allen like MySpace-Lily Allen, and she came to her own rescue with a class-y comment on myspace.com/LDNisavictim (via NME):Jack Penate "and his public school rock'n'roll crew" are also present, "saying things like 'It's soooo rock'n'roll, it's awesome, groovy,' but what do they know, this is middle-class, art school thing, yeah?" And so on ... The point being that the satire is spot on.
So what if w'ere middle class ? Just cause your mum was too lazy to get her fat ass up off the sofa and make some cash . I shouldn't be able to make tunes yeah ? ( which is more than you're doing by the way . ) Kate nash is well better than you , as are all the other people you talk about . Anyways im off to meet Jack Penate , Jamie T and the maccabees , for cucumber and cheese sandwiches in the conservatory . Thanks for the song it really has made us see the light , now we know where we belong.Fight satire with sarcasm! That should go well. You can hear the song on the "LDN Is A Victim" MySpace page. Knowledgeable UK readers, why has this struck such a nerve abroad? Is it backlash? Or just bored Radio 1 DJs having a laugh? Unemployed US readers, Lily is on the Today show this Friday.
Posted at 3:40 PM in Where's The Beef?
Tags: Lily Allen
ive never said this before, but im proud to be american. just so i dont have to put up with this retard-ism.
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Unemployed? Nah, we got the DVR! Marvelous machine that it is.
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why has it struck a chord? Because the 2nd tier shoreditch scenesters are so awash in coke, beer and their own inflated sense of self importance that they just love hearing anyone talk about their 'scene' And i'm not talking about the kids that are actually touring the world and making shit happen (Jack, Lilly, Kate etc) I'm talking about the gallery slaves, the Vice staff, the 300 hundred DJ's with fresh new Klaxons remix. London navel gazing at it's unskilled zenith.. And they are selling it to! HA
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is the
stupid people think its cool, smart people think its a joke...also cool
a sample? that made me laugh
they ought to do a collabo with the glc
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Wow. Lily Allen talks like Vicky Pollard from Little Britain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcqUn79eGL4
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Wow. Lily Allen talks like Vicky Pollard from Little Britain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcqUn79eGL4
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I actually don't think Radio 1 have been playing it, it's been more a viral thing. The thing that gives it away is its parochialness - hardly anybody outside London scenesters has heard of Remi Nicole or Adele, or a number of the other references. It gets quick and easy press, but for someone like me who lives sixty miles from London it might as well be about 1950s trad jazz for all the sense it makes.
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I heard it played on Radio 1 once.
And the quote
"stupid people think its cool, smart people think its a joke...also cool"
Is from Nathan Barely over here which took the piss from scenster types a few years back, if you youtube it I'm sure you'll be able to find it.
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Lily and Amy Winehouse need to fight to the death, and the winner needs to smoke a big ol' blunt stuffed to the tiparillo with Keith Richards' backhair.
DwD
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I heard it was Chris Morris who came up with it. Anyone else hear it?
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Chris Morris was responsible for Nathan Barley, and therefore the above quote. I doubt he'd be responsible for the song though. Seems a bit of a trivial thing for him to concern himself with.
And seriously, the British media are so obsessed with celebrities nowadays that this sort of bullshit is considered newsworthy. It hasn't struck a nerve, people just can't get enough of scandal. Blah blah blah, enjoy your 15 minutes etc.
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ahhh, i was talking about this just yesterday. the track might be funny if it wasn't such a crap tune. it's just annoying. much like 'thou shalt always kill'.
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That first comment cracked me up.
Can't say I've heard the song and don't particularly want to. These tracks seem to pop up every year and are really getting boring to listen to.
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it's awesome.
but only if you live in london and have lost many friends to the , wait, is it post ironic?east london way of thinking.
middle class kids pretending to be common has been around forever. doesn't mean it's not sickening though.
I'm proud to be middle class, but then I have the good sense to stick around indie rock and the suchlike eh?
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Lilly Allen's music is fine, but she seems a little too precious and self important for my liking. She deserves a good cutting down.
She gets major exposure over here in London though. Her inane blog posts get covered in the paper which astonishes me.
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