#222

Thought that was the problem with some of the lyrics on the last one as well. Especially “Never Fight a Man With a Perm”. A bit “Yeah, that’ll do”

#223

I keep getting these guys mixed up with Algiers. Algiers are great

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#224

It’s not a pot shot at their age, it’s implying that they spend so long tweeting that they have given themselves arthritis.

#225

Ha it’s definitely at least a bit of column A, why else refer to him tweeting at 20 year-olds.

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#226

I guessed because it highlights the futility of the action. In an ‘old man yells at clouds’ sort of way. Tbf I don’t really care, I hate idles and Sleaford mods so they can do what they like!

#227

Nadine Shah seems to have jumped on Idles as well, referring to them as Jerks. Pretty sure they used to be m8s. Any idea what happened there?

#228

Unlike Blossoms then who definitely did take a pot shot at their age-

#229

unlikely

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#230

Just ugly then

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#231

the Savage Garden comparison was bang on tbf

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#232

This seems to be it:

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#233

Yep. What a bunch of bells

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#234

Full interview here FYI

Someone on twitter pointed out it’s very Spinal Tap, and that’s a bit hard to unsee.

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#235

Hilarious that jedward are more punk than this lot.

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#236

This as well:

“It’s deliberately concise,” adds the flamboyantly moustachioed Bowen. “The mantra behind it is to be as concise as possible, to distil IDLES down to the most IDLES that IDLES can be.”

For a throwaway remark made eighteen months ago, he seems to have been badly rattled by the Sleaford Mods thing

#237

I have seen this tweet approximately 60 times

(Very true though)

#238

Jedward becoming the most politically engaged musical act was something I didn’t see coming for 2020

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#240

Lol he also claims in that interview that their new album is the ‘greatest rock album ever made’.

#241

do you think at all he was maybe joking