I think my main problem with him
is that he doesn't seem to question his own opinions that much.
eg Though Shalt Always Kill preached against lots of things but was never critical of things he (and most of his audience) might do, which made it seem pretty arrogant and preaching to the converted. You could imagine Jeremy Clarkson doing a right wing version.
Not heard that much of his stuff to be honest, but a bit more self-depreciation and self-doubt would improve what I have heard massively.
Still, plenty of talent there.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Sun 25 Sep 2011, 0:22,
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Not that I'm comparing the two in any other way but...
...that's kinda like judging The Beatles on just Yellow Submarine.
Get a hold of No Commercial Breaks (His first SOLO LP,long before all the Dan Le Sac stuff thats made the charts) and you'll see a different side of Pip. Not saying he's without any kind of pretension.Just that he's got quite a bit more breadth than that which you've experienced of him.
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Fair enough
Have only ever heard the Dan Le Sac stuff. Will have to check that album out.
There's always plenty of lines in what I have heard that I've really liked, it's just when taken as a whole, (to me) it makes him sound like he thinks he is self-appointed Jesus. I think Jams hits the nail on the head when he says a big problem is he is "detached" in these songs.
I am also quite a cynical man, so the optimism might be putting me off a bit.
For me, this is how you combine pop and poetry perfectly:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=37QUUwp9xIs
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I know what you're saying
but that song ends with the penultimate line as 'thou shalt think for yourselves', which I see as an instruction to disregard instructions such as the preceding song. It's quite Bill Hicks - make your own mind up, don't just blindly listen to the guy on your screen right now etc.
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