True there is quite a difference
But the one thing they have in common is they are both shite
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:49, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

*stops respecting your music taste*

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:52, Reply)

I don't need the respect of a Levellers fan
Perhaps backing up Kroney's point, if you had been 15 now instead of when the Levellers were around, then maybe you would be listening to Mumford & Sons instead? *shudders*
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 13:59, Reply)

I'm not a fan
well, not seriously, there are bands like Motorhead or New Model Army I would defend to the death as being awesome, Levellers were just something I liked when younger (although not 15) but I still think they had some objectively good and fun points, not dissimilar to Gogol Bordello who I like now.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:05, Reply)

if it helps
the Levellers have got steadily worse live as the years have gone on. There's a festival local to here that they headline every year, and I've stopped going partly because the levellers stopped being fun to watch.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:08, Reply)

I did wonder if this might be the case
I stopped around about Zeitgeist as they had gotten to soft and poppy for me, but surely they can't be that bad, not RHCP bad?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:14, Reply)

they still play all the old numbers
but they just seem to have lost something.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:14, Reply)

Makes sense
if they were sliding *googles* 17 years ago, then I can only imagine where they are now. OK, I will withdraw my support for anything other than *googles again* the 1st 3 Levellers studio albums.

I still maintain that even if they are equally shit (and I do not propose to research this point) now at least they have the excuse of age, unlike that other dross.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:19, Reply)

Letter from the Underground is a brilliant album, though.
And that's later than Zeitgeist. Much harder sound.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:22, Reply)

I will take your recomendation
and *ahem* acquire it later on.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:24, Reply)

I've seen them a lot over the last few years
and have generally thought they've been pretty good. They did a slimmed down acoustic gig at the Tan Hill Inn last year as Drunk in Public, and it was an excellent set. 200 people in a converted barn, nice and intimate, then a few pints with them after the show.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:16, Reply)

I've seen them a lot at festivals
which was when they were at their best, and the last few times there was a definite and large drop in quality.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:17, Reply)

The only time I've seen them and thought 'hmmm'
was a gig at the Carling Academy in Newcastle, but then again the acoustics in that place are chronic. Barrowlands earlier this year was very entertaining.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:20, Reply)

The Levellers are still around though.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:09, Reply)

I'm aware of that
I meant 'around' as in releasing music that is being taken notice of.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Jul 2011, 14:15, Reply)