I'm a fan but i'll give it a go
I've liked Frank Turner since the Million Dead days so the only sensible criticism I can give is why won't he play his older stuff like 'Thatcher fucked the kids' inbetween his rather catchy sing along tracks? Oh and Jo Wiley likes him and she normally supports bands I hate...im so confused!
(markthatiscalledmark, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:01, 1 reply)

Could be the exception that proves the rule?
And from the interviews I've read, he's sick of playing the song. As he is so often fond of saying, he's the one with the microphone and guitar, not us.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:21, closed)

you wouldn't know it from being at one of his gigs these days, mind.
bunch of rabid fanboys screeching every last word as if threatened with decapitation if they get the words to 'the real damage' wrong...
( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 10:42, closed)

You only get that in the crush at the front.
Admittedly, it's fun for a while but I get out of dodge when the mosh pits kick in. And I still don't know the words to 'The Real Damage'.

'Photosynthesis' is of course a completely different story. To me, going to a gig shouldn't be about knowing all the words. Anyone who seems to think that I'm any less of a fan because of this has quite frankly lost the plot.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:35, closed)

Frank Turner is bastard well ace -- though I do sometimes wonder how much of his "gosh, I'm a skinny guy in a lumberjack shirt who ought to be playing to a dozen people in a pub cellar and whoops! look at me here supporting Greed Day* at Wembley" routine is for real and how much is cynical and deliberate...

I'm another guilty ELO fan too. Even the first album when they still had Roy Wood making peculiar noises is rather good.

Other dubious pleasures: Half Man Half Biscuit. Terrorvision. Tom "Thank You God" Petty. Sparks (though the last album was a bit weak). The Fratellis.

Newest musical crushes include General Fiasco (though this wavered a bit when 'Ever So Shy' was used to finish an episode of Inbetweeners) and The Gaslight Anthem (who keep being compared to Springsteen just because they're from New Jersey -- don't see it myself...)

There, that should ensure plenty of hate male from more established b3tans.

*Typo. But let it stand.
(Rise and Fall of the Atomic Cabbage Haven't you heard of suspension of disbelief?, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 13:31, closed)

oh man, i love terrorvision.
seen them live twice - amazing.
( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:18, closed)

shame though its ace
I saw him several times around the end of campfire/start of sleep is for the week era of things and never saw him play it once, i assume he's mostly bored of people asking for it when he's already decided to move on. I love his style but sometimes I cant really get into the whole lets get drunk and party style lyrics anymore.
(markthatiscalledmark, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 14:41, closed)

Really?
I hadn't noticed them. The stuff I remember most is stuff like Real Damage or To Take You Home. Of course, "Sons of Liberty" is good fun but I think he's trying too hard to be Billy Bragg with that one.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Wed 5 Jan 2011, 16:03, closed)