Comments on: Permanent ME

By: Fardreamer

Fardreamer — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:33:07 +0000

Thanks, Leighdu. The phrase I was looking for was a bit more prosaic, maybe even pretentious. Something along the lines of a “je ne sais quois melange of mind-numbing ennui,” but that didn’t seem like something I’d say out loud, so I put down the next best thing.

Permanent ME is definitely not the worst musical act I’ve heard; William Hung from American Idol and other singers/artists I don’t like take the top Worst Acts prizes…but they just seem so, er, ho-hum to me, you know?

By: Leighdu

Leighdu — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:13:40 +0000

” But there’s a certain….I don’t know…air of unremarkably generic staleness.”

I love that answer Fardreamer. You said it the way I wanted to say it but just couldn’t find the right words. I thought maybe I was in a stressed mood when I heard these guys the first time, so I went back to give them another shot, and nope, my opinion didn’t change.

By: Fardreamer

Fardreamer — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:27:55 +0000

Okay…I went to their MySpace page and really tried to, as Leighdu says, give Permanent ME a fighting chance. I’m now sorry that I did.

To be fair, their guitar intro was very catchy at first, and the drumming is fine if you like somewhat standard-fare rock.

But there’s a certain….I don’t know…air of unremarkably generic staleness. This almost reminds me of all the “Hallelujah” covers that propped up after Rufus Wainwright made it into the Shrek soundtrack.

The band isn’t horrible…it does do guitars nicely…yet there’s little to really recommend this band.

By: Leighdu

Leighdu — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:11:27 +0000

I just wasted 10 minutes of my life listening to this band, and yes, a waste it was. I try to be positive and give new bands the benefit of the doubt, but geez, can we stop having so many dime a dozen bands that all sound the same with that typical whiny lead vocal sound?