Tinging In My Ears: Would You Like To Know What "The Ting Tings" Are?

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Would You Like To Know What "The Ting Tings" Are?

If you've scrolled through the festival line-ups we've been posting of late, you may have noticed the words "The Ting Tings" a few times and said to yourself, "my, I wonder what kind of people would think to name themselves The Ting Tings?" only to be distracted by a leak from some popular band you don't even like. I know have! The Ting Tings are a male-drummer/female-everything else duo from England that may be the next big iPod ad sensation or Britain's very own Boomkat.

Here's the video for "That's Not My Name," which appears in the aforementioned ad.

Are you feeling this? Fannypack-style jumping jack hook aside, it's not doing much for me. I'm sure I'll have plenty of opportunities to change my mind before May 20, when their album We Started Nothing comes out

The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name [YouTube]

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3:30 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Anthony Miccio
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by How do I say this ...... at 03:45 PM on 04/30/08
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Their song "Great DJ" is/was the free song on iTunes this week/last week. (I can't remember exactly when I downloaded it.) Its ok. Catchy enough, but nothing to write home (or a blog post) about.
by NickEddy at 03:48 PM on 04/30/08
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She's sorta hot as a cake (sorta)...but, withal, yuk. Remind me to record something more exciting than this in 11 minutes when I get home. Thx!
by Dick Laurent is dead. at 03:57 PM on 04/30/08
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I was much happier when scene girls were content to do this shit at karaoke night and nowhere else.
by bcapirigi at 03:59 PM on 04/30/08
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Great DJ gets better after repeated listens. That's Not My Name is much better for singing along in the car, though.
by rainmkr at 04:29 PM on 04/30/08
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Great DJ is become a video staple on my Thursday nights here in Tampa..

the drums, the drums, the drums....
by Nunya B at 05:01 PM on 04/30/08
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I like the Ting Tings- their songs can get even the most pretentious of my friends singing along, and in my works that counts for a lot.

The song in the iPod ads is called "Shut Up and Let Me Go" though. "That's Not My Name" is... well... not its name.
by How do I say this ...... at 05:03 PM on 04/30/08
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@How do I say this ... THROWDINI!: FYI, in re-reading my comment, it might seem that I was slamming this post/band as unnecessary/unworthy. In reality, I was just referring to the song as being "eh." I like posts like this, that talk about bands on the fringe of public (i.e., my) consciousness.
by Anthony Miccio at 05:15 PM on 04/30/08
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@kisskisskiss: wooooops. You would be correct. Here's "Shut Up And Let Me Go" (no official video, though, yet).
by Anthony Miccio at 05:29 PM on 04/30/08
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ugh,
">here is the song.
by G3K at 05:39 PM on 04/30/08
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I've found myself putting "Great DJ" on every morning for the past week or so. Much better song.

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by Anthony Miccio at 05:47 PM on 04/30/08
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@Anthony Miccio: one more time!

+ Watch video
by pdn at 06:03 PM on 04/30/08
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Hmm. Logo's New Now Next was ahead of the curve? Color me surprised.
by Thesemodernsocks at 06:08 PM on 04/30/08
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I've always thought that the name was a reference to the Life Without Building's song "Lets Get Out"....but I guess not.
by Nunya B at 07:12 PM on 04/30/08
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@pdn: Don't they crib shamelessly from Popjustice? Peter Robinson has been raving about them since last year.
by Clevertrousers at 09:20 PM on 04/30/08
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I liked them better when I just thought they were some Jamaicans who stuttered.
by CGrant at 12:49 AM on 05/01/08
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they sound pretty good to me. I thought the iPod ad was catchy. Though they sound very pop it's still nice to listen to.
by Al Shipley at 09:01 AM on 05/01/08
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The first publicist spam e-mail I received about these assholes (out of 6 in the past 3 months) opened with the sentence "In case you've been living under a rock for the past year, I want to introduce you to The Ting Tings."
by Clevertrousers at 11:04 AM on 05/01/08
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@Al Shipley: That sounds like the opening sentance of roughly half the emails I get from publicists. I think it's a template that publicists use:

"In case you've been living under a rock for the past year, I want to introduce you to [Insert Artist Name]."