Meet The Skaneatles, And 59 Other Bands That Want You To Love Them - Idolator Comments

Meet The Skaneatles, And 59 Other Bands That Want You To Love Them

SuperAdge — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:13:32 EDT

it's awesome to see that the rest of the country is finding out what philly's known for years - franklinbridge is freakin' BANGIN'

they played a killer show in the illadelph right before they went to LA to compete as finalists... we're all rooting for them to come out big.

SuperAdge

Meet The Skaneatles, And 59 Other Bands That Want You To Love Them

gorillavsmarykate — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:58:09 EDT

The Hatch...wow.

Did anyone else notice that the singer looks a bit like Michael (Douglas) Keaton? That's because it's his kid.

gorillavsmarykate

Meet The Skaneatles, And 59 Other Bands That Want You To Love Them

the rich girls are weeping — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:31:48 EDT

I'm actually sad that I didn't watch this ... I'd kind of meant to.

Isn't there some sort of direct correlation between the retarded-ness of a band's name, and how good they actually are? This show seems to prove that theory somehow.

the rich girls are weeping

Meet The Skaneatles, And 59 Other Bands That Want You To Love Them

Chris Molanphy — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:44:48 EDT

@brasstax: Word, and...

@thieves: Word.

I'm going to break with Maura and say I'm rooting for Franklin Bridge and Muggs. The latter is too ugly to go all the way, but -- while I agree with Maura that the country-rockers stand an excellent chance of taking it thanks to their red-state advantage -- I think Franklin Bridge could really go a long way. They clearly have chops, and if they manage to funk/hip-hop up some of the material thrown at them, the under-20 crowd could be voting for them in droves.

I was saying to my wife while watching this, that the most interesting thing about doing the Idol thing with bands is there's got to be so much fewer contestants. Picture it: each contestant is a gang of people, each requires setup, each requires behind-the-scenes wrangling that no solo performer will require (until s/he becomes a diva). Look at Northmont: they didn't even survive, and they were clearly soaking up a ton of the show's resources even in failure. Just getting three or four or 10 people to show up in the same place, on time, is a chore far harder than getting Blake Lewis to put down the groupie's panties and come rehearse the Ford commercial.

Chris Molanphy

Meet The Skaneatles, And 59 Other Bands That Want You To Love Them

antistar — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:58:34 EDT

I thought the show was okay. It did seem like they were trying to set up something for Northmont's singer/poseur. Sixwire were equally annoying.

antistar

Meet The Skaneatles, And 59 Other Bands That Want You To Love Them

Underclassed — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:48:17 EDT

@dickdogfood: Re: Skaneateles -- it's pronounced like "Skinny Atlas." At least the town. It's possible it's a terrible ska/Beatles hybrid.

Underclassed

Meet The Skaneatles, And 59 Other Bands That Want You To Love Them

thieves — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:08:55 EDT

@brasstax: guys like that are a dime a dozen. don't you get local cable access shows where you live?

thieves

Meet The Skaneatles, And 59 Other Bands That Want You To Love Them

brasstax — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:00:11 EDT

Also, no mention of the gothic metal clown who lives with his grandmother, even though he looks about 50 years old himself?

brasstax

Meet The Skaneatles, And 59 Other Bands That Want You To Love Them

dog door — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:53:41 EDT

Franklin Bridge's drummer was the highlight of the night.
Oh, and Zolar X? I'm sure what they were doing went over a lot better in the 70s when things in general were weirder and they were 30 years younger. but out in the bright light of day, oh boy, creepy-in-a-bad-way-as-fuck.

dog door

Meet The Skaneatles, And 59 Other Bands That Want You To Love Them

thieves — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:50:21 EDT

franklin bridge was actually really great.

thieves

Meet The Skaneatles, And 59 Other Bands That Want You To Love Them

noamjamski — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:38:43 EDT

Light of Doom are doing a cover of Maiden's Flight of Icarus. THANK GOD. AWESOME.

noamjamski

Meet The Skaneatles, And 59 Other Bands That Want You To Love Them

brasstax — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:28:22 EDT

I followed Dicko's advice of closing my eyes (as he did for "Big Toe" or whatever that band with the armless bass player was) while The Muggs were playing and they ended up sounding pretty good. It really doesn't help them, as a RAWK band, that their frontman looks like Trey Anastasio.

I kind of felt bad for the Northmont guys, but then I remembered the world could really benefit from less of that music. Go back and get an IT degree, dudes!

Overall, I think it's a fun show to watch...especially once they have to start genre-bending some of these bands (can't wait to see the stupid Dot Dot Dotters try to do convincing gospel music). And I'd watch Sheila E read recipes for two hours anyway, so it's an added bonus that she'll be talking about music.

brasstax

Meet The Skaneatles, And 59 Other Bands That Want You To Love Them

Dickdogfood — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:09:27 EDT

It turns out Skaneateles is actually the name of town in New York. Phew, for a minute there I thought it was some abysmal ska band doing Beatles tunes...unless that is what they are.

Dickdogfood