| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) |
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TVTItem |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) |
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TeenageFanclub |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) |
comment |
Teenage Fanclub, or the Fannies, are a Scottish Alternative Rock band, known for being modern champions of Power Pop and pretty Nice Guys. They formed in 1989 and have, for the most part at least, been together since then. The three central band members are Norman Blake (guitar, vocals), Raymond McGinley (guitar, vocals), and Gerard Love (bass, vocals), with several people filling in for drums and keyboards throughout the band's career.If you cross Big Star with The Byrds, you get Teenage Fanclub.Oh, and they might've beaten out Nirvana for an Album of the Year award, or something. |
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2024-02-03T13:45:08Z |
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2024-02-03T13:45:08Z |
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Dropped link to TheByrds: Not a Feature - IGNORE |
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DBTropes |
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type |
Darker and Edgier |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_14beeefd |
comment |
Darker and Edgier: Thirteen when compared to Bandwagonesque, Man-Made when compared to Howdy!. |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_14beeefd |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_22093e9b |
type |
New Sound Album |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_22093e9b |
comment |
New Sound Album: Twice. Bandwagonesque is quite different from their previous two albums, and would set the standard until Songs from Northern Britain introduced a more Byrds-esque sound with more vocal harmonies and jangly guitars. |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_22093e9b |
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type |
Title Track |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_23b0d78 |
comment |
Title Track: Twice on A Catholic Education, but Averted with the rest of their work. |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_23b0d78 |
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type |
Miniscule Rocking |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_2e70a1db |
comment |
Miniscule Rocking: "Satan" (1:22), "Get Funky" (also 1:22), and "Hardcore/Ballad" (1:48). |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_2e70a1db |
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type |
Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_372bc105 |
comment |
Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism: Mostly idealistic with the occasional dipping into cynicism. |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_372bc105 |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_3eb0f889 |
type |
Pun-Based Title |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_3eb0f889 |
comment |
Pun-Based Title: "Neil Jung", which is a pun on the names of musician Neil Young and psychologist Carl Jung. |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_3eb0f889 |
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type |
Early-Installment Weirdness |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_4f4372e9 |
comment |
Early-Installment Weirdness: A Catholic Education is darker and heavier than most of the band's subsequent work. |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_4f4372e9 |
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type |
Step Up to the Microphone |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_51f90774 |
comment |
Step Up to the Microphone: McGinley only made one vocal appearance on Bandwagonesque with "I Don't Know", but would regularly do vocals on later albums. |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_51f90774 |
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type |
Non-Appearing Title |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_67784113 |
comment |
Non-Appearing Title: Examples include "The Concept", "Alcoholiday", "The Cabbage", "Norman 3", "Sparky's Dream", "Neil Jung", and many others. |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_67784113 |
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type |
Epic Rocking |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_74149c93 |
comment |
Epic Rocking: Most of their songs fall into the 3-to-5-minute range, but there are some notable exceptions. "The Concept" at 6:07. "Gene Clarke" at 6:37. "My Uptight Life" at 6:55. |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_74149c93 |
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type |
Instrumentals |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_74b7629c |
comment |
Instrumentals: "Satan" and "Is This Music?" don't have lyrics. |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_74b7629c |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_7eebe99c |
type |
The Alcoholic |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_7eebe99c |
comment |
The Alcoholic: The protagonist of "Alcoholiday", from the looks of it. |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_7eebe99c |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_86b21114 |
type |
Badass Boast |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_86b21114 |
comment |
Badass Boast: "I'd steal a car to drive you home." And the lines at the top, of course. |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_86b21114 |
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type |
Greatest Hits Album |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_93851bf1 |
comment |
Greatest Hits Album: Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-Six Seconds: A Shortcut to Teenage Fanclub. |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_93851bf1 |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_9da3227a |
type |
Careful with That Axe |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_9da3227a |
comment |
Careful with That Axe: "Satan." |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_9da3227a |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_9da3227a |
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type |
Silly Love Songs |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_a040ed2e |
comment |
Silly Love Songs: It would be easier to name songs of theirs that don't count. "What You Do to Me", "Sparky's Dream", and "Norman 3" are particularly infectious examples, though. |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_a040ed2e |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_ae3d6438 |
type |
Deadpan Snarker |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_ae3d6438 |
comment |
Deadpan Snarker: Some of their album titles hint at this, specifically Bandwagonesque and Songs from Northern Britain. |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_ae3d6438 |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_ae3d6438 |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_b53077b3 |
type |
Take That! |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_b53077b3 |
comment |
Take That!: A Catholic Education takes shots at the Catholic Church. |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_b53077b3 |
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type |
Precision F-Strike |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_bc00493f |
comment |
Precision F-Strike: For a band whose lyrics are pretty clean most of the time, they sure do know when to thrown in a "fuck" or two. "Alcoholiday:" "Fear of Flying:" "Verisimilitude:" |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_bc00493f |
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type |
Rock Trio |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_bcb34a0e |
comment |
Rock Trio: More like songwriting trio, but the band's most consistent members have been Blake, McGinley, and Love. |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_bcb34a0e |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_bcb34a0e |
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type |
Shout-Out |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_c75df49a |
comment |
Shout-Out: Thirteen is titled after the Big Star song. "Gene Clarke" is a tribute to the man himself. |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_c75df49a |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_cff53786 |
type |
Cover Version |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_cff53786 |
comment |
Cover Version: The King has a few covers, ranging from "Interstellar Overdrive" by Pink Floyd to... "Like a Virgin" by Madonna? |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_cff53786 |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_cff53786 |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_d40b9465 |
type |
Title-Only Chorus |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_d40b9465 |
comment |
Title-Only Chorus: "Sometimes I Don't Need to Believe in Anything", "What You Do To Me". |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_d40b9465 |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_d40b9465 |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_db26451e |
type |
Limited Lyrics Song |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_db26451e |
comment |
Limited Lyrics Song: "What You Do to Me" without a doubt. |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_db26451e |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_db26451e |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_dbfe8427 |
type |
Intercourse with You |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_dbfe8427 |
comment |
Intercourse with You: "Norman 3" is probably the most unambiguous example. |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_dbfe8427 |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_dbfe8427 |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_e085feeb |
type |
Broken Record |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_e085feeb |
comment |
Broken Record: "Norman 3" has "I'm in love with you / I'm in love with you / and I know that it's you." This takes up more than half the song. |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_e085feeb |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_e085feeb |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_e115dd80 |
type |
Long-Runner Line-up |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_e115dd80 |
comment |
Long-Runner Line-up: Up until the recent departure of Gerard Love, they were a Type 2 for 27 years, give or take some minor lineup changes. |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_e115dd80 |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_e115dd80 |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_e18675e6 |
type |
Word Salad Lyrics |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_e18675e6 |
comment |
Word Salad Lyrics: Like the bands that inspired them, the Fannies have a habit of writing ambiguous and/or borderline nonsensical lyrics. |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_e18675e6 |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_e18675e6 |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_e680af6f |
type |
Grief Song |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_e680af6f |
comment |
Grief Song: "Gene Clark". The man had passed away a couple years prior. |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_e680af6f |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_e680af6f |
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type |
In the Style of |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_e91cc721 |
comment |
In the Style of: Bandwagonesque and Thirteen sound particularly reminiscent of Big Star, with the latter being a blatant Shout-Out. |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_e91cc721 |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_e91cc721 |
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type |
Vocal Tag Team |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_f0f4b47 |
comment |
Vocal Tag Team: Blake, McGinley, and Love. |
| | Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_f0f4b47 |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) / int_f0f4b47 |
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ItemName |
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Teenage Fanclub (Music) |
