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The National vs. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Indie Rock Showdown
This is so perfect. So many times I started writing a post about my disgust with the battle between indie rock fans related to the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah / National tour. Blog after blog after music site, even Pitchfork, touched on the same theme: CYHSY are the opener on the National's tour and people left after the opener and those people are freakin stupid because the National rule and maybe even CYHSY suck and on and on. I was going to compare the whole mess to sports. I never did it, partially because I didn't want to add more noise in particular to the "people leaving before the the National" part of it.
Above and below photos of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah playing the National in soccer ("Indie Rock Football Showdown") (thx Tom)
Posted on November 9, 2005 11:28 AM
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Comments (18)
ah a pile of sweaty indie rock boys. awesome
Posted by nora | November 9, 2005 12:42 PM
can they get any gayer?
Posted by sam | November 9, 2005 1:06 PM
reminds me of an abercrombie and fitch ad, only with indie rockers....i'm turned on
Posted by Anonymous | November 9, 2005 1:19 PM
i think that is the point. tongue in cheek. fake brawl. poking fun at everyone that made such a big deal of their tour, pitting one band against the other.
Posted by Anonymous | November 9, 2005 1:25 PM
that is too funny...for the record i love BOTH bands...what a concept
Posted by ryan97ou | November 9, 2005 1:43 PM
>>"can they get any gayer?"<< Wow--that was insightful, Ad Rock.
Posted by egg | November 9, 2005 2:05 PM
i love this.
Posted by Rachael Darmanin | November 9, 2005 2:17 PM
Who won? Is that a National member holding the 'cup'?
Posted by Matt | November 9, 2005 2:41 PM
The National won, 7-5
Posted by Anonymous | November 9, 2005 2:44 PM
I left right after the National.
Posted by Stephe | November 9, 2005 3:00 PM
I left right after the National won.
Posted by Stephe | November 9, 2005 3:00 PM
Can't wait to see them both next week in london, woo
Posted by jake | November 9, 2005 3:59 PM
the national are a much better live band than CYHSY. both times i've seen clap...they've disappointed me greatly. i do, however, like the album.
Posted by dk | November 9, 2005 8:10 PM
i think the point is not who's the better band, but that actually these bands are good friends, look at how much fun they are having! i read that cyhsy started covering the national's single abel towards the end of their infamous tour.i have heard the national will appear as 'special guests' at the new years eve cyhsy irving plaza show.
Posted by hobart | November 11, 2005 8:42 PM
Very cool. CYHSY snub OC even futher by letting The Office use their music instead.
Posted by Chris | November 22, 2005 10:08 PM
my name hicham belharsa ay ninede playe soccre in anyon clap
Posted by hicham belharsa | April 25, 2006 8:33 AM
liking or hating the bands is a moot point. is there a factory that spits out indie rock -- I'm sorry -- I mean indie pop guys that look the same in every town? I've seen these same guys in like 9 different cities with different names, but the same record collections, and general disdain for anything thats not hip.
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