Oh Lordi!

IrishMactire · 14-05-2011 10:01pm #1

... Wow that title is far too chessey... Anyway.

With the Eurovision being on I was reminded of one of the few Eurovision entries which I have liked; Lordi. So I remember at the time everyone seemed to love them but I get the feeling that might have been a fad. So, five years on from their Eurovision success* I have a question for all of you; Do you like Lordi?

If you need a refresher to make your mind up (or if you just want to listen to 3 minutes 14 seconds of ***t cool rock) then check out this video:

(EDIT: Okey, so embedding has been disabled on this video. If you want to see it just scoot on over to YouTube and take a look-see.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdItwaLrv1U

For the record, I still find this song immensely enjoyable to listen to... Although to be honest I haven't really listened to much of their other stuff.
So I re-iterate; What do you think of Lordi?

*I am aware that they had successes other than winning the Eurovision, that just happens to be where I know them from.

Dark Artist · 15-05-2011 1:13am

Lordi are GREAT and I have no idea what they're up to these days, but they have some great tunes. Bloodred Sandman is another good song by them. I like their style - what you see is what you get.

IrishMactire · 15-05-2011 1:30am

Dark Artist wrote: »

Lordi are GREAT and I have no idea what they're up to these days, but they have some great tunes. Bloodred Sandman is another good song by them. I like their style - what you see is what you get.

Exactly. I am glad I am not the only one. I like that one; Could You Love A Monster Man. I think that is what it is called, its good. Of course Hardrock Hallelujah is and always will be my favourite by them. The video for it is pretty cool too. Nothing better than some undead-cheerleaders to accompany your rock. Also I think at some point he says 'Rockaplypse' or something like that, which just sounds amazing to me; The end of the world but this time it has a rock soundtrack!

Malice · 15-05-2011 6:37pm

I remember going to see them at Download 2004 and Download 2005. For the 2004 performance there was very few people in to see them. Funnily enough for the 2005 performance the place was jammed, it was impossible to get into the tent to see them. A bit of Eurovision notoriety had obviously gained them a lot of new fans.

rainbow kirby · 15-05-2011 6:42pm

Saw them live in the Button Factory a while back (February 2009), very entertaining stuff. Wouldn't be their biggest fan but they put on a very good show.

Joe_Dull · 15-05-2011 8:24pm

I used to love them! Must have had 15 or 16 songs I listened to constantly... Chainsaw Buffet still stands out as an absolute cracker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J16kjOZ4ac

They have a knack for mixing light-hearted humour with decent glam metal tunes, bit of a guilty pleasure!

IrishMactire · 15-05-2011 9:35pm

Malice wrote: »

I remember going to see them at Download 2004 and Download 2005. For the 2004 performance there was very few people in to see them. Funnily enough for the 2005 performance the place was jammed, it was impossible to get into the tent to see them. A bit of Eurovision notoriety had obviously gained them a lot of new fans.

It did help the break a wider audience I think.

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Saw them live in the Button Factory a while back (February 2009), very entertaining stuff. Wouldn't be their biggest fan but they put on a very good show.

Damn, wish I had been there.

Joe_Dull wrote: »

I used to love them! Must have had 15 or 16 songs I listened to constantly... Chainsaw Buffet still stands out as an absolute cracker.

They have a knack for mixing light-hearted humour with decent glam metal tunes, bit of a guilty pleasure!

Precisely. Although I find nothing guilty about my pleasure in them.

Motley Crue · 15-05-2011 9:58pm

Great band, love the sound, never seen them live and Eurovision certainly helped

Although I do remember seeing a band called The Ark support The Darkness and they went on to do Eurovision representing Sweden, don't think it helped them at all though

IrishMactire · 15-05-2011 10:00pm

Motley Crue wrote: »

Great band, love the sound, never seen them live and Eurovision certainly helped

Although I do remember seeing a band called The Ark support The Darkness and they went on to do Eurovision representing Sweden, don't think it helped them at all though

I never heard of The Ark, so you are right; The Eurovision didn't help them.

metzengerstein · 16-05-2011 10:30am

great band ,love their live show ,saw them in the button factory also very much enjoyed it .

they have released a new album recently babez for brekfast ,tis good stuff

Splinter · 16-05-2011 12:32pm

been listening to them constantly for quite a while now, my ringtone was "wake the snake" which is a rocking tune!

its time for the "Arockalypse!"

buck65 · 16-05-2011 12:41pm

Not a patch on Johnny Logan.

Mr. CooL ICE · 16-05-2011 4:53pm

Lordi are a fantastic band. If I watch a video of theirs on youtube, I always waste about half an hour looking at others.

Extremely catchy yet cheesy tunes, and a ridiculous "scary" image. Easy to see they met through a Kiss fan club :pac: