The Darkness

well I think when we get to what I believe is number one in this chart I think there's something to be said about the blandification of British tastes in this year

spoilers I'd say nothing that's not the only one on the way either At number seven, The Darkness, Permission to Land.

This is a one-joke band.

How the hell did they ever have a massive Christmas here?

I may be misremembering, but I think this is correct.

I was at Reading one year, and the opening band for the entire festival was Mercury Rev doing...

I'm not sure it was quite their very first... gig in the uk but it must have been near as damn before the original singer left and because they were on stage at reading they had the whole majorettes thing going on as well and they went off and the darkness came on and it couldn't have been more different going from one of those to another it was so bizarre The majorettes went off, because obviously they finished, Mercury Rev finished with the majorettes and that, and then out comes the darkness and launches into whatever the song was, which we will talk about later.

Very strange.

That's cool.

I mean, this has got a weird one, but w- I mean, what do you think of The Darkness? I mean, some of, you know-

I love The Darkness.

Okay, cool.

[laughs] Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

As, as every other 11-year-old s- you know, like, when that came out for me, I was like, "Yeah, this is the sickest thing ever." 'Cause I was already so into- What was already classic rock at that point, you know, your AC/DC, your Zeppelins, your Sabbaths, all of that stuff, like I was, I kind of got brought up on.

So when The Darkness came out, I was like, "Holy shit, this is, people are getting into this", which kind of really validated me 'cause I'd never really had many friends that I could kind of share that love with, 'cause they were all just into, you know, Eminem at that point essentially.

The will is to resist.

So I embrace the darkness.

'Cause it's always real.

Give me an open fire.

Yeah, right now we're back here and, uh, raring to go.

Did you like that song, Smithy? I played that for you, to be honest.

That was The Darkness, and a song as you are very familiar with, Open Fire.

You were telling me you went to the, uh, the, the, um, concert for that, um, album.

I don't.

I don't like the darkness so early.

Mm.

4:00 and it's like, "Ugh."

Just Listen to the Rhythm of My Heart?

Uh-huh.

I think that's The Darkness.

I believe, I believe, I believe in a thing called love.

I don't.

I don't like the darkness so early.

Hm.

4:00 and it's like, "Ugh."

Just listen to the rhythm of my heart?

Uh-huh.

I think that's The Darkness.

[singing] I believe, I believe, I believe in a thing called love.

In a way that even, I'll say this, maybe this will be controversial, maybe you won't think this.

I think I like Buckcherry more than I like The Darkness.

Okay.

That's an opinion I hold.

I don't like The Dark, I don't like The Darkness either.

So I used to really like The Darkness, because they were doing this.

But I like this.

This feels so sleazy.