fun.
 

fun. is a relatively new project headed by Nate Ruess of The Format. The album (titled Aim and Ignite) was released in late August of 2009. It's incredibly fun (dohoho), clear, jangly, overstuffed and harmonic pop music. It's like, exactly what I imagine pop to be. It seems really theatrical to me, too. Sounds like Queen + The Apples in Stereo on broadway. Maybe even a Disney soundtrack done right.

fun. - Walking the Dog


fun. - At Least I'm Not As Sad (As I Used to Be)


fun. - Be Calm


If anyone wants a link, let me know.

No one? D:

I liked the last song, and the second song was alright. Mostly the music seems a little TOO perky and sunshiney, but that not saying anything bad about the band...it just doesn't mix with my personal taste in music. They obviously have some talent there. Are alot of their songs more like the first one or the last one?

Oh man, There Is No Enemy, nice. (Your sig)

Well, their songs are all similar to those, like... Theatrical and overstuffed pop music that sounds like Queen and The Apples in Stereo have a really friendly baby cousin. The songs don't necessarily sound particularly similar to any one of those specific tracks, you know?

I love this album. Seriously, their name says it best. Oddly enough I have seen these guys in concert way before they became fun, all playing on the same bill as Steel Train, Anathello, and The Format. I think this album probably gets top five playing on my ipod at this point.

First one at the beginning, I dont like, then it gets better, then I don't like it again :p:
just to cheesy for my liking.
2nd ones a big improvement, still too chirpy.
3rd don't like it too much, it's alright, just not as good as the 2nd :)
but all in, isn't bad, wouldnt be my first choice, but it's one of those ones you need to be in the mood for, for me anyways :p:

what the hell? I sent Andrew Dost (multi-instrumentalist of fun. and many other indie bands) a friend request on Facebook ages and ages ago, and I saw he kept adding people that were not me. Eventually I figured I'd send him a message, not expecting a response:

"Dude, you know I love you man. It's hurting my feelings to see you add people as your friends while ignoring my friend request. Give it to me straight, Andy: am I Facebook friend material?"

I didn't just get a response, I got a full page!

"hey jamie - i'm sorry. i just get freaked out now to add people i don't know somewhat well in real life. i've had some strange experiences on here, and people harassing people i know. not that i think i'm a mega-star or anything, quite the contrary, i'm glad for any tiny shred of recognition, and it thrills me to no end that people want to be my friend on here, listen to my music, etc... but i guess since i didn't immediately recognize your name, and we had no mutual friends, i ignored it.

honestly it's something i think about a lot. i hate not having personal contact with everybody that friend requests me, but right now i have 111 unread messages in my inbox, and 61 friend requests. i'm sorry to have hurt your feelings, but sometimes i just click ignore if there are no mutual friends and i don't remember the name (i'm good with faces but have trouble with names). so basically - i didn't mean any harm. anybody i've friended lately has been a high school friend, someone i've played shows with, people who have done photography for me, etc... so while it may appear that i'm adding random names, i'm keeping within circles of friends.

all this being said - you now know quite a bit about me, which makes us friends. i hope you'll accept my request and that it won't seem like i'm just friending you so i don't seem like a ****head. i promise i'm actually not (usually!).

anyway. sorry if that's more information than you wanted, but i hope it at least explains the 'ignore' in a way that makes sense.
sincerely,
Andrew. "

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yo jester you like **** other then rap?

also this **** sounds like simple animal collective doing pop which is dope

They are responsible for this atrocity, so no, I am not a fan.

You can't say that. That's what I say about everything.

Yeah, this new single appears on the radio, regardless of the station, every hour. It's very grating.

Which is a shame because Aim and Ignite and both Format albums are great.

I've heard this single on the radio and yeah it's overplayed

But, I hadn't heard the earlier stuff and I really like that.
I like it's happy cheesiness.

I know it's not for everyone. But I also like Mika, for whatever criticism that may bring me.

Meh, I think it's the best new pop song I've heard on the radio in some time. Shoot me...

It's defo up there with these two bona fide classics

I like their new song too. It's definitely good pop rock whatever

I've never really heard much from this band except for "We Are Young". It's a good song but I'm not going to judge whether I like them or not just from that one song. Definitely downloading some Fun. later.

Fuck this nu-Queen-copycat shit. It was okay when Foxy Shazam did it, but this is just contrived and annoying.

They sound like Queen for me. And they're really perky, bubbly and well... fun.

This is what Queen sounded like?

Can't believe this guy used to be in Anathallo. Anathallo was so good, but this is way too hipster to me...

I bought their first album last week. Heard about it when they first came out, but only heard their single. Stupid me ignoring them.

Is it hipster? Yes. But they are quite a talented trio. They remind me of 1976-era Queen, which is a very good thing.

These guys are no longer hipster. their music is far too mainstream now.
They suck. Next.

That stupid single is awful. I hear it on the radio every hour, and honestly it's as good as pop radio gets, but still blows.