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* BlackSheepHit: "Dancing Choose" was their first mainstream hit single, yet features Tunde rapping which he had never done on record before.
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* BlackSheepHit: "Dancing Choose" was their first mainstream hit single, yet features Tunde rapping rapping, which he had never done on record before.
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* GenreRoulette: Their albums contain any number of different song styles, including drum-and-bass, AvantGardeMusic, trip-hop, ACappella, PowerBallad, or NewWaveMusic. With this as well as GenreBusting and NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly under their belt, it is safe to say their music defies simple categorization.
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* GenreRoulette: Their albums contain any number of different song styles, including drum-and-bass, AvantGardeMusic, trip-hop, ACappella, PowerBallad, or NewWaveMusic. With this as well as GenreBusting and NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly under their belt, it is safe to say their music defies simple categorization.categorization, although a good contender would be "art rock."
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* GenreRoulette: Their albums contain any number of different song styles, including drum-and-bass, AvantGardeMusic, trip-hop, ACappella, PowerBallad, or NewWave.NewWaveMusic. With this as well as GenreBusting and NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly under their belt, it is safe to say their music defies simple categorization.
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* RegionalBonus: Several of their albums have bonus tracks, but of note are the tracks "Nobody Else" and "Mystery Eyes" which are only available digitally on the Japanese release of Seeds. They are also available on the vinyl version. The reason for this is that they were recorded after the album (as a CD and download) originally came out.
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* ShoutOut: Their first album, ''OK Calculator'', was titled as a reference to Music/{{Radiohead}}'s MagnumOpus, ''Music/OKComputer''.
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* RecycledLyrics: Killer Crane and Ride both feature a chorus lyric of "Leave it behind" and recurring themes of looking to the sky. It would appear that they are related, Killer Crane being about their coming to terms with Gerard Smith's impending death, and Ride being about their desire to live life to the full whilst they still have it.
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* NonIndicativeName: "Second Song" is the first song on ''Nine Types of Light''.
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* NonIndicativeName: "Second Song" is the first song on ''Nine Types of Light''. However, it is the second song in the tracklisting for the video version (the first being "Caffeinated Consciousness", which is the last track on the regular album).
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* BlackSheepHit: "Dancing Choose" was their first mainstream hit single, yet features Tunde rapping which he had never done on record before.
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** Said in Seeds, which also doubles as their first TitleTrack.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The band came back after Gerard Smith's death with Mercy, which was the heaviest thing they'd done since Wolf Like Me.
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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Post-punk, {{Funk}}, electro, dub, {{Afrobeat}}, hip-hop, ProgressiveRock, gospel, NoiseRock, swing, SynthPop... and that's just only a fraction of what you'll hear in an average TV on the Radio album.
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* NamesTheSame: The band have a song called "Troubles" (iTunes bonus track to Nine Types Of Light) and one called "Trouble" (on Seeds, and a single). They are totally different songs, and this can be quite confusing for fans.
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Post-punk, {{Funk}}, electro, dub, {{Afrobeat}}, hip-hop, ProgressiveRock, gospel, NoiseRock, swing, SynthPop... and that's just only a fraction of what you'll hear in an average TV on the Radio album. Seeds even features a PunkRock song in "Lazerray".
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Post-punk, {{Funk}}, electro, dub, {{Afrobeat}}, hip-hop, ProgressiveRock, gospel, NoiseRock, swing, SynthPop... and that's just only a fraction of what you'll hear in an average TV on the Radio album. Seeds even features a PunkRock song in "Lazerray".
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* StylisticSuck: The werewolves in "Wolf Like Me" look like stop-motion killer poodles, probably deliberately.
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* StylisticSuck: The werewolves in the video for "Wolf Like Me" look like stop-motion killer poodles, probably deliberately.deliberately.
** The saxes, flute and banal lyrics of "Make Love All Night Long".
*** The entirety of their demo album OK Calculator is acapella joke songs.
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: The band have three examples in "Wolf Like Me", "Mercy" and "Lazerray". "Lazerray" in particular is pure punk rock.
** The saxes, flute and banal lyrics of "Make Love All Night Long".
*** The entirety of their demo album OK Calculator is acapella joke songs.
* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: The band have three examples in "Wolf Like Me", "Mercy" and "Lazerray". "Lazerray" in particular is pure punk rock.
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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Post-punk, {{Funk}}, electro, dub, {{Afrobeat}}, hip hop, hip-hop, ProgressiveRock, gospel, NoiseRock, swing, SynthPop... and that's just only a fraction of what you'll hear in an average TV on the Radio album.
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TV on the Radio is a Brooklyn-based band that was formed in 2000. They are known for their GenreBusting [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly sound]], often combining elements of hip-hop, soul, post-punk, electronica, and alternative rock into their music.
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TV on the Radio is a Brooklyn-based band that was formed in 2000. They are known for their GenreBusting [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly sound]], often combining elements of hip-hop, soul, post-punk, electronica, HipHop, {{Soul}}, PostPunk, [[ElectronicMusic Electronica]], and alternative rock AlternativeRock into their music.
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* Tunde Adebimpe: vocals, loops
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David Sitek has also produced quite a few albums, including all three of the albums from Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Tunde Adebimpe, for his part, has a respectable sideline as an actor, best known for playing the groom in ''Film/RachelGettingMarried''.
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David Sitek has also produced quite a few albums, including all three of the albums from Yeah Yeah Yeahs.Music/YeahYeahYeahs. Tunde Adebimpe, for his part, has a respectable sideline as an actor, best known for playing the groom in ''Film/RachelGettingMarried''.
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* AlbumTitleDrop - The title of their first album, "Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes", shows up during the climax of the first song, "The Wrong Way".
* BadassBeard - Tunde usually sports a respectable stubble, but Kyp Malone's facial hair could rival Rutherford B. Hayes'
* BrokenRecord - "My repetition, my repetition is this" x20 or so at the end of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Repetition"]].
* DestructoNookie - "Lover's Day". Sweet Jesus, "Lover's Day."
* BadassBeard - Tunde usually sports a respectable stubble, but Kyp Malone's facial hair could rival Rutherford B. Hayes'
* BrokenRecord - "My repetition, my repetition is this" x20 or so at the end of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Repetition"]].
* DestructoNookie - "Lover's Day". Sweet Jesus, "Lover's Day."
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* AlbumTitleDrop - AlbumTitleDrop: The title of their first album, "Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes", Babes," shows up during the climax of the first song, "The Wrong Way".
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*BrokenRecord - BrokenRecord: "My repetition, my repetition is this" x20 or so at the end of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Repetition"]].
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* HeartbeatSoundtrack - "Tonight." Sounds more like a heart with a pacemaker or something though.
* HeartbeatSoundtrack - "Tonight." Sounds more like a heart with a pacemaker or something though.
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*HeartbeatSoundtrack - HeartbeatSoundtrack: "Tonight." Sounds more like a heart with a pacemaker or something something, though.
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* MagicalNegro - [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in the song "The Wrong Way":
-->''Wake up in a magic nigger movie/with the bright lights pointed at me/as a metaphor/teachin' folks the score/about patience, understanding, agape babe/and sweet sweet amour''
* MindScrew - tons of their music videos. "Province" is a particularly outstanding example.
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Post-punk, funk, electro, dub, {{Afrobeat}}, hip hop, progressive rock, gospel, noise rock, swing, synthpop... and that's just only a fraction of what you'll hear in an average TV on the Radio album.
-->''Wake up in a magic nigger movie/with the bright lights pointed at me/as a metaphor/teachin' folks the score/about patience, understanding, agape babe/and sweet sweet amour''
* MindScrew - tons of their music videos. "Province" is a particularly outstanding example.
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Post-punk, funk, electro, dub, {{Afrobeat}}, hip hop, progressive rock, gospel, noise rock, swing, synthpop... and that's just only a fraction of what you'll hear in an average TV on the Radio album.
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* MagicalNegro - MagicalNegro; [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in the song "The Wrong Way":
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-->''Wake up in a magic niggermovie/with movie / with the bright lights pointed at me/as me / as a metaphor/teachin' metaphor / teachin' folks the score/about score / about patience, understanding, agape babe/and babe / and sweet sweet amour''
amour.''
*MindScrew - tons MindScrew: Tons of their music videos. "Province" is a particularly outstanding example.
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Post-punk,funk, {{Funk}}, electro, dub, {{Afrobeat}}, hip hop, progressive rock, ProgressiveRock, gospel, noise rock, NoiseRock, swing, synthpop...SynthPop... and that's just only a fraction of what you'll hear in an average TV on the Radio album.
-->''Wake up in a magic nigger
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* {{Parody}} - their {{Parody}}: Their video for the song "You" in the video "Nine Types of Light" is a parody of Prince, possibly of the affectionate variety. In the movie, Tunde leaves the band and begins a solo career that is clearly modeled after Prince.
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* ShoutOut - their first album, ''OK Calculator'', was titled as a reference to {{Radiohead}}'s MagnumOpus, ''Music/OKComputer''.
* StylisticSuck - The werewolves in "Wolf Like Me" look like stop-motion killer poodles, probably deliberately.
* TokenMinority - David Sitek is the only white guy in a band that is otherwise entirely black.
* StylisticSuck - The werewolves in "Wolf Like Me" look like stop-motion killer poodles, probably deliberately.
* TokenMinority - David Sitek is the only white guy in a band that is otherwise entirely black.
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* ShoutOut - their ShoutOut: Their first album, ''OK Calculator'', was titled as a reference to {{Radiohead}}'s Music/{{Radiohead}}'s MagnumOpus, ''Music/OKComputer''.
*StylisticSuck - StylisticSuck: The werewolves in "Wolf Like Me" look like stop-motion killer poodles, probably deliberately.
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David Sitek has also produced quite a few albums, including all three of the albums from Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Tunde Adebimpe, for his part, has a respectable sideline as an actor, best known for playing the groom in ''RachelGettingMarried''.''Film/RachelGettingMarried''.
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* GenreRoulette - Their albums contain any number of different song styles, including drum-and-bass, avant-garde, trip hop, a capella, power ballad, or New Wave. With this as well as GenreBusting and NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly under their belt, it is safe to say their music defies simple categorization.
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* GenreRoulette - Their albums contain any number of different song styles, including drum-and-bass, avant-garde, AvantGardeMusic, trip hop, a capella, ACappella, power ballad, or New Wave. With this as well as GenreBusting and NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly under their belt, it is safe to say their music defies simple categorization.
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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Post-punk, funk, electro, dub, Afrobeat, {{Afrobeat}}, hip hop, progressive rock, gospel, noise rock, swing, synthpop... and that's just only a fraction of what you'll hear in an average TV on the Radio album.
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** Definitely an affectionate one, seeing as how they listed Prince as one of their main influences.
* ShoutOut - their first album, ''OK Calculator'', was titled as a reference to {{Radiohead}}'s MagnumOpus, ''OK Computer''.
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* ShoutOut - their first album, ''OK Calculator'', was titled as a reference to {{Radiohead}}'s MagnumOpus,''OK Computer''.''Music/OKComputer''.
* ShoutOut - their first album, ''OK Calculator'', was titled as a reference to {{Radiohead}}'s MagnumOpus,
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* AuthorExistenceFailure - Gerard Smith, the band's bassist, died of lung cancer one week after the release of ''Nine Types of Light''.
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* HeAlsoDid - Tunde Adebimpe has appeared in lead or major supporting roles in a couple films, notably ''Jump Tomorrow'' and ''RachelGettingMarried''.
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* HeyItsThatVoice - Yes, that ''is'' DavidBowie providing backing vocals on "Province".
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* OldShame: ''OK Calculator'', kinda. They don't ''hate'' it, per se, but they're certainly not overly fond of it.
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* SignatureSong - "Wolf Like Me". And it's all because of [[SongAssociation a few videogames]]: NeedForSpeed Prostreet, ProjectGothamRacing 4 and {{Driver}} San Francisco.
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* LastNoteNightmare: "Wolf Like Me" ends with a sound that is comparable to the transformation of a person to a wolf. Actually fitting, considering the name and the thematics of the song.
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David Sitek has also produced quite a few albums, including all three of the albums from Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Tunde Adebimpe, for his part, has a respectable sideline as an actor, best known for playing the groom in ''Film/RachelGettingMarried''.''RachelGettingMarried''.
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David Sitek has also produced quite a few albums, including all three of the albums from Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Tunde Adebimpe, for his part, has a respectable sideline as an actor, best known for playing the groom in ''Film/RachelGettingMarried''.
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** Definitely an affectionate one, seeing as how they listed Prince as one of their main influences.
** Definitely an affectionate one, seeing as how they listed Prince as one of their main influences.
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* BadassBeard - Tunde usually sports a respectable stubble, but Kyp Malone's facial hair could rival Rutherford B. Hayes'
* GenreRoulette - Their albums contain any number of different song styles, including drum-and-bass, avant-garde, trip hop, a capella, power ballad, or New Wave. With this as well as GenreBusting and NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly under their belt, it is safe to say their music defies simple categorization.
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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Post-punk, funk, electro, dub, Afrobeat, hip-hop, hip hop, progressive rock, gospel, noise rock, swing, synthpop... and that's just only a fraction of what you'll hear in an average TV on the Radio album.
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