History Trivia / LosCampesinos

* NamesTheSame: The band's name means "The Farmers" in Spanish, and as you might expect, there's a Spanish language band with the same name (without the exclamation point), a South American traditional folk group.

* NamesTheSame: The band's name means "The Farmers" in Spanish, and as you might expect, there's a Spanish language band with the same name (without the exclamation point), a South American traditional folk group.

** [[https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/qkmv7w/los-campesinos-rank-their-first-five-records Gareth and Tom have expressed regrets]] with ''Hello Sadness'', not exactly hating it, but finding it too streamlined and the tone too deep within [[CreatorBreakdown Gareth's mood during its production.]] They consider some songs off it favorites, but they also would've preferred to switch in and out some songs from the tracklist. Specifically, Gareth cites "Tiptoe Through the True Bits" and "Allez Les Blues", two outtakes that were released on their website after the album came out, should have made the album over some songs that did.

** [[https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/qkmv7w/los-campesinos-rank-their-first-five-records Gareth and Tom have expressed regrets]] with ''Hello Sadness'', not exactly hating it, but finding it too streamlined and the tone too deep within [[CreatorBreakdown Gareth's mood during its production.]] They consider some songs off it favorites, but they also would've preferred to switch in and out some songs from the tracklist.

** [[https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/qkmv7w/los-campesinos-rank-their-first-five-records Gareth and Tom have expressed regrets]] with ''Hello Sadness'', not exactly hating it, but finding it too streamlined and the tone too deep within [[CreatorBreakdown Gareth's mood during its production.]] They consider some song off it favorites, but they also would've preferred to switch in and out some songs from the tracklist.

** He supposedly hated "You! Me! Dancing!", but he eventually changed his mind. It's now the oldest song they play live. Part of it might have to do with [[RevivalByCommercialization Revival By Commercialisation]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjFuFvjBIFA (having appeared in a Budweiser/MLB commercial)]]. In concerts, it's often preceded by "this song is about beer", and has some lyrics changed to "every single one of us Budweiser 'til we die". Gareth has also taken to singing the first verse of Music/{{Pavement}}'s "Box Elder" during the build-up.

** The band aren't embarrassed by ''Hold On Now Youngster...'', but they're not particularly fond of it, either. Just three of its songs ("You! Me! Dancing!", "My Year in Lists" and "Knee Deep at ATP") survived in their setlist rotation to 2017 (a fourth song, "Death to Los Campesinos!", managed to hang on until 2014 before it was ultimately dropped). The album appears as a gag in their ''Bargain Hunt''-themed video for "5 Flucloxacillin."

** He supposedly hated "You! Me! Dancing!", but he eventually changed his mind. It's now the oldest song they play live. Part of it might have to do with [[RevivalByCommercialization Revival By Commercialisation]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjFuFvjBIFA (having appeared in a Budweiser/MLB commercial)]]. In concerts, it's often preceded by "this song is about beer", and has some lyrics changed to "every single one of us Budweiser 'til we die". Gareth has also taken to singing the first few verses of Music/{{Pavement}}'s "Box Elder" during the build-up.

** He supposedly hated "You! Me! Dancing!", although by now it's one of the band's few early songs from that album that remain in their concert setlist, so perhaps his feelings have changed. This could be a case of [[RevivalByCommercialization Revival By Commercialisation]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjFuFvjBIFA (having appeared in a Budweiser/MLB commercial)]], and in concerts, it's often preceded by "this song is about beer", and has some lyrics changed to "every single one of us Budweiser 'til we die".

** The band aren't embarrassed by ''Hold On Now Youngster...'', but they're not particularly fond of it, either. Just four of its songs ("You! Me! Dancing!", "Death to Los Campesinos!", "My Year in Lists" and "Knee Deep at ATP") survived in their setlist rotation to 2017. The album appears as a gag in their ''Bargain Hunt''-themed video for "5 Flucloxacillin."

** He supposedly hated "You! Me! Dancing!", although by now its one of their few early songs that remain in their concert setlist, so perhaps his feelings have changed. This could be a case of [[RevivalByCommercialization Revival By Commercialisation]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjFuFvjBIFA (having appeared in a Budweiser/MLB commercial)]], and in concerts, it's often preceded by "this song is about beer", and has some lyrics changed to "every single one of us Budweiser 'til we die".

* CreatorBacklash: Gareth doesn't care too much for "We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives", one of their earliest singles.
** He supposedly hated "You! Me! Dancing!", although by now its one of their few early songs that remain in their concert setlist, so perhaps his feelings have changed. This could be a case of [[RevivalByCommercialization Revival By Commercialisation]], as it's often preceded by "this song is about beer", and has some lyrics changed to "every single one of us Budweiser 'til we die".
** "We Throw Parties" made a rare set appearance at the concert that was recorded for ''A Good Night for a Fist Fight''. Notably, the band left out the final verse, which Gareth finds to be particularly embarrassing.
** Gareth also isn't fond of "The International Tweexcore Underground", calling it "abysmal" in an interview with Noisey.
** The band aren't embarrassed by ''Hold On Now Youngster...'', but they're not particularly fond of it, either. Just four of its songs ("You! Me! Dancing!", "Death to Los Campesinos!", "My Year in Lists" and "Knee Deep at ATP") survived in their setlist rotation to 2017. The album appears as a gag in their ''Bargain Hunt'' themed video for "5 Flucloxacillin"

** The band is fairly embarrassed in general by ''Hold On Now Youngster...''. Just four of its songs ("You! Me! Dancing!", "Death to Los Campesinos!", "My Year in Lists" and "Knee Deep at ATP") survived in their setlist rotation to 2017. The album appears as a gag in their ''Bargain Hunt'' themed video for "5 Flucloxacillin"

** He supposedly hated "You! Me! Dancing!", although by now its one of their few early songs that remain in their concert setlist, so perhaps his feelings have changed.
** This could be a case of [[RevivalByCommercialization Revival By Commercialisation]], as it's often preceded by "this song is about beer", and has some lyrics changed to "every single one of us Budweiser 'til we die".

** Gareth also isn't fond of "The International Tweexcore Underground", calling it abysmal in an interview with Noisey.

** "We Throw Parties" made a rare set appearance at the concert that was recorded for ''A Good Night for a Fist Fight''.