Oh dear......
Posted by: Analogue on 25 March 2009
Oh arse! Just come out of hospital, think I'll have to re-admit myself now! 
Just what the world needs right now, the very worst band of the 1980s regurgitating themselves.
Does anyone think Robert Elms will come out and do one of his hilariously pretentious introductions?
Just what the world needs right now, the very worst band of the 1980s regurgitating themselves.
Does anyone think Robert Elms will come out and do one of his hilariously pretentious introductions?
quote:Originally posted by JamieL:
Sorry Maurice, the 'Circle of Hell' was reserved for Kevin Rowland due to the 6 foot high posters for his solo album from the late 90's that I had to cycle past everyday to the way to work in West London.
Thank you Jamie. I see what you mean, I didn't know these images were so much advertised at the times, I believed it was just the album cover.
I wonder if some french members of the forum would share the same feeling, recollecting Michel Polnareff's Polnarevolution...
quote:It was also fuelled by the beverage listed there too.
Indeed! Nice
quote:I do think that to really dislike something, it has to have merit in some form. Something that is simple bland, and pointless, say 'Black Lace' can be ignored, whereas something that has a 'spark' can irritate far more. It can also go either way, as it does hit some reaction in the listener. So something that you actively dislike, could more easily be something that you could like, and indeed may become liked once the spark has been understood.
I do agree. I hated The Cure for decades, mainly because I couldn't bear Robert Smith's voice. I forced myself to listen to the famed trilogy of Seventeen Seconds, Faith and Pornography when it was re-released recently, and found these albums splendid, as they deserved.
But there may be other reasons: when you're in your teen years, you more than often belong to some 'tribe', and the genres of music you listen to is a code to obey. So at the time it's a good thing to actively dislike or criticize some bands (as it is for clothes, social attitudes, etc). Then later on you open up your mind a little bit!
quote:Please play 'Young Soul Rebels' without fear of 'The Spanish Inquisition', I will just keep my distance.
I promise to listen to it tonight, especially for you
ATB
Maurice
PS: According to a well-known online encyclopedia, I'm afraid Kevin Rowland would not go straight to the bottom of Hell but would stop at circle no. 7. As for people who liked wine -- most probably epicureanists --, fortunately they'd stop before at circle no. 6 (and I guess we'd meet there).
quote:Originally posted by Whizzkid:
You know its TRUE but Sapndau will be forever with the funk, go-on feel the pressure......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkcqw5YOXfc
Dean..
That ain't funky, it's just bourgeois
.PS Met Limahl in my local about five years ago. Very nice chap as it happens. Makes a decent living on the 80s revival circuit.