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Srisaket
= Cult of Ray =
Thailand
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 Posted - 06/22/2007 : 08:26:16
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Originally posted by Srisaket
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Originally posted by trobrianders
Young Gods
Sisi Bou Said
Srisaket, Sugarcubes already got back together 2006 for a show in Reykjavik. Check Youtube.
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Ed is the hoo hoo
I know the Sugarcubes did re-unite, but it was only for one show. I was thinking more of a tour than a one-off.
Can't get YouTube over here it is 'blocked' by the government - its content is deemed offensive
So here they are prforming Birthday in Reykjavik 2006 at least (10MB).
http://www.sendspace.com/file/h8f3s8
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Ed is the hoo hoo
Thank you very much for the link - when I can get to a computer with a decent download speed I will watch (if its not banned) - Cheers |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/22/2007 : 10:10:00
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Originally posted by PixieSteve
is that your new sig?
"Idiot" is just her sig.
Of course not.
idiot
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 06/24/2007 : 09:57:32
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Thanks for the Sugarcubes vid, tro!
 "Aw yeah, that's the good stuff!" |
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Srisaket
= Cult of Ray =
Thailand
313 Posts |
Posted - 06/25/2007 : 08:13:44
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Originally posted by Carl
Thanks for the Sugarcubes vid, tro!
"Aw yeah, that's the good stuff!"
Yeah, me too I got chance to watch it at home. Bjork has still got what it takes, but it wasn't like I remember the Sugarcubes. Maybe a reunion is not such a good idea after all. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2007 : 10:52:31
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The Sydney Morning Herald.
Love Or Money?
Some bands are able to reunite without the law courts being involved but often the question is asked " Is it for love or money?"
Well probably a bit of both. Not many rock musicians in Australia can expect to get superannuation payouts, so who could begrudge people who have brought so much joy to so many for so long, a comfortable retirement? Do the international fat cats who reform really just do it for another mansion or trophy wife? Greed or need?
For many musicians the period that they were in a successful band was a golden time in their lives. When a bunch of friends formed a band, played live, made records, made money and hopefully had great deal of fun while they did it.
They may never experience that level of public acclaim again. Certainly there are often hatchets to be buried, apologies made and more fights to be had, but being in a successful band is a dream come true for most young people even if there were rough spots. There's a permanent bond whether they like it or not.
The chance to rekindle that spark in spite of the impediments, before the grim reaper makes the final decision for them, must be irresistible, to play those songs with those people one more time. The world is full of bastards so you might as well be with the bastards you know.
Spare a thought too for the non-singing, non-songwriting, non-royalty-cheque-receiving ex-band members for whom an opportunity to rekindle the emotional and financial fires can prove a late life blessing.
Perhaps that's why this year has been the year of the reformation.
Internationally; The Police, Smashing Pumpkins, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Van Halen, Dinosaur Jr, Sugarcubes, Crowded House and the list goes on, have reformed in spite of past difficulties or enmities.
Whilst in Australia; The Saints, Divinyls, Daddy Cool, Radio Birdman, The Stems and The Hoodoo Gurus have all reformed and are set to tour this year, The Saints the hot tip for next year's BDO.
Abba, who knocked back a reported $2 billion, Pink Floyd, The Jam, The Smiths and Stone Roses have all resisted reformations so far in spite of the huge audience and money that they could command if they did. Paul Weller has said his family would have to be on the street before he would even consider reforming The Jam (let's hope he feels that way about The Style Council too) so the other two are touring as From the Jam!
The Jam - Going Underground
So who's left overseas who hasn't already done it (or mortality has made it impossible) that I'd love the opportunity to see live? Black Flag, but personal enmities between Henry and Greg probably preclude it and post-punk UK band Magazine, while locally Died Pretty would be amongst my choices. What about yours?
Magazine - Song From Under The Floorboards
Black Flag 'TV Party'
Posted by Stephen Walker
August 8, 2007 11:02 AM
Q4music.com - The fine art of the comeback. |
Edited by - Carl on 09/13/2007 19:24:53 |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
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Posted - 09/13/2007 : 19:32:37
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i hear 'the last men on earth' are getting back together.
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind. |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 09/15/2007 : 09:56:10
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That link doesn't work.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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Jefrey
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 09/16/2007 : 00:32:05
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Radio Birdman? Good crap, they were old when they were a band! Why not the MC5? There's this one Radio Birdman song that rocks my socks off. Anyone remember what it is?
--It's "What Gives?" Murder City Nights was great too. Anyone else listen to these guys? It's like the Doors meets Rancid.
Now we need a Lime Spiders reunion.
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
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Posted - 09/18/2007 : 17:18:21
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Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
That link doesn't work.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
probably better that way. still agreat name for a band though.
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 10/04/2007 : 15:38:09
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Sydney Morning Herald.
Rising from dead to relive old glories
Sacha Molitorisz
October 3, 2007
THE ZEITGEIST
IN 1517 Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the church door, ushering in the Reformation. That was nothing. In 2007, every man and his band is reforming.
The Pixies. Led Zeppelin. The Police. Crowded House. Van Halen. The Spice Girls. Smashing Pumpkins. Jesus and Mary Chain. The Lemonheads. The Happy Mondays. Not to mention novelty acts such as Right Said Fred and Genesis.
Another resurrected outfit is Rage Against the Machine. In the early '90s, the LA rap/rockers gave us the anti-establishment anthems Bullet in the Head and Killing in the Name, with its refrain, "F--- you, I won't do what you tell me!"
Unless, perhaps, you tell them to reform. After a seven-year break, guitarist Tom Morello says the band are back for political reasons: "The times were right to see if we can knock the Bush Administration out in one fell swoop." OK, but what will they be paid? If that fee isn't swiftly deposited, will we see Rage Against the Automated Teller Machine?
A story that appeared earlier this year on the MTV website dubbed this "the biggest reunion avalanche in rock history". Here's the formula: early success, inflated egos, musical divorce, disappointing solo careers, irresistible temptation to make a motza by reliving past glories. Occasionally, the reformation tour will make a tongue-in-cheek reference to earlier promises never to reform, as in the Eagles' 1994 Hell Freezes Over tour.
Fans, most of them older and richer, can't get enough. This week tickets for the Spice Girls' London comeback sold out in 38 seconds; for next month's gig, Led Zep has 20,000 tickets to distribute among the 20 million people who registered to buy one.
Like ageing bands, ageing audiences want to relive past glories. They want to feel the way they did when Crowded House played on the Opera House forecourt in 1996, when the Police played the Hordern Pavilion in 1980, or when Dead Zep played at the Sydney Showground in 1972.
Sorry, I meant Led Zep, who have come up against a common problem: how do you reform if your drummer has choked on his own vomit? Easy: hire the dead bloke's son. In their defence, the quartet say they're doing their show for charity.
Regardless of motivations, it's worth remembering the words of an online music fan: "Rock musicians, like mathematicians, do their best work when they're young." To which I can only respond, the Pixies are back! As composer Carl Nielsen said: "Music is life and, like it, inextinguishable." |
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