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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
Canada
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 Posted - 02/27/2004 : 15:52:31
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Anyone here listen to the band? Loved 'Leisure Age', but has there been anything else since? Are they still together?
When i search for 'Gay Dad', predictable porn sites come up...and it seems half the 'actual' links are dead..
Anyone?
Ohh Jim...whoaa Jim!
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 02/27/2004 : 15:57:38
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Mmm, manufacture Britpop. Deservedly dead and buried. Sorry, but that band was the nadir of British guitar pop in the nineties.
They were basically an experiment in major label marketing in the indie sphere. Eeuurgh.
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Malax
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1340 Posts |
Posted - 02/27/2004 : 19:01:51
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I quite enjoyed a couple of their songs, cant remember what now but I have one on a mixed cd that I did.
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
1264 Posts |
Posted - 02/27/2004 : 23:33:19
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2004 : 01:54:01
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'Wide Open Space'? Wasn't that Mansun???
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
1264 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2004 : 02:03:27
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[quote]Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
'Wide Open Space'? Wasn't that Mansun???
Yeah, you are right there 
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2004 : 04:40:45
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Gaydad burst out while I was in college to an inordinate amount of hype - the singer was a popular music journalist whose name I canīt remember - and then sank without a trace (until this post that is) just as quickly. To paraphrase some of his countrymen, they were īpantsī.
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"You one of those right wing nut outfits?" inquired the diplomatic Metzger.
Fallopian twinkled. "They accuse us of being paranoids."
"They?" inquired Metzger, twinkling also.
"Us?" asked Oedipa.
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2004 : 04:47:37
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But I did remeber his name was Cliff something so I googled it with no space between gay and dad and came up with http://www.gaydad.tk/. This is not an endorsement of the music of Gaydad in any way.
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"You one of those right wing nut outfits?" inquired the diplomatic Metzger.
Fallopian twinkled. "They accuse us of being paranoids."
"They?" inquired Metzger, twinkling also.
"Us?" asked Oedipa.
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2638 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2004 : 07:20:10
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i quite liked them at the time, just about the only hyped band i've ever liked! lol! the album was good, to earth with love and joy were great tunes, and that other one, erm, jim (??) it may have been called, was a cool video, walking around what looked like a destroyed earth in a space suit... <checks cd> yeah 'oh jim'! they did come back not long ago, well the main guy did, with a new band...
actually just been looking, last news on nme was about their come-back, in 2001... i'm sure i've read something about him, he's probably gone back to journalism.
now a truly great band who are no longer with us... David Devant & His Spirit Wife! That is a shame! Work, Life and Miscellaneous (spelt correctly of course) was a fantastic album!
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The Shrine of the Sea Monkey!
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GypsyDeath
Zapped Profile
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Posted - 02/28/2004 : 08:57:34
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saw them live once, they had big wings on. were good i thought. but i was 14 and intoxicated with various things..
Boys go to Jupiter, Get more stupider,
Girls go to Mars, Become rock stars
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ramona
"FB Quote Mistress"
USA
3988 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2004 : 09:02:06
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I have never heard of them, but the name cracks me up, possibly because I actually have a Gay Dad. 
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2638 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2004 : 09:04:08
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Originally posted by GypsyDeath
saw them live once, they had big wings on. were good i thought. but i was 14 and intoxicated with various things..
Boys go to Jupiter, Get more stupider,
Girls go to Mars, Become rock stars
Wanna fuck and fight in the basement?
yeah, i saw them on their first tour i think it was, at a really dingy club, was probably the roadhouse, and everyone was really drunk, and i was blatently underage (but allowed in as my dad had passes for us), and noel and liam's other brother, the big fat one, was there walking around as though he owned the place... and everyone was talking through the whole show... that's all i remember really.
The Shrine of the Sea Monkey!
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gavredmaxx
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/28/2004 : 09:15:11
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Always found them to be horrible. If I remember rightly they were famous as much for their ad campaign that went around the London area as anything else - which in fairness did look quite cool...
Gav
"If this were really happening
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GypsyDeath
Zapped Profile
3575 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2004 : 09:21:16
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I dont actually remember any hype or anything at all about them really.
But at the time id sorta cut myself off from the world.
Thought id go see them, as they were called gay dad...which was funny. As i have a gay mum!...
But apart from that and the wings..mind is blank
Boys go to Jupiter, Get more stupider,
Girls go to Mars, Become rock stars
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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
Canada
4496 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2004 : 17:36:21
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Funny Em - i'd imagine someone would have one. =) Really cute pic there too!
I didn't know they were so hyped...living in Canada totally removed from all major media, a friend said 'check out this band!' and i did, and i thought it was great. Super-catchy, poppy stuff..
I'm listening to my Gay Dad.........CD...huhhuhhuh
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