Did you get one of these at the show?:
https://www.discogs.com/release/31665176-Hoodoo-Gurus-Be-My-Guru
No. I wasnāt feeling the best (which later revealed itself as covid) so wasnāt in the mood for getting there early and dealing with queues for merchā¦
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I always used to steal posters from the wall after gigs. My wall was covered with them. I remember once I stole a massive poster of Alice and Chains from underneath Punt rd bridge. It was seriously about 10 posters thick and weighed a tonne.
Anyways I found this last night.
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Love it! I used to regularly do similar - ask the bar-staff at the conclusion of a gig whether I could grab a poster from the wall (āitās over, so you donāt need it anymore, right?ā)
At a Weddings Parties Anything gig in Tewantin (25 min, ~ 4-5 beer walk from Noosa) I managed to grab a huge poster for a friend who was a massive WPA fan. Decided to push my luck and asked a roadie to see if I could get it signed. āSureā¦ go through that door, turn left, then right, then left, through the archway etc. etc. youāll find them thereā.
Found the band, with a room full of friends, liggers and hangers-on, getting stuck into the most enormous backstage rider youāve ever seen!! No M&Mās with only the brown ones removed but, honestly, there was more food and grog than a wealthy suburban football clubās annual āwine and cheese eveningā. This was a semi-rural gig by a medium-sized Aussie bandā¦ God only knows the size of riders for an international act!!..
As tempting as it was to stay and schmooze, I suddenly felt like an intruder, so burbled something quickly at Mick Thomas, duly got his signature, and high-tailed it out of thereā¦
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I know itās the easiest thing in the world, particularly for female vocalists, to take a classic upbeat song, slow it down and make it moody.
The melody stands up, and you have something new and nostalgia and you already know the words.
So I get that itās easy.
I still really like this.
From the tv series The Penguin which really is quite good, and so is its soundtrack.
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Maybe not moody but my lady liked these covers we played over the weekend:
An exciting live band too. Saw them several times in Melbourne pubs.
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Nice! Would have loved to, but they were done by the time I was of legal age. Thereās not much live footage on YouTube, but it does appear to back up what youāve indicated.
Sad that a lot of the classic line-up (Gilpin, Stanton, Martin) have now shuffled off this mortal coilā¦
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I did not know that. Thanks. I will mourn a little today and play some of their songs.
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This isnāt a bad cover.
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Enjoyed Hnnyās latest album. Relaxing.
Listened to this on your recommendation.
Itās decent, but by gosh itās dark. Interesting, but I wonāt be listening again.
Our best poster score was Jeff Buckley at the lounge.
Itās framed and at my mates house.
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Thatās par for the course with The The records really, isnāt itā¦ none of his records are exactly light and frothy (esp. lyrically). At least this one is a bit upbeat musicallyā¦ especially over NakedSelf which was, truly, a slogā¦
Will accept that itās not of the same calibre as Soul Mining, Infected or Dusk thoughā¦
Iām not professing to be anything like a big fan, but I really like some of their songs.
Heartland, Infected, Uncertain Smileā¦I feel like Iād recognise Beat(en) and Armageddon Days if I heard them, but they donāt come to mind right now.
And Love is Stronger than Death is one of my very favourite songs.
But I donāt think Iāve heard anything as consistently depressing as that album in a long time, and to me itās not comparable to any of the above.
Itās likeā¦super-Leonard Choen.
Yeah, Iāve got a suspicion you might feel like that about any The The album from start-to-finish. To me, this one has a similar sound and vibe to Dusk (home of Love Is Strongerā¦) which is one of their best, but which may not be your cuppa Twinings either as a whole.
I suspect the singles collection 45 RPM may be your jam (a much higher upbeat-to-downbeat ratio). Absolutely no shame in thatā¦ thereās plenty of artists where I like individual songs, but have never got into a whole album of theirsā¦ a singles collection is their sweet spot. Oasis, Kaiser Chiefs, Killers, Custard, Regurgitator, Manic St Preachers etc. etc.
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