Anya ,'Bring On The Night'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
I saw them on their last reunion tour, and they were REALLY good. I was wary, because reunion tours can so often be lame, but even if I hadn't had semi-diminished expectations, the show would have kicked ass.
I saw Pylon on a reunion tour and they were so incredibly good.
I saw Pylon on a reunion tour and they were so incredibly good.
I know that the reunion album they did was seriously good, so this doesn't surprise me.
I do have to say I've had good luck with the few reunion shows I've seen. Roxy Music was enormous fun too when I saw them. It's a toss-up between them opening with "Re-Make/Re-Model" while projecting a montage of the band in their early days, or the points in the show where the dancing girls came out, as to what was my favorite part of that one.
It's a toss-up between them opening with "Re-Make/Re-Model" while projecting a montage of the band in their early days, or the points in the show where the dancing girls came out, as to what was my favorite part of that one.
Dancing girls are good. But I don't know if they're as good as Brian Eno in a space outfit with a giant ostrich fether collar.
I saw them on their last reunion tour, and they were REALLY good. I was wary, because reunion tours can so often be lame, but even if I hadn't had semi-diminished expectations, the show would have kicked ass.
I also saw them on the last reunion tour (because OMG BAUHAUS! MUST GO!), and it was a fabulous show.
I'm clinging to this faint hope that Peter Murphy will be suspended upside down from the lighting rig to perform Bela (which is what happened at Cochella), but I won't be surprised if it doesn't happen.
I do have to say I've had good luck with the few reunion shows I've seen.
I never said so - but the Knitters were awesome. I especially enjoyed Dave Alvin and have been reading about/considering a Blasters purchase ever since. I was all star struck by John Doe - who had that true love of the crowd/love of the music joy thing going on. It was fun.
Dancing girls are good. But I don't know if they're as good as Brian Eno in a space outfit with a giant ostrich fether collar.
We did get several shots of Eno in his Roxy days in that montage (even though he wasn't with the band in person). One of the times the girls came out in full Vegas regalia (sequins and feather head pieces). The other they looked like they were on loan from Robert Palmer.
I saw the Pylon reunion tour too! Lots of fun.
Also the Buzzcocks reunion tour.
I just read that the Gang of Four is coming here this fall! Has anyone seen them in their current incarnation?
Dancing girls are good.
I am my own dancing girl.
Also the Buzzcocks reunion tour.
I saw this one. So good.
The new Mojo has Dylan's 100 Greatest Songs (and Bob on the cover). There's some fascinating stuff in it, particularly different musicians discussing the songwriting of their favorites. Loved Richard Hell's bit particularly.
I was just reading someone else saying the same thing. Oh, wait, that was you (thank you bloglines!).
Tina -- I like the E3C earbuds, but I'm not convinced that they are that much better than the standard iPod buds. Unless you blast them, you don't get much low-end. On the other hand, I'm not sure that any earbuds will give good low end unless you blast them.