TenNewPence wrote:What confuses me is how does this tour and others get put together if Mac is in a bad way health wise. I remember the article in Mojo or Uncut a while back about him living in a bed sit or such like. I read Roger Daltrey's book how when John Entwhistle died shortly before a tour all the insurance hassles etc. I am slightly curious maybe unsure of how the music industry and bands function. Appreciate some enlightenment
Stars Are Stars wrote:fat cherry wrote:The Monro wrote:In LA the other night they did an instrumental (actually a pretty good cover of Roy Budd’s theme to Get Carter) so that Mac could take a break:
That's about the coolest thing they've done in years. Ought to do a couple more.
So basically 40 Years of Magical Songs has turned into concerts they can’t even finish but they’re now doing tv show themes...
Dave Smith wrote:Glad its not just me who
1) Cant understand Will these days. Endless photos of food. Every soundcheck "fantastic". Then clearly he's phoning in his performance with guitar playing more like Britney Spears hired hands. What happened to the noise??? Bizarre.
2) Recognises they are sending Mac out because they need the money. Simple. Play the sympathy vote before the big LA gigs. Its not Co...vid that's caught up with him its decades of Co...caine. He needs to get clean of drugs and booze. Seriously ill.
3) The keyboards are shit. No excuses. They sound like a casio keyboard stuck on bossanova setting.
4) Rest of the band in it for the ride.
This isnt the Bunnymen sound or attitude.
fat cherry wrote:Dave Smith wrote:Glad its not just me who
1) Cant understand Will these days. Endless photos of food. Every soundcheck "fantastic". Then clearly he's phoning in his performance with guitar playing more like Britney Spears hired hands. What happened to the noise??? Bizarre.
2) Recognises they are sending Mac out because they need the money. Simple. Play the sympathy vote before the big LA gigs. Its not Co...vid that's caught up with him its decades of Co...caine. He needs to get clean of drugs and booze. Seriously ill.
3) The keyboards are shit. No excuses. They sound like a casio keyboard stuck on bossanova setting.
4) Rest of the band in it for the ride.
This isnt the Bunnymen sound or attitude.
Not sure who I'm replying to here - so I'm picking on you Dave, lol. And I kind of disagree, the whole thing is classic bunnymen - or fuck up, choose your words. Not sure who 'they' are, I'm still kind of in the camp of Mac's in charge and 'they' are the yes men he seems to have surrounded himself with since reformation 20-odd years ago. Maybe he is ill and maybe he isn't, I have no idea, apart from walking off stage to chuck up seems to indicate a yes he is. That stupid tweet about covid - classic bunnymen in that nobody has the faintest idea about PR. But remember the coachella thing where Mac stomps off stage and the rest of the band stand there wondering what to do and then follow - so sticking in an instrumental theme song seems pretty cool to me - the fact that the old git allows that. Oh and when the singer left - they got another one?
As for Will, its how he makes a living and he's fairly open about that - not allowed to do any writing any more etc. The fact he's still doing side projects is great - always a chance of something interesting and As the americans say, I could care less about pictures of his dogs or his tea. He's still kind of a cool bloke - only let on his missis died like about six or seven years after the fact - must have sent him flying that one, looking after his girls and suchlike, whilst bonking some califiornian bird. Dark horse. If he's suddenly Mr Enthusiastic - but wierd, but you know. And of course the hired hands are in for the ride.
fat cherry wrote:
As for Will, its how he makes a living and he's fairly open about that - not allowed to do any writing any more etc. The fact he's still doing side projects is great - always a chance of something interesting and As the americans say, I could care less about pictures of his dogs or his tea. He's still kind of a cool bloke - only let on his missis died like about six or seven years after the fact - must have sent him flying that one, looking after his girls and suchlike, whilst bonking some califiornian bird. Dark horse. If he's suddenly Mr Enthusiastic - but wierd, but you know. And of course the hired hands are in for the ride.
fat cherry wrote:I do recall of course. So you've got a little friend looking after your interests- we could all do with one of them I suppose, though if one of my mates came running to tell me someone's said a rude thing about me on the internet I'd suggest they get a life. So I apologise for the inappropriate language - but in a way on an old time forum such as this you are kind of a random 'person' on the internet who I know no more about than Dave - though he's a bad example because he's occasionally overshared, haha, soz to you too Dave. My point was - oh no, can't be arsed.
Stars Are Stars wrote:Have they been dropped from the new label they were on yet? The missed shows may not bode well but then again, they aren’t touring with anything new. Rather, the Get Carter theme, Walk on the Wild Side and Roadhouse Blues out of the 14-17 songs that they’re doing now. Anyone know why Mac has to keep taking breaks during the sets even after sitting down the whole time?
fat cherry wrote:I do recall of course. So you've got a little friend looking after your interests- we could all do with one of them I suppose, though if one of my mates came running to tell me someone's said a rude thing about me on the internet I'd suggest they get a life. So I apologise for the inappropriate language - but in a way on an old time forum such as this you are kind of a random 'person' on the internet who I know no more about than Dave - though he's a bad example because he's occasionally overshared, haha, soz to you too Dave. My point was - oh no, can't be arsed.
The Monro wrote:
There is one new song - ‘Brussels Is Haunted', which I’m hoping will sound better when recorded in a studio as it’s not particularly memorable at the moment.
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