You don't know our own Dr. Evil.
Stick around. You'll see.
black francis wrote:America, what the fuck have you done?
in_bluer_skies wrote:now's a great time for them to focus on selling to the 30-50 age range... live concert here, live concert there. they need to come up with some new ideas.
in_bluer_skies wrote:now's a great time for them to focus on selling to the 30-50 age range but they can't keep putting out the same shite. live concert here, live concert there. they need to come up with some new ideas.
the ghost of guitarplayer wrote:Well that's exactly the market they should be catering for. The 40-50 year olds who have followed the band from the start and the 30-somethings that picked up on them in the 1990s. They will get some younger fans along the way, but how many 16-20 emos are going to follow a bunch of 50-year old musicians? There's also the nostalgia element - the most successful or acclaimed bands appear to be tapping into the 80s vibe, a bit of an 80s revival still continuing, at least here in the UK. They do it with their tours, but don't do it with their new recordings.
Problem I see it is how to define the Bunnymen 80s sound - the raw sound of Crocodiles or the darkness of HUH and Porcupine? The orchestra-laden sound of Ocean Rain or the synth-laden pop of the grey album? The Fountrain and most of the post-1997 albums have headed towards the latter in terms of music style and song composition. I still think if they went for that raw Crocodiles sound they'd probably produce the best Bunnymen album since Ocean Rain among fans and critics alike, even if it wasn't a massive commercial success. Good live drumming, loads of rhythm guitar. Very little if no keyboards. There's also no need for an overwash of slow ballads either, including the one at the end. It only really started with Ocean Rain.
zabird wrote:amen, ghostie. I'd go for a return of that raw Croc sound and Mac's frantic guitar playing. Was listening to that album in my car last night. Still good stuff. However, that was a four-way partnership + Bill Drummond, not two guys and a bunch of hired guns. Could they still pull it off today? I'd give it a listen if they tried.
withahip wrote:Broken Record/ Broken Hip
The closest they will come is focusing on their strengths - let Will do Glide w/ Guitar and Mac fit in lyrics in his Bing Crosby mode. Ian can have veto power on Will's ideas but not write the music. Only vocal melodies.
I bet they would be ahiled as a return to form.
Otherwise, just go your separate ways - Ian can do his WAYGTDWYL stuff and Will Glide stuff and it is still win-win.
zabird wrote:In the end, it doesn't matter what any of us think or say ... they'll just do whatever they want to do, or not :neutral:
fat cherry wrote:well thats how it should be. if they did wahat we want, well they'd still be stuck as to which of the first four albums to reproduce in a noughties stylee. o nthe other hand they might not be capable of that anyway.
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