80s bands reforming

[King Of Kings]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/cult ... -back.html

A bit about the bunnymen near the end



I recently saw Echo and the Bunnymen play in Austin, Texas. They took the stage looking less like the strange and beautiful rock band they were than a bunch of overweight brickies. The crowd loved them, yelling "Awright!" at every Bunnymen classic, but
I have a history here. I followed the Bunnymen around in their Eighties heyday, when they were setting standards for everyone else, driven
by self-belief and a
desire to create sonic transformation.

They called themselves the greatest band in the world, and really believed it. Somewhere along the line, they broke up and reformed for the basest of reasons. The drummer had died. The bassist left to be a boatbuilder. What remains is not the Bunnymen; it's a mortgage-paying machine. And there is nothing wrong with this in the real world: everyone's got to live. But in my private musical universe, seeing the survivors and their henchmen milking the heritage buck feels like defeat. And, privately, they must feel it too. This was never supposed just to be "Awright!" Perversely, this is why we really celebrate the hold-outs, the idealists who refuse to get back together for reasons of a kind of aesthetic purity.

[fat cherry]

And, privately, they must feel it too.

bit of a long shot, assertion-wise, or a presumption, which i suppose you have to make to give your article any srt of gravitas. they might just be enjoying themselves. another long shot i suppose from the way they look on stage.

[JackT]

Ha ha "henchmen".

[DivaDiana77]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturecritics/neilmccormick/5056814/Eighties-rock-bands-just-keep-on-coming-back.html


I recently saw Echo and the Bunnymen play in Austin, Texas. They took the stage looking less like the strange and beautiful rock band they were than a bunch of overweight brickies. The crowd loved them, yelling "Awright!" at every Bunnymen classic, but I have a history here. I followed the Bunnymen around in their Eighties heyday, when they were setting standards for everyone else, driven
by self-belief and a desire to create sonic transformation.

They called themselves the greatest band in the world, and really believed it.

Well, here's the thing, some of their new tunes are actually quite good. They aren't like the ones from the pre-breakup days, but Mac has had a valid solo career. Besides, some of the old guys did well for themselves. Paul Simon was really cooking as a solo though his glory days as a solo artist were on Graceland.

However, Sapndau Ballet will not recover. What they were when they started and what they became were rather opposite from each other:

Groovy:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkcqw5YOXfc[/youtube]

Sleepy:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYb83KM4at4&NR=1[/youtube]

What really made me long for the originals were less than covers which didn't come close to matching the originals. EATB was experiencing growth even though people didn't like the last album as much as Ocean Rain. There was some really good stuff on there. Besides, the break up was more complicated than that.

And sorry, but while their may be new talent, there is a tendancy to just put a mic in front of about anyone. ANd times have changed. It's now all about RAP which isn't singing and alot of it isn't even good judging the lyrics, let alone the "music." But I'll keep looking for something, preferably angsty, not too teenagerish and with decent lyrics.

[black francis]

Did I hear someone ask for The Exploding Hearts?

[Lancashire Fusileer]

Neil Mccormick? HAh hahaha! Bono's best mate isn' t he... COME ON
The guy has one article in his locker, " Hey I'm Bono's schoolmate and I'm going to write 2000 words of piss about the new Dylan LP"
Wonder if he's let onto the poison dwarf that he followed the Bunnies around

[vicswitchblade]

Bollocks mate. The Bunnymen are still the best. Like everyone else, they got older...do you still look like you did in 1979? Plus, I bet there isn't one of them could lay a brick...[/b]