Psychedelic Furs 2010 North American tour

[zabird]

Like I said Butler sounded good on that House of Blues DVD from 2001 and when I saw them on that tour. Of course that was now 9 years ago.

His voice is still excellent (way better than a certain Mr. McCulloch's), and they still do put on a great show. Supposedly, they really are working on new material now, but they've been saying that for 10 years at least, so who knows?

Last time I saw them ... in September ... I was surprised at the number of hipster kids in the audience, tho they could've been there for She Wants Revenge or the Happy Mondays (?). And looks like this isn't one of those oldies package tours they've signed onto the last few years either. Going out again with She Wants Revenge.

But you're right, they rarely if ever seem to be cited as an influence on current bands. Can't overcome the New Wave tag?

[DivaDiana77]

Was it the keyboards, the sax or the marimbas that got them?

[zabird]

Was it the keyboards, the sax or the marimbas that got them?

nah, they had the sax sound from the start.

u mean the new wave tag? prolly from the movie "Pretty in Pink" onward.

[blinkilite]

They seem to be strictly an oldies circuit act with no new material to speak of and you never really hear about them being cited as an influence by anyone that I know of which usually garners new fans.

they do seem to keep doing the 80s hits tour.... but they always put on a great show. and richard really dances around the stage and looks like he's having a blast up there. and yesm they still sound great. i've seen them a bunch of times recently (within the last 5-6 yrs) because they almost always do a Philly stop on their tours... i think Tim Butler lives near Philly (only heard rumor, don't know for a fact).

but here is some evidence:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cghk-lcsOn0[/youtube]

i recorded this video in dec 06 with a crappy digital camera. one of my favorite songs by them, but it was the song they opened with, so the beginning got cut off.

[zabird]

And don't forget ... Richard still looks great too

[DivaDiana77]

Wow, he sounds about the same. Good for him. I just remembered how great their songs were. this is from 2009. They actually kept going into the 1990s, but the grunge sort of killed everything off.

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[Dr Evil]

[quote="
but here is some evidence:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cghk-lcsOn0[/youtube]

i recorded this video in dec 06 with a crappy digital camera. one of my favorite songs by them, but it was the song they opened with, so the beginning got cut off. [/quote]

How unprofessional. I always switch my (un-crappy) camera on as soon as the band gets on stage. But with a four hour battery and 200 hours HD on the drive I can afford to.

[black francis]

His voice is still excellent (way better than a certain Mr. McCulloch's), and they still do put on a great show. Supposedly, they really are working on new material now, but they've been saying that for 10 years at least, so who knows?

Last time I saw them ... in September ... I was surprised at the number of hipster kids in the audience, tho they could've been there for She Wants Revenge or the Happy Mondays (?). And looks like this isn't one of those oldies package tours they've signed onto the last few years either. Going out again with She Wants Revenge.

But you're right, they rarely if ever seem to be cited as an influence on current bands. Can't overcome the New Wave tag?

She Wants Revenge did a fantastic cover of Love My Way at the Black Francis charity show. I never liked them but their cover of that song and the UK Surf version of Wave of Mutilation were pretty rad. So I suppose the there are bands that have been influenced by the Furs.