The Works?

[zabird]

uh, what band are you talking about?

it would be nice. maybe they'll surprise us. just call me an optimistic pollyanna

[Mr. Brian]

Well based on the artwork, I would say that this is just an expanded rehash of that Seven Seas Platinum Edition single CD which had no backing of the band either.





Has all creativity went out the window? Cripes. Have a contest and let a fan do the artwork or something. Take a pic off Will's picture blog. ANYTHING. I guess it's just cheaper to use stock photography. Looks like a 1970's soft rock compilation to me.

[guitarplayer on here too]

Not surprised that there was an issue with the artwork if that is the best that could be done. "Oh it's the same bleedin cover as the Seven Seas one". Mr Music Company Man "We have now slightly cropped and zoomed in the picture and put a white border round it. Don't worry, no-one will notice. Looking at our sales figures for Seven Seas, they didn't notice that one either."

[Fish Hook Girl]

Not surprised that there was an issue with the artwork if that is the best that could be done. "Oh it's the same bleedin cover as the Seven Seas one". Mr Music Company Man "We have now slightly cropped and zoomed in the picture and put a white border round it. Don't worry, no-one will notice. Looking at our sales figures for Seven Seas, they didn't notice that one either."

Someone at Warner's must really like that photo. Remind me again why they went back to the large corporate label?

[withahip]

Has all creativity went out the window? Cripes. Have a contest and let a fan do the artwork or something. Take a pic off Will's picture blog. ANYTHING. I guess it's just cheaper to use stock photography. Looks like a 1970's soft rock compilation to me.

Looks like the Porcupine cover.


(runs out of room)

[fat cherry]

has someone just airbrushed jerry hall in her knickers off that?

[Dave Smith]

Pehaps that what the argument with the band is about.Get Jerry's fadge back on the cover I say.

Lazy,lazy stuff from Warners.But we do have to remember that the purpose of the release is to sell to supermarkets.Bread,milk,cheese,bananas,"oh look there's that band I once liked selling their whole back catalogue for £6.99.Pop in the basket next to the red wine.I'll listen to it later".Hence costs have to be very low.Another blot on the Bunnymen name.And having walked out early of The Fall gig in Wolvo on Tuesday having witnessed an alcoholic,senile and slurring Mark E Smith butcher his way through a bad set I'm not really in the mood for more 80's icons being tarnished.

[guitarplayer on here too]

I don't know, 80s bands still are better than the current crop, even if they are ageing, drunken or husky smoke-damaged singers. I came back from seeing the Editors last night. Terrible gig in a crap venue (Alexandria Palace) with Tom Smith climbing on top of his piano a few times and constantly shouting "Yeah!" during the songs, and then they went and really irritated me by butchering a Cure song in their setlist. And I walked out.

[Kounelaki]

Tom Smith climbing on top of his piano a few times

He did that at La Cigale in November, too -- to my immense irritation.

[Mr. Brian]

Lazy,lazy stuff from Warners.But we do have to remember that the purpose of the release is to sell to supermarkets.Bread,milk,cheese,bananas,"oh look there's that band I once liked selling their whole back catalogue for £6.99.Pop in the basket next to the red wine.I'll listen to it later".

yes, but why can't it just be the More Songs CD only? That's likely to grab the attention more than this. The original release is considered one of the best "best of's" ever. Every college kid I knew had that thing. The updated version sitting next to the People magazine or whatever would likely spur more curiosity than Seven Seas or "The Works"

[Scouser]

Pehaps that what the argument with the band is about.Get Jerry's fadge back on the cover I say.

Lazy,lazy stuff from Warners.But we do have to remember that the purpose of the release is to sell to supermarkets.Bread,milk,cheese,bananas,"oh look there's that band I once liked selling their whole back catalogue for £6.99.Pop in the basket next to the red wine.I'll listen to it later".Hence costs have to be very low.Another blot on the Bunnymen name.And having walked out early of The Fall gig in Wolvo on Tuesday having witnessed an alcoholic,senile and slurring Mark E Smith butcher his way through a bad set I'm not really in the mood for more 80's icons being tarnished.

People only like The Fall because they think they should. If you actually listen objectively and forget all the "he's a genius, a Northern working class poet who has taken minimalism to a new level" people would realise he is -

a) A talentless control freak living off his legendary status
b) An alcoholic
c) Wouldnt even get a job sweeping the streets

He is musically and artistically bankrupt. I challenged my Fall loving mate to explain to me exactly why they are such "legends" (his words). After spouting a load of Paul Morely-esque NME verbiage the conversation could be distilled down to his rebellious use of the English language (making up silly words), he doesnt compromise by signing to a major label (well neither did Depeche Mode but nobody offers up legendary status as a result), the band is conceptual and in constant flux (Smiths ego is so fragile he sacks anyone half decent) and they have released 250 albums in 30 years and they are all good.

Well, everytime I am round his house and he sticks The Fall on all I can hear is the same repetitive whining noise with some drunk bloke shouting "the Gestapo stand on Blackpool beach-AH, Pope flips, cow eats, this is the new belief-AH" followed by what sounds like a load of steel fabricators erecting some scaffolding with badly tuned guitars.

The Emperors New Clothes.

Ah

[fat cherry]

but have you ever liked the fall then scouse? or are you just yanking our chains (as tommy saxondale might say). Never got on with them myself but more than a couple of mates readily play the mark e smith as genius card. Good comedy though - there was a class interview with lauren laverne on the telly a while back where he refused to play the game.

On the other hand theres also another new JD best of on the way

http://www.nme.com/news/joy-division/34944

Chez.

[JackT]

Didn't they get a sort of imprimatur from John Peel?

[moses (2)]

People only like The Fall because they think they should. If you actually listen objectively and forget all the "he's a genius, a Northern working class poet who has taken minimalism to a new level" people would realise he is -

a) A talentless control freak living off his legendary status
b) An alcoholic
c) Wouldnt even get a job sweeping the streets

He is musically and artistically bankrupt. I challenged my Fall loving mate to explain to me exactly why they are such "legends" (his words). After spouting a load of Paul Morely-esque NME verbiage the conversation could be distilled down to his rebellious use of the English language (making up silly words), he doesnt compromise by signing to a major label (well neither did Depeche Mode but nobody offers up legendary status as a result), the band is conceptual and in constant flux (Smiths ego is so fragile he sacks anyone half decent) and they have released 250 albums in 30 years and they are all good.

Well, everytime I am round his house and he sticks The Fall on all I can hear is the same repetitive whining noise with some drunk bloke shouting "the Gestapo stand on Blackpool beach-AH, Pope flips, cow eats, this is the new belief-AH" followed by what sounds like a load of steel fabricators erecting some scaffolding with badly tuned guitars.

The Emperors New Clothes.

Ah

I don't get them either scouser ...

[tonywojo]

rowche rumble was their only good track

hes a miserable sod

people think hes an enigma[/list]