so if killfiled person posted 57 times in a row you wouldn't know anything happened?
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:20 (sixteen years ago) link
How does one do Killfile?
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:20 (sixteen years ago) link
KILLFILE 2.0
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Eh?
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:26 (sixteen years ago) link
How to: 1) install Firefox 2) install Greasemonkey extension 3) click on koog's link above and install the script 4) right click on smiley monkey face at lower right of FF 5) choose to Manage User Scripts 6) select kilxor and click Edit button - should open script with notepad 7) add user names to the line (inside the square brackets, using the info in the comments of the script): var fules = [ /Jaq/ ]; 8) Save file 9) Make sure Enabled box is ticked. Click okay to close Greasemonkey manager dialog.
-- Jaq, Monday, May 21, 2007 1:34 PM (7 months ago) Bookmark Link
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:28 (sixteen years ago) link
idk i've never done it but i'm pretty sure that's the instructional thread
Ah, I use Safari; any hope for that?
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:33 (sixteen years ago) link
er idk nick. if you're serious about doing a killfile i would talk to tombot or someone who knows how to do it.
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Marvin Gaye, Midnight Love?
― J0hn D., Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Maybe Tuomas would offer to kill Geir for me, they're on the same landmass? That's gotta be easier than a killfile.
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:37 (sixteen years ago) link
What's wrong with going "tsk, Geir" apart from when he says something totally obnoxious? Cause then you'd never know, and then some unknown git would be all YEAH and such!
― Mark G, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Moving right along here and back to topic: Charlie Rich.
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:44 (sixteen years ago) link
I actually think Geir hit this on the head with ol' Frankie Boy.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:47 (sixteen years ago) link
elvis 68, sinatra and cash are all strong.
paul mccartney with flaming pie? i know it wasn't huge, but...
― darraghmac, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:50 (sixteen years ago) link
McCartney has had "comeback" at various times. "Flaming Pie" was as definite US comeback for him, in Europe, it was with "Flowers In The Dirt" already. And, as he had struggled to sell for a while after "Flaming Pie" (even the excellent "Chaos & Creation In The Backyard" didn't achive the popularity it would have deserved), last year's effort could almost be considered kind of a comeback too.
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 12:26 (sixteen years ago) link
How about Turboneger. Given the state the band members were in around the late 90s, it is kind of surprising that they would go on and become bigger than ever (in popularity at least) in the oughties?
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 12:30 (sixteen years ago) link
the best comeback is yet to come, obviously it is mark hollis with his second solo album. anytime soon.
― ConnieXX, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 16:47 (sixteen years ago) link
It certainly isn't on par with a Sinatra or a Cash, but Robert Wyatt's nice rise in public profile after last year's album was a pleasant comeback.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 17:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Unsane. Came back with their best album then made an even better one in 2007.
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 17:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Surprised Chxck didn't come here to mention Rick Springfield and Billy Ocean.
― Joseph McCombs, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 17:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Mission of Burma
― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 18:23 (sixteen years ago) link
tony bennett
and yes 90125 otm
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 18:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Sinatra and Johnny Cash are, as everyone says, going to be hard to beat... some open questions are in play...
What's the distinction between a proper comeback, and just having a sort of weak album and then stepping back up to heights sort of near where you were at before? How long do you have to be a nobody for the comeback to count? Madonna seems like a question mark on both of these...
How long does it have to last to be a comeback rather than a drop-in? I'm thinking of George Harrison on that last one.
U2 probably counts though. Even if they weren't exactly an irrelevant flop act in the late 90s, it's clear that between Achtung and ATYCLB they were a bit out to sea.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 20:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Scott Walker too? Never done much commercial success as a soloist, but has received huge critical success from the mid 90s onwards.
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 23:22 (sixteen years ago) link
And Dion.
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 23:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Marianne Faithful would get my vote (although Walker would also be a good choice.)
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 23:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Didn't see a mention for Tina Turner. Private Dancer in '84 was a huge comeback after a hellish time in 70s / early 80s.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 05:22 (sixteen years ago) link
edit, Daniel, Esq. mentioned it above. Worth calling out again 'cos it was a great personal triumph for her making the sales comeback all the sweeter.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 05:24 (sixteen years ago) link
The Bee Gees
― moley, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 05:49 (sixteen years ago) link
DISCO
― Stevie D, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 07:12 (sixteen years ago) link
lock thread
Revive.
Next theme for record club is 'phoenix from the flames'.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 29 October 2015 11:49 (eight years ago) link
good theme!
― niels, Thursday, 29 October 2015 12:20 (eight years ago) link
Wire's Noughties revival for sheer quality if not unlikelihood
― twunty fifteen (imago), Thursday, 29 October 2015 12:26 (eight years ago) link
That mbv record was pretty stunning for a band that hadn't released anything for 20 years
― Spooky H (Treeship), Thursday, 29 October 2015 12:29 (eight years ago) link
also true
it was pretty stunning on any metric imo
― twunty fifteen (imago), Thursday, 29 October 2015 12:47 (eight years ago) link
Dinosaur Jr made some excellent records in the last few years.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 29 October 2015 13:13 (eight years ago) link
Swans must be a contender. They were pretty much finished in 1997, playing to half-empty houses all over Europe on their "farewell" tour. Since they came back in 2010, Gira's been getting the best reviews of his career and the band are playing to larger audiences than ever.
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Thursday, 29 October 2015 13:14 (eight years ago) link
yeah that's a really good one
― twunty fifteen (imago), Thursday, 29 October 2015 13:18 (eight years ago) link
really want like chapterhouse or w/e to come back with a work of raging brilliance, any examples of a mediocre band doing this
― twunty fifteen (imago), Thursday, 29 October 2015 13:19 (eight years ago) link
Leonard Cohen too. Not that he ever went away exactly, but he didn't tour for 15 years between 1993 and 2008. That comeback tour was the biggest of his career and saw him playing arenas for the first time.
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Thursday, 29 October 2015 13:25 (eight years ago) link
Suspect strongly that Tom will play The Chills.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 29 October 2015 14:02 (eight years ago) link
Aerosmith have to be up there. My Mom said they played at her prom!
― frogbs, Thursday, 29 October 2015 14:16 (eight years ago) link
Sleater-Kinney
― Marty8501 (Marty Innerlogic), Thursday, 29 October 2015 15:23 (eight years ago) link
^yeah, can't argue that.
Failure's comeback record this year was absolutely incredible too. I didn't even like their 90s stuff that much to begin with, but then they re-formed as middle-aged men and absolutely knock one out of the park.
― how's life, Thursday, 29 October 2015 15:36 (eight years ago) link
er, can't argue with that.
I can't believe no one's mentioned it here or on the Facebook post I made - Kate Bush! Aerial!
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 30 October 2015 09:36 (eight years ago) link
Best Comeback of all time was James Brown on the T.A.M.I. Show. Dude was done. Down for the count! Nothing left to give. Cape was on, show was over. And he just kept coming back! That's some straight up Lazarus shit.
― henry s, Saturday, 31 October 2015 19:13 (eight years ago) link
Did he also hop off a stretcher as he was being taken off stage or was that another show?
― brimstead, Saturday, 31 October 2015 19:36 (eight years ago) link
I don't remember a stretcher at the T.A.M.I. Show, but it seems logical that it would be worked into the act at some point!
― henry s, Saturday, 31 October 2015 19:45 (eight years ago) link