Ha, I forgot to hit the convert button.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 07:00 (sixteen years ago) link
"Sleep Comes Down" is quite good too.
Now I need to hear Book of Days.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 11:16 (sixteen years ago) link
I went with the debut, easy. Talk Talk Talk would be second; Forever Now third. My hunch is that they're one of those bands that got progressively more bland and less interesting with each subsequent album, but I can't say I've actually been keeping up with the last however-many-albums-I-haven't-kept-up-with.
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 11:28 (sixteen years ago) link
"So Run Down" "Into You Like A Train" "All Of This And Nothing" "She Is Mine" "Dumb Waiters" "Pretty In Punk"
COME ON PEOPLE THIS IS REALLY KIND OF OBVIOUS
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 12:48 (sixteen years ago) link
If only it was "Pretty in Punk"
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 12:49 (sixteen years ago) link
It should be noted that the Rapture do a fantastic version of "Dumb Waiters," and that I think some emo band somewhere should have long figured out that covering "All of This and Nothing" would be a good idea (if not necessarily a good end result).
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 12:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Is there a collection of B-sides anywhere? I am particulary looking for the song Aeroplane. Their version of "Mack the Knife" as well.
I had several fantastic 7" that I got rid of (don't ask.) It still kills me.
― kwhitehead, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 13:18 (sixteen years ago) link
"Aeroplane" is on the Forever Now re-issue (yet another reason to buy the album) and on that B-side comp.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 13:19 (sixteen years ago) link
"She Is Mine" is a great song, but I've always hated the line "I had to pay a muscle man, to get me off the floor"...I mean, Richard Butler?!...his own granny could probably snatch him up in one hand...
― henry s, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 13:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Isn't it self-deprecation? Butler's voice reeks of irony.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 13:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Talk Talk Talk
still in my top 200 all-time.
― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 13:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Is there a collection of B-sides anywhere?
Allmusic.com is your friend. _B-Sides & Lost Grooves_ has "Aeroplane" but the Furs weren't much of a b-side band. That comp is mostly alternate versions. "Mack The Knife" is on the reissue of their debut.
I'll probably get skewered for this, but I absolutely adored his Love Spit Love albums and solo album as well. LSL is one of those artistic stretches that really works for me, the grungey guitars with Richard's smoky vocals, and lyrically I feel they're strong as well.
― Mr. Odd, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 14:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I actually saw LSL on their first tour, small club date. Fun time, he seemed relaxed!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 14:36 (sixteen years ago) link
the first LSL album was fuckin' awesome
the second one considerably less so
― J0hn D., Wednesday, 30 May 2007 14:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Some of these albums are £4 in Virgin at the moment. Having lived this long without them, I assume they are not for me, but some of you might be interested.
― PJ Miller, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 15:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Having lived this long without them, I assume they are not for me,
Never a safe assumption. I am frequently going back to things I had dismissed years ago only to find they sound wonderful today.
― Mr. Odd, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 17:41 (sixteen years ago) link
My hunch is that they're one of those bands that got progressively more bland and less interesting with each subsequent album, but I can't say I've actually been keeping up with the last however-many-albums-I-haven't-kept-up-with.
For shame. BOOK OF DAYS, xhuxk.
PS J0hn D. OTM wrt LSL
― rogermexico., Wednesday, 30 May 2007 22:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I love the S/T one the most.
Yeah, that's about it.
― Aja, Thursday, 31 May 2007 01:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Results!
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Saturday, 2 June 2007 00:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Not suprising, but I still love the S/T more than Talk Talk Talk!!!
― Aja, Monday, 4 June 2007 01:51 (sixteen years ago) link
They're both great to have.
I'm not sure about Todd Rundgren's influence on the 3rd?
― nicky lo-fi, Monday, 4 June 2007 07:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Might as well revive this one as it was all recent -- <A HREF="http://www.ocweekly.com/music/music/all-of-this-and-nothing/27439/">me on the package tour they're heading up this year</A>, though not just that.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 13 July 2007 00:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Ha, that would happen to me.
Proper format.
I'm delighted you were able to strike such an ambivalent note! Your notes on The Fixx are spot-on, especially since in recent weeks I've gotten the chance to listen at work to Casey Kasem's original broadcasts of "American Top 40" -- "Stand or Fall" and "Secret Separation" really do sound of and apart from their time.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 13 July 2007 01:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Thanks! I hadn't thought about them in years and then seeing I'd have to review them made me reflect on their very odd position at the time.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 13 July 2007 01:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I saw them three times (oh, add that one to the 3x thread) and the second tour was best, as was Talk Talk Talk.
― Saxby D. Elder, Friday, 13 July 2007 03:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Take one look at the success of the Police tour this year if you need proof of the appeal.
Oddly enough, I saw the Fixx open for the Police on the Synchronicity tour. Not the most invigorating live act in a large-outdoor-venue context. Whereas when I saw the Furs at Darien Lake Fun Country... well, y'all know how I feel about the Furs...
― rogermexico., Friday, 13 July 2007 04:59 (sixteen years ago) link
bump for so did Alfred ever check out Book of Days?
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 18:25 (fifteen years ago) link
No!
― I'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 18:37 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.hauntingmids.com/forum/Smileys/default/morrisseycryingce7.gif
― butt-rock miyagi (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 18:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Send it to me!
― I'm crossing over into enterprise (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 April 2009 21:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Just found the 12" for House at my local Used Emporium. Fantastic version. Can't seem to find the mp3 anywhere though. Does anybody have a link to the 12" Full Version or am I going to have to do it myself? I desperately need to purchase Book of Days too. I had given up on them by then but did fall in love with Until She Comes a bit later.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 16:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Which version are you referring to? There's a few different versions on the 12" according to Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/Psychedelic-Furs-House/master/82397
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 14 October 2009 02:22 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.discogs.com/Psychedelic-Furs-House/release/804424
The 'Long Version' from the b-side of that 12". I mistakenly called it 'Full Version' above. I did find an mp3 today though, so now I don't have to record it myself. The 'Flashback Mix' is terrible on that single. I guess the 'Single Version' could be good but I can't see how it can top the longer mix.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 14 October 2009 02:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Recently found all five CDs in an ugly box for $19 brand new at HMV! (Only owned the first two on vinyl previously.) Some day I'll make it as far as M2M, if i need to.
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 14 October 2009 03:53 (fourteen years ago) link
I think I still find an ecstatic udertone in a lot of the songs on the first album (and maybe the second) that is somehow missing from most other (less poppy? more post-punk?) post-punk bands of the time?
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 19 January 2010 06:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Ecstatic nihilism maybe
― Definition of Sonned (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 January 2010 09:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyone seen them live lately? Worth going to?
Here's a setlist from their NYC show last fall. From a review I read of a gig from last weekend, the set is very similar.
1. Love My Way 2. Heartbeat3. Like a Stranger4. President Gas5. The Ghost in You6. In My Head 7. All of This and Nothing 8. Believe (Love Spit Love cover) 9. Pretty in Pink 10. No Easy Street 11. Sister Europe 12. It Goes On 13. I Don't Want to Be Your Shadow 14. Heaven Encore:15. She Is Mine 16. Forever Now
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 30 May 2010 22:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Songs 11-16 represent an unbroken string of awesomeness.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 30 May 2010 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
so i'm going to see The Psychedelic Furs tomorrow night 7/12/2013. anyone seen them lately, are they any good these days?
― Bee OK, Friday, 12 July 2013 01:33 (ten years ago) link
puts on All of This and Nothing, should have played this weeks ago.
― Bee OK, Friday, 12 July 2013 03:01 (ten years ago) link
I saw them a few years ago, they were fun. The Butler boys were still really into it. Felt very much a nostalgia show, but that's OK.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 12 July 2013 03:14 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, they're one of those great lingering bands, like the English Beat, who get stuck on unbalanced nostalgia bills. Like, Tonight, the English Beat, with Kajagoogoo! Or See the P Furs ... with the Romantics!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 12 July 2013 03:22 (ten years ago) link
I started a thread almost identical to your question a long time ago. Too bad I've still never seen The Furs since the show got rained out. I did see Blondie in 2011, though, and it was a good time.
Anyone seen Blondie or the Psychedelic Furs this year?
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 12 July 2013 03:29 (ten years ago) link
that 2004 thread was before before my time. loved reading it.
― Bee OK, Friday, 12 July 2013 04:01 (ten years ago) link
this comp is OK, not great. sort of understand why i wasn't a huge fan.
― Bee OK, Friday, 12 July 2013 04:02 (ten years ago) link
so i decided to put on Talk Talk Talk on Spotify right after the comp. my faith is restored, hell yeah if they have this kind of energy i could have a great time.
― Bee OK, Friday, 12 July 2013 04:27 (ten years ago) link
unbalanced nostalgia bills
like when they toured the us a few years ago with the happy mondays.
― fit and working again, Friday, 12 July 2013 04:42 (ten years ago) link
oh wow, the Happy Mondays are great. even if it was for a brief moment in time.
― Bee OK, Friday, 12 July 2013 04:46 (ten years ago) link
lol
The Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon and Half Marathon Post-Race ConcertWho: The Psychedelic Furs, with ZB Savoy & The ChivalryWhen: Sunday — Psychedelic Furs play at 10:30 a.m.
Who: The Psychedelic Furs, with ZB Savoy & The Chivalry
When: Sunday — Psychedelic Furs play at 10:30 a.m.
― fit and working again, Friday, 12 July 2013 04:49 (ten years ago) link
The re-sequencing of the first album especially is...bizarre.
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 11:10 (five years ago) link
1st LSL is very very good iirc, second one much less so
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 11:39 (five years ago) link
...well, no, though, looking up the Trysome Eatone track listing -- "Long Long Time" is real good, "Fall on Tears" is real real good, and "It Hurts When I Laugh" is real good -- if I can remember all those melodies from a very minor album all these years later, that speaks in their favor to me
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 11:41 (five years ago) link
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 14:18 (five years ago) link
Love Spit Love is brilliant. It's Richard reclaiming his lyrical crown and working with a band that nails the unique vibe he generates. Richard Fortus' touches with cello and mandolin and the sort of circus organ of Jon Brion creates a sound that is both aggressive and comforting. Their cover of "How Soon Is Now", a track that some days I could name as my single favorite song ever, is wonderful.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 15:01 (five years ago) link
"Book of Days", damn, this song.
SHE'S 24 AND FEELS ITLIKE A WASTED YEARFOR EVERY DAY THAT PASSESSHE IS LEAVING ONE DAYONE DAY NEVER COMES
THIS ROAD IS POISON
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 10 January 2019 23:13 (five years ago) link
I mean, I’m on the record re: Book of Days...
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 11 January 2019 16:07 (five years ago) link
I ended up picking up "Book Of Days" and "World Outside" and really rate them. It's not surprising that not many even know them, all it takes is one bad album and the rats flee the ship and miss out on later excellent work (Gang Of Four, Killing Joke, etc.)
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 11 January 2019 16:48 (five years ago) link