Best Psychedelic Furs Album

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.

"Aeroplane" is on the Forever Now re-issue (yet another reason to buy the album) and on that B-side comp.

"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...

Isn't it self-deprecation? Butler's voice reeks of irony.

Talk Talk Talk

still in my top 200 all-time.

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.

I actually saw LSL on their first tour, small club date. Fun time, he seemed relaxed!

the first LSL album was fuckin' awesome

the second one considerably less so

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.

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.

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

I love the S/T one the most.

Yeah, that's about it.

Results!

Not suprising, but I still love the S/T more than Talk Talk Talk!!!

They're both great to have.

I'm not sure about Todd Rundgren's influence on the 3rd?

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.

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.

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.

I saw them three times (oh, add that one to the 3x thread) and the second tour was best, as was Talk Talk Talk.

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...

bump for so did Alfred ever check out Book of Days?

No!

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Send it to me!

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.

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

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.

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.

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?

Ecstatic nihilism maybe

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. Heartbeat
3. Like a Stranger
4. President Gas
5. The Ghost in You
6. 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

Songs 11-16 represent an unbroken string of awesomeness.

so i'm going to see The Psychedelic Furs tomorrow night 7/12/2013. anyone seen them lately, are they any good these days?

puts on All of This and Nothing, should have played this weeks ago.

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.

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!

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?

that 2004 thread was before before my time. loved reading it.

this comp is OK, not great. sort of understand why i wasn't a huge fan.

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.

unbalanced nostalgia bills

like when they toured the us a few years ago with the happy mondays.

oh wow, the Happy Mondays are great. even if it was for a brief moment in time.

lol

The Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon and Half Marathon Post-Race Concert

Who: The Psychedelic Furs, with ZB Savoy & The Chivalry

When: Sunday — Psychedelic Furs play at 10:30 a.m.

i didn't remember Talk Talk Talk being this good.

i'm an albums person and nights like this reinforce that. albums are what make music my greatest passion.

talk talk talk is at least that good tbh.

ps did Alfred ever check out Book of Days?

back to the Mondays for a second. i was in the so called goth stage and started to hear of some dance movement. somehow convinced my friends to go along with it. the tour was called Call the Cops with Adamski and 808 State opening. legendary night, changed my life to be honest. the purity of it all was realized but that might have had more to do with the ecstasy i was on. Yin and Yang.

can you tell i'm off tomorrow?

lol, how did i not bump my own thread?

Happy Mondays and the Psychedelic Furs 2009 tour

Alfred adores "House."

First three Furs albums are untouchable They're awesome to hold in store for people who think the band some mere new wave has-been or also-ran. For a while, this band had it going on.

I mean, I’m on the record re: Book of Days...

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.)