that song has been stuck in my head and in rotation since I saw the movie nearly 2 months ago. one of the best & most effective song syncs in a movie in recent memory imo
― flappy bird, Saturday, 17 February 2018 22:45 (six years ago) link
I'm usually not keen on comps/hits but "All Of This And Nothing" is desert island for me
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 18 February 2018 03:07 (six years ago) link
their show in the bay area stone cold sold out, which never happens; wondered what was behind that, has to have been call me by your name rekindling interest.
― akm, Sunday, 18 February 2018 16:00 (six years ago) link
For the first time in the history of the Internet we can say Hey there's a new Psychedelic Furs song and album coming out.
It's real good too!http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=225&v=603KqtjKDSg&feature=emb_title
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 31 January 2020 16:35 (four years ago) link
P-Furs forced to reinstate the saxophone as they revisit their classic sound = awesome
― doug watson, Friday, 31 January 2020 18:43 (four years ago) link
yeah, this song sounds really good, I'm ready for a new album
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 31 January 2020 19:36 (four years ago) link
The beauty of Richard Butler's ash heap of a larynx is how in 1981 everyone predicted it'd sound like this in 2020.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 31 January 2020 19:38 (four years ago) link
Everyone or no one?
Love this.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 31 January 2020 20:08 (four years ago) link
For the first time in the history of the Internet we can say Hey there's a new Psychedelic Furs song
Nope, new song "Alive (For Once In My Lifetime)" was snuck onto a live album in 2001:https://www.discogs.com/The-Psychedelic-Furs-Alive-For-Once-In-My-Lifetime/release/1813394
I've loved everything Richard Butler has done, looking forward to this!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 31 January 2020 20:22 (four years ago) link
Another new song out "You'll be mine"... It's great!!
― Chief Kyiv, Friday, 13 March 2020 04:50 (four years ago) link
Giving these guys an honest listen for the first time in my life, starting with first album. If they would re-release this album with all the sax removed, I would probably love them.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 15:28 (three years ago) link
you're in for crashing disappointment
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 15:32 (three years ago) link
Huh, the sax is awesome! An only gets better!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 7 July 2020 15:37 (three years ago) link
okay this was good for a morning lol
― this has been the best year fuiud (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 7 July 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 9 July 2020 14:02 (three years ago) link
I meant if pgwp disliked the sax, he better hold on loosely.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 July 2020 14:04 (three years ago) link
lol fair. least corny sax of the 80s tho.
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 9 July 2020 14:05 (three years ago) link
Yeah, we're not talking Hot Sax(tm), we're talking skronky stuff inspired by Bowie's Berlin stuff. Regardless, Mars Williams, who toured/tours with the band a lot, has serious chops/cred.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 July 2020 14:22 (three years ago) link
First album is great.
― The Fields o' Fat Henry (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 July 2020 14:41 (three years ago) link
It is true there are much worse instances of "hot sax" in the 80s than this. But I personally have an extremely low tolerance for the instrument when used in rock music. There are exceptions but not many. I will still give Talk Talk Talk a chance but I am bracing myself!
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 9 July 2020 16:17 (three years ago) link
If you don't like that album I question not just whether you will ever like the band, but whether you will like tons of other good stuff. For me, Butler's voice alone is better than the entire catalog of many other acts. But no pressure.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 July 2020 16:41 (three years ago) link
Talk Talk Talk is legendary
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Thursday, 9 July 2020 16:44 (three years ago) link
Todd Rundgren’s production on “love my way” owns me
― brimstead, Thursday, 9 July 2020 18:09 (three years ago) link
Josh - given your declaration, were you at the gig at the Chicago Metro with She Wants Revenge on support a few years back ?
if you were, then i am annoyed i ended up having to listen to JW whine on about how great he is as opposed to hanging out with you sir.
― mark e, Thursday, 9 July 2020 18:41 (three years ago) link
'a few years back' = a decade.
f*ck.
― mark e, Thursday, 9 July 2020 18:44 (three years ago) link
Seriously. But no, I've never seen the Psychedelic Furs. In fact, I have no idea why I didn't see their show with James last year. I love both of those bands.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 July 2020 19:09 (three years ago) link
I want to say they did a relatively recent tour with the English Beat as well, and it seemed like such a randomly desperate nostalgia pairing despite, as far as I've heard, both bands still being awesome live, which kind of made me kick myself for not going.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 July 2020 19:10 (three years ago) link
fair enough.the show at the metro really surprised me.richards voice sounded so good.really surprised me.oh, and all the band dressed head to toe in black.no deviation at all.gotta love such devotion.
― mark e, Thursday, 9 July 2020 19:41 (three years ago) link
There's no fucking reason why Made of Rain should be this assured and good.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:57 (three years ago) link
I'm listening to the songs currently available on Spotify and holy shit
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:58 (three years ago) link
"Don't Believe" and "No One" kill. And the opener "The Boy Who Invented Rock n Roll" is their best in that field since "Forever Now."
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:59 (three years ago) link
"Come All Ye Faithful", "No One", "You'll Be Mine", and "Don't Believe" are the songs I'm listening to and, based on those four songs, this may be my favorite album of the year
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:01 (three years ago) link
Richard Butler has never lost it. Yes, he did take a detour into pop on "Midnight To Midnight" but everything else he's ever been involved with is at least very good, all worth hearing if you like his voice.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:10 (three years ago) link
Suffice it to say I'll have more professional praise next week.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:11 (three years ago) link
wow, Amanda Kramer is in the band now?
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:53 (three years ago) link
Very delightfully surprised to learn about all this.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:54 (three years ago) link
And hey, Bandcamp preorder:
https://thepsychedelicfurs.bandcamp.com/
Holy shit is this good! Really interesting drumming, Richard Fortus' masterful and sympathetic production and of course Butler's presence. This is such a wonderful gift in these strange times.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 31 July 2020 03:11 (three years ago) link
no one talks about it but i low-key really love the Furs/GnR venn diagram. who could have ever predicted?
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 31 July 2020 04:02 (three years ago) link
Maybe takes its foot of the gas a tad too early, but this is definitely worthy. Some serious '90s vibes to the production, which is perhaps why it also reminds me at times of ... Suede?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 1 August 2020 15:47 (three years ago) link
I love most of it.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 1 August 2020 15:48 (three years ago) link
Ooh, Alfred otm that there are some "Wish" vibes to some of this. Which is to say I guess, shoegazey sheets of guitar without being shoegaze?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 1 August 2020 16:52 (three years ago) link
"The Boy That Invented Rock n Roll" is just fabulous, what an opener.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 1 August 2020 16:58 (three years ago) link
"wow, Amanda Kramer is in the band now?" she has been for quite a while now
― akm, Saturday, 1 August 2020 17:36 (three years ago) link
I bought Mirror Moves in 1986, so I'm OK with calling the 21st century "now"
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Saturday, 1 August 2020 18:02 (three years ago) link
Quite (listening to the album and that track now).
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 1 August 2020 18:10 (three years ago) link
Truly one of the more amazing things about this is is the fact that since his voice *always* sounded like that, now that he's 64 years old and has kept his voice going through all the regular enough touring, it really hasn't felt like it's changed in the slightest. And that's not something that most singers can say.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 1 August 2020 18:40 (three years ago) link
If anything, the brutal touring schedule has kept it sharp and trim.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 1 August 2020 22:17 (three years ago) link
Is the soprano sax a new addition to the band's sonic arsenal?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 1 August 2020 22:40 (three years ago) link
I enjoyed your Pitchfork review, Alfred, though you seemed to like it more than the 7.0 score would imply.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 1 August 2020 23:53 (three years ago) link
A friend who saw them last week thought they were great and reported approvingly that Richard Butler looked like a kooky grandma.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 25 September 2023 02:42 (six months ago) link
^^ Show me some men who look like old lesbians!
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 25 September 2023 03:08 (six months ago) link
saw this, thought "fuck i wish i could finally see them" and then looked, and i am now gonna see them 9/29. Thanks Josh.
fwiw, shows bigger than a few hundred bring me down, though i finally saw spoon last month and wooooooooooohooo, i enjoyed that.
― blurry picture of mostly amorphous feelings (Hunt3r), Monday, 25 September 2023 03:32 (six months ago) link
They were great when I saw them with X. I didn't expect Richard to constantly come up to the edge of the stage, especially off to the side where I was - he was literally inches from me, which was cool but after awhile almost felt TOO close. All of a sudden, there was this pressure to facially express my enjoyment over and over again - I didn't want him to think "was this guy just here for X?" (To be fair, I love X to pieces.)
― birdistheword, Monday, 25 September 2023 21:09 (six months ago) link
ha i would likely have the same issue, but still not a bad problem. glad to hear they're sounding good, i hope that it continues.
because i have so much and such long listening history with them, i have a weird sense of them not being actual at all. almost a personal feeling that they are bigger than popular music, just like, this creative/productive "thing" of "that" era.
i listened to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncz9b2dIHkU 4 times while rollerskiing 6mi up gravel paths to home today. that album surprised me at the time for it's pop catchiness and it's very smooth melding of their history and general styles with those of greater recency. and also the VU/Cale violin, and the clarinet(oboe?) parts on top of that. It's just a good piece to me.
― blurry picture of mostly amorphous feelings (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 03:05 (six months ago) link
Mike Mills in a recent interview:
I just saw one of the best shows I’ve seen in years, the Psychedelic Furs opening for Squeeze, and it was awesome in every way. There was no feeling of age up there. They all played and acted like young men and sounded great, and I couldn’t have had a better time.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 November 2023 21:30 (four months ago) link
i saw the same pairing in Denver, Squeeze opened for Furs. Good show, they played very well, the sound system was terrible terrible. the vox were almost totally lost to me, row 2. Enjoyed it a great deal, wouldn't say the elder furs seemed like young men, but they were extremely credible, very casually and comfortably active (and interactive) rock adults ha.
― BEWARE! SPOOKY! BOO! (Hunt3r), Thursday, 2 November 2023 22:07 (four months ago) link
Did they play the 2020 songs? They deserve inclusion.
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 November 2023 22:15 (four months ago) link
they played a few at the show I saw, so I assume so.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 November 2023 22:21 (four months ago) link
Yup and agree that album is very solid imo. Effective pop lyricist and songwriter for me.
― BEWARE! SPOOKY! BOO! (Hunt3r), Thursday, 2 November 2023 22:28 (four months ago) link
when I saw them in May 2023 they played The Boy That Invented Rock'n'Roll, Wrong Train, and No-One from the new album, so they're not neglecting it
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Thursday, 2 November 2023 22:33 (four months ago) link
Wish they'd play something from the Love Spit Love albums. So underrated!
― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 2 November 2023 23:39 (four months ago) link
hugely underrated!!
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 2 November 2023 23:45 (four months ago) link
Is there any other band of their era that tours as reliably as the Furs? They play several dozen dates across the US annually, and have done so nearly every year since 2000.
― visiting, Friday, 3 November 2023 02:32 (four months ago) link
i kept thinking “kooky, hmmm a little, but not too granny like, rly”?the rows up front dissolved during the show and i got a good handshake from r butler on a walk-by, it was gratifying as hell.
― BEWARE! SPOOKY! BOO! (Hunt3r), Friday, 3 November 2023 05:04 (four months ago) link
Oh no...
Rest in peace, Mars
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 21 November 2023 00:12 (four months ago) link
Shit. There was a benefit scheduled for him in a couple of days. He was a pretty incredible player. Amazing that he could fit in just as well with the Psychedelic Furs and Peter Brotzmann.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 November 2023 00:27 (four months ago) link
I think you recommended The Chicago Octet/Tentet which is indeed an amazing album.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 21 November 2023 00:41 (four months ago) link
(A limited edition physical release but still available on Bandcamp)
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 21 November 2023 00:43 (four months ago) link
Big loss to Chicago area rock/jazz scene. This dude was on so many fun records!
― BlackIronPrison, Tuesday, 21 November 2023 01:01 (four months ago) link
Liquid Soul shows were so dope.
― BlackIronPrison, Tuesday, 21 November 2023 01:02 (four months ago) link
RIP awesome sax guy, you were amazing live
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Tuesday, 21 November 2023 05:11 (four months ago) link
Awesome, awesome player, for me he will always be a part of Hal Russell's NRG Ensemble, Finnish/Swiss Tour, The Hal Russell Story, their free jazz opera, and Hal on Earth esp
RIP
― chr1sb3singer, Tuesday, 21 November 2023 14:57 (four months ago) link
Fine tribute by Peter Margasak. Mentions the support he gave other musicians with addiction issues: sounds like a good guy and real community player. Love those Christmas Ayler records.
https://petermargasak.substack.com/p/mars-williams-has-left-the-stage?utm_source=substack&publication_id=85512&post_id=139041340&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=3b6cq
― Composition 40b (Stew), Tuesday, 21 November 2023 15:05 (four months ago) link
Only just noticed this news, terrible
One of my favourite rock sax guys ever, amazing tone, essential to all their best work
― Tyler Perry's Cystitis (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 21 November 2023 15:08 (four months ago) link
Slight rewind but still, fuck mortality
― Tyler Perry's Cystitis (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 21 November 2023 15:17 (four months ago) link
oh man I love those Christmas Ayler records too.
― campreverb, Wednesday, 22 November 2023 18:06 (four months ago) link
He's even adding to the din here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPfGwMdGHfU
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 November 2023 19:49 (four months ago) link