great performance clip on youtube of "song from under the floorboards" w/a seriously funky black bass player
― m coleman, Sunday, 27 January 2008 23:39 (sixteen years ago) link
today I bumped into you again I have no idea what you want but there was something I meant to say
As the day stops dead at the place where we're lost I will drug you and fuck you on the permafrost
― m coleman, Sunday, 27 January 2008 23:49 (sixteen years ago) link
classic, absolutely
Words to live by.
― Andy K, Sunday, 27 January 2008 23:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Totally forgot the line about drugging and fucking until I played that song on my radio show this past week. Hi there, FCC!
― kate78, Monday, 28 January 2008 02:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Great, but better than Wire? wtf no.
― S-, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 00:38 (sixteen years ago) link
mick mercer linked to this band today: Gloria Mundi
Gloria Mundi - Myspace http://www.myspace.com/gloriamundifansite
They released an album on RCA in 1977 ! and sounded a bit like Magazine. Were Magazine inspired by this band? did they ever tour together?
Eddie Maelov - vocals // Sunshine Patteson - keyboards, vocals// Beethoven - guitar// c.c. - sax// Mike Nichols - drums// Ice - bass//
― djmartian, Saturday, 1 March 2008 17:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Don't think there was a Gloria Mundi connection. I did buy a couple of their singles when they came out, but I thought of them more like Ultravox at the time, but slight more trad-rock band. Of course trad-rock was what Magazine (and Joy Division, Echo, U2 etc) added back into new wave.
I'm not sure GM even preceeded Magazine, at least in my attention. There were a couple of bands like that, punilux, Ricki and the last days, erm, and others....
Of the two UK tours I remember magazine doing one had Simple Minds supporting and the next had Bauhaus.
I only saw them once, at the Astoria in Edinburgh with Bauhaus (and local band Josef K). This would have been April 1980, I also remember it was actually my mate's 20th Birthday and he, years later, became mildly famous and once mentioned that gig as one of his all time favourites.
Incidentally, I just got tickets to go see Barry Adamson play in Glasgow, and so that's... gulp, 28 years since I last saw him.... wonder if he still looks as cool? I know I do (grin).
― Sandy Blair, Saturday, 1 March 2008 19:55 (sixteen years ago) link
I like Eddie and Sunshine's later pop record on Survival. Somewhere in Europe is a gem of a song.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 1 March 2008 20:46 (sixteen years ago) link
One of the members of the Monochrome Set, Jeremy Harrington, was also in Gloria Mundi. Just for the record.
― deedeedeextrovert, Sunday, 2 March 2008 04:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Just for the record.
ahem
― Bob Six, Sunday, 2 March 2008 09:43 (sixteen years ago) link
They're playing their first date since 1980 at The Forum, on Friday Feb 13. Excitement!
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 11 September 2008 17:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Who is playing guitar?
Robin Simon the obv choice, I suppose?
― Mildred Dixon (Pashmina), Thursday, 11 September 2008 17:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I came across them in my vinyl stacks last night and had a strange feeling about them as if someone had mentioned them to me recently but I couldn't place it. I'm glad to hear they're going to play.
― Bimble, Thursday, 11 September 2008 17:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Guitarist TBC, according to their Myspace. Also a Manchester date on Sat Feb 14.
http://www.myspace.com/magazineofficial
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 11 September 2008 17:57 (fifteen years ago) link
funny, soapy correctness always got the raves from critics back in the day, but i always preferred real life, and even secondhand daylight. great opener on soap, but too many average sounding songs later on.
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Thursday, 11 September 2008 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Noko is playing guitar.
I wish I was.
― Dr.C, Friday, 12 September 2008 09:02 (fifteen years ago) link
I wish Pete Shelley was.
― Marcello Carlin, Friday, 12 September 2008 09:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I could care less really but in this case no McGeogh = no credibility for real.
― The Real Slim Whitman (Noodle Vague), Friday, 12 September 2008 09:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Is this likely to sell out early d'ye reckon? Cos I've got a ton of gigs this month already and would like to put off buying a ticket for this for a month or 2.
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Friday, 12 September 2008 10:05 (fifteen years ago) link
tickets PURCHASEDso excited
― salsa shark, Friday, 12 September 2008 11:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Any hint of further dates? Like in, say, Glasgow?
And Dr C - Noko?
Hmm, bit of a let down, the claim earlier was 'a manchester guitarist' and I was hoping for Vini Riley, expecting Johnny Marr and praying it wasn't Billy Duffy.
― Sandy Blair, Saturday, 13 September 2008 08:41 (fifteen years ago) link
'Shot By Both Sides' will always sound like it was released today.
Rhythm of Cruelty and 'Song From Under the Floorboards' classic too, the latter for the opening lyrics
I am angry I am ill and Im as ugly as sinMy irritability keeps me alive and kicking
― Fer Ark, Saturday, 13 September 2008 08:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Shit - how could I forget 'The Light Pours out of me'?
I'm obviously not a hardcore Magazine um devoto...
Always preferred the other band.
― Fer Ark, Saturday, 13 September 2008 08:58 (fifteen years ago) link
My favourite's always been Because You're Frightened, although Shot By Both Sides is way up there
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Saturday, 13 September 2008 13:21 (fifteen years ago) link
fucks sake why did not know about this until now, fucking sold out
― Robin van Injury (country matters), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 00:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Because I hadn't seen you online til now. Ferg will be able to tell you all about it.
― Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 10 February 2009 01:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Has anybody seen them yet? They posted a few tracks on myspace and everything sounds very in tact and excellent. Adamson's bass is especially robust and chorus-y...just how I like it. The videos floating around are poorly recorded and don't seem to do them justice.
I know a bunch of you must have gone to see then already....
― Patrick South, Saturday, 14 February 2009 14:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Wanted to but it sold out. Was this a one-off or are they likely to play any more gigs, anyone know?
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Saturday, 14 February 2009 16:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Saw them at the Forum last night and they were utterly brilliant. Right from Devoto announcing at the start that they had reformed so he could 'impress a woman.' The band were a really tight ship, and Noko performed McGeogh's parts to a tee. The support act Ipso Facto, clearly fans, sang backing vocals. "That's probably their daughters' band," my friend suggested.They played everything you might expect or hope for, except maybe Boredom and Back to Nature. Poor old Barry Adamson had to sit down to play the bass in Thankyoufalletimebemiceelf, but devoto was a malevolent live wire throughout. The only curious bit was Great Beautician in the Sky never seemed to shift into 4/4. Highlight for me was Motorcade.
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Saturday, 14 February 2009 19:00 (fifteen years ago) link
there in spirit
― there's no antivote to (country matters), Saturday, 14 February 2009 21:13 (fifteen years ago) link
would pretty much of paid £30 to watch Pimp Barry Adamson playing the Basslines of Magazine for two hours, but yeah, fuckin A
― EMPIRE STATE HYMEN (MPx4A), Saturday, 14 February 2009 22:04 (fifteen years ago) link
they did The Book, and Twenty Years Ago sounded like some lunatic house shit
I did not realise until I read Petridis' review that Devoto was wearing 3/4 length pants :/
dude is basically Jesus though so fair enough
shame about not Back to Nature/Feed the Enemy/much else off Secondhand Daylight; also wish someone had thought to wave a lighter during Permafrost
― EMPIRE STATE HYMEN (MPx4A), Saturday, 14 February 2009 22:10 (fifteen years ago) link
so they played most of Soap then
really really feeling like I should of found out about this sooner
― there's no antivote to (country matters), Saturday, 14 February 2009 22:14 (fifteen years ago) link
devoto in 3/4 length pants, espadrilles and a pink jacket, like some demented gameshow host meets sex tourist
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Sunday, 15 February 2009 14:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Great gig in Manchester last night. Thought they are sounded great - agree Devoto looked a bit odd, but Barry Adamson still looked like the coolest dude around. Fantastic bass playing too.
― Peteski, Sunday, 15 February 2009 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
please come to NY!
― dan selzer, Sunday, 15 February 2009 16:07 (fifteen years ago) link
so, will it be good? -
http://music.is-amazing.com/sites/music.is-amazing.com/files/covers/magazine.jpg
― nostormo, Thursday, 6 October 2011 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
No Barry Adamson on this...apparently?
― kwhitehead, Thursday, 6 October 2011 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
I wanted to quote a strange aside from another thread, talking about the old Rolling Stone Record Guides:
Magazine seemd very harshly dismissed for instance, a 4 line paragraph and each album three stars, but "Philadelphia" was identified as their best song which cannily seems to be the consensus now
Did I miss the news that there's a "consensus" that "Philadelphia" from The Correct Use of Soap is their best song? I'd personally rank it 5th or 6th on that album alone. I don't think it's even made it to any of their compilations.
Meanwhile, No Thyself is one of those albums I keep meaning to get hold of.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 10 March 2022 03:12 (two years ago) link
Third week bingeing on whatever Magazine I can find.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 12:34 (one year ago) link
How do you rate them? I never connected with the reunion album.
Of the subsequent non-Magazine stuff that Howard did, there's good bits on his solo "Jerky Versions Of The Dream" and the two Luxuria albums but none of them are consistent enough for me to enjoy fully.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 12:44 (one year ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/may/04/post-punk-guitarist-john-mcgeoch-magazine-siouxsie-sioux
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 13:43 (one year ago) link
Anybody get this yet?
The Light Pours Out of Me: The Authorised Biography of John McGeochRory Sullivan-Burke
John McGeoch was the unsung hero of the post-punk era. Blazing a trail with some of Britain’s biggest bands and most revered artists – Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Armoury Show and Public Image Ltd. – John left an undeniable and indelible mark on music.
The Light Pours Out of Me examines John’s life and legacy, drawing on original interviews with the likes of Siouxsie Sioux, Howard Devoto, Johnny Marr, Billy Idol, John Frusciante, Keith Levene, Jonny Greenwood, Nick Launay, Ed O’Brien, Peter ‘Hooky’ Hook and many others.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 13:47 (one year ago) link
xxpost I haven't heard the reunion album but love the first three very much. Digging on older live sessions I can find, too.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 17:43 (one year ago) link
I really don't think that the fourth album has any bad songs, but the sound is often very harsh.
I think Luxuria's Beast Box is his best non-Magazine release. I saw the video for "The Beast Box is Dreaming" when it came out, but couldn't get into the record at the time. Now I particularly like the "torch songs" or ballads; Devoto is not as tormented as he was in the Magazine days, but there's just as much wit and perception in the lyrics and singing.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 11:54 (one year ago) link
magic murder and the weather may actually be my secret favourite, tho i haven't revisited any of them for a long while
i used slightly to know ben mandelson, mcgeoch's replacement -- he co-ran a record company whose records i often reviewed, and he was both a nice person and a very folk-scholarly person, which was probably not quite the right vibe for magazine but i liked it myself
― mark s, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 12:25 (one year ago) link
awake much of the night with truly astonishing dental pain (on antibiotics, direct to root canal when I get home from work but work mean travel and I've got several days yet to go) and the music of magazine specifically the secondhand daylight album is helping. ty magazine, top group
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 20 January 2023 11:45 (one year ago) link
Check out "Seconds to Last" by Colin Newman for more explicitly dental-themed post-punk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fME8qjXbV1I
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 20 January 2023 16:38 (one year ago) link