From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V2 #871 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Sunday, November 16 2003 Volume 02 : Number 871 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 08:10:10 -0800 (PST) From: Andrew Ironside Subject: Re: seven-seas NME review - --- David & Bernice Whiting wrote: > >There were only three British bands that really > mattered in the '80's: The > >Smiths, New Order and Echo and the Bunnymen. > > That statement is an absolute crock. These were > certainly great and > important bands, but they weren't the only bands > that mattered. Without > breaking out a whole list, I will simply site the > Chameleons, who have been > mentioned as an Interpol influence among others. > > Where is Stone Roses, Cure, Depeche Mode? > > ====================================== > http://www.bunnymenlist.com > > ====================================== > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 08:16:07 -0800 (PST) From: Andrew Ironside Subject: Re: seven-seas OT: RIAA lawsuits in Austin Anyone here wish the remasters had interactive content? I wish they could have stuck on some old TV appearances or throw in the Shine so hard film. Maybe they are saving that stuff for the DVD. (Fingers crossed) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 08:30:07 -0700 From: "K. F. Smith" Subject: seven-seas Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/14/1068674382058.html Echo and the Bunnymen, The MetroBy George Palathingal November 15, 2003 Print this article =20 Email to a friend =20 =20 ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN The Metro November 13 Two years ago, Echo & the Bunnymen took to this same stage in support of = their then-new album, Flowers, and for many, turned a bog-standard = promotional tour into an exhilarating celebration of their post-punk, = pre-indie guitar talent. Flowers sounded superb, the many treasures from = their back catalogue even better. The band is back on the road - or rather, as was the case last time, the = most recent version of the band, centred around the original core duo of = Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant - and this time the tour is supposed to = be a celebration, a 25th anniversary no less. Harrowingly, it's = something of a disaster. The immaculately ruffled frontman McCulloch strides onstage, all scouse = cool behind shades and a cigarette, only to be met with a damp, thin = sound mix. It's so bad he apologises for it several times, expressing = his own frustration at not being able to hear himself by nearly taking = out his bassist when he kicks over the mic stand.=20 The band just about manage to get through the show, even making it = through a couple of encores, but through no fault of their own, it's a = shambles. Nonetheless, through the sonic fug we are able to catch glimpses of all = the things that made the Bunnymen great. McCulloch's cracked croon is as rich and compelling as ever. Sergeant's = guitar lines are often mesmerising, whether he's firing off piercing = shards or unleashing cascading waves.=20 And the duo's unfeasibly consistent, classy songwriting has more than a = few punters reaching for their mobiles during Bring on the Dancing = Horses and Lips Like Sugar. But for a band who after a nine-year hiatus pulled off in 1997 perhaps = the most dignified rock comeback of the last 20 years - and let's face = it, there are more than a few '80s bands out there who've unsuccessfully = tried to do the same, some soon to be "gracing" us with their presence - = it is a dignity-stripping display. What finally wrenches at the heartstrings isn't the power of the = performance. It is the fact that this might be the last memory we have = of Echo & the Bunnymen. [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of icon_print.gif] [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of icon_email.gif] ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 18:30:33 EST From: Iangeannapeter@aol.com Subject: Re: seven-seas Sydney Morning Herald mmm.......perhaps a rethink for the core British punters? The Reverend Ian Presley (23 years old this tour) ====================================== http://www.bunnymenlist.com ====================================== ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-digest V2 #871 ********************************