From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V6 #100 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Thursday, April 19 2007 Volume 06 : Number 100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:45:07 -0500 From: Theodore Turner Subject: Re: seven-seas OT: The Good The Bad & The Queen/ Ted Memoirs Was Damon also in Gorrilaz? I haven't followed any thing he's done since accosting Blur's guitar player via drunken demands for Syd Barrett covers from the first row at a 92 gig: "you just don9t fuckin get it" was his response - but I would maintain that I did get it & was calling him on it & it really was really pissing him off. In a related memoir from the same summer, I was told by the drummer of Slowdive that I was "the spittin image of Damon from Blur" he was even calling over bandmates to have a look at me - however - I have also been stopped in the streets by people thinking I was Eric Idle. Being on-topic, the night before the Ride/ Slowdive gig in Vancouver noted above, we had taken the ferry across to Victoria where we saw them in a tiny club - afterwards we hung out with Slowdive a bit, I was really drunk & was kinda getting in Neil Halstead's face a bit (in a friendly way) , accusing him of ripping of / (paying homage to) the opening sequence of "Going up" on Slowdive a b-side. He put up with me for a while, but I was relentless "bunnymen this, bunnymen that" I'm sure - so to end it he says : "look, I only have 10 records & they are all by David Bowie'. For the record, Slowdive blew Ride away both nights - after Ride's main set in Victoria - the crowd started chanting "Slowdive, Slowdive", Ride looked unimpressed by this & forego the encore , which was to be "Seagull" as I could see from the setlist next to the stage monitor in front of me. The Slowdive kids were really blow away by that response - they were super nice. Ride were not nice guys - & The tone of my Bunnymen cover calls to them was way less playful. When I called out for "Villier's Terrace" its was a way more snarly "fuck you poseur" & they knew it. I spent the rest of that summer demanding Bunnymen covers from the first row at gigs by the likes of House of Love The Catherine Wheel & The Charlatans. I remember really puzzling Guy Chadwick fr The House of Love with persistent calls for The Cutter & The Back of Love , he was really looking off with a " "what the fuck???" in my direction. I remember really feeling that it was my duty to keep these guys honest about the influence of the Bunnymen on them (or just how much greater the Bunnymen were than their bands) when they came to town, that was my job. I was quite the handful back then. TT On 4/19/07 11:52 AM, "Steve Griffiths" wrote: > I have to say I tried but cannot listen to the GB&TQ album, but I was never > a Blur fan and as much as I liked the art work, I thought the Gorrilaz stuff > was [to use a John Peel phrase] a 'little thin'. > > Steve G. > > > Subject: Re: seven-seas OT: The Good The Bad & The Queen > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > **************Bunnymen Online Presence******************** > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info > http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ > http://www.villiersterrace.com/ * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************Bunnymen Online Presence******************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ http://www.villiersterrace.com/ * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:36:19 +0100 From: "Shaz" Subject: Re: seven-seas-digest V6 #97 well me n Loo (amongst others) were at the gig and it was a particularly good one as far as I can remember....I remember a lot of people saying "yeah, Mac's voice was great and the Bunnymen have still got it!"...after the gig. I hope there's no 'orrible shots of me making an idiot of meself! Shaz - ----- Original Message ----- From: "susan dennis" To: Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 2:41 AM Subject: Re: seven-seas-digest V6 #97 >I assume the production company behind these releases > paid the band to tape and film the Shepherds Bush gig. > Otherwise, Amazon et al would be selling out-and-out > bootlegs. Which they don't do. Whether or not the band > gets any royalties for each sale is hard to say. But > they do get a kickback from Amazon if you use the link > on the Bunnymen website. (I don't see them blocking > that link.) I don't feel bad about buying this stuff > because if and when the band releases a > Warners-approved item, I'll be buying that too. > > Also, YouTube had a video from the dvd a while ago and > it was of pretty good quality -- and not taken on a > cellphone! > >> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:31:58 EDT >> From: RossNTeka@aol.com >> Subject: Re: seven-seas FW: Echo & The Bunnymen - >> Dancing Horses - NEW DVD >> >> Bunns don't endorse this, they don't own the rights >> to, bummer >> >> I started a topic on the forum and Peter responded >> in a few minutes >> >> Ross, aka Trippin' Out > Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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