From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V7 #118 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, July 26 2009 Volume 07 : Number 118 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:22:14 +0100 From: Barry Whiting Subject: seven-seas Wild Swans Just read on a footie forum that the Wild Swans encore from yesterday's gig was in fact Les and Will ploughing their way through Bunnymen tunes. Any details anyone (yes, I am too lazy to registered and fumble my way though bunnymen.com) - -- Barry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************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: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:55:07 +0200 From: "Steve & Holly | Exilios en Andalucia" Subject: Re: seven-seas Wild Swans according to the head heritage forum, will did join the band and played some guitar on the second night, but no bunnymen tunes. here's a copy of one of the comments........ snip> Anyway, from the set-lists that had been left on-stage, I could see straight away that we were going to get the same set as the previous night (so no The Worst Year Of My Life again dammit!), but what we did get was a band on top form. I can't honestly say I enjoyed it more than the previous night, because the first night was so special for obvious reasons, but my mate did and he's possibly right when he says they were better/tighter tonight. Certainly, Simpson was a much more confident performer on the second evening and he was certainly much chattier. The bit where he introduced the band was excellent - this was no just "so and so on the drums", as Simpson recounted how, for example, he met Mike Mooney during the times of the Toxteth Riots and gave him a cup of tea and that he had known Les Pattinson since they were both four years of age. He also reserved a special thanks to Ricky Rene Maymi for being the 'musical director' and basically getting the whole shebang into action. Interestingly the audience was altogether noisier tonight, too. Highlights? Well Bible Dreams is such a great opener and No Bleeding is so rousing. Incidentally it turns out the new one is called Liquid Mercury and it really is a corker. I'm really hoping that this gets a release soon as this could easily be a Wild Swans classic in the making. Personally I reckon both sides of the recent 10" single have already achieved this status. The Coldest Winter For A Hundred Years is such a great track. Simpson didn't preface it with a tribute to Pete De Freitas tonight, but the vocals were more audible tonight and when he mentioned 'Pete' at the end, guitarist Mike Mooney suddenly jumped up and shouted De Frietas name, which led to cheers all round. It was a lovely, touching moment. And prior to performing English Electric Lightning - a definite contender for single of the year thus far as far as I'm concerned - lyric sheets (or "hymn sheets" as Simpson referred to them!) were handed out to the audience so that we could all join in for lines like... "Council housing, Shakespeare's sonnets, Turner's sunset in pools of vomit." And Revolutionary Spirit, which concluded the main set again, was simply sublime tonight. After this they trooped off, only for Ian McNabb to rush on-stage to whip up applause with a "Wild Swans!!" shout before the band came back on. It was the same encore, too ( Melting Blue Delicious, Bringing Home The Ashes and Tangerine Temple) but I'm not complaining. Sergeant again joined the band adding some lovely piercing Heroes-like long notes to proceedings. Simpson's voice was going by this point, but he looked genuinely moved by the time he was leaving. So, two great performances. Two great nights in my life. There may a sense of melancholy and elements of wistful nostalgia about The Wild Swans, but there is also something incredibly joyous about them, too. The Wild Swans history is choc-full of melodies that most bands would kill for, which are now supported by a line-up that Simpson must be barely able to believe himself. I appreciate it will be difficult for Simpson to hang onto all of the current personnel but I just hope that this is just the beginning of a new chapter in the Wild Swans history and not just an added footnote. snip> - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Whiting" To: Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 4:22 PM Subject: seven-seas Wild Swans > Just read on a footie forum that the Wild Swans encore from > yesterday's gig was in fact Les and Will ploughing their way through > Bunnymen tunes. > > Any details anyone (yes, I am too lazy to registered and fumble my way > though bunnymen.com) > > -- Barry > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > **************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: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:57:08 +0200 From: "Steve & Holly | Exilios en Andalucia" Subject: Re: seven-seas Wild Swans my friend, bernie connor, liverpool dj and all round liverpool scene-head, gave this reply when i asked him about the gigs... "it was like simo and the bunnymen. les, will, mike mooney, and a drummer who looks like pete de freitas. great gig. really enjoyed it. only went the first night, though." steve g. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Whiting" To: Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 4:22 PM Subject: seven-seas Wild Swans > Just read on a footie forum that the Wild Swans encore from > yesterday's gig was in fact Les and Will ploughing their way through > Bunnymen tunes. > > Any details anyone (yes, I am too lazy to registered and fumble my way > though bunnymen.com) > > -- Barry > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > **************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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-digest V7 #118 ********************************