Reply-to: David OReilly <O9716742@Queens-Belfast.AC.UK>
right. im pretty pissed off.
go listen to "beautiful" then although im a pretty new bas fan, i
still absolutely adore "if your feeling...." and the eps. i therefore have very little bad to say about this wonderful band. except this. WHY OH WHY OH WHY WONT THEY JUST GET UP OF THEIR ARSES, DO A TOUR, DO JOOLS HOLLAND ETC SO WE CAN ACTUALLY FIND OUT WHAT THE FUCK THEY LOOK LIKE??
because they're sitting in the playground eating sweets pinched from woolies?
before any die-hard fans plot to kill me for even daring to criticize their beloved band, surely its what everyone wants?? the two recent gigs in manchester seemed destined to get bad reviews
ah, but do you think they were standing in a room playing making a noise/ having some nice smiles at the time, or were they worrying about what some bloke called cigarettes was going to go home and write on his pc later that night? and apparently they refused to do jools holland cause
they were asked to do "stars of track and field". this seems totally ridiculous
oh woe, they probably still went and had a cup of hot milky tea with him somewhere and explained that no they couldn't do this because no-one could remember the chords. maybe. or perhaps they just didn't want to; ah, there's a key idea, next time somebody asks me to run across a motorway in the interests of science i'll remember that if i don't want to, i don't have to! easy. i personally would love to see them live,
but as i live in belfast, it seems inevitable they will deny me this pleasure. and it really gets on my nerves.
no,no, no! don't think that way! i always think that the band go to places on account of having seen a picture in a book, or maybe fancying driving on a certain road; i like to imagine chris sitting with his chin in his hand saying: "i really should go and visit auntie esther at her home in twickenham; can we have a show in london, please?"
if they have planned a tour, then great, but it seems to me there is no excuse for there actions in the past. why don't they do (proper) interviews??
convention is such a tedious world to live in though! why haven't we seen their faces on the
tellie??
steady on, i hope you're not thinking of the national lottery... if they don't like the music press, fair enough, but
surely they understand its not these people they are speaking to, but there fans??
why do you assume that they're in this "for the fans"? grateful they may be that people in this world buy their records and it's nice to give something back, show gratitude with a gig or the odd appearance, but they're only going to do a larger tour if they find it enjoyable to sit in a bus (o kay, so we know some of them do...) and sing for their supper and do some amount of press etc etc. or if they want some money... who cares about money? ( a rhetorical one, thanks) having this strange attitude may seem a
quality to some
by "strange" do you mean just by not toeing the line, not doing the album-single-10 date tour- sort of thing that commonly goes on? it's nice to different, don't you think? they're not that into PR really, are they? does that matter? we can buy the records, we can buy the t-shirts in a variety of sizes, we have a newsletter that serves to inform us of the band's movements and is endearing in it's very modesty, on a few very special days of the year we may get the treat of seeing the kids themselves on stage ... you want them to be media queens? but at the end of the day i personally feel i
am missing out on something brilliant.
personally speaking, if this is the way that b&s want to operate, and they keep bringing out records that are never off your turntable and melodies that sound as great when they kick in the morning after you fell asleep to them, who is anyone to argue?
does anyone agree, or am i talking complete bollix?? either way, i suppose it could be said i should settle for the brilliant music, don't expect to much and shut to fuck up and listen....
ah, that's the idea; after all, it's only necessary to know that a celebrity's favourite colour is green and their favourite food is pasta when what they create falls below the mark... kate ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------