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  • Mr Badguy
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    • Jan 2004
    • 3565
    #1

    Are reunions any good?

    All this talk of reunions is bullshit.

    It is very rare for a band who reunites to do anything truely creative or capture the kind of popularity they had "back in the day" for longer than the accompanying media hype lasts.

    All right, maybe we love that shit for two reasons:

    a) We never got to see the reunited band before they split and get sick of your Dad/older brother talking about how great they were.

    b) The days of world beating superstar bands is over and you are seeing the kind of show that will never be seen again.

    It also shows that many artists either find it difficult to get accepted doing something different or have nothing else to offer.

    One thing`s for sure, these has beens never go home with empty pockets.
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    • Jérôme Frenchise
      ROTH ARMY SUPREME
      • Nov 2004
      • 7174
      #2
      Originally posted by Mr Badguy
      All this talk of reunions is bullshit.

      It is very rare for a band who reunites to do anything truely creative or capture the kind of popularity they had "back in the day" for longer than the accompanying media hype lasts.

      All right, maybe we love that shit for two reasons:

      a) We never got to see the reunited band before they split and get sick of your Dad/older brother talking about how great they were.

      b) The days of world beating superstar bands is over and you are seeing the kind of show that will never be seen again.

      It also shows that many artists either find it difficult to get accepted doing something different or have nothing else to offer.

      One thing`s for sure, these has beens never go home with empty pockets.
      Every time those come back are cash machines, I agree.

      But sometimes something really good will come out, as when MADNESS first came back in 1999 with a really excellent record, "Wonderful".
      OK, it's basically pop music, but at such a level that it's hard to attack.

      I have a J. GEILS BAND boot from Dec. 1999 that's incredible. They came back triumphally too, but with no new album though.

      When I think back, Madness seem to be the exception as far as I know.



      A live version of one of the new songs they did on their 1999 album (after a 13-year split), with IAN DURY.

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      Last edited by Jérôme Frenchise; 01-28-2007, 08:21 AM.
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        • Jérôme Frenchise
          ROTH ARMY SUPREME
          • Nov 2004
          • 7174
          #3
          Deep Purple's "Perfect Stangers" was masterful, though. One of my fave records ever.
          posted by Ellyllions Men say, "I'll never understand women." That's a very lonely place to be if you're a woman because we don't understand half of what we do either.
          posted by ALinChainz Katy, Pipe down, pump off, and fly back to your cave you old bat.

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            • Last_Child
              Commando
              • Oct 2004
              • 1450
              #4
              Originally posted by Jérôme Frenchise
              Deep Purple's "Perfect Stangers" was masterful, though. One of my fave records ever.
              Yep. That's great record.
              "With a rate of fire of over 20 rounds per second, the IMI Micro Uzi is almost as fast as Yngwie Malmsteen, and 25.4 times more musical"

              Worst of all... It's true..

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                • fe_lung
                  Sniper
                  • Mar 2004
                  • 834
                  #5
                  PIXIES

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                    • Jérôme Frenchise
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                      • Nov 2004
                      • 7174
                      #6
                      Originally posted by fe_lung
                      PIXIES
                      THEY are the perfect example of the band coming back for money and nothing else. They were reported to look bored on stage - especially that cunt Frank Black -, they released nothing new "but" the recordings of every single gig they gave...
                      I was almost going to buy tickets to see them but I decided not to as soon as I read and heard about all that.
                      posted by Ellyllions Men say, "I'll never understand women." That's a very lonely place to be if you're a woman because we don't understand half of what we do either.
                      posted by ALinChainz Katy, Pipe down, pump off, and fly back to your cave you old bat.

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                        • flappo
                          Banned
                          • Jan 2004
                          • 8223
                          #7
                          queen

                          fuck paul rodgers

                          i just wanted to see brian and roger on the same fucking stage kicking rock n roll ass

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                            • fe_lung
                              Sniper
                              • Mar 2004
                              • 834
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Jérôme Frenchise
                              THEY are the perfect example of the band coming back for money and nothing else. They were reported to look bored on stage - especially that cunt Frank Black -, they released nothing new "but" the recordings of every single gig they gave...
                              I was almost going to buy tickets to see them but I decided not to as soon as I read and heard about all that.
                              Certainly it was a cash grab initially, but they look like they're having a great time. The shows sound great and they all seem to be having a great time doing it. Black has expressed a willingness to make some more records as well.

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                                • Terry
                                  TOASTMASTER GENERAL
                                  • Jan 2004
                                  • 11968
                                  #9
                                  Voted for KISS, but I'd also put Deep Purple in 1984 up there. And I liked what I heard of Sabbath with Ozzy in the late 1990s, too.

                                  For me, to have a really successful reunion, it is pretty much a prerequisite that the band has to get together and create some new music. Not just a couple of tunes for a greatest hits album, either. Am talking a full-length album of new material that at least smacks of effort, regardless of said material actually hitting a home run and being as good as the best of the back catalog.

                                  The band also needs all the members of the definitive lineup present. A lack of new material can be overlooked if everyone turns up.

                                  I just don't involve myself with bands reunions where the band doesn't have all the original members, or members of the definitive lineup AND the faux lineup just goes on the road and plays oldies. Van Halen 2007 is the first time I've even considered it.
                                  Scramby eggs and bacon.

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                                    • Jérôme Frenchise
                                      ROTH ARMY SUPREME
                                      • Nov 2004
                                      • 7174
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by fe_lung
                                      Certainly it was a cash grab initially, but they look like they're having a great time. The shows sound great and they all seem to be having a great time doing it. Black has expressed a willingness to make some more records as well.
                                      All right. I'd rather be wrong, you know. I may well be, so that's better.
                                      posted by Ellyllions Men say, "I'll never understand women." That's a very lonely place to be if you're a woman because we don't understand half of what we do either.
                                      posted by ALinChainz Katy, Pipe down, pump off, and fly back to your cave you old bat.

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                                        • PHOENIX
                                          Veteran
                                          • Jan 2004
                                          • 2212
                                          #11
                                          Re: Are reunions any good?

                                          Originally posted by Mr Badguy
                                          All this talk of reunions is bullshit.

                                          It is very rare for a band who reunites to do anything truely creative or capture the kind of popularity they had "back in the day" for longer than the accompanying media hype lasts.

                                          All right, maybe we love that shit for two reasons:

                                          a) We never got to see the reunited band before they split and get sick of your Dad/older brother talking about how great they were.

                                          b) The days of world beating superstar bands is over and you are seeing the kind of show that will never be seen again.

                                          It also shows that many artists either find it difficult to get accepted doing something different or have nothing else to offer.

                                          One thing`s for sure, these has beens never go home with empty pockets.
                                          I cant believe you didnt add Pink Floyd to that list. That Live 8 shit was awesome.

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                                            • Mr Badguy
                                              Full Member Status

                                              • Jan 2004
                                              • 3565
                                              #12
                                              Re: Re: Are reunions any good?

                                              Originally posted by PHOENIX
                                              I cant believe you didnt add Pink Floyd to that list. That Live 8 shit was awesome.
                                              I didn`t think that counted as it was a 20 minute one off.

                                              If you count that then you would have to count Live Aid and the like as legit reunions even though they were mostly all done through gritted teeth.

                                              Much like Pink Floyd at Live 8.
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                                                • PHOENIX
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                                                  • Jan 2004
                                                  • 2212
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: Re: Re: Are reunions any good?

                                                  Originally posted by Mr Badguy
                                                  I didn`t think that counted as it was a 20 minute one off.

                                                  If you count that then you would have to count Live Aid and the like as legit reunions even though they were mostly all done through gritted teeth.

                                                  Much like Pink Floyd at Live 8.
                                                  Not necessarily. That Pink Floyd reunion blew away any other little reunions that took place before. Even if it was just 20 min. Historically i think that was the one the people were dying to see the most. Even more than the 3 remaining Beatles getting back together for their anthology album awhile back.

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                                                    • VanHalener
                                                      ROCKSTAR

                                                      • Nov 2006
                                                      • 5451
                                                      #14
                                                      Reunions Rock!

                                                      Personal favorite, so far...

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                                                      Last edited by VanHalener; 01-29-2007, 12:14 PM.
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                                                        • Mr Badguy
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                                                          • Jan 2004
                                                          • 3565
                                                          #15
                                                          Re: Re: Re: Re: Are reunions any good?

                                                          Originally posted by PHOENIX
                                                          Not necessarily. That Pink Floyd reunion blew away any other little reunions that took place before. Even if it was just 20 min. Historically i think that was the one the people were dying to see the most. Even more than the 3 remaining Beatles getting back together for their anthology album awhile back.
                                                          Well, I still think it is a very different case from the others.

                                                          For a start, it wasn`t the members of Pink Floyd who came up with the idea of reforming. Bob Geldof needed the marquee value of the name Pink Floyd to save Live 8 from being totally unmemorable, which apart from that it was.

                                                          Also, David Gilmour was quick to distance himself from a full reunion, even with ridiculous amounts of money being waved at him.

                                                          It was spinetinglingly brilliant, I agree.

                                                          But...if a 20 minute gig counts as a reformation then yes, The Beatles did reform from the "Anthology" series under that criteria.
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