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Bowie nailed the ‘always different, always the same’ thing though. The Horrors only get the first bit.
I wish that I could sky
Into the fly
So very high
Just like a dragonsky
I’d sky above the trees
Over the seas in all degrees
To anywhere I please, oh
I want to get away
I want to sky away
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I want to get away
I want to sky away
Yeah, yeah, yeah
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just remembered there was a mighty boosh episode about them, good lord
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But I can’t.
You can.
I can’t.
You can.
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Vince is MCing a night at the Velvet Onion, which is being headlined by The Black Tubes, who have a strict thin-legs policy. Although Vince is desperate to join as their singer, they will only allow him to if he can fit into a pair of drainpipe trousers that they give him
Vince eventually gets his drainpipes on, but the excess weight is squeezed up to his head, causing him to overbalance onstage, ruining the gig. It later transpires that Sammy The Crab has replaced him as the frontman of The Black Tubes.
Ah the mid-2000s
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Used to avoid them like the plague because of how they looked. Was pretty dumb, I know, but i’m sure I wasn’t the only one who was a judgemental dickhead in their mid 20’s. “Skinny jeans? They look so fucking stupid” I said. 5 years later? Of course I wore (and still wear) skinny jeans.
That’s all i’ll say about their look, because…
Although having just had a skim through their music, I feel as if my initial ignorant judgement on their looks helped me avoid some bang average music. Sometimes your own idiocy can work in your favour.
Good on paper, 2/5 in practice
Hated the first album and their shtick so much that I never gave the second album a proper chance even though it sounds a lot more up my street. Though I’ve heard bits of it and it sounds like the kind of thing I like but not exactly a mind blowing version of it. Don’t feel like I’ve missed that much.
Heard a song from the 3rd album on 6 Music once and it sounded like The Stone Roses or something. Felt vindicated in not bothering with them.
2 very, very good albums, the rest a bit meh, limps over the line to a 4 just for having written Sea Within A Sea
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Bit surprised by people saying they haven’t dug them live, always really enjoyed them when I’ve caught them.
4 for Primary Colours alone
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A few lads who have been fired through a branch of ‘Hot Topic’ by a cannon circa 2004.
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#postoftheyear
I used to be really into them. Something about them seems hollow though. They make some great sounds and have some great songs, but idk. Just kind of feels like them playing dress-up. Not necessarily a bad thing. Anything higher than a 3 would feel a little silly.
Skying is pretty great though. Used to love getting stoned and walking to class listening to “Changing the Rain” or “Still Life” in the springtime. It’s a very springtime album.
Deep breath… meeeeeeeeehhhh
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Anyone got that video of early-years Faris trying to start a fight with some Cornish teenagers at a festival? Tried to find it earlier but couldn’t.
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this is a lovely summery tune
not heard anything else, never felt any need to dig further
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Banger
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Other interesting thing about this video apart from Faris being an arse is that their future roles don’t seem to be decided at this point. Their current bass player is Rhys who’s on keyboards in the video and Tom is on Bass but is now their keyboard player!