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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 12, 2021 7:57:59 GMT
After the split in 1987 two bands were created The Reegs and the Sun and the Moon I don't remember either of those bands Stu Are you a fan of either? On first listen neither of those songs particularly grabs me, though both are fine. I slightly prefer The Reegs one. I notice The Chameleons are coming to play here in February 2022 as part of their delayed "What Does Anything Mean? Basically" 35th Anniversary Tour 1985-2020 Has anyone seen them recently? To what extent would you recommend them as a live experience? £20 + BF which seems pretty good for such a legendary band |
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Post by stu77 on Oct 13, 2021 1:58:27 GMT
After the split in 1987 two bands were created The Reegs and the Sun and the Moon I don't remember either of those bands Stu Are you a fan of either? On first listen neither of those songs particularly grabs me, though both are fine. I slightly prefer The Reegs one. I notice The Chameleons are coming to play here in February 2022 as part of their delayed "What Does Anything Mean? Basically" 35th Anniversary Tour 1985-2020 Has anyone seen them recently? To what extent would you recommend them as a live experience? £20 + BF which seems pretty good for such a legendary band I liked most of the Reegs and Sun and the Moon stuff. That particular Sun and the Moon track I was pretty obsessed with when it was released. The Chameleons are always worth seeing. I'm going to see them twice in December. |
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Post by Billy Idle on Oct 13, 2021 5:54:10 GMT
Up the down escalator is a favourite
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Post by stu77 on Oct 13, 2021 16:54:39 GMT
^^^^^^^ One of the greatest songs of all time, so powerful.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 13, 2021 17:21:01 GMT
And this is how you open an album...
The Chameleons - Don't Fall
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Post by stu77 on Oct 13, 2021 17:57:12 GMT
And this is how you open an album...
The Chameleons - Don't Fall Can you spot the highly illegal gesture ? |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 13, 2021 18:58:04 GMT
oooh - controversial. 3:09 folks
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 20, 2021 10:17:09 GMT
Strong Bunnymen vibe but still great...
The Chameleons - Mad Jack
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Post by stu77 on Oct 20, 2021 23:38:23 GMT
The second album consisted of songs some even older than the songs on the first album and a handful of newer tracks.
The band seem to view it as just a contractual obligation to Statik Records and something of a [poorly produced] stopgap. Incredible given the quality on offer.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 21, 2021 5:59:54 GMT
The second album consisted of songs some even older than the songs on the first album and a handful of newer tracks. The band seem to view it as just a contractual obligation to Statik Records and something of a [poorly produced] stopgap. Incredible given the quality on offer. I didn't know that about the second album - as you say it's very good despite not being their "best" stuff |
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Post by stu77 on Oct 22, 2021 4:31:31 GMT
Three quality tunes. The version of As High As You Can Go is different to the album version.
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Post by stu77 on Oct 22, 2021 4:47:22 GMT
Since the early days they've regularly encored with Alternative TV's Splitting In 2
And this was also often an encore . This is a studio version from 1986.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 22, 2021 12:02:10 GMT
I like their version of John I'm Only Dancing
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 27, 2021 8:46:54 GMT
Groovy...
The Chameleons - Time the End of Time
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Post by Billy Idle on Oct 29, 2021 10:28:42 GMT
Criminally underrated .
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