― Billy Dods, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― gareth, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Well, he did usually sport a builder's crack, and not to great effect.
Now he looks like Steve Dallas, at least that's funny...
― Nicole, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I'm not really overly concerned or critical about the lyrics because they're supposed to be cryptic, OTT and rub people the wrong way. Bernard Butler really poncey and a bit phobic about Suede lifestyle things but he was the one I saw in Hampstead walking away from Diana funeral motorcade passage so perhaps secret royalist/conservative?
The difference between Suede decadence and Ritzy decadence is the former is queerish and the latter reads no books and loves no art.
― suzy, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I knew there was something weird about him, this makes sense (and is very funny)...
― Ally, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
They met cos: Brett and Justine were at architecture college and togeth-ah for that duration and decided to form band with Mat, Brett's best friend. Drummers were tried, including Mike Joyce from the Smiths, then they got Simon and stuck with him. Bernerd was thrown up by a Melody Maker advert. Rule A is that the last one in on the advert is always the first one chucked. Ally, you won't like this but they wrote a great big long letter to Nick asking for their great hero Momus' verdict on their stuff; he wrote a sniffy one back saying they were so mediocre they'd be massive. Justine left band after leaving Brett for Demon Allbran.
Justine should've just stayed in Suede, she'd probably be better off.
― bob snoom, Monday, 5 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Nicole, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ally, Tuesday, 6 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
But I'm paying for it now, just bringing this up has placed unsavory mental images in my head.
― gareth, Tuesday, 20 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
The DrownersMy Insatiable OneMetal MickeyAnimal NitrateSo YoungStay Together (edit)We Are the PigsThe Wild OnesNew GenerationTrashBeautiful OnesSaturday Night (edit)LazyFilm StarThe Chemistry Between UsElectricityShe's In FashionEverything Will FlowCan't Get Enough
(80:09, this one was easy to compile as a hits survey. the non-single tracks are my essentials - and remember if you disagree, post yours!)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 7 November 2003 20:00 (twenty years ago) link
― kinski (kinski), Sunday, 16 May 2004 15:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 16 May 2004 15:15 (twenty years ago) link
I guess it's not that much of a surprise, but I just randomly put on the latter and it hit me like a falling anvil.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 15:06 (eighteen years ago) link
As it happened, I brought the singles disc with me to work. Revival time!
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 15:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― the bellefox, Tuesday, 8 November 2005 15:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 15:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 15:21 (eighteen years ago) link
Heck no. A noted fan is one Mr. John Darnellye of the Goats of Mountain, who wrote a wonderful essay on the album in one of the last print editions of Last Train to Jakarta.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 15:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― the bellefox, Tuesday, 8 November 2005 15:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 15:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― the bellefox, Tuesday, 8 November 2005 15:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 15:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 15:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 15:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― the bellefox, Tuesday, 8 November 2005 15:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 15:59 (eighteen years ago) link
when is LOVE AND POISON coming out on dvd then do we think?
― piscesboy, Tuesday, 8 November 2005 16:07 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm kinda surprised the website is still up. Did Mat, Richard and Simon just decide to retire and relax?
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 16:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― uncledaddy, Tuesday, 8 November 2005 16:12 (eighteen years ago) link
Underrated "Filmstar" moment -- that shift between the NIN/Zeppelin crunch on the verses and the none-more-psych tripped-out chorus. If you will.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 16:17 (eighteen years ago) link
aces. brett in a shirt n tie, first performance of 'by the sea'...sweet.
― piscesboy, Tuesday, 8 November 2005 16:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 16:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― piscesboy, Tuesday, 8 November 2005 16:56 (eighteen years ago) link
Also, I faithfully bought all the editions of all the CD singles, right the way up to, and including, Positivity.
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 17:24 (eighteen years ago) link
When I did my UK trip to celebrate Tom's wedding in 2003, I was invited, thanks to me running the mailing list, to stop by Suede's management office, Interceptor. This was after "Attitude" came out but just before the singles comp got released and, subsequently, the band decided to call it quits.
The band weren't there but Charlie Charlton, David Barnett and Ben Myers were -- all very good folks -- though I think there were a few low-key tensions that probably made sense a few weeks later. Anyway, while there they invited me to rifle through all the releases as I wished -- I had pretty much everything but this way I was able to pick up the most recent singles and the non-"London" Suede editions of most of the albums, rather handily.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 17:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― edward o (edwardo), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 22:05 (eighteen years ago) link
I was listening to the fanclub only See You in the Next Life as well, released when the band wrapped it up, and I do love the unlisted bonus -- it's the full string arrangement from "Still Life," minus Brett or the rest of the band. V. dramatic.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 22:11 (eighteen years ago) link
Ha, for me it was (unranked outside the top 10), 4th, 2nd, 6th, and I didn't bother with "A New Morning" either.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 8 November 2005 23:08 (eighteen years ago) link
On the most overlooked early bsides is Bernard's rocker "Painted People." I think it was on the Animal Nitrate single.
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 03:03 (eighteen years ago) link