i'm going to sign up to do a Suede poll, i think it will be great. i do have to wait a bit as i have just signed up to do The Smashing Pumkins, so i need a little space before i will sign up as i can't and don't want to do two polls in a row.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 5 November 2015 02:32 (eight years ago) link
Following the discussion here, I listened again to the unedited version of "wild ones" and the problem, for me, is that the instrumental final doesn't go anywhere and drags and lacks musical ideas and guitar hooks. It's like a jam where they would still be working on the final format of the ending, leaving space to be filled later with proper melodies and instrumentation.that said, that's weird that Butler considered this to be the final edit since I find the rest of the song, especially the guitar parts, so inspired and amazing.but again, I think they were right to edit it down.
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 5 November 2015 11:04 (eight years ago) link
'This World Needs a Father' is so fucking underrated.
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Monday, 11 December 2017 20:19 (six years ago) link
heh, had not heard that one before - sounds like Suede doing a Roy Orbison song
― niels, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
Stay Together was the first CD single or 'EP' (if not exactly in name) I bought by any 'indie' band after growing up on Queen/Erasure/Dire Straits/Genesis etc, so I guess I was spoiled rotten for value. Can't remember how unaware I was of what a perfect set of songs to obtain on one single was, or if I just assumed it was normal
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
that Ed Buller interview linked upthread is great! can't believe i'd not read it before.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 16:49 (six years ago) link
Yeah, it's a great read - I wish there were more things around like that, it's always great to get some insight into what the sessions were like.
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 19:04 (six years ago) link
For me one of the most underrated of their b-sides is "Whipsnade".Such a fantastic song. It could have been on a follow-up album to DMS, in a parallel dimension in which Butler would have stayed in the band and they would have made a lighter album than DMS but not as poppy as Coming Up."Whipsnade" is very sophisticated, catchy and lighter than their DMS stuff, the melodies are wonderful, the arrangements and production quite different from their output up to that point. Less gravitas overall.
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 14 December 2017 09:11 (six years ago) link
Totally agree about Whipsnade. It's constantly creeping up my favourite Suede songs list. It's probably in the top three with Killing Of A Flashboy and We Are The Pigs at the moment.
I'm a big fan of This World Needs A Father too. Asda Town from the same single is also brilliant.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 14 December 2017 09:17 (six years ago) link
Is "Asda Town" an Anderson/Butler song ? I always thought it wasn't.
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 14 December 2017 09:21 (six years ago) link
Oh, I just noticed it's been discussed already upthread !
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 14 December 2017 09:23 (six years ago) link
i.e. exactly the three songs that made up the 12"/CD single We Are The Pigs. It was unbelievable buying and listening to that record, playing those tracks over and over. So exciting!
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 14 December 2017 10:09 (six years ago) link
Asda Town was their first released song credited to Anderson alone
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 14 December 2017 12:30 (six years ago) link
yep, whipsnade is perfect
― brimstead, Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
god that chiming arpeggio that comes in during the end.... so good
― brimstead, Thursday, 14 December 2017 15:31 (six years ago) link