MCLUSKY=dead.

genius, frankly. and all set to one of the most searing post-punk riffs ever.

My love is bigger than your love
We take more drugs than a touring funk band
Sing it
My love is bigger than your love
Sing it
My love is bigger than your love
Sing it

My band is better than your band
We've got more songs than a song convention
Sing it
My love is bigger than your love
Sing it
My love is bigger than your love
Sing it

And we're all going straight to hell

My dad is bigger than your dad
He's got eight cars and a house in Ireland
Sing it
My love is bigger than your love
Sing it
My love is bigger than your love
Sing it

When we gonna torch the restaurant?
Sing it
When we gonna pay the guide dog?
Sing it
My love is bigger than your love
Sing it
My love is bigger than your love
Sing it

And we're all going straight to hell

My love is bigger than your love
We take more drugs than a touring funk band
Sing it
My love is bigger than your love
Sing it
My love is bigger than your love
Sing it

When we gonna torch the restaurant?
Sing it
When we gonna get excited?
Sing it
My love is bigger than your love
Sing it
My love is bigger than your love
Sing it
And we're all going straight to hell

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 10 January 2005 17:27 (nineteen years ago) link

bugger!

"our old singer is...a sex criminal" is an even better chorus.

What have Too Pure done to offend you especially?

It'll retail for the same price as the other albums "so you don't feel shafted".

Bless. < sniff >

Even better when u know who they're talking abt ;-)

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It's probably the best gig I've ever seen (competing in my mind against of all things Ulrich Schnauss in the back room of a pub in Cambridge, the Hidden Cameras at the late, lamented Boat Race, and a Mogwai end-of-tour show). I hope they leave in the absolute *demolishing* of a heckler Falco dished out...

go on, leave now, we know you've got to hurry home and tape Sex and the City

Quite frankly, I'm gutted. For the people who haven't heard any McLusky, "To Hell With Good Intentions", "Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues", "You Should Be Ashamed, Seamus", "Without MSG I Am Nothing", "World Cup Drumming"...

Let's not forget the working title for "the difference between you and me..." was Mclusky Are Fucking Dead.

anyone?

oh and I think we need one of these...

I always found the bassist kind of scary because of those mad spittle flecked vocals he'd do, but then it turns out he's this cute gangly nerdy guy who says things like 'I HURTED MY FINGER.'

I kind of lost interest in them after a while but I always wish the first album got more love, there's a lot of shrieky pop genius on that, and 'Medium Is The Message' is a better Pixies song that most actual Pixies songs and awesome driving music.

Also 'there's an eight per cent chance that you know Charles Dance and you're no damn friend of mine....DANNNNNNY BAKKKERRRRRRRRRR, DANNNNNY BAAAAAAAAAAKERRRRRRRRRRR...'

Who fixed his broken glasses at ATP by basically winding masking tape round his whole head. Including over the lenses of his glasses. That was pretty scary.

ah...wow that makes it even better.

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Malax wrote:
I'll always remember where I was when mclusky split up. Thanks for the heads up Motti. Terrible news, I went out and bought do dallas on vinyl as soon as I heard about it and I intend to wear my mcluksy badge with pride for the forseeable future. Im so glad I made the effort to see them the 9 times in the past 2 years. Thanks Falco, Jon, Jack and anyone else associated with mclusky.

Just one request, there really should be some sort of final release or something what will happen to the many quality songs we know exist 'How To Spot A Record Company' for example.

Thankyou Malax. There will be a final release, which was due to be an interim one, hopefully a three disc set, a sides, b sides, and a final cd of live tracks (including from the ULU show) and unreleased/demo songs, probably over 50 songs in total. We hope to have it out for regular album price so nobody will feel shafted.

falco

well, i guess i'll just hafta say 'okay' to this and not feel shafted at all.
peel sessions anyone?

Agreed. Got zero pub in the inkies. Oh, well.

what's falco doing

YES to the Arming Eritrea song. That Future of the Left record is a powerhouse. There's a song towards the end, Drink Nike which is also a stunner.

Always had these down as a not quite as good 80s Matchbox. Are any of their albums as good as Horse Of The Dog?

the 2nd and 3rd LPs are both solid, caustic, tight as fuck noise rock.

I agree 'Do Dallas' is their best but 'The Difference' is the one I listen to most. It is indeed tight as fuck noise rock, but that slightlier poppy side on the 3rd gives it so much more.

I’m sure they’ll be fascinated to hear someone disagrees with you on the internet.

That's not the royal "you" here. That's you.

http://scontent.fphl2-3.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/67038553_10162108318355597_3892804592970235904_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_oc=AQnu1Y0kerUjJC4wOFzh0ePmINwAq5TVksH-RzSbgqPzmX8zBcThRI4Ah8Vvm8nBXC4&_nc_ht=scontent.fphl2-3.fna&oh=4015ae2a7a07dd494ed3dc7b18ecb47d&oe=5DB67C79

Maybe you just suck at dark humor?

I didn’t say there was no dark humour, I said it wasn’t the same as mclusky. There’s a difference.

So, by all means crack on, but you’re still wrong on the internet.

And you're a fucking idiot on the internet.

your search screenshot makes that claim pretty ironic

i'm a google search expert on the internet who would like to point out there's no way that 269,000 different web pages mention Idles the band, let alone 269,000 different pages that also mention their "dark humor"

this is page 3 of the same search query

https://i.imgur.com/Lpmz4Wd.jpg

me.me!

As far as humour goes, Mclusky have the distinction of actually being funny, especially on a line-by-line basis.

Seeing them again tonight. By February it'll be three times in 6 months, which isn't bad for a band that split up 15 years ago.

McLusky is......ALIVE??

yeah, if we write a good one. If not, well, we played some tunes, drank a responsible amount of beer and had some fun https://t.co/rAp5XOJzyZ

— future of the (left) (@shit_rock) July 15, 2020

that would be fucking cool imo

US tour, fall 2022

I saw them at a tiny venue in Atlanta . . . I can't remember when. Fifteen years ago? More? Anyway, they opened with "Lightsaber Cocksucking Blues," after which my friend and I were like, "You ready to go? Yeah, me too."

I'm guessing it was 2004. The opener was Yourcodenameis:Milo, who were touring for their first album.

smh

Good to see getting back to 'taking more drugs than a touring funk band'.

an announcement x pic.twitter.com/FUYFl4qvlA

— falcotronic (@shit_rock) November 25, 2022

That's terrible. Poor guy.

=ALIVE!

https://mcluskymclusky.bandcamp.com/album/unpopular-parts-of-a-pig-the-digger-you-deep

wow!

as I get older I find I'm less and less enthusiastic about loud music but "Fan Learning Difficulties" brought a smile to my face

Did they ever reschedule their tour?

i haven't seen anything

No, these songs are being released digitally as a fund raisers for reapplying for US visas, I believe the plan is then to hopefully reschedule the US dates next yr