Royal Albert gig - Eldritch's injuries?

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You have to give him credit for an outstanding performance at the RAH considering being strapped up with broken ribs. He must've been in agony during the performance. I expect he dosed himself up with amphetamines to mask the agony?
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Never viewed whizz as a pain killer, time killer yeah lol.
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I find it remarkable that he could sing at all in that condition. I cracked and broke ribs once in a fall and couldn't move or breathe without agonising pain and could barely whisper. I can't imagine how he performed in such pain let alone to the standard of Wake.
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Broke a rib a few times through motorbikes and rugby, tell you what though, a broken collar bone hurt far more, ouch!
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Swinnow wrote:Broke a rib a few times through motorbikes and rugby, tell you what though, a broken collar bone hurt far more, ouch!
And it takes longer to heal too. My son broke his collar bone as a kid falling from a bouncy castle. On his first day back in school with the sling another kid tripped him up and he broke the other one. Two arms in slings at the same time he was like a mummy and all that we were advised to give him for the pain was Calpol.

ETA : maybe Eldritch fell off a bouncy castle too? :lol:
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Poor bugger, I hope he's a strappin' lad now.
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Indeed he is none the worse for his ordeal :)
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Laughing my head off at the thought of Andrew Eldritch on a bouncy castle :von:
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Was it a backlit, very black bouncy castle, surrounded by dry ice?
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Did he burst the castle with a cigarette? More things we'll never know.
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We do know that it was in no way a gothic castle
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SmileySister wrote:Laughing my head off at the thought of Andrew Eldritch on a bouncy castle :von:
Laughing more at the thought of the little step ladder to get him on it :eek: :von:
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At least his legs reach all thr way down to the ground (just).
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Oh god, reading this has just made me flashback to when i was a kid and fell down the side bit of a massive bouncy castle - i could not get out, thought i was gonna get crushed to death :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Maybe that's what happened!
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Microcosmia wrote:ETA : maybe Eldritch fell off a bouncy castle too? :lol:
Can I nominate "bouncy castle" as fave euphemism for "living above the chemist"?

"Yeah, I know we were supposed to be going out at the weekend, but I was on the bouncy castle on Friday night and I'm still a little out of it."

"So, Mr. Eldritch - your application for disability benefit refers to a workplace-related injury. Could you please explain the circumstances and the nature of your injury?"
"Yeah, we were playing a gig down in that Lunnon and...well, I'd been up for a few days with this and that, you know how it is - long story short, I fell off the bouncy castle, if you know what I mean."
"Absolutely clear, Mr. Eldritch - no problem, I'll sign you off for 13 weeks or until the new album's released, whichever comes later."
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Microcosmia wrote:ETA : maybe Eldritch fell off a bouncy castle too? :lol:
Can I nominate "bouncy castle" as fave euphemism for "living above the chemist"?

"Yeah, I know we were supposed to be going out at the weekend, but I was on the bouncy castle on Friday night and I'm still a little out of it."

"So, Mr. Eldritch - your application for disability benefit refers to a workplace-related injury. Could you please explain the circumstances and the nature of your injury?"
"Yeah, we were playing a gig down in that Lunnon and...well, I'd been up for a few days with this and that, you know how it is - long story short, I fell off the bouncy castle, if you know what I mean."
"Absolutely clear, Mr. Eldritch - no problem, I'll sign you off for 13 weeks or until the new album's released, whichever comes later."
Looking forward to the "bouncy castle years" section in the autobiography (that we'll probably never see :lol:)
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This autobiography thing is catching on eh?
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Dueling autobiographies at dawn?
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I'd like to think that :von: would be a bit clever as he punched Wayne in the ankles.
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EmmaPeelWannaBe wrote:I'd like to think that :von: would be a bit clever as he punched Wayne in the ankles.
[music fades out as last part of a conversation is heard..."which was when I decided to ram my épée up Wayne's jacksie."]
"And we're back with Sisters of Mercy frontman Andrew Eldritch, talking about his autobiography, "Why are all these bastards wearing black?" So, Andrew, we were just discussing the breakup of the band after the 1985 Royal Albert Hall gig..."
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"Andrew, will you consider answering if I say 'The' Sisters Of Mercy frontman instead?"

aside to harassed studio runner "At least Wayne only needs two bottles of Blue Nun to get a decent anecdote or seventeen."
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Swinnow wrote:"Andrew, will you consider answering if I say 'The' Sisters Of Mercy frontman instead?"

aside to harassed studio runner "At least Wayne only needs two bottles of Blue Nun to get a decent anecdote or seventeen."
Cobalt Blue Nun for Mr. Eldritch...
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Microcosmia wrote:
Swinnow wrote:"Andrew, will you consider answering if I say 'The' Sisters Of Mercy frontman instead?"

aside to harassed studio runner "At least Wayne only needs two bottles of Blue Nun to get a decent anecdote or seventeen."
Cobalt Blue Nun for Mr. Eldritch...
Surely that would be for Mr Ray...?
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I keep imagining something along the lines of "my legal retainer is bigger than yours"
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