If Eldritch knew he was dying...

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...do you think he would do something interesting, like Bowie did?


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Didn't somebody say a while ago that Von would probably only allow the long-awaited "new album" to be released after he died?... I could see him doing something like that. :| Not a thing I like to think about, especially with the way celebs are getting picked off left and right this year.
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That's kind pervert and sick to think about that, but ... I don't think that he would let publish anything that he wouldn't be sure that it would be not as good as previous albums, something that would deminish his legacy (when it comes to studio albums). After all, he's not having kid(s) or wife - at least officially - that he has help to supprt after his death.
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Eye of Ra wrote:Didn't somebody say a while ago that Von would probably only allow the long-awaited "new album" to be released after he died?
He'd have to record it first.
Any more of that and we'll be round your front door with the quick-setting whitewash and the shaved monkey.
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is this really what the new-album debate has come to? [/rhetorical]
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XidiouX wrote:...do you think he would do something interesting, like Bowie did?


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He'd ensure his cats were looked after and provided for.
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eastmidswhizzkid wrote:is this really what the new-album debate has come to? [/rhetorical]
Apparently. Just remember that death is the end, but if we can ask to release and/or record something after-death, we, as your minons, would be more than happy. Please. Please. Pretty please.
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XidiouX wrote:...do you think he would do something interesting, like Bowie did?

You're saying he's unaware of his mortality and inevitable death?
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stufarq wrote:
Eye of Ra wrote:Didn't somebody say a while ago that Von would probably only allow the long-awaited "new album" to be released after he died?
He'd have to record it first.
Now that I think about it, if he didn't record it till after he'd died, that would be the most goth thing ever.
Any more of that and we'll be round your front door with the quick-setting whitewash and the shaved monkey.
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stufarq wrote:
stufarq wrote:
Eye of Ra wrote:Didn't somebody say a while ago that Von would probably only allow the long-awaited "new album" to be released after he died?
He'd have to record it first.
Now that I think about it, if he didn't record it till after he'd died, that would be the most goth thing ever.
Stu is correct. This is a total Golf behaviour and attitude :notworthy:
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Morbid much? ;D
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the smart people are always aware that they are dying......

A great feeling of liberation
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deirfiur wrote:the smart people are always aware that they are dying......
rest believe in afterlife.
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markfiend wrote:Morbid much? ;D
Do you know anything about goffs? :lol:
Any more of that and we'll be round your front door with the quick-setting whitewash and the shaved monkey.
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markfiend wrote:Morbid much? ;D
Mark is right. This is some morbid-ass shit. Y'all should be ashamed.
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....do you mean on stage or in real life?
Well you must know something
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It's not a nice topic to discuss but I don't think it's in any way inappropriate. Eldritch insists that his music is about the human condition, all aspects of it, yes, including the dark side which logically implies the inclusion of our ultimate mortal fate.

"And I think I'm going to, going to..."

Yes, he does say 'die' but he can barely bring himself to say it. So much for the g**h accusations.

And he hasn't written anything particularly existential* since, not that we're aware of.


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* WYDSM is a comedy song about putting up a front for a girl and not relevant here.
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Like I say, personally I think it's a bit morbid, but wearing my mod hat I see no reason whatsoever to forbid it.

Carry on. :von:
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XidiouX wrote: And he hasn't written anything particularly existential* since, not that we're aware of.
Go re-read the lyrics to Crash & Burn.
About as existential as you can get.
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shivarising wrote: Go re-read the lyrics to Crash & Burn.
About as existential as you can get.
or far parade
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No wait, you mean he's still alive?
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DAMN! I thought he was David Bowie???
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Crash and Burn - straightforward adultery in the back seat of a car. Far Parade - could be about Gordon Brown, or perhaps Belgium. Not exactly Sein und Zeit, either of them.


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XidiouX wrote: Not exactly Sein und Zeit, either of them.


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You pretentious git (I own two different English translations, the original German, and have translated a bit myself. 'Cuz I'm a wanker. A pretentious, pretentious wanker).

So I approve of this message :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:
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I read the title thread and I thought it said "Eldritch is Dying"Hope not I've paid for 2 tickets!!!
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