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Posted: 18 May 2009, 10:32
by Spiggy's hat
Wow, Love is one of my all time favourite albums & I always felt cheated that that era of the Cult was over so quickly & was replaced by Wolfchild Astburys god awful heavy metal period.
The question is of course will they play the Love tracks in their original style or will they murder them in a hard rock style. This could be either a great gig for me or a total stinker.
I can see me being drawn to this gig, like a moth to a flame.
Posted: 19 May 2009, 15:07
by Ramone
[quote="Garbageman"].... when Mr Astbury had the awful false American accent!!!!
quote]
I used to go and watch the Cult alot back 'in the day' . Just after their re-birth from Death Cult, during the Dreamtime and the Love album periods - They were a great live act and gave 110%, but sadly it all went south during that ridiculous metamophosis from Earth saving Red Indian into the even more ludicrous Stadium Rock band of the early 90's - I tell you, it was like Spinal Tap and Bad News had had a bastard baby! - At the NEC in 1992, To watch Astbury in full flight during their live shows was both shudderingly sad and laughable. Yes, we got some AC/DC esque catchy tunes but the wailing and the constant "Yayyyy -Yahhhhh" just made them sound shameful and that little bit sad.
Astbury to me has never quite been the enigma he set out to be, he was less rock god and more of that sad guy you saw down the club every Saturday night trying to emulate some one else. From Mick Jagger ( he even used to to do the lip thing) to Robert Plant and everyone in between.
But, and bare this in mind kids, If you ever want to see an angry, pissed off miserable Manc midget in a fouler mood than even Morrisey on a wet Sunday afternoon just after City have lost to Everton- I suggest you attend a Cult show and stand in front of Billy Duffy and watch his entire range emotions that seem to switch from 'Total distain' to ' Grouchy tw*t" .
But saying all this, I do believe to this day that Hollow Man is a fine tune and Love can indeed be a fine album to while a way an afternoon. But if your ever bored and want a good laugh - just look at the sleeve pictures of Astbury . And the world will once again seem that little bit , sillier.
Posted: 19 May 2009, 15:58
by Norman Hunter
The Cult are harmless - a bit daft, but great fun
Posted: 19 May 2009, 16:17
by Ramone
Norman Hunter wrote:The Cult are harmless - a bit daft, but great fun
Spot on Norman !! They are the muical equivilent of a Farrelly Brothers movie - they make ya laugh, gross out ya girlfriend and make you wince from time to time but at the end of the day , it's just a laugh for 90 oddd minutes .
Posted: 20 May 2009, 02:15
by Garbageman
Astbury no longer has the USA drawl and they really are a great rock band....Go West young man!!
Posted: 20 May 2009, 09:19
by Quiff Boy
gave sonic temple another listen yesterday and have to admit its a good rock album
thought it was a bit pants at the time... that's when they lost me.
are any of their albums after ST any good? i remember the one with the 'native american' girl on the sleeve (the font leapt out at me, strangely enough
) but i had a look at the track names and they were pretty much without exception very embarrassing...
Posted: 20 May 2009, 12:23
by vicus
Quiff Boy wrote:are any of their albums after ST any good?
I really enjoyed the "
The Cult" album (with Mr. C. Adams) and the "
Beyond good & evil" thing has also some great RRRROCK tunes on it - but the latest album (forgot it's title) really bored me.
Posted: 20 May 2009, 23:56
by Garbageman
Agree with you Vicus apart from Dirty Little Rockstar, the last album was below par.
It was Born Into This.
Posted: 29 May 2009, 13:16
by DerekR
Posted: 29 May 2009, 13:37
by weebleswobble
oooooooooooooh
need to get home and check post!
Posted: 29 May 2009, 14:07
by Aazhyd
Add to the list:
Oct 11 - Heineken Music Hall - Amsterdam.
Posted: 29 May 2009, 15:20
by emilystrange
hmmm. london looks feasible.
Posted: 02 Oct 2009, 15:42
by Quiff Boy
cant remember if i mentioned already or not but there's no aftershow party for this anymore...
there was one planned back when the gig was first announced - in the downstairs club, same idea as the sisters aftershow - but the academy people have got a regular club night running down there now, so it's a non-starter
Posted: 02 Oct 2009, 17:37
by Bartek
"beyond good and evil" is still in top 20 albums rank.
Posted: 02 Oct 2009, 17:38
by Pista
Has anyone heard any of the shows yet?
The
Lisbon show was the first one I heard where Astbury didn't persist in using his faux American drawl.
Bl00dy good show by the sound of it.
Posted: 03 Oct 2009, 05:28
by Druide
PARIS was great !!!!
I love the LOVE album
Next in Leeds
Posted: 03 Oct 2009, 17:29
by Norman Hunter
Druide wrote:PARIS was great !!!!
I love the LOVE album
Next in Leeds
Dude, look out for the baldie and the ginger one, mumbling away in the corner about kids and mortgages
Posted: 03 Oct 2009, 22:14
by weebleswobble
indeedly
Posted: 08 Oct 2009, 18:27
by Pista
Posted: 11 Oct 2009, 20:48
by Andie
Posted: 11 Oct 2009, 21:00
by MadameButterfly
Stunning YouTube capture Andie!
Did you enjoy yourself?
Posted: 11 Oct 2009, 21:29
by mh
They got the lineup back together for it too.
Didn't know that.
There better have been a tribute to Nigel Preston too. Top class drummer.
Posted: 11 Oct 2009, 22:01
by Silver_Owl
Posted: 11 Oct 2009, 23:40
by Ghost
The did a great show on Lisbon, and the whole Love album was played in a familiar way.
Unfortunately I lost most of the interest after that was over, but that's only a question of personal taste as the rest of the crowd was delighted with the heavier setlist that followed.
Posted: 12 Oct 2009, 17:28
by Ozpat
