Re: The Psychedelic Furs - Book of Days (1989) To be done Fri 5th June 2020

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:37 pm

More guitars.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:40 pm

Sax!

Is this the first appearance of a sax on the album?

by Guest Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:41 pm

by Nightjar Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:41 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Yet more guitars.

Fixed.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:41 pm

Last track - I Don't Mine.

by Nightjar Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:41 pm

Nightjar wrote:
The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Yet more guitars.

Saxed.

Faxed.

by Guest Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:41 pm

Actually, this does sound a bit like the riff from What's the Frequency Kenneth.

Oh, it did. A bit.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:41 pm

The drummer on this album is very boring.

by Nightjar Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:42 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Last track - I Don't Mine.

This is when they turned their back on Arthur Scargill. sad yes

by Guest Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:42 pm

Sleep what?

dontpanic

by Nightjar Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:43 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:The drummer on this album is very boring.

Yeah, but his drumming is outstanding. Tee Hee

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:43 pm

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:Actually, this does sound a bit like the riff from What's the Frequency Kenneth.

Oh, it did. A bit.

I was thinking Orange Crush.

by Guest Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:43 pm

Oh, comes.

by Guest Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:44 pm

It is over.

by Fangirl Three Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:46 pm

Well, I hope you all enjoyed that as much as I did.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:46 pm

It is over.

It all felt like they've totally mined-out the sound they've had for all these years and can think of nothing interesting to do with it anymore. Generally, the playing was uninspired and the vocals were monotonous.

Now to look back at the thread and see what everyone else made of it. Excited

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:47 pm

I shall give it 2 stars.

by Guest Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:47 pm

I liked it, some of the songs went on a bit too long, and there was probably one two many tracks

by Nightjar Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:49 pm

There just weren't really any songs.

I'd challenge anyone, after one or two listens, to be able to hum anything from the album*.

It seemed a case of a band reaching the end of the road creatively, dynamically.

Lots of grating, Fripp-esque tunnel-of-noise guitars, plodding drums, muted bass and hackneyed vocal mannerisms from R~~onnie Barker Richard Bacon Ronnie Krayfish~~ Richard Thingy.

*this isn't actually what I think any type of music should be aiming for BTW.

But we're not listening the the Sm*gma or The Sun City Girls here.

by Nightjar Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:53 pm

Nightjar wrote:But we're not listening the the Sm*gma or The Sun City Girls here.

Not that anyone else is.

I'll be suggesting we do do the Doo-Dooettes nets.

by Sponsored content

Rate?