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by jem750
07 Feb 2022, 22:42
Forum: The Stranglers MKV (2021-)
Topic: This current Stranglers is still The Stranglers.
Replies: 317
Views: 75751

Re: This current Stranglers is still The Stranglers.

Some musings on why the current line-up is The Stranglers (and not “JJ and Friends” or similar). If the band had broken up and then one of the ex-Stranglers had, a few years later, formed a band with no other former band-mates then I would disagree that they are the Stranglers. However this is not ...
by jem750
07 Feb 2022, 22:36
Forum: The Stranglers MKV (2021-)
Topic: Tour Start Tonight enjoy at Sunny Lincoln.
Replies: 214
Views: 2618162

Re: Tour Start Tonight enjoy at Sunny Lincoln.

I don't think jj should stop playing live, stop playing strangler music or change the band name. But I bet fewer people than ever going to see them live could name all the band members. I don't know why some on here are seeing that three quarters of the current line up had no input into three quart...
by jem750
31 Jan 2022, 00:39
Forum: The Stranglers MKV (2021-)
Topic: Tour Start Tonight enjoy at Sunny Lincoln.
Replies: 214
Views: 2618162

Re: Tour Start Tonight enjoy at Sunny Lincoln.

So please enlighten me or JJ for that matter, at exactly what point should he have dropped The Stranglers name? I pretty much answered this question a couple of pages ago, but in a nutshell... In a perfect world, the band would have called it a day after the Dreamtime album and tour and avoided mak...
by jem750
31 Jan 2022, 00:28
Forum: The Stranglers MKV (2021-)
Topic: Tour Start Tonight enjoy at Sunny Lincoln.
Replies: 214
Views: 2618162

Re: Tour Start Tonight enjoy at Sunny Lincoln.

Hugh never use to play Stranglers songs but then he did Yes, and? Because he set off thinking he would be the next Sting/Paul Weller but clearly it didn’t work out so he started playing the songs that made him and changed his logo to look like The Stranglers Hugh doesn't have a logo. He's used the ...
by jem750
31 Jan 2022, 00:09
Forum: The Stranglers MKV (2021-)
Topic: Tour Start Tonight enjoy at Sunny Lincoln.
Replies: 214
Views: 2618162

Re: Tour Start Tonight enjoy at Sunny Lincoln.

StanInBlack wrote: 31 Jan 2022, 00:04
theraven1979 wrote: 31 Jan 2022, 00:01 Just don't mention the setlist Stan [emoji23]
Spoiler alert: it's the greatest hits :lol:
Oh Fuck you’re telling me Hugh’s only playing his greatest hits! 🤣
by jem750
31 Jan 2022, 00:05
Forum: The Stranglers MKV (2021-)
Topic: Tour Start Tonight enjoy at Sunny Lincoln.
Replies: 214
Views: 2618162

Re: Tour Start Tonight enjoy at Sunny Lincoln.

Hugh never use to play Stranglers songs but then he did Yes, and? and changed his logo to look like The Stranglers Hugh doesn't have a logo. He's used the same font on occasion (and not as much as people like to claim either) but again, so what? Hugh had a lot to do with building The Stranglers' br...
by jem750
30 Jan 2022, 23:57
Forum: The Stranglers MKV (2021-)
Topic: Tour Start Tonight enjoy at Sunny Lincoln.
Replies: 214
Views: 2618162

Re: Tour Start Tonight enjoy at Sunny Lincoln.

Well aware of that, setlist generally changes very little, but for somebody has no interest in seeing them live why are you so interested? 🤔 So not only do you agree with me but you feel the need to ask me the same question twice. The answer hasn't changed. Unless your question is "why do you ...
by jem750
30 Jan 2022, 23:42
Forum: The Stranglers MKV (2021-)
Topic: Tour Start Tonight enjoy at Sunny Lincoln.
Replies: 214
Views: 2618162

Re: Tour Start Tonight enjoy at Sunny Lincoln.

I'm not sure anyone actually was? :lol: Well you said you weren’t going anyway Stan so why comment? Because whether or not I'm attending any of the gigs is irrelevant to the point. That point (of course) being that "we change the setlist every night" has become as much of a trope of JJ in...
by jem750
30 Jan 2022, 23:37
Forum: The Stranglers MKV (2021-)
Topic: Tour Start Tonight enjoy at Sunny Lincoln.
Replies: 214
Views: 2618162

Re: Tour Start Tonight enjoy at Sunny Lincoln.

I'm not sure anyone actually was? :lol: Well you said you weren’t going anyway Stan so why comment? Because whether or not I'm attending any of the gigs is irrelevant to the point. That point (of course) being that "we change the setlist every night" has become as much of a trope of JJ in...
by jem750
30 Jan 2022, 23:34
Forum: The Stranglers MKV (2021-)
Topic: Tour Start Tonight enjoy at Sunny Lincoln.
Replies: 214
Views: 2618162

Re: Tour Start Tonight enjoy at Sunny Lincoln.

I don’t think Stan has ever seen the band that he compares all Line ups to. For me, undermines some of his posts. Actually it doesn't, because whether or not this is the case is irrelevant. When any band ceases to exist it's the recorded/creative output that their legacy is ultimately judged on as ...
by jem750
30 Jan 2022, 23:30
Forum: The Stranglers MKV (2021-)
Topic: Tour Start Tonight enjoy at Sunny Lincoln.
Replies: 214
Views: 2618162

Re: Tour Start Tonight enjoy at Sunny Lincoln.

There's nothing wrong with stage shows, or cover bands. Who said there was? There's nothing wrong with cover bands at all. As long as they're honest about it, at least. In a way I kinda feel sorry for the guys in Straighten Out with MKV muscling in on their territory and everything. And Hugh with h...
by jem750
30 Jan 2022, 23:28
Forum: The Stranglers MKV (2021-)
Topic: Tour Start Tonight enjoy at Sunny Lincoln.
Replies: 214
Views: 2618162

Re: Tour Start Tonight enjoy at Sunny Lincoln.

StanInBlack wrote: 30 Jan 2022, 21:43
Alcluyd wrote: 30 Jan 2022, 02:18 For those eagerly anticipating an ever changing set list on the tour, don't get your hopes up.
I'm not sure anyone actually was? :lol:
Well you said you weren’t going anyway Stan so why comment?