Baz's side project - WINGMEN
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Swearing is ded hard though innit. It's what a "strangler" would do
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Baz looks very hard in his Andy Cap outfit.Capt Kudu.theraven1979 wrote: ↑21 Jan 2023, 19:11 Swearing is ded hard though innit. It's what a "strangler" would do
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Peaky Blinders. Quite the fashion....in 2019Greatkudu wrote:Baz looks very hard in his Andy Cap outfit.Capt Kudu.theraven1979 wrote: ↑21 Jan 2023, 19:11 Swearing is ded hard though innit. It's what a "strangler" would do
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Though I quite like DM , a few songs off Wingmen placed onto DM would probably have made DM a very good album rather than just good ......imo drop Breathe , Lines ,Down , Kill me and Dave ( all the acoustic trash ) and replace with 5 upbeat up tempo from Wingmen and you have a very good album .Jake wrote: ↑20 Jan 2023, 19:51The NHS one is a blinder, too radical for the stranglers perhaps? I think it’s something even most Tory voters would find hard to argue.theraven1979 wrote: ↑20 Jan 2023, 09:26 Yep - even though the songs are "a bit ranty" I can only agree with their sentiments
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I wonder why these songs are not presented to the stranglers? Perhaps going to alienate “some” fans, or doesn’t fit with the stranglers established images, or dare I say the ideology of Mr Burnel.
I came across Wingmen by chance on YouTube, quite liked what I heard and decided to steam the album, quite liked it. It felt a bit more natural than say Dark Matters, which I think kind of try’s to be something it’s not, and you said yourself I believe that Baz sounds more at ease. I agree, he does, I know I have not exactly been his number one fan in the capacity as frontman for the stranglers, I saw STH support the stranglers and thought they were poor, but this Wingmen album, it’s not bad actually, credit where it’s due.
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yeah kind of agree now. I get where the band were coming from with all these sensitive / acoustic things.Jon the Impaler wrote:Though I quite like DM , a few songs off Wingmen placed onto DM would probably have made DM a very good album rather than just good ......imo drop Breathe , Lines ,Down , Kill me and Dave ( all the acoustic trash ) and replace with 5 upbeat up tempo from Wingmen and you have a very good album .Jake wrote: ↑20 Jan 2023, 19:51The NHS one is a blinder, too radical for the stranglers perhaps? I think it’s something even most Tory voters would find hard to argue.theraven1979 wrote: ↑20 Jan 2023, 09:26 Yep - even though the songs are "a bit ranty" I can only agree with their sentiments
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I wonder why these songs are not presented to the stranglers? Perhaps going to alienate “some” fans, or doesn’t fit with the stranglers established images, or dare I say the ideology of Mr Burnel.
I came across Wingmen by chance on YouTube, quite liked what I heard and decided to steam the album, quite liked it. It felt a bit more natural than say Dark Matters, which I think kind of try’s to be something it’s not, and you said yourself I believe that Baz sounds more at ease. I agree, he does, I know I have not exactly been his number one fan in the capacity as frontman for the stranglers, I saw STH support the stranglers and thought they were poor, but this Wingmen album, it’s not bad actually, credit where it’s due.
But I can't be doing with anymore like that now, not unless they're very high quality - say like NTLB - which they're never gonna be now...
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Good tunes. Shallow lyrics, as one comes to expect from Baz.
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I saw them last night, a very good show. Five incredibly talented musicians. I would recommend catching them if you can.
The venue was maybe too ambitious for them (800 capacity, maybe 200 in attendance), but they still gave it their all, and seemed to be really enjoying themselves.
Can't personally see any longevity in the project, but what the fuck do I know! I hope I'm wrong!
The venue was maybe too ambitious for them (800 capacity, maybe 200 in attendance), but they still gave it their all, and seemed to be really enjoying themselves.
Can't personally see any longevity in the project, but what the fuck do I know! I hope I'm wrong!
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A friend subscribes to some sort of cheap ticket website - she was offered tickets for last night for £4.95, so I was a bit concerned ticket sales were poor. Shame- regardless of what you think of the music, they all seen like decent people.
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Interviewed Baz about Wingmen the other week (article coming soon) and saw them last night near Leeds. They were absolutely amazing.
A few covers in the set, including an excellent rendition of "Long Black Veil."
A few covers in the set, including an excellent rendition of "Long Black Veil."
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I see you can stream their Brighton gig! Have the Stranglers or Hugh ever done this? Sounds like quite a good idea.
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Anyone else finding the spoken lyrics a bit of a chore?
The album is OK but lacking any real bite of me.
It's a bit pipe n slippers - pleasant enough but lacking the WOW factor that a debut should hve.
The album is OK but lacking any real bite of me.
It's a bit pipe n slippers - pleasant enough but lacking the WOW factor that a debut should hve.
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