Burning Up Time - The Stranglers and Hugh Cornwell Unofficial Forums

It’s not that it means that much to me, it started as a response to Stan’s belief that DMs success will not lead to any new fans, as that would only come from streaming. Also sales were irrelevant and streaming was everything, and those streaming would remain unaware of DM and only look to greatest ...

I think your blinkered dislike for the current line-up prevents you seeing the obvious, as I posted elsewhere, type The Stranglers into Spotify and see what come out Top (Dark Matters). When I type The Stranglers into Spotify, it gives me top results of Dreamtime, The Gospel According to the Meninb...

Working my way through their documentary on Prime at the mo. Knowing very little about their past I'm finding it....interesting! Jim Sent from my Pixel 4a using Tapatalk 😂 a bit of a screwball, to put it politely, but some great music Didn’t know the documentary was on prime, I’ll have to watch it.

… However, there is always a point of first listen, and a hit album and the press and promotion around it that it enables means it is likely to be a point of First listen/awareness. I think you're wildly overstating how big of a hit Dark Matters is and the reach of the press or promotion. I guarant...

Perhaps that's why, with the current buzz, any kid would be hooked in by DM and its current chart position /promotion and not some relic of a greatest hits. I disagree. Young music fans aren't looking at the UK Album Chart to tip them off on what to listen to anymore - it's an immensely outdated me...

He’s currently their first team coach. In that case, I'd struggle to see why any youngster would give a shit. I certainly wouldn't have done at that age if any of the coaches at Sunderland had appeared in a music video by some old band. Either that or I'd have seen it as a bit of a joke. Whenever a...

I remember reading a three (out of five) star review of the About Time album in Q magazine and had seen them live prior to that at some free festival with PR (can't remember the name or even where it was). That was enough for me to buy AT, listen to their albums. Disregard much of the 80s stuff and...

Similarly I bet a few young West Ham supporters watched the video for This Song only because Stuart Pearce was in it. Pearce last played for West Ham about 20 years ago. There's people in full time paid employment with houses and possibly even children of their own who will barely be able to rememb...

Such exposure and raising of their profile might also gain some new fans, who will delve into their back catalogue and realise how great the Stranglers are, with quality albums spanning 44 years, plus some great other releases from current and former members. I doubt it. If The Stranglers do gain a...

It's difficult for me to see the acoustic CD that came with Monster as a gimmick. It is full of songs that he wrote, after all. But is that less (or more) of a gimmick than a limited vinyl release (giants), which was the original accusation (Giants on limited edition vinyl was a gimmick, whereas Mo...

theraven1979 wrote: ↑18 Sep 2021, 22:55 …
No, that's opinion. You're entitled to it. …


Jim

As you are entitled to yours.
And it’s good to know you agree on this, as from the anti Dark Matters onslaught on here I thought descent was not allowed.

No bullshit here. Let the songs and the song writer and vocalist lead the way Jim Sent from my Pixel 4a using Tapatalk So limited edition vinyl is a gimmick, a free second album full of re-recorded Stranglers tracks that you only did because you were persuaded by the record company whom wanted some...