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I'd prefer to hear something from Dark Matters as the opener :grin: They can slot the greatest hits into the set further on [emoji1665][emoji445][emoji41] That would be great, would also show some confidence in the new material. I don't know if they'd be brave enough to do so though. Of course they...

Ruby wrote:It's time the bass pounding finale was put to bed anyway.Played out now.

Yeah definitely. A few tours back, can't quite remember which one, they played it somewhere around the middle of the set. That's what they should do with it now.

They should start with Water imo

As I remember it was the female guest on stage dressed as the school teacher, not Hugh himself.Perhaps I'm wrong, wouldn't be the first time. Yes I remember as well he sometimes pulled a bloke from the audience, to show he wasn't sexist :smt005 of course in this woke Snowflake world of Today where ...

The pont is some songs work stripped down and others don't. No, the point is that the great songs work stripped down and/or rearranged and the ones that aren't so great don't. In your capacity as a musician I presume you have some online presence - care to share any links? I used to many years ago ...

The pont is some songs work stripped down and others don't. Simple really. There really isn't one size fits all. Likewise some songs may not work as well when they're "over enginered" or too much is thrown into them. A good recent example is "if somethings gonna kill me", which I...

They are integral to those songs and propel them into a territory that would be unattainable if left as strum along guitar pieces. Even if someone took the basic chords and topline of (for example) "Goodbye Toulouse" and arranged it in a very different way, it would still hold up - becaus...

For instance what is the point of sitting there listening to somebody singing Down In The Sewer strumming a guitar? You may very well not see the point in it, but that's moot. The point is that it would still hold up. You're implying that "Down in the Sewer" isn't a strong song, which... ...

I can't imagine, for example - Sometimes, Goodbye Toulouse or No More Heroes having much impact without the contribution from JJ and Dave, so yes, they are Stranglers songs and that's what gave them life, success and relevance. All of those songs are so well written that they still hold up when str...

I'd sooner go and see Straighten out now - at least they are Stranglers fans I was looking over at Instagram earlier where they've announced the March 2023 date in Paris, and I'm so glad to know that there's not just me that's unimpressed by the bands decision to continue post-Dave. As Dave himself...

[emoji3]"shitting out" lol alright fair enough Hugh doesn't call himself "The Stranglers" obviously, and yes his albums have been good quality, whereas not all Stranglers albums have. But he hasn't completely distanced himself from "the stranglers brand" has he? Because...

Yep Ghost Train is a good number, but not one I’d relish Baz doing, Hugh doing it sounds interesting though. I think Hugh would be able to re-arrange it into a guitar driven bluesy number, although I'm unsure as to whether he'd be able to deliver that impassioned vocal live in the same way as he do...