Burning Up Time - The Stranglers and Hugh Cornwell Unofficial Forums

the Stranglers's legacy will vanish The Stranglers' legacy, particularly talking about from the beginning up through 1990, is very much intact, even if that legacy hasn't really been added to in any notable way since. Even JJB&F acknowledge this by drawing the majority of their set from that pe...

For people who have no interest in the current Stranglers line up they do a very good impression of people who are interested. If I do have any interest in JJ Burnel & Friends, it has nothing to do with music. Which is pretty much the entire point of a band. An interest/disbelief in how utterly...

You need to move on Oh, I have. I've long accepted that nothing lasts forever no matter the lengths that some go to to try and make it so. OK, being positive, tell us some of your best memories of watching the Stranglers when Hugh was still there. Even better, how about you go and ask several rando...

You need to move on Oh, I have. I've long accepted that nothing lasts forever no matter the lengths that some go to to try and make it so. It's a step to far,it was just truly an insult to Dave and Jet.Major Kudu. Several steps too far at this point (this step is just the latest), but it just goes ...

I suppose it depends on whether or not you consider a ropey version of a great song a tribute or a compliment. To my mind, it's neither... the biggest compliment or mark of respect would have been to leave it alone. Same goes for the Stranglers brand itself. Booooring! Are you okay? Do you have to ...

I suppose it depends on whether or not you consider a ropey version of a great song a tribute or a compliment. To my mind, it's neither... the biggest compliment or mark of respect would have been to leave it alone. Same goes for the Stranglers brand itself.

Early starts all round then. I wonder if they'll play the first ("support") set as a different band? That would be amusing. What if it had been Straighten Out with JJ on bass for the first set and JJ Burnel & Friends for the second set? I suppose that would have been pointless though,...

every time it and every other track Dave and Jet contributed to are played they are also a tribute to them This feels like the sort of mental gymnastics one does to convince themselves that this is all business as usual and everything's hunky dory. Also, I suppose by this logic, Hugh should be flat...

Not looked at setlist but I know they played Genetix,to me a big mistake, should have left it alone,to iconic with Jet and Dave,Jim also doesn't have the correct drum configuration to play it properly, should of left it alone IMHO.Major Kudu. Morbid curiosity just got the better of me and I checked...

As usual, very heavy on Black/Burnel/Cornwell/Greenfield material and the usual lack of faith in their recent material as evidenced by the fact that there were only five songs post-Hugh in a very long set. Do I want to hear "Genetix" without Dave on vocals? No. Any enthusiasm that "Ha...

I love his comment on The Gospel According to the Meninblack and how it requires an attention span that no longer exists these days. It's funny, because it'd seem that the attention it requires to get into barely existed for most even at the time.

The general gist of how things seem to be between Hugh and JJ is that Hugh is quite content with where he is now. He's obviously proud of the work he did and the songs he wrote for The Stranglers, while at the same time it's the past for him and he has no desire to revisit it. Yes, he still plays St...