theraven1979 wrote: ↑17 Dec 2021, 13:22
Taking 3 members away from the original 4 does not dilute The Stranglers?! That's a bit of an insult to Dave, Jet and Hugh tbh.
Jim
Bear Cage wrote: ↑17 Dec 2021, 12:54
theraven1979 wrote: ↑17 Dec 2021, 10:39
… this version of The Stranglers has been distilled down over the years to be a weaker variant (sorry!) of it's former self…
Jim
I disagree Jim
The Stranglers now (on record or live) are not as good as MkI at their best (but who is). However they are consistently better than MkI at their worst, so they do not distill or weaken, the add and enrich.
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Neither I nor you (in your original post) used the term dilute (and as I stated live and on record, it included Dave and for most of it Jet).
You said ‘distilled down over the years to be a weaker variant’ In response I highlighted the later variant as
- not as good as MkI at their best, but
- better than MkI at their worst.
Statement which I stand by based upon owning and listening to all albums, and the multiple live Stranglers concerts I’ve been to including Mk1 in their pomp, through the brass, and just about every line-up since (excepting I’ve not seen the post Dave line-up live yet).
That is not an insult to any previous member
Then I got tired of counting all of these blessings, and then I just got tired.