I lived in London during this era and loved it so, sssooooo much!! I met David on Carnaby street in 1986 and he hooked me up with their manager at the time and I got a press pass to take photos in the pit at their 10th Anniversary party and some of them made it into their book!!! It was an amazing time of.my life! I made some.videos about it. Also I talked with Dave and the band this past weekend at their show!! Incredible time!! They are a huge part of my personal history. Posted a medly of the first night now my next video of the 2nd night is almost 2 hours long!! 😊❤
Yeah, that's what frustrates me the most about Phantasmagoria - the overproduction. There are some truly great songs on that album, but the slick, coked-out 80's production doesn't do the songs any favors. Thankfully there are plenty of BBC sessions and live versions of most of the songs.
By the way, speaking of this subject... and I know you'll appreciate this... you should see this debate I had with this guy on a thread under an upload of "Ignite". It's under the parent comment from a guy called "N.A. Palmer", though my argument was with a guy called "Vincent 79". He's trying to tell me that the Damned should have broke up in either '79 or '80, because he thinks everything they did after that, including Friday The 13th and Strawberries, was "embarrassing". Personally I don't know how someone can be into the Black Album and hate Strawberries, but that's just me I guess. I really have no idea how grown fucking adults can be so idealistic and naive when it comes to punk bands sticking around long enough to move on past the limitations of 3-chord thrash 'n bash, but there are a lot of old nostalgic idealists out there preaching this nonsense. Anyhow, here's a link to the page. Just look for N.A. Palmer's 2nd comment, the one where he says "im pretty sure that the damned were the first punk band", then open the sub-thread... ruclips.net/video/sDzUFA6CVig/видео.html&lc=Ugy4SZzmzHXfcYYEj1Z4AaABAg.8GcNlmGnkG29A_HuMHtLHL
Almost everything you hear or have heard since the end of the sixties is some form of recycled riff or melody. Sometimes it’s done deliberately, and sometimes it’s just a coincidence. There’s only 12 notes in a scale, and only so many variations one can apply to that. It’s not so much whether or not you ‘borrow’, but what you do with it that matters. The Damned did just fine… most of the time.
I lived in London during this era and loved it so, sssooooo much!! I met David on Carnaby street in 1986 and he hooked me up with their manager at the time and I got a press pass to take photos in the pit at their 10th Anniversary party and some of them made it into their book!!! It was an amazing time of.my life! I made some.videos about it. Also I talked with Dave and the band this past weekend at their show!! Incredible time!! They are a huge part of my personal history. Posted a medly of the first night now my next video of the 2nd night is almost 2 hours long!! 😊❤
That bands on fire!!!!!!
Man that’s killer!
Cool. Rougher and faster than the overproduced lp one. Which was one of the best non singles on Phantasmagoria.
Yeah, that's what frustrates me the most about Phantasmagoria - the overproduction. There are some truly great songs on that album, but the slick, coked-out 80's production doesn't do the songs any favors. Thankfully there are plenty of BBC sessions and live versions of most of the songs.
By the way, speaking of this subject... and I know you'll appreciate this... you should see this debate I had with this guy on a thread under an upload of "Ignite". It's under the parent comment from a guy called "N.A. Palmer", though my argument was with a guy called "Vincent 79". He's trying to tell me that the Damned should have broke up in either '79 or '80, because he thinks everything they did after that, including Friday The 13th and Strawberries, was "embarrassing". Personally I don't know how someone can be into the Black Album and hate Strawberries, but that's just me I guess. I really have no idea how grown fucking adults can be so idealistic and naive when it comes to punk bands sticking around long enough to move on past the limitations of 3-chord thrash 'n bash, but there are a lot of old nostalgic idealists out there preaching this nonsense.
Anyhow, here's a link to the page. Just look for N.A. Palmer's 2nd comment, the one where he says "im pretty sure that the damned were the first punk band", then open the sub-thread... ruclips.net/video/sDzUFA6CVig/видео.html&lc=Ugy4SZzmzHXfcYYEj1Z4AaABAg.8GcNlmGnkG29A_HuMHtLHL
Thankssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Copied a 60's riff from the Electras' Dirty Old Man....
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Recycling ♻️
Almost everything you hear or have heard since the end of the sixties is some form of recycled riff or melody. Sometimes it’s done deliberately, and sometimes it’s just a coincidence. There’s only 12 notes in a scale, and only so many variations one can apply to that. It’s not so much whether or not you ‘borrow’, but what you do with it that matters. The Damned did just fine… most of the time.