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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: xneverwherex on April 04, 2008, 04:45:00 pm
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Thought of you when I got this in my email. Now where the hell is the date for the states :)
April 4th, 2008 www.wearejames.com (http://www.wearejames.com)
New album release
James return with their first studio album in seven years on April 7th with 'Hey Ma' which sees the powers of James undimmed.
Click here to pre-order the
album for only £8.95!
About the album
Always stood to the side of whichever fashion was in vogue throughout their long career, the eleven songs are immediately recognisable as the work of the same band but escape any sense that they are revisiting past glories.
The weaving bass lines remain delicate and strident in equal measure, guitars shine and ring with immense clarity and Tim Booth continues to subvert the notion of pop music, taking the title's track's immediate chorus to sing, 'Hey Ma', the boys in bodybags, coming home in pieces' in a warp of the anthemic chorus which, all thinking souls will hope, becomes the most popular, if least likely refrain, of the summer festivals.
Q Magazine this month proclaim; "Manchester veterans make confident comeback", "Tim Booth sounds like a singer reborn" and "Oh My Heart, is anthemic enough to be the new 'Sit Down'."
Visit our official website
James on TV
You can see the band playing new tracks on Later With Jools Holland on BBC2 on 29th April at 10pm.
How well do you know James?
Play the "Guess the Intro" game on our new website to see how well you know our music.
Play the game
James on Tour
James are touring the UK all through April 2008. Click on the link below to view all our tour dates.
Tour dates
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Awesome...I actually think I had a chance to see James back in the early 90's and missed them. I'm still sore that I never got to see the House of Love, Ride, and the La's. The Farm too. But I was able to check out almost every other band from around then :)
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Originally posted by bearman:
. The Farm too.
Great. Now I'm going to be singing Laid and All Together Now all afternoon.
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How about we compile a list of all the definitive songs of bands from that era?
Happy Mondays -- Wrote For Luck
Stone Roses -- I Wanna Be Adored
Charlatans UK -- The Only One I Know
Inspiral Carpets -- This Is How It Feels
Catherine Wheel -- Black Metallic
Ride -- Vapour Trail
Northside -- Take 5
Ned's Atomic Dustbin -- Grey Cell Green
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im just still waiting to see when neds will come back to the states. that'd be awesome :) - i missed far too many of the bands and always had wanted to see the house of love.
and smackie just for you.
'This bed is on fire with passion and love
The neighbors complain about the noises above
But she only comes when she's on top'
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Soup Dragons - "Im Free"
EMF - "Unbelievable"
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine must have had something :) I just forgot which was the most popular.
The Mighty Lemon Drops - "Inside Out"
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Originally posted by xneverwherex:
and smackie just for you.
Ah, you think you're so pretty....
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Originally posted by bearman:
How about we compile a list of all the definitive songs of bands from that era?
I just put this (http://www.amazon.com/Indie-Anthems-Various-Artists/dp/B00076SJPU/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1207343906&sr=8-1) on....
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Lush - Ladykiller
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Pulp - Common People
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Lush - Ladykiller
ugh. . .not that drivel. . .i suppose "for love" would be the more popular choice, but "sweetness and light" or "de-luxe" would be just as good.
saw james in dallas on the "laid" tour. . .want to say that idaho opened up, but that may have been for the cranes (stupid memory). the local dallas station that promoted the concert gave out free key chains after the show- great idea.
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Blur - Parklife
As for james, I've been following their reunion for a while now. They've done mini tours of the UK and are just to embark on a mini European tour. It would be nice if they did a US tour but would probably not bother with S FL...nobody ever does really.
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Originally posted by 47 YEAR OLD VIRGIN:
probably not bother with S FL...nobody ever does really.
Celine Dion.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by 47 YEAR OLD VIRGIN:
probably not bother with S FL...nobody ever does really.
Celine Dion. [/b]
Even she doesn't sing down here.
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Originally posted by bearman:
Awesome...I actually think I had a chance to see James back in the early 90's and missed them. I'm still sore that I never got to see the House of Love, Ride, and the La's. The Farm too. But I was able to check out almost every other band from around then :)
A great 9:30 gig by James: Feb 27 '97.
Did they also play an early HFStival? I think so - but some of those get blurry...Maybe the same one as the Afghan Whigs ~ Black Love era.
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As long as I'm being nostalgic...
Great gig by Ned's too @ one of those Fests. A super hot day. I was crushed up close - luckily they had that RFK sectional shower going.
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Originally posted by i'm her slave:
A great 9:30 gig by James: Feb 27 '97.
One of my first times at the club. Very well could have been my first.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by i'm her slave:
A great 9:30 gig by James: Feb 27 '97.
One of my first times at the club. Very well could have been my first. [/b]
Nice! Remember who opened? I don't (may have missed them.) Clearly remember some bull horn action.
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too bad archive.org is so hit-or-miss
http://web.archive.org/web/19970111201748/http://www.930.com/ (http://web.archive.org/web/19970111201748/http://www.930.com/)
i wish there was a full schedule archived somewhere from all years (new and old club). it'd be really interesting to see who played there and how much (more than just the postcards in the basement bar)
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Jesus Jones ~ right here, right now (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtYBQXIeLRw)
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not to pull this completely off topic, but it sucks so hard this tour/show ended up getting cancelled (was browsing around on archive.org at the schedules)
Squarepusher & Plaid 8/28/01
w/ Mira Calix $15.00
i think i saw james when they were doing lollapalooza? 1997 i guess it was.
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Has anyone else seen any of the episodes of the 7 Ages of Rock on VH-1? They are all pretty well done, but I thought it was pretty cool that they focused on British Indie Rock, which I REALLY enjoyed. I like how they highlighted the Smiths and the Stone Roses, not just Oasis. I'm a little shocked that they totally ignored New Order though. The interviews with Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce were extremely cool, same with Mani from the Roses. Very, very interesting footage too. It was fun to watch the juxtaposition of Paul Young playing Love of the Common People and then the Smiths played This Charming Man on Top of the Pops.
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Originally posted by bearman:
Has anyone else seen any of the episodes of the 7 Ages of Rock on VH-1? They are all pretty well done, but I thought it was pretty cool that they focused on British Indie Rock, which I REALLY enjoyed. I like how they highlighted the Smiths and the Stone Roses, not just Oasis. I'm a little shocked that they totally ignored New Order though. The interviews with Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce were extremely cool, same with Mani from the Roses. Very, very interesting footage too. It was fun to watch the juxtaposition of Paul Young playing Love of the Common People and then the Smiths played This Charming Man on Top of the Pops.
havent seen that, but i did just see Jarvis Cocker in Jake Paltrow's (newish) film - The Good Night - which I dont recommend.
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The La's -- There She Goes
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What song were you going for? "Polar Bear" by the Charlatans UK? I like this photo better.
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Originally posted by xneverwherex:
The Mighty Lemon Drops - "Inside Out"
One of the best songs ever. Otherwise these bands were not my 'genre' [somehow I kind of missed 1990 - 1995, I was listening to my old stuff from the late 80s and wasn't buying albums...]
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Oh wow...Bags, I SO need to hook you up with an intro to Catherine Wheel, the Stone Roses, Inspiral Carpets and Ned's Atomic Dustbin. Of course, my summer of 1991 LP is this, and it's a fantastic record:
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