Conference marvin::uk_music

No I'm afraid they don't quite live up to the hype. The live performances are
 very good ( although I haven't seen them for 8 months) almost coming close to
the dizzy heights of a RIDE gig. The LP is one of the better this year but I 
have a feeling that they wont save the world and that the music press are 
going to fall out with Brett Anderson before too long. Half the tracks are great
but the other half seem to be the band just going through the motions.
 The Suede backlash starts   now!!

Paul.

    Bob,
    
    I was going to start a Suede topic up today but you beat me to it:-)
    
    I have to admit to buying all there singles and there debut album and I
    like it all.  I brought the first record "The Drowners" simply out of 
    curiosity.  It is a good song and worth buying.  I love the way that 
    Brett Anderson sings.  It suits there music. 
    
    Melody Maker are the worse at hyping them but musically I think they
    are as good as the hype suggests.  I don't however like the way people
    are comparing them to The Smiths all the time.    
    
    There album is number 1 in the album chart at the moment.
    
        
    Gary     

>going to fall out with Brett Anderson before too long. Half the tracks are great
>but the other half seem to be the band just going through the motions.
> The Suede backlash starts   now!!

Presumably it was the latter half you were playing in your car the
other day!  A second rate David Bowie soundalike playing 3rd rate
songs...

Chris.

    I bought the album yesterday having heard only one of the singles
    (Animal Nitrate) and one other song, Sleeping Pills, before. I have
    also been following the hype in the Maker for the last year, but
    leaving all that aside I must say the album is really pretty damn good,
    especially the slower songs like Sleeping Pills, Pantomime Horse and my
    current fave Breakdown. Mind you, they can give it some welly quite
    convincingly too (Drowners, Metal Mickey etc).
    
    I do find it refreshing that a band can pull off several slow and moody
    numbers with such confidence on their debut rather than going for
    all-out grungerama.
    
    So, basically, I like them a lot, although they maybe don't deserve all
    the hype they've been getting.
    
    Bob

    Been a bit vague about Suede, but I heard a brilliant track on the
    radio last night.  Its from a new compilation lp, which I cant remember
    the name of, but its in aid of some Anti Facist stuff.  The track was
    either called Big Time, or Into the City, not sure which. Its a slow
    moody kind of thing, and I loved it so much I wanted t jump up and down
    and shout SPLING.
    
    
    Mikef

    Does anybody out there know of any new material from these guys?  A 
    couple of months ago a limited edition (supposedly) EP of "Stay
    Together" was released. It had 2 versions of "Stay Together" and 4
    other tracks.  Any news of a full length release?
    
    BTW, in the USA they will now be known as The London Suede.  Apparently
    there was a nightclub act in Seattle that went by the name Suede.
    
    Brian
    

    New material is forthcoming (apparently). According to todays NME and
    MM Bernard Butler has walked out on the band, whilst recoding. The
    record company and their publicicsts are denying it.
    
    apparently an "aggreed statement between bernard and the Band will be
    issued later this week".
    
    Wonder what will happen.
    
    Linsey

    Heard on the radio last night - the official statement is that Bernard
    left the band after disagreements about the production on the new lp. 
    The band won't be splitting up, and the lp will come out in October. 
    Ddidn't Bernard write most of the tunes though?
    
    Mikef

    The implication in the papers is that Bernard is the talent in Suede,
    and that he has to coax Brett through most of it.
    
    Oh well another extreemly hiped band hit the dust.

    > Oh well another extreemly hiped band hit the dust.
                                -----
    
    I don't know if that was deliberate, but its a good pun!
    
    

    Naa was'nt deliberate, just me trying to type at mach 3 when my fingers
    and brain can only cope with mach 2 :-).
    
    I can remember my fience (sp ?) going to see Suede the day after we
    started going out (I *think* it was the 23rd Feb at the Pyramids centre
    in Portsmouth).
    
    She enjoyed them, although she did say the were quieter than the god
    Machine (who were so loud that she threw up !).
    
    Linsey

Heard the ex-guitarist blubbing on the Evening Session last night. Saying
-boo hoo- I did all the work -sniff- they hate me -cry- I hat them -whimper-.

What a complete to***r.  Not surprised they dumped him.

He did sound like something of a tortured artist, but the one track I
heard by him (and some other geezer) was good - a bit "Princey".

Guy

This track wouldn't be a duet with MacAlmont, would it?  That bloke is so camp 
it almost pains me to watch him on the Telly.  At least Jarvis has an amusing 
dance, and Brett has err....well....yeah, maybe not.