Desire Avenue

Posted: **Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:57 pm**

The great icelandic band is back for a show in Iceland !
And of course Bj?rk on vocals

More infos here :http://www.bjork.com/grapewire/?id=591;year=2006

Posted: **Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:19 pm**

And Einar Orn rapping.

That was the only thing I didn't like about the Sugarcubes. Will they do a worldtour? That would be an easy way to cash for the other members.

Posted: **Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:09 pm**

NO fuckin' way!! They'd be awesome to see live!

Posted: **Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:38 pm**

Have to say that I saw them live in 92 at the erstwhile Hummingbird in Brum and was underwhelmed.

Best things were the Tshirts and inflatable merchandise.

Worst was the icelandic support band, Ham who did a death metal version of Abba's 'voulez vous' I still have it on flexi disc somewhere.

Posted: **Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:25 pm**

morrissey wrote:Have to say that I saw them live in 92 at the erstwhile Hummingbird in Brum and was underwhelmed.

Best things were the Tshirts and inflatable merchandise.

Worst was the icelandic support band, Ham who did a death metal version of Abba's 'voulez vous' I still have it on flexi disc somewhere.

I wonder will they stick to the sugarcubes material or will they include Bj?rk tracks?

Posted: **Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:29 pm**

Einar pretty much ruined every sugarcubes song if you ask me.

Posted: **Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:29 pm**

gerryuk wrote:Einar pretty much ruined every sugarcubes song if you ask me.

Agree.

Posted: **Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:47 pm**

Gerry - you are spot on - even more so live. Any good musical bits were overshadowed by on-stage tomfoolery, gooning and gurning.

Save the money and get the latest Astrid Williamson LP instead - that's cool.

(Note not-so-subtle thread-hijacking)

Posted: **Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:24 am**

*wikisearches Astrid Williamson*

Bjork is my favorite musician but i hate the B-52s style rock the Sugarcubes play and i hate Einar Orn.

Posted: **Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:36 am**

I like Einar

Of course I prefer Bj?rk but when I hear The Sugarcubes I cannot imagine the song without him.

Posted: **Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:47 am**

aermancer wrote:Bjork is my favorite musician but i hate the B-52s style rock the Sugarcubes play and i hate Einar Orn.

Hey! No dissing the B-52s!! (or I'll have to make a thread about how they are artistic geniuses)

Posted: **Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:06 pm**

morrissey wrote:Gerry - you are spot on - even more so live. Any good musical bits were overshadowed by on-stage tomfoolery, gooning and gurning.

Save the money and get the latest Astrid Williamson LP instead - that's cool.

(Note not-so-subtle thread-hijacking)

I already have it, did you by chance see her recently at the Glee club, supporting Bic Runga?

Posted: **Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:05 pm**

B52's are indeed genius. Just last saturday I danced on Love Shack

But the raps of Fred are not good either... I guess what makes it work is that B52's are a bit more catchy than the average Sugarcubes song. Some songs of the Sugarcubes are really spoiled because Einar is barking words on them. He sounds like a stupid dork although the lyrics are quite funny sometimes.

Posted: **Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:49 am**

Well this thread now seems well and truly hijacked. The B52's are really good, I love everything they did up to and including Cosmic Thing. Plus I have fancied Kate Pierson for nearly 20 years now

Posted: **Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:04 am**

Gerry,

I was there - I was the (only?) one who went specially to see Astrid

I probably bumped into you

Spooky