Tonight’s was 1989. Many many bad bands in 1989. Big Fun. Jason. Kylie. Bros. Half of the rave crap. Maybe more than half of the rave crap if I’m honest.
I hate…Texas.
Their biggest hit is a total dirge (“I don’t need a lover”) and I just do not understand how they’ve sustained a career for so long with so little. Other than a fucking good band name.
Anyway. That’s my humble opinion, yours may differ. Please vent.
Used to go to gigs in the mid 80’s indie scene and there was this band that frequently turned up as support called the Blue Aeroplanes. They were terrible, and had this weird Polish dancer on stage.
Bands of that scene/era used to do 30-35 minute sets, sometimes no encore, sometimes just a song.
But the f£&king Blue Aeroplanes would go an hour or more, and if just one or two in the audience feigned a bit of enthusiasm at the end of their set they’d come roaring back for another 3/4 songs.
I hated them, felt like I couldn’t get away from them at times…
I do like a song written about the band having issues which sells well. Jeff Lynne of ELO did something similar, not with anything like the success of Abba though. I’d guess Fleetwood Mac would have done the same at some stage with their line up relationships.
