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Avninder
Feb-8-06, 1:38 PM
Hello,
I just had a dream a couple of nights ago about the band reforming. I know, wishful thinking and all, but I was wondering if a pettion was ever made to the members to give it another go? A part of me really doesn't want to let them go and I feel that there are a lot of people out there that also feel this way. What do you all think?
Avi
ArnoldZiffel
Feb-8-06, 1:42 PM
Hello,
I just had a dream a couple of nights ago about the band reforming. I know, wishful thinking and all, but I was wondering if a pettion was ever made to the members to give it another go? A part of me really doesn't want to let them go and I feel that there are a lot of people out there that also feel this way. What do you all think?
Avi
Avi, no one around here will fault your intentions. But I think you'll see pigs fly first.
andylama
Feb-8-06, 2:01 PM
I'm in no place to say that it couldn't happen, BUT It's gonna take a hell of a lot more than a petition to get those people back together.
Liz appears to be the stumbling block and she's not exactly reknowned for taking any interest in what the fans think.
Sean_Montgomery
Feb-8-06, 3:34 PM
It shall remain just a dream.
If you make this petition, please be sure to fax it to Liz
Avi, no one around here will fault your intentions. But I think you'll see pigs fly first.
what he said. Try to enjoy the work Guthie and Robin do, and very occasionally Liz.
This is just revisiting the whole Coachella thing for me and I haven't got the energy. :digi:
watchlar
Feb-8-06, 10:09 PM
If you make this petition, please be sure to fax it to Liz
crying crying crying
petroldarling
Feb-8-06, 11:01 PM
ughhh i'm with musette on this one, i am already feeling melancholy remembering what happened last year :P
what he said. Try to enjoy the work Guthie and Robin do, and very occasionally Liz.
:confused: you mean Simon and Robin?
Hello,
I just had a dream a couple of nights ago about the band reforming.
in your dreams!!!!
oh, sorry, it was ;)
mike_mhg
Feb-9-06, 3:30 AM
I'm in no place to say that it couldn't happen, BUT It's gonna take a hell of a lot more than a petition to get those people back together.
It's been nearly 10 years. It aint never gonna happen.
I for one am WITH Avninder on this. I’d love to see it happen. The thread isn’t about what we think might or will happen, which naturally tends towards the cynical. It’s about wanting it and supporting it.
This is after all the fans forum. A hard-core if you like. We’re a barometer for the band. If we demonstrate the positivity of the idea, you never know. However if we’re all dead against it, or worse still, mute, then it gives Liz, Robin and Simon totally the wrong sign. AND… a gift-wrapped reason not to bother trying.
Things always look bad when they are bad. Like now, in the aftermath of Coachella. But those were not defining events. Old news = chip paper. Yes of course it brings out the cynic in all of us. So we can write smugly and cleverly about flying pigs and fax machines. Being positive is far braver.
There he is! The fluffy optimist! Well this fluffy optimist suddenly saw another favourite band reform in 2000 after 15 years (Mike) of vicious spite. I enjoyed 11 gigs, a proper new album, two acoustic albums and a colossal live album. Above all, I had great times and so did the band. They were better than ever, live.
To be given something is wonderful. To be given something wonderful back, that you thought you’d lost, is truly a gift. Think back to when Coachella was ON. You were (most of you) pretty deliriously happy at the thought of it. THAT’D be how you’ll feel again if ever it were to happen. Yes there are a few who, for their reasons, are honestly against the idea. Not merely cynical or downbeat at the present moment, but actually NOT in favour. To them I say, it’s your opinion, to be respectfully disagreed with. These people need not support any gig or release. It isn’t obligatory. They can stay at home playing HOLV and make tsk tsk sounds. I’d be THERE. Even if it went spectacularly badly. I’d be there as a supporter. They’ve been the best band they can so I’ll be the best supporter I can be.
Avninder, put me down as a yes.
Phil Lawton
Feb-9-06, 6:28 AM
Well this fluffy optimist suddenly saw another favourite band reform in 2000 after 15 years (Mike) of vicious spite. I enjoyed 11 gigs, a proper new album, two acoustic albums and a colossal live album. Above all, I had great times and so did the band. They were better than ever, live.
Bucks Fizz have got back together?
Right, I'm starting a petition for then NOT to reform. Ever.
I prefer the end to be the end, myself.
Any takers?
mike_mhg
Feb-9-06, 6:48 AM
Right, I'm starting a petition for then NOT to reform. Ever.
I prefer the end to be the end, myself.
Any takers?
Not me. I never got to see them. If there was a chance now I'd jump at it.
Phil Lawton
Feb-9-06, 7:01 AM
We're still talking about Bucks Fizz, yes?
We're still talking about Bucks Fizz, yes?
Bucks Fizz are welcome to get back together, if they like.
Did they ever split up, or have they been doing the holiday camps and ferries?
mike_mhg
Feb-9-06, 7:08 AM
We're still talking about Bucks Fizz, yes?
I would have jumped at Cheryl Baker in her younger days.
Can you imagine a colossal Bucks Fizz live album!
"there's been a lot of talk about this song. This song is not a rebel song. this song is........... 'Land of make believe'!
Lets hear some NOISE!"
I would have jumped at Cheryl Baker in her younger days.
The whole lot of them used to make me jump.
The dumpy girl was called Jay Aston, wasn't she?
Same name as the bloke from Gene Loves Jezebel...
...there's got to be something in that.
Jay Aston dumpy?? I always felt like they should give her a decent meal.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp2/features/wallpaper/images/1024/bucks_fizz.jpg
This is what they look like now. Only Booby G is left from the original band:
http://www.bucksfizzofficial.co.uk/FIZZ%201.jpg
Maybe the other three are doing the holiday camps and ferries as a Cocteau Twins tribute?
Phil Lawton
Feb-9-06, 8:09 AM
I always preferred the Jay bird...Cheryl Wossname has no chin.
You like 'em short then, Phil?
...and another thing...
I really hope that, somewhere on the web, a bunch of Bucks Fizz fans are debating which one of the Cocteau Twins they used to fancy.
That would kind of balance things out.
Phil Lawton
Feb-9-06, 8:18 AM
You like 'em short then, Phil?
They're all the same height lying down, Gladders.
Phil Lawton
Feb-9-06, 8:19 AM
I really hope that, somewhere on the web, a bunch of Bucks Fizz fans are debating which one of the Cocteau Twins they used to fancy.
And which one they'd most like to see getting their frock torn off at the really fast, frenzied part of "Alice".
They're all the same height lying down, Gladders.
My God! You did all four of them? The blokes, too?
And which one they'd most like to see getting their frock torn off at the really fast, frenzied part of "Alice".
I was trying to think of a clever, punning type tribute act name, cobining the two, but "Cocteau Fizz" seemed a bit lazy.
Any other ideas? This could be a cool alternative to a proper reunion!
Phil Lawton
Feb-9-06, 8:24 AM
My God! You did all four of them? The blokes, too?
No, no, Glads...I don't do anyone who is attached to a penis.
I was trying to think of a clever, punning type tribute act name, cobining the two, but "Cocteau Fizz" seemed a bit lazy.
Any other ideas? This could be a cool alternative to a proper reunion!
Bucks Twins?
No, no, Glads...I don't do anyone who is attached to a penis.
Not even whilst they're attached to yours?
Bucks Twins?
I did also consider Cocks Fizz, but that might attract the wrong sort of crowd.
Phil Lawton
Feb-9-06, 8:41 AM
Not even whilst they're attached to yours?
Ah, but then they're just the recipient of mine, whilst not being the de facto owner of their own.
I don't think squatters' rights apply in this case, Gladders.
Baddy2shoos
Feb-9-06, 8:44 AM
this is weird
this is weird
....and this would be different from other threads in what way?
Quietly, Avinder has already racked up 39 replies. Some of them, (cough) a little off topic, but what the Hell!
Tres cool
gladwin
Feb-9-06, 10:10 AM
Ah, but then they're just the recipient of mine, whilst not being the de facto owner of their own.
I don't think squatters' rights apply in this case, Gladders.
Isn't possession nine tenths of the law?
What are Cocteau Twins? Were they a band or something?
Phil Lawton
Feb-9-06, 10:40 AM
What are Cocteau Twins? Were they a band or something?
Eurovision Song Contest winners in 1987 with the ditty "Never Went To Bed With An Ugly Woman, But I've Sure Woken Up With A Few".
"Never Went To Bed With An Ugly Woman, But I've Sure Woken Up With A Few".
Speaking from experience?
Phil Lawton
Feb-9-06, 10:44 AM
Speaking from experience?
Oh, yes.
Oh, yes.
I have this really weird phobia about women farting.
andylama
Feb-9-06, 10:52 AM
I have this really weird phobia about women farting.
In Japan, this is a popular 'sexual' fetish (the women farting, not the phobia about it)
I've seen a website that commemorates this, but I don't have the link anymore.
In Japan, this is a popular 'sexual' fetish (the women farting, not the phobia about it)
I've seen a website that commemorates this, but I don't have the link anymore.
I've seen the website about it before. It just freaks me out for some reason. I also get freaked out with the idea of women doing jobbies.
Baddy2shoos
Feb-9-06, 10:58 AM
Well Lisa's the girl for you then. She doesn't shit as far as I know.
Well Lisa's the girl for you then. She doesn't shit as far as I know.
Lisa Gerrard's shits' probably smell worse than my dogs!
ArnoldZiffel
Feb-9-06, 11:02 AM
Lisa Gerrard's shits' probably smell worse than my dogs!
That's why she has so many fans.
Baddy2shoos
Feb-9-06, 11:03 AM
imagine if you had posted that on the lg forum!
They wouldn't have just banned you. They would have had you hung, drawn and quartered!
Phil Lawton
Feb-9-06, 11:12 AM
www.apostlesofkikidee.com is much the same.
gladwin
Feb-9-06, 11:50 AM
I have this really weird phobia about women farting.
Looks like this show is not for you, then:
http://www.bullfrogproductions.co.uk/current-productions.html
Tinderbox
Feb-9-06, 2:49 PM
I personally feel that if their hearts aren't in it the music isn't going to be as rich and beautiful. It will be half ass in other words. Is this what we would want to remember them by? I agree...I would love nothing more to see them reunite, but I want them to give it their all or nothing.
Avninder
Feb-9-06, 4:24 PM
Yep, I'm tired of thinking what if... Tired of thinking instead of really doing something about things that seem to just happen in life. I don't want to take too much space here in this forum but if anybody is interested in sending suggestions of what or how the petition should read or sound like, please email me at:
avnindera@yahoo.com
I'll compile the responses before I make a final draft and if people are interested, I will post the final draft on this forum.
Wish us luck,
Avi
salve_sons
Feb-9-06, 6:20 PM
I'm not sure a petition would do it. I think the answer is...
set up a fund that people can contribute to which would go to pay the band for an appearance.
If I had it, I'd spend it! But since I don't, maybe the miracle of group efforts could do it...
How much money do you think it would take to get liz to get over her fear of the emotional toll a reunion would take on her?
I'd say anyone can bottle up their emotions for one night and a month of private practice session for a very reasonable $400K US. Since there are about 400 people who are on this board, that comes to...only $1000 apiece!
I bet some of you would do it. After all, some spent 200+ on tickmets and planes etc for coachella! Let's do it.
Only $83 per person per month for a year!! And then we'd throw a massive private party only for ourselves, and every fan could ask questions at a Q & A session, and the top ten donors get to play the theremin or fx processed backing guitar onstage.
What a deal!!
I'm in!!
kookaburra
Feb-9-06, 6:23 PM
I doubt Liz is in need of a cut of $400k.
andylama
Feb-9-06, 6:36 PM
If she did, she probably wouldn't be the recluse that she is today.
rufusmtvern
Feb-10-06, 1:02 AM
Hello,
Speaking for the fans across the atlantic, could the brits in this forum let us (less informed) yanks who the heck is buck fizz. I have never heard of them ever and you've touched my curiousity to as who they are. If y'all would be so kind as to fill us in, that would be very appreciative. Thanx to a response in advance. They sound interesting.........
You don't want to know mate. Leave it. :)
who the heck is buck fizz.
click here to find out! (http://www.bucksfizzearlyyears.co.uk/)
maybe that website should have a title of "Abandon hope all ye who enter here!"??
mike_mhg
Feb-10-06, 3:34 AM
Hello,
Speaking for the fans across the atlantic, could the brits in this forum let us (less informed) yanks who the heck is buck fizz. I have never heard of them ever and you've touched my curiousity to as who they are. If y'all would be so kind as to fill us in, that would be very appreciative. Thanx to a response in advance. They sound interesting.........
Freaking masochist.
mike_mhg
Feb-10-06, 3:37 AM
I'm not sure a petition would do it. I think the answer is...
set up a fund that people can contribute to which would go to pay the band for an appearance.
We would also need a fund to get the Brits over to the USA. I doubt it would be organised for over here. Robin seems to like LA.
ArnoldZiffel
Feb-10-06, 10:21 AM
I'm not sure a petition would do it. I think the answer is...
set up a fund that people can contribute to which would go to pay the band for an appearance.
If I had it, I'd spend it! But since I don't, maybe the miracle of group efforts could do it...
How much money do you think it would take to get liz to get over her fear of the emotional toll a reunion would take on her?
I'd say anyone can bottle up their emotions for one night and a month of private practice session for a very reasonable $400K US. Since there are about 400 people who are on this board, that comes to...only $1000 apiece!
I bet some of you would do it. After all, some spent 200+ on tickmets and planes etc for coachella! Let's do it.
Only $83 per person per month for a year!! And then we'd throw a massive private party only for ourselves, and every fan could ask questions at a Q & A session, and the top ten donors get to play the theremin or fx processed backing guitar onstage.
What a deal!!
I'm in!!
For that kind of money I'd want to do more than just ask her questions.
Fritter
Feb-10-06, 10:59 AM
There are harder currencies than cash.
Thackeray
Feb-10-06, 1:12 PM
I will sign the petition
Musette
Feb-10-06, 1:21 PM
Oh, you all assume they care.
What we've made of the music is separate from the music they've made. Only time will tell if those two things ever converge again.
Thackeray
Feb-10-06, 1:27 PM
I don't assume anything but simply to sign. Za-Zen motion.
click here to find out! (http://www.bucksfizzearlyyears.co.uk/)
maybe that website should have a title of "Abandon hope all ye who enter here!"??
I'm getting visions of a UK version of ABBA...
without the massive worldwide success or the still huge and movie/musical/Madonna inspiring fanbase...
kookaburra
Feb-10-06, 5:58 PM
There are harder currencies than cash.
Are you referring to oral sex?
I'm getting visions of a UK version of ABBA...
without the massive worldwide success or the still huge and movie/musical/Madonna inspiring fanbase...
Similar idea but much more dancy pop. They got a little more sophisticated later in their career with a few slower numbers. To be honest considering where they came from (Eurovision) and their target audience (children) I never thought they were that bad. They made a pleasant cheerful sound.
salve_sons
Feb-10-06, 6:21 PM
I can't believe it -- they're way ahead of us!
1 hour special on ABC/BBC2 7:15pm April 1, 2006 - check the listings
"A reformed ABBA host their first hour length variety special titled "A Tribute to a Very Special Time in Space: 1977". Special guests include the inventor of the platform shoe, Oral Platt, as well as Donny Osmond and pop chanteuse Elizabeth Fraser (of Massive Attack) performing in place of the recently injured Marie Osmond."
Wow!
kookaburra
Feb-10-06, 6:28 PM
...as well as Donny Osmond and pop chanteuse Elizabeth Fraser (of Massive Attack) performing in place of the recently injured Marie Osmond."
Will she be singing I'm a Little Bit Country?
Phil Lawton
Feb-10-06, 6:46 PM
Will she be singing I'm a Little Bit Country?
"Paper Woses", surely?
salve_sons
Feb-14-06, 12:21 PM
What we've made of the music is separate from the music they've made.
True...and they're not obliged to give us any more than what they've given already, which is more than enough...
but I wish they would do it for fun.
I was in a band, and after awhile I got so sick of the bassist, who smoked like a chimney and was so sarcastic and negative all the time...
So we broke up...and years later, I just saw him again and he was normal and talking about his baby niece in a positive attitude...
so we hooked up and screwed around and forgot all the old stuff...
and it was fun.
Doesn't liz sing for fun? For the pleasure of having the breath of god in her mouth?
And I know robin and simon and will love it enough to do it, and they seemed willing to do it before, and music still is very much alive for them as evidenced by their solo work.
So put aside the past, chickens, and enjoy yourselves a little bit!!
(And tape it, too, on digital video if possible, thanks!).
Musette
Feb-14-06, 12:36 PM
People are capricious, destructive and unmindful of their gifts sometimes, aren't they? We can't know what's best for them, but sometimes it becomes unbearable not to say something. Of course we can and should wish - it's part of their legacy that we do.
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