Damn I wish I could see this band I can't tell you how much they have meant to me over and over again. Man, I have the original vinyl and thats priceless to me.
I read an interview were the band said "no one was allowed to leave" so the band should have stopped when Gilbert left..... in the same way the Stranglers should have stopped in 1990 when Hugh left. This sounds tired:( and the chemistry is gone!
saw thema few months back and they pulled it off better than this...this is a bit shocking :D sounds like a bunch of bitter old bastards beyond the stage of caring how their biggest hit that never was sounds.....
I love this song too, and it is hard to listen to like this. In their book, the band members claim it was one of the only songs on the album 154 that was stream of conscious gibberish writing, yet the words are so powerful. "...Cause to live for, destroyed, was later based on fact". That gives me shivers!
This recording has poor audio but I can't fault the band. Not as great as the studio version but it would be great to see this band live. They're coming!
I agree, Wire seems to just be trying to make fame for themselves, what with releasing box sets of older material and their latest commercialized sounding album O47. I think that may be why Gilbert left, but that's just my thought.
Fischerspooner version is a vast improvement!
sweiland75 7 months ago
Best band ever.
mariawhatever9 10 months ago
Damn I wish I could see this band I can't tell you how much they have meant to me over and over again. Man, I have the original vinyl and thats priceless to me.
misssooshi 1 year ago
Can hardly recognize Lewis.
uberalles2 1 year ago
I read an interview were the band said "no one was allowed to leave" so the band should have stopped when Gilbert left..... in the same way the Stranglers should have stopped in 1990 when Hugh left. This sounds tired:( and the chemistry is gone!
62salv 2 years ago
They changed their name to WIR when Robert left... so why don't do it when Bruce left ?
erixoff 2 years ago
@erixoff
Because it was Bruce's idea.
sputnikpanicpuppet 1 year ago
yeah....they should have changed it to YR.....as in y r we still doing this!
62salv 2 years ago
saw thema few months back and they pulled it off better than this...this is a bit shocking :D sounds like a bunch of bitter old bastards beyond the stage of caring how their biggest hit that never was sounds.....
keilan303 2 years ago
this song rocks more in the live version...
elfdude06 2 years ago
I was at this show! Sooo good!
Kgoehringer 3 years ago
I love this song too, and it is hard to listen to like this. In their book, the band members claim it was one of the only songs on the album 154 that was stream of conscious gibberish writing, yet the words are so powerful. "...Cause to live for, destroyed, was later based on fact". That gives me shivers!
misterjellyfish 3 years ago
I love the song....
but these days it sounds so bad when they sing it... pretty sad actually
ExoSaint 3 years ago
This recording has poor audio but I can't fault the band. Not as great as the studio version but it would be great to see this band live. They're coming!
MrSExperience 3 years ago
I love WIRE, but Colin seems not able to sing correctly this day.
It can come from a bad amplification on stage.
erixoff 3 years ago
I agree, Wire seems to just be trying to make fame for themselves, what with releasing box sets of older material and their latest commercialized sounding album O47. I think that may be why Gilbert left, but that's just my thought.
jeannec1 3 years ago