Update on John Ashton #2

A day ago another GoFundMe page was created for John Ashton, and it was organized by Frank Coleman, the drummer of John's band Satellite Paradiso. Frank shared the page on his Facebook and Instagram, and here's what he wrote:

"I'm organizing this fundraiser to help my friend and colleague, John Ashton, best known as the former lead guitarist for The Psychedelic Furs. He and his beautiful family, Catherine, Oliver, and Tallulah, are trying to survive another year, while navigating the awful realities of John's stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis.

"The outpouring of support last year was INCREDIBLE, and we are all so tremendously grateful! Despite his best efforts, though, John hasn't been able to find work since last June. The man is one of the most influential guitarists of our generation. He is my musical hero, my bandmate, and my friend. He and his family could really use your help. Please share widely! THANK YOU! WE LOVE YOU!"

On the GoFundMe page Frank wrote that so far since August 2021 John had one session of Brachiotherapy, followed by 25 sessions of radiation treatments. Right now he is still in treatment and is receiving hormone therapy, plus a clinical trial drug protocol until August 2023.

Here is the link to the second GoFundMe page and please share, donate, and do everything you can to help John Ashton and his family. Wishing them all the best and I hope they will get the help and support they need. https://www.gofundme.com/f/love-my-way-for-my-friends-in-need-part-2?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR1VYbuaTLd_UaETenWjYO8e_fzm6CyS4xLQYllRZkcSbKPynk1tY20ChC4

Concert Ads #36

On March 12, 2004 The Psychedelic Furs performed at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California. The opening bands were Run Run Run and The Pleased, the band Rich Good used to be in at the time!

Self-Written Compositions

Most of the music on the songs by The Psychedelic Furs were composed by several of the band members but the songs that interest me are the ones where the music is written by only one member. I want to talk about the four who were the main composers on some of the songs: Tim Butler, John Ashton, Rich Good, and Paul Garisto.

The idea of this topic came to me recently and I was originally going to do four polls on the PFurs Facebook fan page that I'm on. I would do each one for Tim, John, Rich, and Paul, list the songs they wrote, and people would vote for their favorites. Then after that I would post the results on here, and I thought this would be a fun project to do. Two days ago I did the one for Tim, and after I posted the poll I waited for it to be approved and uploaded. But later that day I found out one of the administrators deleted the poll. I honestly don't know the reason why they did it, but since it didn't work out, I decided to just talk about the songs on here. Oh well, at least I tried...

Anyway, let's begin.

Tim Butler

Photo: Matthew Reeves

Tim Butler was the main composer of (as far as I know) seven songs. Four from Mirror Moves, a b-side, and two from Made Of Rain.

1. The Ghost In You

2. Here Come Cowboys

3. Heaven

4. Like A Stranger

5. Another Edge

6. You'll Be Mine

7. Tiny Hands

As a bonus I will list the Love Spit Love songs Tim composed. He wrote five songs and they were on the first Love Spit Love album.

1. Superman

2. Half A Life

3. Am I Wrong

4. Please

5. More

John Ashton

John Ashton was the main composer of four songs (again, as far as I know) and they are all from Mirror Moves.

1. Heartbeat

2. My Time

3. Only A Game

4. Highwire Days

Rich Good

Rich Good was the main composer of four songs from Made Of Rain.

1. The Boy That Invented Rock & Roll

2. This'll Never Be Like Love

3. Come All Ye Faithful

4. No-One

Paul Garisto

Paul Garisto was the main composer of three songs. Two from Made Of Rain, and one that was recorded during the Made Of Rain sessions but didn't make it on the album; although a year later it got released as a digital download. I wish Paul had written more songs because he's a very talented writer.

1. Ash Wednesday

2. Turn Your Back On Me

3. Evergreen

There are three other songs that I don't know who wrote the music for. The first is "Anodyne," a song that was featured on the live DVD Live From House Of Blues (2001); the second is "Cigarette," also from Live From House Of Blues, which was turned into a song called "Angelic" from John Ashton's band Satellite Paradiso years later. Because of this I feel John might have written the music for "Cigarette," though I could be wrong. And the third is "Little Miss World," a song that was debuted at one of The Psychedelic Furs' concerts back in 2012. I wonder if that song will appear on the upcoming album, and I'm curious to know if the music was written by either Tim Butler, Rich Good, or Paul Garisto, or if it's a band collaboration.

Speaking of the upcoming new album, I'm looking forward to find out what the songs will be and who composed them, and since Zachary Alford is in the band, I wonder if he will do some compositions. It will be very interesting and I can't wait.

A Quick Message

Next month will be four years since I created Blog of Days and my main purpose was to talk about and share my love for The Psychedelic Furs to everyone, especially the fans. Today I discovered that this blog has now over 10,000 views and I want to say thank you all so much. It really means a lot to me and I hope this blog brought out enjoyment in some way for each and every one of you.

Thanks again.