Saturday, August 26, 2023

Behind the Songs: Shock


A couple quotes from Richard Butler on the song "Shock".


Richard Butler: "We're still trying to decide which track [from Midnight To Midnight] will be the next single, there's one called 'Heartbreak Beat', one called 'Angels Don't Cry' and one called 'Shock' and we'll decide when they've been mixed." (Record Mirror 1986)


Richard Butler: "'Shock' sounds great live, and 'Heartbreak Beat' and 'Shadow In My Heart' are going over great on tour." (Rock Express 1987)




Sunday, August 20, 2023

Behind the Songs: Don't Be A Girl


A quote from Tim Butler on the song "Don't Be A Girl."


Tim Butler: "'Don't Be A Girl' is about not listening to all this crud you get in advertisements about, you know, to be a girl you have to be gorgeous looking, wearing corsets and whatever. I mean, just be yourself. Don't believe and don't sort of be swayed by all the ads of the perfect woman. Just be yourself." (Modern Rock Live 1992)




Thursday, August 10, 2023

Concert Ads #42

During the tour for Forever Now on the 11th and 12th of March 1983, The Psychedelic Furs went to the Perkins Palace in Pasadena, California. Opening act was Our Daughter's Wedding.




Concert Ads #41

On November 19, 1982 The Psychedelic Furs performed at the Santa Monica Civic in Santa Monica, California during the Forever Now tour. The tickets were $9.75 (advance) and $10.75 (day of show). The support act was The Dream Syndicate.




Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Behind the Songs: All About You

A selection of quotes from The Psychedelic Furs on the song "All About You".


John Ashton: "We had one song ['All About You'] that was fifteen minutes long and we edited it down to four minutes. That's where the producer comes in and splices it up and away you go." (B-Side 1991)


Richard Butler: "Sometimes a song just.... take 'All About You,' I think the band had just finished playing something else and you can hear John on the keyboards playing the end of another track with some keyboard stabs then, you get the whole band coming in playing something else and that was a song where we all picked up as we were going along and it was recorded as we were making it up and that is the one that was edited down. With something like that you don't want to put overdubs on it, the whole point of the song and what was exciting about it was that we had recorded something that was completely out of the blue. It's exciting hearing the guitar do something different in each verse, and the keyboards doing something different.... each finding their way." (B-Side 1991)


Tim Butler: "Some tracks [from World Outside] were done in just a couple takes. 'All About You,' for example, was the result of two 15-minute jams that we edited to four minutes." (Fond du Lac Commonwealth 1992)


Tim Butler (on introducing the song): "This is a song – it's a personal favorite of mine, called 'All About You.'" (Modern Rock Live 1992)




Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Concert Ads #40

On December 17, 1989 The Psychedelic Furs performed at the Salt Palace Exhibition Hall in Salt Lake City, Utah during the tour for Book Of Days. Support act was East Of Eden. Tickets were $14 (advance) and $16 (day of show).


Songs (via Setlist FM):

1. Dumb Waiters
2. Heaven
3. Torch
4. President Gas
5. House
6. I Don't Mine
7. Entertain Me
8. Love My Way
9. Sleep Comes Down

*Note: setlist incomplete and out of order*




Concert Ads #39

On the 11th and 12th of September 1981 The Psychedelic Furs performed at the Reseda Country Club in Los Angeles, California during the Talk Talk Talk tour.