it's 1979 and they're both playing a gig on the same night, same town. which one do you go to?
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Sunday, 9 October 2016 04:31 (eight years ago)
the night before, you watched this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh4wdKcvGc4
the night after, you watched this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfD7ixE60X4
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Sunday, 9 October 2016 04:36 (eight years ago)
Magazine. This isn't even a competition, IMO!
― pen pineapple apple pen (Turrican), Sunday, 9 October 2016 13:01 (eight years ago)
Yes, you're right, Buzzcocks obviously.
― (SNIFFING AND INDISTINCT SOBBING) (Tom D.), Sunday, 9 October 2016 17:06 (eight years ago)
I'd like to vote in this but I'm a bit afraid that if I did I would be Shot By Both Sides. *ducks*
― Easy, Spooky Action! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 9 October 2016 17:39 (eight years ago)
Magazine for the main set, Buzzcocks for the encore.
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 9 October 2016 17:58 (eight years ago)
i love them both. prompted by watching that first video up there, which does a lovely job of contrasting devoto and shelley. near the end of the video (36:20) is a really amazing clip of devoto joining them, post-split, for "i can't control myself". devoto makes this really awkward announcement that "this isn't nostalgia" and shelley tells him to use the other mic. that's probably an infamous clip but i hadn't seen it before.
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Sunday, 9 October 2016 17:59 (eight years ago)
Magazine in a walk
― Iago Galdston, Sunday, 9 October 2016 18:10 (eight years ago)
buzzcocks, i don't "get" magazine. must be the vocals.
― brimstead, Sunday, 9 October 2016 20:22 (eight years ago)
the "Buzzkunst" album Shelly and Devoto did together in 2002 has its moments.
I was looking at Shelley's wiki page and saw this:
"Pete Shelley" is also the title of a short story by Patrick Marber contained in Speaking With the Angel, a short story collection edited by Nick Hornby. In the story, the narrator loses his virginity while listening to a Buzzcocks song.
which seems appropriate, it's harder to imagine a short story called "Howard Devoto" where the narrator loses his virginity while listening to a Magazine song
― soref, Sunday, 9 October 2016 21:13 (eight years ago)
Oh I remember that story. 'Orgasm Addict'.
― Mark G, Sunday, 9 October 2016 22:33 (eight years ago)
Magazine takes this pretty easily for me.
― Austin, Monday, 10 October 2016 04:47 (eight years ago)