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     jerry hann Member Username: Jerry_h Post Number: 103 Registered: 07-2005 |
Started listening again to the Wedding Present-not listened to them for ages,but got me thinking of what David Gedge is up to now. I know he formed Cinerama but anything since then? Has anybody heard any cinerama.He was/is such a talent. The recent John Peel Uncut cd sparked my renewed interest. | ||
| abigail law Member Username: Abigail Post Number: 66 Registered: 06-2005 |
didn't the wedding present reform last year? they had an album out and toured | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 311 Registered: 05-2005 |
yeah i heard the gedge in the wedding present a lot on radio 6 last year. seems to have changed a bit, bit heavire/darker, still recognisable vocal. they were a great powerful act, if not very samey. i saw them loads around 86-88. they apart from the june brides were the only thiing that really resembled anything from the postacrd ear at that time. although the guitars were driven by mild distortion rather than letting the power of the guitar ring through. inoffensive enough the old wedding present. ps a great pop act support to the wp were a group called close lobsters, very pretty songs, very studenty delivery but great fun, and i think all the gorls loved them. i remember being repulsed by one of the guitarists who had long hair and played a strat, at the time, it was polish dissident haircut, a fender jag or jazzmaster or niothing for me - PAH! | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 44 Registered: 01-2006 |
Cinerama have some great CDs, especially Disco Volante and Abigail you're right, they (WP) released a new album at the end of last year, Take Fountain, which is slightly heavier than Cinerama. Nothing wildly different to previous WP albums, some good stuff on it though. Saw them tour Take Fountain at the end of last year and wasn't really impressed but I think that was the sound in the venue (the Village in Dublin). They're playing the Ambassador in Dublin in June and going to check that out. Watusi is another underrated WP record...Jerry try Disco Volante as an intro to Cinerama. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 250 Registered: 04-2005 |
David Gedge lives in Seattle now. The Wedding Present has played here a couple of times in the past year; I didn't catch either show, regretably. | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 23 Registered: 05-2005 |
I saw the WedPres last year in Brighton - they were really good. Gedge looked much the same but a bit older/fatter - but then are n't we all? They played a mix of new stuff/Cinerama and oldies to a very mixed age audience. Bit sad to see 40 year old men mouthing every word of My Favourite Dress but they certainly stirred a few old emotions in me. I was a student in Leeds when they started up so used to see them about a lot and saw a lot of very early gigs - Royal Park Tavern, Leeds Uni Tartan Bar, supporting James at Ritzys - seem to remember them wearing England football shirts (must have been during Mexico 86) when no-one liked football. I thought this is going to be the big band who I can say I saw right from the start and was nearly right. Still love some of their stuff - Kennedy, Brassneck etc and of course like any saddo lonely 18 year old at the time they bring back lots of memories! | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 291 Registered: 04-2005 |
I was combing the used bins tonight and found the Wedding Present's "Hit Parade 1," which I snapped up. I had no idea they'd covered "Cattle and Cane"! Sounds pretty good too, as does their cover of Neil Young's "Don't Cry No Tears." Methinks I need to dig deeper into the vast WP catalog... |