Isn’t it time to admit that The Triffids were kind of – not really that interesting? Certainly not legendary. Is there a category for “Mildly competent local band still listened to for some reason?”
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Good call. Okay band. Disproportionate reputation.
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That’s exactly what I mean.
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david mccomb was a lyrical genuis
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Oh man. Krazy Kym is going to be cross. She be driving to your house this evening with a big hegemony stick.
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I thought she was totes a Scientists woman?
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You will be able to ask her this evening before the violence starts.
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Nanna is coming over. Might have to be tomorrow.
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Look at you, hiding behind yer nanna.
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Nanna a Stems fan. And I seem to remember KK agreeing with my thesis the other night.
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KK says you remember wrong. She says: “If I didn’t believe in free speech I’d unfriend you.”
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I remember exactly.
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Mate dragged me to see the Stems in Free in about 87 or 88. The Stemzzzzzzzz.
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Careful now. Quite like Field of Glass, but that’s about it. In fairness, I think they got lumbered with the unnecessary parochial defensiveness born of cultural cringe that Australians got then, which is then magnified over time. Then again, they were lauded by the NME, and then …
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It’s the Tim story all over.
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The Tim story is a paradigm.
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Next week: the Go-Betweens?
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No, hopefully Beatles. Absolute shit.
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Nope. Much of their stuff is pretty ordinary but their best is very good.
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Why does Rolf fit in this picture? Is that a part of Teh Basso riva system?
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This parrot is dead.
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Harsh call. Anyway I’m not convinced that their status is legendary enough that it would be complained that it is too legendary.
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Well…yes. Totes un seminal too.
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So in place of The Triffids who does LA champion? V-Capri?
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V-Capri were a poor man’s Ice Tiger.
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Well they are no Diddy Wah Hoo Daddys
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My high school maths teacher was in Bop Shoo Bop.
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No doubt.
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I’m pretty sure that was Gwen Stefani, not Mr Auzins.
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Mr McComb ended up teaching geography to my mates at Melbourne High School.
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Ray Brown was and still is a consumate performer. I think he also bit Nick Cave on the ankle at the Red Parrot during a Birthday party gig.
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Bit, punched, hugged, kicked, fell on, rugby tackled, kissed … the list goes on. There are a few versions here, and another long thread about it somewhere here.
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I never remember whether it turned out to be bogus.
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Something most certainly occurred. It’s just that nobody has ever been able to agree on what.
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I was born a Troupadors girl (cue Frank..)
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Did they all aspire to be The Jets?
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Nah, they all wanted to be like the best of them all: Cut n’ Run!
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So not Perfect Strangers then LA?
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Stuff these also-rans, give me Tripod.
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You’ll all end up on the Pavement.
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The Bamboos, FTW. Strange name for a song.
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Yes. They were fantastic.
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The Bamboos seemed to be the support act for every touring band in 1985/6, they must have had good management. Whereas The Marigolds were criminally overlooked time after time.
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Craig Hallsworth is making good chunes 2013
http://music.hiddenshoal.com/archive/listen-to-the-craig-hallsworth-interview-on-rtrfm/
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“Mildly competent local band…?”
Wouldn’t this be the epitaph for all Perth bands since Chalice (http://www.musicminder.com/scripts/entertainers/displayentertainer.asp?ID=009310).
“Shut down in Denver”. Yeah!
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Yes, but those bands haven’t been covered in seminal since the day.
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The Triffids were a terrific live band. It’s difficult to convey to people who weren’t there just how good they were, as their recorded material didn’t always do them justice. They also went from being very indie (Treeless Plain, all the early singles), to 80’s overproduced (Bury Me Deep In Love) in what seemed like the blink of an eye. However, during this time they did manage to maintain a level of great live performances. Lest we forget they did make the cover of the NME back in 1986, and were the first WA band to do so.
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Not that it matters, Scanners, but that was on January 9, 1985. Just remembered that I quite like this song too.
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My mistake Snuff and Property Is Condemned is a beauty.
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No problem. Anyone who’s interested can watch this 1984 gig at the Paddo Town Hall.
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NME=Kiss of Death.
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Fuck nose
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Oh, but Jerdacuttup.
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the triiffids were the best band perth ever produced
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